Daily national Republican., 1865-08-05
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| FATHER TAYLOR, the sailor preacher, long
one Of the no,abilitiss Of Boston, died in Brook.
lyn, New Yorh, on Monday, 9ith ultimo, aged 81
years. lie was school mate Of WIN. Writ, and
the oldest chaplain In the navy.
MAJOR GENERAL SrAsSARD had conferred
on him the honorary degree Of Master of Arts by
the University Of Vermont, on the ID instant
Ex-GovERNoR wEsrcorr, a rebel refugee
at Montreal, favors the extension Of the suffrage
to the freedmen Of the South.
HoS. JonS BELL took the amnesty oath in
Nashville on the LIST instant.
Mas. SfaouRsEY's effects were sold at
auction at Hartford, Conn, on Tuesday Iast. The
articles sold well, though the nicer furniture aud
all the keepsakos had been taken by her friends
Mr.. SrRANAHAN, q well-known correspon-
dent Of the New York Herald, died In the City Of
Mexico on the 18th Of last month. Mr.. strana.
han has been employed on the Herald for the last
twelve years.
LEsLIE, who advcrtises himself as the
American Blondon, Is "doingn the tight rope
| business across Niagara Falls above the suspen-
sion Bridge. ...
The Empress BuaENIE and the Princess
Metcrnich are said to be, by enthusiastic French .
| men, the two best shots in France. They hunt
| III COuplth ~ Tue bHpEtrh buHeule bhOOtUk-
box near St. Cloud, aud have bcsn known to bag
| seventy birds each.
RoBERr 0uLD, formerly rebel Commis
siOner Of Exchange, last week left hotel at Car
Isle Springs, Ia. in disgust, because the keeper
decorated II with the American nsg. This Is
likely not to be the last Of Roberts troubles In
that way. r...... .........
Col. A. J. DUGASSE, who was for several
months prisoner Of war in Texas, Is engaged on
| a work entitled Camps and Prisons. "
DoSArI, tho onc.lcgged dancer, who
created such an excitement in London a few
months since, Is dead.
The Budd, Buckley and Morris Minstrcli
are In Buffalo.
GEN. MskaHER was serenaded by tho Dem
ocrats Of st. Paul, one day last week. Iu hi
speech, not knowing the company he was In, h
proceeded TO denouncc the Copperhcads In tn
strongest terms, and said that 1885 would be q
celebrated for killing Copperheads Ms ST. Pat
tricks day was for the destruction Of snakes an
+, toads.
o Hon. JONI MINOR Boris is at Wiliard's.
GEN. +. d. TOWNSEND left this city las
, evening, for short stop at Fortress Monroe II
: went In the steamer City Of Albany.
Professor II. L. PECK, of 0berlin, Ohio
u lately appointed Consul General to Haya, wa
10 while on his way to Hayti with his famil,
y wrecked on the 9Th ult., on a coral reef tn
= Bermudas. All were saved.
Hon. JoHE CESSNA succeeds OK Presidon
Buchanan as president Of the Board Of FraRkIi
and Marshall College.
PATTI charged Sc, 900 for six performance
. at Baden Baden.
Gov. FENroS is expected at Saratog
= Springs day, and preparations have been mad
to receive him.
D. THORNTON, the rich merchant of London
= left t2l 10000
70 Ex-PREsIDENr FRASK PIERCE, c. 0'Cor
:, ner, Senator Bayard, of Delaware, and J. MOI
rissey, ESQ, dined together at the Lake IIous'
. Saratoga, on last Wednesday. So says Paul,
IT the New York Times.
Is PROP. AGAssIz was delivering course Q
lectures at Rio Janero on the 18th nit, the lates
date from there.