The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-03-26
Miscellaneous IteDs.

THE llorsE or RErTEsRNTArvEs Of the
Thiriy-scvenih Go gress will consist Of 3St
memhcrs, according to the act Of 1850, which
will mako tho ratio of representation one 70
$4,000 inhabitants.
MhSIN VAN BuRES IL IuE only individual
Who las filed the four highest positions under
'lc hmeric III Government lie has been u.
S.natur Secretary VI State, Nlce-President sad
ffcgidont.
Tn. first vessel Of tho new navy OF tho
Southern Confe lcrAcy /, called the Lady Davis,
after the wife ~ its military President. IL
did not need this significant indication - prove
IT." aristocratic character of tho coneern.---
Pi a. Press.
1uE STHrrr (uoRsE RArRoAp) CARS 10
~. Louis bTs 10 be propelled 10y steam. 1hS
furnace AMI boiler are to 10 upright, and plaosd
about thrco feet square. The cylinders arc 70
bo thrco irches in diameter, with q nine-indh
stroke, and will give power equal to aboss
tlIcc horse.
luus NAS RirHR, hailin8 from Misaachz-
SruP, but fer three years past resident q
r,tsrburs Va, left that city very hurriedly
or Situiday moIrnE % avoid tho attentions -
Vigilance Committee, who, learning that VAH
RuPrB had publicly declared that 'ho was
born an abolitionist-rAised an abolitionist--
al intended TO die one" intimated detG-
niasiion ~ eScort him out VI town.
AZ ELECTION WAS held in st. ClAirvills,
| Ohio 4 faw days al;o, in compliance with what
has been ammo unccd TO be the wish Of Mr.. Lrss
CsIs " determino who should receiys the sp-
poir tment oi postmaster. There wero thres
| candidates, two very respectable and popslAr
grnti,m men, and a lady, named Mrs. RAssnI.
1lo latter Was elected by about twenty dvs
majority.
"lou A DENTIST, Dop did not know yos
wcrr in Il at trade.
Yes" said Bou, "I follow no other busi.
nc. but te,tirg teetl-in beef, potatoes, bread.
at SICK like"
Two MES, STRANGERS TO each other. met ono
l Gy, and spoke 70 each ether in mistake. One
| - thrm happening to be an lrishmsn, made an
i Il, 4. y in this manner; "Oh, gorrah, its all .
/ I,,.Eo! thought IL was me, but Its nathr
i e, IS ."
HIDorlNGs HAVE pEooME so usIvBRsAE
a. Nashyille, Tenn, aud are so unscsntide aliy
l done that professor has advertised that he has
| oIcn,d A gallery 90 that with few instruo-
Il, ms the untutored pupil can wing bis uAa
every time
TuE GUTHRIE vessel employed In sup
1 rIying the lighthouses and light-vessels In ths
| se2ed in the bay Of Galveston, Texas, on ths
9TH Of March by tho disunionlsts, thus de-
l rrying the lighthouses Of oil, which may
lead 10 great loss of life and property along tn
l ast.
| MosEs Y. BEAcH, ESQ, the former propris-
tor of the SuS has with CHARACTERISTIC Publtc
sririt and bsneyolence, recently devoted his At
l tcntion 10 tho improvement Of the common
s,hools In tho townof Wallingford, c., whHs
4 he now resides. In October last, he PROPOSED .
l Ilan to Tho Board Of School Visitors, which
was adopted, Of Offering money prizes at ths
/ erd OF each month 10 those children Who shoald
distinguish themselves in scholarship and de-
ortmeut; and more valuable book prizes at the
/ end Of the term, to, he competed for AZ general
examination Of all the children in the town. Tha
schools soon exhibited a marked improvement,
l and tho public examinstio on the l4la Of March
| was gala day in Walllngford. Tho ehldrcn
psraded tho town headed by band Of masic.
| and afterwards met In the public hall, whore,
after prayer by the Rev. Mr.. GnBEHr, and
.peechts, by ID, n. CAMr, Rsq., State supcrin-
| tend,nt OF Common Schools and others ths
| exercises. commeused, at the conclusion -
which thu best scholars in each class reeeivss
prize. But q pleasant tuIprise awaited ss
! children. At the conclusion they were mIes-
, | OF past the platform, where each ons-ooO
| sll-receiyed present Of book: Thso, NO.
sinpipp the NUnion," snd the " Star Spangtsd
!, | Banner A" led by Miss HAEKrs, they sepratss,
. l hspn,Iy mo doubt. but not more 20 thas ~
y l g,nercus oo,or. The prizes are TO bs espsn-
y ned by Mr.. Beach, for another year, at sn sA>
] pesse Of Eot lsss than tiocs.