The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-01-04
Miscellaneous.

TuT cotton ON Port Ruyal ia shortly TO bs
sold, at auction, hy the Government.
TnE Chicago TRInuNE accounts for General
Ihclps strange Proclamation hy saying that
"ho was aware how wide a range his prodoces-
son in prUclimttiuns had travelled over, and
ho desired to occupy ne reSt gfMe 9rouad,. - a..
Knoxville Is now perverted into a rebel armory
ana his steam press supplies the motive poser
o. the machinery Tho undauuted proprietor
. ly ing in Jail at Memphis.
LuRD SHAFTrsurEY, tho great apostle of
English philanthropy recently declined joining
In united prayer meeting 10 supplicito for ths
continuance Of peace between the United States
and England, lcit ho should bo doomed hostile
io the British Government.
Tux French squadron for McVico touched At
Toucriile tho 9TH q, Nov, 20 the great admi-
ration Of the inhabitants generally, aud tho
pretty Canary girls in pa tculnr. The total
land and sea forces Of the squadron amounted TO
1000 men, but they were To take in moro troops
at Guad,loupo and Martinique.
Tlu London correspondent OF tho MANCHhs-
rHR EXAMINER snyH that upon the surrender Of
Mason and Sldell Englanns war preparations
will not cease in tho least degree, that nation
being convinced that war must ensue on tho
recognition Of the Southern Coniederacy, which
event it is thought, cannot be long delayed.
lF twenty. seven inches Of snow give three
inches of water, how much milk will a COW give
when fed upon turnip2 Multiply the takos by
the hair on the COW s tail, then divide tho pro
duct by turnip, add pouHd OF chalk, and tho
sum will be the answer.
A WORTHY farmer, who thoroughly detested
taxes and tax-gatherers, was once called on by
a collector a second time for money ior which
he had mislaid the receipt; and, as no told ths
story TO his friend, "Well, said tho friend,
'whn, did yoa dolI "pol Why romo1strstod ..2y
didn't know to what effect; but the poker was
bent :"
An orator In the Italian Parliament, named
NJ. Petrucctll della Gattina, recently declared
that dispatches were found in the NeapolitAn
archives, after the flight Of King Francis the
Second indicating that the Pope entertalns the
ost ultra hatred against Napoleon. Ths
ypc, more than twenty times was on the
tift Of appealing to the lie world to rise
arms against tho FRI nch Emperor, but was
r,str,incd by Cardinal Antonelli, almost By
o. avn force, from adoptif 50 suicidal policy.
PEotrssoR AGAs~rz, like all truly great
men. il unah,ctocly modest. la his article On
rhc Method, of Study in Natural History, IN
the Arr ANTIC MoSrIILY, he speaks OF his own
| d ors IA follows II have devoted my whole
life to tho study of nature and yet single SEN
tenco may eNI ress all | have done. l have
shown that th'Ie Is correspondence between
the succession of fishes in geological times and
tho different stages Of their growth In the esg-
That Is all.
MIR. HEnRr FLETCHER, a celebrated poliei-
cal character in Manchester, recently addroaso4
a letter to the Duke Of Newcastle, the kngiish
Colonial Secretary, proposing that II would BE-
cheaper for the Government 10 ship the cottOa
factory hands TO the south Of Europe or Asia
where fuel and food are abundant, than to light
the United States. To this astounding prUPo-
sitoh the Duke Of Newcastle drly replied that
such a Wholesale transportation OF tho mAnniAc-
turing population Of England could not receive
his sanction, and that II would 10 an made
quate remedy of the evils resulting from the
threatened war.
TIE condition of the prisoners in Fort War
rcn is described 10y the Boston TRANsCRIPr -
I, llOws: THE prisoners have frequent oppor-
tunities for hsalthtul recreation, and sometimsS
the entire parade ground of the fort is cleare1
that they may indulge in game OF foOt'bAli.
The soldiers on guard are permitted conVersA-
tion with any Of the prisoners, and We are In
formed that Mason generally leaves quite .
favorable impression upon those coming in con-
tact with him. lie is not at all reserved, and
quite genial in his intercourse with the men en-
trusted with his custody"
Ak English newspaper describes a new lock
| in pieces of manufacture in Wolverhampton,
having 24i, ,l4O, ,625 combinations. It Is the in
vcntion Of Count Kersclon, Frenchman, but
il now the property In that country Of Mr.
| Loysell. 1t has Ave rollers, and each roller d
| maI ked with 20 letters OF the alphabet. II tha
letter at which il is set should not be discover
ed, the exhausting of all tho variations nsces-
sary In that case to the opening Of the lock
would require an immense expenditure OF time
One Of these locks will DO placed on saf. ia
the Great Exhibition next year, and el, ,oes
| will DO placed In the safe, which VIII become 0A
property @ any peraoR who can spsa ~