The national Republican., 1861-07-12

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Washington and Clark COUNTIES, Indiana, on
Wednesday last, which measured five feet nine
inches in length, aud ten aud half inches in
circumference. The serpent sported fifteen
rattles and button, and when killed, it's stom.
ach contained full.grown squirrel. -LouisoiAe
Journal. ".
The only joke the London Times has been
known to perpetrste appeared in it's columns
the other day, when its impression consisted of
twentyfour pages, containing, in addition to 9
Large amount Of reading matter, abont fonr |
thousand Advertisements. After stating the |
above particulars, it concludes: I'VE trust it |
will not be found too large for "A constant |
reader to get through within the compass Of |
the longest day Of the year."
Breech.loading guns are not, as is errone.
ously supposed, modern invention. The Vene
tians, in the seventeenth century, had many |
such. There is one to be seen in the United |
Service Museum, bearing the date OF l545, re-
covered from the wreck Of the Mary Rose, sunk
at Spithead. Also, one of the time of Henry |
VIII. Sir Howard Douglas mentions small
brass 4.pounder, with detached chamber for
breechloading, bearing the cipher Of the Dutch
East India Company, and another piece Of
brass ordnance, Of Dutch make, bearing date
1850.
A YoUNa MAN KILLS HIS BErROTHED AND
THEN DRowEs HIMsELF-A terrible tragedy
occurred at Ithaca, N. Y, on Thursday. It
appears that Q young man named Cornell,
nineteen years old, was engaged to girl Of
seventeen. The friends Of the parties OBJ bjected
to the marriage. Cornell invited his berothed
to ride, and on reaching point beyond the
city, he drew from his pocket q pistol and shot
her, killing her instantly. Placing her body in
| ho hnff of tha ko 4 ~.
village, fastened his horse to the door Of his
house, proceeded to the inlet and threw him.
self in. He was subsequently taken out dead.
Ohio raised 100000 pounds Of tobacco in
1910, and nearly IL 100000 in 1850, while in
1859 her crop amounted to $4,000 hogsheads,
which commanded third more than the same
grades produced on the time.honored tobacco
fields Of Maryland.
"OUR CAr."-In your last issue, " "Rodense"
inquiries How to reform our cat 7"which was
too useful to spare, yet destructive to birds.
We Yankees suspend q small, clear sounding
bell by q ribbon to the cats neck. The slight.
est motion Of the cat tinkles the bell and trays
the bird. Do thus and save cat and BIRDS
Independent.
Street railways will shortly be introduced in
Copenhagen.
! On the first Of the year there were lO7, ,572
miners in Australia.
The report Of Mr.. Charles Levers death is
suthoritatively contradictsd.
In Ireland, agriculturists seem to be in ex.
cellsnt hopes at the aspect Of the crops and
pasture. g.r.-r.
The famous old East India House was sold
recently for fl66000. It will be converted
into Offices. -.-,,.
When the Fl0rentines were At war with Pisa,
they were in q financial difficulty, and a citi.
zen proposed, as means of obtaining money,
that whereas the Florentines had hitherto lev.
led custom duties at each of the eleven gates
Of their city, they should make eleven other
gates, and thus double their receipts.
I'VE have had tariffs in this country con.
} structed much upon the foregoing plan.l
A corps of mounted riaemen has nearly com.
pleted its organization in New York Four
, hundred are already enrolled.
PUBLIC CoNFlDENcE.--We have seen nothing
f which has so strikingly displayed public conf.
deuce in the Government and its financial ad
ministration, in the great struggle in which il
is embarked for the Union and the Constitu.
ton, as the promptness with which the sum oil
FIVE million dollars was advanced to the Secre
tary of the Treasury in New York on Tuesday
last, in response to call for that sum, on such
liberal terms, too in the face of the great loan
: of two hundred and fifty millions, about to be
authorized by Congress.
|, 1t was after business hours on Monday, the
9th instant, that Secretary Chase sent the fol
!, ., lowing telegraphic dispatch to the Assistant
Treasurer at New York:
. TREAsuRY DEPARTMENT, July 8, 1861.
y JOHN J. Cisco, Ner York: Will issue SIX
per cent. Treasury notes at sixty days to amour,
y Of five millions dollars, for FIVE millions in coin
= Please make arrangements forthwith.
8. P. CHASE.
The dispatch was received the following
morning, and Mr.. Cisco Immediately called q
u meeting of the leading bank officers and start
J, ed subscription, and before the close of bust
u ness hours of the same day, the following dis
i patches were sent to the Secretary, and reached
e Washington before he had left the Department
q for dinner:
i From the Assistant Treasurer.
It New YORK, July 9, 1861.
N Hon. 8. p. CHASE, Secretary Of the 7reasai
h ry: have obtained the subscription for tn
e entire amount of FIVE millions. Over three
millions have already been paid in.
, JOHN J. Cisco.
X From the President Of the Bank sf Commerce
y NEW YoRK, July 8, 1861.
,e 8. P. CEASE, Secretary Of the Treasury: Th'
'e five millions are secured.
I. JOHN A. STEVENS.
b We doubt whether the history Of the Depart
n ment shows an instance of similar dispatch il
e negotiations. National Latelligencer, llM.
:. The Post Office Department has issued tn
% following;
APPOINTMENT OFFICE, July 10, 1861.
By order Of the Postmaster General, the en-
lie tire postal service, embracing post Offices, pos