The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-09-06
Miscellaneous.

Ir ~ REruRrED that ES-Sccrctary Cobb "
going into the military service. Cobb ought To
he aid to Gen. Price Ion Jour.
" EMri.po,iEs immortalized himself by
lcopng into the fiery gulf of Nesuvius, our old
ticnd Roger llan.on should have manifold
Immortality; hc walks into the cratur almost
every hour Of hi, liic.-fOu. Jour.
BlG TmNos oN UrcKLKnERRIEs.-Ths edi-
tor Of the Lake Superior (Marquette, Mich.,l
Journal has seen Tour huckleberries which, in
the aggregate, weighed half ounce 12s 10
t'i' pound). They were about the size OF ordi-
nary pmIcs, aud they are often 80 thckly set
ufon the bushcs that they very much resemble
long clusters Of grapes.
TnE LOuI,NILLE JOURNAL Tho friends Of
his live Union paper have interested themschs o.
in its behalf in Ibis city, and procured Tor il n
roll oi ono hundred and seventy live subsoriberS,
bcginning in New York.
BrSpISa GRAIS ~ MAcmSERY has boon
successfully accomplished In Iowa. II takes
one man 10 direct It. The grain Ia neatly and
strongly bound in shclvcs IA the reaper pro-
cccds. The band is of wire. The coet Of wire
ullicicnt To bind an acre Of average grain ia
about fifteen cents.
SuoCkING DISHONESTY IN MoSARCmcAL
Cot NTUuu- !-l'pwafls OF one thou1and per
| suns were convicted in Great Britain, during
| the quarter ending last midsummer, on charges
| Of using iahc or unjust weights, scales, or
| measures.
a DETrmSEp WoMAN.-M Columbus.
| Ohio a few Gays since, a company OF yolunteers
Nrrr rdoitd tJ Washington. Tive wife OF ono
| Of them desired to 90 with her husband, and was
| rluscd permission 10y the commander, but as
tie car, moved ,I, She made spring Tor tho
ndow, anl was caught by her husband, who
drew her ,criuoue and all, through the open win
dow and, 1t Is presumed, she went on her way
r. ulc.ng.
A fINE BLACR MARE, owned oy Mr. Steel
drurI I'd dead at Rochester, \. Y, On Thursday.
Ns the horse was apparently sound curiosity
! 4 to post mottem examination, when hne
sowing needle was found in the heart VI the ami
nal.
How NATURAL u recent occasion, a.
the marriage ceremony WIS about 10 10 per-
ffrl,d in a church in u ncighLoring town, when
tie clergyman desired tue parties wishing 10 bo
mani'd to riFc up, large number Of ladies i'm
mcdiatcly Tose.
No SIor 80 lliM.-Simeon Curtis, Of East
ludgcwatcr, Mac. j. 81 years old weighs 1926
pounds, and has never stopped growing since
he WIS born. H. has gained over 20 lbs. since
last autumn.
\ CITRATE HAvISd BEES OvERHAULRD by
his bishop for attending ball, the former re-
IlIcd, My Lord, | wore u mask. 'Oh we'll"
replied the bishop, 'that puts new face on
the affair.
'IENNSIE,' SAID NENERABLH CAMRRo-
NiAN (Sco,Chman) To his daughter, who was
asking his consent to accompany her urgent
| and favored ,uor To the altar, 1T Is very SOL
cun thing 10 get married" II know II, faith
| cr, replied the sensible damsel, "but II Ia q
| great deal solcmncr not to-
SuoppY blue woolen rags, from which
| Shoddy is made, have gone up from five Ia
twenty-five cents per pound, since the war COM
| mcnc,d
MuEpER or A CLERGYMAN.-Sunday week,
Mr.. Clemens had preached in Xenia No., ana
o passing through some timber his way
h me, lie was shot by n concealed villain and
sanity Nillrd. lh' only cause assigned for
~ outrage is that Mr. c. was strong Union
mar.
AN ESuuE FAMILY was taken to the PhilG-
d' .phia Hospital on Tuesday suffering from tho
effect, uf poison. They found in house tn
which lhrl had Just moved a bottle Of liquor,
lrlt behind by the former tenants, which proved
yo be poisoned Tor bugs, and which they drank.
SuMLuING or \ NoICE.-A Mrs. Lyons Of
Nr-tHcll, y. \ , Ig alone in tho house on
lrtli. u ,,ht last, was awakened by burglars
ntt,n ing 10 enter window. Her calls for
assistance were heard by two men who weTo
watching the oyster grounds, mile and half
distant. The rogucs Of cour'e decamped from
under a masked battery Of this description.
Suo,krNG A,CIpENr.-C Charles Groesbeck.
residing iu Valparaiso Indiana, with a party
Ui Young men, was amusing himself firing an
ull cannon. NOT having AlN sNhD, ne put ms
mouth over the fuse TO blow out the fre, at tho
very moment when another OF the party rammod
ia a cartridge, which exploded and discharged
through the fuse, throwing the whole charge
INTO MIR. G. 5 throat, no,trlls, and lungs. H0
fingered five days in the most dreadful agony,
being unable To eat ANY thing or even swallow a
oIop ot water.
SrpprN prtrH- Charles 7. Bradford, OF
Now Bedford Mass, on Saturday last fell dead
Al nj, wife, lrut lust they we're about t0
Start ON an excursion tO the country.
WuuE BAtmNG at Willow Grove, n. j.,
Young lady named Emma Demott got beyond
her dcIth aud sunk Another young lady who
.aw she was drowning rushed TO the rescue,
bat was caught about the neck by the irst with
thc grasp Of death, and both perished.
MAR ruE CuSGREGATIoSAL CHuRCH in
Mlshhcld, Mass, there stands a fine, tall flag
stan on the very spot, II is said, where onoe
stood Whipping-poet lOr the punishment q
slaves. The same change will take place in
mar other parts Of the Union.
Con PRo1ECTs THE DEFF NCELEss.-A Young
lady, Il wears Of age, residing AT Albany, was
one night last week invited by professed lover
to take walk through some fields in the rear
Of the house When only short distance from
the house he whistled and seized the girl, and
two aocompl'ces who were at hand rushed for
ward. Their intended victim was Il little toe
active for them, and succeeded by her cries In
attracting some neighbors TO the spot, whore
upon the young men hed, AMI havo not slnc.
been taken.