The national Republican., 1866-07-26
Pen, Pencil, and Scissors.

In Boston rum punch is called estate aid"
An insurrection is said to have broken out
among the negroes at Hilton Head, s. C.
RAREY, the great horse-tamer, has had q
stroke Of paralysis.
The thermometer at Galveston marked
100 in the shade on Monday last.
THE New York Independent has an inter-
estins article entitled "a New Map Of Europe"
ONE HUNDRED AND TwESrY-NME deaths were
reported in Boston last week. This is an increase
of fifty per cent.
The Bavarians were made to stake water"
by the Prussians at Kissingen. The Kissingen
water is not bad to take. however.
FoRry-rwo Of the boarders at the Pile
House, in indianapolis, were made sick last week
by something eaten at the table.
In THE late sculling match between Kelley
and HamiI the former rowsd the Eve miles In tour
minutes and hfty-four seconds, faster time than
Hamill's best time in America.
Mr.. WM. B. AsTOR is growing poor His
income is about $780, 900 less than 1t was last year
He only returns about million dollars income this
year. Poor man
THE Boston Post states that case of en-
berrlemsnt by young man respectfully connected
in Boston, and doing business in Southern city.
has recently been discovered.
An old gentleman, "a years old, who, three
weeks ago, was worth $40 900, now obtains his daily
rations In tin pail from tho relief committee in
Portland.
The naughty woman who "outstyled'
everybody else in dress and squipsgs at Saratoga,
has been driven from that virtuous city, very much
to the relief Of society there.
Mrs. CHARLES HOWARD gave an "ice-cream
matinee at her theatre in New Orleans recently,
when each visitor was presented with an Ice. Mrs
Howard Is a nice woman
The wife and daughter Of New Yorker
while stopping at Union Hall. Saratoga, lately
were robbed of 81, 900 worth Of diamonds and jew
elry.
An abundant deposit Of native borax has
been discovered at Clear Lake, California, and Il
is Of remarkable purity. As taken crude from the
earth 1t is said to be superior to the best refined
English borax.
A TRAVELLER in Montana relates that in
Of the streams at the sources Of large river,
the speckled trout are so ravenous that they will
bite at anything He says they even followed hin,
into the woods and bit at the spurs on his boots
as he rode away. Fishy story, that.
JACK HAMILTON, in his recent speech at
Washington, said 1t was the bounden duty of a
public servant to stick to his post. Then why
doesn't he 20 back to TsIasi Again Jack says
There Is something in this world that must be
respsetsd"-but that something is nothing to you,
Jack.-BostoR Posf.
THE Scotia left New York at $50 p. IN on
the 9th June, arriving at Queenstovn at 10 p m
on the 9Th July. On the second day she ran 35(
miles, third 345i fourth 1885, nth, S44 sixth, 346
seventh, 34si eighth, $780, thus accomplishing the
passage In eight days, seven hours, and ten min
utss, against eight days. sixteen hours, and forty
minutes--the run Of tho City Of Paris
In window of Hudson Taylor's book
store is very striking portrait Of Cen Suffer- the
weI.known pioneer Of the gold discoveries in Cali
fornia, and whose property was ruined by the early
miners Itis q remarkably lifslike picture and, In
spite the too violent coloring Of the background
stamps the painter, Mr.. Frank Buohssr, rs an
artist Of high talent.
A FEARFUL tragedy took place on board
the bark Psshtiso, at Chicago, ILL.,, on Thursday
evening, The mate and sailor quarrellsd, and
went to work to rip each other up with knives.
The mate, after receiving a large number Of
wounds fell dead At the feet Of his antagonist, who
also received seventeen wounds in the back one In
the nsek, and 1--WE In the face and is not expected
10 rssovsr Rum did II again, The soronsrs Jury
aequittsd tho survivor,