Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-22
sUNDRIEs TO sUNDRIEs.

To coRREsPoNDEsTs-Hold Enough!
THIRTY-PIve non-readers Of the NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN voted yesterday.
An hourly train is soon to be established
between Washington and Alexandria.
EARL RUSSELL, the new English Premier
according to the London Star, latest dates,
was seriously i'll.
THE gale Of Wednesday night rocked the
steeples at Buffalo, orumbling cnpstones and
breaking windows. Chimneys were also
blown down, and a barge got adrift.
The trouble between the Pacific and Con
trail routes has been settled, and trains from
Folsom to Lincoln will soon run. The laying
of the track from Lincoln to Marysville will
Immediately be resumed.
OK the 10th Gre, supposed to have been
set by IN incendiary, destroyed warehouse
full Of commissary stores at Camp Douglas,
Utah, by which Uncle Sam loses over one
million Of dollars.
TIE little horse Dexter has won for his
owner during the last season $40, 900 by his
speed in trotting, and Iii. Woodrufrs dex-
terity in driving. He won seven races, lost
one and received one forfeit.
The King of Prussia has founded a second
class of the Order of Louisa, tSs6e conferred
on women or young girls who may have dis
tinguished themselves by their attention to
the sick, or by striking acts Of humanity in
time Of war.
THE Virginia Legislature has ad dlourned to
the Sd of January. At a special election
yesterday, Thomas J. Evans was elected to
the House of Delegates, and N. A. Sturdi-
want was elected Commonwealth Attorney.
AT the annual meeting of the Burns Club
Of Baltimore, held on Tuesday evening last,
the following persons were chosen officers for
the ensuing year: John Boyd, president;
VIM. McClymont, ,,frst vice president; L. J.
Drummond, second do; VIM. L. Brown,
treasurer; Jas Cairns, secretary; Messrs.
S. Teeley, ]. L. Bezck, L. Farquharson, W.
Bowman, Donald Paisley, and John Bever.
edge were chosen managers.
CAPT. G. R. wALBRIDaE, military SUPER
intendent Of the Old Capitol Prison, returned
to Washington yesterday. He conveyed the
prisoners, Winder, Duncan and Gee, to the
respective points to which they had been
ordered. Winder was taken to Richmond
and turned over to Gen. Terry; Gee was left
at Raleigh in charge Of Gen. Roger; and
Duncan was conveyed to Savannah and
placed in the custody of Gen. steadman
They are to be tried by military commits
sion.
In his selection of the new committee on
mines and mining, Mr. Speaker Colfax sought
a representation of the gold mines of Cali
fornia and Oregon, the silver mines of Ne
vada, the lead mines of Wisconsin and Iowa,
the copper mines of Michigan, the iron and
coal mines Of Pennsylvania, and the iron
mountain mine Of Missouri. If there were
such thing as n brass mine, it would
hardly have been possible to find represen-
tative for it in Congress-
THE President of the Canadian Council,
Hon, George Brown, has resigned, a step
which a Toronto dispatch says has some con.
nection with the reciprocity treaty; and in
order to give force to this hint the Toronto
correspondent adds that, /" As Mr.. Brown
took Office to effect the confederation Of the
British provinces, his fate leaves that ques-
tion in very critical position, and the An.
nexationists are consequently jubilant."
THE Georgia Legislature has passed bill
allowing negroes to testify in civil cases where
colored persons are the defendants, and in
criminal cases where the offence is against
the person or property of the freedman.
Freedmen are also allowed to file afiidavits
like white folks. The House fixed the first
Monday of May and November for commenc-
ing sessions of the Supreme Court. N. c.
Barnwell was elected Secretary'of State, j.
A. Burns Comptroller, and Gen. John Jones
State Treasurer. The Legislature resolved
that Georgia had been treated magnani-
mously by the President, and adjourned to
the 18th Of January.
The Senate, in Executive session, yester-
day confirmed the nomination of Edwin
Marsh. of Washington Territory, to be
Register of the Land Office at Olympia, vice
Denney, elected a delegate to Congress-
Peter Edward Van olystyne to be Collector
of Internal Revenue for the Twelfth Collec'
tion District of New York, and Chas. Dur
kee, of Wisconsin, to be Governor of the
Territory of Utah, vice James D. DOty, de-
ceased