The national Republican., 1866-08-07
Pen, Pencil, and Scissors.


drowned at the dog pond in New York. a
GEs. L. NJ. SMITH, at the close Of the war
Gen. Lees chief engineer, died At Rome, eeorgia,
recently. . II 81 W
\ Two cases Of cholera, both proving fatal,
have ocourrsd al Dover, Del
GEoRoK ROBERTS, who established the first
penny paper in Boston, Is erecting splendid hotel
Ia. .SsW YsrkihF Yn4EWJT % Il VII
The Portland Press says nearly hundred
frssdn4n came 70 that city, Wednesday. They have
come North in search Of employment.
JOHN HUNTER, the owner Of the race horse
Kentueiy, won sss, 900 on Wednesday las. at ssr.
stoga- '' h'''' t.'.. ''
DR. THoxAs II. wEBB, the Secretary Of
the Massssh ssstts Institute Of Technology. died
Thursday ct Quincy, Of an attack Of heart disease.
96vkKSoR PATTON, Of Alabama, has
ordered the distribution Of twelve hundred bushsls
Of corn amongst the starving families Of Plcksns
county. - lii''i'f' "'
Of, An exchange paper says: Never let peo-
pie work Tor yeu gratis. Two years ago man car.
Red bundle for us, and We have been lending him
.twsnty-av cents week ever since" nnat rIa
T'HE new month Of August bids fair to be
very brilliant month. Is weather has been good
thus far. md in II We TO have the Philadelphia
Convsntion and the annual excursion down the
river and bay Of the Happy Tvelvss." ... .. I..
= FouR convicts made their escape from
Sing Sing prison on Saturday while the guard at
the quarry was asleep. They possessed themselves
Of ctiiens clothes and doed their striped uniform
They are still at large. i4 t.".''af"- b. t.,"i
The use of opium is increasing enormously
10 China, and the revenues Of the East India Gov
srnmsnt exhibit surplus over expenditures in con-
sequence Of the increased receipts from the tax on
this drug The inorsass was 81, ,277 900 last year.
RAsrBERRIEs are very plenty in Vermont,
and people are picking them much more than in
former years. Large quantities are sent South on
the Psssumpsio Railroad daily. At Burke station
the children have already sold $500 worth this
season. .t .|
t BLAoKwooD's MAGAZINE for July Leonard
Scott Publishing Company begins q new serial,
entitled "Nina Balatka." 1t also reviewsr Felix
Holt" and indaigss in o little pardonable jubila-
tion over "the collapse !" Of the Reform Bill and
the ministry that advocated 1t. ..w..r. u' ra
THE startling, sensational, and stunning"
headings with which some Of our contemporaries
have introduced tho very meagre dispatches re.
osvsd by the cable line-ten lines of head and two
Of tail-sugge that these sensations be called the
"tadpols kilograms IN. Y. World .I .
The island of Valentia, the Irish terminus
Of the Atlantic cable is about 900 acres in extent
II has three propristors, Of whom the knight Of
Kerry Is the chief, the others being Trinity College,
Dublin, and Colonel Herbert, Of Muckross. The
population Is about 1000,
IT Is said that D. w. Alyord, of Greenfield,
conspicuous and incorporating frss-soilsr In
the original days Of antislsvsry politics, and an
active lender in the Republican party since, and
now Collector Of Internal Revenue for the Ninth
district, has gone over to the johnson party.
ton Journal. rt
A FLOCK of alpacas, purchased some years
ago by the Austrisu Government, was sold in June.
The Government discontinuss the experiment Of
breeding md acclimation, and Il now passes into
private hands. The results are said to be satisfac
tory the animals increasing rapidly and being in
healthy condition.
The two oldest inhabitants Of Woburn,
Mass.-Mr. Joshua Converse, aged ninety-n nine
years and seven months, and Mr.. John Fowls,
sighty.sght years old--met lately at the farm Of
Mr.. William Harris and engaged in rsaping rye,
which they continued for half hour to the great
interest Of large company, who were surprised by
the vigor which these veteran reapers displayed.
THERE is not word of truth in the state
monts telegraphsd from this city that delegations
representing the commercial men in New York and
Philadelphia have been hero urging the President
to appoint a successor to secretafy McCulloch
No such delegations have called upon him, and no
man or set Of men ever urged the President to ap-
point successor to Secretary Mceulloch.
The yearly receipts Of places Of amuse-
msnt in Boston for the year commencing July LIST,
1865, a. returned to the United States assessor
were As follows: Boston Theatre, nine months,
$3l7, 7,O47 Boston Museum, eleven months, $l62, ,0S0
Morris Brothers Trowbridgs, ten months, $50, $40;
Howard Athsneum, eleven months, ST., ,946; Con.
tinentai Theatre, Eve months, $75, 5,S44; Theatre
Comique, Boston, seven months, sos, l89; Buck
lsy's ssrsnaders, seven months, s27,7s6. Total,
$500, 6,2l2.
p. 7. BARNUM and others are preparing to
start large geological garden in Ns~ York, in
connection with Barnum's Museum, . part Of
which show will bs free to the public. aud the en-
tire exhibition kept down to the Museum prices
A charter for the association has been obtained
from the Connecticut Legislature, with capital Of
s2 Oo0 0o0 and thirty Of land have been pur.
chased In the vicinity Of Bridgeport, on which are
being erected suitable buildings and glass sdihces
for the breeding and acclimating Of rare animals
BIRDS etc. and for training Of them for public
performances
Our fashions correspondent in Paris, writ
Ing on the Goth Of July, makes the important an.
nouncemsnt thata new style Of crinoline has been
decided upon in that city, and that although its
cut, shape, and makeup were not generally known
ut date the article was beiog manufactured on
large scale, and would soon appear. 1t Is called
eoehstrains to some purpose, and as its name ind.
oates, 10 hidden or imperceptible In front and on
both sides, while long gored train ending with q
fri affecting the shape of what gentlemen call
"the tails" Of their drsssooats, supports and main
tains the trains Of the robes behind, where, with
the help Of . string II raises ones skirts above
muddy pavsmsnts. II also prevents them from
falling in or twisting round the cavaliers legs when
they kindly volunteer to offer ladies an arm try
Ing occasions. -..
The Convention Riot.
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