The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-14

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DAVID CLoproN, State Rights, ana JAsass Az
ERcRoMBiE, Union, arc The candidates for Con-
gress in the Montgomery district Of Alabama
GENERAL Scorr, II is feared, will mot wholly
recover the use Of his injured arm. He is at West
Point. M
Mis-. MARY ArwooD, whose death in Boston
Twas published last week, at the adyanced age of
I84 years, was the mother of Mrs. Harriet Newell,
tho celebrated pioneer missionary whose life, SER
vices, and character are so well know throughout
the Christian world
The CITIZENS of the town Of Veaze, Me-, in
town meeting, unanimously passed resolve that
they would have no agent appointed for the sale
of liquors, and that the selectmen should not sell
it, and unanimously instructed the selectmen and
constables to prosecute for every violation Of the
RI Maine law.
Fl TIN Portland Mirror says that gentleman has
lgiven $4,000 to Bowdon college to aid INDECENT
young men in getting an education. But one
is to derive any benefit from the same who uses
either rum tobacco. a aaa
Mr.. JAMES HOLMES died in Oswego, at the re-
sidence of his son, Mr.. Charles Holmes, the
9th ult., in the 99th year of his age. Mr.. II
was native of Sussex county, New Jersey, and
participated in the battles of Monmouth, Ger
mantown and Brandywine
LETTERS from the Hague bring the intelligence
that the Dutch government have determined to
send to New York the war-steamer Amsterdam,
containing some contributions from Holland for
the Crystal Palace. The Amsterdam is probably
now on her passage, and may be expected soon at
: New York.
MIR. JAMES E. MURDOCH, the popular actor, has
taken passage in the steamer for California OH
the Goth inst. He goes to the Pacific coast to
fulfil a lucrative engagement in San Francisco
81 The ARTEsIAN WELL at Montgomery, Ala
bama, is $50 feet deep, and the auger is still
grinding in rock-it now runs five gallons per
minute. So says the Times.
Il A Cow in louisville, Pennsylvania, in seven
days gave three hundred and seventy five quarts
of MILK from which fourteen pounds of butter
were churned. So the papers tell us; but six
lgallons and three quarts at milking is little
too high figure for belief.
The party of machnsts from Boston, South
Boston, and vicinity, who are in the habit of
spending every winter in Cuba, engaged in run
ming the steam-engines on the various planta-
tons, returned home las. week to spend the sum
mer in more pleasant climate than the tropical
. regions. Many of them have contracts for new
Iengines, which will be built at our machine-shops
during the coming three months, and when the
party return in September they will be taken on
and set up ready for the grinding season. 1t is thus
the Yankees get along.
The celebrated trotting "Lady Blanche"
died OH Friday, while returning to New York
from the Union track, where she had been taking
her daily exercise. The 'Lady'' was twenty
years old, and her last race, few weeks since,
: was a surprising performance.
The Catholic Mirror says ''Among the female
converts to Roman Catholicism are Mrs. Ripley,
well known for her beautiful translation of the
"Glories of Mercy Mrs. Metcalf, lady of Judge
Metcalf, of Boston; Miss Macomb, daughter of
3 General Macomb; Miss Scott, daughter of Gen
! eral Scott; and Miss Dana, daughter of Richard
, II. Dana, the poet.
$ The following toast was given at WATERFOWL,
New Hampshire, on the 4th 'sThe Boston Tea
D pariy-That renowned sociable to which the
guests went without invitation, and took their tea
without cream sugar" The cream of this
, joke would not have suficcd them.
A NEWSPAPER before us is very severe on the
Maine law and ''all other pharisaic demonstra-
tons,' but contains in its columns the details of
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deaths, all resulting from drunkenness An un-
lucky coincidence.
i The Scientific american says that teeth, in the
form of purified white hdia-rubbcr, have been
: patented in England 1t adds The adhesion is
|complete; it can be moulded with perfection to
suit every inequality of the gums and teeth, and
supplies artificial peroistum, it were, to the
|teeth when they become painful by the wasting
away of the gum. Added to these is the elasti-
city of the material, which completely obviates
the inconvenience that arise from any motion
with artificial teeth made by other means.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin (Democratic) is max
ing war upon the now Democratic postmaster of
that city, and loudly demands his removal.
| We have Just seen man who complains Of
great distress from cholera-morbus. He ate hear
tily of vegetables at dinner yesterday, and of
green fruit pies for a desert. AT supper he also
ate few cucumbers. And yet he is sick of
{ cholera -morbus. Is it not stranger
4 The largest salmon captured for many year
past out of the waters of the United Kingdom was
taken short time since from the river Tay, on
the estate of Lord Gray. This prodigious prize
weighed fifty-ninc pounds, being three feet nine
inches in length, and foot in diameter across
the shoulders.
II MODEL RECoMMENDATIoNFo OR OFFICE.-Thc
knickerbocker for July contains u number of spe-
cimens of letters from office-seekers and their
friends. We copy one of the best from Mr.. Twist
to Governor Marcy, on behalf of gentleman
who is ready Mt any moment to die for his country