New-York tribune., 1878-10-11
GENERAL NOTES.

To,;s Kearney evidently intends to remain
Y,st His household furniture has been ,I, shlPpe% y
I,yo sap Fra snciscO to Boston, ana Hlarked Bio"
Beuiamln Hunter is growing gray III ni9
.sc,, cage He has lost several pounds OIL neSn' Vu.
boItb and spirits are good and be Is eOnVnceu 'ha'
MS % - nav trial Ho vii be called up 1T the
-, term Of the Court IN Camden for sentence ana
p, Thoupson one of his philadelphia coanseI, WI VII
,nske an argument for new , trsl' I1,p,,sS
Ii,a,.sver lawyer seOVePs name Is nehVlOneu'
rl, f,raiyn Giles contain an important letter
ten by Leo XIII. 10 Cardinal Nina ieW dayS
,,. a,ponuneut OF the latter 10 the ONCE OF ron
., secretary OF State. He Informs the CardiDal oi
80 dssre that MS voice should be heard oy tnose "no
~ ,ns nations inviting them not TO refuse the Vauu
- -, winch the Church offers; and, urged Oy
,,,c charity be appeals also to those VINO are no'
pS % nm in the bonds Of the Catholic faith FOLLOW
% ~, ,npulse Of his heart. he had written to Tie
ins -, r,,eror OF the German nation, which on ac-
,hs critical position of the Catholics therein
..I,.d for bis special care. The result was the
4U ~ negotiations by which he sought to establsn
opeu truce which would leave the road oIe%n mo 20
pnt ~, a. lint true solid. and durable peace Inc
orture OF tAis object was uStR aplecIaed .! 1 to
% ison of lhOse who rule the desunies OF tht Lin
hish WI viii lead them, he believes, 10 give nm
pie az hand 40 attain II. But above ALL the rope
draws ~ t bead OF the Church in Italy and in Rome
c n has been despoled Of ITS temporal DOMINION
Mr.. Lowe, whose speeches always READ so
much better than they sound, has vigorous areIe Oh
aToueraism" in the current fgTWgHHb' ho "'-"oS
,btit,, the happy discovery Of the present Bri'sh
parliament that responsibility has no terrors Tor Gov
,,apt possessed Of large and manageable ma9orlS
Tic institutions are framed in spirit OF generous D"'
o.tt now aopears mistaken confidence. Inc power oi
entering into treaties without the eOnsept oi I"l
Dsnt mas been only retained because II was oc4e,'u
- :, oyld pot he abused That by the abuse OF this
nner the members OF the Cabinet, withoab conSu'I-
Permanent should be able to pledge the country 10 tF
, ,,r,oida Bile engagements, to the candestne aequ-
tir nj new territory peculiarly calculated 10 Wounu
ts snscpptibties of Powers with whom IL Is aAe 'e
desire aud interest Of the Nation 20 be on the mos' "
cable terms and 10 a treaty under which the peopT H
every conceivable dsadyantage, IN war IN ,t Oc5Ui
and remote country wIth one Oi mo gIeatesu tI ar
distant from their own. can Only De DoIe'ou PV''
lecause il mas just been actually done
One of the officers Of the Il-fated Princess
Alice bad received his appointment after being urem-
,d ,,y a loDg time ana this mad enabled him TO turn
himself round lttle and, though still feeling the GRIP
cling effects of his enforced idieness in the WinleI
ns at home were getting easier and he proposeI the
aay before the fatal event that his Wite should take
holiday and 20 down TO sheerHess with the steamer
He actually procured pass and did his best to persuade
ms wife o. 80 Oh that disastrous Tuesday. IL was
great temptation, but she declined and the husband
went of alone That night che waited up and grew un-
easy TIE death watch" she says, licked necessarily
IN her par!or and she out to the door and beard
Big Ben boom out hour after hour-2 o'clock, quar-
ter past 2, halfpast 2-and then, feeling weary ana
anxious she went TO bed quartero OF an hour later
telegram came informing her that the boat had come IN
collision and her husband was injured, and r quesinG
her 10 60 down to Woolwich. What that startling sun
mons was TO d woman who had a family OF hye little
children ana who had beeTistennG all tie evening to
the death watch" may be conceived IL Is niIecn
miles fro n VauXhal 10 WOOIwich, and at = O'Clock
in tie rborning sne started Of and ran ana walked
aud cred the whole distance. When the telegram came
she cgsed her children 70 ncr breast uO OIu inc
lHtir one that her father was drowned. she hau no
doubt thai mat was tTutB, because OF tue ucknG
and she plodded down that weary journey on loot te
ing herself a widow aud her children fatheriebs lhe
husband was injured, aud seriously injured Out n9l
dead and he erng. ana VIII PROBABLY i've 10 uo
many gaOu days work yet The shock ana e4clteibth'
10 the wife we're that whole wees she was in
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