The national Republican., 1867-01-12

&c., as the property of dc United Sthles.
and sell the came und>f such rpIes md resu1
lations as may be prcscrise1 BY he Secretary
Of the Treasury, who is authcdEed TO pay
the consignee the dutiable value.
Another section provides that all goods,
IN bond or bonded warehouses, on which
tdpties hsysInot been paid1shal after this
law takes effect, pay dil rates of duty I'M
posed by this act
Fen. Pencil, ana Scissors.
,TRS largest diamond in Americp, valued
afsfo,ooo, b On .1hfbiton q N.~ Orleans. -
TmNew York Common Councilmen throw
lnkstsndi b ths Chsiri N2' bAlHAah
A FMAx xErrfsg has been held in New
Yerk shiskvss rspor,sd 10 bs hsrmshieus1 1Sl
TIE prick Of a-needle gun Is generally
'A'pslsst fs.',l,,s ali ,,st sr-,r rl,- .rfrsrrlV
THr mangled remains Of Stevens and For
psy ar. expected 70 arrive In the city to-day.
p Tm coiored regiment recruited in this
ssshiyhss ssss ofdsssdto South osfo,ins under
lssn.shilsss dysr-fs bsrfsq ysi7EH ,lgcsr bss I
,THE Springfield Republican does not assent
70 Coy. Bullock's universal suffrage argument, but
thihks thss''ths man Who cannot read his ballot
h no more a. 10 vots thsp Me iandsnas, Who can
not boz The compass, 70 steer ship." = /
ONE Of the rumors in, the street is that
fonsy cos1sd Stevens to publish his letter. 90 In
suting 70 the stsis Of Psnnsyiv.ns for the sssrss
purpose Of serving the interests Of Mr., Cameron.
Fonsxy's Press speaks Of tThad, Stevens
q sort Of institution created for the time and
ths occ.douS The radicals IN ths Psnnsyivsnis
L~gi.iatur eonsidsr Mr.. Cameron bsttsr sort Of
instituiiop than Stevens, A. ,,,r-17,,, - harm.
TIE LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN Is the
longest railway in Great Britain, msssaring l, ,i7t
miles. Il also has the greatest snpusi rsssip,s,
over tsl, ,ooo. 600. Tho afsas Western measures
l,aso miles, The North Eastern. l,sosi the arss.
Eastern, 7se miles.
"a Duriso the Al years which have elapsed
sisos thS ast rail~sy was Laid down In England,
s7boo ooo. 900 In gold have been invested In rail-
way capital and the various lines now In operation
measures II, ,iss miiss in length. English railway
extension has for Tho present aiuost cssssd. .rm
sol TEE American colony at .JAifa Is discour-
aged, They have been deceived By their leaders,
many hsvs died, others are sick, and they beg for
. inan.of- gar 70 take them home. Msanuhils The
POris has entered protest against the whole project
Of an American colony in Palestine.
NorwrrHsfASDMo that rainy wea her causes
colds and coughs and even fevsr II hss latsly been
noticed, through eombinsd meteorological observe
tions apd medical ststistios that rainy years are
not 50 injurious TO health as Is commonly sup
possdlns -a I'd huEib ~ g.ldsqlH sh3 10 s7Haa
a TIE foreign-born residents Of New York
amount TO slS2ol out Of total population Of T2o,
1856. This Is nearly one-half, and Il 10 estimated
that the fOr.gnb residents Win their children
sonstituts fully two thirds Of the present. popula-
tion Of that city. Nsr York contains IS, 900 more
woman than msn, and Brooklyn Il, 900.
The New Orleans Crescent says that seve-
raj Of the vietsburg merchants made up purse
o. 1Sise for ItksaD msa Of the Twenty fourth
United States IniAstfy. ~ testimonial Of graft
tudo for the great services rssdsrsd BY that com
mAnd at the late DISASTROUS hrs. Ths gallant
Twenty fourth imnsdiatsly TUNED the amount
over TO the Mayor for the relief Of the sufsrsrs,
4 Nh. Jos. DIcKKss, Of the Saracen's Head,
near Holbsach, England, has Just discovered q
mouse,s nest In his sardsn, In which wintsr'i
store Of one thousand three hundsd and twenty.
nine hlbsrt nuts had bean secrstsd by the indus
trious little animal. The nuts measured half 9
! peck, and weighed sit pounds.
The New York HmiS says there has beer
. positive decrease Of s., 900 In the population o.
New York city during the last Avs years. and Ii at
tribntss this loss Of population 70 the great mum
bsrs Of people that have been driven away BY th'
municipal corruption, heavy tarAtion, high cost o
living, filth and discOmforts OF various kinds 70
I which New York Is provsrbiai.
DURING the frst eleven months Of 1866
the various New York theatres mako the followin
: re.urn Of receipts to the United States Rsysnu
. officers the time during which each theatre wa
opsn, II less than eleven months, IS stated Niblo'
!. Garden % months,) sS45, osT Winter Garden
$2o3, ,74oi wAiiack's sl0S. .45s Olympic sl6s, III
stadt [s noAths,) $s4, ,208; New Bowsry, $73,755
Tony Pastors Minstfsh, So7, l18 French Thsatr
' Is months, $Ss, 64si Woods Theatre n months,
$t5. s56i New York Theatre 70 months,) $5t, ,245
JOIN VAN HoRS, q member Of the Boar,
Of Education Of Chicago, and an e.. Alderman ha
been arrested IN that city upon charge Of attsmp,
ing To murder his wife. He had been ,nAltrsstin
one Of his children, who asd to the store Of neigh
Dor. The enragsd man pursued her, followed b.
his wife, ~hs attempted to protsetths child, whs
hs drew revolver, placed the muslls beneath hi
Il WIG ehr anu hfou, tho Dali passing tnrouBh IN
iadys chsek. He then attempted 70 blow his ow
4 brains out, but was seized and secured. II
/ thought his wife will recover. Mr.. Van Horn
siItyhVs years Of age and his wife but thirty. .s,
O ug "a D. III.
--,.. Ocean Mails. ..,.-....,.
The postmaster General sent to the Hous
!; Of Representatives to-day, in answer to III
resolution respecting the amount Of mail Del
vice performed by the ocean Brazilian steau
d ers, communication accompanied by
schedule Of the number Of passages Of th
Q ships Of the United States and Brazil Ma
! Steamship Company between New York an
, Rio de Janeiro, and the time Of each trip {
i twelve round trips, to November 80. 1856
Six failures occurred in arriving at Ne
/ York in time To- connect with the outward
4 bound steamer 10 Brazil. Three Of these al
y explained The econtraet allows twenty,eigf
Il days for outward, and twenty-slx days fC
J, inward passages, stopping at st. Thoma