The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-10-09
miscellaneous.

regiment, thus giving the strongest evidence
| OF his devotion TO his country.
STATISTICS Snow that tobacco smoking L be-
| coming moro general in most countries, anl
| that In England II has increased one uuarter I'm
| ten years. Tho calculation also shows that sn
! tobacco contains, on an average, three per osnf
OF nicotine, 7,jOO, 900 kilogrzmmes Of that poi.-
on arc annually consumed. A tou drops of u
| causes death.
Socks PoR THE SoLDrERs.-The heels ana
ends Of he feet Of the socks for soldierv.
should be KNIT with dOube yarn for extrs
strength, these being the pirts which wear out
nor quickly.
| TuE AusrRtASs have an odd way Of oolleeti.r
| taxes. An officer with q certain uumber q
g,ndArmcs, visit each private house where tsxss
src not pr, mp1y paid, aud from t~o To sisht
| CendaImes ato biilctsd on them until both taxns
and arrears are paid.
TuE ESuItsu CorToS Muis arc reduoiur
| their running une. Tho blAckburn mills ais
aVeIaging four daysa week, aud the GlasgOy
mills abou, forty houls a week.
TnE EsIIEE NuMntR or jews in the wosik
ia computed 10 be 4, 800, 900, Of whom there are
sboui 1900, 900 in Europ-; i5O,O 900 in Afnca
200 900 In Asia; $4,000 in Amo.ica; and Z, ,O06
in Australia.
IT IA SAm that the Secretary of War Is BE-
| coming mp silent with N. expense Of hands of
music for the army ., i already amounts
to sum that will make ,hii len Of expe<di-
tufo 81 100000 year.
IL ~ ONLY those that have don, no. hing vim
can fancy they can 60 everything.
A. old fellow rscru ing for ths Eighsss
| R'rim Mt iome~her, iB Grant county, KY,
refused to he sworn into III, ser leo until no
was granted permission togo barofootcd whore
| ever tho rcgiment wen.
| lilo has not won shoe for eighteen yeas.
aud when this fact bo ane known he was told
that ho could 20 bNrcfooiod ns lotg a. no
| thought he could stand IL. The old fellows
feet are said 10 b" perfectly callous, and smoss
proof agsnst colt, rough roads, or anything "a
cnmity with shoo leather.
A Coon LooKINu YouSa WOMAN was a.
rested in Wheeling on Thursoay, and TAKES
back to Ohio 10y her husbands brother. khs
expected 20 meet Doctor, named Gi eenaugh.
fer whom sho was dcserung doyo. Ell and kin1
| hu'htud, Sho Is az present cUuLued to MS bed
| by iliress. 3 had to- hushltds watch and
ABOUT tvo hundred dollar, N money which sbs
bad tHkcu irnm him upon Leaving.
| Skt EsiiERs IN TuNN w it6in the past few
| dys, ufVai Is &c one huLdr,d men, who had
lril our citN Tor u" lurp,sc # c Ing the reh,lA
| n Virginia, have returi'd home, II Is stated,
| for tho purPcso OF participating in Tho 'lecti,a
| which takcs place ca we,'uc-tay next. We
! trust that tie polle will Esp - them, a7d zeal
! wiih them az their merits deserve. BditiaiO~s
Clipper, sh.
Tho Africnn or Algirrs stats that q crius,
very unusual in that cou1iry, was coumittsd .
womsn Of 'ho Deb.la tribe. The murdo<es.
had quarellet with female neighbour, and,
uYengc h rs,lf, she enticed o. 9 OF the y ON
aus chldi.n, hoy ,ight ytars cid, " = soii-
tary place and IN r. L lhd him W tn hatchsl
whiC' she had bOr owed ~ tae bows moth q.
When arrested, bh' at OF c- adm tod her gu {,
and raid ,ho had ,h sen III poor boy for ber
victim, bccsuse the know him to 10 the daring
o' hi psrsn 3.
.FvrAL AcorOESr.-on saturday night, one
| OF the tcnmstcrs Employed at the Government
| eishlos, in Wsshln gtOn, was kicked in thu
forehead 10y an unrnly horse, Which caused q
fracture Of lho skull, resulting in his death
SHOCKIS0 bEATH-A boy nine ears e sse
ron Oi MIR. CHARLES Fosdick, Of Hsnfcld, N. r.,
met with horrible death at that placs last
| we'k. lie attempted TO 10 into a graiDsry
| where a threshipg machine was in operaiioI.
| against which his clothing caught and hs wa
| insanity whiring about the shaft with great
| Velocity. Tho shaft was about two feet above
the barn floor, against which the head Of the
poor little fellow was thrown moro than a hun
| lrcd times n minu'e The first blow dashed out
his brains ami ere tho hOrsos could be stopped
lao was liofally torn To pie,ss prcseI ting 10 The
lystandeis horid spoctable to look upon.
SINGULAR FUSEHAL --On Sunday Aftsr-
noon, singular fluOral procession passed
| through the streets Uf Phllads phia. A oolof,d
man headed tho proceesloD bearing under his
arm tiny coffin, containing the body ofa vsTy
young itfant. lie was as dark as ebony, and
| beside him was a female, evidently the mother
| II the dead child, and the wife Of the man who
| bore II, whose 1kln was so white as scarcely tA
| lstrsy the African intermiX ture. About u dozen
| colored people followed walking two by two
The couple hearing the dead evincing n severe
bereavement rs though, instead OF being nsEiy
| paupeTs, they were Il o possessors Of millions.
Tears trickled down tho black mans cheeks and
| when at one point he stumbled, and the lttls
coffin narrowly escaped tumble upon the Side
| walk, the mother shrieked aloud.
| RECRUITING IN IRELASD.-The Dublin Pot
asserts that there arc At present in that country
| agents for merica who are endeavotinR 20 en-
| list men for ths Federal army, and ADDS that
| there arc u any persons belonging 20 the dis
banded n militia rsgiments, not at present
employed who would not object TO any Tempt
| ing Oh, r thai might be made them in order to
secure their ASSISTANCE Tor the government Oi the
| Union in the struggle which il is now waginG
| with the southern COuiederacy.
GlSFuAL PRIcE Gays that Col. MulligAn
| urtndIcd 'withOut hring a gun!' Price
| Ictogn no moral obligations whatever. He
| Is loose character. Prentice.
IIIE NUNRER or SEWING MACHINES ex-
! ported from New York 10 foreign countries for
The three months ending Oct. 1861, wa
/ POS worth $Gi, il9. OF these, J52 valued At
| e2i, 600, went TO England.
RAILROAD AccDENr.-The o'clock Ex-
| press train from Albany TO New York, Saturday
| aiteTnooD, ran over man near Garrison's bta-
| bag OF meal upon his shoulder, and Jug OF IL
quor in one band. 1t is supposed he wAs intoK-
lcuied, for al hou9h picked up by the COW catch
| tr ard thrown a distance Of about twenty ieet
| down an embaG kment ha was only sig htly
| hurt in the back.
| Plea FOR SHALL BIRDS by no agency
| eve that oil LIT 10 BIRDS cAn tIe ravsgos Of
meets be hep down. There are Ioms birds
which live 'Nclosivsly IN in'ects and grulS
I std tn, quantity which the, d'uroy n snoIns-
| Gus. TEeio are hers NhCh live part'y cn
| gTubs AID par ly en- ( Gin do'ns ms damage,
| bat pr. ,iding IN abb 1ndsnt mpsls ton. A
| ctr, ain irfect was found 20 lay 2U sRHs, bat
| "A pirgls tom. tn was 4 und TO sat 200 0O0 sggs
aytar. A SE9llow d.vJurs about 5i3 ibsscts
| dsy ovps and Ill. l. has bs'n calcula ed
| ,ha, the u nber Of birds' Gags deCroyod snn-
| ualIy in France al, n, Is 100, 0,cO0. Tha
| result IS hat it,ls tiris ia ttat country are
| actuslly dying oat sjme 'p cies have already
! disap cared. The F'ench crops have sGffe cd
| terribly irrm tie superabun osncs Of in'ect
| vennin. Not only the various kinds Of grain,
| hut the vines tho olives, and even forest trces.
tell the same tale Of mischief till at length yhA
alarm has become serious. Birds arc now like
y to he protected indeed, their rice In estim-
alton has been signal'y rapid. The bird can
live without man, but man cannot live without
the bird. Carniyorous birds do their turn o.
| service BY devOuring field nice and vorss