Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-22

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TO what they were In 1850. In addition 10
this, money d very scarce, and the great
boty Of our people are poor. ~ "a
/THE freed people who were the slaves Of
IGeorge Washington Parke Gusts, and who
would now be the slaves Of his son.in.lsw
! Robert Il. Jee) had the rebellion BEEN sue.
cessful have petitioned Congress, setting
forth that they are entitled, under the will
Of Mr.. custis, to comfortable subsistence,
and asking that ten acres Of the Arlington
estate may be allotted TO each one Of them,
and to each one Of their children.
TIE questions Of connection, etc., having
been settled by President Daniel, Of the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad, and Col. Stewart, Of the Alexan-
dria and Fredericksburg Railroad, we pre-
sumo that work will be commenced upon the
latter road in a day or two. 1t Is expected
to push the road as far as Mount Vernon by
the 4th Of July.
THE family Of Urah Townsend, of TarIy-
town. N. Y, consisting Of himself, wife and
four children, were poisoned by something
eaten in their own house. The eldest daugh-
ter, aged nineteen years, is dead, and the
others are in Q critical condition. Ono or
two are unlikely to recover. Their flesh is
horribly swollen, and they arc growing
weaker. Mr.. Townsend Is a justice of the
peace, and the deed is suspected to have
been done in revenge by some unknown par
ties.
TIE Cronstsdt Messenger describes the
operations lately carried on for tho recovery
Of the sunken war ships at the entrance Of
Sebastopol harbor. More than half dozen
Of these hulks have been raised, and one
thousand two hundred guns have been res
cued from the depths Of the Black Sea, with
q large quantity of copper and other valua-
Bile property. There does not, however, ap-
pear to be any attempt at reconstructing
the abandoned city even as mercantile re-
sort.
The April number of Orr Young Folks
contains the following: THE -Four Seasons y
by Lucretia P. Hale; Kitty" by Marian
Douglass " Little Things" by Gail Hsmil-
ton; patty Mudge's Pies" by Lucy Lar
conn "The History of Tip.Top," by Harriet
Beechsr stOwei "Lydias Lamb" by Har-
rfet +. Woods "Dilly Daily" by Mary N.
Prescott; "Work and Play" by J. Warren
Newcomb, jr., and Farming for Boys" by
the author Of "Ten Acres Enough all
pleasant for the children, and abundantly
illustrated. For sale by Hudson Taylor.
The Nashville papers are full of news
items pointing to great social disturbance
and lawlessness throughout Tennessee. In
Fayetteville a lady was dragged from her
horse and horribly treated by some unknown
person. In Chattanooga a white girl was
shot while cooking supper in one of the
camps. In the jackson Wig, of the 10th
instant, we also end the follow ng: ION last
Saturday 4 negro staggered up to Mr.. John
Fry, and told him that he was stabbed to
the heart, and fell dead It is not known
who did the deed. We learned on yesterday
of another murder, where a negro boy was
knocked in the head by another negro and
instantly killed"
A STATEMENT prepared at the Treasury
Department, for presentation to Congress.
shows that the total amount of prize money
paid out during the war to officers Of the
navy was 81, 762, 39s12. This amount was
distributed as follows: To / vice admiral,
$50, 270.67; S rear admirals, $l79, O9l, Al; 10
eommodores, $177, 57s. 90; 10 captains, $2ss,
$780, Sc commanders, 1922, $685. 90 lieu
tenant commanders, 1854, 27S. l8j 1877 lieu
tenants, $323, 466.9O; $40 masters, $673,-
1906; 474 ensigns, $576, 678 90; 2Is sur
geons, $249. 74O O3i 2l4 pnymasters, $751;
$780, 1872 boatswains, sos, 1885, $50 en-.
gineers, 1887, 1924; 454 masters mates,
1924, 862.S7. Of officers who received more
than Ave thousand dollars, there were vice
admiral, 5 rear admirals, commodores, Q
captains, 10 commanders, IL lieutenant
commanders, II lieutenants.
HARPER's MAGAZINE for April opens with
q pleasant article, richly illustrated, on
Birds at Misunderstanding some curious
bits Of information. Rev John s. c, Alb
bolt contributes another chapter of his I" He
roic Deeds Of Heroic Men," describing the
operations of our naval forces in the North
Carolina sounds. 1.-THE Prince Of Kung."
Regent of the Chinese empire, is fully de.
scribed in the third paper, and his portrait
is given. Another Chinese sketch tells the
story of the last months Of the Tapping war,
with the portraits Of Generals Ward and
Burgeyine. "a Voice from New Jersey" is
a sketchy and readable account of adyen.
lures in search Of rural comforts. 1.-THE
Last Years Of Sam Houston" Is very inter.
esting; and the Magazine has, besides, a
great variety Of tales, sketches, aid poems,
and the Editors Easy Chair" and Drawer
arc lively and interesting. A chapter on
Restaurants" is interesting to citizens who
are compelled to pay high prices for un.
wholesome dishes For sale at ]. G. Par.
ker's Post Office News-room, and at Hudson
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