The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-09
miscellaneous Items.

Az ArrALLTrG Loss oF lIFE OCcuRVKD
recently ut Clay q O's Co.litry, Epglane, by
the flooding sf a pig In wh'c 300 co i'rs Atd
90 horses were At work, N, num1r CrowHsd
or sUf eat,d, wis about 10 % we'll a. all the
borser.
TnK DUKE or CsMBRIDeE lh- Commands
in chief Il The BntiAh army has abolithsd the
syst'm q purchasing commissions; hsnceforth
@oiiT not money, will oclro promotion
II IL tettIble rgulAtion is said to have pro-
cue = terribis senea ion among tho or ST.
cTaoy.
"A DHPLoHABLE SCESE TOOK rLAok at
Esstbl urf a an English watering place reesat-
ly, through the ca'slsssuess OF a nur@. 1hs
sirl had ne baby In hsr arms and snoths ar Ia a
p,raubalaIor initead " fllo wing tho orders
given hel 10 go inlo soms shady laue, che want TO
Ito sa wall parade. BY some means she let
20 her held cf the perambulator, which was
instantly swept over the ledge of the sea wall
into tte es. Brave men rushed forward to
ho bato's rescue, but VIXEN recovered the poor
thing was dead-drownsd. The mother rush
ed 10 the spot, and her wild distraction at tho
light Of her baby and its tiny carriage, tossed
by the waves was hearirending.
LARGEST FohTREss N THE WORLD
Eighteen miles from Ws'siw stands the largest
fortress in tie woIli- fortress with cAssmatsd
nd bymbpioo barracks for 10000 men, and
Sith ciieu~ferer CO Of .lsves miles. II ID
hluN IA Aup AAaohlAt VI ANoW .
in Russian, NoVo-Giorgeysk No stranger
can Wis II without tho special permission Of
the Car.
"FI'AuTY JACK," az Lord JOHN RussKLL.
is called by the English reople, was thus
sharply istir Ged by BuLwsR, in his poem,
The New IlmCn:'
'EtI,, coo aud all UhcCn Cnaolous of repioaoh.
Come, tbs calm Joussr who npss, 'hs ooAoh;"
uow ~ Md b. LEAD, n no, TOO proud W pleAss,
8is fsms would hrs ysu, but hls manner freels.
l. Ike OF dislike, he dozens care a Jo,
he v.nls yeut yeis, Dui your Affection nos-
| &c. whale hi dooiiinss n On LAY ~ csy.
Hs iross Dippsd Parry pipa i'S' m swsy!"
L-1d sr,sLry's t1alsmA,isn a certain mssai
orAble accident" JoHssYs upset the coach !"
A 10Y only sltysn years of ago, the son q .
butohsr. ~ ku.sl, In Germany, comuitts4
,uicids a Tow days ago By hanging hi iAsalf.
darlrg the atssnss Gf his parents, bscause they
tad refused him permission 70 purchase q
| fquiTTsl to which hs had taken fancy.
NEXrIEAR Is the thousandth anniversary %
the fonncai n CT tho Russian Empire thsy
| intend 20 celebrate the occA'ion with one of
their grand pA'ionA religious festivals. The
! spectacle 4 81 PetsisbuIg and Moscow win
| nroblb'v 10 ytiy ma nihce cent ard the foesat
| mar nm n Il tho ettfs 6lll give 1t peculiar
signidcute.
GFygEAL Sco7ls Paui EScE SusrAIsKD
| ny III rJ,Y.- Bar'les tsvs ever been the last
! rr,.uf.s vi good generals aiination who're
| ch,,cs SD acc dent often balls al overcome
Il moss prudential and most ASls arangs-
nsifs gr1 where superiority OF n0mbsTs by
no means ensures success, IS such as 10 never
ent,t,d into without dear nseessity for so
doing. The hsh ing Lattli ony because the
enemy Is near, Or ifom hAvilg 10 0 pc, tornieu
plln Of tffsnse, Is n, tho way Of making war.
DAHIus lc,t bis crown Ard life by IL. hAK-
ON, - Epglanc did ths same; and fRAs-
o.s lie l. at Psyil, lest IN, battle lnd his lib
,rty. kug JoHS, ,f france. f,uGst tee oat-
tie cf Poic,ieTs, gh ruin ',ts, det b; .ne-
ry II be had ntt fought ITO arg ri
Prus,ia ACQUIRED fom FltAJ ERIcH III. BY the
bst,ls Of Jsra A tkillfUl general will give
b.ttie Sbsu his am and fituStion canno, bs
wor,e II defeated. than II he dosA not nght at
ali and when the advantage may Be- great.
and tho loss Iltle."