The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-04-09
Pen, Pencil and Scissors.

TIE Emperor of France is in love again.
STREET cleaning has commenced in New
York. The police are cleaning out the boggars.
OK the 2Sth instant the Emperor of Russia
will celebrate his silver wedding.
A MAN, learning that q raven would live
two hundred years, bought one to try!
A FOOLISH fellow, having house to sell,
took brick from tho wall 20 exhibit as n sample.
The Cincinnati Union calls Anna Dickin.
son an euthused Amazon.
A CURIOUS inquirer DESTROYS to know how
he looked when asleep, sat with closed eye, before
| q mirror.
One of twin brothers died. A fellow,
meeting the survivor asked which is it that dead
you or your brother'
A WISCONSIN EDITOR says Winter has
been lingering shamefully in the lap of spring.
out that way.
A Prussian feet of seventeen ships of war,
carrying two hundred and forty guns, will DO con-
centrated in the Baltic this spring.
JAMES d. TAYLOR, formerly editor of the
Cincinnati Times died in Rlchlnnd county, Iii.
nois, on the 3lst ultmo.
The property in the Parish Of PlalSue-
mines, La, belonging to the late Lucicn Bona
M, to- recently sold for thi rty thousand dollars
THb New York balls Ia st winter cost as
much as tie expense of the 6 eneral Government
under Pres lent Washington.
TIE Houston Telegraph silys that in few
years the sheep interest in Texas will not be sec
ond even to cotton.
THERE are upwards of fifty Thousand grape
vines in the immediate vicinity of the Big Resor.
voir at Salt Spring Valley calavcras county Cali
fornia.
Two gentlemen in Birmingham, England,
buye eSch subscribed one thousand pounds for the
erection of new hom@op athic hospital in that
city.
In Chowan county, North Carolina, gen.
tleman cultivates n hundred acres of vim eyards,
which embrace large variety of the grape. His
success has been remarkable.
A SPECIAL says in the House OF the Pro-
vinciaI Parliament Of New Brunswick, Friday, a
resolution was adopted, by vote Of Is to s. urging
confederation according to the Quebec scheme.
THE apologists for Governor Eyre and his
take the back track, and admit that they were
guilty of an uuproyoked and terrible slaughter.
The French Company has formally sig.
naed it's acceptance of the charter of the Virginia
Canal Company, as amended by the Legislatures Of
Virginia and West Virginia
The Office of The Montauk Fire Insurance
Company Brooklyn, directly opposite the police
headquarters, New York city, was entered by
burglars Wednesday uight, and the safe broken
open and robbed of $l2, 600.
WITHIN few weeks ten coroner's inquests
bave been held on persons who have died in Lon
don of hydrophobia, and in NEST cases evidence
was given showing the disease to have arisen from
the bites of dogs in the streets
A RITUALIsTIC clergyman in Exeter, Eng
land lately asserted from the pulpit that the rim
derpest was sent to remind US of fasting in Lent,
and that the people of England will DO compelled
from famine to fast in Lent 1867.
Ar the recent missionary anniversary OF
the British Wesleyan Chapel in Paris, Mr.. Adams,
the secretary, announced that the annual income
of the Wesleyan Missionary Society has now reached
tho sum of fl5O,OOO.
ONE Of the most exquisite pictures We have
seen in n long time is tinted photograph Of Mrs.
Emily Jordon, the actress, cabinet size now ex.
hibiton at GaIt's jewelry store 1t is from Brady
Photographic gallery
Prussia and Austria continue their war
like preparations and demonstrations, and even
those who fancied that these things meant nothing
are beginning to perceive that both parties are
really in earnest
The Presidents circular in reference to
appointments and promotions in the Executive De.
partments, published in our columns to-day, will
not afford much consolation to peace Democrats
and rebels. We shall expect to see another wall"
from Petroleum V. Nasty.
PoRT Az PRINCE was visited by destruc-
tiy, dro on the 18th ultimo. The city was built
principally of wooden buildings, one thousand Of
which were destroyed, and seven thousand persons
rendered housoes8. The fire from meagre accounts
appears to have been confined to the residences.
The Chinese, when brought into court as
| witnesses in California, are sworn in the manner
peculiar to their own country, An oath, written
| in Chinese characters, upon tissue paper, Is sub
scrbed with their names and burned to ashes. The
purport OF the oath s thai if the witness does not
tell the truth no hopes that his soul may bo burned