Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-07
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to the command Of the Department of Mis-.
sissippi, relieving General osterhouse, who |
succeeded General Slocum in virtue Of his
rank.
The force in the Qusrtermaster Generals
Office will be considerably reduced Decem.
Der LIST.
The Comptroller Of the Currency estimates
tho present circulation of State Banks at
sixty millions
An examination of the records shows that
during the late war the rate of mortality in
army hospitals was nine per cent of the nd.
missions. The British in the Crimean cam.
paign lost fifty per cent.-but then they had
to contend with the cholera.
The stories telegraphed from Toronto,
Canada West, to the New York press, about
the Fenian excitement, appear to be much
exaggerated.
The trot at New York yesterday, between
the stallion George Wilkes and Vanderbilt,
to wagons, was won by the former. Tho
Vanderbilt won the second heat, made dead
heat on the third, and was distanced on the
fourth heat. Time; 2.34t, $50, 2.29t, and
23l!. The track was heavy, and there was
high wind during the race.
TIE weekly statement of the Now York
city banks is as follows: Loans, increase,
$3.50, 900; circulation, increase, $3.50, OOO
legal tenders increase, 81, $50, 900; specie,
decrease, $3.50, OOOi deposits, decrease, $780,
900.
PROFESS soR MORSE has just recovered judg-
ment against F. o. J. Smith for S7,2l5 of
stock in the Washington and New Orleans
Telegraph Company, and S3,4ls in cash
| The judgment of the court was on an award
by an umpire after the failure of arbitrators
to agree.
SEVERAL Congressman have given upahe
idea of housekeeping this wintor, rents are
so high. For an unpretending establishment,
$3.50 per month is the going rate.
B. W. GREENE, a prominent citizen of
Hartford, cut his wifes throat tho other
night, and then repeated the operation upon
himself. The wife died, and the insane hus-
band will probably not recover.
JOIN MITCHELL has been set at liberty on
condition that he will restrict his presence to
the State of Virginia What grudge Presi-
dent johnson has against Virginia is not
stated. Mitchell's friends are looking anx.
iously, now, for his views on the Fortress
Monroe enthusiastically Press.
A WESTERN paper says that almost any
where on the Missouri you can SEQ miles
o. riley.
FoUR-AND.TwESTY reliable journals on our
table inform the public that it is quite use
less to petition in behalf of J. Davis, as he
will certainly be tried for treason and hanged.
Four. .and.twenty other reliable journals in.
form us just the opposite. Not having
pair of balances, we are unable to ascertain
upon which side the weight of opinion pre-
ponderates.
THE receipts at the Philadelphia fair
amounted to $50, 900. =,
PHILADELPHIA appropriates $4,000 to
clean itsel up for the cholera.
The Washington correspondent of the
the use of the English language, has taken
to the French, and to tell the truth the last
end of the man is good deal worse than the
first.
| some Of the newspaper correspondents as
sert that JEFF Davis will be pRrdoned on con.
ditiOn he leaves the country, pledged never
to return to it, Is the object of this to re.
| lieve jeff from the burden of taxation which
is one of the legacies of his troason'
The New York Fire Brigade is completed.
1t consists Of thirty-fv steam fire engines
and twelve hose carriages. The pay of off,
GERS and men will amount to $426, $50 per
annum.
THE teachers of the public schools in Bal
timore are actively engaged in collecting
funds for the erection of monu ment to the
memory of Edgar A. Poe.
JAMES HAMMILL, of Pittsburgh, the cham.
piOn sculler, has challenged Mr.. Kelly, the
champion Of English sculers in the follow
ing style: 81 will row him two fve.mile
races, on days following each other, if favor
able weather, for $3.50 sterling, or 81, $50 in
! gold. each race, or for more if he wishes it;
and will allow him ElOO, or $500 in gold.
to pay his expenses to this country. I wilt
also allow him the privilege of rowing at New
York. Boston or Philadelphia, as he or his
friends should select on visiting the different
courses, and guarantee him fair day and
fair race"
On the 9th ult. a steamer, supposed to he
a Government transport was discovered by
the steamer Weybosset to bo on FIRE, in tho
vicinity of Cape Hatteras The burning
steamer was distant about fifteen miles, and
before the Weybosset could reach her she
blew up. The effect Of the explosion was
tremendous. 1t is supposed that the crew of
the steamer were rescued by bark, which
was seen alongside when she was first OBJ
served from the Weybosset.
A POUR ball carom game Of billiards, for
one thousand dollars a side, fifteen hundred
points up, the contestants being Mr. Dudley
havanagh and Mons. Carme, was played on
Saturday night at Irving Hall in New York,
/! IN the presence Of a crowded assemblaRe of