The national Republican., 1866-07-19
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your obedient servant, 90. .. .-.5-r.t ti-- A.Ir.
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FRANCE has taken possession Of Venetia.
THERE were sixty absentees from the House
during the session Of yesterday. ..... ...
II is as hot in New York as il is in WASH
inston, but that 10 cold comfort for u, assr all.
HENRY A. Fool, alias Wise, has been
making smother foolish speech. s.,
The millers Of Oswego, N. Y, have sent
100 barrels Of aour 10 Portland. s ..a.t
The antagonist Of Race Bolster in the
coming pugilIstic battle Is Mike Carr, formerly .
New York newsboy. '"
The total collections in aid Of the Port
land sufferers in the city Of Nsw York amount 70
$lo3, ,00o. , ..f .... -r...
The exercise Of patience is the only exer-
ciss that can be safely taken during the caiorise
period.
A YOUNG MAN in Bolton, Ct., had cancer
upon his nose which so Affected his brain that he
tried to kill his mother with . butcher knife.
WILLIAM MORRISON died in Lawrence,
Mass, in consequence of injuries received from .
Fourth Of July rosket. .......... .'s
Rev. JAMES KNo has donated property in
Bristol, Tenn, valued at $4,000, to the Holston
Prssbytery, for tho purpose Of theological semi.
nary.
A NEW law in Connecticut provides q Sc
penalty for the crime Of procuring the publ.
cation Of bogus marriage notice.
We have received from J. @. Parker, post
Office news stand, a copy Of Beadie', Monthly for
August The leading story, entitled :" The Dead
Letter, increases in interest as II progresses.
DoMSIoK MoRRrssEY took passage for the
next world, BY railroad, from GAINESVILLE, Wisoon-
sin. He laid down on the track and allowed the
train to cut his head OF. .E. II
The New York World gives list Of sixty
deaths by sunstrokes in that city on Tuesday last
One hundred and nfty persons were buried in the
city on that day. ...H '....
Mr.. PAINTER, who was assaulted in ruff
hanly manner in the Capitol on Tuesday, was 70.
ported somewhat better yesterday. His frisnd Who
witnessed the assault, and did nothing except to
sdviss him to run away, Is no better.
HENRY SMITH, Of Salem, Mass, committed
suicide Saturday at the residence Of his BROTHER
in-law, J. l.. Green, in Norwich, c., by shooting
himself through the heart with pistol. while Ia
boring under temporary alteration of mind.
IT is decided that there will be three races
in Worcester Friday, July q, tho same day with
the college regatta. The are to BE- the four
Dared race, open only to Worcester crews for the
flag and the championship, and another for whsr
ries.
OK Saturday last, the United States mar
shal arrested Capt Booth at New Bedford, for at.
tempting to smuggle cargo of goods which he had
brought from St. Johns, N. B., consisting Of %
barrels Of rum and quantity of tee, the whole
valued at about 81, 0oo .. ".. l
4 corEMPoRA RY proposes that appoint
ments to Office shall bs made competitive. subject
to tho decision Of an impartial board" There
is composition enough in the matter at present.
and a. for an " impartial board" 1t would be diff
cult to 6nd one in all the political lumber lofts Of
the country. l4s. H ..... f. a....
A QUARREL occurred at Knoxville on the
18th, between son Of Gov. Browniow and another
editor, in which young Brownlow 10 said to have
been worsted He armed himself with revolver,
and avowed his intention to shoot his opponent on
sight.
TIE ladies Of Cedar Falls, Iowa, are in.
dignant over report that peddlsr who recently
visited that town, selling eorssts and fitting them
on the bodies Of oustomers etc., has since turned
Quito be man dressed in feminine apparel. The
young ladies out there don't like to have q young
man give them fits.
THE heat Of the present summer season has
been quite remarkable. In Washington, according
to the records at the Smithsonian and the 0bserva
tory, We have had seven days of this season the
mercury at 9S degrees and twenty days Of heat at
30 degrees and upwards. Last summer the temper.
ature here was moderate, although hot weather
prevailed extensively in the northern cities.
GEo. A. BAILEY, Esq, the Congressional
Globe Is the largest contributor in this city, thus
far, to the relief Of the sufferers by the Portland
oonhagration. Mr.. Bailey is Portlander, and
although not millionaire his generous sympathies
were touched and he Immediately placed the sum
in the hands Of Mayor Stevens for the benefit Of the
houseless
The Prussian needle gun, which has just
achieved so much reputation in the German war.
Is breech-loading piece, somewhat heavier than
our Springfield ride. It is used with "fxed ammu-
nition," but the cartridges are made of paper In.
stead Of copper, and the priming, q wafer Of
Illuminating powder, 81 placed next to the bullet
and Is ignited by a needle, which, by the action
Of the lock, pierces through the powder, and stri
king the printing produces an interior explosion
That's what's the matter with the famous needle
gun.
MRS. Q. has been reading the accounts of
the brutal assault BY Bevsridge upon Painter in
the Capitol and she is terribly indignant at the
conduct of Mr.. P.'s intimate friend, who whom
the assault took place. could do nothing but advise
him (Mr. Painter to run array Mrs. Q. declares
that woman as she is II a friend of hers had been
assaulted in her presence she would have done
something besides telling him to rum II the assail
ant were as large as the Capitol itself She wound
up her lecture on the subject in these words: "If
plantation manners linger yet among us, SO does
poltroonery. That friend ought to be made to
pArtake of the beverage which produces painters
cholic. Pshsw on such backing Of friends!'