The national Republican., 1867-08-17
aNatiunal 9epnblifatl.
NEWS AND MlsCELLANY.


A FIRE at Point Levi, Canada, destroyed
fifteen houses, including. the ylctoria
Hotel, seven hundred barrels petroleum, q
portion Of Dobel's wharf, q large quanuty
Of lumber and several hundred ieet OF
railway track. The loss and insurance
not ascertained.
CAprAIs SWAN and his crew, OF the
~booner swan. have been arrested at San
Francisoo, charged with purposely wreck
inc tbe vessel in order to defraud the rev.
enne department and insurance compa-
nies The vessel sailed with cargo Of
alcohol worth S25,000 on board, which
has been found in cave since the wreck.
The Round Table says 1--WE, are per-
suaded that il is just the want oil Sunday
concerts, Of Sunday art galleries, OF Sun
day libraries, and Sunday reading rooms,
which has created the very undesirable
necessity for excise laws and other legal
and moral appliances for doing very right
thing in very wrong way. or the two
devices we prefer the former"
A NASHVILLE editor calls upon his read.
ers to resolve with him that, "come veal
or woe, we viii not buy cents worth OF
goods from Radical merchant, or get our
boots from Radical shoemaker, employ
q Radical mechanic, ride in Radical hack,
or patronize Radical teacher, Radical
church, or anything that is Radical"
The young women in Indiana are trying
to rival their ball-playing friends by taking
part in the croquet matches. A game
which occupied two hours, and which is
said to have been very exciting, was lately
played between the "Hoosiers," Of Green
castle, and the "Lafayettes," Of the
latter place, there being two ladies and
two gentlemen on each side.
In view Of the way in which the cont.
mental press were hoaxed by the Echoes oi
the Clubs with the burlesque bogus letter
Of Prince Gortschakoff on Fenianism, the
Spectator thinks that, in lieu Of newspaper
writer's being compelled to sign their
articles, they should be required to say
whether they are in fun or earnest.
THE Bangor (Me.) Times reporter, in
his account Of the celebration at Belfast,
says: 81 hear Of but one accident-that to
the Indian rover, 'Suskapoosa.' His car
having broke, he was plunged into the
water and drowned. His body was recoy.
cred in the evening in q porgy net, with
FIVE hundred barrels Of porgies."
They boast Of some big trees in South.
eastern Missouri, as well as in California.
The figures do not compare, however, al.
though Missouri does we'll A sycamore
measures thirty.three feet in circumfer.
ence. A cypress, cottonwood, black wal.
nut, white oak and tulip tree are reported
each as ten feet in diameter. A willow il
ainbt foaf and N aoao frae tbroa
IA New York butcher, named George
Metz, has been sentenced by Justice Kel
ley to serve thirty days imprisonment ant
to pay q fine Of $50 for cruelty to an OK
The complaint was brought by the Ameri
can Society for the Prevention Of cruelty
to Animals, and it was proved that Met;
had broken the legs Of an OK with club
knocked out its eyes, and otherwise tor
tured it.
A TRoTTNG match for 81 900, mile heats
best three in five, in harness, came off OF
the mile track Of the fair ground, Saratoga
between s. Dunn's b. h. Tom Hampto
and j. Towers 2. m. Mohawk Maid. Tor
was the favorite at Sl00 to $40, and
won the first heat in 2.48 and the secon
in 2.29, distancing the mare in the secon
heat.
PATRICK MALoSEY, from Cohoes, han
on a canal boat, was murdered at Buffalo
His throat was cut, and he was also stable
in the left breast. The murderer is sur
posed to be James Judd, also from CC
hoes, and hand on the same boat. Ma
loney walked several squares after beinl
cut, and died in the station house one hou
after. The police are on the track Of tn
murderer.
Ar GUnDHALL, Vt, on the 9Th, Will
William Dewey's family were seated O
dinner, q streak Of electricity passe
through the house, overturning the table
scattering the. food and dishes promise,
ously about, breaking nearly all of tn
latter, and affecting oil the family to
greater or less degree. Mr.. d. was so q
fected as to be delirious for some tim,
The occurrence was rendered more sing,
lar by the fact that the sky was ne early clea
at the time.