The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-04-28

ENGLAND ns the most suitable testimonial 10
Prince Albert.
Ir ia stated that Gen. Mcclellan recently ac-
c"nrnui"d ProfLuwo in % balloon ascension, and
obtained am extensive survey Ot tho rebel works
az lu,F'YWu.
SINN large boxes of goods were contributed
hy the people Of Milwaukee for the wounded sol
dicrs at Pittsburgh, in less than twenty -four
hours al,er the call bad been made,
A IIwurEG letter f,atcs that tho first YES
sci with the SiIm,se nag, white elephant on "A
rel ground ever seen there, has just entered
that port Tho ship formerly belonged 10 Brc-
men, aud was purchased by the King ot Sinm.
1nr Nrw Orleans Board Of Provost Marshals
have ordered the masters Of steamboats, not to
engage white men IA deck hands, aud 70 dis
,h' % those they have employed. They must
g. INTO the army.
ris a curious historical fact that the men who
stood by Wellington when he compelled the
surrender of Conwal' were not southern but
Northern iroop.--the soldiers Of Pennsylvania,
Ncw Jersey Sew York and New England.
ANoSG the wounded prisoners At Pittsburgh
was Hon. Sam lloustons son. lle says his ia-
thcr is u Union man and tried to dissuade him
/ from going into the army, but told him " prove
himself man if he would 20.
IrIsA SINGULAR TACr that the majority Of
! children born in war time are hOys. A Roman
Catholic Clergyman uf Brooklyn, n u, has
baptized within short time, 10 children, o. oi
whom are boys.
LETTER was recently received at the Ch,ca-
% Post O1icc, saturated with bIooi. u WA
found ia tho pocket Of Capt. Ferris, lZth Illinois,
norttIly wounded at the battle ot Savannah on
the 9th inst.
SEDrrIAnY WfLLrs' rumored retirement
from the Cal net lus been Auhoritativcly con-
trtdigloi, and the mission 10 Spain, which ID was
said ho wuul acc ept has been given TO Lieut.,
/ Gov. Kooruor, Of Illinois.
! ME. SCHSABEL, the somewhat notorious
| Pennsylvania politician and lecturer at Connro-
! t,ui Peace Nloetiugs has turned up, since ni.
/ Arkansas, US Colonel, at the head ot l 500
/ mon.
/ THE surprising Democratic victory at IN,
| recent Municipal election in Chicago, is stated
/ 20 be entirely owing TO the reaction in favor Of
nutluual-couscryatiyo principles. induced Y tht
popular isgu,. 1t Wendell Philips upr.ctiga.
/ b'e nu,i-saycry harangues in that city.
SECRETARY SEWARD has sent to the Pop,
tho entire rIition # the "lIistory of the State Q,
! New York, richly houE' \, also o copy D' tnr Di,
| p!umatic Correspondence for 1861. This wHH IN
! return for a similar compliment paid by IN.
| Holiness TO Mr.. Seward.
! Gr~ g. B. CoNRAn, an unconditional Vpigr
! member ot the Virginia Secession Culy,nIiuu,
| but afterwards drawn into Rebellion ~ theIor.
souM influence 1t Gov. Lot,hcr has voluntarily
returned to his allegiance 10 the UnOn, and pro
nounces the re.e cause desperate,
SNcE the IL f January, tae Union forcoI
have capture from .c rebels, five hundred an,
ninety siege ,unsa field pieces. This artiller,
wouli equir ra army, and when it ia re
memhyrsd gnat pI tho rebels have had to pro
cure tbo-c guns, h severity OF tho loss will b.
fully apparent
GREAr cxcter mt has been created in Franc
| and thruu, ,hout IrCpe by the publication of
Pastoral letter IN the Catholic Archbishop O
Toulouse, orierIga a tri-centenuary cclebrato
oil tho Jubilee "a honor Of the massacre Of sever