The sun., 1864-08-15
General Intelligence.
NV Ms,i 10 the Nsy Yoyk Sun. !


rup Rlchmond paper. publish a statement, that
General Grant Ia moving his heavy guns 10 City
Point, preparatory to raising the siege Of Peters
burg.
syvysAi poru'ous dstric'e nj Chins have, owing
the civil war between the Inpe risliss and Taep
inss been rendered so destitute that the inhab-
itante sro the habit ~ eating the bodies OF the
rnen slain In battle or dying Of disease.
THI new decimal coinage ~ Msximian, iss'ie3
~ the time Of the arrival of the Emperor at Vera
Cruz, beArs his superscription, with the crowned
eagle standing on the nopdl or prickly pear OF
Mexico. In value IN stated thus 40 c."-ten
centimes, cents in our coinage.
Az engineer of experience says that, to ASCERTAIN
" mining oper ations going on In any vicinity,
u il only necessary TO dig deep holes, and place
man In them to listen. He says that in some kinds
n so the work Of excavation can he detected by
sound o. nearly thousand feet distance
'wHy do-r the operation of hanging kill mani"
inquired Dr. whstely. physiologis, replied,
s'Recauae inspiration In checked, circulation stop
ped, and blood suHuses and cungcsts the brain"
'Boeh," replied his Grace, 1T Is because the rope
10 long enough TO let mis- ieet touch the ground"
THYaZ Is . widow lsdy living in Douglas "A
wears old. who sawed and split i've cords of
oued wood In the course of last winter and spring.
This old lady In in good circumstances, not COM
PEELED to lsbor, but cut the wood for her hesth's
sakc.
MopuK paper, Angus, .. says: "Lss, night
soldler train into n landslide, between Pollard
and Montgomery, and killed twelve and wounded
hfty-s Of the First Mss sspp, battalion of Ar.
Nlery. Last night two white men and ono negro
were arrested for cutting the wires"
souIasny Journals state tha, the rehel officers
who were recently exchanged in Charleston harhor
were never placed under fire hv General Poster,
and that General Sam. Jones the rebel commander
in Charleston, has now O large mum 90 . newly
arrived Federal officers under the re Of Fosters
guns.
DANIEL s. DICKINSON In a letter 10 the Ring
hampton IN. " SrANDArD, Aug. :, ssys:-" Your
generous mention Of my name for the ofhce OF
governor In your last weeks issue ia duly apprc-
ciaied and my thankful acknowledgements return.
eI, with the assurance thai under no clrcumstan-
ces can consent TO be placed in nominAtion."
LATE news from Panams and the spanish Ame.
r,can republics on the west coast of South America,
astee that the opinion seemed TO be entertained bv
the feruvians that war hetwcen themselves and
the spsniards inevitable, in consequence Of
the conduct Of the agents Of Spain and the attitude
NJ The Spanish government relative thereto. Chile
10 disposed TO supIort her sister republic OF Peru.
DELIGHTFUL instance of cool impudence wa,
that Of . man recently committed by Preston
magistrate for trial on the charge OF bigamy. Pr
vons to marrying bis second wife, he wrote TO th'
hvet st Black burn, requesting her to come over ic
Preston and act a. bridesmaid an honor she de-
lined. On the day after the wedding, however
she came over and had him srresed.
Tn rebel Colonel Adams johnson ha. issiod
proclamation requiring sll persons IN the rebel de-
partment NJ Southern Kentucky, between the sgSi
~ eighteen aud forty -hve not lawfully exempt
N report for the rebel service to their county town,
the nearest rebel camp thereto by the 18th inst
threatening with conscr ptou after that date al
Who do not comply with the proclamation.
Nsws from indianapolis is To the effect that N,
rebel prisoners st Camp Morton have becom,
yestive and taken TO tnnneling again. Five tun
nels have been discovered. One of them, over fou,
hundred feet In length, was nearly competeC
whom found out. Some Of the prisoners, who hav,
been amusing themselves bv throwing stones n
the guards. were fred on and two OF them severe
ly wounded"
THs Pctersburgh Military Comm ssion Of nqur,
into the Petersburgh failure is progressing. Gen
Meade insists that Burnside did not carry out BIZ
orders, but, On the contrary, failed both TO attacl
- ordered, and to answer telcgrams sent from los
O'Clock r. NJ, of the Goth, until next morning. Dur
ing the morning Of the attack not less than ixty
four dispatches were sent by Gen. Meade TO Gen
Burnside. The claim OF the latter that Gen. Mea /
having the night before the attack made SOM
change In the plan OF operations be therefore sup
posed Con. Meade would lie on hand persona
10 direct The assault, will mot, 1t 10 believed, b
allowed.
TnE members of both branches Of the Legislator
oi Pennsylvania made visit to Chamlcrshurg oI
Thursdsy to view the ruins ut that place A lettc
ssys; "rpon arriving here the visitors wcr
taken In charge by 9 committee Of citizens and es
corted through the burned districts. The scene cat
never be properly described. For squares In eithe
direction, privse houses aud stores have beer
burnt into one black ruin. The order Of the inva
ders bad been to spare churches, and none Of thes'
were destroyed, except those in close proximity y
residences. The tact that . Catholic church Joined
the depot was the means Of saving the latter struc
tuse. The total loss 70 ChAnhcrsburg will reach
three million dollars by actual count. The record
of he Courts were nearly al preserved and an
now bsins arranged In . new structure. Tho pso-
ple Il ChsmbgSoufg are returning and ccmmeu
elng 70 rebuild thar dvellings. All sye Weu SUD
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