The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-20
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in high dudgesn.
/ sEvFnAL batteries Of the light and hirSiv
serviceabls Napoleon" cannon, msfe on ~,
imperial model, hu boen roosi we'd in Wsshisr
soc, ahd arc IN resdi ness ior use. Eight horssa
ON drAg one of these gtina through the dean>~I
mud into which tho "sscred sol7 can b. trva-
len.
1HK hoe constructor At tho Gar lsn Of n ,nfs
PHis, which swallowed les blanket soma tims
$50, aud DISCO ged II about q month af arNv.rda
has just died, owing, rs Is supposed, 20 ia hav
'ng ro'aincd 20 in, igestiblo mass such lengtk
oi timo in its bod.
TnE celebrated historian, Sohlosser, has 10
'us'd TO give anything 10 tho subscriptio.,
"h'ch are being made for tho construction of .
lierm ar fleet. 81 have not he sid ''studiel
he history Of nations and tates Tor ixty ye.rn.
'ithout learning that fleet cannot DO created
y charitable donations"
THE cstimablo wife of Govarnor Morshoad or
Ndtucky, is reported 20 have become insane
nee h's seizure and incarceration Prentioa. a
lc Louisville JuuKSAt, Is said to DO engaged
tho 'ilFt to secure the release Of this pOliu-
al Trisorer.
lHs real and personal property Of the SoutA
ly.d by I1Oui 200, 900 people, and Il IL upen
eta atd thcir posteri,y that tho war load, a.
a = II tasinR, must fall For a. their credit
'l-, as fall it must, so viii their daily and ye.r.
N'NTenses, costs and burdens increase, Whna
toir ability TO pay decreases.
Cot. G. A. WAITE, &C tho United StAans
Nu y, hos hccu placed in command of tho miii-
sfy post along Tho northern line. Ills denart-
mont extends from Maine 10 Michigan. and the
il'fent posts aro Immediately to 10 occupied
rc put in q state Of defence.
b. TnE Rock l.lard papers announce that VIM.
T. Chadwick, the attorney, who was indic'eS
9Th J. W. Bissell for conspiracy 10 burn the
Rock lsland bridge, has lcft Tor parts unknown
i rolably California. He leaves his bail in The
'nich for $1,000, beside victimizing many othsrs
who bad put their confidence In him.
Tic lnERN, Spanish liberal journal, has
lust been hned 10, 200 reals, for having, In h.
!.oldon correspondence, remarks in praiss Il
Dou Juan. This Journal finds tho expresrion
fits opinions rather an expensive luxury. IL
va paid since the first Of April, 16l 900 reas
IN the shaue Of fines.
lnE law relating to military bands allows -
mt siciars TO each rrI.mental band. Tho bands
~ The French regiments number nearly 50;
ONE Austrian bands number 80. The totaf
nuinbor of musicians now in tho Americas
my amounts TO nearly / 100 at a cost IL
month
TUE extraordinary proclamation Of Cen.
Phelps at Ship Island excited the amazemsut
and Indignation Of the President It's rsvslu-
tionary and ianatical spirit, and total disregard
OF tho policy Of tho Administration, rendsr hh
offered Tor Gen. Phelps is that he Is crszy.
THE workmen of Mccormick Reaper Msns-
factory at Chicago, are building magnificent
Gaping machine for tho great Exhibition In
London, next summer. All tho iron work viii
Jo Iolithed, ard the wheels will be burnt shed,
I a cost of ESQ each. The wood work will be
"a corresponding quality, and tho machine viii
probably he the finest ever made.
TirE United States Supreme Court at Wash-
ngton has given final decision on the long
tiinted question Of tho Massachusetts, and
hhcde leland boundary line. The Court decresd
he adoption Of the line set forth in the report
u - the engineers. The eontroy,rry commenosd
u ~ years ago, and long formed a subject OF dis-
ute between these colonies and England.
1nE Frenchipost office has given notice ths4
iai SO number OF letters are daily put into the
Ssilce, .si, Tor per'ons in tho southern states
French contuls. The government giyes motto.
h-, Ioon[ding to international law, they can
lot tako charge Or forward any such Letters dur
~ the present state OF affairs in America.
PRIVATE adylces from Paris and Toulon a.-
cH mat we armor plates OF the iron plated
gaze Ia Glolro have become loosened upon har
ldeb irt m the ships working when at sea ana
hat she consequently leaks TO such an extent
hen under stean that she Is In reality unsea-
ofthy The quality of her armor plates In
lso expected TO be Of an inferior character.
LETTER received from Seth Webb, JI..
commercial Agent Of the United States at Port
u Prince, llayti, under date OF Nov. 10, says
All the agricultural products of HAyti are
ifgor than ever before since the time Of the
i'hch' lhe conee crop Ia better in quality and
orc IA quantity than at auy other time sinos
% Independence Of the island. II will exceed
100000 POUNDS.
InE closing Of navigation has already had tho
hct of filling all the Western railroad freight
pots to rePlotlon. Immense quantities Of pro-
slons of all kinds are stored up awaiting nsns-
'rtaiion, and at Toledo, 20 cars, laden with
TX, leet aud lard, arc waiting on tha
ack, the company being unable TO store their
nttnts in their warehouses, where 1926
aiiels Of freight have been accumulated within
" o weeks.
CANADIAH paper says that some vessels,
Gently purchased by the secessionists In Eng
I'd, viii he armed and sent TO the China and
iran seas, to seize, in the absence Of United
ates cruisers a small island recently purchasr
by our Government for a coalng and store
niitn. The Inland will be fortified and coG-
-ctod with a naval depot, whence the rebel
.'sels can operate against our commerce.
OS the five principal lines of Prench railways
80 trains ale run every day. During the 10
ais ending 1850, they conveyed an Aggregate
$40, 600 COO passengers, and during that pork
the lo,s Of life by accident was A, or ona
Il OF seven millions. AS compared with the
atents ON carriage traffic, those figures
oyo cobdusiytly the grea'er safety Of railway
importation. The carriage accidents In Paris
one, for the year 1860, amounting to 920, d
BON 30 wire killed, and $40 dangerously IN
red or permanently MANNED.
Carr FKASK BUCHANAN, new in command
one Of the rebel batteries on the Potomac wa.
ihe commencement ofthe rebellion, a captain
our navy, and in command OF the WashinG-
n Navy Yard, but on the 22d of April ha
rnod rebel and resigned. Twelve days later
the h Of Maybe thought better Of it
ii he had reluctantly sent in his resignation.
Il wanted II back but II was too late. II
N. Davis has use for such men we would llka
send him all we have.
TIE col ductor Of the Central Railroad froA
maica TO Brooklyn had been frequently an
y ed by the movements Of woman, who lives
the Union Course. She would make the sig-
i for the train to stop, by waving her hand
IChief or some other article, and whom thA
hin stopped she would run into her house and
1se the door. On Tuesday last, rs tho S'1o
ain was coming from Brooklyn, sad woman
ls sigr alizng as usual and in the haste 70 dc
II mis- hief she ran against the second carr anA
g r, suit was, one leg, jaw and nose wels bro
N, and the was otherwise badly bruised.
THE New York Court Of Appeals has dscids4
Rt to eject a passenger from railway car
bile in motion, is so dangerous an act that tt
by Justify the same resistance on the part Of
10 Iassenger, as to a direct attempt TO tAks hi8
e. ANY passenger, for good cause, may b
ected In a proper manner, but bis Resistance
AN effort TO expel him, without stopping tha
T. does not present a case Of concurrent negii-
nee ON his part. Under this ruling. Pas-