The national Republican., 1861-03-14
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS,
A PnEDICTIoN VEnIFlED-In 1856 we said
the time would come when any man who should
oppose the reopening Of the African slave trade
would be denounced as an abolitionist. Such
q time came year ago. In the last Presiden.
tial canvass we said The time would soon come
when every man who opposed the dissolution
Of the Union would be denounced as an aboli.
zionist. Such time has come now.-Louis.
uiUe journal.
COLLEGE REBELLI0N.-S Sixty students re.
beled in the College Of St. Charles, Parish St.
Landry, La, the other day. At given signal,
Immediately on the conclusion Of grace, they
arose, each one smashed his plate and glass,
and then they overthrew the table. They i'm.
mediately left for their homes. Most of them
are young men grown.
A CURE FOR SLIPPERY SIDEwALxs.-The
Niagara Falls Gazette tells story of two young
ladies who were promenading along the street
recently, when one Of them slipped and came
down on the icy pavement "like thousand of
bricks Jumping quickly up, she exclaimed,
soto roce, Before another winter Ill have
man to hang to; see if don't!"
IMPORTANT TO OFFICE SEEKERs.-An enter.
prisng individual in Troy, N. Y, advertises to
furnish aspirants for Office with signatures 10
petitions at the rate of one dollar a hundred.
SINGULAR CorYcIDEScE.-It is said tha.
Major Anderson, holding Fort Sumter, Lieut..
Hill and Ricketts,, holding forts in Texas, all
belong to the first regiment United States ar.
tillcry.
The lights at Mobile Point and Sand Island
have been extinguished by order of the Com.
mander Of Fort Morgan.
The prevailing opinion among the leadiug
masters of the Royal Geographical Society is
favorable to the idea of The North Atlantic
telegraph cable as proposed by Colonel
Schaffner.
On Wednesday, one Of the richest veins of
oil that has yet been discovered was struck in
Walnut Bend, Venango county, Pa. The we'll
is situated on the north side of the Allegheny
river. When the vein was struck, nothing un.
usual occurred; but as soon as they commenced
pumping, The oil flowed spontaneously, and
now continues flowing, yielding six barrels per
hour of pure oil. and could be made to yield
more if the proprietors had sufficient vat room.
This well is Two hundred and sixty.fve feet
deep.
A lady of Pittsfeld, Mass, received valen.
tine, at which she was somewhat indignant,
and was about to throw it in the stove un.
opened, but was persuaded to open it, when it
was found to contain $50 from on old friend
and employer.
A family named Pate, residing in Spottsylva.
MIA county, Va, near the Orange county line.
has lost seven children by dph,heria within
the last three weeks. The father and mother
have thus been beret of their entire offspring,
the youngest an infant, dying last.
An improvement has been made in sugar
refining in New York, by which syrup made
from common muscovado molasses is pro.
nounced by sugar refners who have tested it,
as being nearly, if not equal, to sugarhouse
syrup which is sold for family use. The pro.
cess Of refining involves an expense of about
one cent per gallon, and the value is increased
about seven cents per gallon. The process is
entirely mechanical, no acid being used.
So far as heard from, the Republican major
tiles at the election in New Hampshire yester-
day are not materially different from those of
the Presidential election last year. All the
Republican candidates for Congress are elected,
and the Republicans have carried four of the
five Councillors, eight or nine of the twelve
Senators, and, so far as heard from, lO7 Rep.
resenatives to u Democrats.-N. T. Trituns.
The tender Of the Liver ,ool consulate to
Speaker Littlejohn is q well.merted and sub
santial compliment to an earne 1t, efficient, and
devoted Republican, and capable and up.
right man, who will discharge the duties of the
office with an intelligence and fidelity credita.
BILE to himself and the country.-Al6any Eue.
Journal.
ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS VoYAGE-The Uni.
ted States steamship Star of the West sailed
yesterday afternoon from Pier 20, foot of War.
rem street, at about four o'clock. Her destina.
tion was not made public, not even the hands
who shipped on board knowing where they were
going. For this reason, much difficulty was
experienced in getting her full complement of
men. The lading consisted Of coal and pro.
visions.-M y Sun, l3M.
In the Georgia Convention, resolution has
been adopted, requesting the Governor to offer
a reward of $500 each for the following works.
to be written or compiled by citizens resident
IN the Confederate States of America, viz A
Spelling Book for the use of Common Schools,
an Arithmetic, an English Grammar, Geog.
r'pby, and two Reading Books, one for begin.
ners and for more advanced scholars the
prize to be awarded by Il committee appointed
by the Governor, and the books selected to be
published and printed within the confederacy,
and the copyright to be owned or disposed of
" "4o "ulho's vi cou'PiitrS Vi tue several
works.
The Nashville Banner says that the following
is specimen Of the general charac,
ter OF the business letters received in that city
from citizens under jeff. Davis's Government
This internal secession business, l am
fearful, will ruin the country. 1t was certainly
conceived in s,n aud born in niouity-its
fathers eldest sou the Devil; and / have no
doubt all the little Devils, together with The
Esquire, are now having a good time over it,"