The national Republican., 1866-10-24
Pen, Pencil, and scissors.

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nights In Paris. Fl n
Col. WILLIAM s. BAssroRD is collecting
materials for history Of Atlantis, Georgia.
wM. H. G. KING, ESQ.,, Of the New Or
leans Tmes, 10 In town.
ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS was in Augusta,
Co., on the 17th, and the Constifmtiossha says his
health is msssurably restored.
GKS. MALONE has completed the surveys
and the estimates for the watsr.works al Norfolk.
Tho works will cost $500, ,0Oo.
The wooden shoes worn by peasants Of
both sexes in Belgium arc purchased at from four
to seven cents pair. t.. ..''.aa a-.
Cot. LEWIS DOWNING, who has become, by
the death Of John Ross Chief Of tho Cherokee Ma.
tion, has been an ordained minister Of the Baptist
Mission for twenty years
Br. MAJ. GKS. EDMUND ScHRIvER, Inspec-
tor Of the Military Academy, has returned from
his recent inspection of the post Of West Point and
the Military Academy. ...... rau..
IT is estimated that the aggregate losses to
the petroleum interests BY nre and food In Penn
syvania, within two years, reach 81, 900. 600. Al
the recent nrs at Dennis Run, 100000 worth Of
property was destroyed.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Louisville Jour
nal heard Anna Dickinson speak In Boston and
writos: II left, wondering how . human female
could be so beautiful and bs-itchins and tell such
whoppers."
WALTER s. YouNo, we'll known to many of
our citizens previous to the war o. an assisting
civil engineer on the Washington Aqusduct, and
more recently Major and Brevst Lieutenant Col
onsl Of the s6th U. 8. G. l.. hos been appointed to
First lisutsnsncy in the regular army.
CAVE JOHNSON, q State Senator elect in
Tennessee but not admitted to his seat st the late
session Of the Legislature, hss resigned on account
Of great ago and feeble health A quarter Of
century ago he ranked among the most prominent
politicians Of his State.
OVER one hundred vessels of various de-
scriptions have been wrecked and disabled by the
recent storms and at least Eve hundred people who
were in them have found . watery grave. Even
| in these days Of maritime skill and Of powerful
vessels, the elements sometimes gain the mastery.
GEN. LEE accepts the notes of all students
who are unable to pay the fees at Washington Col
lege, believing that young men who receive their
education under such circumstances will pay when
able. There have been eight hundred applicants
for admission to the college this season.
A PARTY recently ascended Mount Hood,
Oregon, to its very summit. They ascsrtained Its
height to be 1900 feet, and also, to certainty,
that it Is q volcano. If this measurement be cor
rect Mount Hood 10 the highest peak in the United
States. tf
Six Indians are to give concert in Ire
mont Temple, Boston, on this svsning-ths pro.
gramme embracing songs, quartettss, do., in Sen
eca, Choctaw, and Eaglish. Tho wsr.whoop, ar.
ranged for six voices, will, We presume, have q
place on the progrsmms.
CARLETON, the publisher, and author oil
"0ur Artist in Cuba, will be out In . few day,
with another book Of his own adventures, entitled
"0ur Artist In Peru" embelished with some fifty
comic drawings picturing the earthquakes, boiled
monkeys, alligators, pretty women, cockroaches
jackassos, and South American antiquities gen
orally.
The Boston Traveller has an editorial, ir
which the question of impeaching the President 4
discussed and condemned The Traveller believe
that the proliminariss Of impeachment would con
sumo all the coming session Of Congress, and tha
the trial might outlast the Presidents term. In
deed, it thinks the President could forcby preveu
or delay trial, If he felt so inclined.
A GERMAN war correspondent says thai
his letters were regularly opened, though he wa
not in the camp. On one occasion his correspond
ent forgot to sign the letter. and 1t STOOD "Yours
faithfully" The letter was sent round to ever,
English Consulate in Germany, sealed with th
Government seal, and superscribed with an inquir
as to whether Herr Faithfully WAS known. Th
answers were in the negative.
: GEN. SHERMAN hits off few brave" me-
as follows at Is amusing to observe how brav
, and firm men become when all danger Is past.
have noticed on the fields of battle brave me
never insult the captured or mutilate the deat
but the towards and braggarts always do Nov
when the rebellion in our land Is dead, many Fa
=, stats appear, to brandish the evidence Of the
valor, and seek to win applause and to approprai
honors for deeds that never were done"
The CRY OF PHILADELPHIA has Fagil
G Before Alderman Moore, on Monday last, WEI
q arraigned man and . boy whom he was trainir
to the profession Of thief. The name Of the mt
is Mckinley. lie had a downcast, hang dog lool
Police Sergeant Broomall, who arrested him, est
l. mates that by him and the boy at least thirty 70
- berries have boon done. mostly upon shops al
v stores The boy, it seems, was taught, in consec
tive lessons the whole art Of the burglar and snea
4. thief. Both were held to answer
is In Baltimore case has Just been decide
e bearing upon the eght-hour system. Two OIL
,e ployees Of the City Water Department claimed
Us the city government one.ffth additional pay,
70 laboring two hours day more than eight hou
~ y which time, by the ordinances of the city, 10 ma
n legal days work for all persons employed BY t
" w. city government. The court, however, dscid
Of that 1t was optional with the employees to Iat
the ten hours required to resign their posito,
and they could make no legal claim for extra co
pensation.
of Formerly there was great ignoran
IT. abroad of the real condition of our affairs, but
ly foreign journals take all possible pains to beco
ry correctly posted Beside extensive newspaper a
le. mercantile correspondence, we notice that I
tn foreign ministers and consuls resident in the U
en- ted States send to their governments oopious
an tails Of everything passing here, including
ho most minute particulars Of our business and poll
ut cal affairs This all shows the growing importar
~ Of our country, and the anxiety Of foreigners to
~ tain correct information of the rapid growth q