The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-12-09
General Intelligence.
tBy kaI 10 the Nsv York Su.l

fit W "'A u 'oun''''
1nHsr are now At the University Of vlrsini. go
students, nearly all Of whom were in ,hs rebel
| army during the war.
onro Is the only State thst came ou, Of the war,
With reduction OIL Slate debt It's debt 10 now
tlA6O11bl In 1850 II was Ella, $50, ,2Ss.
Ir Is stated tbs, sr.Confsd.rs,e Secretary Of the
NaVy, Mallory, In soon 70 10 nied before . civil
tribunal
TnurE was 100 gallons Of real turtle SOUP con
| dinner.
rouSo man in Titusvillo Penn, las. week fell
into receiving tank, containing petroleum OIL aud
ooiore ne could be rescued was succated 10 death.
PoIisH colonization company has made arr
rsngcmenr with The government Of Rrazil for
tract Of land for settlement Of Poles In The,
country.
A rew theatre called the Academy OF Music has
oeen opened =. Salt Lake city. II 10 owned and
managed not by hcrmoma but by 'Gentilss'' and
has . good stock company.
Two children, . boy of12 and . girl Of years,
were murdered by negro shortt urs since while
on thclr way 70 school, in III Dorado, Ark. The
negro nrs' attempted rape upon the girl
TINS counsel for Mrs. Kirby. now on trial .,
hehmond, Tor shooting her husband, takes the
ground that her jealousy amounted 10 Insanity
aud upon The plea they expect an acquitisl.
TnE New Orleans Dsr IL authorised 70 announce
shnan agency will soon be opened in that city to
scccps propositions from tho planters for Q GER
tain number of Asisto immigrsnts, Hindoos or
Chinese.
rsnsos from Texas reports ths, every road IL
nllsd with movers hurrying and jostling each
other In search Of now homes and fsircr prospects
spirit OF restsssness seems TO have taken posses
mon of many, and they move simply with the de-
sire ior change no mstisr what
Tvs eii,or of tho Boston CoxxorwulIru, meet
ns usncral banks Just sltsr the election said, 81
| am sorry, Genera, ths, I have been obliged W
oppose you for ,hs past few weeks" "Ah, have
H." NV "
New Brunswick paper remarks that Of all N.
places In tho world Ponitentsiy would seem the
most unlikely TO b. broken into BY burglars. Yet
on wednesday night last week, the Provincial
Poniteniiary Al 81 John was broken into by rob
ber- who stole . gold watch and chain, valued a.
si2o from an apartment, Of one Of tho keepers.
rHs following 1, given as . sood specimen O,
Western oloqusncs snd Wit; "where 10 Europe
compared TO Amcricsf Nowhere. They call Eng
land ,ho mistress Of the sea. Hut what makes tie
s'sf The Mississippi MAKES II, and all we've go,
20 do 10 " turn the Mississippi int The Mammoth
Cave and the English s.yJ will bs noundering In
the mud"
GH. huEor hss received, at Nashville Tenn, .
oollccton ofhumsn remains found In ancient graves
IN Wilson county, Tennessee. They were taken
from rough stOno eoffinA made Of slabs, put up In
the shape OF . box, without cutting or hswing
and none Of them exceeded twenty four inches in
length, the average being ffocn or eighteen inch.
70. There are scres OF thoss graves a, dtfsrsn,
points, and thore 10 not . large skeleton 10 bs
found
REV. Mn. FRHscn, lately sgsn, OF the Frsedusn's
Bureau, 81 Charleston. q. c. denies the charges Of
Rev. Dr. BschmAn, OF thst city, that he stole his
pictures, bedding and other things. He says what
ever furniture he had In his quarters was lcft In
possession Of N. Government which 10 responsi-
bic for them. Mr. French also denies that he mar
ried freedmen several times over, for the sake of
The fess, or that he ever took fees for more than
two Of the many he married.
hESicAs correspondent of . New Orlesns
paper says 81 would Ike TO say 10 persons who
think Of coming here from the States that st pres
ont would strongly advise them TO tho contrary,
especially psrsous of limited mesus. Everything
10 unssttled. No confidence 10 placed In any ono
. general ds,ruT prevails and business Is para
lyIed. hAritniian's power 10 iossening daily,
and he Is In reality but playing Emperor"
JuDGH pUsTurD, on opening the U. g. Distric,
COurt Of Montgomery, Ala. last week, said that
in tho present position OF the Judiciary, whose
orders have been peromptorily resisted by the
military q, Mobile, and this with the apparent ap-
provsl Of the President. he did not CONSIDER II
proper TO bold Court except for tho dispatch Of
motions and orders OF conservatory character lie,
however, allowed arguments 70 bs presented by
several legal gentlemen, In behalf OF this Bar, test
Ing the legality Of the test oath as required by
Congress. Tho Arguments we're not concluded.
TnR COURIER, OF b.. Martinsvillc, La, In calling
att n.iOn ~ plantations and other lands offered
for sale through its columns says that such prop
srty is now selling 81 200 per cent. over what Il
was worth In May last. "Btealing" has obtained
vast proportions In tho parish. Cotton and corn
disappear at night from ths gins. rioks and barns
with astonishing rapidity and regularity. and 10
such an sxtent As to seriously alarm the ow ners
The stsalAgs Of live stock Is " enormous" says
the CoURIn. Over SIX hundred hosshssds Of SUI
gar have besn stolen from the planters little by
little during the last Two three years Tho
CoURIKn charges the freedmen with dsveloping This
system Of easy gains on NO large . scale.
A ooyFEn room for workingmen has Leon op.l cd
In Cine nnau by the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. IL Is furnished with small tables and
chairs, Al which, 81 all hours Of the day and late
In the evening, hot coffee and crackers OF plate
Of hot soup eau be procured for tho small sum OF
hyo cents. The reading room 10 furnished with
ell the leading daily papers and European periodi-
calls, and is free 70 all. The GAzrrTs says " The
members OF this ASSOCIATION took practical view
Of the situation. They saw dram shops standing
open 81 every corner OF the streets inviting the
urcd mechanic or lAboror to enter, be warmed, and
10 merry; and, In consequence, they saw drunk
enness, disorder, want anu crime increasing at 4
fearful rate. Preaching and praying are etisctusl
means OF reform, whom tho circumstances are ia
vorabIs but they thought II they could got up .
more attractive and profitable place Of resort, and
draw on customers from tho grog shops, they
would not only break up some OF those nsfsTious
estsolshmenu but would la the foundation for
moral1y and religion hereafter"