The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-16

ubh Government ], 600 pairs OF snow boots for
the use Of tbs troops vhich sre nor crossing
vNieh Gays. q Liverpool p.per) nothing oouix
W more cOnsiderats or frisno1y."
TEE Bowling Green correspondent of ehs
Mash Us COUsGnR, e Monday, says that Gen.
JotJnson tas called upon The Pfo,bioJL Gov
eminent cf keriu,ky fcr 26,003 infantry sad
90 c,v.lry fos three years. Floyds brS,ds
from Vf-ginis gcing isto scotsville, Ky.
4 FIRE ou tia I3,h, destroyed Nor,h's dry
g5sos ,ots, o'Drien's groesty, CT es' jevelry
eto-,. tbs City Hotel ard several Other bu,a-
tnqs N the tewn Of AeGrsgor, Iowa. Ths
st,chs we're mostly ssvcd. To al loss, e15. .oe9.
.Isx American bark Lyrs was reosntly o.y,
tufe1 on tho coas Of Africa with S25 slaves ca
hoard. Ths slave tzsds IA reported very brsk
IN the South crast, chiefly carried on ~
, vssasls urdsr tho Amsriosu Tag, dnes tks.
tluadiou bss 6son withtIawu.
LInY CoUrTr, Iowa, Is q capital place b,
/ 81 a 'Vi:tug house. Beef n only 50 10 D.
: luId'sd. ~hsai 80 cents, corn ~; poAtss
%, po'h 90 rar barrel A gentleman oouStsd
10 o.fs loaded With pctk a. ouo statioa. svnkt-
ii-4s fAEsporistion-ono rssks scc ccamDlation-
Tx crew Of the Iohoanar r. II. Atwood, q
Rcs va, VI oh pa rto Fortress Monroe % tn
1Gfh .rs' ~er5 Obliged 70 subsist for ten days
on fsiaiis, tho extreme length Cf ths pss.es
6s, uIas al the supplies.
MR. pAKor's Assembly bin, relative 10 osn-
stAh In brooklyn, givos then authority 70
execute warrants aud processes in criminal cas.A
ard 60 reoeivc the same ices ~ received by o>u-
stables IN country towns, aud eNierds The tern
Of such constables 70 tho same period rhes Al
dsrmsn OF he city are elected
THg MesSrs. Edgs, Of Jersey City, have in
vented an improved signal rocket for shippine,
vhiCh "a far moro euIe, brilliant and osspsst
IN form than any thing now 10 use. Tnsy srs
igritod by percussion nub ard bum with .
brilliant white or lorcd Gre for ton minutes
Ma. BANKS lately introduced abill in the As
ssmbiy to appropri.'e S2j,OvO iorequippiag ana
unifotming the 25th Regimen { (Albsi IS a St.s,
Militia TO be expended undir dtrecti0u Of rs-
gimentai Board Of officers aud at An expense u
lot more than cas- for each man. Tho monu
expended to DO approved bv the Governor.
Tug London TrsEs says Of ocean stssmssH
"All the great lines are kept up by subvss-
tions OF onormous amount. The Cunard doe.
the Peninsular and the Oriental, and the Wsst
l1dia Lines, draw from the revenues Of the post
Office sums amounting to E7J0,0Oo stehlag
yearly. And this money is, no doubt, actuaily
necessary to keep the steamers st work"
A FIRE broke out on Wednesday In the stsie
Of the Mercantile Block, on Commercial street,
Boston. The contents Of tho building vwe
damaged by fire and water TO the smount 6
IeVfNOVs Auo iNh1 WIZ tnHuTous o8Mm
Peaice 4 Co., West Indis.s ocds; Nv. Uiffsrd.
dealer in eordi.ls; Boynton & Pocket, prsvaioa
dealers, and others suffered damage TO goods.
BLAsCHARD's patent for turning irrsgui.r
forms IN wood, the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAn
-a,s.wl II expire on tho 2Oth Of this month, sfssr
.ors two years Of protection by patent. The
,nyort9r Is still living; enjoying the reward a
his industry and mechanical genius. He 10 .
native Of Massachusetts, and bis machine has
ODieHsd far more benefit upon his country
than any which hs hAA received from il hiul-
s,n.
TuE household effects Of tho rebel GnsoA
Butkuer were sold at public auction ct Louis
Vile, Ky, last we,k k, to satisfy the demands of
ih6rity tax ctllecti~ns The auctionesr sold sus
Buckner'u old bookcases, desk, tables, am
chairs, chamber furniture ard other articles, ana
stopped whom the amount OF tho tax had bsea
realized. Some scrsps Of carpet and bedding
remained unsold.
LAST Friday evening ths brig Henry A. Di-
der was run into Chesapeake bay By one q the
ships belonging TO Gen. Burnsido's sxpeditioa,
completely wreeking the bngis rigging, break-
ing OIL her mainmast about iifteen foet above
the deck, and carrying away hor jbboom, .
portion Of her forsinast, and AL hsr sparS. No
one was injured and on Saturday evening ths
crippled brig was towed up 70 Baltimore, hB
destination.
4 The Massachusetts, 18th are feared by the 70
bells, IA will be seen by the following conve<sa-
tion which took place between the reDeIs on ons
side Of the Potomac river, and Company @ (i8thl
on the other: what regiment Il guapdlns that
place2 "tassachusotts 18th l'' Wners IN
- dint the Massachusetts l3th2 We have
travelled up and down the river for Atty milss,
and everywhere we find the Massachusetts 18th,
and every man sppears to carry small cannon
on his back"
A PARTY carousing on New Years night sk
Enosburg, VT, getting out Of candles, dispatch
ed hoy ten years old TO q nsighborss nearly
a mile distant for more, and 70 forify him
whskey was given 10 him. The poor boy lose
bis wa end persisted In the snow, while the 70
velers kept on their frolic till morning, whsn
the disappearance OF the boy becoming known
TO the neighbors, search was made and the body
.odnd.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Cincinpad Coz
MERcIAL relates the following anecdots Of Cen
MeCook An anecdots vas told mo today,
Characteristic Of Tho brave General Cool, nov
in advance. Buckner recently sent 70 him, by
a flag oftruce, message, TO the effect that un-
less he Withdrew his troops from the stAfs
within fifteen days, that he (Bucknsr) would
annihilate them. Our gallant champions only
reply was a cannon ball; which he gave 70 tks-
emissaIy, telling him 70 deliver Il TO Hucknsr-
WASHINGTON correspondent says that
Northern dealer In southern pine had pro
our possession 70 procure supplies Of the ium-
bcr, now go scarce at the North. He was 70
pay Cover for the lumber. The psrnis-
siOn 20 accorded was obtained through The intiu-
=. ue Oi certain Sc nAtorS. These Senators SPOKE
again st the management Of the Navy Depart
nen', and the permission was withdrawn froa
the lumbtr dealer,
THE LATE PLOT TO OvKRruRN THE Gov
hRSMEST Oh HAYTI.-Letters from HAyd
speak of the late plot 70 overthrow the pressuE
.OveTpment Of Hayti, to have been of more
rxteI sive character than at first reported I've
of Gefffard's own ministers were ihvolved-ths
head of the Department Of Agriculture, and
that Of Police. II was the intention Of the con-
spirators TO place the latter at the head Of The
government. Both ministers fed to JamAicA
upon the discovery Of the plot. The trouble ID
about color-the pure blacks being uneasy un-
der the rule Of the mulattOes, though Jeffrard,
the President, is black.
GPN JIM LANE has not yet completed his
expedition but il is understood that, Ike Col.
Doniphan's march across the plains 10 New
Mexican war he will strike across the south
western border u Missouri TO the Indian coun-
try, where a large force Of loyal Creeks are To-
sisting the oppression of the rebel dominion,
clear the country Of all the ntnions o. rsOoA-
DOM and reinforced thus, cTOEB the Red klVoe
into the northern country Of Texas where thOa-
sands of the German settlers are only Awaiting
the appearance of the Stars and Stripes, " rush
to its dtttn,e,
ON Thursday night, while tho army Of tho
Potc ma was enveloped IN dense fog, q mys-
Il rious occurrence took place in s0me of our
H. IL WNaaa.