New-York tribune., 1882-03-01

It looks very much as II section OF oblivion had
fallen upon that volcanic Irish patriot ODonovan
Rossa few months ago he was able 10 create
commotion in England by his threats OF blowing up
London and the entire British commercial marine.
The English newspapers were much exercised about
him, and roundy lectured the American journals
for their Gallons Indifference to him and his buster
But they understand him better now, and are
slowly realizing, what the American press knew
from the beginning that Rosa is entirely harm
less person with a very vocferous mouth. 1t would
be perfectly safe to wager that he has never in
vested n cent in dynamite, and that the cOptribu-
tons which bloodthrsty Irish patriots send him to
blow up Lond on with used for no more danger
Gus object than the nourishment of Rosa and the
support of his frothy newspaper.
Explorations recently made by DR.. Schlemann
are understood to go far to establish the fact that
something like year after their change OF resi-
depce from the Garden of Eden, Adam and his ac-
complished wife presented themselves with brass
medals commemorative of that little affair with
the apple.
Ex-Governor Pamer's remark that he has re-
ceived no proposition from Mr.. Tilden to run with
him in 1884 and would not entertain it for mo-
ment if he had leaves matters just where they were
before the rumor dropped into the resounding ear
of the man who published it, But there is no denial
of the report that Mr. Tilden is going up and down
six flights Of stairs in four-story house every few
minutes. We have that to cling to as hope that
the glorious cause of Reform has not been aban-
dOned.
The opinion is rapidly gaining ground that Oscar
Wilde bears the same relation to bona-hde priest
of the Beautiful as a second hand tea-store chrome
or gingerbread elephant bears to the fine arts
The cable reports that precautions have been
taken to prevent high Russian public servants from
taking the liberty of discussing matters of State
policy on their own account" In the future a
high Russian public servant, when caught taking
the perfecty dreadful liberty of discussing matters
of State policy will doubtless have the diplomacy
TO explain that the discussion was not on his own
acccunt-perish the thought-but on account of the
Car, or Bismarck, or Gambetta, or Gladstone.
The Hendrix who defaced the Andre monument
should not be confounded with the Indiana states
man Of similarly sounding name The latter has
never been caught either deiacing monument or
writing poetry but he has expressed desire lately
TO put an inscription upon Mr.. Englishs barrel.
which should read something like: Emptied In
vain. or relic of defeat caused by prelerring o
skinilint to O siraddler"
The Mormons are vsibly alarmed by the action of
Congress toward them, and by the unprecedented
vigor of public sentiment against polygamy as
shown In the popular meetings held in all parts of
the country. Their Legislature has sent long me-
mortal to Congress. protesting against the threat
ened deprivation Of the right of local self govern
ment, and begging them not to favor measures
containing provisions utterly at variance with the
Fundamental principles of republican government"
This is a cool observation, coming as it does from
what Senator Edmunds titly calls tho " most intense
and anti-republican hierarchy, theocracy, an or
ganized and systematic government, TIT has over
existed on the face OF the earth" Everyone knows
that tho Church of Latter-Day Saints is the real