The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-27
General Intelligence.
(By Mad TO the Nsv York Sun. !

NtSr -uerrillss and rehcl 81 ,es were shot by the
n n,ary authorities ut Paducah on Thursday and
th- isy before.
suvESrEsS thousand dollars In fvc-twen'y
tutCu STAGE tunds. were stolen on Thut%dhN,
IRON n 9 Naul-'uy house Of brewster, swcet Co"
in lloston.
Tav steamers G~',vshurvh. keystone State and
Massachusetts captured the blockade runner Lit
lnn, from W lurisyton suf bermuda ON the Hath oil
July.
TuR Richmond papers say that though -four hiss
falcn one hundred dollars barrel, bakers loavcN
still retain the same diniIuutive eLe--sbout ss p's
a. n naly's fist.
wnYrLrr's cavalry trcbel) appeared st s;ewsrt's
Landing on The T-nrcsscc river, on the 2oth, cap
turcd q numl cr N soldiers and lahorers, and dc
stroyed forty -four wagons.
A LETTER from eight Of the survivors ~ the Monl-
tor Tc'umseh ststcs that ''as far can learn
there have been twelve NOR, of our comrades N.v
cd c!sh, arr in the fleet IN the bay, and four are
prisoners In Fort Morgan"
w,surSaros advices state that there is no found
alton Tor the ruppositon that our Gcvernu.nt con-
tempt strs royognton OF the Mexican Empire.
Njihing of this character will 10 epterta uci until
the government of MaXimisn Ia hrs rccoHn lcd
by It's own subjects
A. immense force NJ cou'rnhands IL employed 40
curing the harvcsts of the Government farms noar
Arlington. under the suIsrintendence of Colonel
Green, Chiei Qlarterinsster cf the Department ],
II c-timaod that the net profits from thess farms
FOL the present season will exceed $b0,0OO.
Tnr h-mon,hy report of the Department Of Az
ricuturc exhibits . deficiency of from tcu to forty
pcr cent. IN winter wheat in the Western States,
balanced by nearly corresponding increase w
spring wheat Barley, oats -nd corn below the
| average Of last year.
soLDrra named W. II. Howo, Of the ilGth
Pennsy wanna regiment, was hung yesterday al
ih'ladeiphia for desertion and kill ing I'll enrolling
oulcer III Montgomery county u few months since
The execution took plsco nj Fort Mif'in, and WA
| witnessed by large eoncoursr Of people.
roRxinAHIp mosquito raid occurred In New
ARK, N. j., on Thursday, 20 the disInay ~ the in
| habtants. The raiders penetrated chambers
| stores and country houses, AMI In many store
they numerous that the propri ietors close,
| them, as customers were deferred. by the snginl
| noise, from entering in.
TnErH lately died in Buenos Ayrca an old man q
| seventy -cight years whoes will contained q claus
leaving ten thousand cigars for those who might =,
| tend his funeral. This eccentric te-tator also cS
pressed his desire that his friends should not lesv
the house o. o'mourniny without drinking TO his men
orr all the wine lrn In his cellar, II IN said thl
the wish OF the deceased was perfectly iulfilcd.
ALrrTKn from IIa'lfax, published In the Bosto
| ApvERrIsEEl states that whom the Tasbas-ee nj
hcr recent visit ~ Halifax the Confederate sympa
thi,erS VINO II ~ said form fourth fths VI the pop
lat on, were highly jubilant, and gave tho lpirute
a rioit er rn,usis isstio reception. Leading merchant
| were lavish in there praise, and cheeIoi the buc
| GAMERS heartily ON ther departure.
AxAs named Charles 7. Beavers. who had hc
longcd 10 Mpscby's gorr llas, took the oath Of ale
| glance at Washington. Shortly after this he viola
tel his oath, reolncd the g'errillns, and was sub
| scluently captured. These facts having beci
| proven, ho WAS sentenced to death. aud was hun.
yesterday on the Old Capitol prison grounds.
II Is positively reported that ten. Hooker IL +
he assigned to an important command, IN III
Shenandoah Valley.
| A SHOCKING murder was perpctrsted NJ Chicag
| ON Monday night last. Two men nnmei Hunt nn
| Cory, who hal been employed iu the work Of con
| sructing the tunnel under tie lake which IL +
supply the city with water, got into All sliercatio
| In the tunneL At u depth Of nearly n huudrel is.
| below the surface. They were alone ~ thc tim,
and parties the outside having heard the cry
murder hnHtened to the scene and found Hun
leaning against the side Of the tunnel IN dy IN
condition, with frightiuI wound in his neck an
covered with blood. Noar hun lay largo flo Wit
which tho wound had been inflicted. Cory wa
| nj