The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-27
miscellaneous.

TIMOTHY HuRLBERr, cf Wiustsd, has ia
| Vonted and made wrought iron IL poun how
| Iher' IL forged 80 that the grain of tn ms'
nl iuns ro"nd tho gun, giving IL tho gr, uts,
| IOi siblo struLlth.
ONH Of the pupik In the North Gram us
| school in Fi-hervilr, N. H., is a man 20 v. "
| "t ago, married, ard with a family Ono Of u
ch ldrcn attends the primary school in tho san.
| OuildiDr.
IITTuERTA ia raging IN the towns Of Hudse,
end brat diotd, Mo. At Hudson, Joel Mason
I'e lost live childi on in the spaca of nine dava
= three sons, aged ruspcc lively 16, 10 aad
IL, arc two daughters, aged and 2i years.
A CONNECTICUT soldier writes home that ths
Cominissary at Annapolis has given Tn. boys -
much mule moAt hat the cara &C the whole ro-
9iTent have grown th,sH and ono halt iuoh>s
since their arrival at tho Maryland capital.
| AMONG the sixty. four Sccessionists who h.v.
been assessed In 81. Loui, 70 make up the Ia.
thousand dollars foI tho benefit Of tho Union rs-
iugecs arc several fashionable and vsLthv
lndios. At last accounts thsy had failsd 70 So
the justice Of tho order Of General Haileck.
DRiISQuRNr wifs lately returned fr.m
Chic 80 10 her relatives at uaTIfori. The cas-.
Of Grim. con. in which ahe was mplicateA bor,
mercantile and military charlcter-that "a, q
merchant was plaintiff and an army ofioar d.
ienoant--and t was sottled few days Anos, hw
the payment of a round sum.
TnE lados Of Maros, Southern Tiiinss, vhs
arc organiz'd as q soldierB aid society, gathered
load Of corn, last week, given them by ne
farmers, drove 1t TO town, and soll ii at auction.
Ga young lady being auctionoer,) at four ccnts
above the market price, the money to 10 fos
supplies Tor sick ami wounded soldiers.
OSE thousand copies Of tho spelling books
recently exchanged for an improved seriea By
the children in the public schools at Worosstsr.
Mass, have been forwarded to Fortress Mon
roo at the tequeat Of the Massachusetts soldisrz
tlpTa uhn ar. t.a.Itptr =. -
shoot.
A FHRsEvERING claimant, who succeeded re-
Gently in getting blll through Congress which
he has urged for years. attempted to dedust
siIJ from hs attorneys stipulated foo on tho
Erur 81 ihlt ho bad ~ nav tnat sum 10 = Lady
veil known in fashionable circles in Washiag-
ton. She Was a lobbyist.
Tux Homupathists, thinking tho Ariopa-
pnthsts have TOO much influence in the Waah-
inpton HOSPITALS, have induced Senator Grimes
1" iltr, duCe BILL TO put HommpA'h at the
cad of at least one hospital. II Congress VIII
,nly quarrel upon IlomuI ahy ard Alopsthy,
N lieu Of Negro Phlanthropy,-all will b
better IL not we'll.
Tux Montreal COMMERCIAL ADyr RTIsua
states that agents ofthe u utsd States govern
ment have purchased 10 900 tons Of hay on the
line Of tho Grand Trunk Railroad that It is
PssnG 5RSpssSfSS a Cslsd sa 70! transportation .
dian authorities TO put stop 10 the trAnsaotioR
at once.
&. c. FLINT, late an editor upon John Won't
worths paper, In Chicago, was on Saturday last
sentenced to prison for smbezzlement. Tha
Recorder remarked tha. ho was tho third editsr
from the same paper who had been sentenced 70
imprisonment. That does not speak well fur
"long Johns moral teaching and influence.
THE artesiAn well in Fortress Monroe IL now
87G feet doop, and as yet there il no water. An
Immense bed Of clay, some 90 feet thick. has
been struck, and the borers think that whem
they got through this they will hnd geod Wa
ter, which is all that ia wanted to render For
trees Monroe proof against a great and pro-
lOnged siege.
Tux proprietor of tho Mammoth Cave hotsL.
who has Just arrived at Frankfort, Mas, hAv-
ing been driven away by the secosslonists rs-
ports a prominent Unionlst secreted In tho
cave. The rebels used every means, even to
physical torture, TO induce a revelation Of hia
whereabouts, but the faithful old man refussd
TO tell. The refugee had elk weeks proviSons
on hand
THK 5ocesalonists at Paris are 10 ecstacIss OF
delight, says correspondent, at tho idea thAt
the position Of New York and Charleston are 70
te reversed by the war with England, and that
tho blockade is TO bo transferred from the
South TO the North. They predict that the
| Warrior and Consorts will march through ths
Narrows at the fret attempt, and burn New
York or plant tho British flag on the City Hall.
.os Sunday night about ono o'clock, several
of tho soldiers Ia Camp Leslie, Arlington
Heights, were startled by terrific noise, a. if O
whole regiment Of cavalry were charging
through tho camp at full speed. The ground
trombled and the whole camp was aroused, Col.
Chormann among the first. 1t proved to be an
earthquake; it's usual rumbling sound being aid
ed by the frantic paving and jumping Of every
horSe in camp. Many of the horses broke loose.
and all were severely shocked; some Of them
{, II 10 the ground, and altogether there was
lie widest confusion ever yet sec in can p life.
A RICHMOND correspondent tf the Nashville
UNION AND AMERICAS learns fr' N an authen-
I, source, That President Davis has under
considera ion matter which would, in all Jro-
ability, result in tho Resignation Of Gen. Wiso
and all the officer ia his Legion, in which event
| Obadiah JtnDiSgs Wise, his son, would resume
| Lis Q II "A editor ct he ESouIRER, ard oppose
the Admin istrs tion with all hii power. Thm
o. Id bo u most vi fortunate circumstance at
hi, jur otufc, when a single turn Of the wheel
may bring eLdless disaster to tho South"
TIE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE AND JoURSu..
speaking Of the bogus prophecy from the fourth
chapter Of Haggai, which found its way into
70 many papers, says:-We hope people VIII
read tho Bible more. Tho poor woman whS
sad that hor husband had gone 10 BeelEebub's
bosom, was pardOnable, but we hardly forgive
the member Of Congress who upon the stump
credited to the Holy Oracles the words, Whom
lne bOub WOulu uoslIOE tnoy uIoL HlAkb ulAut
or the eminent lawyer who compared the wit
ness who watched his client from the woods, to
Lazarus, that climbed up the sycamore tre to
watch the Saviour.
TnE Paris TEMPS publishes the following
extraordinary statoment;-"Much has been
said for the last two days Of a drama, of which
| an aIistocTate religious boarding school in ths
| Faubouog St. German was tho theatre. Two
young Ladies were playing during tho hours Of
recreation. when one struck the other in the
face and knocked ost oBs OF her eyes- Her
family were Immediately Apprlsed Of the acoi-
| dent. The father came TO the school and after
seeing his daughter, he asked 10 see the young
| lady who struck her. She came, when h. drew
| pistol fiom under his cloak and fired into her
face. The unfortunate girl ia 80 droadfully
wounded thai If she recover she will DO distS-
ured for life."
Coz. COR, in denial of the statement of q
Newspaper correspondent that his slsh agent
is stllng aims e. the rebels, says: "The only
agents which have in England, or elsewhere
in Europe, are actively ana exclusively on
gagged in executing, through me-, the wishes
| and purposes Of our own Federal Government,
and II 10Y persons have ASSUMED 70 act as my
agents. IN giving aid TO tho rebels Of the south
eIn states, they are acting under false pre-
tences. At the first outbreak Of the rebellion,