The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-10 00:00:00

up as a mystery; they smelt the rope, and abandoned
it es one of those things which no cow could
ever understand ; they almost pushed their horns
into the car, and only retired when discordant noises,
proceeding from lungs new invigorated and re-
freshed, warned them off. At length this strange
assembly, which was absurdly christened the "Posse
Cowmitatus of Essex" by a traveller who ought to
have known better, dispersed; the animals, of which
there had been ccnsiderably more than 40 staring
like one, withdrew ; and the balloon, which, %viler'
ever it may descend in the open fields, is as sure to
attract a crowd from unknown places as a London
fire at 3 morning, was surroun4ed by nearly 100
civil and well-behaved bike, who willingly
rendered whatever aid was required. Thu©, at a
quarter to 9, ended the trial trip of the Britannia.

More Tidbits from " Manhattan,"

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A YANKEE GENERAL IN A FUNK

A brigadier general from this State, named John
Henry Hob:+rt Ward (he is a grandson of the late
Bishop Hobart) was arrested by his commander,
After a late battle, for cowardice in the face of the
enemy. The facts appear to be, that during the
battle Ward was riding about so scared that he
could hardly sit on his horse. General Binney, his
commander, in pity, said, " Old top, you ale es
shaky as a high wind, you had better get under
cover." General Ward then escaped in an umbe"
iance, and his valuable life was spared to his COUI2''
try, IVill you believe it, that after all this a meet-
ing was got up at the Astor House yesterday to
endorse General Ward. There was plenty of tod
free, and of course a large meeting, and very enthu-
siastic. He was endorsed by these resolutions, and
letters proving that Ward was a hero were read
from Generals Scott, Hooker, Kearney, Grant,
Meade, Lee, Pope, and Stanton (furnished by
Ward).
This beats anything that has lately occurred. A
committee of nine was appointed, and I should not
be surprised if it resulted in bringing forward Ward
as a prominent military candidate fer President of
the United States, in place of McClellan, who is
going to Europe, and expects to get a reception in
London that will throw into the shade the late
crowd for Garibaldi.

BARNUM " BOUGHT " AND " SOLD!"

Bonner made the fortune of a weekly by adver"
tising that he had hired a sister of N. P. Willis to
write for him at the rate of 100 dols. a column. It
was an unusual price. Miss Fanny Fern was un"
known, and hundreds of thousands bought the paper
to discover the mystery. A rival paper, called the
Mercury, is trying to do the same dodge agein.
Tbe proprietor has hired Barnum, and has agreed
to pay him 1000 dols. a column. Barnum is to write
a chapter every week about the humbug persons of
Europe. He also writes witty articles. Here 15

one :

« THE PRINCE or HUMBUGS SOLD.—' He is the highest
man in the world,' said Barnum recently to Sniggles, who
was at the time admiring the proportions of the Russian
giant at the American Museum. Bet you ten dollars I
can, in less than twenty minutes, produce one Myer,' an-
swered the hero of a thousand practical jokes. 'Dune,' said
Phineas. Sniggles went out to where ho had a few minutes
before left the conqueror of Yankee Sullivan, and came back
leading the veteran Tom by the hand. Allow me, Ur;
Barnum, said he, 'to introduce to you Mr Thomas 1-Iyer.,
Barnum 'saw the point,' and forked over the greenbacks:
OLD ABE'S LAST LITTLE JOKE!
Mr. Lincoln will have his little joke, even if Lee
was shelling the White House. His Illinois friends
feel that they have a right to lecture him upon the
conduct of the' war, and to tell him when he blun-
ders. " What the devil did you make Banks a
general for ? Why the deuce don't you turn out
General Butler, he has nearly defeated Grant's
plans ? Finally old Abe broke out and said :--
"Illinois hosses,—Suppore all the property you were
worth was in gold, and you had put it in the hands of
Blondin to cairy across the Niagara river on a rope, would
you shake the cable or keep shouting nut to him, Blondin,
stand up a little straighter; Blondin, steep a little ret:re--
go a little faster—lean a little more to :he North—lean a
little more to the South ?' No; you would hold your breath
as well as your tongue, and keep your hands off until he
was safe over. The Givernment are carrying an inn:moss
weight ; untold treasures are in their hands ; they are doing
the very best they can ; don't badger them. Keep silence,
and we'll get you safe across,"
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES ALL GOING U.P.
Wneu Pierce was President is 1506, and when
Edwrd Everitt was anxious io get Fremont elected
(Hr. Fremont always stops at his house in Boston),
and Edward expected to be Minister to France, he
published a statement of the awful expenses of
Frank Pierce in Barnum's Leader, viz, :--
"LIBERAL EXPENDITURES.—The expenses of the Go-
vernment of the United States. under the present adminis-
tration, are as fdl/ows :
Dela. 75,686,400 a year
6,307,200 a month !
1,452,920 a week I I I
207,560 a day !I I
8,600 an hcur
144 a minute ! 1I 1
2.49 a second !111
"Two dollars and forty cents at every tick of the clock ?
That will do for Young America? But where does the
money go ? For what is it applied ? Under Mr Polk's
administration, during the Mexican war, when wo had a
hundred thousand men under arms, and large armies end
numerous garrisons in Mexico, the annual expenses of the
government were a little over forty-four millions a year,
Our expenses are now over
2,000,600,000 dole. a year.
166,666 666 dols, a month.
41,666,666 dole. a week.
6,000,000 dole. a day.
Of course this sum does not include claim-Pe"
sions that will amount to probably ten thousand
millions. There is but one consolation in our in'
creased expenses. It does not make a bit of differ-
ence whether they are twenty millions a day or
only one. The greenbacks will ail become worth-
less, there are so many of their, except to be worth
seven cents a pound to be remade up into good
white paper.