The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-20
miscellaneous.

CoNvoroRN Dupont writes thr in a few
dal mcst brilliant vi:toty may no expected
from his eNpcdri n.
ANpN JouN,'N vii proceed N>.hgilla "a
o.. q, General BIuli- a'u' ~ 4 3 saNs~ioh
e I ~ city, Hut A'sis' Va y ..'.rtns Pow IS
onAl U-irn Gyrtnm,n, in Irnness'e
lnr CUIcNoo ToURrsi hal ono reporter
hllrt out' .li' ,lnl auo b't Lai h's l.. h o ~,
a. he capture tf loit Henry. A thi.d eecti oil
uL AIMED.
Tax isto great fr,s at Washington have stir
rcd up the Aut 1ofiti = tiaeo ~ tho necessity Of
ste,m tifd epginaS Tneir use rHull ivo saved
three ,hou'ardiollars worth OF prop rty Ia ,he
last two months
wu.N Gen. Mcclellan was asked vcstordty,
Wy Cabinot n.ucor, II no hal any uows Ut tue
cIptufe ot Clntksv llu no rcpltnd NNhiug
Let the ariav have one days rost, AMI wo will
give you all Tho news you wan.
TuS horse IN loads In Massachusetts in 1861
C'fried II 125, 900 passengers, a Il the Hetn
railroads II tt2 ono. In The state &C NV York
tire ho'sa railroads in 1850 carr vi "a, 600 OOO.
ard the sScam ra'lros-s IL. 001 900. Every larg,
city In tho Union has those roads.
'WTuN soldiers in Virginia hlvo boon amusing
Themselves with tnOw ball fight. A corre4-
pondent soud' us an account Of ono between tho
3i1t and I'D New York regiments on Fobrusry
lth, winch lasted two hours and rosul lgei in tho
victory Of tho llticr. Tho 3ist had their Colo.
mel taken prisoner 10y the 32 |, and despite every
effort, failed to rescue him.
Y MArrHHw i. MAuRY, cousin Of tho marine
thoory man, has hso rolsaAod from Eirt War
r,u, whore he had boen conf i.d or ac ',unt of
his having been a spy, anl carrie Ot letters ba-
tween ho North and y iuth With l1dicriua
OOnbaat no protenda that our Gov msnt hal
a contention with Enelani, about hs dotontion,
which bectms too hot for Sc yard, aud ho was
ubigrd 10 let him 20.
Accounts from Washington state hat whoth-
e. ~, weather per its Ur .u,, =, understOoi
there that mjvum mt ia certain within ths
conii &, our weeks. Notwithsta iilng tho I'm
ia -, numhnt ~ guns he q, addit,uoI II mo, are
WrN1 : in Washington every day an tnN sop
lly Of " lat artillery ,s very li'g9. Sinn'i uu
troops have eny chanca at tho rsbal, our enpr
nous pfCpondn'anCe ia field batteries will give
IA every advantage.
r. IIAds have been received AZ Washington
captured At RlanOko Island and turt nen,y
Among those from RIanok, Is OuA that " a.
oIiginAlly tho az ot some FIe' ch vessel, beinp
a ti color, with vi 10 Union attached ~ ~ on
W icL aro ton ora. Ono Is a South Ct-oln {,
h,g, with a single star. q he-1 h,v, oithaf
teven ~ esv' II rtHr'. SpUe ut tNem are tat
'are- wi tly hv The bursting o. -hsl,. The
Navy Department has rocsivod III, flag which
II o.t pro nnantly waved ovsr Fort II NELSON.
Among ths Mil Spring flags Is emo upon which
/ print,d, IN conspicuous letters " Wigthl Ri
hes-,l,H Davis and tho SOuthnrn Confsderl-
cy, " which was captured by Company Z, Ninth
Kcgimeut Ohio Volunteers. Another, n splnu-
did silk dag has ON one side, Z" We Cboo.e OT
Own Institutions and lu tho other, va C.l-
lect Our Own Revsnus." lhis VA 'rNon by
Captain Davidson, Twalfth X R'gimpGt Kentucky
Volunteers. Another magnificent silk htg has
upou 1t ths Inscription, "Prsssntet % the
Mountain hangers, Ctptan I. A. A4hiord, by
Mr4. W. V. ChArdavoyne. Some Of thom arc
made of cUlored cotton.
o. JENSIaGs WISE, male prisoner AZ Roanoke
iland, who died Of tho wounds received in at
! tempting to csc Ip,, was man of - No fve and
thi'ty wears OF age a son OF Governor Wise,
/ whoAs pOlitiCL views he ATdsntly -upp brtoi In
| the Richmond ESQuIRKR, o' which lie wa' once
! edtor, not hssltIung to NJ oil ia 'ioyarnor's
/ tratCr0us ach.me for ma ching on Washington
aud burning the capital, il the election OF 1886
| hsd reeulted in making Fremont the President.
! lie had Also VA ned a notOriety from his predi-
lection for duolling Ons Of the most csle.
brAted uf tho C1mba's never came of at all
but was talked IA much Of az II II hal. JJhu
Minor Bolts ard Governor Wise were come
three years ago po ical opponents, and had q
! quarrel which their cons Oase1 and agreed tC
tight over. Tho time for the duel was appoint
ed, but, AS II approached, party Of Knisht'
| TEMPT from Boston paid visit IN Rlchm Jnd.
| To enaLle young Bot 8 and young Wise 10 par
| tcipato In the festivities with which the Rich
mond auth ,rilits welcomed the guests, the
doughty bellis serents agreed TO postpone the
duel for ore we.k. Further p0sponements
subsequently, took place, until the affair was
! AdiouI ned SINE dIe.