The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-11-16
MAIL ITEMS, &c.

TuhRE arc now nineteen steam fire-engines
In tho city Of Philadelphia.
TnE aggregate public debt Of Virgins on tho /
1st Ct October, was $50. 10000.
Mosr OF the lay dshing foot has arrived at
Gloucester Mass. Tie fares arc slim.
Col. BEN SIRLRy, . prominent Kentucky
is~yer, u about entering the ministry Of the
Baptist Church.
Tux American Tract sseisty has msdc grant
Of 900 900 pages, TO be disltiuu,oa by c5ipor-
teurs in the State OF Illinois.
Col. DAVID GAhLAourR, Of Tshomingo,
Miss, was killed instantly a few days ago, by
the kick Of horse.
An ergine company in Hartford, last wcok, |
gave tea party which was attended by 1000
persons.
TEE vote IN the city OF Albany In refsroncs
TO tho e.. 300 600 loan, stood For Loan, 2s.2l5;
Against Loan, 217.
The exodus Of slaves from tho borders Of
Missouri continues unabattd. Free white Ia
Dor is coming In, and that Of Legrocs going out.
Josxrn W. TAYLOR, resident cf No. 1888 First |
avenue, New York, fell overheard from the Dos |
ton Railroad ferry boat, at Albany, on Monday |
evening last, aud was drowned.
THERE wtrs ten largo fires In New Orleans
during the month Of October, cusine dsstruo- |
tion Of property amounting to s7jS.0Oo, In tho |
aggregate.
Mn. CURrrs BEARpsLKY, Of Bridgeport, tCt i
was run over on the IIousatonio Railroad on
Friday, and so badly injured ~ ~ cause hi,
death soon after.
A YorSa woman named BERTHA Mrx, while
engaged In store In Baltimore on Friday eve-
| ming last, was shot by nnegro boy named Dokr.
| TT, and very dangerously wounded. Tho boy
has boon committed to prison.
| HESny T.. HrASss, q young man only Is
years Of age, WAS shot and killed on thu 9th
Inst, In New Orleans, by q river polireman
nsmed MATTHEW HuoHKs. HuoHEs was ar
rested and committed on the charge Of murder.
A BEAUTIFULLY bound COPY OF the "Gcnsa-
| logical Bible" has been presented to the Prosi-
SSn:. 20 Of tho MceSsSSs s;S X tss easli'a.s ,G,
| ton.
| A MAN in Hartford has made application FOR
divorce from his wife, on the ground Of her be-
Ing lazy. lie alleges that she will not get up
In the morning, build fire and got bis break
fast at o ssasonable hour.
RosnKRIKs at night have becoms 20 frequent
Of late In South Bergen, Hudson county, N. j.,
| that the citizens have taken tho matter into
their ow n hands and organised Vigilance Com.
| mittee.
THERE Is now in operation in tho United
States one mile Of railway to every 1000 inhab-
itants; In England, one 10 every 1900, and in
the whole Of Great Britain ono TO every 5000
| inhabitants.
A BLooDY row, during which . schoo'master,
named LEACH, was killed by pistol shot, and
two othors were dangerously wounded, occurred
at Whitehall, N. e., on the 9Th inst, botween
certain members OF BoDIssoS's Circus and tho
| 4 lends Of q man named GRANTHEN.
THE Freeman says that FLEszER GRAY Of
| Covsntry, while digging well recently, found
some frogs embedded In clay, about twenty
feet below the surface. After . few minutes
exposure they became lively and hoPped away.
How long must they have been thero'
REV. Prof HUNTINGTON Of Harvard college,
who for several years has occupied an interest
Usitarisnism and orthodoxy, 6.s nov, Il Is un
derstood, fully rcnounced bis unitahanism and
| accepted the doctrine of tho Trinity.
Tug foundation Of a new fort on Hog Island
Ledge, Portland hsibor, has just boon eomPls!od.
| Tho foundations could only 10 worked at low
, water, and the process was q long and tedious
one. The cost Of the fort Is estimsted a. $780,
, | 900, and II Is TO be fitted to mount 20 guns.
Six platform cars Of cotton, about 200 bales
=. l were DESTROYED by fro on the Macon AMI est
5 crn Railroad, about seven miles above Forsyth
y on Friday last. About 200 yards Of the trach
was also burnt The loss to the Company Is cs-
Y | timatod at between 1890 and $4,000. The
d Hre Is supposed TO have been caused by hiction.
Q Iris proposed to form now county in New
: Hampshire out Of certain towns Of Rockingham
and Hill bcro to be called the County of Amos
y | keap. The City Of Manchester will bo tho lar
: gcst pace In the new county. Tho citizens Ct
0 the town to 10 included In the now division ats
0 | TO vote on tne quesuoh ~ 'he ne~' S'~Ns ''sN
tion.
Rurus ArnEs was shot dead az Re.tortown
Va, on the 11th, by q man named PHILLIPS
, | AyhEs attempted to cowhide Pm LIPS, who ai
!. | tcrwsrd returned with his son, found aud mad
10 | an attack on AyREs, who shot at them as the.
approached, when both fired Oh him a. the sam
y time with a shot gun and ride, and killed him
10 the shots taking effect in the heart The tronol
l. grew out OF question concerning road.
/ Cart. McCLIsrocK has been notified by th
VI Lords OF tie Admiralty that the Queen, Ia con
? sideraiion Of tho brilliant ;u0oo1S "
u. ali has been pleased to order that from April
st 1867, TO September, 1859, during which tims y
81 was In command Of the yacht Fox, shall soun y
h to him as sea time. This favor can only D
granted by the soversign, and Is rarely eSei
cised.
TuKr were near hattng a slave rendition ca
Of In hightstown, Nd, on Monday. As the ~
at celsior describes the incident, two gentieme
as from Mary LAM were in town looking for run;
rk way negro, whom they supposed was mmg y,
q but from! what transpired, 1t WAS believed TIN
sss | tbe pora they were In search OF was negr
as Who arrived there last spring, and lived, durir
hi. the summer, In hut near the wood isndins, ~
ira billy left for parts unknown month or
m | since.
Ior THE Sollewipg petition to the Lsgnlaturs
Is IN circulation IN MAinst ''Ths undsrsagned
%, spectfuily ask you TO put An end to shave hsa
i Main: y .a.ns sTs ,sa ssss no Ss E;Sa
rH by any olics or court, State or Federal, witt
Of this State, TO any one claiming him on
M. / ground that he owes service or labor TO ;. ;.
ted sisiman,, by the laws Of one Of the slave S'A
% Of this vnion." II,
Ia, TnK Bsirut, Syria, corrssponassi 1O,ohs,
% ~ / ton Tropslev writes, undsr date o. o.oo1r ~,
Ihh uu M .ssss's'h .ns a,'aTey Of tho American 70
:, snthoritiss at Beirut, the Perps,rs.oi,s