The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-08-31

the YLEsH-POT MOVEMENT.
Yesterday many Of the clerks and nescn-
gers Of the Treasury Dspartment>red we'd
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attend . meeting TO be held on Saturday,
September LIST, TO take part and action in
thc election Of -delexates 10 be .sent- To tha
National Union League Convention to be
heif& H1kdelphia on September It'll. The
meeting will be held at the Union Leagne
Rooms Hall, on Ninth street.
Notice,-You are earnestly requested TO
be punctusi m attending this meeting, sswe-
wish 10 know ,ous friends Gom orr eAenieS
nd order AZ M eoppitafe: 4 .amndT iEl
i'taH aid noq" sai'sins fs Sasnas,3,%g
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d. ~, word 10 the wise ia saaioientTaK bun
SEA,TtI oSIf. COL, 5xIEs HssLiIssHl
m we rsgrst 10 snnouses he death of Lieut.. Col.
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shAaahs sssriSss bslsis N Jssass' MINE h bad "a
iayssssss csnassd, sath6usk wearing ~ uSifors,
q asssssaut "a on Ills and other occasions he
aistiasi EiassU BY NJ bravery and his stsr1
lsuSn ssiHsafy quaiitiss COL ksKtSosr wss :
trotAsr Of Joss HMcEL spxs, Il. snainsnt phone
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u iEDGssaR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES HOF1cns o.
81 kntdassisssishsA rsisssAiist ord AeIssvAPsist
,s.vss sAss ssy ssa ftssi.s scenes to-day fd& ne
Wa etFot ss,sFsi ysst. past he has resided hsrs
aAd ~ Ms geuiaIty ind excellent scsiai qunlitiss
hss suAds p,apy frisnds, who WIN regret his de-
psrtdfs, snd who hope u wetcoms bis tstprrAt 40
distsht a.y.I We rstsr TO ~. WV. MAryRHfr
ii DE- World OF kksPsAhE, he " 4 fellow ofin-
hpii.i.,t and vk.rsysr, ". y. nay " cad. ,ys
bsspsat for Mac, . hs,riyvsloon' AID enduring
firisrnud,Dip',i .. LII ,. .l.nI .stor HiEiTgr
p1Jw 10 Garabal<A's UnifSynA. '5iIiI
81 "A correspondent writes from Garibaldrs
headquarters: wv , T, i - t1'i b,,g,,,r
+ + "A friend has described to me how mourn.
fully nncolnior table the hero looked in Q
double breasted tunic, stiff with lace, Q pom
derous pair OF epaulettes, and a tremendous
forerand-aft cooked hat, surmounted by q
lowering plume. He never wore the uniform
again, and on his return to Caprera gave the
whole rig-out to the peasant who tended bis
cattle. This worthy Tor awhile created great
merriment among the, islanders by driving
| bullocks and tending goats in an embroidered
tunic and cooked hat; but after tune
an enthusiastic English lady visitor at Ca
prera, shocked at the sacrlege, bought the
castof uniform from tho neatherd for forty
lire; and the tunic aud cooked hat are doubt
less religiously preserved, and will be exhib-
tied to the next generation as the costume
habitually worn by the famous Gen. Carl
baldi. Mention OF the brief sojourn Of the
suit on the back of the bullock-driver will
probably be omitted; which is the best way.
1t is expedient and convenient to slnr over
the meaner particulars Of life, A gentesl
mule always speaks of his mamma the mare,
but observes discreet silence US to his
father the jackass." r.. .--... % $500 ...-
The same writer says: ,. .... .0
| "Altbough the remark may be filter per.
haps, for the columns Of N otes and Queries
than for those Of daily newspaper, l may be
permitted to point out the very simple origin
Of garment which has now become histOr
cal--the red shirt. 1t is simply the habitual
upper yestment Of the American merchant
sailor. Any Lverpudlian will tell you that
fifteen years ago u sure distinction might be
drawn between the British tars AMI the Yam
kee salts in the port of Liverpool from the
first wearing blue and the last scarlet flannel