The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-10-18
miscellaneous.

Goreial sherman tas i..utd an order 20 the
hi ,is OF the different stalls Of tho Department
4 the (umb,rlaId, 81 tcting them to estimate
at once to- iHnd- to suTp'y 5000 soldiers.
WITmN iuE LiNEs oC the army Of the Poto-
rac there arr, in round nun bers, 80 900 h orses,
pulohs'ei at si2O spIeye, 1000 mules, a. Sli1,
'nd 1900 wagons, az sllO.
GoIp uAs nEgN DiscovERSD at Delvidere,
Vt, and a man has worked whAt is Known
.s The South Bsanch, since last Spring, and is
supposed TO have succeeded we'll. The gold
found Is ktown ~ gram gold, worth some go
Ter ounce.
IRIS E.rMA1ED hat 2G. OCO commissioned
'mc'rs arc required to command the Federal
army now in the field. For New Yo.ks quota
alone, 5000 will hrdlv .ueice.
IiW NAsugA MANUFACTURING CoMPArv
nave nay Sonu acted with the Government to furnish
ovo'V,J cotton flannel drawers. This will far
'..sn good employ ment for large numbers,
1 They arc all to be sewed by hand.
A SrsrSM or DR I'LL CoNrANHs h.s b,.a
organize IN khcde !s,,ssI unGor the sanction
OF Gov. Sprlgue, with a view 10 instruct young
men IN military tactics, and form a reserve
huard in case If emergency. II is found to
work we'll and to facilitate enlistments, a. the
members soon acquire taste for military du-
ties and volunteer into the army. Tho plaa
should bs introduced IN this state Without de-
lay.
bEv. Harvey l.. CuArIS, of Sandy Crook
Otego county, in this state, arrived in Troy on
Monday evenlrg with n company of nino;y.fo
men, most vt thom members Of MIA own conster
regiment.
| 1nE DEMAND TREASURY NoTEs are received
i with great favor in Cincinnati as currency. Con-
| siderable sums have been sent into the intsrior
| Of Ohio to pay for cattle and produce.
A woRKMAS in tho ile Axe Factory
| in CT, which is now runniag night and day
| making swOr,s on Government contract was
offered sum Of money on Friday last by q
| stranger, TO burn down the building. Some
warm ", rds ensucd, when the traitor struck at
| and wounded the workman with dirk and
made ca. lie has not yet been arrested.
MADAME SAQrI, a rope daucer, although 80
| Years Of age, APP ears At the HippOdrome at
| Paris in the exercise Of her profession.
TIK Army or AUSTRIA consists Of grand
| total Of ~, ,3iI men and OSS guns; that Il
| Prussia contains 1l9,og2 men and l, lii guns;
| he army Of Russia about $50 600 men, and
| ,1GO guns; TIE army Of France, G26, i92 mon:
and that OF Great Britain in all parts cf the
| world, J3i j2' men.
A Lively BusISEss.-Fr,m ton TO fifteen
| ar loads Of horsos atriye AZ Washington every
| Iay by railroad. This il a great falling Oft
rom here tofore Abou, two hundred cars arrive
i,ily loaded with supplies for the army. One
bmf of this irl ight comes from New York and
Philadelphia The acting Superintendent says
that there are near two miles Of cars the track
| IN the city, occupied with height and waiting
20 10 unloldod
TR ANNuAL REroRr of the Presbyterian
Colonization SOcieiy states that within nino
months ,, III Africans, rescued from slave W 8
.els by Gjycrnment vessels, have been placed
under tho care OF the Libeiian authorities, and
bv them placed 10 families or put out on farms,
and in almost every instance they have shown
a great aptitude in learning the duties imposed
uFon them.
The PREnLE, which is reported as having
| been destroyed by the rebels in an engagement
| oil New Orleans, was "a sloop Of war carrying
| sixteen guns. She was built at the Navy Yard
| in Kittery, Maine in the year 1882 and at tho
b, ginning Of this year as lying up in ordinary
Boston.
| THERE ARE 2ii, $40 CATHOLICS in the reb-
al states, and ~ q 600 in the loyal portion of
| the Union.
| sANnwItH ISLANDS. Several Of the mis-
| .orai Of the American Board, In different
parts OF the SIHi'ricA L'idndS, give accounts VI
| recent rev. val Of religion.
| Lord BENrmCK brother Of the Duke OF
| ,rtland is lifting upa splendid Turkish bath
| i,r Lis race horses. lie has an income OF s2OO,
| 100 a year has 100 horses, and a number OF
| ptasant tenants. lie sp nts half Of his means
u h'rse4 but nothing for the benefit OF his
| white slave.
A WAR EAGLE.-In the sth Wisconsin
| Re giment which has Just gone To missouri l.
thcle is a fno company called the C1ippe wa
| Eagles which carries as its standard a II Vo
| American Eagle, perchsd ON the top OF pole
Tho bird wa caught ON the head Tlters Oh In rno
| Chippewa River, by the Chippewa lndlahs' Inc
,oldiars have been offered high price Tor i,
| which thev refuse, swearing that they viii
| never par, with il, and that II shall never Ia
| oxen 10y the enemy.
| SECRETARY CAMERoN visited Louisville,
\ l.cn,ueky, On wednesday, and left on Thurs
| Ay morning for Lexington IN route TO Cincin,
| ali. General BuCknef forces were expected
| .otnoye lroIu Bowling G'e imned atsly, from
! he fact that lie had Annulled lis last weeks
| outralts for provisions.
Tnr SWORD voted hy the city Of Philadoi'
| ptia 70 Gen. Anderson was presented to MIN On
y sdneda
CNvoF .rItE SOLDIERS Of tho New York
| }irb raptured with other, rwoWeeks ago, while
, | ,n A soon. opposite Col. lo Dew 5 encampmens,
| ui tho upper Potomac, returned la,t evening.
.-e wa, tah.n to Fairfax Court House, nom
| thence lie escaped lie reports that ihere are
no large bodies OF Ielel irUCps tetween the
| treat Falls ard LcesburR.
A New ISvESTIoN in artillery "a noticed IN
J | le PittsbuIg papers. IL consists OF an entiI.
battery on a sinpls carriage. The ak ield
pieces aIe securely fastened 70 turn table
which Tevolves as tho guns are successfully dis
| hargCd.
THE WAR 1gainst liquor and liquor dealers
on tho Upper Potomac, is bsing suecesstall'
c,rried on'ly Gen Banks. Thousands Of dol
| lars worth ave bsen destroy ed and col fisca'e
!, Already.
y A SwIwr LITTLE GIRL OF TWO YEARS, Will
}, paying a few days ago in 81. Louis, with
1, number of children, round a barrel sunk in
81 garden TO receive rain water fell In and y
| drowned.