The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-03

leave Portland, recently, in Maine regiment.
Tux personal liberty bills Of Wisconsin have
been ",xpungeo" hy a resolution Of the lower
bianth o the Legislature, 81 to Z.
Tur Low rctel Congress, which is 70 meet on
tho 18th Of February, is composed almost an
trrly oi mon who hsve formerly been members
ot the C,ngtess Of the United States.
TuE lato Price Abort ia said to have con.
uuuAlly repeated, on his death bod, tho boauti-
ful Oh istiin hymn commencing, "Royk Of
Ages"
A Sun COMMITTEE from Congress is now in
Bo-tUn examining all tho Government co o1tracs
VIII ch have been msde in that city sineo the
commencement OF tho war.
TUE Rev Joshua Wellos, tho old st minister
Of the Me,boii.t fpi'copd Church, died al
B itore on the 2jth inst, in thi ninety shth
v,Sru h'fEe.
fur I,u,rr> r>cr BtrGr" d,ci,rsatia
q. Pc. 90 ! '.,. :. y u.l ,t' S''f" n
,id ta ut.'e oNuc itio's, ant ave ,nl ,pla
.d, 81. &c To fstcT.l u'op-
Iur Ituort Duke &C WI iugtCn III ,rhar.
~ aud {" y Voc ulo u rntoo Ut Va erlco,
which B.Isium rsvo go IA l.nr Dlko. tlo
o par Casmbcf hsye just decided.
lN a Rusai IN town not lar from s. Peters
Nur' ere iOu %. { ny hgp, n pUr ct boOts
tontainirg tho mar glcd legs Of tho -ner WHO
mU.t b-Ne he-r deNuurcd by tho sulccs which
" 'ost the nti, hbrrh Oh in winter.
TnEEE were I .1la female co yict p'i'ontrs in
T. & LAM in 1860 The Drec ors say they were,
~ A rul. dis irgui,hed FOR IN 81 aptitude for
silonc' and some 0l them are So hardened hat
OF Of the chaplains said they were "worder."
lHE final adjustment Of the boundary line bo-
tvtcu tho s S.atcs Of Massachusetts, snd Rhode
Island, ami which Coes into eiltct on the first
Nay o' next March. will aid materially to thu
.trtitotr, the population and tho wealth Of Fall
RNcr.
An eminent banker in Nss York. wrote to
his agent in London to invest 100000 iOt him
in State securities but he f,il'd to c,og Tho
first T. aud his agent bought for him an intorcs.
IN "a slate quarry IN Wales The agent was stu
p,i, but he ohcy,d orders literally.
lloN iohn !. Cti,tendcn, is dceply affected
ny tho neVa hom kontucky and has rot bcen
iu tho House a nee tho report Of tho hittlo Of
somerset was received Although he has two
sous in the Union army, tho presence OF ono in
tho rebel army, thc oldest, oyorwhclns h m
with griof
A SrR0FANr OF tho Sist rocimont was accl.
den'ally killed a. tha Albany barracks ou Wod-
nsslay evening, whilo drilling squad Of ro-
C'uis At he word "hrc. loaded muskct in
the hands OF one oi tle mon dis htr fNl ia con-
tents through the Sergeant head, killing him
Instantly.
Tax snow is about two anil a half foot doop
in tho interior Of Massachusetts. In towns on
| except ON tho Iuucipal roats. Ga tho coast
oa' Ol noftsml h tho snow is covered with
co.. surface Of vii i5nt thickness 70 bear OK
i'.U'.
WILLIAM GuCHWsr, who was arrested in
IN hluc'pt ia IA September lat, on a charge Of
having fold munitions Of war To tho South, and
w,s .ort TO Font Lafayette aud afterwards to
l,rt Warren, aud upon his release, 10y order ot
too Government To arrested II DO ton and im-
mutt, 4 {, trial, ha, been brought before Judge
| C.dwala'er, in rhi"e'phia, on writ ofhtjeds
| corpus. Tho ctso is still peICing.
Tux British ambassador at Paris lives In a
magnificent hotel which Is supcrbly furnished
ard decorated at tho public expense in order
that ho may suitably represent his nation. His
salary In $50 600 a year, besides an annual al
| luwdLco OF e., 900 for warming and lighting the
| Embassy, aud u liberal allowance for plate,
sorvants and other extras.
A MOST extraordinary "mn'-not a Ball Run,
! but fox run--has lately tnkon place in York b
shire. The hounds ran niter tho fox for a dis
/ tancc Of forty milo', crossing Ia their pro.ro g
! three railway AMI three rivers. All the horse.
men were beaten on but the hounds carried on
their game in'o the uipht, aud were only picked
up y the hunit men tho morning al,or o hunt.
Mir. II. llASsLoW, an English az dortaker,
ioi lately from singular cause. While on
tag'd IN the inerment of a man who had COM
mitt,d suicide, hs had occasion TO lit tho body
| from the she'll, when some OF tho virus from the
wound imuregnated fliFht cut on his hand -
| II wa unhoodod AZ the time, but tho poison
per oitated 10 his arm, and thence through his
whole frame, in spite Of all the remedies that
were applied.
ON the skating pond at the Boi- do Bouogno
a certain space is reserved for the Emperor,
tho only people infringing on II being young
Erpli'hmeu. One Engli,h youth of seventeen,
tho only unlucky one Of party which escaped
after eyading the police for some time, was
eau. ht aud imprisoned. The others escaped
hecaufe tho crowd opened 90 give them o. ross,
but the last one was just too late 10 embrace
the opportunity Of escape.
Tux year 1861 is represented in Chdirari as
a full-grown womau, loading 1862, who is do
uic', d as a little girl in short dress, with tre
meI dors number Of heavy packets ticketed Po
land, Hungary, Turkey, America, Italy, &c.
and addresses the aiirighted youngste' in thes'
somewhat Encouraging terms Faith, my
dear, 30 much tho worse for you but | an
forced TO depart, and leave you all these hoav'
matters on your shoulders. You must get odt
Of the difficulty as well as you can
A rRIGnrFuL accident occurred On the 81 Of
January at St. Martins Hall, London. some
wolkmen were on a ecaiold preparing tho cell
ing OF the room for the performances OF sOm'
American negro minstrols when tho planks o
| c,iolding br, ke in twain, and in u mo-
| mont seven OF ths men were dashed TO th'
..,r nd while nn eighth Only saved himself b,
| etching hold OF B(me brackets. Ihe Ecvet
men were all severely Injured, two OF then
fatally.
SSCE her bereavement, the Queen has live
| the gaeatest retirement. llsr Majesty onll
ono Of hor children "A companion at din
~. Even the King Cf the Is lgians-reIr " a
D., is in bl I,d, and intimAt ~ no has been viii
li,r Majesty from her ohldhoOt-ha8 not bsoI
,, cepted from this pri yacy. All tho member
= the royal family dine togo hor with thos
, r,latvea or com octions who may bo staying OF
4 visit al Osborne, and ono is in turn seectec
10 bear Her Maies'y company in her private
apartments.
A aASG % coffin robbers have boon deto'te'
at Weston, Somerset. county England Tn
leader was the sexton Of the church, and tn
, party were accustomed to opon vaults, broa
collins with tools, cut out the lead lining, an
, take this lead with the coffin handles and plates
, TO sell az old iron at Bradford. The wO d Q
the coffin and tic bones Of its inmate were bro
I ken up ami Jtowtd away in further corner
Z the vau'. This has ben going ON for owe
! three years and at loast fifty collins inclutin
. those a. some Of the prominent people Of th
4 ntight o hoo'-no blemsn and OthoIg-hSve bee
thus outraged.
II seems the remarkable religious " disease
called the "jsrks, Is prevailing to such an ca
t'rt Ia no Davies county Illinois, and j. pr
D tuirg such excitement, that committee haV
10 loou raj cd 10 iuye,t,Rsie the maltdy and has
. made a report. Tho j-rks' we're introduce
dutiIg a proitsct6d meetIng in tho township