The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-02-01
Misoel ellaneous Items.

A DANDY DEINd TOLD that he would sooa
have to wear wig, as he was getting gray,
exclaimed Indignantly mo, sir, I'll dve
i first !"
Tnr SMALL rox has entirely disappeared froa
Columbia, y. e.
TnE SAVINGS BANKS Of New England have
deposits from the operatives to the amount Of
S136, ,4i6 b1G, and four savings banks in New
York have on deposit S3G, 100000 They draw
interest on this money.
TIE MEDICAL COLLEGES in the United States,
so far as reported, graduated last year !, t97
students as doctors Of medicine.
A SCorcu orrIcER In the service Of tts
/ Great hogul, commanding two regiments, told
| DIR. CARLrLE that he could easily have de-
/ throned the monarch and ruled In his stead,
/ and was only restrained from 80 doing by re-
| fectiDg on what his old school fellows at home
| would think Of him.
JoEL McGREGoRY, Of Newport, Hampshire,
is said TO bc the only revolutionary peIsioner
now residing In the Granite state. lie is ono
hundred years and two months old, and was In
the continental army five years, being British
prisoner eight months in the infamous New York
sugar house. The old veteran has resided at
Ncwprt since 1879, and is in a state Of good
health, considering his wonderful age.
A WESTERN NEGRO being tsld that tho
Baths" at Chicago were intended for folks 70
wash In, paid his quarter, and was left In
ance when there above an hour, he was sngrily
called to by the bathkeeper, when he opened
the door and exhibited the walls Of the room
covered with clothes which he had washed and
hung up to dry, and said Look here! How
you talk--ld like to see you wash and hang
out two dozen pieces in less time than Tve
been at it.'
Jous LEACH, OF wAsnISGros, will be 100
years old on the 9TH Of next month. He was
a drummer boy under WAYsE, in 1777, WAS
ent at the storming Of Stony Point, and
y promoted to be forage master. BY somo
/ ~ management, his services are not recordui
| in he proper department, those who coulS lDve
pro ed them are dead and lie can therefore eet
no ension, and he and his aged and infirm wife
are for the most part supported by charity.
uRNG THE REIGN OF BuosArARrE, when
/ the arrogant soldiery expected to dispute all
civ lians whom they in their barrack room
slaI 4 termed Pekins-TALLrRANp one dag
| ash i a General officer" What Is the mean
ing Of that word, Pekin u "Oh." replied
trc General, "we call all those Pekins who
are not military Exactly" said TALLY
RAND" just as we call all people military
who are not cirH
GREAT GOLD DISCOVERIES have recentiy
been made in the neighborhOOd Of the Rio Ani-
mos, a tributary Of the San Juan river, about
23 miles northwest Of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
| There is plenty offorage and OF provisions In
the new mines, and between them and Santa
Fe q regular weekly express has been organic
| ed by Captains BAKER, MERCURE and PEITI-
/ FER. There are about two hundred men thero
building houses, saw mills &C., and II Is antic-
ipated that ten thousand miners will be there
In the course Of next summer.
FoRrY YEARS 400, Mr.. Homo, Of Bostor,
had a medal stolen from him. On the 18th q
/ the present month, ii was returned To him
through the Post Office, with note stating