The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-10-02
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TIrE SECRETARY op rHE TREASURY says he
| is spending ~ 200, 900 dsv. This amounts 10
a., 1000 week, and to e436, 800 900 year.
| IL Is equal TO $4,000 an lour, and TO a trihs
ovtr ss33 minute. Thc amount oi interest
| on years expenditure, at this rate, will b
| about S]2, 900, 900.
| EEv. SNLvEsTFR II. RosECrASs, a Mohsr
Ct the General, Is pastor uf Catholic Church at
Cincinnati and editor Of the Teicgrdpl the o.
| Ian OF Archb,hop Purcell.
1uE PRNArErR BusrSEss sem, 70 have got
| death blow by the taking 81 lIittora.. Il -
taic nov g. hear any Thing " Il.
rumtC BfNEFACroHs.-Two fellows in De-
| troit have killed 2,?33 dogs the past summer.
hr which They haV' pre- .ontci bill against tho
| city for $500 They deserve tvicc a. much.
OvER 1ES TuOusNHD BALEs Of contrabanA
| cotton are now lying at Apalachicola, Florida.
| Ap,lachicola can ca'iy bo taken bys naval
| orcc, and so can the Cotton-cash value S1,-
| 100000. Ga the l0h inst. there wen l035e
! bales la New Orleans, whicn ia tho North
wouh he worth 81, 1876 900.
| NFNoLfSn LADY who went 10 make pur-
| chascs in Jams'ct, &c omp,nicd by her black
| maid, was repeatedly addr.Sssd by the negro
| shupman as "M1s7a;' wbereupOn her slhle ftl-
lowor eN,lGmed, with a look Of infinite con-
| icmpt, "Why fo- you speak such bad grammar,
| Si'hy Whv ior Nou call my miisus msssaf
STUPID 6llah--himsa ,he.
A YuuSG SrCrsStoS LADY was detected on
the Louisville msil boat a. Cincinnati, on Sspt-
2Isi, with $3.50 worth Of military buttons sus-
Icndcd from her waist and shoulders.
UNcERIAiNTY or LrFF.-A stranger, in sd-
dressing a Sabbath school in Syracuse the Sab
bath before last, illustrated tho brevity and un-
certainty of l'f", by tho following remarha aide
statement in regard TO his own family. lie aid
ihcir family ouca cons istcd of the parents and
| three brothers and sister. His father and
| eldest brother wcrc murdered The other bro
ther was killed in factory. Ills sister dropped
| dead Ia school. rs1m. Thus in each case with
out moments waning, the family we're swept
| away.
As Two Lu1Lr CuLpnFS, brother and sis-
ter, belonging to MIR. A. Neh, of Norwich, o.,
~rrc going to school On FRIDAY last a quantity
| OF hiick fell on them from the g. of machins
| hop, crushing in the Ii tie sil- skull, 81 that
she died Immediately and wounding her broth
| ,r so that his recovery is doubtful.
| Two GAY CAvALGERS Of Washington not of
the best neral character, and slightly inebti-
atcr, were last week IN a hack, seated side NY
| ,de with two gaily dressed girls, going through
tie streets Of the Capital, at an alsrming pace.
| suddenly otc of the young ladics' was per-
| oiv,d To roll out Of the hack, and to assume .
| d, citodly undguiicd position In the middle ot
tie street, the hack still keeping up its previous
| IN rate. II had hirilv gone a square further,
however before tho other young lady assumed
q similar position in the middle Of the street.
The CAV young cavaliers still continued to urge
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horses, and was soon out of sight.
A. for the young ladies, they picked them
| selves up, apparently none the worse for their
well dcservcd mshap, aud started rapidly home
ward, 10 escape the jecrs Of tho crowd which
had commenced To gather around.
TwELvE NEGRO CourLE were married At
| Camp Hamilton, Fortress Monroe, the Sunday
| before last, by the Rev. Mr.. lockwood. The
| ceremony was very solemn, as these poor con-
rnhands had long desired the sanction OF relig-
ion On their union, but were forbidden by their
| former masters who told them that mirraRs
| WIS unnecessary for slaves.
"PREssRD VEGETABLES" A soldier writ
\ ing from the Potomac about bis feed, says:
I'VE get a substance for soup called pressed
| vegetables II looks good deal like big
plug of dog leg tobacco In shape and solidi-
", and is composed in part of potatoes,
onions, beans, lettuce, garlic, parsley, parsnips,
carrots, &c. acknowledge eating two China
| tin plates full without any commissions OF na-
turc, and can now speak the German language
| with luency."
An UNUSUAL QUANTITY Of yellow amber was
thrown upon the shores OF the Baltic, during .
late storm. In one night more than i've hun
| dicd dollars worth was collected.
PREHArs So.--An English paper states that
| on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railroad, q
| uained parrot is kept at every station, TO call
out the name of the place, at the arrival Of
| trains. They pronounce it so "a to be heard and
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| have heretofore done.
| Az ISGENIous SMUGGLING Trick was prac-
| ticed recently tear Lille in France. Some boys
sent up gigantic kite, and followed IL across
the frontier line into Belgium. There man
attached to the tail several bundles Of segars
| and a large one Of tobacco. The kite was again
raised, and the BOYS quietly returped ints
Frarce without paying duty on their booty.
Tug DETROIT CoNrERENcE OF the NJ f.
/ [ "a ma af NJ tTttr ON NJ pttu Rlah0u
| .\mc5 presiding. TIE Rev. Mr.. Duuield APP
| pearcd ~ delegate from the Synod Uf Michi-
| hn TO thc Conference. On Thursday, the key.
| Nr. Mnhou, having received the appOintmt mt q
| G. aplan of the E,gh'h Regiment, tOok leave
| Of the Conference, wheu it was resolved that
| should any Of its members who had gone 80
| ClaIains TO the army, bo removed by death,
| p,cial care shall be taken OF their families.
| A WrsrEnN CorrNroRARY defines a peace
| meeting to he "a m' citing To enter solemn
| .rd indignant protest against every effort to
ave the Government from being oyerhrown.
THAT, VERY MILD CHEESE said tho
grocer. "Oh, YES, replied an old ,quaw, who
stood near by, she berry milo-l smell um two
mile
| A HARD TAsK-Among the Sunday school
children Of a certain church was poor little iel-
low. lie coullu tell the number OF the house
| IN which he lived, and was charged, when ho
lsnrNt came 10 school 70 bring il. The next
| time he appeared, lt was d~At4 VT nc NlOuSuh
| the numb,r mo sir, said he, 1T Is nailed on
tAy door ,o tight that couldn't got ii Of
| \ RrsslAN CnrRcH has Just been dedicated
in Paris.
| ArTrMl'r ny A NEGRO TO CcMNfr \ RArE
ny A WHITE GRL.-Ihe NCgrO HHng By the
| tVizsas.--A negro man, the property oi Capt.
P,lIce residing in LlkIoFn, Md, attempted TO
20 commit a rape on II young hiy, tho
daughter Of John V. Price, dt Cecilton, ON
| IM,rsday last. 1ho young lady was out nding'
ana arrived at a set Of bars where the negro
| WAS. She requested him to lsy them down. when
| he sei.ed and dragged her from the horse Inc
| ,,unp l,irl tuuuht br.yclv, and Lit the negro
buuer in d, efforts To resist. Tho citizens OF
| a. -iltun .el.td the usisul1aut Aid hung hun ON
a. r nearest tr,c.
Su,tP.-A vermont broom podlAr lately
.crd with A Prov idence merchant to sell him
| A lead of hroar ?, tho payment TO he made half
iu cash and half in goods from the Proyidence
mans store at cost prices. The brooms weTe
brought In, and the eash for halt Of them paid
over. Now what will you have for the re-
manier Of your bill p asked the merchant. -
"Iou Providence ielleTs are cute, Was the sloW
reply; you sell at cost pretty much, all OF you,
and make money don't see how it's done.-
Now, don't know about your goods--but one
! article so, seoin as twont make any oddA
| with you, guess III take brooms. know
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