The national Republican., 1866-08-09
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Gen. DIok TAYLOR is at the Metropolitan.
TIE Fenians are starting an organization
IN this city under the name Of the "Hysssrs."
A JovrAL doctor on being asked, ''How do
you treat the shoissa 2, replied, ''Trssl IL with
snnitigstsd eontsaps."8 ~ -.
Tnr members Of Congress raised their own
salaries bscssss they oesid not 'qivs crsditably"
in Washington on o., 900 year.
A PARIS paper publishes short yet sharp
article to show that the Anglo French alliance d a.
most valuslsss 10 France.
MRs. JoHS @. CALHOUN, the venerable
widow Of the great Southern statesman, died at
Psndlston, 8. O., on the 2sth July.
THk quantity Of milk transported to New
York city by the Bris railway for July just closed
Is The largest reported exceeding one million
gallons. The exact figures ars. i,ooS,ssl gallons.
A WOMAN in st. Louis poisoned her
daughter and then committed suicide. because her
husband did not got home one night = early ss
usual.
"Now, CHILDREN" said school inspector,
..who loves all msn'" A little girl, not four years
old and evidently not posted in the catechism, an
swsrsd quickly, "An womsn!' .g-f
The Bangor (Me.) Wing says the season
there thus far has been unusually favorable for
iambsrmsn An the drives are in, and all the logs
down that were expeotsd.
The editor Of the Decatur N, ~ Magnet
says be has In his possession the identical raior
with which Abraham Lincoln Arst shaved himself
Il is seventy year, old. and has been handled BY
over ten thossand people during the past year.
Tug Austrian squadron at the naval en-
easemsnt od Lisba was commanded BY Admiral
Tseethof The italian secount Of the baAtls states
that the Austrians rstrsated, 50 that the Admiral
appsars to have been glad TO get Of.
ISyoRxAr1oN has been received in Musca-
tine. Iowa that ex.Mayor Henry Funk, Of that
place, while travelling abroad, has bssn seissd BY
IN. Austrian authorities and placed In tho ranks Of
the army.
TIE old council tree Of the Senecas,"
nearly two centuries old, at Mount Morris. N. T.,
wss blown down . few days ago. II measured
twenty three feet in eircumfsrence. The solemn
councils Of the. Seneca chiefs were held beneath
this tree from time immsmoriai. '"
The Richmond Times says, with an appa
rent sense Of relief: "By mighty effort the ATTAIN
tic cable has at last been able to shake on that ter.
rble Old Man of the Sea, Cyrus W. Field, long
soouph to communicate more important intelligence
than the oongratulatory messages Of mayors and
aldermen TO the aforesaid Cyrus"
A RALEIGH IN. C.) paper notes it as an en-
eouraeng fact that for the past three or four weeks
,h.re has been disposition on tho part Of the
members Of some Of the churches in that commu.
a k--ls- - ali
that they have commenced regular weekly prayer
meetings, which are held At. the residence OF some
member Of the church. ...
A French gentleman asked Hungarian
friend In Paris whether the time had mot come
when Hungary could svsngs herself In Austria.
"hk. MON cher, +" replied M. do s., I'VE have
had our revenge; We hsvs given Austria Bsusdsk!"
The General, IL seems, 10 Hungarian. and fought
against his countrymsn, n you know, in lsAs
A METHOD for rendering nitro-glycerine
nor. explosive. without permanently destroying Its
properties has just been discovered 1t is not un-
H.. Mr.. Gals's msthod Of mixing guupowdsr with
uovd,r.d glass, and consists simply in mixing the
ui,ro.slycsrine with mstbylio alcohol, or wood
nsphths. So long as the two substances remain
| together the compound is perfectly innocuous and
non explosive. Whom the nitro glycsrins % ss-
quirsd for use. II ia separated By washing the mix
turs in water, BY which the nsphths Is set free.
AwKI.KxowN clothing merchant in Lou
isville, KY, recently married woman in Cincin-
natl and took her to his home In Louisville. A fev
days after she asksd him for the keys to his trunk
,.yfne she wished to take his clothes out and hang
than in the wardrobe. He had 81, 900 In notes In
the trunk but having full confidence In his wife he
esve her the keys and went to his place Of busi'
mass. When he returned the wife and the money
were missng, and neither has since been found
The GALAXY for August 18th is promptly
ont. Mr.. Henry 7. Tuckerman continues his
,t.tehes of American artists, giving . very eulo-
si,tic account Of the career Of Bisrtadt The evsr-
s.,ils George Alfred Townsend contributes rbyth-
mio.l sketch Of "Ths Circuit Preacher" The
most valuable article Is ono entitled Possibilities
of Eoopomy." written by Mrs. Maria Rowland.
It IL description Of the successful experiment Of
French iron founder who made the most extern
svs provision for the comfort Of his iaborsrs and
their families. Mr. Edmund Clarence stsdman
contributes . beautiful poem, Laura, Ny Dar-
ling" The "Nebule'' Tor editorial Department.
censures the Round Table for its imputation Of
drunkenness as . common vice among American
| women.
IT Is reported that couple Of gentlemen,
Italians by BIRTH residing in this city, called upon
the junIsr editor Of the Herald, few days since,
at his ONCE, and demanded either retraction Of
the recent bels upon Italian character which have
appeared In tho editorial columns Of that sheet, OF
such satisfaction ~ may BE- had under the rules Of
the code Of honor. The editor isstated to have re-
fused 10 make the amsnde honorable, and declined
the alternative left him the ground that he had
not time to Asht everybody who happened to have
cause for quarrel through statements made In his
paper. At this his unwsleoms visitors expressed
some ssrdinian surprise Indeed, the reply to theiI
ultimatum seemed SO prsposerous that they at first
could hardly believe their senses; but at length
they were forced to do so, being rudsy ordered tc
retire and look elsewhere for satisfaction In the
shape desired. Whsrsupon the delegation with
drew significantly rsmarking that tho editor would
"hsar from them again."-N. T. World, eh
J. BANGS, we are sorry to say, has deceased
and Western obituary thus pays tribute to hii
memory: 'Jem was generally considered a good
.feller He went forth without struggle, and sict
| 4. I;6. To.dav va are az pepper -Rrass-mighty