Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-02

THOMAS TILEsToN, of the firm of spofiord &
TIcstou, died iuddenly to-day OF disease OF the
heart, aged II.
ROBERT BEALL, of Washington, formerly
serEeAnt-at-Arma Tor the Senate, has been APP
pointed Warden OF the Jail Of the District OF
Columbia, under the new law Of Congress.
DIR. ]. V. c. SMITH, ex-Mayor Of Boston, Is
serving as surgeon in the Union hospitals At New
OrleAnG.
THOMAS c. SHAcKLKTT, convicted of treason
at LauiSville, and sentenced to pay hne OF
SlO,00o, has been released on taking the oath Of
amnesty.
GEORGE WELLS, Ex-Governor Pratt, and
Frank Il. Stoekett, Of Annapolis, Nd, have lost
numhOr Of slaves, who have "Joinsd the army"
Col. GowAS, an American, has leased 50, 900
&C Cs Of land in Russia to carry on explorations
for al oil similar to that Of Pennsylvania.
wM. HUNT, the weIl-know English painter
In water colors died In London on the 10th Of Feb
ruAry.
CAPT. HART, for eighteen years supcrlntend-
ent Of the sailors Retreat, on staten Island, 10
de At.
REV. DR. HITcHcocK, distinguished profess
sor OF Amherst College, and well-known solen.
tihc writer died last week.
GAIT. CRASDALL has been acquitted of the
murder of Lieut.. Hogan, by the eourt-martiAl, At
Louisville.
L. c. HARRIS, formerly Of Portsmouth, n.
H., has been appointed Secretary OF the Interior
by the King of the Sandwich Islands.
BRIG. GEN. SETH WILLIAMS, Adjutant Cen
erAl Of the Army Of the Potomac, 10 now at home,
In Maine, for the first time since the commence
m mt OF the war.
Col. Henry NJ. SHAW, recently killed while
in command OF a rebel regiment OF North Carolina
| infantry, was born at Newport, r. l., in koyom-
Der, 1879, and graduated from the University OF
PennsylvAniS.
GEN. JAMES N. QUAELKs, says the Nashville
| ni0 W hO ted dIs-
triet In Congress- and went South after the rebel
lien In search Of his "rights In the territoriesn
has returned to Tennessee Ne was In this city
yesterday.
TaE UNPRECEDENTED CoLD.-The intense
cold Of this winter has penetrated everywhere
The unprecedented low temperature in Italy
has already been noted. Heavy falls of snow
have occurred in the south Of France, and the
following announcement comes from SueZ:
'The severity of the weather has been expe-
rienced even at suez, where the utmost con-
sternatlon prevailed In consequence Of the dis
covery of ice-a phenomenon previously un-
heard Of on the borders OF the Red Sea-"
AVOIDING THE PoRT.-A young lady on
Wabash avenue tells a good story about an
Irish servant girl In their family. The lady In
question was engaged with her dress-maker,
and "hurrying up" some work for which she
had special need; accordingly she instructed
Mary that she was at home to no one to-day
But Mary said the had conscientious BcIuples
about saying her young mistress was not at
home, "and her In the house the moment"
Well, then" safd the young lady, "answer
that am unable to see any one to-day, OF
make some sort of indirect reply-for ! Won't
be disturbed" In the afternoon beau called
and after a word with Mary went away again,
having received an indirect reply" after this
sort, In answer to his inquiry for the lady
"'Dade, sur, an she's gone off in balloon
wild her two aunts from Milwaukee, and lefI
word she'd be back next Sunday. Wud ye
come In an walt for herl"
An alarm-bell for Rrouslng "bunkers iRt
night Is now on exhibition at the office Of the
Chief Engineer of Philadelphia Fire Depart.
ment 1t consists Of bell placed at the head
Of bunk and connected with the front door
bell-handle. policeman can thus always
arouse the soundest sleeper.
In consequence Of the rapid destruction oI
Iron rails under the increasing pressure oi
heavier engines and augmented wear and tear
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Is consld
erlng the necessity of substituting steel rails
or steel-capped rails for iron. II seems that II
Europe the Investigations into the matter have
led 10 the adoption of rails either made wholly
Of steel or capped with steel. And the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has already pro
cured, by way Of beginning, one hundred ant
fifty tons Of rails made wholly of cast steel
and II Is also giving trial to the steel capped
rails,