The national Republican., 1866-08-13

. ans.lookins young lady aboutSo years Of age.
She was born In Switzerland. Like the valet. she
Is au fat in the diseharss Of her duties"
VERY recently there have been rediscov-
cred In Brasil the rich silver minss worked BY the
South California, whsre the Indians were compelled
and bribsd to silence by the Jesuits who worked
the mines.
THE CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE river
bridges on the dGsmphis and Louisville railroad
line, destroyed during the war, have been rebuilt
Double daily trains will commence running between
Louisville and Memphis noxt Monday. The run
ming time will be eighteen hours. s... .
The Philadelphia Public Ledger Of Satur-
day morning says; "A healthy condition Of that city,
so far as the cholera is concerned Is still chrouclsd
by the daily reports Of the Board Of Health. Yes.
terday there were but three cases and one death.
the streets, equally with the greater care people
hove takon to ward of the pestsnce, this absence
Of cholera Is owing"
IT is pity for their own sakes that pro-
prietors Of watering places" do not heed the fact
that people are considering the value Of money
more than they once did, and, moreover, that the
matter of self respect Is becoming involved in
people submitting to Wholesale, indiscriminate
charges for tho Indifferent entertainment and scr
vice which Is oftensr than otherwise given in re.
turn.
IT IS stated positively that Gen. Dix de-
clines the appointment Of Minister to Hague, partly
for the reasons heretofore communicated to the
Herald, but more particularly with view Of sue
ceeding Fenton As Governor OF New York, posi-
ktxk L. L.. Nanl. A..s r;pu
him to secure. The mission to the Hague, thus
twice declined BY prominent military officers, will,
Il is stated be rendered to Capt. T. O. Adams, the
AUTHORITY. Y. Herald Cor.
There Is no doubt that Mr. Adams, who has spent
several years in Europe, Is we'll qualified for this
mission. H ...E
A BRIDoEPoRr, CT, Photographic artist
named Lovsjoy is under heavy bonds for selling
photographs of . young lady named Wells, taken
in nude state, the negative Of which he surrop-
titiously obtained from the gallery Of another ar
tist, who was = rival of his in her affections Miss
Wells was so much distressed by the distribution Of
the photographs that she attempted suicide but the
matter on her part was finally settled by marriage
with one of the fellows, while the other awaits
trial.
Mr.. McCULLooH, Secretary Of the United
States Treasury, arrived In Portsmouth on We'd.
nesdsy, accompanied by his wife, and proceeded to
the Homestead in Kennsbek to visit bis brother and
the friends and associates Of his carly days. Com
mittes from Biddsford invited him to be present at
the meeting Thursday evening, but he was unable
to be present on account Of an engagement to re-
ceiye the friends Of his native town. He sent his
regrets and expressed the pleasure II would have
Afforded him to bs present. had his limited time per-
mitted It, The Secretary lsh for Washington by
water Friday morning.
The St. Lawrence cable has been under
run to the depth Of ssventy-hvs fathoms That por-
ton Of II lying in water over sixty fathoms deep
was found imbsddsd in mud, and was in IN excel
lent state Of preservation. It was found to have
been broken in two places BY tho anchors Of FISH,
ing vessels 1t was spliced At Instance Of thirteen
miles from the shore, but, night coming very dark
with . high gale, accompanied BY a rain and
heavy sea- they obliged to Gu. the cable under
Cape North, whore 1t was safely buoyed in thirty
fathoms Of water The shore end will bo landed
the 6rst hns day
| A CURIOUS case Of love and persecution
has come to light in New York man named
Romero fell In love with his sons intended wife,
| and In ordsr to marry her sent Romero jr., to
Cuba Tho latter was soon after reported to be
dead, and the wedding took place. Subsequent to
this tho young man returned home, whom his father
had him arrested and put into the lunstic asylum.
The wife has discovered tho facts in the case, and
secured the release Of her first and perhaps only
love; and an interesting and spicy lawsuit is said
to be probable growing out Of this exceedingly 70.
mantle affair. .....
Mr.. BALDWIN, M. @. from Massachusetts,
socuses the President Of scandalous personal and
public trsachsry because he removed an old party
!. :--l from the post office in Worcester and ap.
-. .-n.nt soldisr in his place. In doing
III. ,h. p,..,d.n, univ AL. IN conformity with
"' WV alag
the appointment Of soldiers to fii public Offices.
But Baldwin intended to gain the favor of soldiers
| BY giving advice which he calls it scandalous
trsaehsry 70 follow Sweet fellow, that Baldwin.
He voted afty dollars year, each, to soldiers, OK.
ira pay, and to himself t,co thousand. How he
loves the soldiers and BALDwIs, too !-Boaon
| Post.
The Republican papers recently published
q letter from Gen. WIN. CoggswslI, declining the
Salem postmastership, and returning tho commits.
sion, bond, TO-, to the President, with some con-
siderable parade Of self sacrifice and independence
on the ground that his acceptance would identify
him with party with which he Is not in sympa-
thy, and put him In "a false position" &c. It
seems his patriotism has IAN ancient and ash like
smell, as he declined the postmastership for the
substantial reason that Governor Bullock has
promised him the oacs Of Inspector of Fish, which,
pscuniariy, Is far better than anything Salem
could ofsr.-Boston Post.
The scene in the Canadian Parliament on
Wednesday was the most disreputable affair that
has ever characterized lsgislstive body, even in
the most revolutionary times. Mr.. Chambers who
Is one of the leading advocates ofsnnsxaton to the
United States, endsavorsd to obtain an investiga-
tion into the campaign Of the Fsnans at Fort Erie,
and took the opportunity while upon that subject
to touch upon the question Of annexation, dsclar-
ing that the destiny Of the American British Prov
ince was decided, and that that destiny involved
annexation. He was booted down and his speech
silsnesd by songs and choruses and dis person
finally as,ailsd by harmless assault of paper bu.
l~s. So much indeeorum was never witnessed in
public body
THE decision Of the General Term OF the
| New York Court Of Common Pleas. in the case Of