The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-19
General Intelligence.
[Bv kail to he Nsv YorI Sun. !

siSos wednesday morning 1900 Of our ex.
changed prisoners have arrived at Annapolis.
ALL the rebel prisoners IN Washington have been
removed rvu thr Old Capitol and scut North.
YouSG lady who taking music lessons
ssked how she could afford H. IN these hard tunes
'Ohl - sald she, II cOuhne myself 10 the low
aOtssr
TuH Pos,rn, s,er Generals estimate Of postal ex-
,csos for 1868 Ia tlIO9s bOO. lie asks for $4,000
tt transiAntic service 400, 900 or letter carriers;
SS0,0O Tor inland transportation; and t4s,OOO
1r tho West India service
TnB demand Of tho Brazilian Government for
feparauon for the SEIZURE Of the Florida, ~ under
sioci 10 have bccu insplout In tone, Tho reply ol
she Secretary of state, which Ia just cont lctcd. ~
arm, yet Conc.llAtory not indorsug the seizure,
And expressing desire 10 have tie matter iaTiy
.djusiod.
ABour onc-,hird q the munifcent donation Of
ar. Georyc Peabody, the distinguished American
icddrnt Of London, Ia the poor of that ltytljo,-
pO-has been invested 10y the trustccs In buildings
tDl land. II is expected that tho interest accru-
ing frum the rentals II these houses for the poor
will be sufficient 30 pay all expenses aud erect IA
aOw building every two years.
Az official order will he ISSUED directing th.i eX-
ip, thoy 10 hnmgrant passengers directly entering
American port by Sea- no traveller shall hereafter
allowed ~ onter the United States from foreign
sOuuiry without passport. This regulation Is In-
ierdod 10 apply especially 10 persons proposing 10
come a. the United q atcs nom the neishborlng
BusAh Provinces.
LAnGR numbers Of d ceased horses and mules arc
dHiy put 10 lie nh at the cx.Cusv, so' eminent Cor
rdl mar W1Hl ing 30. A many 40 two h lndred
one day ~" .Hraod 10 that iucNurablo fate,
'iu''S'H with which H. mo all ic ci beng
,uch gs T. ouhluycr the Ea,ety Of all collected at
IL. ,uil.,i TIC esh, lolru, hides and hoois are
al, ~ sn CXpcIuuus process chemically prepared
tr nIgnuring And manufacturing purposes.
Tm rsIots circulated to the effect that General
Warren hal ordered c Louie, on the line Of his
taio march, 10 bc t'rnod n retaliation Tor tho
sloOting OF some o our straggicfs hy yucrr las are
untrG. General Warren, az vel as his stall and
ohcr commanders, did All u their power to prevent
D co outragen particularly where womod AMI
oh urtu we're hriug, and although their erurh
,id not prevent terrible scene % devastation and
corhayr.non, yt moro than one habitation wal
savol 70 its unfortunate occupants.
A IUoYn match Is coming into use tina, differ,
Ivm anything hitherto in existence. Upon I'll,
sde OF each box IN q chemically prepared piece .
friction paror When struck upon t1is the mattel
INSTANTLY iguites, When struck upon anythin.
slsn whatsoever II obstnsiely refuses 70 flame. 70,
my lay II upon n red hot stove, aud the mattel
viii calcino before the end Of II isntes. Friction
upon anything else than this prepared pssteboAT,
has NO efec, upon It, The invention is AN Engl!sl
one,
A PANS correspondent of the London TEIKGRAPl
Las written a f-hy story about California banke
who htted cut vessel 10 prey upon American
cutnmerrc According 20 the story, the enterpris
ing banker WAS su y ttod, watched, arrested an
imprisOnei In Fort La'nycue. But TIE tragic par
follows. The gentleman FROM the auriferou
country disguised himself, cut tie Jallcr's throat
lumprd fifteen Get down iuto the sUa, swan 10 II
Jersey ahorc, tiuAlly reached France, aud can noN
10 seen any day IN PARIS smoking Hsysuns regar
snd supping whisky tDadles.
PuoYEsoR uoesling, a German chemist In Cir
cAnnat, has discovered procesA ot making III
hnost sugar from Indian corn. The rate w thrC
anil half gallons OF beautiful white syrup IA
DuShel Of coin. The process Is 50 simp
that Il can be- carried ON with the ordinary utter
usis IN farmers kitchen. This discovery
,koly to adj immensely 10 the wealth OF Il
N.ythweBi. New York company, It is sal,
have pun lasei the right for four hundred thol
sal,d dollars aud purpose going into 1he bsslno
tInh edately'
.>RTY Of yoyAgers from Idaho reached St. j
seph, BsouT last Wednesday, coming wa ID,
Yer city. They were caught in a severe suo
.tor1u, completely shut up aud suffered severed
Most Of ther mules pcrlsned, aud Wagons had
le abandoned, D. vel as cooking utensils and su
IlI.s The party sul sisted Tor several days
pIchcc corn, which was prepared by fire ma
IRON willow twlgs, the only fuel to lie bad All
leaving everything behind, ihe party wukei a'o
one hundred and twenty lnlcs Nhd sept on :
SNOW at night with corn for u diet Many perso
gu the plains have suffered much by iho sevt
storms aud 1t Is feared many have persisted,
AphnRuCrvE inundAtop occurred In ono Of {
nust productive provinces OF spain ~ the ear
part a last mouth The Jucsr RIVER which has
souTUe among the Cucnca mountains aud Ho'
through Valeuta. was swollen 40 greatly thai t
whole valley, including several towns was su
merged Whole families were drowned hundre
ot houses were swept away anu not u dom 81
animal save cats aud dogs survived the n.
tlon Dead bodies were found IN the streeIs Nh
tLe hood subsidized, and one hundred were disco
cred before the water Lett tho houses. Tie "h'
valley Is = ''valley OF dosolsuon." Ono village
no completely submerged tuAi only IN. top " !
shuah aassnle sn yss.AS ahovt VIC SsisE.