The national Republican., 1866-08-06
Pe., Pe,eil, ana scissors.

Pes, Pencil, and Scissors.
THRowrHo cold water on the Atlantic Ca
bls Is snnissahably work Of sup,r.irisa.ion.
WHEN Monsieur Blot left Boston the
sonhs Of that city had . regular blowout
GrNERALa AxDrasox, Cullum, Psfke, and
Weir are st us Fillmore Hosss, Newport.
TuE Hops" at the watering places this
summer will bring more than one yosAs lady to
her bier. y
The Wall street salesman Of large Sugar
Refining Company decampsd II is alleged, on Wed.
nssday last for osiifosnla. He wss dsfsuNsr In
A PENNSYLVANIA radical lost On OK, stuck
By lightning in the storm that lately trav; ID the
eosf and hs has written 10 Thsd~ ~sAsIsni %
hss( b President impsashed. nfs al
4 DurcHxAs's definition Of square party
politics: "Anypody which votes for somspody
what not gets elected init obinnyvins convention
ish not no Democrat, py COT" ... .. n g..
The brig Olive Francis, Of Mskhiasport,
from Boston, for alses bay, was run down on sun.
day night bya United States sunbost, Of Cape
Sable. Grow saved and landed at Msehias. > i.4
TgF wife Of John Q. BNckinridge, residing
at Niagara Fall. Canadian side. prseatsd him
with twins few days since. She Is rslapsing into
her second childhood. a.s -.
, TIE war has dispersed nearly oil the vocal
and instrumsntai solo artists in Germany. Plan.
lists and vioinists have taken nlght BY dossua>and
are thronging into London and Paris.
The contribp)Pons Of the correspondent
who sends Us the following are respectfully de-
olinsd: "How will the Atlantic Gable secure peace
between Earops shd Amsrioa3 Ans.-It places
them In unbiloal accord. I" '0l-sLr
THE GABLE IN WALL SrREEr.-The present
Of the cable It seems to US, with the facts and
rumors before Us. 10 just now two.fold l. To spso-
ulats with, 10 all sorts Of Stocks 2. To glory and
grstiiy in mutual admiration. .-New York Er-
pysss. .. ..-.. ..' ....r.a .,..i
The Boston Traveller says "it is asserted
that several Republicans Of this city-soms Of them
active and heretofore radical politicians. II not
prominent men Of the party-have expressed .
willingness TO take part in the Fsnsui Hall oOnvsn
tion next Wednesday," ...-
A DECIDEDLY ridiculous failure TO commu-
noats correct intelligence that was, when the Lon
don operator undertook to tell the Glasgowans Of
the grand smash.up of the big house Of Psto d
Belts, and astonishsd the Scotchmsn with the an
nouncsmsnt, Of the "failurs Of potatoes and bests
nine million pounds"
THE long-contemplated monument in
memory Of David @. Broderick, In Lone Mountain
Cemetery, San Francisco, Is noNoomplets, with the
exception Of the bust Of Brodsrok, to be inserted
In niche, which Is now being cut BY p. J. Divine,
the sculptor. The whole structure and surround
ings will cost about 900 when completed, a. 500
Of which was contributed BY the State.
Col. FoRSEY and all his numerous rela-
tivss have been living upon the public bread and
butter until the smell Of bread and butter IL OK.
hailed 20 strongly from every pore Of their bodies ss
to Be psrospsibls ten yauds o yet the Colonel hss
the impudsnos to talk tsuntingy about the "brsad
and butter party" The power Of impudsncs Is
indeed amssing. ng.-Lonisvis Journal.
IT WAS said that Thad. Stevens was called
upon In Washington to aid In the resurrection Of
the 1854 convention, and gave the following
answer: ''What! revive that ID bogus concern
Of Bsnks7 Sir, It never was legally born It was
q bastard never would have anything to do with
In -, where 1t belongs. Gin. Com. .lr
The trot for 81 900, twenty miles, without
stopping to rest or sponge, between q. N. Cady's
mare Lady Susan" Of Albion, and Lady Pal
msr of Chicago. came o at the aos.track at Jack.
son, Mich, on the 9Th ult. Lady Susan" was
the winner BY only fifteen seconds The entire dis
tance, twenty miles, was trottsd in ssventy-ons
minutes and forty seoonds without any apparent
damage to other Of the horses.
A NEWPORT correspondent gives. an anec-
dots Of Mr.. Treavers, q wsll.known NV Yorker,
spending the summer there. When In Paris, some
years since he went into bird store to purchase
parrot. Aocosting the attendant, . gruf. burly,
old chap, in wig and tights, no said "M.m.my
friend, w-w-want to g-gst parrot" "Here is
one, SIR" replied the salesman, "s regular
beauty" "B.b.but I w.w.want w.w.wons that
Ocean talk c.o.oan this w.w.wons t-t-tslk Z"
"Tslk rather guess It can. II 1t oould't talk
batter than you can, I'd cut his id hsadof."
PROFESSOR AoAssrz returned to Boston last
week from his exploration in Brazil. He has been
absent little more than year, and during that
time has made many important discoveries in gsolo
gy and natural history, finding abundant evidence
to establish his favorts theory OF glacial action
and adding to the olssshsations of the animal
kingdom several hundred species hitherto unknown
or undsscribed. We hear that he will at once be-
gin the preparation Of scientific memoir smbody.
ing the results Of his Investigations, and work Of
popular character from his pen, entitled Travels
in Brasil" is already announced bS Tcknor 4
Fields for publication in the fall.
Pumng the Cable.