The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-05
General Intelligence.
tBv knI 20 the N,v Yo,i .sva1

Tur news II tho sinking N the rriv,,.c, A,.h,.
rus caused con s.d"ra c ternent nt r8t,o R,s,
The mcrch ants ud lcliticians tloru being scpcrspv
In favcf OF tho nchtls.
TnrBr is, general orrrn N -,rrhou, M, To-
Ian oi r rio Psco tho' hero viii le |. bouur6,,
cror ni sugar nd molasscs next y,gr as tho r,,r,
nsNc come scnlcr than MAS exported. Tho cane
looks very til riity.
Il woNrEp wlprre those clouds are going ~
fifhct for-. rensivrly, as sho pointed with h,r
n dchcate hnsrr, tn tho hcnvv funeral inassss
thnt Heated lszly IN the sky. ~ think they arc -
inf I" thunder =" said her brother.
ir was oGic aiy stated In tho Fnslish Parllau,cn,
that rlan was l-n, ri,aur,-i h tsier,,, the C,n
adirn province, and all the Nor,h Am uican colo.
n."s away u the Far wost> under one govern.
mcnt.
sr..arE ssi'ci on 'vucsdny from FOrtrcss
Monroe, for rhila'c'rha Bosiou. aud NV York,
with two hundred colo' cd women and chilirrn,
under tbs car of the iperin,cnden, Of Negro Ar.
lars at THIS departing ut. IL is iutcndci t. dis-
t1bute them among nc different bcncv olcnt roco-
lies In the above ciu -
:, NEw on RAMS rrr-rnn,icnt believes that Gen.
hLhh' VA, h',o relieved of his command. Ho
soy. The Oft .inl ann rinccment ol this has not
heen VT Trvfnr lgated, but cannot long lie DELAYED,
o. 'he tnatter =, hoyond question certain to
Hrur' inc relations bet wccn Gems. C,nhv snd
iants have gore still further sskcw since my ior-
tn't ctcf' and 1t isa surprise to many that Banks
M"l'h ." IN a. desire 10 hold on to position ir,m
WI 'ch h' certain 10 lc elected nj distant day,
tc 80 cs vt gracefully accept the iact that what
niiSt lie will tc, and ster asiGo voluntarily"
IN. weekly statement 81 the public debt was
bsu'sf on "Wednesday. II shows the aggregate Ut
deDt i'earing in,ercs. in coin to bc sssti2,,1o2.
~ gate interest S5a 1874 sGj. Tho aggregate of
sie'f hcarinr interest In lawful money H. al tia-
i = aggregate Interest s9R,2s31I0. The aggregate
oi debt On which interest has ceased ia S.6'i7n;
Fgrcga,e ni debt not Tearing Interest s5S, U2i.
'he rccanitulauon shows the total amount out
Standing to be sis21,492,1I0; interest sIG G4iS05.
ALAIr New Orleans letter states that intelligence
had lust been rccriv~l in that city that the rebel
Crvalrv, under Colonel Pow crs, itg way from u
point In the rear " Port Hudson 10 r,iniorc tho
enemy opposing tine advance OF sherman. was at :
tn,lcd ~ tuiun forces and the whole command
disabled or taken prisoners. Tho com
muncntcs the Information that Colonel scott's
airy brigade, going 10 Goo-gis for tie pur-
posos wns also attacked by Union TROOPS and al
| most cui-ey captured. Mcadvillc, Georgia, Is
represented 10 nave been the vicinty of the right.
Il u" two hrsacs are conipuscl In part II rebels
formerly reading IN New Orleans.
/ TnE population Of the French capital according
o. returns Just issucd by the Hotel dc Vile
amounts now to I,6o6i5i, contained in twenty al
rundisFsnerts ar districts, each Of which IN rrcs-
| Del over 10y mayor. There are, therefore, In
Pafa no less than twenty -ono mayors, the Project
being the Chief Mayo- and presiding over all. The
number o births IN Paris last year was b2Hl2, OF
which "a, 5O5 wcrc boys, and 25,5OI girls. OF the
| whole uumlcr !,5OI were Legitimate, aud 8,,.2i
| born ia wcilock. The number of deaths wa- 81,
10, and the excess o' hirths 10 l2I. Tle gc
| celebrated were 1870.
TuT people ~ wsrrer syillc, Ohio, were much
exercised few days since by snake sensation,
| which created no small alarm among tho mo.acrs
In the nc..hborhood. girl drawing , child IN a
| baby wagon along road, let the child for u few
| minutes while she went to uoighloring house.
! man coming hy soon after attracted hy u
peculiar and by tho singular condition o' tho
1 child, which was staring ineutly aud with insc
mated gaze into = trtu uscrlauglnV the rnnd. Ou
looking up, Gic man saw hul,' hlacl, snNl" ce''cd
nround tho tree, and looking directly into the eyes
OF the child, while its distcnied jaws and qIycr-
Ipg fungs cy i1clcel its losiIl. intent. Tee snake
killed and was found ~ be- about the thickness
of n mans wrist, and measured aver hvc ic"t In
! length. Tho child was evidently 'charmed" ly
-rrt'c, and would doubtless have been crushed
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