The national Republican., 1866-12-31
Pen, Pencil and scissors.

the holidays.
II thou wouldest be boy again just step
on the Ice where IL won't bear you
ADA IsAAcs MENKrS is doing the "Juve-
nile" business In Paris
Russia q preparing her knife and fork
with view to dsvouring Turkey.
The River and Canal Improvement Con-
vsntion organised At Rock Island Friday.
W. WALL, Of Memphis, was killed FRI
day, near franklin, BY the upssttins Of buggy.
The happiest man at Washington Heights
New York, Is James Gordon Bennett, Esq.
IT is understood that Gen. sistead sue
eseds Gen. Napier in the western district, Canada,
Of which Toronto b the hsadquartsrs
The food has been great at Sacramento.
The Commissioners report the lsvss free from dam
age, however.
The New York Central trains are running
The Erie road appears to be all right Lake Erie
Is not yet frozen over at Bsaalo.
The Baltimore Board Of Police Commis-
sionsrs have Withdrawn their suit sgsinst The old
Board Of Commissioner for fAiss isprisonnsst.
THE New York Euening Gazette says that
IN organisation is sbout to be SGT on foot in that
city BY the rssidsnt spaniards. to rsvoIutioniss
Cuba. Where are the Sons Of Malta.
TIE Henrietta sailed To Europe with only
ono tack We are reliably informed that sseh Of
the other yachts was provided with whole paper
| Of taeks.
JOHN SrYER was arrested for having in his
possession . large quantity Of goods stolen from
merchants st Louisville and New Albany. He was
sent 70 Jail st Louisville aga
The steamships Atlantic and Baltic were
sold on Saturday for $4,000. Isaac Taylor. -
trustee, being the parehsssr. Thsrs are Rsns 10
the extent Of half million Of dolian on the YES
sells. , r.
The Maryland State Legislature meets on
Wednesday NEXT There is considsrabls curiosity
to learn ths purport Of Governor svann's message
1t is thought that Oliver Miller, Of Anne Arundel
county will be elected Speaker Of the HOUSE.
TIE New York Leader understands that
Police Commissioner Acton has furnishsd materials
for an intensely sensational drama to hiieatsur
Of the town, who is fixing 1t up At the request Of
W. J. Florence, Esq.
The Washington skating park having been
frossn up very tight is now open TO ticket holders
A YANKEE has cleared his house Of rats by
catching one and dipping him in red paint. He
then lot him loose and the other rats not liking the
looks Of tho isn0bls rcd lsft the prsmissa
The old year is going as fast as the wings
of time carry him past:
"Ring cut the old, ring in the new;
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;
The year Is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, rlnR In the trus'
The steamers st. Laurent, for Havre; the
City Of Boston and Hslvstin, for Liverpool; the
Deutchlsnd for Bremen; the Columbia, for Glas.
gov, and William Penn, for London, sailed from
New York Saturday. Tstal specie on freight,
$6s6, 900.
The Congressional committee on frauds
on the revenue was In session in Phlsdslphis Bat
urdsy at the Continental Hotel. Six Witnesses
were examined, and some astounding frauds and
eorruptions Of the internal revenue system were
unearthed.
A GALLANT WRITER has recently recorded
his opinion to the effect that the virtues Of the Ia
dies exceed tho magnitude Of their skirts and that
their faults are as small as their bonnets That
cnap ought TO be favorite with the women. II
any man had he had.
A RUSSIAN PAPER gives curious item Of
news from wilma. The Russian authorities have
recently seized, oonhsested and mutiiatsd bronze
statue Of the Goddess Flora, which stood in the
park of Polish gentleman near the city just
named. They were under the impression that II
was IN image Of some Roman Catholic saint.
PETROLEUM VKNoMous NAsBYs assaults
upon the corpse Of = political party, which Is At
present a dead n his own party, will, at NO very
distant period in the future, remind ono Of the
whacks bestowed upon the dead and stuffed coon
BY the clown In the circus also, Of the broker who
is trying to deal in confederate bonds The differ
sncs IL that Petroleum Is making money, At pres.
snt by bis labor, while the eurbstons broker whis.
ties for his pay.
The residence Of Professor Morse, the
electrician, at Poughkespds, New York, wa
broken into by burglars late on Sunday night, and
the whole building ransaeksd from top to bottom,
Mr.. Morse and family being absent. The locks on
nearly every door Of the house were broken, and
the rooms thoroughly overhaulsd. A box contain.
ing very valuable set Of telegraph instrunsnts,
belonging to Professor Morse, was also broken into
and the contents nearly all destroyed.
THE following brief particulars Of the re-
cent massacre on tho plains Is received: On the
2lst Instant detachment Of troops, consisting Of
eighty.four mon and three officers, started from
Fort Phil. Ksarney, taking the road to Montana
When Eve miles from the fort the troops were at
tacksd and surrounded by 5000 Indians, and after
desperate fight every one Of the detachment was
killed. The reported loss Of tho Indians greatly
exceeded the number Of troops engaged. suficisnt
rsinforcements have been sent from Fort Laramie
to protect tho military posts along the route.
CAPTAIN JOHN HOFF.
This officer. who served through the Peninsula
campaign as an artillery officer and who CON-
mandsd at the Soldiers Res" In Alexandria,
from the time Of its completion, left the city Fri.
day to join his regiment, Goth United States In
fantry, at Richmond. Capt HoFY (who ranked a.
Major in the volunteer ssrvice) did the country
good service in civil Office in California while It was
in its territorial condition and his able sdmnstrs-
tion Of affairs at the Soldiers Rest won for him an
snviabls reputation as an executive ofncsr in the
commssary department An immense amount of