The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-12

SoSE time since tho "Old Folks at HON.
gave concert on hoard staa nboat detaioe1
ny the tog at Hufl Gate which one Of the "a
| gacs Of hell
PARnER in the northern part ~ mi. a.si.
tstely caught common red squirrel ia a ho,,
trap act 10 his corn barn. which hs ,rri. d b, q,
| Tho chamber above, ant stored away for fu'ur.
| l-e, tSenly four bncksts f. OF corn, In All
measuring about light bushsI.
iHR IA . Y ancis Jscksop, Of ,s,or, n tiOo
csch to t'hvr johnson, Lucy Stooe, AID half .
| Inzen other "'xpOun era Of freedom" Wm-
| Lloyd Gaui- n crnss in tor o. 900, snd anoth-
| ., $500 i. lac d in the bands of wendell
| Phillips and Lucy S'oue, TO aid ia passing svs
to give women the rikht to vote.
toi. MuLLiaAN, siDoe his arrival at washinx.
ton, sta,,s that G., llsllecis old,r excl ludiox
.lavcs hrm the army lines, has air 1iy pryiso.d
| he bcst possihle eject rlon the Union men Ia
M-ecuri, Who were spprehcnaivc that the war
would be ~slsed for the exterrnins'iOn Of slavery
| ilacc of tho restoration Of the Union.
An American engineer who wa, in Paris lss,
| "umtr wss ondeas oiing TO obtain privilege
| which would have been an immense fortune
he -, ht tn lag railway tack and run cars
| from the Louvre 10 tho Arc do Triomphe,
hr"ueh thr Champ. Elysoe-. lie failed, hev-
| over, Ia AL hi attempts.
| A MPMpER Of the Academy Of Sciences, k
| Puis, las discovered simple and unexpeusivs
| ,suc,sa for rcud, ring iuuslina, lacer, and an
sU. g. ut light stufIs incuubustible. Il simply
chus,s Of adding to tho stdi ch used in siiRso-
| 'ng them. o q hdi lis weight Of tho Carbonate
| oi line, usually known as Spanish Whito."
| A CENTT.EMAN from New Orleans who re-
Gently arrived st 81. Louis, states that tho dry
dOcks Of New Orleans had boon towed up 70
Columbus TO DO stretched scro,s the river sbors
'he fbftifcIiAns ~ as to prevent tho pUsago
cf the Federal gunbods. IIollin'' "Mosqvits
icst lss also been taken 10 Columbus, and the
rVbcls nov de, M that place impregnable.
a PAMruLFyr WAS laid on the desks Of sever
al scnstors ami mrmb' ~, In Washin ston, writ
ten 10y Chalcs Elicit, Civil Engineer, In which
tho author discuss, at some length ths man
agcn ent Of the present war. and vurts
pretty s",orcly upon Con. McClc,lan's policy of
cdnduting affairs 50 far. IT, appearance caused
much comm, mt in political circles.
CoMMopoRE PoRrERs mortar fleet viii b
really To SAL the latter part Of this month. Ths
schuOnots and brig, twenty in number, ars
Tow receiving extra iimbois. The mortar bod
Plates, upon which the ponderous ordnance win
rest, are now In process Of manufacture at tho
Now York iron works Each weasel will carry ON
mortar Of the largest dimensions supplied by
the Government
THE delegate from Utah. Mr.. Bornhissi, Ia
procuring at tho Patent Office = quantity of
cotton and indigo seed, and also some tea
plants. lie reports that the Mormons have al
ready tried raising cotton with success in tha
southern border of Utah territory. The bost
seed is procured from Edsto Island and near
Jcauiort, and mu.i bo procured fresh every year
as 1t d, generates in the interior.
TuE heavy con'r ,cts which tho government
mad, ,ome tine ago with parties in Troy ald
vicinity, for he manufactures Of bullets, are
nearly tll,d, and no more contracts for this in
rumcrt of warfare will he msdo by tho govern
ncnt. Tnere Is stored in Washington over
o.00o,0o0 car ridges, all ready for use. Tia
HSiGa az e lSss iciskYgScd will fall consider.-
which existed short time ago is no longer felI
COMPANY has hccn organized IN Paris,
with capital Of a million and half OF francs,
| iOr the purpose OF placing on the Seine num-
| her Of small steamboats,, 10 run from ChArenton
| to st. Cloud, at tho rate Of about half cent
mile. 1t will not probably prove q sucocsa
however, a., unlike the Thames, on which the
penny boats" are always crowded, the Selma
does not run through the vicinity OF the great
business thoroughiaros.
Az hoIost German who was late aues toned
respecting the cause Of a number Of bullet holes
in the cover Of his wagon, replied "Why you
zee, dc oder day, when drives along, some Of
de tamm rebels, dey keeps shooting at me. So
| puts my head out Of do wagon and zays 10
dem to stop dill gets by, hut den de rascala
keeps firing de more and you zee, de wagon h
he had not jolted very much, den dcy might
ave hit me some more y
SoME parents make the great mistake of keep
ing their children indoors during cold weather.
II enic,blcs the bodies Of children, and renders
them peculiarly liable to be attack d by ccids
and ul,hs. a child should have its feet we'll
shOd with socks and boots, its body wen
wrapped in warm clothing, It's head securely
protected from the cold, and then he lot loose u
play in The keen, bracing, winter air. by this
means It's body will become robust, and is spir-
= be- kept bright and cheerful, whereas, n
u child be shut up in the house, IL will become
lretiul and fcyersh.
4 CLERGYMAN in Scotland, being engaged In
catechi-ing u number Of his parishiouers, asked
a man OF the name Of Peter, "llow many years
did the children OF Israel sjourn in the wilder
ness p to which he replied, Forty" But,
can you tell me, sir, said Peter " how many
knives the children Of Israel brought back with
them from Babylon to Jerusalem p The clergy
man paused and pondered, and was at length
obliged to confess that he could give no answer.
We'll, said Peter, they just brought back
twenty nine knives; you will find II stated In
Ezra, lot chap, 9th verse;
SEVERAL journals have stated that Mr.. Bel
mont, no il now in Europe, has resolved not
TO return 10 this country, and on that account
las ordered the sale OF his property in New
York amt other places. IL Is evident, how
vcr from the fact that he has sent instrue-
ions 10 his agent at Newport, Il. l., TO carry
at e. rtain Improvements upon his estate there,
hat lac not only intends To return, but will, in
Il p pohability, mako Newport his future place
~ !, idence, except during the winter months.
Tn five cent standard price Of the boot
lacking brigade OF New Haven, Ct, was lately
Istuib,d by u lot of interlOpors who reduced
tho charge for "rcal Union shine, TO three
nts, which ruined tho profits Of the older
hands. The boys were in quindiry, held So
ycral meetings, and applied TO tho Chief Of Po-
lice, who declared that he could not interfere,
d, bn yaI with than . laat H.