The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-05 00:00:00

Many Northerners are buying lands near
Augusta, Georgia. _ _

The late Colonel O'Falion, of St. Louis, gave
$lOO,OOO in charity.

A despatch to the Cincinnati Gazette, from
Washington, says that there is reason to believe that
several Mexican privateers, carrying formidable arma-
ments, will shortly sail from certain ports on the Atlan-1
tic and Pacific coasts to prey on French commerce.

Pennyslvania asks Congress for $900,000 to
repay the cost of repelling the rebel invasion of the State.h
An attempt was made in the House to refer this claim
to the Committee of which_Mr. Stevens is chairman.

A modest young girl, having visited the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York, very frequently with a band-
box, bringing home, as she said, bonnets to the ladies
stopping there, suspicion was aroused, and her box being
opened was found to contain a pair of mea's boots. The
mystery of many robberies from the rooms of the guests
was thus explained, and the girl was arreste 1. Her de-
predations, so far as has been ascertained, consist of abon t
forty pairs of boots, a number of pillow cases, half a dozen
tidies, a dozen towels, a large amount of jewellery, and
many other articles of value.

A company has been organised in Detroit for
the manufacture of coarse linen good; such as crash
towelling, burlaps, twine, &c. There are only two similar
manufactories in the United States, one at Delaware, Ohio
and one at Massachusetts.

From M esms. E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular
January 31.)

Our advices from New York, per the Canada, are to the
16th inst., and report a steady demand for all Government
Bonds at slightly improved quotations.
In Railroad Shares there was also a recovery from the
depression noticed in our previous advices; the disposi-
tion to " sell short" having considerably subsided, and a
slight reaction being noticeable on the entire list with the
exception of Eries, which at one time fell to 89, but were
last quoted 92 to 93.

Railroad Bonds and State Stocks were inactive, Vir-
ginia Sixes alone being in request at an advance of five
dollars.

Money continued abundant, and gold steady.

Via " Greencastle," wo have received the following
quotations, being to the 20th inst.
United States 5.20's 103} I Erie Common B9l
Illinois Central 125 I Gold 139
The following is the return of the New York Banks :
Discounts. Specie. Circulation. Deposits.
Jan. 6, 233,185,459 15,778,471 18,588,428 195,482,254
Jan. 13, 234,938,193 16,852,568 19,162,917 197,766,999

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
The following notice has this day been posted in the
Stock Exchange:—
London, January 30.
The Consolidated Bank (Limited) has received the sum
of £28,120 from the earnings of the month of December of
the Atlantic and Great Western Railway for the credit of
Trustees' Coupon account.
To M. Slaughter, Esq., Stock Exchange.
TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR DECEMBER.
Miles Open. 1865. 1864. Increase.
Atlantic and Great
Western
DIVIDENDS.
Cleve. Columb. dr Cinc., 5 p. ct., free of tax, payable Feb. 1.
Erie Common 4 do. subj. to tax do. do. 5.
Do. Preferred 3/- do. do. do. do. 5.
Rome, Watertown, and
Ogdensburgh
The following official return shows the amount of gold
received by the United States Government for customs
duties since the Ist July, the beginning of current fiscal
year, and the amount paid during same period on gold
bearing bonds.
Customs Gold
Received. Interest Paid.
July 9,438,190 July 5,714,267
August
September 13,637,062 September 4,117,419
October
November • 10,138,601 November 4,243,786
December
January 6
January 13 2,334,695 January 13 1,130,789
Total ~. $70,159,033 Total $72,927,663

There has been little activity in the London market for
American Securities during the past week, but on the
whole prices have been fairly maintained, especially when
the fall of other securities is taken into account. United
States 5.20 Bonds are last quoted 661 to being a frac-
tional improvement.

Illinois Shares have been steady, and close 75 I. Erie
Shares are to-day dealt in ex dividend, the closing price
531 to 1, being relatively the same as on this day week.

For Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, which
remain steady at 84 to 85, there continues to bo a
demand.