The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-29
General Intelligence,
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AvAtuAnts bod Of emery has Just bscn disoov.
cred In Massachusetts
A PASTOR in Maiden, Msss, at the opening " ssr.
vices last Sunday morning acknowledged the yo'y
generous Christtn - present from his wife VI two
bsbies-s little daughter and son.
No effort w,fibe made 70 exchange 10 prisoner,
captured by Gen Thomas south Of Nashville. Gcn
Hoffman has ordered Mat The espuves be transport,
ID ~ Northern pnsons.
nHnuL flag, made In PariA and captured With
she fIords was sold as auction In Boston IN satur'
day, for ESQ vhich was sddsd 70 tho Asnd q thl
Sailors ksaiozaai Rair
Tns number dhogs psrh ID 81 Chic.eo up 70 De-
urdsy y esurnsssd Il s2T, ,920, sasins s6I, lV0 70
same date lsss ye.r, spd s0R,6T0 In lso. Tho ~
cspts st Cincinnati " dAis tot up s0s IA sgsanA
sO..6d9 In 1854
Az iron letter has lust b,en sent by ms,l run
Ptuburg, Pa, 70 EnglAnd. The iron wss rolled
% thin that tho sheet wss only twice the weighs u
ordinary note paper. lis SUPPOSED 70 b The ,hin
noss iron ever rolled In ,be world, and wss manu-
fsetured 10y the sltgo Iron Works.
THE Providence JOURNAL says that Mr. Russeb
Coggshsh, who recently died si Newport. II. l.
efs ATTY thousand dollars for the poor Of thai
city, aud twenty thousand dollars W the Womep's
Aid Bociety besdes sums for other charitable pur-
poses.
A "wonK AVID Arp soormrY" has becn organi zcd
In New Haven, c., " relieve extreme poverty, "
prevent street begging, 10 expose imposture W
provide employment for, and Otherwise look Aftsr
ysgrsntA, discharged OF convicted criminals and
degraded children.
WITTY saying Of N. Dumas, the younger, 10
amusing Paris Tho Empress il said 70 have In.
yitsd him 10 Compegno, adding ,o her courtesy %
assurance that all the guests TO enjoy full Bb.
erty in tho chateau. ''what pity, thon, MadAne,"
said N. Dumas, "thAi ali France has not bean In.
yiled 7"
A oEkrLKMAE of Colorado Tel rtory writos In
reference to the recent reported victory OF Colonel
CbeyingtOn over the Indians near Fort Lyon in
that Territory, IN which hvs hundred Indians are
reported W have been killed, that instead Of . VIC
tory, Il was massacre of helpless ssvsgos . lkrgs
proportion OF whom were womsn aud children.
Tuuzn o, the Cansda raiders have crossed the
line, enlisted In our army, and been arrested and
ssnt ~ prison. II these fellows plead that lhsy
Confederate soldiers hsy may To treated - spies
II they plead that thoy are not Confederate sol.
dlors they may bc treAied burglars and robbers.
In oither case they are In . dilemma, from which
they Gun hardly escape.
PRESIDENT LsooLs's rcply 10 the petition of i6o
young people OF Concord, Mas, under IL years oi
sse, for the freedom Il all slave children, IL - FOL
lows. 'Tell those little people very g1sd sbolr
young bsarts are ~ full q Just and generous sym
patty and tina, while have no, the power TO grant
al ihoy ask, | trugi that they will remember that
God las aud that, a. u seems, lie wills W do H."
"A. LnooLH."
TwysrY.FIvr Of the men recently srrssssd bf
frauds In the Philadelphia Navy Yard hfvs bscu
sont to the OH Capitol Prison. Their trial wiu
take place early next month. careful investigs-
Gon is going ON relative TO affairs In the Quarter
masters Department., at the Schuyitih Arsenal
PhiladelphiA, and extrsordinsry developments are
PROMISE