The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-09-02

carry ccnhrmstory sccornts Of the d,s,rac,ou q.
The cotton crop In Lower l. .uinInl also, 'utC.Y-
gencc OF Me apicarsn . of the arfnv worm on 49,
crNl plantations in the vicinity ot Nicks,urr. Tho
70 Ia the crops on the banks II the .. Sdrpt
from Lsfcurche down IN the lowe limits Of P.aqlC-
mine Parish, arc entirely given up
THR Kansas City JoruSN s'y7, IT'S asccr,aircf
by reliable scouts, that In less han twenty dayss
simultaneous attack will bo ma 10y .ho o,mhluct
bands cf Chcycnncs, Kiowas. ttn's, Snake Csn-
anches and Arrapahocs IN Fort Kcarncy, For, Co.
tonwcod. and all along Pis,ie Valley. fvtrv
measure In bcing taken by the white ~ ave th'a
q warm reception. All the ranch,a ato dcsortn..
aud tho rrcprtctors With their families have tntfa
refuge IN the forts
srSr,raAS who was on board tho Tnllshasess
M II .hsx informs US that the prevalent opin'on ".
tho Test informed circles in that city is thht t"
vessel wouh next try IN run back into WHINING.
ton. She has bu, two hundred and fifty tone OF
coal on bcar'i. her mN,nmnst WAS gone, ami her
machinery w@ considerably out OF order. lar3
part II her crew abandoned her at thnt port. fs
was thought tha, her commander would sndcavor
70 pnt into wilmington TO make repairs.
TnR Chaslcsson payers state that thu night Cd
the 20Ah inst, Major jenkins. nping that the Fcd-
erals were using tho tmhcfs " ho'i-cs In Legarc-
willie for the purpose Of establishing themselves
moro conforts v Oh tho nciehborns isauds, gave,
order, for the dc ,trction u tho place. Part ofthe
trcol,s detailed 10 execute tho ordcr detsch
ment Of the 'stono Scouts" who heiorc the war
resided In ISssre,ille. They applied The torch IA
their own hoinoe, and looked On while hey were
being reduced 10 ashes. No ng nov remains %
ths town but blsctcned ruins.
Tns French journals inform us Of very charm.
ing innovation In the mode of settling dcsscrt ON
table At very grand tandueta. IL Is very comly,
ard for thA rcsacn win hardly bc e,tensivriv
sdoptcd. The fruit instead oi being placed in
dishes, Is brought In sfM groring, IN iots. Pears
cherries peaches, sraIcs plumR figs, ncctnr'nes.'
&C.. are placed on the table growing on dwar'fd
e~parsA the pets standing on silver socketS or
krAyf, Strawberries thus growing are CNNfy
obtained. A pot containing s'rs~herry plant IN
full beAsne IL psced before zach guest
Twr number Of American mercantile ssasoine
rsA reported during the past month ~ scssily
lost is Inelancholly record. There wcre 30 re-
ported of which no lsss han % were 'cstroycd hy
the Confederate cruiser Tallahassee, and one by ho
Florida. The whole number reported wrecked OF
otherwise lpsL amounts t 30, Of which wSs
steamer, 3 ships harkR briggs and n schooner.
~ these II were wrecked. IL burnt, 10 scuttlcd,
abandoned, . foundsrcd- run down, and tth~
pilot boat james rrnkI captured BY the Iaahs~
see and converted into prvatecr.
Az attempt WAS lately made by sons o ths
rcbel prisoners confined at Enrs, N. Y, 70 escape
by the old method OF tunnelI.ns. When discovercd
they had managed to dig tunnel -bout forty iees
past the enclosure OF the grcuriS aud under tho
hospital buiiding. They ~ero busily prusecutine
their work. AID in n short time would have hnish-
| ell Il. They had no ioo's except such a. they
could imprpvise from cantssns and other appir-
tensnces 10 prison life, and II is remarkable how
| thcy managed their wor. successfully. for the
| ground ia hard and gruvcly. Tie trench VIA"
aboa, two and huff feet high, and three feet nn-
der ground.
LIVINGSTON, tho rebel spy. was executed d s,s
| lnuir GU FRIDAY last. The DHxocnAr relates tho
following Incident; IA an early hour the ja was
| visited by tho inevitable Elizabeth Maud. the SUI
l p~ratious Swiss womsp, who In afflicted with =
dAncing OF the hcart,' and believes that shc can bo
| cured by suck Ing the blood - rau who hns been
l hanged. Che imp'ored Msrrhsi COT, with tears In
her eve, tshc hns but one.l TO allow her 70 ensor
. lla ian yarl "A
! s'on'. blood. Tie Marshal remembering her vio-
\ lent drmrnH'rn'ons NJ the sxoouton OF Hanson,
told her sho would be allowed ~ comc In at twelve
O'Clock, when hhe could get as much blood az hho
wanted. The vampire departed, promising 70 10
! lack punctuaIy Mt twelve. When she returned,
however, the execution was over, and or tho niW
| or nrth time, Mrs. Maud was disappointed.
| The following item Is taken from sc punt OF
| call upon Gen Cass by the Now York delegation
1 TO Chicngo 'Sbur arrival nt Detroit Afforded thu
occay,pn for n visit to Con. Cass. Governr'0 Soy
Inow and Hunt snd twenty oilers eallcl. al MS
l ed "a he clear In irt~l',ct and hopeful In spirit
The rominsce oi the past woro ins.ructive ho
bad faith IN the 'uturc. notYtt standing present
| difhcultias He came "a Detroit 81 years ago, ss
military officer He ssed along tho slte Of Chica-
| % when lis nhab,tnnts were but single family .
he dealt much with Indians where prosperous cities
| now stand hs was born before the acknowledge
| men, Of our Independence; he saw the Union
formed and the Constitution made he Aas lived 10
| SOC both destroyed. May lao live to see them re-
| stored again, snd Close his patriotic career in
| pssro."
AnoSa the prisoners captured In the hght for tho
| possession Of the Weldon Railroad was Lieutenant
| WIN. D. Knowcr. When last fcen no was unhurf.
and desperately coniendng In II hand to hand en-
counter with rebel who had possession Of tho
colore Of the 4,h Regiment New York Artillery ;
the only regiment that held their ground after the
| Firs, Division had teen cut Ia Ticces. Lieutenant
Knower, who will probably soon be exchanged.
Ia = son Of Tbos. ID. Kuowei, tweil known y the
New York Custom House.! and when captured was
brother, Captain Y. &. Knowcr, who 10 now m In
mate u the officer Hospital at Annapolis, Nd,
having been severely wounded while leading
charge on the 18th Of June isst. Both Of shcss
young men h yhly eulogized by their comradc,
and othc ers Tor thor bravery upon the battlefield
The regiment in which they served lost oil its he't
| ofHr, re and onlv nina ofbcera