The national Republican., 1867-01-23
Pen, Pencil. ,ps Scissors.

| ihE Ino Olntre stephens, W W. L. H.
very ,nugiy.
FIVE Nantucket vessels have received this
year s7,o42 In cod fishing bountiss.
Our neighbor round the corner remarked
last night that the poorest place for gold Is rich
mans pocket.
Ma. Boutwell, was accused Of being the
Devils agent BY member Of the House yes
tsrdsy, but the dlsbOlicsl charge was Withdrawn.
ADvrcEs from Venezuela state that ne
gOtistOns are pending to confederate the States Of
Aregua, Guariea, and Bolivia into one State.
Six PAIRS Of cattle owned by Seth Bush,
Of Ws,th.ld, Mass, average 1900 pounds each
One pair weigh, LAO, and another 4,sSO.
] ITHE value Of the barrels, tin cans and
other packages containing petroleum, sent to Eu
rope last year, is estimated at slo, ,ooo. 900.
VERMONT sent 20, ,s6s cattle, ls7,Ol3 sheep
and 5, 800 swine TO the Boston markets last year.
The market reports show total receipt Of lls,oS
cattle, 400, $40 sheep and l2s. .49s swine.
J.C. PARKER, Post Office News Stand,
sends us that popular periodical, Bsadis's Monthly
The story, "who Was He, increases in interest as
u progresses.
WE understand that IL the attempt to
abolish minoritiss In the bench Of the Supreme
Court should work we'll the minority in Congress
will be abolished forthwith
The BuRxs Gun Of Washington will cele-
brats the birthday Of the poet Of Scotland on Fri.
day evening at Amsn's restaurant, in 4 sumptuOus
banquet.
NKw HAMPsuIRE votes on the second Tues
day Of March, Connecticut on the hrst Monday In
April, and Rhode Island on the hrst Wednesday In
April.
0wISG TO the low stage Of water in the
lower Mississippi 81 vessels frsightsd with co. 900
bales Of cotton are detained at New Orleans being
unable to get over the bar.
" ANY ONE is curious about an insect
called the snow ay, let him ride out on Fourteenth
street behind Greason's horse I" Dan" Hellmake
the snow fly in your face and eyes.
The department Of trade and finance Of
the American Social Science Association will meet
at Boston January 80. The department Of juris.
prudence will meet February 49, Of education
March IS, and Of health April 8.
OwISo to the state Of the markets most Of
tous from ten TO twenty Ave per cent. February
l, which will throw several hundred operatives out
Of employment.
The statue Of Edward Everett has been
completed in clay BY Mr.. Story, and Is now at Mu.
mich ready for casting 1t Is expected to arrive at
Boston some time in May, and 1t will be dedicated
| In June.
The blockader Mary is now at Mobile,
ready for sea, with large surplus crew. She Is
believed to be Fenian privatssr, or else intended
for raid on Cuba by the Knights Of Arabia.
THERE is something exquisite, says an Eng
lish paper, in an Americans reply to the European
traveller when he asked him II he had just crossed
the Alps3 "wali, now you call my attention to
the fact guess did pass ri'in' ground"
The Council of the Legislative Assembly
Of tho Territory Of Montana, the House concur
ring, has passed q resolution requesting " His EI-
celiency Green Clay Smith, to come to the seat Of
the National @ Govsrnmsnt In their behalf"
The trustees of the Maine Agricultural
College at 0rono will adopt Fred Law 0lmstead's
plans for their buildings, and erect three four Of
moderate size for the various Of the institu-
ton The annual revenue at six per cent, from
the proceeds of the sale Of the public land grants
will be So, ,62O more than the cost Of sustaining
any literary college now in the State.
The Boston Journal Of Friday mourns
over tho non. arrival Of Its exchanges saying Last
night whole receipts In that line included only
three papers, one being 4 local religious journal,
another a publication touching drygOods and
clothing matters and the third popular boys and
girls' magazine. Current history, We found on
careful examination, could not be Interestingly
culled from such materials"
The February Atlantic has continuation
by Prof o. W. Holmes, Of "Ths Guardian Angel, I"
work Of msg ination that bids fair to prove above
anything Of tho kind yet produced BY It's author;
The Glacial Phenomena Of Maine" by Agassir
showing that The rhaie Of that State Ia covered with
the grooves pOishings and other marks Of glszisrs
thousands Of feet thick q beautiful little poem,
"Rsa Estate" by J. T. Trowbridgs, with other
good things.
VIofoR WRIGHT, of Middlebury, VT, sold
twelve ewes to a western purchaser for 81, 1000
one thousand dollars each; Edwin stowel, Of the
same place, sold ram lamb for 81, 00Oi and Z.
Hammond sold ram lamb for $1,000; another
gentleman sold a ysarling ram for 81, 900, which
he purchased year ago for $50. All these valu.
able sheep were Hammonds, and choice Of their
kind.
YESTERDAY was the Tooth anniversary Of
the birth Of Mr.. Joshua Converse, Of Wobun,
Mass. He still resides In the house whore he was
born, and which he has occupied during his long
life. lie was eight years old when the battle Of
Lexington fought, within ave miles Of his res
idence, and has vivid remembrance Of the stirring
times at the very beginning Of the American Rev
olution.
CLINICAL Tor bedside) observations Of the
effects Of a constituent Of opium known as mar
esina, would lead US to believe that in this latter
have On article which will cause tranquil sleep,
followed by pleasant waking and freedom from
headache and stomach arrangement, and not cause
constipation. NJ. Eulsnburg considers narcsina to
be superior for Its sedative effects to all other sub
stances. 1t Is particularly servicsable In surgical
cases, and may bo used either internally or exter
nally. In the former cassS the dose Is from sixth
to a half of grain Of the hydro.chlOrate Of mar.
ceina In solution.
R.IlAaas An. uAAz-