The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-08
Miscellaneous.

lg'nE is a cry through tho South tha, ron.
''\i' should take the iield in perOu.
AMoNG the trophies captured in tho rccent
Is cement AZ Pttsburg, Fonn wa, Drum.
IN winch was painted Captured from the fcdc.
~ my Il Manassas"
\ rUrsrYIERiNS Church in st. Louis. which
,p'ua'iy yost 10000, was recently sold TO a
Methodist congregation for j1,0)0-some Of
bo tults Of accession.
7, commi .sioned and non @ lmmissoncd of
H' andcr Gotorh Blonkors command have
that officer.
nors-has lust been commenced upon Nho 'BaVSc
ments of Paris, whore tho invention L. looked
upon with great astonishment.
In tho eli ,htcen counties in this state which
lately held thoir elections for Supsryi' ora, tho
Democrats have secured 100, the Republicans
200, ard the Union mon Collected over Demo.
cratic opponents in nearly every instanco) 80.
Ar Poughkeepsie on WoInssiiv as tho
pupils OF the lst Ward Primary School voro
playing, during recess, a quantity OF snow fell
from the root Of the school-houso, and complete.
IS buried them. S,N Of the children were bad
" cut and bruised.
TnK new tax bill contemplated by ths Legi4.
latuTe requires u sworn schedule OF tho entire
tween the 2Oth Of May aud 10th OF juno, of
each year. Merchants are TO make q return Of
their goods, and manufacturers Of thor stock
ana machinery.
DuNoLLARD, tho Infamous French murderer
mauifests tho most hardened indifference since
his conviction. lla wraps his shlckles with old
linen 10 prevent them coming in contact with
his flesh, AMI interrupts the eNhortations Of tho
priest with complaints Of the bad slusasts given
him 10 cat.
TIIE report from the South ia that the Con-
io1erltes have organized now grand military
plan. which is 20 revive their waning fortunes.
Robert Toombs is to bs appointed Gonerh Com
| manding, AMI is 10 organize Offensive war
| against the North. Ohio and Pennsylvania
| are 10 bo invaded, and tho forces now In tho
border states driven home.
A GERMAN wto had boen forced into tho rebel
| service, lately escaped from Fort Pulaski, OF
| Savannah, in A small boat, and made his waYtO
| our camp on Iybeo leland. As le approached
he cried out, "lfiord mitout dc oountersiRn-
Don't shoot, | come mid you, and was so happy
10 meet hts countrymen in the Federal camp
that he wanted 10 hug them all in turn. lie
said the Ge'maus and Irish in Pulaski would all
escape # thoy had a chance.
HrsrvT,s in Troy, on Tuesday last was SUE
nd d to VitLc-- tho payment OF lost wager,
or sat Of the el, ction for Supervisors. A
| 'T. Z inn, pTGC,d,d by fsh horn, ard a tim
| u iUmnor wheeled a huge conlraband clad
| .n., q is wire hat, on whoelbIrrow, through
minc,pl stree The people shouted, the
| o rkey 4linr e., and II H. TO be hoped that tho
| h mar, who ought 10 hlyo known better,
. % me little wiser than before.
| An Dubuque, Iowa March 2l, a German
| butcher bought two quarters of beet from an
| risHmpn living in tho country. IL was
| agreed 10 save time that the man and his beef
| should be weighed together, and Afterwards
| the weight OF the man deducted. The man was
| found 10 weigh 142 los. which was deducted on
one quarter Of the besl, and not on the Othor,
| and much was the indignation OF the German
| TO ind he had paid four csnt5 pound for an
| absent lrsbman, In endeavOring ~ ind whom
no met with ths laugh Of the whole township.
Two rival brewers in Pittsburgh Pa, had a
| dispute when one OF tham, named Eborhart,
| prUrssod 70 become reconClled and invited the
other, with many Of bis friends, 10 ptrtako OF a
| supper. A. the supper WAS roast rabbit, which
| WAS literally dspenBei, and of which all plrtOok
| freely. After ssyerll davs, Eborhart Informed
his guests that the rabbit WAS a cat, and that he
| had adopted this method Of getting even with
| his opponent. lie was arrested, and 10 suffice
| 10 a fine Of five dOllars-i1r Swing supper un
| dor false preienses, probably.
A SMALL potato row among tho Hartford
| c., politicians has at last bseu settled. The
Republicans objected to the location OF the Post
| Ohile in tho same building with the TINES
and owrcj by the ellor ard proprietor Of that
| jJurnal, on The plea that II afforded aid ard
| comfort to traitor. On tho other hand, the
Democrats insisted that the Post Ollce WAS 10
Gated in a convenient posi- ion, and that tn,
TMI.s wasa loyal sheet The Government
agent appointed TO investigate the matter coul,
not zee II, however, and decided that tn,
Post OliCe should be located elsewhere.
tn TERRIBLE scone took place at late fire il
Chichester Place. London. A man named Kte
placed his infant on the ledge OF a second Zoo
window. 10 throw tho little one into the stree,
but its foot caught in an iron pot for the pr,
lection Of flowers, and the little one was hel
Suspended. lie then tried to got his wife oJ
Of the window, in the hope that the fire e'oap
had arrived, but failed, and the woman, after
couple Of frantic screams, wa sssn " fall 0