The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-11-18
MAIL ITEMS, Z.

oss hu ndred .nd aftsn wcskna .v9s d
charged from employmeut st the HosfbR Nav
Yard Saturday evening.
Mr.. JAS. SKIP, an old scholsf d oufs. 1ssv
PBkNrrcH, has married Miss Stone JnrrTf
st bis old tricks; he always ussd 70 skip tks
MR. AsHKn J. WHxsLxr Of Bs.panr<ou. W.
on the 9th inst, fell dad upon the scaRSlding
Of bis store, then in process Of erection. rs
was young man, bot - ysan q sgs.
Our Minister TO OpaiD, Mr.. PRESTON, 4 ysry
shortly expected from Msdsid. HI family VIII
pas, the winter In Paris. He has . cos1s fsr SIX
months.
IT ba, cost Uncle Sam $4,000 70 subssissts
bercbes for desks In the House 81 nspssssnts-
tives, wbsn thousand ought TO have bssn nsrs
than enough to cover every expense. .
JANIS W. KrSSH1r, son Of Col FRxD. KE-
NETT, was married at 81. Louis, last wed, to
Miss IlhLhs FARRAR, niecs Of Col. Jom o.
FALLoN. The families Of the weddsd pair srs
said TO represent at least ten million dollars.
A tsuKp States Senator Is 20 be chosen By
the Legislature Of Alabama, which convened on
Tuesday last. II Is thought that Gov. firz-
rATRIck will bo reelected. His present term
expires In 1851.
TUK ceremony Of laying the foundation stoas
OF tho College Of St. James, on its nsw sits, took
place on Tuesday In tho presencs Of largo con-
course OF people. The new College viii Be situ-
sted ON tho line Of the Northern Central Raj
road, about twenty miIes from Baltimors.
TnE farmers In some portion Of Sullivan coun-
ty, Tennessee, arc complaining that the fy has
made its appearance In tho wheat, and 8 COM
mitting extensive ravages. The favorable
weather this fall has caused ths whsat TO b. un-
usually forward, atd the ravages Of the hy are.
therefore, likely to be so much the moro sx-
tensive.
ARIAoK Spanish radlsh has bean received a
tha nj DNira frnu, u -
Bay Geld, Wisconsin. II Is the product Of ths
natural soil without manure, andi an average
Of the crop. IL measures IL inches In length, q
inches In c'rcumfsrsnce, and weighs 121f pounds.
II was raised from seed Furnished BY the Patent
Office, and sown In July; 1859.
AMoSG the many strange customs Of tho rast.
still preserved In Ergiand, |, one which re-
quires the sheriff Of the City Of London, OF on
q the under sheriifs, on any day between tn
Feast OF st. Michael the Archangel and tn
Morrow Of st. Martin, TO perform bsfors ths
Queens Remembraroer tho ceremony Of chop
and service for piece Of land called the Moo.
In Shropshire; and the counting Of six horss-
shoes and sixty-one nails, as suit and service for
piece Of land called the Forge, In the Parrish u
st. Clement Danes. The service was psiformed
this year en- the 3lst Of October.
.AMAs named WIN. PALMER, indicted for bur-
glary In the second degree at the Oyer and Ter
miner held at Goshen, Orange county, . 6sw
| days since, was found guilty. In sentencing
him. Judge Lo1T remarked that, owing to tho
facilities Of exchange and intercourse between
the burglars In the I'd judicial district and tho
receivers Of stolen goods I'm the city Of New York,
the Judges u the ID district fsli Il 70 b thsir
duty to impose tho highest penalty Of The law
upon al who were found guilty In either OF
the degIees. He accordingly sentenced the pris-
oper TO ten years imprisonment In the State
Prison.
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