The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-10-05
miscellaneous

| 'uT FACT TIIAr tug English anil Frcnch
Governments have not asked the CO. op, ration or
the United States in their reported contemplated
military expedition against Mexico, excitei
much Discussion in Washington.
TnE FRENcu PRINcEs.-Captain Paris. a.
the soldicrs call him, is %, and Captain Char.
| tres is-2O-laily mount their horses and accom-.
pany Gen. Mcclellan in his touas of inspec
uon. They impatiently wait for their uni
forms.
TIW PrKE's PEAK Com CoINAGr has
made its appearance in s2O pieces, S1Os, and
- LIS. Tho eagle side is precisely iko ours,
and can scarcely bo distinguished f.um IL. On
the reverse is a representation Of Pixies Peak
The coinage is excellent.
Inv SECRETARY or TIIE NAVY has ordered
tho United states revenue cutter DObbin To
cruise in the Delaware Bay. THIS will he the
first effective movement looking TO tho defence
OF Philadelphia aud its environs.
PArERs FouNp ON SECEssIoNIsrs, captured
IN Maryland few days since, state that Beau.
regard forces in virginia number ninety thou
sand.
REv. Coz. MCCARTER formerly of st. Paul's
Nj. T.. Church in Philadelphia, IL raising rcgi.
ment for the war and has already enrolled 700
men.
MIR. LEMON, Of this city who has on, of tho
finest private galleries ia the country, has given
Church commission for %, 900 picture.
IT ~ SAID ruNr an expedition to the south
ern coast will leave Fortress Monroe within
three weeks. Fifteen regiments will partici-
pate, and several points will he simult aneously
attacked.
OS WEDNESDAY the propeller Planet, while
endeavorng to cross the bows Of the steamer
Delaware, near Lower Cedar point, on the Po-
tomac, was sunk by collision with the Della
ware. Her crew were saved and reported
new battery at FUcstone point, OccOquln creek.
THE PRICE or WmIsKFY Is going up among
the rebels. In the vicinity Of Fairfax il Is held
as high as = 30 per pint. Chewing tobacco,
too, is growing scarce and dear.
The MANASSAS CoRREsroSDpNr Of the Sa-
yannah H,paJican, reports great deal OF sick-
ness IN the army. In one Of the Mississippi
regiments, 1t is said, twO-thirds Of the entire
command are on the sick list, while the deaths
average nine per day.
Tur CHARLESTON MERCURY says the fright
iu' conultion Of the camps, from sickness, is
"thc subject of universal interest ana alarm.
There is much complaint sganst the Commits
'1ry and Quartermaster's departments in conse-
quence.
Two MfN, named Houston and Alexander
i IN. n, we'c lately murdered and afterwards
rohhedhy four Spaninr1s at Thurman aud Mcln-
tyre 'sranche, two miles above Tehama, Calilor-
MIA.
4 NEGRO Boy, a cook at Camp King, Ky.,
was shot dead one night last week as lac was
going for a bucket Of water, hv u sentinel
whose challenge ''fur the fun OF the thing,
ho refused 10 answer
A BUFFALO MAJOR being home on visit,
was aroused from his sleep one night last
week by tho heavy rumblng of a carriage
over the pavement making noise resembling
q distant discharge Of clunOn, and pdngng
luiously from his bed, ho shouted; Tho reb-
els are coming turn DIt, boys, ruHN Our!'
Con AHovE ALL.-An astronomer, who had
long idOiled his iiyOnte science, became a I,a-
lou. Christian. Iii, intimate friend knowing
his extreme devotion a. astronomical study,
asked him-'What will you do with your as.
tronomy 7"
His answer was worthy OF a Christian philo-
,opher-"l am now boun for heaven, said he,
and | take the stars in my way
Az AwKwArp WAITER, handing plate to
| gentleman, ii He'd soWu If the gravy upon
| hi, clothes, and Immediately cried out; Take
care, sir "Why, sou rascal, exclaimed the
gentleman, VIII, thought he had suffered enough
| from the fellow negligence are you 6oing to
| do 1t againI'
| A HARD TyEs EpuoR.-A country editor,
| wl d. with sluglc boy, docs all the wo'k nj
| his office, ,ay, lie doesn't know how he eau
,LorhH his expenses unless lao cuts OIL his devil 8
legs.
Two Pnrcrs N rlf PIEI D. There are now
| in Mi souri, two opposing generals in the field
named Price. The torme is the rebel Of un
clean memory, who ar,turcd MulliPan at lex
ington. The other is Thomas l., Price, recent
ly appointed to the command Of Jefferson City
| by Gen. Fremort, with the rank OF Bfigadie
General lie IS a large slave owner and de
voted Union man, and possessed OF energy an
! tact that flakes his appointment highly sati
factory,