The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-05-17

GrN. IiAiiECK has made an cNsAplo ID the
18th ohio battery which left it, euns ,a tho
acid AT Pittsburgh and ran away 'ithout firing
u shot. The officers were mustered ont OF the
service and the men divided up among the other
batteries.
The Nashville DIsrArcn Of May~7th circu-
lates a story to the effect tnat the negroes are
crowding white men out oi' lo'i,ions In the Gus
tom House This is Of couric bogus, as the eff
cials in that institution are only Republicans.
J. l.. RIDDLE, the former Postmaster at New
Orleans can have the office a1ain, ii he wants II.
lis last letter to the Departures, dated August
10, lsel, rsnder!.g his returns, ays; Gan this
has been done with the same good faith that mas
characterized Try rrevic.. .-'.,""'- arc IN nc
same manner as II the Units; States doveri-
ment had stil been prominent in these parts"
Ills conduct has been honest throughout.
CoMMopoRE FARRAGuT and Commander
Boggs, the heroes of New Orleans, both come
Of good i..lting stock. The former lisa native
of Tennessee, and an adopted son Of Commodore
David Porter, receiving his hspflsmal name
When only u years old, yor-s, Faragut was
commended to the Naval Department for his
bravery on board the Essex, during the naval
fight at Valparaiso in lsii lie h. been
nearly all his life in active service. lie il
a mos, accomplished officer and gentleman Of
refined, scholarly tastes, speaking five or six
languages with tluency. lie was twice married
IN NuIlulk, "a, anu WIS lIlf owner 81 a iflee
property In that city. But before the rebellion,
he removed his family to cottage On the liud-
son, in order to avoid entau- dement's. Conn
mander Charles $. B9l,ss is u native Of New
Brunswick, ~ j., and nvl.rw of the g1lant
Lawrence, al the Chesapeake Whom u lad he
told his father he wished Ia 80 into the navy
His father said To hin--'lod are too clumsy;
you would fall into the water from the deck. -
The next morning his father saw m on tho
roof Of the house, he had climbed the lightning
rod, going up hand over hand. His mother was
sister Of the gallant Lawrence, Of the C'c,i-
pcake AT the battle Of New Orleans he COM
manded the gunboat Varuna, with which he at
tackled thirteen rebel gunloats, sunk six Of
them and his last broadsde, fred when his YES
sci was sinking and the deck under water, sunk
another rebel gunboat.
Tho London TMrs, in a critical review of tho
sculpture 10 be placed in the graf exhibition says:
In 1851, the "Greek Slave" the work OF an Amer-
can a,tst carried of nll the houors OF ptureand
again on this occasion think the laures viii he
awarded 10 another American student-Mr. Storey
who has sent two noble groups nom nus studio Ut
Rome. One figure Is that OF Ceopltra-the other u
sybil. As vet nothing has come into the building
Which approaches them In originality Of conception
| or mover of execution"
" In another article, the TIMIs says: "Another
American artist, Mr.. MoEier, also sends one or two
fine figures, though much behind those Of his fellow
| The 800-pounder Armstrong gun was yesterday
proved At Shosburynen a. q smooth bore The
proof consisted Of I rounds; the FIRST with 60 ibs
OF powder, the second with 70 lbs, the third with
90 lbs and the fourth with 90 lbs After the proof
further experiments were carried on with the same
gun, V ASCERTAIN the velocity obtained with lsrge
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