New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-02
80 we must bear :bs sseachos and abuses Of
our present rat-holes as we bcst may.

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| Here is another grievance in Ireland, VIZ. Ono
Pound Notes In the House Of Commons on the
10Th ult. Mr. Deahunty declared that Ireland could
| never be peaceful and happy until G. notes wene
| abolished English prosperity has increased-Irsh
| prosperity has dmiDished-there has been q rapid
loss OF the physical strength Of ireland and what
| is the cause Of this One Pound Notes! England
reserved for herself the blessing Of G5 notes, which
allowed gold to flow in and out of the country with
out impediment Of restriction Ireland groaned
under 81 notes and could Mt be sure Of sovereign
TO save herself. OF course, there was ong-headed
Scotch member who asked why Scotland should
flourish with her 81 notes, if they were so bad for
Ireland; and 10 Irish member appears to haVo
answered the question.
We have mentioned already the death Of NJ. Helm.
drich. tho headsman of Paris. This event has called
out certain statistics ard renewed the discussion OF
, IN old question. NJ Hendrich was asked If he
Tor IT the separated head continued to live after
II had roe. into the basket and as he had, during
his term Of once lffty-four years., executed ono
hundred and thirty-ninS men ana women lie shouid
have been able to give an auli.aIItau'e answer 10
the question. without decidedly c5Eaniti;og him
self, he leaned to the affirmative. IL cnriousiy
enough happened that on one occasion severed
head made an effort tospit at him-but this WIS !ne
head of q woman. Violent contortiOns occurred IN
the muscles Of Orsini's fa"e. The London Lancet IL
of the opinion that "nOne Of these movements can
be regarded in any other light than as of the nature
of reflex actions"
A frantic scientist has discovered at last tho
cause Of Californa's shocking earthquakes lts all
the fault of the mineral belts constituting the slopes
of the Sierra Nevada. Iron predominates in ali
these belts and az iron is the most obliging con-
ductor Of electricity, they become in the dry season
immense reservoirs of confined negative electricity
Dry air being non-cOnductOT all this force gets no
chance for equalization with the air current hence
when it becomes crowded. it bursts out with tire
mendous impetuosity. To check this agitating per-
Torrance, our savant advises the use of iron con-
ductors The trembling Californians listen kindly,
and lonely horsemcn, winding down the great hills
of the Sierra Nevada range. may presently prepare
to see them surrounded by an expensive and
bristling fence of ghtning-rOds.
Dogs. ia Massachusetts everywhere else cause
q great deal of trouble. The Legislature OF that
State, stimulated by the grOans of woOl-raisers has
been trying to pass perfect Dog-Law FIRST was
proposed to tax dogs $40 and the wives of tho dogs
s15, but the law manufacturers would not hear of
such thing. Then somebody, probably with
malicious intent TO defeat legislation suggested
that both living ard stuffed dogs shOuld be equally
taxed and finally She House gave it up as bad
job and left the old law pretty mucn in stG'" quo
And talking of dogs, we observe that great Ii the
slaughter of this faithful animal in New-Orleans.
They are done to death there with poisoned saus-
ages, which seems to be adding insult to injury.
The fre-escape men of London seem 30 be flor
certain purposes) the legitimate successors of tho
old-fashioned watchmen, whose boxes nebriate
nipht-wsnderers were accustomed to oyerturn. Tho
re-escape men also abide in boxes, and one Ct them
the other day complained as police court that Mr.
Ward had knocked over his box while he was
quietly sleeping in it. Getting out of the box AZ
soon as possible he the prisoner walking away,
and pursued and captured him. The judge thought
that such amusements should be paid for at the
rate of twenty shllnes per box
Last wear the venerable John Neal of Portland was
indicted for printing libel against certain directors
of the Portland and Kennebec Railway, relative TO
the manner in which they came into possession OF
the road Mr. Neal has now published a statement
that the recent decision of the Supreme Court exon
Grating the parties charged and jussTyng their pro-
eedure has led him to reconsider his views and no
is satisfied that he was grievously mistaken. and
is sorry that he was mistaken in the law, AS no
has thus made honorable amend. it IL understood
that the indictment against him Will Be quashed.
At Adelaide South Australia, they had twelve OF
the hottest kind of days last January All this
while the Thermometer at night never fell below
So, and in the day time the mercury went bub-
bling up to 1OSo in the shade 1t was awful Bust
ness was pretty much suspended. Tho houses were
like heated ovens. The temperature or the bydrant
water rose to 100, so that there coaih DO no cold
bathing. Thousands accustomed to pass tho
night at the beach of GleDelg. where there was a
sight sea breeze but for which they weld all have
been roasted alive
It would not be pleasant to hearken 20 even tho
most charming sermon upon ones knees. Upon tho
occasion of the marriage the 10th ult. of the
MARQUIS of Butte to the Hon. Gwendoline Mary Anne
Howard, at the Oratory, Brompton. the Very Row
erend Monsgnor Capel advanced to tho front of tho
altar steps and delivered homly on tbs duties OK
the married state, which the bride and bridegroom
listened TO kneeling at the table. Monstgnors little
discourse lasted quarter of an hour, and we sus-
pect the happy pair were just little happier whom
it
They are certainly going at the work of recon-
structing the Boston Jubilee building without
batting one jot of heart OF hope, and with three
fold energy, since we arc told that work on the
new building has commenced simultaneously ut both
ends and in the middle" Bushels sc sympathetic
oil all apfa nf