The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-07-27
miscellaneous Itsns.

TsK SHw SuLrAr bas cnly one wifs-
THs PORTRAIT or JoaS TrLuR vss -
n undsy reu ov.d ffcm tue rotuuds Of tha Cspi-
iol, by order Of the Commission1 oi rubiis
Buildings. 49,
AMONG rHE AnusKMxNTs announced In u.-
vapa on Sunday was Hsht betwesu an Amss1-
can boar and SIX fstocious dogs, and bstwssaa
b. ana and two dogs. A dog hsht WAS also -
cCms ca and . dUl key was TO fght bear.
Az sxcHAHaH OWES the substance cf ths
v.rdie, Of a rsosnt coron.rs Jury on mao VIE
hsd died In q state VI insbristion: "DsAh ffoa
hapGiDg -round a rum shopl"
Ar A Posr MoHTlM examination In WaIh-
irgton, on Monday last, Of New Jsrasy volnn-
ts-, named HAoKkTT, who died nom the q
4 cts OF - gun shot wound accio entally rscsiv-
ed, . living tsP. worm, 10 fest long. was tAkaa
from tie corpee.
TuH CoMEr WIS visible In Europs about ths
stms time a. with Is and made qnts - splsn-
did an appearance thafe. tt took thu savau9
by surpris. and III they can make OF n b
tbat It travels with astonishing rSpitity-but
viii her they cannot tall.
IH TIE IssANE AsTLUM OF New Hampshire
sre six patients whose madness afisos from
love troubles; one from extraction Of taeth; o1s
from worm; tns from bad trade; ave iron
death Of nsar friends; three hom hard woris
aud four from snsovsI nabls appstitss.
A rncUIAa KIzD or wonx over an inoh
long, with Whit ball, and black and brown
stripes on the back, are, In vast Lumbsra, dsvss-
tauDg The crops srUund harrington II. l.
Thy appeared suddenly about week siroa
and ruin every green thing In their path.
ALkIrEH from Sioux City. dated July 10.
says that q party of Indians. on the evening
bef, rs shot dead 40 OF the citizens living -ar
that place whist plowipg In potato patch
They then took their toises. The names Il TIN
p'rsrnh killed were THoAAs koBkkrs and -
CoBDoYA.
A FHw WHKs AGO aseamstrsks threw hsr-
| self into the seine because she had failed tn
| obtaining anything afIsr having bought twSn-
| ty-four lottery Tickets; and . wo, kmAn, fer o
similar reason, threw binself ous Of . window
o. the fifth story Of house nsar tho BAstils.
The EMPKRoR NAPoLEos, who IA st ths
b.t"s at Vlchy Z e his hssl h. IL more ssnoaAy
Ill ihaa 10 supposed. Sc Is suffering iron dis
slt' d liver snd spine, ana looks tsn years oid:r
the1 he did two months ago. Ths lev politt-
cal combinations Induced BY the deaths d Ca
vGUE and tho kul an have profoundly Affected
hlr and aggravated oheaies that have hiths.
{, Teen kept In check by the consummats aim
Of tho French physicisns.
THE ILLIAoIs CEsTHAL Railroad, - \ wen
kno .p, has sold vAst quantities Of land along
the line Il ths road upon long credit. In con
sequ-ncs OF the failure Of the Wild cat bAnkA
MAI farmers have found IL uttsriy impoe1ibls
TO IGiss the moAsy to make the last DpdsgS
payment. The company arc unwilling 70 have
them forfeit their Lands, and have annoanesA
that they vii take thar pay In corn. Instead Il
money.
IMMnSmrT or SPAoK.-HuMBoLDr's ''Oss-
mos" says: 1T 10 calculated by Sir yoHn
HkRsCHAL that the light 10 nearly two mil
lioos OF years In coming 70 the earth from tbs
rsuots nebule rsaeh.d by his forty loot rsasS-
tnr, and thsreiors. he ssys. those distant
" Tlds must have bsen In existence nearly tee
million years ago, In order 10 send out the ray
by which we Dos psIosive them. It also tol-
loss that their light would continus 70 rsaoh
us f,r two million years TO coma, were thsy 70
be now stricken frUm the HsAvsnA!'
HAvKLocKs A FAILURK.-CoppIaints are
bsginI ing TO be mads that HAvslocks AED q fAil-
nis. The dsIzhnK white renders thsza crsspIs.
uCus as marks tor the enemy. They Zap
abuut the ears and face, interfering with tn
aim Of the WeArer, and preventing hun from
he, riS < the orcsrs Of the commanding ofhosE.
A substitute IL men toned, which consists u Q
GO, lining 70 10 pat into the top Of ths hat e
cap, witch keeps the bead cool, en- the prinsi-
pls hat ios Il kept Ia an ioS house by sur
r uLdinG It with non-eoodueting Subst ARcss.
eCmNI IEIo ExPaAuMArs. - Experimsnfa
ale OSitg made In PAris, whereby II IA Thought
lsittrs can be conveyed by means Of at-
IoCspheric tusss. TA,linss arr 70 be lAid doEn
for tho use Of the telegraph tfies, one com nunl-
eating With the raisrisa. and the othsr With
The DouIss. Air pumps are to bs piAcsd At saeA
| eud II the tuos, 30 whils one sxhamo ths
Lth.r shall compress, and thus protussa pew~x
ful current. The sPssd calculated on h aeo q
35o ynds par zee md; and II Ia said that. n I'd
The ,xpsriinsnt succ'sd, Afrsngsnsna wlil b
mads lor the eistribatioa of lskisEs Rsnsnaly 4
u. vanOus qaAst.ss Il PasiA ~ ~ -,
Rseas.