The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-05-22
NEWS ITEMS.

THF Norfolk Navy Yard is not 10 lie rebuilt.
TnE ship builders of Philadelphia mover en-.
joyed more prosperous times than At present,
VESSEL will all from Baltimore for Liberia
on tie Lot ofJunc' ly which emigrauts can 20.
Cot. CoEcoR,Nis hourly expected at Nor
folk under Alag oftruce.
THF moro the rebels burn their cotton bale.
the more halo'ul their prospect becomes
GrN. SIcKLrs left Washington on Tues ,av
10 resume command Of ito Erc.lsior Brigade
A nErurArIoS Of New York merchants |. In
Washington, urging Congress TO pass a bankrup,
law.
THREE iron clad gunboats are building for tho
government at st. Louis, At cost of $4,000 Two
Of the bulls are nearly completed at Cairo.
THE grandfather of Gen. IIallcck is still living.
and is one hundred years Old. His is near
Utica New York.
THE Charleston MERCURY says Mcclellan
and Halleck's forces largely outnumber the troops
Of the South.
THERR are 80 many candidates for the nomina.
ton Of Governor In Maue, that the Bath Tiuss pro-
poses " publish list Of oil who not candidates
THE new iron Cunard steamship Scotis. iust
arrived, IL, except the Great Eastern, the largest
stssmsr In the world.
The railroad bridge over the river at Na.h-
Vile Ia progressing rapidly, and the contractor sx-
poets 10 have IL finished by the LIST Of June.
become contagious, has appeared among tie horses
81 Port Royal.
Tue "Gorills Government" Ia the title given
In rvbeldom to President Lincoln's AIninistra.
ton.
TIE British Bible Society has voted 81 {, 900 to
the American, in AID Of tie diminished receipt. 81
the latter, DARN. the present strife between North
end South.
An effort Is made In Congress 20 adjourn from
the fsth inst. until the % OF June, to en- le mem.
bers 10 visit their homes, and for putting the capitol
In summer trim
THE record. Il most of the County Court
Houses in rebeldom are carried off the approach
Of our troops, TO permit men Of straw to hold tLs
property there, and reclaim possession.
CuTRBKRr BuLLIrr Is TO be Collector Of New
Orleans. He was u merchant and resident Of that
city for 90 years and len there last year account
Of bis 10y Atty TO the Union.
A LETTER from Paris states that Prince Ma.
poeon lately declared that strong as his synpathiss
were tow Yards the North, he was afraid lie must
sacrifice them in the face Of the increasing distress
In France.
AN officer writing from Shiloh Ferry, 8 miles
from Corinth, Nay 10Th, says he has just received
orders to prepare his command, with four days
tons, and 10 be in readiness 70 make an early more
IN the mov'iing, for Corinth.
OrATHLEYoHoLo ono Of the loyal Indian
chiefs driven from Arkansas, told Capt Coffin, OF
the federal army, who was about 90 start for Fort
| Lesvsnwor,h, to bring back with him :" some
wagons thss shoos"
| Gov. JOHNSON is enforcing bis proclamation
In East Tennessee. A Union soldier having been
| hred upon At MuIfreesboro, twelve secessiouists
were arrested, including the brother Of Mrs. Ex-
Prssiden, Polk.
Ar meeting recently held at Fork often
Nile, q town near Clarksburgh, Va, the citizens
who voted for the ordinance Of secession, protested
| sgsinss the organization Of guerrilla bands, and
| pledged themselves not 10 aid, Abst nor hsrbor
| them, or their unholy actions.
CAPT. BoGos got tho varuna into close quar-
ssrs with the rebel beats ny using pork under his
boilers, thus causing dense smoke like that given
out by burning pitch pine, and temporarily making
his sn,ag onsts believe that his craft Of the
| Confederate feet.
A STRONG Union man, Col. Leonidas Mstcalfe,
fought duel, on the sth inst with notorious sc.
cessonist w 7. Casio, lawyer Of MAysville, Ky,
recently liberated from Fort Lafayette, which re.
suited in the sscsAsonlst being shot through the
heart
A LIVELY prize fight for ESQ occurred near
London, 9Th inst, between Peter Norris, Of Dir
minghsm, and John Hartley, Of London, resulting
, In favor of The former. On the same day, near
shenAold Hall talias Nobbylof Birmingham defeat
ed wilkinson, Of the Pousriss, in priAs fight n'
the same amount
A REMARyABIK transaction took place thu
o'h'- day ip a village In the west Of Englsnd.
! hle.sr f'r'uas died, and eirectsd in MS VII
ia 49, no 80 S'aa.d be ospsrisansd aud led 70 h