The national Republican., 1866-12-17


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,ssow hfteen feet deep in Missouri. n
Tsrr ars having considerable weather in
RieAnoad sbost asss tlvs. AZ n
Tsl Chamber Of Oonmerce Of Milusnkie
voted IN favor Of the Central sFsin systsn. v =
The garotting season hes set in briskly at
81. Louis. ----- 49,. ..-.-.--.-
Iowa now has forty.fve National Banks,
with an aggregate capital Of nearly s7,ooo, ,ooo
The yachtsmen who sailed for Europe last
Tuesday are al well Of. '-1. .s.f
The steamships America, City Of Paris,
and Europe took out q, or 900 In specie on Sat.
urday. s..8Es3i stta .'a5 E1fErT
TIE Robinson mandatory and wooden
mills as Oxford, Maiss, were burned last Friday
night.
.FRAHcrsco VnLA, charged with being con-
osnsd IN he murder Of Senior 0tsro In Brooklyn In
November lest. will b tried on Monday nsxt
ArAsr young woman, belonging to . re-
spectacle family in Norwich, stole 800 in gold from
her mother and lavishsd II on her companions
She has been arrested and bound over for trial.
CoLoRADo papers Of the 7th report band
Of chsysnns Indians prowiins around Living
Spring. forty miles from Denver, with sppsrsntly
hostile intsntions H.
A prsAProNrxD office seeker, who has been
in town few days, says to live year in Washing.
ton 10 gain The privilege Of voting Is paying too
dear for the whistle .... ....-
ALBRnr H. INnAN, son Of Francis Inman,
of the arm Of Pratt q Inman, Of Worcester, was
skating in company with young lady q woou.
socket R. l., Thursday, whsn the Ice broke and
both were drowned
Work is carved out for Congress outside
Of that body and sent to the members to b done
up Just - coats and brsschss are cut BY MASTER
tailon and turned over to sewing g.womsu TO Be-
mads.-Prssties.
GRx. JosrrH WHEELER, the rebel cavalry
ofaesr. has been elected Professor Of Natural
Sciences In the Lousiana State Seminary, in which
Rsphssl ssmmss occupies the chair Of Moral Phi.
losophy. r.. ..-. no..
FRoN January l to December Il, 1866, there
have arrived at New York from foreign ports
2sS. Ill immigrants grsatsr number than arrived
during any previous year sinss 1884, whsn s1S.22a
landed at New York. r. ...
OxE Of the contestants Of the ocean yacht
race was spoken at 1 o'clock on Wednesday after.
noon BY the Cunsrd steamer Cuba, 800 miles east
Of Sandy Hook The color Of the yacht oould not
be distinguishsd but she vas making good weather,
with al sail sst.
The funeral Of Mr.. Charles P. Bosson, who
died suddenly In New York last week, took place
In Boston on Thursday afternoon. Rev. Drs. Meals
and Hague odieiated and the attendance was
large, including many members Of the press, BY
whom the deceased was held in much esteem.
A CHINESE WIDOW, tanning the tomb Of her
husband, and bsine asked the eauss Of 90 singular
. mode Of showing her grisf accounted for II BY
saying that be had made her promise not to marry
again while ths mortar Of his tomb remained damp,
and - II drisd very slswly she saw no harm in
aiding the operation. ar'..
Ir Is rumored, and apparently on good
authority, that Hon. Ben Wood, State Senator. IN
. trial Of skin with Congressman elect Hon. John
Monisssy, at the scientific game Of faro, Wednss-
day night last. realised the handsome winnings Of
$40, 900. The contest took place at the head.
quarters of Congressman Morrissey, on Twenty
fourth street.
The report Of the Surgeon General shows
that faithful army surgeon Is oftentimss exposed
In batts to all the dangers which belong to the
called 'combatsnt officers" In all 336 surgeons
died during tho war. OF these, 20 were killed in
battls 10 died from wounds IL were accidentally
killed. died in rebel prisons; Of yellow fever;
Of eholsra, and 271 died Of other diseases OF &C.
tual casualties in battle there "a, Of whom 80
died.
By the latest intelligence from the seat Of
war on ths Plsta river we learn that the French
envoy sent out to mediate between the combat
ants has bad interviews with the commanders On
both sides, but with, as yet, no apparsnt result
The military situation remains a. Il was last 70.
ported, quarrss in the allied camp preventing any
thing bsing done. The Parsguayans, by lombard
ing the sntrsnehsd lines Of their enemies on 0cto-
Der IA, brought on . severe engagement, which
lasted Eve hours, but they do not appear to have
gained any advantage.
WIrH States levelled to Territories, and
their Governments psrcslled out among party ~
tainsrs, the land abandoned OF industry the sooiaI
state . melancholy wreck, and universal gloon
elouding the prospect what will the south bs worth
to ths Union7 How 10 1t to bs expected to do its
part In raising the needed revenues, In supplying
commerce with its resources, in answering the de-
mands Of manufaotursrs, and in giving new i'm
pulse to tho aspirations Of labor and enterprise
Our people srs guilty Of . fatal mistake II they
forget that this il an Unioni not government Of
one section BY smother sectioni not feuda sstab.
iishmsnt, with outlying dependenciss least Of all
practical tyranny y.-Boton Post.
PERSONAL.
GEN. BUTLER is announced TO speak in
Providence next Friday night.
MR. On oRGE p. PUTNAM is about to resume,
In psrtnsn hip with his son, his old avpoation Of