The national Republican., 1866-08-15
Per. Pe.eil. .nA sei.sers.

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A PLESARY Council Of the Catholic
Churches Of the United States y 70 be hold at Bal.
timors on the 7th Of October.
The Boston papers are recommending that
city as one Of the heai.hsst plsess for summer wis.,
itors. They ars wholly free fron spidsmio dis.
eases, and there has been no case Of cholera yet.
TIE schooner America, Of Milwaukee, cap
sissd and abandoned, was found near Grand Ha-
ven, Lake Michigan, last Sunday. The crew are
supposed to have bsen lost. ~ .NNf :,
A YOUNG artist has appeared at the Paris
Opera Comique, with some success. His voico 10 .
pure basso. He 10 tho nephew Of M. Melchise-
dsch, French provincial baritone Of reputation.
A TEXAS paper says: "The tide Of beeves
and horses still aows eastward, while westward, ho!
Is the cry of immigration" How besvss and
horses can aow westward II they are tied Is not OF.
planned ..t.' 49,. =.
ALBERT SrARxwEArHER, the Manchester
murderer, will be hung at Hartford, Conn, next
Friday. He is at present watched very closely, IS
fears ars entertained that he may anticipate his
death BY suicide af Fasr-
ISrELLroENcE Of Gen. Baird's removal, as
agent Of the Frssdmen's Bureau, has beon received
In New Orleans, but his successor (Gsn. stonsman)
Ia not expected to arrive before the middle Of the
week. s.l,. .H
The issue Of rations and supplies Of cloth
ing to the Portland sufferers, In view Of the great
demand for labor has been curtailed to great sx-
tent, and none Is given to those who are able 10
earn their own livelihood.
AMONG the list ofsdclegates to the great
National Convention now In session At PhlsdeIphia
to bs noticed are the names Of forty.ve gentlemen
who served with distinction ss major generals in
the Union army during the late rebellion.
A MEMBER Of theatrical company at
Cincinnati recently died Of cholera, and another
member Of the company became 80 alarmed over
the sudden loss Of his friend that he got drunk fell
accidentally from fourth story window, and was
killed.
The FREEDMEN AND LIBERIA.-The editor
Of the Macon tGs.) Journal and Msssenger says he
has information that there Is very general excite.
msnt among the freedmen in favor Of going TO Ii.
IBERIA, and that expedition on very large scale
Is organizing. .0r.rU U...'..
Some producers say that the production
Of peaches this year will not be one fifth what II
was last season. Thus far but very few peaches
have appeared In market, and they are quite in
ferior, being brought from the far South As yet,
Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware have sent
scarcely any to market.
The guests at the Waumbeck House, JEFF
fsrson Hill n H., had q masquerade party q.
evening last week. which was novel in Its way The
ladies. by agreement, were all dressed in white,
with pink cambric masks, and pillow cases covered
their heads and completely destroyed their identity
1t was an impromptu affair and very successful.
A PARIS letter says: "A few days ago,
winners wife appeared as . witness at the bar Of
one Of our courts, and upon being asked her name,
declared herself Madame Dursnd, by birth Alsxsn-
drins dc Brulsrd dc Genlis. In reply to question
put BY the court, she said she was descendant Of
Madame do Gsnlis. The Duchess d'Abrantss'
daughter Is q mantua-maker. Thisrs' sister keeps
q boarding house"
AN alteration took place at Hartland vii
age, Msine on tho evening Of the 9th instant, be-
tween two men named Hall and Stafford. Alto
some blows had passed, Hall drew = knife and
stabbed Stafford in the abdomen, literally '1stting
out his bowels large quantity of intestinss
falling out through the wound. Physicians were
summoned, who sewsd up the wound, but expressed
the opinion that there was no possible chance for
recovery. Hall was immediately arrested and Is
now in custody. Both men have families at Hart.
and. IA
A CORRESPONDENT writing from Paris men,
tions instance Of the severity of the laws of
France, tho case Of Commune in one of the CEN
tral departments against q land owner, who had
refused to allow the poor Of the neighborhood to
exercise the prsscriptive right of cleaning in his
fields after harvesting. The suit was decided
against the landowner, on the ground that the
owner had no power to bring sheep into his own
folds until two days after the gathering.n of the
harvest, so as to give the cleaners time to avail
themselves Of their rights Another law Is that no
landowner is allowed to cut down q single tree on
his estate without the consent OF an individual
whose duty 1t Is to superintend everything in the
shape Of trees wild or planted. and to regulate
their cutting according to the provisions Of the law
Thus, when IN owner wishes to cut down trees he
sends for this funotionsry, who, after examining
the premises, marks the ones which may be cut.