The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-13
miscellaneous.

the sol Wh' ch adhores 10 their boots, "bount-
e land which they have drawn
GESERAL wooL !, rather loose in his praise
OF the Monitor. He says hat but for her al
+ the property in'de and outside Of Fortress Mon
zoe would have fallen prey to the rebels.
TUX thsw in this latitude does not seem to
Proc uce much effect en- the leo in the Hudson
kVcr. The river is reported to be obs,ructed
all the way from the Highlands to Albany.
TnE Presdsn,s project Of paving for tho
einanci sation of the 81 avee haa taken tho al,li
tionisis by surprise, as It compcls them TO dis-
7 'uSs the subject with some dogroo Of common
-etso.
lRiNCF NAPOLEON writing 10 an eminent
| pc son IN this country, recently, on Aneric an
hhLis, IN which he takes grea, interest. conclu
end Of ,lsvery."
CoMSoDoxy FoorF. IL is understood Ia
ready for worS at an moment when calls iup.
on. li's mcrtar arc nouhtod: wo'k u,n MO
Lucy i-ht AID day, Gliing shells fjr th.i, .,s,.
Me" are tel drilled tor the mortar bo,t,
UR Il FrSHER Of New Haven, Va, bosn
| ttc'vd rioi,'sor Ui che -, ~ in tUs y...,r
female college OF rouphk,ep-io. II, =, ~
EsropetIf two years TO prepare himself mpie
HASTE makes waste. In their hurry ,n ,,o,
away from Manassas, thc tcHcls left blhind, At
WI chos'cr, Ger. lack son. and aui's A ca NJ
Portable little army Of rebels, ~LJ will now DO
captured.
n CORRESPONDENT writes of the troop. At
Manassas As much order rsi.,ns a. though
tho troops were still at Arlington Heights. No
| ErsEgltrs are loitsfirg nlorg ths road-and the
amy Of to day Is In suikias contrast with tho
army of July
a JArANEsK embassy is now on board Brit
| th weasel ul war, on its vay TO England. IIay-
.ls anu nau report nrpn America, the Tycoon il
| N,NloLs I. Know what Ia go,uY On ia England
| whom it's Consul at Japan has represented q,
be head and shoulders above jonathan.
| ANoNG the letters found by our solIiers in
| TIC rebel camp on RoanCakc l.and, was ono
from young lady in the South to her lover in
the rebel army, In which sho says; ." hope
| We shall see each other agsin here but If we
do not, hope we shall meet in heaven, tofeye
| hsre riH De ~ ldnkd6S."
Tug Government is soon to he placed In pos-
sestion ct small but staunch iron gunboat, tho
GIT OF MIR. Stevens, contractor for the famoua
u "trg battery at Iloboken. The craft was
originally acanal boat, and has beon fitted IN
N.lh scrow propeller wator-tight partitions,
and all tho contriyinces for sinking her 10 A
lighting depth which have been introduced in tho
great battery She is in fact designed to illus.
trA'o tho merits ot that mammoth concern.
PEINCE NArofEoS in a recent explanation
In tho French Senate, deniel tho insinuAtions
made against him TO the oiIsct that he was en-.
doavorinR TO supplant the Emperor. lilo stated
| ,ht. ho wis devoted % tho Iiihupo1 N ht roai-
| Try suoc'ssion unlof tho revolution, At the
| " when his cousin, Louis Napoleon, vas n
rfig'ner and an exile, and that now both his
~ y aud his affection bound him unalt,rably
e. The Emperor and his son.
uUINd the frat eight davs that ,l,p.ed arte- |
.tr troops ettsr.d NashVi illo thero wsro no |
t'wfpaIors published in tho city. Then tho |
'Mei icAS, the most violent rebel organ In
l,nrtSoe, made ia appearance, but was skill
tLl enough 10 let its recession virus ctecp ont
u' ly in its news items. Tho Nashville Ban |
= an old wig pipor, soon after published a |
''l- -fh'ei, having exchanged its SOC ttsion odi- |
tor for tho original loyal enc.
laimTTc fSatI9HgT uMfysGcbHast'' 'Aho1' r".d |
Of the Bible without note or comment but
scholars arc not required 20 road from any par,
ticulL version whose parents or guArdlan' shtil
declare thoy have conscientious sctupleB aBa'nN
| II. No school books hvOtlaB any pariellar
| Christian sect, shall DO used Ia tho pubic
schoolA
REcENr advices from India Indicate that N
| Mvtcre superior cotton 'ad been pro 'ucpd from
! New Orleans seed, bu' the ra'iF- Eics were N
| adequate to clean H.. N'S gins, huTcvAri Wsta
| being introduced, AMI 70 was expected thN' th's
| cotton, when properly c,Oaro1, Sotll com tnn
a price cqusl "a tha' paid flr sim lar American IN
| c1iton The prsatast activity eyory"horo
| prevails in ou,tivs''rR both tho exotic ana IN
| dgenous plant and there can b. No dpuh,, II
tho prsssu. price should prevail tor another
year thai oflinar, uilantt sill be- p'pincsd 10
| sufficient duan,ity NJ quality g. compete sue
oaas(uily with tiopoSth Of thu Sou.L'in 1la'os.
rIy the caut.s, bet vcsn the Merrin1o aud
Monitor A. was dgu ltloss tho inluution OF tho
enemy g. hplrl tho laiIer, ahi Az Ol the
Merr macs mon actually jumped aboard OF her
BUf th,ro was no Cp1ning or place VI entrance
TO be ioIud uor wero there any lnen TO 10
| A. M hr
yulve and tho pro 20 open, ana tho men
| ,c.tnusrs.i buck ~ tho time Ot the encOun or
With the Cumt,rland, a ropsl appeared on tho
deck " the Meuimar, as II from bravadoi but
| had harily TsAsutu II, when ms Dpdy was cut
in two by cannon tall. Alter that Incident,
the rsbels were 70. sosn Cui'.do OF cover
An ingenious Yer koo has l.t,ly been Arrest
,d in Wellington Tor couGtodolting tho Con-
Tolerate treasury notes, Of which lie has cireu'
lated several hundred tb, usant d0lllr worth in
! tho robal sta os, making about 81 or ~ ce.s
on the dollar by tho operation lio insiits Una.
| he committed no crime agans. our laws, anu
wins only engaged in cipping tho lnancial
l iesourC, Of the enemy by bTirging Their no os
| 10 g. ui-i,pute. This plea fairly b0thsrol SOC
f | retaty Seward, wLO only shi 90 IN In ornauonAl
. | ia ard he YANKEE is now walking aloil on
= pDr 10, with every prospect OF beina feRsra'0 q
Iau 1.
= +, no,,rv al the states there ara homestead
| 'tF no pIOltN ! "a VI rlAHiA lt'f. = ""''
4. '.m forced lroc 81. In Naino, Nermo1t
II. Mss chusstts u housa ard lt valued a
.ur a,o ex.mp'. In Now York there IS Al
Q, N.u pt,on o II OO'. 10 SOuh Carolina
n .. LINZ uid 5O scr, $ Of Land Lro exempt, WITH
70 DO sieiears 10 their v4lue. IeXas exempt
to q lctrs a lard Mi higar, 10 acros and IN
Of me in Iowa and Wsc, nsn. In ONO ther
ia an exemption Of 800 In lnlianA, $500, an
IN California a house ard land not exc 'odlng OJ
IN acres are exempt. In Minnesota, 80 acred or
- town lot not valued az over Fl 900 arc exempt
- A law similar to this for II inOis will Probabl.
4 Do adopted By the constitutional convention Y
a. that state now in session.
Or MUCu inquiry Ia now made about tho IRON
clad ye.eels building for GJyernmoAt. Ihor
are two One Is tho My-tc, a. this P'rt, Whc
i. .il bo ready Tor sea in = fortnight. II is aDol
"a, TWO hundred feet long, and very much lS
,"i | Com. EOute's gun bOats, sketch Ui wh'-h "
'o | pubilhed a short time sllC1. ln6 o'het H.
No steam fr'gito, building a. Phi phla, whiC
will be Of 8 9. 0 tons burden, will draw - ie
OF water viii be 21O t,et lonR, 80 foat ha'in,
feet held; will have tl'so dsckH, will cir
lh se,eral deck pivot guns, ard ~ additional grr
nB | ri ll-ingh boro. She will thOreiora, be n
iil OF is the largest uol-C,ad ye-sa ia CJuI5l
ne con-truc ion, but Que Of tho largest yossoB
Ih ,ho Am fIcan psVy,
an. CEsEnAL BES MDCulLo,B hi.i IN =
nj. ba,tls oi the ozark N'.u' ta,n-, wl.s lenr
er | segr hy birtb, and n NAs,aHoud ar Ttll 'r
'he raturC ilp vert "a Texas IT.. 1850 v.
"a | a. ,.L..t f.u. h4 the MryiCArs aid after g1l