The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-04
Miscellaneous.

/ Col. hnIEH, . r-sLL -n,-~- --.--u- -
tsched 10 the Wise legion In Westen virginia
has been arrested at Richmond as . spy. Upn
Leirg spprehended, he cut his throat, but mot
fatally.
COLONEL KERRIGAN will probably soon bs
court-mArtialed for treason. IL is stated thath
i entered the service merely TO aid the robela.
ard when In camp near Washington, ayAjlsd
bimsolf Of his rank rs Colonel 10 pass our Iiasa
without obstruction, and give iniCrmsticu 70
the rebels.
1HE TuNSEL THRouGH MoNT GEMS let
ter in tho Fatrie describes the progress Of this
Er at work. Tho Gu I ng Of tho tunt el advance
say and night with regularity which excites
the admiration Of engiI esrs. The machines
which are worked by compressed air, arc very
ingenious; they are each OF 250-hoso power,
and act stimuli aneously on both sides Of tho
mountain. They set in motion different instru-
ments OF great power, and cut out daily two me-
Tres, that is one at each end. In few months
arrangements will be mad1 for making the men
employed relieve each other every eight hours,
aud an electric light will bo o,tiblishod; and
on the extraction of rock will DO three metres
pr day. The tunnel will bo IL miles m
length. Il will gradually rise 1-2 Tor 1000 to
tn CENTRE descending from that point towards
Piedmont on tho other. In the GENRE Of tho
way small canal has been frmed for carrying
OIL tho waters which filter through the rock.
Every fortnight an examination is made for tho
purpose Of ascert aiming the direction OF the tuu-
el and level Of the rOa way, instruments of
great pc sion being -mpIoyed in the opeia,iou.
Thus far the cutting on 9th sides of the noun
ain has boon found TO coincide exactly.
TmH DEFENCE OF THE BEARD. There arc
moro solid inducements for wearing the bard
Than the mere personal appearance and the
cultivation Of such an aid to the everyday
diplomacy Of life. Nature, combining, a. shs
never fails TO do, the useful with tho ornAmsn-
tai, provides us with far better resp razor than
.cience could ever make. The hair Of tho
moustashe not only absorbs the moisture and
niasma Of fogs, but 1t strains the air from dust.
IL acts also in the most scientific manner, by
taking heat from the warm breath as il leaves
40 chost and supply irg it to the cold air taken
- II isnot only respi 'ator, bat with tho
-Rld eutirs We are provided With comforter 40
III. The remarkable thing is, too, that the
eard like the hair Of the bead, protects against
ne beat Of the sun it acts Hs a thatch does to
| ne icc-houss bur more than this, 1t beoomes
uoi,, With the respiration, and then by eVapOr-
iop cools the X II. A ten years experience
ay havc made us ourselves a little enthusiAs-
e but II total immunity from toO'hachG,
.llNed u.uul coughs, colds, and all the host
F th.utns he Bny inlucemcnt, then we can
.prdially rCc,mu end the beard in all its glory.
Temple oar for September.
PRoM CmsA.-At present throughout tts
whole empire, and among all these 400, ,OOO, 600
there does not appear even one man, or any
body Of men, either imperialist or insurgent, ON
whom any dependence can be placeo. The
Young Emperor far away from his capital, and
the ilsurgent chief given up TO his new rove
latiOns, together with all their counselOrs, seem
alike incompetent 10 maintain order or TO prevent
urarchy and miNule. L'rge armies are in the
Icld, but utterly powtrless apparently, exoept
for evil. The distresses and pcrpleXities Of tho
ucople, under these circumstances, are dreadfsl
bcyond All description. PrOperty and Life are
Ike exposed 10 destruction--the helpless snd
me innocent as well as the strong and the
" kod. ,,,,-,.
, Mt limited TO the Chinese. Since the allie1
,utsred Pckin, last wear, foreigners have been
.nE, and have enjoyed almost peri ct security
G,r tLeir propcrty, and their persona not at tho
c.pital only, but at all other places at the
open ports and in the interior.
PESNsYLvASIA CoTToE.-Ina secluded SPEC
in the Twenty third ward, Philadslphia, with
in range Of the whiT Of cotton msohlnery, 70 An
acre Of cotton, large, luxuriant, and Ueil-nA-
tured for the season. lt was planted a an az
permeut. We're the season thirty dsys ioagsr
1t would be an entire success. We recently
The plant. per Sc, Is very beautiful. It's bios
SONS clt ssly resemble those Of the althea. Ths
first day they are Snow-white, the second thsy
arc aspale solferno. Upon single plant We
l 0 united forty bolls or pods, In which the eoto0
| Is Contained. We have oten seen Il growing
Il Ia snQle plants, bat an acre Of e0t0n u heeA
pArts L q rare sight. Should II mAeure tie
planter will spin |. for the uses Z his swniaal-
| n. Soms Of the individual plants In this iites
l ksld srs equal IN disASnslOns 10 any sVex grows
! IN GeosgA,-tfss.