Daily national Republican., 1865-12-29
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A MAN in Paris slept three days and half,
woke up and died. aH .... -.
ITO Bs well.favored man Is the gift Of
fortune but TO write and read comes by
nature. ."--Shakepearc .r
wANrEp.-A dentist Is in search Of der.
rick to put
"'Gainst the tooth Of time"
SHAKEsPEARE's WARNNG TO THE LADIES,
-" The fashion wears out more apparel than
the man." For IMAM read troman.
A CLOTHING merchant named Rosenberg
took laudanum and died in Wilmington, N.
c., yesterday.
A DEAD LETTER has come to life in the
dead letter Office containing 5000, 900 in
bonds.
A PRIZE FIGHT, between two New York
bruisers, was prevented by the police Of that
city yesterday.
Or Wednesday Hon. John 7. Hoffman,
Mayor.elect Of New York, took the oath Of
Office, and yesterday Richard oGorman, Cor
pOrhtlOn iOunhel, ulu tne sntne.
The Police Department of New York have
raised 81 1908 to aid the widow of Policeman
Walker, who was killed on the 18th Of
August, by gang Of rufians.
EIGHTT THOUSAND DOLLARS worth Of mu-
tilated United States currency is destroyed
daily. Only $50, 900 worth is manufactured
daily.
The "book. .pedlar'' candidate for the Col.
lectorship Of New York is offering bets that
he will be appointed. No "ring" "-leaders or
"ring'' followers, or organizers Of rings, "
will bo trusted with such an important office
THE Newcomb and Arlington Minstrels, at
seaton Hall, are delighting all who attend
their musical and comical performances
They remain at Seaton Hall only two nights
longer.
A NUMBER Of houses were blown down in
Pulaski, Ky, in the tornado last Tuesday
night. Several persons were killed. One
lady was killed, and her body had not been
recovered at last accounts.
excursion from Wilmington, N. c., last Sat-
urday, having on board three white men
and two negroes, and it is supposed she was
caught in squall and all hands were lost.
THE Alexandria Journal says that the
Canterbury, we'll known in that commu-
nifty as a place of public amusement of
doubtful propriety, has ceased to exist for
want of patronage, which speaks well for the
morals of the city.
In disrobing a number of lads sent to tho
State Reform school at Lansing, Michigan, a
girl was found. She gave the name of Joseph
Howard, is fifteen years old, had worn male
attire seven years, and was the boon com.
panion Of one Of the boy prisoners.
A MEETING took place in Memphis, few
days ago, between Joseph =. Johnston and
Major General Sherman, and the ''recon-
structed" derived consolation from the fact
that they greeted each other in a friendly
manner
On Wednesday night some colored seamen
belonging to the United States steamer Ia,
cony, while on shore at Wilmington, N. C.,
got half seas over aud L~d difficulty with
the police. The sailors fired several broad
siJsS at tho officers, and then got on board
Capt. Harmon, Of the police force, received n
flesh wound.
ONE of the colored men, Anderson, who
was shot at Alexandria on Monday was in a
dying condition yesterday afternoon, and
another was in q critical condition. Major
General Augur has instructed Lieutenant
Colonel Eyre, commanding at Alexandria.
not to release any of the persons arrested in
connection with the late riot on the demands
Of the civil authorities, and to reveal any
such demands to department headquarters.
TIE Now York Tribune appeals earnestly
to the country press of New York State to
aid the metropolitan press of the city in its
efforts to induce the Legislature, which meets
next month, to prevent tho seeds of pesti-
lence which the Atlanta brought there from
terminating in q harvest of death next
spring.
ADvIoEs from Acapulco state that Alva-
reZ . IOrCeS were III ITONlutntlu, twenty
eight miles east of that place, on the 3Oth
ult. Alvarez was confident Of the success Of
the Liberals, whether assisted by the Amer
leans or not. lie harasses the French at
Acapulco terribly. They get no provisions
from the back country, which is in the pos.
session of the Liberals. Mexico is getting
hotter and hotter for the French.
In Boston, Johnny Denny, hackman, who
killed little boy by striking him with whip,
has been sentenced to pay FIVE hundred dol
lars to the mother of the child. Our readers
may remember the singular case. Denny,
driving by, cracked his whip at the little boy
to make him las he says get out of the way.
But the boy was on the curbstone. The
whip-lash few around his neck, and the child
was thus dragged by the neck till ne came
under the wheels, whore he was fatally in
jured.
ADvIcEs from ST. Louis have been received
in New York stating that the Fenians Of that
city intend sending full representation to
the Congress on Tuesday next. A cabinet
council was hold Wednesday at the head
quarters in Union Square. Two general Off
GERS, members of the military council Of the
Irish Republic, who arrived during the week,
on a special mission, participated in the de-
which are said to have been of