The national Republican., 1861-04-11

OF real estate nave Deen sou dt nlcnmOnu,
Va, against $l5l,6 in the same time last
year. E4N
The iron ore in the Lake Superior country
is almost a pure oxyde. About one ton Of
metal may be obtained from one and half
tons Of ore.
Rarey, the great horsc.tamer, is nowin Cleve.
land, Ohio
Failures to the extent of $4OO, 900 have taken
place in Brooksville, Canada, lately.
There are twenty daily papers-thirteen
morning and seven evening-published in Lon.
don.
Polly Marshall, the actress in New York
who is said to have pleased the Prince Of Wales
so much, has experienced religion.
Frezzolini is singing in opera in New Or.
leans, having performed Gilda" in the Rig.
oletto on Wednesday evening.
An exchange gives an account Of free fight
between six savage fellows. They appear to
have been six Founders.
Foster, the song writer, has been engaged at
a regular salary by the publishing firm Of Firth,
Pond, & Co.
A man and woman took lodgings for the
night at New Haven on Wednesday. Late at
night the landlord heard q disturbance, and
went to see the cause. He found the man
charging the woman with robbing him of sew.
eral thousand dollars, which we're found in her
clothes. The woman jumped out Of the win.
dow and fractured her skull and the man went
for doctor, but never returned.
PEACE CoScLUDED.-News from Santa Fe,
New Mexico, states that Peace Convention
had ,,ok haa laI hat- TT,sx xoI
States authorities and the Navajo Indians.
The numerous and constant depredations of
this tribe have made them the terror of the peo.
pie of that Territory. The strength Of the
Navsjoe is variously estimated at from ten
thousand to fifteen thousand souls.
An enterprising chap in Chicago has leased
Of the city the fence along the entire western side
of the custom.house place, for advertising
purposes.
Two comets are now looked for BY astron.
omers-the De Vico comet, which appeared
in 1855, and the celebrated comet Of Charles V.
A man named Nicholas Molly, from 81.
Johns, Newfoundland, was waylaid aud muir.
dered in the streets of New Orleans few
nights since. The murderers are unknown.
Two expert burglars removed window and
entered Mr.. George Buffenbarger's house, near
South Charleston, ILL.,, on Monday night week,
and robbed the old gentlemans safe Of $l,70O.
A bill creating metropolitan police system
for Philadelphia has passed the Pennsylva.
MIA House Of Representatives.
"There are no disunionsts," says the Lon.
don Times, on this side of the water. Every
English merchant who has thought at all about
the matter, has voted for Lincoln in his heart -
Composing the China plunder sent to Louis
Napoleon are seventy five splendid pieces of
fur for the Empress, some beautiful corals, and
a pearl necklace.
It is said that the celebrated San Carlo The.
atre, OF Naples, will be placed under the man.
agement Of Mr.. Smith, lessee of her Maiesty's
and Drury Lane Theatres, London.
A statement has been circulated, and has at.
tracted the attention of the English House of
Commons, that there are 10000 Canadian an.
nexationists in the city Of Bangor, Me.
Miss Angelina Partington says that her moth.
er don't believe q word about the moral tar.
iff-she believes that all politics and politicians
are immoral"
W. ]. Humphreys, convicted Of the murder
of Thomas Lee, in Newton county, Ga, has
been sentenced to be hung on the 4th proximo.
Ex-Governor Smith, of Virginia, has an.
nounced himself a candidate for reelection to
Congress-.
GOVERNOR HoUsToN's PRocLAMATIoN-The
Houston Telegraph refers to Gov. Houston's
proclamation as an " extraordinary production" )"
He still maintains that all the authority commit
ted to him by the people is his, and that he has
faithfully carried out the will Of the people,
whenever expressed. He calls Clark usurper.
He appeals to the Legislature for his rights.
He says that after them he has no appeal but
to the people. "To appeal to the courts would
be vain, for the highest tribunal in the State is
already committed to the Convention"
He adds, "The Executive can therefore but
await your action and that of the people. If
driven at last into retirement, in defiance of
the Constitution of the State, he still will not
desert his country, but his prayers for its peace
sincerity and devotion with which his services
were rendered while occupying public station" I"
A steamboat thief entered Frederick Longs
state room in the steamboat lying at Burlington,
Iowa, on Thursday afternoon, broke open q
carpet bag, and stole $3,7OO. The victim of
the robbery was on his way to St. Louis to buy
goods.
Disagreeing about horse-taming partner
ship, W. H. Harvey abused NJ. A. Harrison,
exhibiting weapons, at a hotel at Grenada,
Miss, on Sunday week. Harrison being unarm.
ed, went to his room, and, returning with pis.
tol, shot Harvey dead.
They won't have any organs to their new
Government, says Vice President Stephens.
Take care, says the Louisville (Ky.) Journal,
that they do not also want senses.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Whalen, an aged woman,
and one of her children, were killed by train
of cars, on the Cleveland and Erie railroad,
near Euclid, and second child severely in.
jured.
Progress of Slavery in the United States.
BY GEORGE NJ. WESTON.