Daily national Republican., 1865-12-30
sUNDRIEs TO sUNDRIEs.

VERY few negroes were arrested in Louis
vile on Christmas, though hundreds peram-
bulated the streets all day.
The Alcovey and Yellow river bridges on
the Georgia railroad, and the Chsttahoochie
bridge on the State road, were washed away
by heavy rains last Friday.
THE trial of G. B. Lamar, charged with an
attempt to bribo United States Treasury
cotton agent, commenced in Savannah last
Tuesday.
HARRIsBURG is crowded with members Of
the Pennsylvania Legislature. James R.
Kelly is the Republican candidate for
Speaker of the House.
The Poems" Of Jean Ingelow, published
by Messrs. Roberts in Boston, have passed
through sixteen American editions within
less than two years.
News has been received in Raleigh, n. c.,
from Morehead City, of the loss of the
steamer Constitution from Savannah to New
York, with 81 souls on board. All were lost
but IA of the crew.
CAPT GEO. W. CUTTER, the poet, author
of the poem entitled "a Song of Steam, -
and several patriotic songs of celebrity, died
in New York on Monday last. Capt. Cutter
was n descendant Of a Massachusetts, family,
and was born in Quebec, Canada.
LORD BYRoS's Countess Guiccioli, now
Madame de Boissey, is said to have given NJ
Lamartine access to her correspondence with
the poet, which will be used by him in his
Life of Byron, now appearing in the tea~ile.
ton Of the Constitutional"
The cholera is committing great ravages
in the West Indies. A letter received in
Boston from Guadaloupe, dated November
IS, states that the cholera had broken out
there, and is committing great raVages. At
Bosse Terrica, a town Of 8. 900 inhabitants,
I07 deaths occurred on the 22d.
Ar Nashville, yesterday, the river was
still rising, and is probably thirty.fve feet
on the shoals. There are no means of cross
ing the river at this point except by skifs.
Active preparations are in progress for the
reconstruction of the suspension bridge. One
cable of the bridge was thrown across Thurs.
day
ATTORNEY GENERAL SPEBD, in asking an
appropriation for contingent expenses, says
that the carpets and furniture of his Office
have been subjected to a largely-increasod
amount of wear and tear from usage by the
large number of applicants for pardon, who
from day to day frequent his office, so that
much of the carpeting is tattered and worn
into shreds, and new carpeting is needed
more now than ever.
A VERY important collection Of Mexican
antiquities has lately arrived in France. l
was formerly the property of NJ. Joseph Du
rand, the companion, guide, and friend o
Humbolt during his travels on the American
continent. NJ. Durand died in 1858, neal
Guaymas, and his collection was purchased
few months ago by French officer, and
has been forwarded to France.
The National Sorghum Convention is now
in session at the rooms of the Department OF
Agriculture. VIM. Clough, of 0hio,i is chair.
man, and Prof. Glover secretary. Delegates
are present from the Middle and many of the
Western States. The convention has de.
cided upon a definite classification of the
different varieties of cane, which will be
published, with accurate botanical and pop.
ular descriptions and carefully-e1ecuted en-.
cravings.
A MATCH game of billiards was played al
the SpotswoOd hotel, Richmond, by Michael
Phelan and the famous French player, Carme
last Tuesday night. The game was the Amer
lean carOm, of three hundred points, without
the push shot. Mr. Carme beat Mr.. Phelar
by one hundred and eleven points, closing
the game with his longest run of sixty five
the next highest run made by Carme waG
forty.two, and Phelan's highest was twenty
one.
In the case of the pirate Georgia, de
manded by the United States Government
and heard before the Toronto Assizes, Mr.
Mcdonald, the Confederate agent, makes ar
affidavit that the vessel was the property o.
the rebel government, and was designed fol
the raid on JOhnsOn's Island, and that tn,
sale to Denison, the present possessor, was ,
mere blind. Consul Thornton hopes to re
cover her for the United States Government
Denison, who figures prominently in thes
transac tions, is a major in the Canadian ser
vic.
A CHARACTERISTIC anecdote of Mrs. Gas
kell is given in the Manchester papers. Sh
had just begun to earn the full reward of he
literary work. she had saved a considerabl
SUN of money and was preparing to give he
husband u pleasant surprise by taking him t