The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-06-07
NEWS ITEMS, 60.

THE L. :. troops in Kansas some 20, 000 in
| nun'er. were lately ordered 10 New Mexico. They
started, but the order WINS speedily tuuntcrmandod,
ami the troops sent g. Coriuth. A correspondent
'sys there is no use ia a Ktnsaa Military Depart
lueit and all the troops who remain there SOME
'ooo-ought T. lie put IN active service.
The California papers relate that formidable
lnsurr.ction II Inisis has hrok en- out nthe owens
river valley, in the southeastern part Of that state
In two hgts they reported ~ have defeated the
force Of regnlsr troops sent against them, number
INK one hundred, besides s.senty-h five volunteers
An tNrr'sg Was sent tu Los Angeles for aid nom
t.en. Wright, who dispatched prompt assistance.
The Old dispute about cattle stealing, encrosch-
msntsts, &C. Is at the bottom.
Mn. BLAIR NJ. C., Of 81. Louis, has written
g. the ssuuri Emancipation Society. lie does
not arzue ia mSor II immediate cmsncil alton. but
thinks TINT the policy Of emancipation cannot heton
suon d' idvl ON. TIE st LOUIS NEwH says: 1T
may le safely assumed That, u tie importation 90
slaves into the state he prohibited, AMI day 90
years hence lU fixed upon .or thc cessation OF con-
genial slavery, the institution Will have practically
disappeared, before the expiration II 10 years u
the date ur its cessation he fixed 10 years honce'
viii have vanished ~ SIX or ciAht years. Inc mo
meut TIE policy Of emancipation shall hc decided
"a, TINT mument slavery va. b,gn t. disappear"
The wife of william flagertv residing at
Grt.uhusN, iu this state, WAS, ou Thursday, writing
a letter hy tho lislt OF a common kcr1,eDe lainp,
Wien i esp. ldei with the report - pisto scat
tcrinl tie oil nui flames over tie upper part oi her
person. The poor woman ran down -tairs, and
When part way DOWN she TIPPED and fell t. the
h.ttlul. S. hcrc hcr hus and, who was at work In
tie rpr, s'd two uf her neighlot-, found Lcr en-
.,lvreJ u flames. NJ hopes Of her recovery.
A FEARFUL volcanic eruption has taken place
ia the yucca Islands. ola I'll. 2sth Of Dec, inbor
hast after nn int, rival Of - yearg. Clouds oi ashes
sni sand wor. thrown At the iAand Of Teruate,
about u miles distant, To- such degree that lamps
hHd t. bee lighted at noon. Ths lasted all through
the t"o following days, when, mos, luckily, y
heavy min set IN which prevented the roofs Of the
luus,s from being crushed. The tnhsbltant, Of
MaNa wRdc q cir uscsp. in pos's many, however,
wcr. He'd 10y red hot stones, that fell IN all direc
u.s. The Island Is totally devastated, and, accord
ug the newest accounts, covered with ashes from
tiy T. seven feet deep,
| TIIr time gun AT Enlnburgh Castle has now
continued Ton nearly year regularly 10 announe,
| tie precise instant If oue o'clock Greenwich time,
aud IL may now be regarded Hs n completely sue
| cessful experiment. The gun Is discharged by y
simple piece Of mechanism attached b. "a clock AZ
the battery. This clock IL regulated and controlled
by the clock OF the Royal Observatory ON tho Cation
hil, which is carefully adjusted TO Greenwich time
| by astronomical observations made from hour t.
| hour The two clocks are kept cH rapport ~ t.
speak ~ means Of an electric wire suspended IN
one strain the valley between tie Old and New
Town, the distance from the Castle 10 the Cation
hill being about three quarters Of IL mile.
HrSRY WARD BEEcHER, on Sunday night
last denounced the course Of Gov. Stnnly, of North
Carolina, IN ordering the instruction Of the contra
bands by Northern missionaries To cease, in tina,
state, a. "a contr,yeLt.on Of It's laws. III" said
Mi Dac,her, the Government Mt WlsNingt' I
! sanctions that decision q! Gov. stany, the people
| have been deceived. l. TIE nple of North CNo
! INA Lad electcda uov'ror, then there might To-
| totue excuse Ar, enforcing this law lut n TIE Go
ytrnmeut had 10 right and the power " 'urce ului
! tie pouIlc of that state Governo~, that Govern
mont had equally right T. order That the lsw r.
eTrel TO- should uut be enforced, and he believed I
| would bs done" On the otter huul, to G.y'rlW
| only proposes to carry ot tie Ia" 'i Norm Caro-
Ina precisely ~ they were sdm'nlstrred hoiur" IN
lreasiug cut oi tins UNHAPPY affair. Th,sc wcr
hir m-tructiuus tr'n Wa'lAu.t ton.
Tur Boston TRAVELLER has ths intcrcstin,
staten cut - H. = pny,rsutou with some 81 90
large New EnglJut W.uuiiat .Itrs we earn that j.
,lin cotton ie F,ttir., much m rNrr with them, AZ
some II thDn have H'ut lar-c ordclS ut i.r &
cotton, pre-, llIu( It 40 tue est II prize tn Amor
can. Ih'N tt- W' j. more '"V'lh'.y Elan We III.
n sh spmn,rs, since ta,y have lad oXprr.,rce
working II, A. to the burning "' cotton at the > al
| uur msnu'u ftrtIr Cul .idcl u VIII operate uthri
q nllv a. Il one a'. ,l the crop ~ nur"tu, n
stocks NJ goods on hand are 30 large that t1ese ID
l doubt Of mn Unpl, ruprly 81 cotton 10 m''t u
| consumption fer many months - come, AMI u
1 manufacturers will be benefited rather than inl''
! ed Is having the staple come forward Tor the =
" mander Of the year slowly and nj hgh prices son
If our ,hrewdest snl largest manufacturers ar. ~
convinced of this, and ms far as their interest ~
ctrned, would not Ice sorry u see two million ual
/. destroyed N tIo planting region during the CONN
~ Summer. The consumption and the production
' goods arc both expected 10 lie very light for sever
l. months.
is LAST Wednesday night, gays the Sour
- EAslfHs HNudon! GHFrTr, we had an opportu
IN " ot brius inside the Crystal Palace during the
~ dent storm that visited the ne ghborhnod Of syd'
ed hsm, The novelty " the sights that presen,
fA- themselves was striking and marvellous. In n
'h- mont, from intense dsrkucss the building WAS
rk- up-oycry object standing ONT hs bright as In d
NIX an all the distuctuess of the stcrcuScupe To Will
vas indeed, might be compared with the additiu
The association ct grandeur IN its fullest extent.
he another time the western end If the centre trans
lit assumed the character u' brilliant luminous ma
~, with yivdi,ss that lightning only possess,
m, | D. ri Inter far than the sun Then again the p
3D. were illuminated, all their beautiful proport
nv r> hhted, and their outlines distinct and daz2l
IN, as though studded with millions OF dismoi
MI. Turning b. the southern ride, we looked out
I the cx ,ansc that lay before Us; here the scene
ir magic in it's character From intense darkne
lifted 1t rapid int. rysls-every object statue Il
Il % tain tree shrub, terra and the distant con-
-, To- Saveu-naks, in briliianry thal 'ah scare
-i- de- scrl,d b. language. We never baiore w't'e
IN. ~. .i.r., - peculiar. bcaAt!ful AMI -'tni.