The sun., 1861-12-26

names ioi Its vessels for why else should y fns
Sannle-Wneel seamer be called the ''Monkey1"
| we may next expect the frigats "Gorilla the
man-of-war "Baboon," and the swim revenu.
Ape"
| : ANHA A. DOWN WAS convicted Al East Cam
bridge, ha'saohusctts last woek, of the murder
OF Mrs. Rhoda NJ wilkins at Lowell. When
AK sIsed by the court f che had ANYTHING to NY
your hofor, only that I'm entirely innocent of
this charge. That IL ALL"
Os the 18th inst 7 childrcn-i sons and
| diuRhtds-,fthe late Major Samuel Hastipes.
of Lexington, Mas, met at the house Of IL.
| your gest dau. htsr. The oldest ia in his 10Th
year--'fe youngt At Is In his Goth. The grand
father n the above children ciei at tho ago Of
| 81 in the year 1870.
II largest br how ever known In Eng
Ia d ha, ju.t boen hold at Southampton. Every
| Britt btd, excepting the cuckoo, was exhi6-
itcd. Upv ards Of 1000 Nag birds we're
shown Stuffed specimens Of IN, prairie hen.
| hybrid iovls, aud hybrid duck xsnd turkey,
were alto in tho eNhibition.
Youra girl in Paris lately tcA a daliks
e. her boarding school, and coming hd>,s al va
| ,ator, refused to return. Her parenA placsd
her under strict survt ilancc, ~ ihoy ftsA d she
meant TO comm suicide, but she managOd 70
| get q pair e scissors and 20 far succeeded in
| cutting h torgue out that her power Of speech
A MriANUuuLr story IA related a Mics
Bowlcs, Of belfast, NJ, Who, last week, sont to
| oirdiug school by her highly respectable pa
| cnts, pid rttd rather 20 run away 10 milwsu-
| kr, m.de an improper acquaintance In tho
| crs ALd IL nov an inmate Of brothel
| Springfield. She ia only 10 wears of Aer, .sni
sp' ais French, Gofmau, and EnElish too.
TnE Now OdcNre CErs'ESr, OF Dec IL,
| 'r,s'a that if Na.cn apd Sldc1 dis while i'm
| rfisCn,d, "Iutidcnt Davis Ill order tho exc
| Cution Of ovtry pTilontr Of wSr In bis possess
| slcn, ard announce IN an irfofmh proclamation
| that no prisoners will 10 taken hereafter lie
will bc fully justified bcioro tho nationalites in
20 doing"
Al Frizington, England Lad fell head Eore-
not lI0 feet down tho shait Of an iron mine,
| striking on his head Ia ton foet Of water at tho
| rottom Of tho pit. Ills head was jammed IN
| the mud NJ the bottom Of the pit, but he had
| presence ol mind enough TO press himself FREQ;
ho ,hcn Ao,ted on tho water and was happily
| recovered not much he worso ofhis petlous do
scent.
Apour one hundred and fifty miles from vir-
| ginia City are some of the mott remarkable salt
| deposits in the world--not 30 clear aud pure a
| the salt uG Cracow, but susceptible uf ready ro-
| hncmcnt, ard pTmiIng tO bccoms OF great
| value to the Territory. The salt IA formed in
fabulous quantities by cyap.ration-tho waters
| risiug from perpetual springs and OVERLOOKING
| the level surface adjacent. II is estimated that
| thoic are a thousand tons on the ground ready
| iot sacking.l
Tux pastor Of tho Church OF tho Unity"
| Boston, few SlbbAths SINCE in his sermon,
said no wanted TO SEQ Charleston Laid in ashes,
tho ground plow,d up and planted with salt,
| AID a uilar OF midnight haCku,sl sot up TO
| u ak tho spot. After this was done he pro-
| pos 4 o have South Ca'olina tuwed out into the
| Au,nt.c Ocean and sunk. Whoth,r he pro
! poses TO build this ill " Of necrIoi OF not 10
| Il a ret state. Such t,mnk, are uubccomin.s.
| r,t,AvagDnt, uEcharitallo a Il unghristan.
! AIE1TrR from Rome states that the Pontii-
cal uOuI ar, hostile to the government which
they are t,puttd to serve, Exc, ing at tho
| ban chs Of the foreign zoutyos ami ,rndarmes,
| tht'a IL never any NEE INK of POldiers where
| the n meme majority do not sympt,hiso with
| tho ltnl an cause. To wnrcyer soldier YOU
| speak, hufgar, dragon, arlilleryman, you hear
them all say the same things when Ia our
King coming ?" | firmly believe, and speak
from heightened obsc crvation, that there are
not 1000 men devoted to the Pope cut Of his
I -ssy oG ~ 900.
THERE is a pctticolt at Washington taksu
from she jecesh that weighs lfty pounds. The
| gitment II app uently quilted one but inste cd
Il the usual tlling Il Is thickly wadded with
the finest quality Of sewing .ilk of assorted CO.
| Tors tho skeins being lr,fully arranged in Law
cr. It is provided with straps, by which tho
weight may be supported by the shoulder.
| Sow ing silk is enc OF tho articles most needed,
next TO outline, in the South.
GpS. TON THUMB during his recent sojourn
in Cerada West was called upon one day to
| prefide at a wedding, in which the bride and
| bridegroom were only q few inches taller than
himself The gonoral drove 10 the church in
h.s miniature turn out, and enjoyed tho
honor and felicity of giving away the bride.
Mr.. Charles Henry Richardson. the bridegroom,
Is just feet high (oLly inches taller than tho
g'neral) and 2s yeais Of age. Mis- EliLabeth
Carer, the bride, IA only 81 inches high and ~
years OF age. Both are said to be in easy cir
Gun stances.
A SAN FRANCIsCo paper estimates the guam
tity of quicksilver raised the past year to date,
| at q, ,S6l Tasks valued at S952, ,5l9. This is
an increase on the produce Of 1857, the largest
export year previously, OF 2,5S6 tasks. The
ayr reSate product of nine years has amounted
u lSi,il0 nasks, wor,h %, 800, ,308. 1t 10 cu-
rious that the expectation Of this metal ID
principally TO China and Mexico, both which
countries produce quicksilver in abundance. In
the former IL In used in the manufacture Of ver-
million; IN the latter As ANAL gamator Of tho
precious metals.
A FARMER living near Kingston, Can, hal
his hand and part Of his arm torn of in Z
thrcshing machine on Thursday last. Imme-
diately after tho accident, he walked q quarter
OF mile, got into wagon and came into town.
and in leading practitioners surgery, sat
down ard had an amputation OF the arm below
the Elbow performed. Ho refufed 10 take chlo-
.ul,l m and at er the operation, in spite OF ro-
| muhsttauce, determined not TO remain in town,
but returned at once to his hCme.
BrS MuCuLIoCH the rebel leader has
',url cd up" again in posi- ion different from
any which he has heretofore occupied. He has
teen He'd h1lf a dozen times already, picked
| in whiskev, driven into AIkansas, and advan-
| ,,d into Missouri. Now he is prisoner AT
; Richmond held to "answer charges preferred
| against him for needlessly burning property
Of southern men, aud for refusing TO reinforce
Price when the latter was pursued by the Ma
ional troops" We shall next hear Of him on
his way to England, to fill the places made va
cant bv the unfortunate accident" that befsl
Mason and Slidtll.
MRs. l. w. INGERsoLL, of De troit, has gone
10 visit her son in captivity AZ Charles ton
lie was taken prisoner at Bull Run. A Detroit
paper says:-After learning tina. her son wal
, removed TO Charleston, and that he, as well Al
the other prisoners were in destitute condi
iion, she has per,istently and herocally kel
/ in view her purpose, and having at length rC
4 | ceiyed permission from Gen. Mcclellan TO pas
e | through our lines by fag of truce from Fortres
. ,nroe to the Chesapeake she left this cit.
Yesterday morning, on the way for Charleston
She goes well supJ lied with all the necessarie
i for the comfort Of her son, together with con
IS siderable freight of material aid for others VIII
= we're atti ct oil to the same regiment, She
Y unaccompauied and will undoubtedly NEE
with that sympathy and protection due to a
n | American mother