The sun., 1862-01-03
Misce ellaneous.

luLuRFs have occs'rcd in Chilli since Jan
u"tN last that will sum up hcNond 5.O, 600 900
Tux Naval Examining Board has reported to
the government against finishing the SteNons
Battery at llobokcn.
Tn steamers Isaac Newton aud Now World
have been eNtricated from their perilous posi-
tinr on the flits below Albany.
TOT scryA", girls of the iroo sAtcs consunA
moro silks and frc0oh goods than tho whole
southern aristocracv.
Tur thousandth birthday Of tho Empire oI
Russia will 10 celebrated at Noyg TOD next Au-
gust.
II is understood that hill will hc introduced
into Congress, next week, repeating the rcci.
procitv act with Canada.
Tur report that Nicc-Prcsdcni Brcckintidl.o
and Hunter have gone TO trrlind as rcbcl
con mistioncrs In the pll of Slid u and Mason,
IL confirmed hy Nova Scotia paper.
Nrw scho rooms, ro,'irg Gro coo, arc 20 h,
erected by private subscription in l'un C,lcgo
Tho QIcn has given ClOO, and Prime, Alor
gave ESQ to the fund.
A uHaN/s statue 20 Sis John Franklin wa,
insu:uraiod at Splshv, his birthplace. ON tho
~ II ul'imo. A statue to h memory i alao 10
lie erected, at government expense, IN London.
Go, ERSNrSr has aiviccs that largo aum.
hers Of South Carolina and Georgia lru,ps have
lately been transferred from tho rcbe army OF
the Potomac TO their own states.
1ur Navy Department Is sending ou, spcci-
lications, inviting proposals from tho ship
huill,r throughout the country. for tho con.
structon oi iron clad steam hat 'crics.
TIE Austrian troops recently dispa' ,hcd to
dCmOlish the insurg,nl batteries ut tho Sl,tor-
ina, found, after their capture, that the cannon
were made Of wood, lincd with sheet ion.
a BosToN clergyman, on Christmas eve, rath-
or discouraged the juvenile portion of his audi
ant ltF f,F,u m ltn lntl - h.
which ho declared would occur about 1864 -'6S.
TIN E.sex tMass.) BANSFR says woman
has been extoring money from the charitable
in Havorhill, by exhibiting a false cancer %
her breast. That : ingenious.
Isaac JoNWs, Of Sheffield, Mas, although
102 years old, supports himself by saving
| wood, at the rate Of about half a cord por day
lie Is 80 deaf that he has not heard thunder for
twenty years.
PRrNcE Napoleon, II is rumorod in Paris,
will, st the next session Of the Senate deliver
a discourse which Is expected to create a great
| sensation. No ono, however, seems to know
the subject Of the impending Grafton.
| TmE Chicago TRInuNE statos that rebel
agents a short time ago applied to ithographc
artist in that city TO print 20 OOO, ,OOO Of onisdc.
rate bonds. lie set detectives on their track,
and the rascals vanished
TnE attention OF the conf eating authorities
IL directed by "a rural print 10 tho handsome
| $40, 900 summer residence, in BnttlebOro, VT,
| Of MIR. John Stoddard, who liycs In Savannah,
| Ga, and owns 200 negroes.
| AN exchange comes TO us with a notice that
| Truth is crowded out Of th.. ISSUE THIS is
| almost as bad as the up country editor, who
said, "lor the evil effects OF intoxicating drink,
see our inside"
| SrEAKING of the Paris boa constructor which
| died from the effects of swallowing its blanket,
! no Albany AH"rs says if tho great Boa Con
| tractor winch has been gorping ON army blan-
| kets should moet tho same fate, no one woHld
| regret IL.
| A MAN Who applied for relief for himself and
| family at Hartford, few days since, was
| found to have been married - years during
which time he had been blessed with - chill
dren including one set Of uiplets and four sets
| Of twins.
| A PROPOSITION has been made TO the War
| Department at Richmond, by members Of the
| rebel Congress, TO arrange some plan by which
| fugitive slaves can bo returned in exchange for
| the surplus Of prisoners they have; they to SO.
| lect tho slaves
A sTRoNG Union conspiracy has been dis
covered in tho mountains Of GeCrg1, and at
t,mpts have been made to burn "A number of
bridges a large Drdge on the Georgia Cen
| trail Railroad has been burned. Union men wor
being hung clandcsiilely.
Ml-s Hrp,uN Of Bcrne, y. Y, composer
| the cong. "Iho Death Of Ellsworth, has gone
10 tho PotOmIc to become daughter Of the
'llsWorth regiment. She is Intelligent and
ling, and probably will not long remain
= case Of suicide in Paris
'os lighted a pan Of
- costly Iat
l,min.