The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-27
From the Latest Gc.,nnn Pills..

% \ stream he color IF b'o51 il described in tho
Pr'sbu'g GAZETTE. Near = saw no, far from
MI-koel, runs a stream clllei PatOck, which
d-scehds from the mountIibs, and which, at the
distance OF a league from its source, disappears
in the giound. For some time past It's waters
have assumed the color Of blood coagulated. 1t
is usually in the morning that II looks 80, and
the appearance continues for apout au hour and
half In tho ncishboring lage of Ketsch,
and In still a third Ice Iiiy, the pIenomenen is
repeated, and the inhabitants no longer use the
water thus di.Ctlored. u 20 the present time
all scientific attempts to unrayel tue mystery
have failed.
Gee Of the roya' district judges OF Bavaria
has Issued an Official order prohibiting tho TO-
msles of the district under tis Judicial control
from going into service in Saxony, for the rea.
son that they all become corrupted there, and
return 10 Bavaria as a burthen on the public
q singular popularity.
The German papers give the following plr-
ticulns relative TO Russia.
Her ordinary revenues are 2G9 million rou-
Llsr the extraordinary arising from tho 10 IN OF
1850 are II miliOns, or 2sjl millions in al.
The ordinary expenses OF the Empire are 29i,
and the extraordinary 1917 millions, or 3l05I
millions in all, leaving deficit Of 27 millions,
yet the 81. Petersburgh DOT RNAL considers the
financial condition Of Russia 10 DO very favor
Die in comparison with other States.
The General Council Of War at warsaw, has
condemned four Of the Catholic ec,losi istics,
lately arrested, 10 Punishment, and one 70 in-
generation in a fortress.
Az 81. Petersburgh, up to tho close OF Jlnu-
sry, the thermometer has ranged from IL to 2j
degrees OF cold KeaJmer. The buildings for
the winter sports had boon erected on the ice of
the Nsva. Toe crosswsys connecting tho DIFF
ferent districts Of the city had been furnished
with lamps, and near the Palace bridge the Lsp.
lAnderS who. every winter, AXE visit to ths
capital have put up their tOutSahd are ready
10 accommodate the public with "a ride in sls lges
drawn by reindeer.
TheatTicals and masked ball' this sum Of
all public felicity, ia the cipital--are in full
blast, and the whole winter campaign is fully
organized. Only tho railroad between Dlnaberg
and Knows has not yet boen opened.
AT Balienburg, in POmerariA, number
OF people have formed a religious orgauiza-
tion which regards all thought Of self
interest in religious matters as a doai-
ly sin. They reject and hate all SORTS of
priestcraft and recognize such rulers only as
Tod himself has set over them e., such az are
appointed by their priestess-a tailor's wife who
they say has nightly intercourse with the Divn-
iiy, AID hears aDOut with her, among other
tokens Of her exalted power, a star bodeck ID
giTdle. They deny the authority Of worldly
rulers and refuse 10 pay any tax that goes TO
the benefit Of the Charch or its servtors. Tho
in the documentary replies they make to the
local authorities.
The last news from the inundated districts Of
Germany are distressing, From Muhlheim, on
the Rhine, comes news that the wdoe portion
Of the cit Inhabited by the poorer classes Is over
iiowod. The railroad connection with Cologne
was endangered, and the destituton occa-
stoned thereby 30 great that ths nuLlic
authorities had to open extraordinary cred
its on behalf Of this sufferers. A Teaular
system Of boat traffic was established on The
leading thorSughiares, and bread and other pro
visions thereby conveyed to the needy. Al
skiffS only. The lIessian railroad Lstween
Bngen and Aayeuoe was under water. At
| Dusseldorf sad accident had occurred on the
| Sd Of February. The waterworks inspector,
HIld, had crossed thu Rhine In q boat manned
] y 0 Osrsmsn. On the way back, the boot was