The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-12
miscellaneous.

n NhN IAt " 10 10 10 pfOrtntol 10 NOnkroba
soon ~ the taS bill il pas cd.
Cot. TuoHrG who has toen lecturing on New
nti'an', ~ Il who has relatives in that city Gays
that no attempt has bo"p made ~ iOrtiiy Now
Orleans, a. has boen reported.
TItE Black Prince, (English) 40 puns iron
cased itigate, Is tO be furnished with patent
hydraulic apparatus similar 10 tho American
trsAte Niagara.
A NASHVILLE c1rrospor dent s'atos during
six days rcrideuco in that city, no had not saon
a single drunken soldier. This is moral triumph
for our cause, no less important in its results
than great victory.
Az immense rock, weighing several tons,
rolled from the high bluffs At Hanging Rock,
Ono al midnight IN foh. ~, crushing dwol-
nrg house "a irs dus,eut and killing mother
ana hor Guild
TilK announcement Cf tho ab liion prcss
that MIR. Lincoln wan about TO assume active
comm. nj ct tho Union armies 10 tho ielJ, is
received with moro favor since the receipt Of
tho rows that Toombs l. 10 bo ppJintsl 10 a
rimilr positiun 10 the rtDol armloa.
Tux government work halls for tho manuflc-
tufe Of army clothing wore rt-OIenod at St.
Louis hs' week This will give employment
to several thousand rc.sou', chiefly females,
and contribute largely 10 tho r,lict Of tho dis
trUas IN that city.
In tho Lellan House, Davenport, Iowa, one
Of the girls Of the house was in the hahit Of
teasI z the watchman, playing tricks on him,
and oLco tlaCked his face. Wgtchy got !ndig-
nant A. last, took MISS across his knee, and
spar he'd. Mirs prosecuted for ns'ault, bat the
complaint, on a hearing, wa dismissed.
Tux battle at Fort Donolson domonstratod
that thirteen inches o! oek and an iuc1 and a
half Of IRON was not sufficient 70 ronder tho pi-
lot houres Of the gunboats proof against point
blank shot. Tee Iilot-house ~ one Of the vital
IartA Of u vesstl in nc ion and Com. FOo'e has
wif,ly ore ertd an addition Of fifteen inChGa Of
timber 20 the thickness of each OF them.
A AIuTrT boy who was badly kicked in tho
lGca by a horse IN Brookitd c., one day last
week, WAS atriri a. his fathers house 10 rg-
ceive medical treatment. Soon after, his grand
father, a Mr.. Spaulding Wheeler, entered tho
"a, NJ, and VIVA ~ aifects cd at the sight Of the
wounds that ho sSll backwards with iow words
f alrusA ami i'll mGdiAtoly died. The boy
| WI ! recover.
COY. Blows, Of Georgia, has Issued pr c.
| lamaiicu sl-o'utcly io'bdding the manuitc,
| ture Of ardcrt rp.rits stter March lJt', 1902.
| tG Tread companies ro pf.hihl'ad utUt ing
| uquur over tno roads. Disiillors guilt OF vic
| sung the order wIII be- pILlshtd by tie StiI'
| uo II thrs III aud their C)Lyer ion into can .
| nou. The GoyeIn0- mas also come out IN a
| 'orp lrt'nr aytirs' tho planting Of th1 cotton
crop this year, and in fsyor Of growing grain.
is 10 r,cen' debate IN tho French SeDRts on
tho Address to the Emperor, Nj, Billault OK,
planned the measures adopted by the G,vern
ment agar 81 the secret Society OF Saint Vim
cent de Paul lie represented that II was not
French institution, having representative a,
| Rome, and refusing to accept as is President
dilnitary OF the church who was AT tho same
| time fu' C'iOnary oi n Ite. lha speaker Bai,
| that VII le tho Government would respect thi
rights AZ tho tondenCl'r a the religious mind
tFHNl HhF
the state.
| LIEuT. WoRrrN, who con nsldod the NIoui
| tor during her recent II ,ht with the Mrrrimlc
| has had tome experience wi'h the rebels before
| lie was last at soA IN Noyembar, 1860, on boar
the sloOp Savannah twenty two guns, on tn
| blOckading squadron, sLd was grhotod shOr
| leave OF absence On bis return, a'tor which D.
was ssut ~ a spoci.l N, 55ongor 70 Fort Ilckcns
| wi h do patches 10 Iup aiu Adams, ui ihs Sa
bins, commanding .le tirat on Prn7ncnlI wit
notice t'at he tori would he reinforced by tW
con par lee Of artillery, AID ius' ructiOns
Captain Adams and Colonel B.opn a. 10 the
conduct in case Il au attack 10y robes upo
he toot md tort. lie wen by tho land rout,
aud on tho way ha DESTROYED his diHpA tche,
As be anticipated, no was srres'sd q, Mont
gomefy, an1, Ak 70 papers vera f0un
on La Pooron ho vas allo"ed q pas
On his arrival a. pgnsaculi he obtained a pa
itOm tho rebel Gen Bragg, permir tug him
carry verbal mtrssa from Secretary CanerI
to Iap'a'n AOa'na. llu gent 10 him and z
pes'sd from memory hs dispatcl,a, The 10
was reintOrcsd. and AZ ho was refurning no ~
arrested by the rebel Gsn. Bragg, u'der Il
false rfotsnco Of having broken his parole b
tn.e main ticct was 20 Obtain Lis dlsps'cN''
the government, if he should have has Sny
his p sfesion. lie was sent To Montgomer
who're he was kept for some time as prison.
OF war, There was az Intense oxc,,ensl =.
against him, a. the rebel Gen. Bragg hal co
, lsc,sd force of 900 men, and intended TO a
/, tack Fort Pickend the very night II was ret