Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-05-01
NEWS ITEMS.
Approved April 8, 1867.

The New York Times special says:
Eleven thousand applications have been
received by the United States Marshal of
the Supreme Court for the position of
Registers in Bankruptcy. There are less
than two hundred and fifty appointments,
and it requires the labor of a Corps of
clerks to file and endorse the papers.
p. T, Barnnm, in retaliation for. the
attacks of the New York Herald upon
him during the late canvass in Connect
cut, has ordered a number of wax figures
representing various scenes in the life of
James Gordon Bennett, which he intends
exhibiting.
Queen Victoria is asserted to be very
unpopular, in spite of her many virtues
Her abdication would be hailed with gen.
eral satisfaction. A correspondent says:
ut is with astonishment that an Ameri
can listens to the manner In which Eng
lishmen Of all conditions allude TO their
Sovereign. Some shrug their shoulders
aud say She is insane Others tell anus
ing stories Of her personal meanness.
Another class assure you, oh, she's not
English
An election was held in N. 7. on Tues
day Of last week, for delegates 10 conven-
ton to revise the constitution of that state
Sufficient returns are in to warrant an esti-
mate of the Republican majority in the
state at 20, 000 This is gain of about
5000 over the election of state officers
last fall. We urge our Democratic friends
to get all the comfort they can out of their
microscopic victory in Connecticut, as the
Empire State furnishes them very little
cause for jubilation. Still, >, we believe
that there is no falling off among staunch,
irrepressible and unterrifed voters at the
Five Points. They have carried New
York city by fair majority. a..
One Of the main objects of General
Ord's recent visit to Washington, was to
confer with General Grant in regard to
his authority to set aside certain late laws
OF the Arkansas legislature which he
deemsa hlndrance to the smooth working
u tho iGOonoti uCtioii law AS Il result
of the interview, it is understood that
General Grant is engaged IN preparing a
general order Of instructions to district
commanders under the military bill in
which be will define their duties and DOW
er regarding the class Of laws in question.
He IS opposed to giving his subordinates
the authority asked by General Ord.
His circular will have to run the gaunt-
let of the White House, and will be sub
mitted to the Cabinet. and may be over
ruled or materially modified. 8 ---
The Beaver Dam Citizen says 4
man was IN town short time ago with
patent sheep shearing machine, which
worked just like a reaper or mower, and
would NOV swath Of wool an inch and
half wide. The motion was got by means
OF q little wind-engine in the handle
which IS to be driven by force-pump or
bellows forcing wind into it through
flexible tube. Beaver Dam ingenuity is
on the sheep-shea ing track also, and we'll
bet stxpence She viii come out ahead.
The days of old fashioned, tough, hard
work strengthening are numbered. It
can be DID by machinery, aud never so
much as scratch the hide. Wen report
progress" IN due time.
The rapid increase Of Republican
ournals in the Sout:. is one OF the .'signs
OF the time" " e have lately annonuc-
ed the appearance of new Republican pa
pers at New Orleans and at Little Rock,
Ark. We now learn that paper Of
similar political character, to be called the
Chronicle is to be established shortly .st
Meridian, Miss. This is an important
railroad center, being the Junction of the
Mobile and Ohio and Vicksburg and
Montgomery railroads, and is the point to
which Gen. Shermans famous raid from
N the. snrias Of 1864 was dir
7cted. 1t is also reported that Repub-
can pap~r is soon to be established at
Richmond, Va. |