The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-11-19

great distsnsiou.
The San Frarcisco Bsiletin thinks ths. tho
visit Of Gen. 6cUrr 60 the Pacific coast will
convince him Of the necessity and military i'm
portance Of Pacific railway, and that II he re-
ports thus TO goyernmsnt on u his rsturn, his
opinion viii turn the scale In favor Of building
the road by the General Government. ...
REV. J. r. DowSsr, q missionary Of the
Methodist Epi copal Church, died at Lucknow,
on the 10th Of September. Ms. DowasY was
ono offve missionaries who sailed from Boston
for Calcutta . fe~ months ago, and had but re-
Gently arrived at Lucknow, when he was re-
moved by death.
In Msrccllus, onondags CO., N. Y, last Mon
day the slsighirg was good for several mile, Ia
that ne'ghborhood though the snow was much
diifted in some places and on the Central Rail-
road the snow plow was used bstwccn tome Of
the stat ons. Ia Few York city, We have had
only ono snow-squsll this season.
? JouN II. GouGH lately, gave three lectures
In the round room Of the Rotunda. In Dublin,
which is capable Of containing Z. 500 persons, and
wa. full TO the utmost possible extent. lie
visited some OF the provisces, aud In Belfast
alone, (the metropolis Of whisky irinking nortb)
succeeded In obtaining 1000 signatures to tho
pledge.
TnoMAs REDMOND, an old gentleman Of con-
,,dsrable property. residing. near wyliesburg
Charlotte county, Va was shot few days since
ny his son, sged Is, ard died on Saturday last.
Thirty-ssven shots werc extracted from his side
The son had . difficulty with his father, who
drove him from tie house. The murderer was
arrested At church, on Sunday, and is now In
jail
GovKRNoR BRowS, OF Georgia, In his late
message to the Legislature OF that State, roc
ommends tuch change in the criminal code
thst . suspension of specie payment by any
bank In Georgia shall he deemed conclusive evf-
dcncc Of fraud on the part OF It's president and
directors, snd puni.hes the officers Of the bank
fog II, by Imprisonment in the penitentiny,
without permitting them to show that 1t was
not fraud. IN.
LAST Monday night, says the st. Louis Ntr,
Of Nov. 18th Inst. ton negroes, five males and
fvc females, ran on fiom Lagrange, Lewis cum
ty., They belonged TO seven different persons,
AID, being valuable slav.s. were worth not less
than 10000. They rtole . hat-boat, with
which they croesed to :he Illinois shore. On
Friday night another negro, belonging to Capt.
LuiARp, Of the same place, effected his ESCAPE,
making eleven In all.
A PARIS correspondent gives q marvellous ac-
count Of species Of Ink winch Frcnchman has
brought from Chins, aud which, u Il can reslly
bs made, must be productive Of the most mis-
chievous consequences. The peculiar property
OF bis Ink Is said TO be that although Il has all
the appearance Of common ink hen first used,
II entirely disappsars after period Of time, aud
no trace Of II can be found. How such CON-
position might be used for purposes Of fraud Is
clear enough.
paper says, that our leading fur manufacturers
have been busily working up, during the past
summer, skunk skins, exclusively Intended for
thu Foreign market, where tho skunk and his re-
maikabls p9opsrties arc sntirely unknown
Largs quantities Of them 20 TO Rurope, and they
are highly priced there under various fictitious
and fancy names. .-r .. .
TMs annual cstalogus Of Yale College, just
published, contains Sci names of stodsnts In tbs
several depattments. Tho total number ia The
soadsmical cogne Is 6o2, q whom there arc, So
niors, Ill; Juniors, 1o1; SOPHOMORE. III (;
Freshmen, 173. The Frsshman class Is the
largest ever admitted. OF tho undergraduates,
"a are from the Southern States. There arc also
students In theology, "a law, 20; medicine,
45 and In philosophy and arts, 40.
Tn Rochester, N. Y, people are sgbast st .
regular Gaze Of gar, oe which occurred there. DR..
A. q. BRIsToL was assaulted between six and
seven o'clock in tho evening, at the gate Of hi,
own residence, by one or ore rufhsns, who
seized him unawsres about the neck, choked
him, took his pocket book and les him lying
senseless upon the walk. So sudden was the
attack he had no opportunity to call kr help, and
he could make no iesis'ance lie Is unable to
give any thing Like . coirect ststement Of what
transpiIed.
THR Supreme Court Of Errors Of Connecticut
has affirmed the decision Of Judge BurLER, or
dering the New York and New Haven Railroad
to afford the New Haven, New London and Sto-
nington Railroad all the facilities II affords to
the New Haven and Springfield Road THIS de-
don and S,onington Road TO perfect Il. arrange
ments for running through cars from New York
to Providence and Boston, selling through tick
cts, and securing prompt aud certain connec-
tons.
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