Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-06
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announces that Il has reached its sixty y-afth
year. wsshouid Judge as much to look at
H. The peculiarity Of this 'sheet Is that 1t
always keeps about fifty years behind the
age, and is read chiefly by octogenarians'
For this reason II Is generally spoken OF BY
the press as orour venerable and highly re-
spected contemporary. ."-SdtHrfay Press.
THE South Carolina Legislature has voted
twice for n Senatorial companion for Gov.
Perry, but aid not succeed in eiecting
CONGRESSIONAL election has been post.
poned in South Carolina to tho 22d inst.
LEr us cypher.-N. Y. Express.
Wait until the election returns come in,
good sir,
TRADE is taking new turn. On Wednes.
day the ship Geo. Griswold sailed from San
Francisco for New York with nine thousand
six hundred sacks of barley.
TIE South Carolina legislators appear dis
posed to hang together until the middle oi
December.
A WESTERN EXCHANGE perpetrates the fol.
lowing:
why is Gen. Jefferson c. Davis like a saiiorH
Becaus he has reason to thank God for the O.
Ar Growers Theatre, on Friday night, the
Tunisians were treated to a gag" which
they relished very highly. In one of the
scenes between the newsboy and the boot.
black the latter read among the startling
items In the newspaper paragraph stating
that the Tunisian embassy had held an inter.
view with the President, the result of which
would probably bo the annexation Of Tunis
to the United States. When this was in
terpreted to General Hashem and his suite
they laughed heartily and nodded in assent
to the proposition.
SAMUEL srRoSc, Esq. late of this city
has received the contract for building th'
new brewery at the Rocketst, and also fo
building the Petersburg railroad bridge, a
Richmond. He advertises in another column
for twenty-five stone masons well skilled il
their work
THE World is mine oyster" quoth tn
Count, as he took up paper this morning
but when he opened it he found it too cop
perry to swallow.
Mr.. S. G. MERRILL, whose headquarter
are at c. II. Andorson's bookstore, 45
Seventh street, is agent, for the District, 70
Col. BoWman's "Sherman and his Cam
paigns."
As A PRETTY PAIR specimen Of what
Philadelphia journalist can do, we condens
from the Washington correspondence of
paper published in that city the following
Mr.. Stanton is to be forced to resign; Jane
Guthrie Is to be Secretary of the Treasury
T. b. F. is to be Secretary Of the Navy; Nj
C. Gushing is going to Europe to beg Mr..
B. Mcclellan to accept the portfolio of tn
War Office. This is very we'll; but the col
respondent might have added that it is posi-
lively ascertained that Beau Hickman vii
be minister to France, and that Gen. Gran
will be superseded by Fitz John Porter.
Consul Perry received dispatch yester
day informing him that the fellow who robbie,
him Of about four thousand dollars worth Q
property, at the Continental Hotel, in Phila
delphia, has been caught.
THERE appears to be a rumpus in Mash
vile about John 0yerton, q man Of grel
wealth, who has been pardOned. Gen. Fisl
of the Freedmen's Bureau, declines to han
over the property Gen. L. and Mr.. o. Al
on their way to Washington.
We have received copy of the Constit
ton and Bylaws of the Liquor Dealers A
sociation of the District of Columbia. A
ticle twelye'of the constitution strikes us
little queer. 1t is Us follows:
I "Any white person engaged in the liquor bus
ness, Of good moral character, may become
member OF this association, on receiving a nj
iority Of the votes Of the members pre,ent at an
. nf its meetings, and paying an initiation fee
a ten dollars, and signing the constitution and b!
s laws, including the pledge. -
TIE Georgia Convention asks for the pa
:, don of Mr.. Tattnall, called commodore, AT
/ that his property be restored. 1t declar
. that it is the duty of the Legislature to pr
vide for the widows and orphans OF the Gee
n gia soldiers, and also disabled soldiers.
= "In Dixie's fall
;. We sinned all, -
:, laments pardon seeker.
g The Toronto Watchman, Orange orga
d affirms that il has positive information OF
e = contemplated invasion of the provinces tn
" there are now six hundred armed men in I
rs rontO; that several members of the Cover
= ment are fraternizing with the Fenians, a
that the Premier himself winks at the &C
- templated attempt to- sever the PROVING
% from British connection.
It DIALOGUE AT WILLARDs'.-la BOOtBh
!, II say you Tom, hab you see de Tt
r nishners? I'd BsOtS-Two? TW0 nishur
:. Dere 8 three of 'em.