The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-02-04
Aliccellaueous Items.

An HONEST ,U,RwoMAS while cleaning The
Capitol at Washington on Tues, ay, found -
poCketboOk containing sjO,tOO which was
promptly returned 20 tfe owrcr.
a rARrY or FISHERMEN CAUGHT, in the
Delaware river near Point Poasant al single
haul, j.JUo cucaers, rs plump, faL and juicy a.
ever RracCi table, OF Ihursday.
CoFFhE Is nErrER GEArES THAN GROUND
The Imks cTpoy no mills, pu. beat tie berry
with wooden pcstleS in mpr,ars. When long
used tho pcstlcs u'cOmc precious and bring
great p'.e..
HALF AZ ACRE OF LANp Is on fire at Per-
rysNille, Ind, ard has teen cunning soma
timc. The soil is kind Of mari, and tho ssr.
face Is covered with lIecn grass, n troRCherous
oasis in the desert, Tor when the cattle go 70
grase, they scramble away with tcorched feet
and noses.
TnE ST. LouIS RErurLCAS, tho most inaa-
ential Journal IN Missouri, declares that 1t viii
support no man for seat iI the State Conyen-
ton, 'whO contemp'ates, presently or remote
ly, Il dissolution Of tho Union, for any Of the
causes now presented 10 The country" And ie
will support no man who will not pledge him
self to submit his NoiI in Con, ention, whatever
il may lie, tea vote o. tie PEOPLE OF tho state.
Or TIE TERRITORIAL LrGIsL,TuRE Of III ah,
organized in December last, all but enc srs
Mormops. The assessed property Of the terri
tory, excepting Green River and C.rson coua-
ties, amounts TO S4,G1G. Preparations arc BE-
ing made TO break up Camp Floyd la ths
spring, but 1t is thought that nilitsry statioos
will he established along the route for the pro
lection Of emigrants.
COMFORT DESSpr, the millionaire Of Che
u ung county is \ remarkable man he went
20 Big IIalip wi,hOLs means, and worked for
IL ,armefs for eight years, before he had
Ia cans to buy land In the meridian OF life, he
st his right hand. lie is now eighty yeaIs
o'd, has been blind four years, and has accs-
n ulated by earnings and savings, not specds-
ions, sl,oOO,OOo.
A YoRKsHIREMAS HAVING OCCASION to yisix
FIance, was dumbfouHded 10 find, on reaching
Calais, thai men, women and children all spoke
French. Iii the height Of the perplexi,y which
this occasiOned he retreated to bed, and wAa
awakened in the morning by tho cock Growing.
whereupon he burst into wild exclamation a
astonishment and delight, and exclaimed,
Thank goodness, there's English at last"
The BOUNDARY DISPUTE, which has existed
for SO many years between Massachusetts, and
| Rhode Island, and which was anicsbly submie-
| ted to the Supreme Court for lis doclsion, wss
prospectiyely settled on Friday by an interlooa-
| iory order to that effect. Tue papers are 70 -
filed in August next, and tho decree given &
the next term Of the court. Messrs. CLIYFoaD
and PHILLIPS appeared as counsel for M,sA-
chusetts; Messrs. JkNKs and BARLEY, Of Rheds
Island, for that state, and Attorney Gen@l
CLINTON, for the United Ststsk
A PETITION HAS BEES PRESENTED to tn
Mime sofa Senate from twenty or thirsy Sioux
Indians, asking the legislature 10 grant thsA
all the rights Of citizenship. They stated thas
they had adopted number Of customs In vogue
among the whites, such as wearing pantaloonA
| living in houses, using knives and forks, bsiaS
content with tho possession and control Of oaa
wife, being willing to earn their bread ''by tn
sweat Of their broWs, total abstinence from n
toxicating liquors, regular attendance spsu
Stated preaching" &c.
A SKATER or 90 YEARS ExPERIEscs, vSs
bas fought bis children lu !. fortnight, writsa
the following directions;
Begin by walking on the ics croasinw he Ssss Z
each stsp and they should laaetiss also whs o.
eny forwards on The 'lsids edge, II they w
i 10 bscoms PsoAoisnt walk my tsa pAess forwarAa
cIcssrg the fooA over ths cahsr q every paoS
aud then walk tbs tame hns back wAxds, eruai.1
the one foot behind ths olhsr ss every psos. Yss
will 50 ball a. Two a ARA, b0t In Nv isDs.I
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soon - this u scecnplshed With moAwsAs Aosaaiv
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