The sun., 1861-07-22
miscellaneous items.

TRE rRw SULTAN has cnly ons wife.
THs PORTRAIT OF JonH TYLER wss -
Monday rem owed from the rotuuds of the Capi-
tol, by order Of the Commissioner oi Pubic
Buildlngr.
AMONG THE AMusEMESTs announced In Ha-
vana on Sunday was tight between sa Anssf-
can bear and SIX fsrOcious dogs, and bstwssn q
b, ona and two dogs. A dog hsht was also 10
como Of, and donkey was 10 aght bear.
An nxomAson oIyEs the NbsusCa Ql The
verdict Of a recent coronsr's jury on msnN
hsd died In q state Of insbriation; death from
hAngipg-rouuda n rum shopl"
Ara Posr MoKTIM n examination In wash
Irgton, on Monday last, Of . New Jersy yolan-
t1Sr, pam,d HAoKRrT, who died from the II
f,cts Of Run shot wound accidentally reostv-
ed, living tspswOrD, IL FEET long was tAksl
from the corpte.
TIE CoMkr w6s visible In Europe about thA
same time as With Is. and mace quits a. splsl-
did an pp'arance there. e took the savana
that It travels with astonishing ppieity-but
whittier they cannot tall.
In THE IssANE AsYI uM Of New Hsmpsbirs
are ELK patients whose madness arises from
love troubles; one from extraction Of tssth; oas
from worms; tns from bad trade; i've from
death Of near friends; three from hard WORM
and four from angovsinable apPstitss.
A PECULIAR KIND OF woRx. over an ineh
long, with Whit belly and black and brvva
stripes on the back, are, In vast uubsrA dsvss-
ta'iDR the crops Ground harrington. Il. 1.
Thy sppssred suddenly about week since.
and rain every green thing In their path.
ALErrKR from Sioux City, dated July 10,
says that q party Of Indians on the evening
before, shot dead two OF the citizens living nssr
that place, whilst plowipg In Q potato patch.
They then took their horses. The names Of ths
persons killed were THOMAS RoDkRrs and -
CoRDovA.
A FAw WHKs AGO a seamstrsss threw her
self into the Seine because she had failed N
obtaining anything after having bought twsn-
ty-four lottery tickets; and q woikmAn, for q
similar reason, threw bimsalf cut Of Q window
on the ffth story Of houte near the Bastils.
Tns EMrERoR NAPoLEoS, who Is at the
hsths 1t Vichy Z { his heal h. is more seriously
i'll than il supposed. He Ia suffering ron dis
tai'd liver snd sPine ana looks ten years older
THAI be did two u onths ago. The lew polih-
cal combinations iEducsd by the deaths Of Ca
vCUH and the eultan have profou ndly affected
hun, and aggravated diisnes that have hilhsr-
IL teen kept in check by the consumuats kku
Of the Frsrch PhyticiAns.
The ILLISo IS GENITAL Railroad, a. ID wen
knnsr, has sold vast quantities OF land along
the line Of the road upon long credit. In Con-
sequence Of the failure OF the wild cat bank1
many farmers have found II utterly impossible
10 raise the money TO make the last 1prilg1
payment. Ths company are unwilling TO have
them forfeit their lands, and have announced
that they will take thsir pay In corn, instead Il
money.
IMMHSnTY OF SPAoE.-HuMBoLDr's 'iCss-
mos" says; at is calculated by Sir JoHN
HERsoHEL that the light Is nearly two mil-
lions Of years In coming TO the earth from tha
rsmots nebule reached by his forty foot rheo-
4 and tharal0Fa ha tlOa0 1int ant
WI Tlds must have bssn In existence nearly two
million ysars ago In order 10 sand out the ray
by which We nov psIcsive them. IL also tol-
lows that their light would continue to reash
us fer two milton years TO CONS, were they to
be now stricken from the HsAvenA!
HAvELocKs A FAfLURK.-C,mp'aints are
bsginring 10 bs made that Havaloeh 8 arc fall
urs. The dazzling white renders than caAspie-
uous as marks for the enemy. They nap
aim Of the wearer, and preventing him nom
nssripg the orosrs Of the commanding officer.
A substitute Is meb toned, which consists Of q
CO. lining TO he put into the top Of the hat o.
cap, which keeps the head cool, en- tie trinei-
pie that ice Is kept In an leo house BY sur-
rounding It with non-conductipg substAneee.
sUEsIBIo ExPHRlSKars - Experiments
a. bsitg m ads Ia Paris, whereby II Is thouAhs
lt,tsIs can DO conveyed by msArs OF at
uCspheric tu sss. Ia linss are to be laid down
ter Iba use of the telegraph tffcs, one com nuni-
eating With the Tuileries, and the other with
the DluTss. Air pumps are TO be placed A. sase
end Of the tuoa 30 while ons sxaAusu tns
other shall .ombrefs, and thus proc ues power
full current, Tho spssd calculated on ID abo a
$50 yaIds per tec md; ard II Il tssd that, Oh I'D
ths sxpsrimsnt succeed, Arrangements wtli b
made or the distribu,ion of letters generally To
the various quarters of Paris By the can =
nsaas.