Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-14
suNpR1ns TO sunpniRs.


DR BARrH, the Afriosn-t traveller, Is dead.
Z. Il. HOUSE got, s2O, 900 as his share Of
the profits Of Arrah ma Pogue.
TIE panic in the California mining stock
market continues.
Mr.. BRroHr dsnOunces the massacre in
Jamaica.
LEGAL TENDER NOTES are not receivable
for fines in the State courts Of California.
In Spain company has been formed to
connect Cuba with the United States by sub.
marine telegraph.
By one mail, last week, II. D. Clafin a
Co., the Now York dry goods merchants, re.
ceived l, 500 lettors.-Er.
HoS. Z. @. READ has been elected Grand
MasSr of the Grand Lodge Of Masons Of
North Carolina.
LusBr, the printer of the Irish People, has
been convicted Of seditious ways, and SEN
fenced TO twenty years Imprisonment.
TIE Fenians appropriated SO, 900 for the
benefit Of J John Mitchell, but somebody else
scarcely greater rogue--got the cash.
The 7th regiment are preparing to give a
splendid ball in New York this winter
three thousand tickets, at twenty dollars
each.
WHAT the United States Government Is
saying to an invader: MAX, get out Of Mex,
or I'll mix yer"
BYRON had his hands full when he had
this adventure:
81 stood in Venice on the Bridge Of sighs,
palace and prison on each hand.''
THE Kentucky Legislature is not likely TO
adopt the resolutions in favor of JEFF. Davis
Gov. Bramlette would veto them If they
were sent to him.
IT IS remarked as a singular blunder, that
the new ten-cent note which is covered all
over with "ten," has nothing to say about
Gents" But they won't pass for ten dol
ars piece for all that.
QurBBLE, on reading the diatribe in the
Home Journal against the custom Of en-
ploying men to measure women for close-fit-
ting garments, suggested that women should
measure the men for their clothes, as this
would be measure for measure"
The Chinese never use the letter "R"-
adopting " L" in its stead The Pundit de-
clines a diplomatic or other mission to their
country he's so fond of oysters that he won't
go whore he can't ind an R in at least eight
months Of the year.
MCDONALD CLARKE, known as the "mad
poet" died in the lunatic asylum on Black
wells Island, New York, about ten years
ago. He wrote the oft-quoted lines:
Now twilight lets her curtain down,
And pins 1t with star. -
In THE Richmond Senate yesterday bill
was introduced repeating all acts relative to
slaves and free negroes, and allowing them
to testify in courts. 1t was laid on the
table and ordered to be printed. A resolu.
tion was offered confirming the ratification
Of the nti-slavery amendment at Alexandria
1t was referred TO the Committee on Federal
Relations.
The manager Of provincial theatre, find.
ing upon one occasion but three persons in
attendance, made the following address:
Ladies and gentlemen, as there is nobody
here, III dismiss you ALL The performances
of this night will not take place, but they
will be repeated tomorrow evening"
The New. York Central Railroad Company
yesterday elected the following directors for
the current year; Dean Richmond, Richard
NJ. Blatchford John II. Chedell, Alonzo G..
Paige, ]. V. L. Pruyn, Nathaniel Thsyer,
Livingston Spraker, Cornelius L. Tracy,
Charles II. Russell, Henry II. Martin, Jas.
H. Banker, Horace F. Clark, A. d. White.
The process of filling the Hall of Repre-.
sentatives which commenced two hours be.
fore the services opened last evening, was
watched by the earliest comers with interest.
The galleries were full at quarter past six,
and then the operation of packing in a few
hundred more was performed with cOnsum-
mate skill by the ushers, some of whom must
have taken lessons in Cincinnati. Such a
compression of crinoline was never accom-
plished before.