The national Republican., 1861-01-10

The Prince of Wales has been cheated out
of the affections of his dog, presented by the
people of Newfoundland. When on board
ship, boy was put to look after him. He got
so fond of the boy that, he would not take no.
tice of the Prince. The morning they came
into Plymouth, the Prince gave the boy e5,
and took the dog out of the ship but as fast
The Prince was at last obliged to take the boy
to London, and he stopped there five days.
The Queen gave him ELS and suit of clothes.
He returned to Plymouth, and was there but
one day, when he had to be sent for, because
the dog would not eat. The boy sold his sail.
or's clothes, and thinks he is gentleman for
life.
On occasion Of some artillery practice at
Rexhill, in England, some four or five thousand
of the spectators took possession of a martello
tower which was the point to be fired at All
attempts to persuade them to retire proving
vain, the Duke OF Cambridge ordered round
or two of blank to be fired over them. Even
then they stood firm, and the Duke then order
ed a. volley Of shot to be fired well over their
heads. The whistling Of the shot settled the
business, and the men outside vacated the po.
sition in such haste that they tumbled over
each other and into divers bitches in most gro-
tesque confusion.
Frank Labman, Of St. Louis, having won a
wager of 800 by drinking so glasses of lager
beer in eight hours, had his billiard table cut
to pieces on Saturday evening boiling with
rage, he brandished his pistol to shoot the mis-.
cresnt who had mutilated his furniture the
pistol struck against q chair, and exploded
and the charge shattered his left hand his
anger could only be smoothed down by his
drinking 30 glasses of lager before he would
have his wounds dressed.
SUwARRoFF QUELLING A MUTINY-In cross
ing the Alps, the soldiers of Suwarrof, over.
whelmed with fatigue, and disspirited with
hardships, no longer obeyed his voice, or OBJ
served their usual discipline. He ordered a
ditch to be dug, and, stretching himself in it,
cried out to his mutnous soldiers "Cover me
up with earth; your General desires here to
be inferred, since you abandon him." They
all threw themselves at his feet, and followed
him with devotion and enthusiasm.
Since the return ofKing Victor Emanuel to Ma
pies, all kinds offying anecdotes about his say
ings and doings at Palermo have been told. He
was in great wrath at the horses being taken ont
of his carriage, and his being drawn along by the
people and, on leaving the Cathedral, told the
Syndic, or Mayor of Palermo, that, in coming
10 oiclly, ne wished II 10 De understood tina
the brute beasts were to remain brute beasts
and the men to remain men. He further add
ed, that he was neither danse,lse, like Cerito
nor travelling dentist, and had no wish to re
neive the honors commonly accorded to sncl
characters.
A letter from the headquarters of the oil buh
BILE, in Pennsylvania, says that monster wei
had Just been discovered. In forty.eight hours
200 barrels were barreed up, two large tank
and one fat-boat filed, besides great deal los
on the river and banks, ard it still continue
to boil, roar, and surge, and throw up a stresr
through four inch hole from forty to fifty fet
high. The correspondent will undoubtedl
take oath of the truth, though it's something {
a stream.