The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-12-30
General Intelligence.
tBy hah 10 ,h NY. SUM-

Ano-r forty d~sIe.s Il oonder nation of rebel cro-
rsrty In washington have been issued.
s.ss.t down on the Sidewalk In ouehee, fe-
day. and roEs to death dozens Of people psssins
all the While.
Lo~pos thieves have taken to droppins vitriol into
ladies' pock.t. hole 70 soon burned, and the thief
hnda purse in the street
or 500 horse, rsosntly sent 10 Cen Butler from
New York for cavalry service In his dspartmst 700
we're condemned ss worthless.
CBiry Justice Tsney 10 very III Al his residence in
Washinrton, and 10 not eIpeefSf 10 recover, lie 10
81 years old, and has teen CHIEF Justice Of the su-
Ys:So YssS Court since the death Of John A''A'' In
Tur President and III. Secretary Of War visited
the rebel prisoners At Point Lookout on Monday.
They AZ. ;a,i.sed thsy .sy. that at Lss,t 900,
tenth Of the uhole number, are ready TO enter the
service OF the United statrs
BrTu.,s PeubinA, NJ nn., and Grow wlne, dis
tauce o. 80 miles, the ). m,il /. carried by dog
m.nted aud are driven in tandem style, ct the rate
Of from ~ 10 81 milss dsY.
AWurATuis exhibited at n fair in Gloucester, thi,
Chrsrnss week that /, composed Of 'he hair of iOn
different resident, Of that town, none Of whom s
der 10 year, Of Hs, vhii" ten OF them are over %,
nrd one i-a esutrhaslgL. The lady who made Il 10
~, and hN been four yehfe about II.
ELRyr, locomotives fiorn viossbuIg for N. Nash.
vile r'io1a pave arrived at l.ori-yle dnrins the
and hnvc been repaired and re- named One IL called
the "t,enarAl Grant" ano'hsv Abraham Lincoln -
.na osher .eeno. IN the early liz of,hs Pts.d.a, ,'''
LAVE returns from the several States to the War
Department indicate that at lens, othlrd, and ps
hs p. half OF the men uider the last cali will be
rsi.ed by voluntary enlistm,nt' hsfor. January sth.
Ia Ssv York and Connecticut recruiting 10 slow
P,unsylvan /. makes the poor est shouipe
TBr Lcgi,latuJc u Alabama hu voted that the car
pct, ths' thr foort Of the senate Chamber,
Hall OF H. tpr.sentatives and sl officers and cSin-
mit.s ~ the Capital st Mont soery, be cut up
and given 20 the solde OF the army for blankets
Since the ,nuety proclsmst the rebel auth orites
Obliged p.y bette heed to the eoIforts Of their
men
A WAsHI-GroS d'psteh, Monday, says; '.The War
Department has Issued orders to-day prohibiting the
recruiting Of cylored uA1n in this d,putm III, and
hlso At fSrrrs. Monroe fo7 the New Eng and stst.s
regiments. Fifteen colored men, enlisted here for
hAssachusets, have berI arrested and enlisted into
the United states service. Tho recruiting officer
made bis escape"
AC.IHo letter says; "Larse Quantities Of cotton
coming In all along the Mississippi Ths prospects
are nov that the amount Of cotton will inorsase %
the river rises and nsvisAtion becomes more safe.
Three hundred plantations are nov in sueesssfu And
profitable operation along the banks Of the Aissis
sippi and n 10 sxperted before May that bot sdss Of
the river viii be in cmp.te opasetion. by people
prepared 70 labor and defend thsmsevea"
TuE Commissioner for the sals Of land for unpaid
ssIes In insasrsettoaxy dsustA sdU fftvfou' vain