The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-09-16
Miscellaneous


New England. Both corn and potatoes are suf-
fering from the want Of rain. This Is the gone
rsl complaint in Maine New Hampshire, and
the northern part OF Massachusetts,. There is
not much complaint from drou h in Vermont
though the crops are not hOuiishing. The ap-
gle crop, IL is aid will he complete failure in
every section Of New England.
Two BuoruER,, both under age got into .
light at Cincinnati On the 9th, in the courss o
which ono shot the other thr ugh the breast
with pistol, and then fled. The wounded
Youth cannot recover. An abandoned woman
Was at the bottom uf the affair.
TuE BASN IN Bu,ruN which has done tho
largest business at the South since the charter
| of the Bank of the United States expired, re-
l posts tina, 1t now has not a dollar 20 the cro,iit
1 uf = southern merchant or banking institutions
N the Confederate States.
FoRCFp LoYALtY. 1t seems that the '1oy-
/ atty" Of Gov. Mag lfn of Kehtucky. about
which the papers Are talking Just now was not
/ entirely spontaneous. The Governor owns q
large property in Chicago, and we are reliably
told that he was informed that II one word q
trcasonahle nature occurred in his message,
he cntirc property should be summarly confis-
catcd.--Hron Tribune.
IN BETTER TINES, when jefferson Daviz
was considered bttier man than he now 10,
he paid the following Just tribute to Daniel
:. DiCkCnson.
Senator Dickenson all must esteem, bccauss
nll must 500 that the greater the danger ths
higher does his courage rise.
Tug CASE or JACKALow, the Chiuaman
murderer now in the Mount Holly jail, will bs
thought before the Supreme Court at Washing
ton at its next session, on the question Of jurs-
dicton between New lorl, and the United
| states.
LoNDEsr TrtruRNru LISE IN the WORLD.
| In London, ON the 2Sth ult., teegnpLic COM
municatun was commenced with the station at
| Taganrog, on the Sea Of Azof. This Telegraph
| lino is tN enty-fye hundred miles long, and ths
| experiment was quite successful.
A rAEtr or rors in Washington On Mon
lay. were stcuing a bundle, which appeared 20
,olia'n a ca. but tn opening il, however, they
Uuud Il to contain newborn babe, apparently
ouly few hours old None Of the stones which
Wrlr n 7 wu at il had taken cticct. The follow
~ morning it was received into the ST. Mat
'hows' Infant Asylum.
a MosT DFsIHABIE OFFICE 10 hold at any
| time Is that Of Surveyor Of the Port Of New
| YcrL The dullest wears secure to him tho
snug little sum OF thirty or foity thousand dollars
per ainum. while at present, the avalanche Of
| couden nations ard confiscations increase that
sum so enormously as to bring il little short Of o
million of dollars for the current season.
| A SHNsrnLE WoMAN.-A man in La Cross,
Wis, a few days ago, rushed to the river swcar-
ing that he would drown himself When ha
had waded into the depth Of his waist, his wife.
who had followed him, seized him by the hair,
ann lnel, Us n lo,Al eui'oI ueeSriDer " Hho leu
him back till they reached place where tho
| water was about two feet deep, where she pull
eel nun over backwhids, sou@d MN under, AMI
pulled ms head up again. Drown yourself
down he went leave me t0 iather tue Orats
(aloiher plunscl-get uunk (another souceJ
| use water instead Of rot gut (another dip and
| snake Ot ms heah u II larn ye 10 leave ms
| widow, ana all the men AT the war Alter
solzling him to hei heart content, she lod hiIa
cut wettcr If not better man, and escorted
| him into the house and closed the door
A FERRY-BoAr LOAD oF CATTLE, numbor-
ing li3 head, while crossing the river at Phila-
| delphia ON liEt Iuesdav became scared when in
| nld-clannel, AMI rushlng 10 one SIDE OF the
deck ia" vessel settled 80 deep upon That sde
NAV the Nnl'i PouIcu mo t59 uead ,ignts, anu
she soon hlled ana sunk. Inc cattle took To
the water AMI Tor time the surface OF the river
was e,reteu Tl.h ,ne suuRsnnS oeasn, Inc
LEV & y, ,mo 'a", @ E.'t =, 1'' ,h. ho.,n s ~ Dos
IN al'u ,,aN,,t lo ~ 'Ii !" sns "''.s VI v"e
',Iar. CnIIa.sJ Ell, a. ,ho hasch ~, -
,Ia,, ,.r ERA dr,,ynsJ TL.ro ,.aro III 1oas
80 49,, y -" :, " =. k..-S a. -. .I '"y ''uA
p- ge" " oe "nv"'e sa'u.
"rMoRs Anour ConMopoRE srhwAsr,-Me
hh'e p"sh inloit'eu 'h"' Non,noue ue ~
late otthe L. $ Navy was passenger oy tho
steamer CanAdh' when arrived az llsliiaA lni,Ss uUn
Liverpool On the zhs' uthho. ne menuo"u -
a Rentemai' leloN Pa shset: hs ,nai mo - -
ieslgnen ns w ,hs Snn,h III W" snJ int hs yxss
iIn ,,o ~, - ~ ,aLs Command of frignto
| which was awaiting him in one Of the southern
ports that he had shipped $50, 900 muskets on
his own account for the secessionists, one half
which had slreaiy reached their destinations,
md he felt satisfied that the remainder had
,i - NC, hem rsssiyeJ' Cemmodore Stewart
HJ nn Jonhr of ,he success of the secessionistsL
C"mmodoTe Stewart owns several estates in
r,',n.' and Tonn,.s,e Mns Stewart who has
| a. a .s,,,.- ia, tho sontb has taken nm
r'.igcrc IN, m. I.ir of Wight. TO await tho
,ftlemCut ui the great northumberland
p.goi Gn-sit,.
90, S,o,v Reaureyard has al last
S ~; Uln ne,c;,i ra,o,t of the prelminary action
"'' u'1 i.h at Ruh Run and the report of tho
nI,' ~, w. az 81, ' is aid viii soon apDesr.
I,'," ,',r "' VIZ tron IN. report. that Beauregard
,Il Hii, nto,m.j of alt the movements con-
o',,I,,c1 Inv nnr trcops. He boasts that the
.,r,at toward M,nas,a, was intended to and did
'Se'S IeceiVe 'HS'eS the government leaders.
WHAT 1T Is 10 m bE i.oi .o,i. ~ ,bst 49, there are m
Inc 81. LOUIS r'fRJa% Roa more than one thou sand
t9"t c'E ii' ysonie A. Who were driven from the
/ OF inc lbNd l-NfiN