Daily national Republican., 1865-12-28
surppyrs To surpRIrs.

A MIsER recently died In Ohio from grief
at his heavy income tax.
THH Christmas decorations Of most Of our
churches are very hne thisy year.
No LESS than 70, 900 barrels Of apples are
in the hands Of Boston spectators, rot 'em!
ANOTHER Boston ship, the Kinghsher, has
made the passage from California in less than
hundred days.
THERE is nothing very alarming in the
four days later news from Europe received
by the City of Washington.
The Emperor Of Brasil rejoioed on his
fortieth birthday lately, and released num-
Der Of prisoners on the occasion.
TIE overland mail from New York on the
26th Of November, arrived on the 24th inst.
at San Francisco.
The funeral Of the late Governor Corwin
took place at Lebanon, Ohio, Tuesday, and
was largely attended by delegates from all
parts Of the State.
The headquarters Of the military depart
ment Of Tennessee have been transferred
from Knoxville to Memphis, by order Of
Lieut.. Gen. Grant.
A coMPASr Of secesGionists have COM
menced colony In Brazil, TO which 1t Is to
be hoped all Southerners who cannot live
contentedly under the old flag will emigrats.
The PEAKE FAMILY Of Bell Ringers will
commence series Of their famous and popu-
lar musical entertainments at Odd Fellows
Hall on Tuesday, ID of January.
BEADLE has published Lieut.. Gen. Grants
army report in the dime novel form, neat
and compendious. For sale by J. G. Parker,
F street.
A YOUNG LADY at Chesterfield, Morgan
county, Ohio, was recently shot dead by the
accidental explosion Of gun, just as she was
kissing her lover to bid him goodbye.
UNDER the supervision Of Maj. Gen. Gard
ner, U. S. A, tho batteries in Belfast aud at
other points on the coast Of Maine are being
dismantled and tho guns carried to Fort
Knox.
YESTERDAY Patrick Mclaughlin and his
wife and three children were poisoned almost
fatally by large dose Of laudsnum put in
their coffee at breakfast. Laudanum In cof-
fee is worse than chicory.
The steamship Idaho, hence for Mobile,
is ashore on Bsrnegat and full Of water. Her
passengers and crew were landed safely with
favorable weather. Part Of her cargo will
be saved.
ADvIcEs from Arizona represent that
there is constant fighting between the Apa-
che Indians and the white settlers. Twenty.
eight soldiers sent out on the LIST December
are missing.
Is the Oxford theatre, at Norfolk, vir-
ginia Territory, ~ Joseph Edwards was shot
by a soldier, at whom he had fred . pisto
maliciously. Edwards was a Baltimore
rough"
The NoRroLK Post, Of yesterday, says;
"The weather yesterday and Monday partook
largely Of September mildness. Fires went
out, and overcoats were worn on tho backs Of
chairs"
ONE Of tho reliable Washington special
correspondents, who reported that Gen.
Grant would sail immediately after the hOl,
idays for the Rio Grande, now contradicts
the statement.
TIE evidence in the notorious Strong d.
vorce suit having been closed, Mr.. Graham
summed up the testimony for the defence
yesterday, and delivered his argument in be.
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SOME enterprising publisher should bring
out, about these days, as seasonable, the old
illustrated and postical alphabet in which
our fathers used to read, T-was the Ice on
which William did skate. Upwsnt his heels
and down went his pate"
Mr.. NEwcoxB, Of Newcomb 4 Arlington'i
Minstrels, will make his first appearance
with the troupe this evening at seaton Hal,
No Ethispic comedian has been more sue
cessful in this country and Europe than New
comb.
The Signal Corps, which performed sucl
valuable services during the war, has beeI
entirely broken up. But 1t will soon be re
organised, It is said, on more permanent
footing in connection with tho regula
army.
TIE Cleveland Herald says: "From That
Stevens speech, we infer he thinks all sens
will die when he breathes his last. He char
acterized President johnson, and all who be-
lieve the recusant States have not been out
of the Union, as dreaming theorists. "
JAEGER 4 Co.'s distillery, in Dubuque
Iowa, was blown to atoms yesterday by th'
explosion of boiler in the engine-room
Most of the employees were at dinner, Their
being but eight persons in the building at thu
time. The fireman was killed, but no other
were seriously injured. Loss 100000. In
sured against FIRE for $25, 900.
JUDGE BARRows, Of the Maine Supreme
Courts, in session at Portland, lately re
marked in passing some severe sentence
upon criminals, that the present term Of th'
court presented an extraordinary catalogue
Of crime. In tho few months that inter
vened since the last term there had beer
more crimes committed than had ever befor,
been known for so short period.
The Fenians of Kentucky held q conven
tion at Covington yesterday All the circle
in the State, with the exception Of two, wer,