The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-10-01

TIVE death OF Hermann Goldschmidt, q
German astronomer of celebrity, is announced.
The General who loses q battle can't re-
cover II by advertising. -Lou,svthe Journal.
TIE number Of savings banks in France is
falling of.
THERE is town in Maine which does not
contain bridge, n lawyer, doctor, or a minister,
and It's name is Wales.
A MAINE EDITOR says he cannot imagine
when editors have leisure time, UNLESS 1t is after
the feryman carries us over styx, and then we have
no doubt the old fellow would besiege US for puff
on his boat"
LORD DuNDREARY has expressed himself
favorable to marriage with deceased wife's sister
on this ground "It is economical, because when
a fellow marries his deceased wifes sister he has
only one mother.in.law."
The Washington correspondent Of Bos-
ton newspaper writes thusly: Tho miserable hotels
of which Washington can boast arc brushing up a
little for the coming season. The usual coats Of
paint and putty mako them look, for a time, rather
inviting"
AMONG the distinguished visitors in town
Is Sir Henry Holland, the we'll known physician of
Queen Victoria. He is the guest of Sir Frederick
Bruce the British Minister and is over so years of
age. He attended King George the Fourth during
his last illness.
UPoN retiring from office, Col. John s.
Reyes, United States Marshal for the Boston dis
trict, was presented with an elegant mantel clock
BY his deputies, as a testimonial Of their respect
and esteem. This was intended, without doubt, as
q reminder that his days were numbered.
DIR. HENRY BRYANT, of Boston, has pur-
chased and presented to the Society Of Natural His
tory of that city the La Fresnaye Collection of
Birds, one or the largest and most valuable in Eu.
rope, numbering $3.50 specimens, all stuffed and
mounted In the best manner.
THE Springfield (Mass.) Union says that
"sensualism, In all its beasty and disgusting
forms Of licentiousness and prohigacy, is rapid
increase in all our New England cities and towns
and nobody blink It out Of sight without doing
violence to his knowledge and sincerity"
A BosToN TOURIST has found in Rome u
genial gentleman of sixty, named Signore Columbia
the only living descendant of Christopher Colum.
bus He possesses many interesting relics formerly
belonging to Columbus, among which are two fine
oil paintings Of him. He has written life of Co.
luG1bus.
Mr.. LAPPINs, of Visches Ferry, Saratoga
COZ ty, died Monday morning, from the effects of
verbose Of opium. He had been in the habit
o. using the article for years. and is supposed to
have accidentally taken q larger dose than usual
The coroner's jury rendered q verdict as stated
above.
Mr.. HALL Maxwell, one of the most emf
nent farmers in Scotland, died lately. To him is
due the aourishing condition of the Highland So.
ciety which is to Scotland what tho Royal Agri.
cultural is to England. lie helped to collect the
agricultural statistics Of Scotland ten years ago,
and did the work for about f2,5OO less than the
GO, 900 voted by Parliament For this service he
was made Companion of the Bath.
Or. WELLS in West Virginia are great
success 1t appears that the jugular vein has been
found. This business has become a fixed fact;,
less experimenting; all 60 for the break where the
oil indications exist. Many good wells have been
struck at White Oak, Oil Rock, and Burning
Springs Among the most successful are Professor
Andrews 4 Evans, Generals Kcarnes, Smith, Nc.
Cook, Warren, and Misses Van Camp Wright aud
many others The great difficulty is how to dis.
pose Of and get it to market West Virginia /.
the groat oil reservoir.
The dramatic critic of an indianapolis
journal received a terrible thrashng Monday night
in the green-room Of tho metropolitan Theatre in
that city, at the Lands of the juvenile of the
concern. The actor has an interesting and beauti
full daughter, and it is alleged that the critic in
suited her. The little girl told her mother; tn,
mother informed the father, who went into" tn,
critic on sight, and polished him of in the hand
soonest style Of the prize ring. The critic wa
afterwards ignominiously kicked out by the man
ager. 1t Is another illustration of the excellsn
adags that he who Is critical should endeavor to b.
correct. The critic lies in critical condition.
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