The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-07
miscellaneous,

| w Ccn-us oi Can ld1, tAkon last sumfnc
gave population Of about $1,000
fArL MoRrnr, the chess player, d, on Il,
owe OF joining tho rebel army. Ile VA, a, Al,
''"S' uato III Richmond prac.iciag law.
A TAX OF five cents upon each tolcgr,rti
me ssago Is said 10 hc ono Of tho mc,hof, nr,
pos'd i"r Increasing the public revenue.
Inc Federal fret near New Orleans ard la
Ion'haHTain, have captured sovcfal robe steam
I"IRrh robbers, disguised ~ carbnoers an,
pohce guards, recently broke into q railway do
pot IN b"'ogra ana carried oil 10000 ftanc,.
REv DIR. Bcthunc, who is now in Europc. I'm.
peoh invited by the American and Foreign Chris.
uan , ulu,I' to take charge of tho American
chapel in tho city OF Rome.
THE formal evacuation Of the city of Canton
| Oy the Hlii'I forces Of France and England took
place on the 2lst OF October, after al occun,tinp
e four years
The recent fire. Of Charleston, $ G.. i, even
more destructive than waH At iirt ,uuu,.si
The agI rcgate luss Is roughly osti mated A, moi
less than ten millons OF dollars.
Son Of tho la'e john &. Calhoun. ,I y,uth
carolina lately died Of consumpiou in S,u
frucisco, Cal,i where he had been pric,icin,
law. ''
A. FFIi ow afflicted with tho yellow isurd,ee
advised neighbot 10 procure them also. u,..
'Nk AhdN Nut NlitASN made ufttTtgF Ul Lao
pieces lock like gold eagles.
lhE Wovsrrmsnt stables rao, rny burnt
ifenc,. fhcy are obliged to s,op hort lor tue
present, M funds arc not forthcoming ior he
demolition and ToCons' ruCtion OF tho houses.
TEs CouRASr lays the Hartford Banks re-
solved 10 suspend, "aot that any present no.
ce.sity compelled, but it was thought best TO
shut doWn whilo there wus something In tho
pond.
PRryArE lottors from Now Orleans, just re-
criycd hy way ut Fortress Monroe report that
the sugar cane is yielding we'll this season, but
prices are very low, tho blockade shutting out
tho market.
Tru Amorican-huilt steamship Adratic once
tho prde Of tho Collins line, hut afterwards soli
to a GALWAY Company, was ono OF tho first vos-
sells employ cd hy England for the conveyance ol
! troops to the British Provinces.
MIR. IIeadlv, tho Historian, recently went 10
Washington 10 write history ot III" rebellion,
but came back to write narrative Of McClol-
Ian and his Generals. lie should wait a month,
ard he will have something TO write about
Ir ia stated as an absolute fact that Con.
| Thomas haa thirty or forty Of Lis own rnla-
| tycs in office. Another man has succeeded IN
| = ting nearly siNty Of his family relations into
4, Od bcIths.
TuE pouston TuLEGu lrII, Of the goth ult,
| say. the poopls Of Galveston are In q conallorl-
hle stow over the reported orders OF Con Her.
| tort. ordering the dcstruc ion Of Galyc ,gui II
| Il c could not be defended
| Tur rebel Brigader General Philip So.
| George Cooke, Of Virginia, who recently com
mitted suicide on his plantation, is not the lii-
| gndsr General Philip ST. George Cooke OF Nir-
sinia, who IL now in the Union army.
TN: "solitary whito man found at beaufort
| ON the arrival Of cur troops is Alden \. Allen,
| L.. Iulmputn MagA.. tHOut -ttEV
,cars a,o. lie aveIs that ho VIA not drunk but
only "cNcitod.'
-TupEt are said to he siXty.taven rebol fam
! lies al the Doncgana House, Montreal, ant on
| tho receipt of the iir-t news from England c'n'
| cernins The seizure OF Mason and Slldell, 81
| oyful were they that supper was giVon 10y
them at the house, costing =l,oOO'
Ir is intimated that tho recent New Yorl
newspaper bag, found tloating At sen, va
tmown overheard by british passengers OF the
Gitv Of Washington, on account OF the oOuoN
ious nature Of new paper comments upon IN
English temper.
A oyvri rWAs who came from Greenwich
| Conn, oticut, on 1huTsdav morning, slAtes tl'l
tho tide WA throe feot lower than he bad oNel
! seen il, and he has lived in that neighboTho"I
for many years. Tho hsrbor in many place
was quite dry.
T,E Galveston ClyIIIAE, of tho 18Th ulL
saya; Last nights mail brought adyices iN'r
Tho Rio Grandc, 20 the oil, ct that Lincoln pro
! pollgr had arrived and was blOckplins the riyol
Ste had car Tturrd and burned a scho1ner. IL
| light was stil progressing at MHAmoras'
TuNARn NJ. BluNT, well known for h
nautical works, and father OF the present hrm {
+. A Geo. W. Blunt, Of Now York. del
' Sing Sing, last Saturday, aged W yeas. u
was the auth OF the American Col-t riot,
. | book Of uxcellent rspu'e IN the maritime w.I.
ORR Washington correspondent illustrates a
. | nirs in that city, by an account ot a splenll
new structure building, which stops short a
: the second story, aud has she'd roof. u th
Fedorsls gain their cluse, tlf building VII :
ur: hut ittho reb,s conquer the owner THAI
he las gone high enough already
{ To keep leo from win lows take an o
l. d'hary paint brush or sponge and ruo o''
| the pfa-s once Or twice a day u little aluohu
and IT will keep the glass AS free from Ice
. in the middle OF summer, and II viii also Li'
a, good "A yOlth o. can l., got IN any o'h
g way.
I,Ty in,clli -ug. from liborn is 20 n
effect that ho spanish GoyrrrWent are a'or
TO attack MorruSit 20 consequence ot rnNf
arc,l made lo ihp a. -tIu,'iou of Liberia y,
.l the Quail 10y Spanish war vos7o', o.
tim, since. The iihcuuns are Threatened vi
~ ,tiyo attack at the same tlme.
,r FroM twelve to fifteen hundrel pers'ns pa
tske Of the sacrament each comm union dav
| ri, mouth Churrh Brooklyn, This large mn
NJ ber are served by eight dCaconsi and 90 peif
n / ara the arrangements that the services Of
- bread and the wine are each eompleted will