The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-08
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miles upon each winding mp.
LUcY SrosE says that in her late mission
in Kansas she found n.sros, sverywhsrs opposed
to female suffrage - NV. -
WHAT a reception Abraham Lincoln
would have received, had he lived to visit New
England.
An exploring party is soon to be sent
10 our new possessions recently obtained by
treaty from Russia.
The citizens of Philadelphia have given
a ,crcnade to Hon. WIN. D. Kelley since his re-
turn to his home.
The murderer Williams refused the con-
solutions Of the Philadelphia slsrgymsn, but was
anxious 10 'soquie' himself Won At his trial. -
Mr.. CHAPLIN, Of England. won at the
recent Darby over seven hundred thousand dol
TIE Board Of Aldermen in Providence
" resolved" that prohibition 10 not the way to
control the liquor business, and then proceeded
to liconss. ''- nH..r. rg ...0
TuREE young men, Of sporting procliyi-
ties, residents Of Albany, have agreed on 4
swimming match, TO come Of on the 25th inst
The stake Is a silver cup, and the distance Is
three miles.
Tue Archduchess Matilda, daughter Of
the Archduks Albert, Of Austria. recently met
with distressing soeidsnt In Vienna. Her
clothes caught FIRE, and her arms, neck, and back
wsre severely burned.
Mr.. THOMAS j. DURANT, now residing in
this city, declined to accept the Governorship Of
Louisiana, to which position he was appointed
by Gen. Sheridan. Accordingly, Mr. Benz +.
Flanders has been appointed Ia his stead. n
GEN. SIoKLEs' recent order is very i'm
pOrtant one It provides for the regulation Of
the duties Of civil oni:ers, and the reference Of
punishments for crime to tho Provost Marshal
General Of the Military District.
OVER thirty thousand persons have passed
over the bridge in the Public Garden, Boston,
Massachusetts,, since it was opened. As 1t car.
ried them safely across they will be obliged 10
comply with the old adago aud speak we'll Of II
hereafter.
The English Admiralty have just issued
an order prohibiting officers from wearing whis.
kers 'of such inordinAte size aud length as to
resemble boards" The Lords do not state at
what point of sire and length the Whisker ceases
to be whisker and becomes beard.
A REPORT is current in st. Louis that
7. O. Durant, late manager Of the Union Pacific
railroad, has served an injunction against the
further construction Of tho track Of that road,
and extensive complications are likely to grow
out Of tho action of Mr.. Durant.
asTHE schooner Caroline Mills, Just arrived
at San Francisco, reports finding on sibella
Island tho wreck Of the ship Canton, which
sailed from sitka in 1916, and was never heard
Of afterward. Articles were found among the
wreck bearing the mark Of the East India Com
pany. r..7 rFEr ..
An important decision, affecting the
rights Of voters, has recently boon made In
Kansas by Judge Brewer. The facts In the case
are these: A respectable citizen, Of one fourth
negro blood, was refused permission to vote at
the late election, and suit was entered in order
to test the principle. Judge Brewer decided
that the rejection Of the vote was illegal.
A MAN named Joseph A. Farnsworth,
from Burlington, VT, on his way with his wife to
Janesvills, Wis, complained to the Rochester
police, on Tuesday, that ho had been robbed At
the Central Depot Of 81, 900, between $500 and
5000 in money, and 90, 100 in Government bonds
and the rest in personal notes. The police could
afford no help
The crops in the West are represented
to DO unusually promising A larger number of
acres have been planted than during any pre-.