New-York tribune., 1879-05-24
GENER4L NOTES

TIE Pal NaN Gazette reminds its reader
that zig Is nOt Canada alone that The progress of
protection in English colonies may be watched With
concern 0y English manufacturer An advertisement
has of appeared IN the 20 tne effect that the
New aaud Governments prepared 10 accept tenders
Tor 900 tons Of rails TO De manufactured IN the
colony IRON Ns-Z aland ores. There doubt tnat
this is intended a. a step toward shutting out English
iron from NeVZsJIand." Il may De well 10 add by way
Df commentary, for The edIhcauon Of American railroad
sautahsjs tnt there not only larger quantities OF
iron aud coal in the United States than tsere are in
NeG-Z and Jut tna5 tne steel industry has been hult
up unJi 10 stands upon rs own bottom here, whereas
u needs constant nursing ~ the south seas But II
NeRZ ,asnd does not need TO 20 90 England for us
steel rails why should the United States
These being exceedingly dun times, and the
plumber OF dog in the Western press not averaging
more than one week, j. worthy OF remark tha Mrs
Jane Grey swssneIm, in an open letter TO the Rush
Medical College. stouty reairms her belief that IN the
early part Of this century an Ignorant German Of Ches
ter County PENN acquired aud kept until his death in
extreme old age very widespread reputation for curing
hydropHobia that he guarded his secret carefully and
always carried his medicine with him. and Known
to be d root whcl he himself pr0cared IN the woods
lie sewed portion Of this root IN pint Of sweet milk
winch ha himself drew from tHs ste we'd 10 slowly
and stirred Aallhouc; then gave it TO his patient
fasting G, before br akast permitted him 70 take
taklng the nils ana repeated size dose on three sue
recipe 81 aud it simply two ounces Of ele
Cdmpanc root stewcd In = pint or milk. and gwen 30
that the digestive organs would have nothing TO DO but
appropriate it,
Fair Isabelle had enough mystery about
her 10 charm Paris ladies Of high station. and
guently % get their sympathy. All that was known
about that she lived in elegant apartment in
the Camps vsess. she arrived in Pats hye months
ago, ACCOMPANIED by young man wnO w1s her lover.
she called herself spaniard. and relation OF Don Car
los This report was spread by her lover among certain
no 4n r4H Irr. .fIr
msforunes Of the lady hasteneG 70 put az her disposal
large sums Of moaev which she to pay back after
the liquidation OF certain properties which she pre-
tended TO have in span Among those VINO took in
teresj m her was priest whose brother occupies bril-
liant position in army. This priest appears 10 have
passed great dea OF his time in the company OF Isa
belle who abused his intimacy far 10 pass him on
as her brother before many her tradesmen In
the better 90 ais confidence, shc proposed 20 nm
one day 10 20 with her TO Spain In settle her
annrs more promptly, because sue he'd need immed
ately of large sum OF money! The priest, VINO could
usurer, who consented 70 lend the money wnich the
pseudo-Spanish lady required: In thls manner tAe
priest backed bills for several thousands OF francs and
pledged collection Of pictures Al this stage Of
events i.was discovered that Isabelle was only an ad-
ventures
The Judges charge in the case against
William A. Potter at Chicago, shows even more clearly
than the dispatches have represented that Br. Potter
dd his very supervising Arch ect 70 protect the
Government ana that his reward was al Indictment for
eOmpeity ia the very swindles he strove 10 prevent
The Judge said The evidence. far MI Potter is
very clearly shows that whether the position
taken by the contractor upon the various mat
ters in controversy that have arisen between him aud
the Government right or not, be Potter stood in
active antagonisn the contractor His actions ana
bis words not merely remonstranee, but con-
sisted OF active opposition. which was persisted IN IN
some respects even after the rulings OF his superior
oncers had been against him. And the correspondence
40 lar a. 1t declares anything with reference 20 the
quality OF the stone that used IN the building ana
with reference 10 The question 0i te naming Ot tAe
sohe. show- thnh. very elearhs .lS' IN ~, ,is i at
Potter SEE king 20 DO was 20 suhaeftt ~ 'ie Hst
erotyc way the interests OF the Government anu 80
tr as tue question OF eulilhs Ae s'oHe aL9 o,neI
ueBs which 10 Is necessary to sprak OF .io
Involved the CORRESPONDENCE so far az Do throws any
light upon the motives and actions OF Nj Potter snow
thai lie all the tine on tae SIDE o the 6oFefhe'
Another Engiishman has been giving his
tOantrymen the benefit Of his American Notes. Ihe
Rev Arthur Murso IN the course Of lecture delivered
h Northampton fortnight ago. alluded 10 ms lsalug
S-w-York which ne described centre of piunder
End sp0igon. and cesspoO OF fostering smells. new
York was the most priest-idden. and therefore, the
elected OF modern civilized cities morally, On
the surface It was OF the ceanest but behind the
one Of the wckedest oities IN the New World II,
however the Americans only in possession or their
owh city 1t would be IN a much better state
han it was now. Eew-YOrk was not an Ameri-
sAn city; 1t population Oh aliens over
ridden by a craf1y and designing priesthood No
atty was more largely taxed than Nsw-York for
inch traing accommodation as paving and sewers,
and yet the streets like poughed field after
host, and the only drain worth speaking OF was the
continual drain upon the pockets Of the ratepayers
Prominent feature in NewYOrk. which AT present dis
thguished u from other cities IN America. was the
elevated railway than which a greater public con-
venience and a greater private injustice It would be
dEcnlt to imagine. The lecturer remarked that he
Neaa rather walk Ike Weston and give lecture al the
e 0 every hundred miles, tnan ride IN al Amefcah
IsISsy earrings with the average Amefican Ihe sta
4ons ~ depOts were miseraby poor tae reIresbmeBb
<e<e aDomnaae and the pocket pistol" of the Ameri