The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-10-28
Miscellaneous.

Devotion IN A BAp CAusr.-Hundrcds s-d
thousands Of rebsl soldiers wore rouQh eTofE
shtes during the summer, IN order n rssrrv,
'heir heavy brosans for the wintsr.
DAuoHrER TO Grs. MoCLxr1Ax.--yf
Ga- MeClellsn had been given the opportsnstr
seemed probable for tims on that day. n hap-
pes that q very young lady Of this city, nigst
/ uaNe nontionsd In after timas thaG ana va
rn Srn on the day Of her fathers great victory.
ms very young lady ana hr mother are ssh
CON. Oct. rs.
CoNvIcs NAMrD GEo. wuDLna. an m
mate Of the Richmond Co jail, procured ssw
| a fsw days age, ard ied away the lo-g iro~.
Tar, which runs along IN % inside Of ali the
cells IN the corridor. Then With falss key hs
turned the ffail bolts and released ssYen othsr
frisorers, and they all escaped by filing away
smother bar scross the window al the end of tks
tas'aRe. The escaped convlcts were bursl.r-
'nd eoldiers confined for drunkenneea
SiNouIAa AcCIDRNr.--While the Burres..s
Corps vero firing q salute In honor Of ne do
paTture Of the Ellsworth Regiment at Albany,
lev days sgo, young man named Chs,fss
Olapp, by some means threw his arm In frsnt
OF the gun whom the word was given 10 Are,
and the dtcharge carried him of the doek. as.
ttide a hawser, to which he had sufficient pro-
enoe OF mind 70 elm. with his remaining arm
tho arm was 30 dradfully shattered that hs
may lose II
lMMERsED.-Scven of the srd New Hamp-
.hire regiment were immersed on the frst Sac.
hSth OF the prstent month, a. Washington, in
pre- enee of the regiment drawn Up under arrns.
'nd also largo eohcturse Of civilians who hap
pcned 70 be prevent.
rouSG LADY, 1s years Of sge, the daueh-
ter Of MI. Swift OF Boston on TueldsV aven}nv
accidentally set fire to her dress Her moth~r.
alarmed by her cries, With great prassass a
mind plunged her daughter r. 20 q large bathing
tub in an atjoinipR room, and exfiu xuished the
names' They wore both, however, seriously
burnt.
DIscovERIEs AT purz.-The exc.vat,ous
which are being made fcr the canal for the Is'h-
mus OF Suez have led TO the discovery at Gixsh
OF q religious edidce as vast as the Louvre, and
which was constructed more than hyo thousand
Veats ago. AT KarnGck slso 4 temple, the cir
cult q which Is stated 10 DO fous ktlomstres
Cws-and a.half miles), has been discovered
aud another at Edtcu, containing twenty %.
looms. The walls OF these la,tsr cdiicss ars
deSora,ed with sculptures, hieroglyphics. and
paintings, still fresh
TFLEGRArHISd LKrIRRs.-Tha San Fran
cisco Ala Collaboration Of tho Goth OF septsm--
Ter announces the arrival Of tho Pony Express
AZ Sacramento, and that Il would arrive at san
Francisco on that evening with letters 10 iAR
merchants, editors, &c, aud then gives the
are addressed.
THE RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS of wheat
At Milwaukee last voek were tho largest ever
known for q single week at that city, amount
ing TO more than six hundred thousand bushsls
oived and moro than q million bushels for
wafded.
TnE Fam or Novooonop. .--Ihs commercial
oits from tie greatfar Of Novogsrod, Russia,
aie that, in eonsoqIonco Of the bish price q
IT Jrican ton, an unusually large quantity
the material, tho produce OF Bokbafa and
iva, was brought into tho market. Not lass
IN 10000 pods were purchased for Russian
auufaetuTe-r, by whom II is readily used; thu
rad 1t makes is said to be Of very good quail
r. further supply Of 100000 pods, hon
osme source will I've imported into Ruysia
| 'lvIo the end Of the year.
| A SOUTHERN PRoJEcr DRAp.-The Isst
| teleRrapbic summary Of rows from Europe
contained limo stating that "the Belgian
| American Company had dissolved" This was
| a company organized for this purpose Of estab-
| fishing direct trade by fast steamships between
Antwerp and Savannah or tome other southern
poit.
THREE or THE DEsALIA BRoruRRs rtsi-
dents Of this city, have met with violent deaths
uTI R the past year. Last fall one was wreck
ed on Lake Erie, and drowned during the last
mlntsr another 1s was kIied by the cars within
ID In tho river last week.-DetroH Tribune.
Ahh hiNnMbNb bA0lANth mas muCu 70 nIY
of Col ]. W. Spalding who was killed at Sow
eli Mountain. lie went with Psrrys expodf-
ion to Japan, and wrote book descriptive q
the country.
A NEW CLAssIFcATIoN.-Tho CaliErnia
Mirror has the following AT enc o'clock this
morning the police seine was hauled alhorc, and
dsh turned on the asphaltum as follows FIVE
drunhs Cmets and dounders), six mlsdsmean-
ors Qiardines), one petit larceny (skafe.) two
dgers (suckefs), one safe keeping (shAIk), and
one assault Qsso.d lsh). Englandsr assorted
them and threw them In tho different baskets
or distribution at 10 o'clock
IIoRRIBLE DEATH.-Nr Schoeffner, who I'm
Warrington, was bitten by mad dog ON the
10Th Of August, and who ever since that tims
had been enduring the most terrible AGONY
led OH Monday week. Before his daath, TX
was M cessary TO bind him but the cords wsrs
hqrst asunder as last as they were placed upon
him.
PERTH lately committed suicide at a hotsl Ia
Gloucester, England, by taking laudsnum The
immediate cause of tho act was grief and excite
ment consequent on the death Of his mistress.
The AVERAGE DURATION Of life in France.
has decreased within the past few years. Il
used to be 40 years, 1t Is now only 81.
IT IL RUMoRED that tho kentucky reboIs-
under the commsnd Of Duckner, plumber se-
cesgionis,s and Union mon alike. This may bo
tfict implItality, but IL Is unkind 10 Brcknsrs
lo,d.. To be robbed by follow seoessionists
az bad asa whippiI by tha federal troops.
AYouNG AMERICAS IN PARIS. a son ofJudgs
opld, OF Connecticut, has lately been con
den nei 10 three yeaTs impris nms nj for forgery.
ho had previously been sentenced 70 months
rrilonment ior sw'ndling, and his punish
mt in the present case would have been more
we're, bu, for a letter written by his brother to
20 Cour, praying for leniency.
A FRRIoIu TRAIN on the Marietta railroad,
'hi., ian over throo horses on Tuesday Last,
az Montoe. The cars were thrown of ths
track, and ran across bridge close by, but
before clearing II the enginsl and three carn
fell through into the creek below. The fireman
and brakeman were seriously injured.
The RIVER NILE has risen unusually high
this year, and caused great damage. TbrSa
leagues Of railway and telegraph were sub
merged, and a palace OF the PashA covered with
water.
A PooR BONE COLLECTOR in EnelAnd,
named Powell, few weeks ago bought an old
vest for four conis, and found in the pockets q
bank bill for 81 800. His unexpected wealth
caused him his hTst headache, Tor the poor man
WAS puzzled what to do with 80 much money.
A YouNG LADY in Medina, Ohio, recently
logged a oung man within an inch Of his lite
as he was leaving ball room, because after in
viting her he went and took another gin.
VeTy dangerous 10 tske berties u any Kind
with Western crir cline.
Nny. aaA NAma.