The national Republican., 1866-10-20
Pen. Peneil, and Scissors.

about go, 900. with an i.suraass Of sso,eso.
LOUIS NAroLEoN is putting everything in
order and quietly preparing for dsssA.
PATTI, while performing Gamma" In
Paris, was almost smothsrsd with flowers.
WHEN Adam fell did Eve have . water
hnf ....r...
MAxInlIAs calls on the Almighty to pro-
tsct him.-Boaon Post.
Ths pssysrs Of the wicked, &s.
AM young lady may acquire voice like
that Of Madame Parsps II she will live dI months
upon omslsttss made Of nishtingals's eggs.
A LONDON paper singles out Louis Napo-
leon, Andrew johnson and Governor Eyre - ths
srssssst historic sharsotsrs Of the ass. ..
II DID not call you hybrid, siri Ideny
u, sir! Your informant 10 mistaken, ir! I said
you Wa high bred, sir!''
A LONDON shorthand writer has invented
. machine By which erusts Of bread can BE- turned
Into -four.
ENGLAND pays annually for intoxicating
liquors enough money to pay the national debt Of
| the United etates.-Boaos Post.
The people, not the Government, Of England.
SPECIAL dispatches from Toronto say that
the Fsnian prisoners will probably b brought up
for trial next Monday Most Of the prisoners are
spparsntly without friends, money or counsel.
The Masonic Grand Lodge Of Kentucky
has Adjourned atsr granting thirty new ohsrtsn.
Three hundred and thirty.thrss lodges were repre-.
ssntsd.
CoNxoDoRR VAxDERBLr has purchased st.
Johns Park, New York. for $1,000, ooo. whsrson
hs will erect depot for the Hudson River rail.
road.
GRS. MEAL Dow was present at the meet
ing Of the Social Science Congress In Manchsstsr,
England, and attempted to make temperance
speech, but was booted down.
Mr.. SUMNER said he wanted homesteads
for the negroes. They have them. The benefits Of
the Southern homsstssd laws are extended 10 all
citissns without distinstion Of color.
ANOTHER Illinois parson has lately eloped
with widow, leaving his wife a.d children DESC
late. During the war he was very '1oys"-to .
nsighbor's wifo.
A WICKED but pretty little chambermaid
stole lsdy's jewels st the b. james Hotsi in New
York, valued at $1,000. She cried dreadfully
when detective discovered them in hsr palpltat.
ing corset.
In life Of fifty years man makes up
wards Of 5oo 0oo 900 rsspirations drawing through
his lungs nearly ITO tons weight Of air, and dis.
charging nearly 20 tons weight Of carsonio acid.
Alas what blowers we are.
The new Germanic Confed Grafton, over
which Prussia enjoys military and political su.
prsmscy, can raise an effective military force oi
1,11e.oOo men. OF these $50, 900 belong to the
regular armies, and 400, 900 to the "Landwshr, u
or reserves.
The Chicago Journal Of Wednesday even.
ing says: Let IL b undsrstood - Jaet, for which
We vouch, that the eholsra does not now exist In
this city spidswie, snd what there still IL Of
II is confined to out of.ths.wsy localities whsrs
nlthinss prevails sui to class Of people who live
In nth or are reckless In their habits.
The Hon. P.everdy johnson, in reply to o
communicative from citissns In Wilcox county
Ala, givea It as his opinion that the tax Of thrss
cents pound on cotton Is unconstitutional, and
will bs SO pronounced by tho courts. In oonse
quenos Of this view tho planters Of WILCOX count,
: arc taking measures to test the oonsttutionalty
the law in the Supreme Court Of tho United 6tatsi
Ar conference between o committee Q
l tho Rhode Island. Legislature and the Narragan
+ sstt tribe Of Indians, few days ago, at Charlie,
v town, R. l., the red mon declined to become cit
!, seus Of the State under tho civil rights bill The
J, do not wish to vote. This once famous tribe hs
dwindled to hundred and thirty three person.
and there s good deal Of negro blood among then
s They now exist As an independent community, ur
der the guardiAnship Of the stste sleotins thsi
own officers, and making thsir own laws. The
own about three thousand acres Of land.
d CARDINAL BARNABo, in his letters to th
Catholic Council In session at Baltimore urg,
that they should consult together respecting som
uniform method Of providing for the salvation an
; Christian education Of the ensnoipstsd blacks.
Tho amslioration Of the condition Of tho thrss mi
!, lions Of smsncpated slaves, too many Of whom II
feared are now suffering from both physical an
moral wants, Is one Of the great problems Of Il
u sse.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Era says: "Therc
too much idloAsss In this country. It is brss dir
# vice and imnorulity. It is filling our jails vii
J. criminals. Crime has bem ON the gradual inensa
IS for six months. This comes Of idlsnsss, and idl
!, ness comes in great measure Of that abom lnsb
J. idoa that white man cannot DO gentleman al
T. work. He must get money, for that is indispsns
bio. But how? That'sit. Young men have n
|
II cure basis for business operations. This leads
h. temptations, and temptation to crime. Hence '
h have MURDERS hose-thisvss and breaches Of trust
n ONE phase Of public sentiment is thus c.
pressed in the language Of Mr.. Bssoher: ITO ks
half Q score Of States under Federal auth GRITTY b
r. without natienaf ties and responsibilities 80 ob
the central authority to govern half tie terrific
D. Of the Union BY Federal civil ofnesrs and by Il
10 army Is policy not only uuoongenial to our ds
and principles, and pre-eminsntly dangerous
the spirit Of our Government. However hsma
AL the ends sought, but the motives. b 10, In fact.
10 course Of instruction, preparing our Government
in bs despotic, and fsuiliarising tho people TO
p stretch Of authority which can never be otherWi
r. than dangerous to liberty" Such words oann
be unwrittsn; nor can such convictions be rsoante
,v BILLIARDS IN BlASSACHUSETTs
SIS On Wednesday evening last the fifth mat
be for the billiard championship Of Massach
'c- sets and the accompanying stake Of $25
rs rs was played at Bumstead Hall, Boston. TT