The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-08-27
miscellaneous Items.

4 NEw JERsEYMAN has advertised fast cole
according 10 his nccOunt ha runs like noun
Ser OF Congress at Bull Run.
SEVrfAL PFpsoNs have lately been drowned
i Lon nu, IN their attempt TO save the tallow
which hld lccn wa he'd down the sewers during
hc tire ~ ioulcy strcct.
Iwi ri-IIvE KEGs OF Powder cxplod-
', ia a uiii near hkrun, o., the other day.
Tur rnEsENr WmNr CrpP Of Iowa Il ono
90 t,tcHt abundance II II thought that the state
will ha,c 10000 900 bushels to export The
.,iu never lo' kcd better.
EpINpAnLE BATTERY. Tho Thames Iron
Works, l.,ndOn, have received an order Tor a
.. amer ,ur tho Ru sian Government The ves-
Il will he ui iron, 4, 800 tons burden, carrying
an armament of forty heavy guns and having q
beah projected under water more than twenty
feet in advance Of the apparent bows.
\ LoNpoN JuDGE has Just sentenced an en-
pluvc In a tobacco manuiactOry TO six months.
imprisonment, with hard labor, Tor taking home
tour ounces of tobacco for his own use.
A Cnup wITu ruE DELrRIuM TREMENs.-
\ physician Of st. Jotcph was called in there
he other day, TO see a child Of only four years
OF age, which gave every evidence Of being al
hcted with that awful sCOurge, the delirium
uemcns. The father had been in the habit Of
living the child draughts Of spirits, until It had
acquired a taste for Il, and would Fimbibe when
no one was present TO control It's appetite.
IpNIAth STAMPS. ne new stamps Will 10
roady iOr delivery ON or about September 1st..
after which time six days arc to Le allowed for
>chu.c. The Postmaster received large
uur'icr oi the new stamps week since but
as his supply was thought To bo insufficient, it
was deemed prudent to wait until the printers
might be allc 10 produce three millions for tho
New Norl office, and then publish the fact Of his
,oadiness TO adopt the new postal token.
MOST FIENDIsH MURDER committed
near Nhoclersburgh, Ohio, on Sunday night OF
last week. A Mr. Powell, widower, was
-lecping " ith his only two small children in
ted in the lower story Of his house, and during
lac night u terrific explosion took place in tho
room, instantly killing the two children, and
ujuring Mr.. Powell 50 that he died next morn
~. II WIS found that quantity Of gunpowder
had been placed under the bed, and fired during
tho night by means Of fuse introduced through
holes bored through ar adjoining partition. A
nephew uf Mr.. Powell has been arrested on sus-
p'con.
CouST IAMoYsKI, a Polish orator, recently
| proved, by documentary evidence, before an
| English audience, that while Prussia and Aus
tria earnestly desired the restoration Of Poland,
| England by the acts of her statesmen, was Op-
| posed TO it,
OK WEDNESDAY, A LITTLE GIRL about five
years old, living at Roxbury, Mass: fell from .
"carryall, when at full speed, and passed be-
tween the wheel, with no further damage than
the loss Of her iTOck, which was literally torn
from her ody. She quietly gathered herself
up, AMI with the remains Of her dres in her
hand, said TO her alarmed mother 81 tcoHder
rhP i' IN be dne pert'
EXrEysEs OF THE BosroN FIRE DEPART
hiENT.-lhe expenses Of this organization dur
ing the wear euling May !, 1860, amounted 70
@ltj, lGl 80 and the expenses Of the same de-
plrtment for tho wear ending May l, 1861,
| an, un,rd TO only ;9l, PSI o. showing balance
II III .OGJ II in t,Vor uf the last year, during
which rod ~ hmi ngiHss have been used
'crn'r having takou their place, and suppressed
| them in efficiency.
As Aorn currLE NAMrp WmrSEY, far be-
,1nd three score and ten lived in lonely house
| Al Andr-, Drlrwaro Co. On the night Of the
| g,h inst The house vas burned The charrod
remain, OF the old man were found where the
ted lal stood whilst those Of his wife were near
the ,tu,c. The old woman had paroxysms OF
maduv-a. threatening at such times 10 burn the
tuu.c. AMI 1t is presumed she did set 1t On lire
SINGULAR A,,IpEST.-Iast Sunday young
-Dr,Uut girl in the employ OF John \. Corey,
| Iau. ni saratoga, while engaged in swinging,
| % the arm, caught her foot on 4 hook several
| rrt from the floor, hy which shc was drawn out
| the wing, aud remained suspended until help
| riNDl. Il.g hook caught in the side OF tho
loot hiicths a bal wound.
| TmI THousAvu DpLLAH. FOR SOLDIERS
- SIM, the breaking OF OF the war In April,
| ne American luct society," Nassau street, New
| work. have supplied the army AMI navy with
| nr' thousand 'dullars worth OF their valuable
NH, 'tiona. 4 portion Of this amount was In
.,rluI,.Is and pamphlet tracts, but a much
Ir,.,, onou ia th 4 excellent soldiers Camp
| nd Pocket liblarir-. OF the Camp Library OF
b ,u'nmes lNmo, containing such books ~
| U.,.N.h, Wears aud Hammond, 800 sets have
r,u furnished comprising l2,6oo volumes. On
| o. Pocket Library. containing tho Soldier .
| .rNt Book, soldiers Hymns soldiers and
t,,us, ~ lao is on the Lords Side, Col. Car
| .m,r, The True Story Of Lucknow, &C., POO
cts have been furnished, comprising 1000 vol
| umes
The publications are highly appreciated by
the oil, ers aud soldiers and urgent applications
ne almost daily made by chsplains and army
,omn,tees for additional supplies, to be sent 70
yarou encampmonts in the Northern nI.n mnne
and Western states and 10 the hospitals ana en-
y ,ampu ents in and around Washington.
Q Tho Society is in great need d means TO enAi
bic tLom to meet these claims.