The national Republican., 1867-08-30

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cans in japan is to light up both Jsddo and
Yokohama with gas.
THk a.orals Of Chelsea, Mass, are good.
During the last week there was no business in
the police court, and the lookup was empty.
A CoSscR1Pr, being told that 1t was
sweet to die for his country, excused himself on
the ground that he never did like sweet things.
FLORENCE NrGHrrxoALE's health is SAID
to bs 80 delicate that her physicians are alarmed
about her condition.
LOUIS NAPoLBoS is individually in debt
some sixty millions Of francs Sorry for you,
Nap, but can't lond you cent
The more dignifed and aristocratic
gamblers Of New York hold aloof from the pro-
posed Gambler Protective Association.
A WESTERN paper thus hits of popu.
lar fashion: The attention Of tho police should
be directed to Pant A. Loon. Hos tight on the
streets daily-awful tight.
THIS is Punch's last bit at the long
skirts: Hostess-"0h, how tiresoms Somebody
must bs standing on my dress. Would you Just
run down stairs and see who II is, Mr.. Brown ~
Rev. ROBINSON P. DUNN, professor Of
rhetoric and English literature in Brown Uni.
vsrsity, died at Newport, Wednesday evening,
after brief illness.
A STATUE Of Napoleon l has been
erected at Montsreau, France, on the spot where
the Emperor uttered the words: "The bullet
which is to kill me Is not yet cast"
MERCHANTS in Machias, Me-, and vicini-
ty, who have been engaged in the smuggling
business, have been compelled to pay over to
Uncle Sam, recently from $4,000 to $s,O 900 as
penalties.
Iron SHELL, Sioux chief, makes q very
comprehensive statement of the outrages upon
the Indians by the whites. He says that since
the advent Of tho latter "evsn the weather Is bad
when II used to be pleasant"
The Macao coolie trade is declared by
the British authorities at Hong Kong to bs an
organized slave trade. The emigration is not
voluntary. The unhappy coolies are kidnapped,
and forced into slavery by traders.
HENRY SMITH, of Whitestone, Long Is
land, accidentally dropped cup into a cistern
last Tuesday, and while fishing for 1t he hooked
fast to the clothing Of his little boy, who had
been missing for an hour or two. This was the
first intimation tho father had that the boy was
drowned.
THE Indian tribes who are now at war
with the United States, number as follows;
Apaches, 1000; Araphoes, 5000; Blackfeet,
9. OOO Crows, 5000. .COmanches, 20, ,OoOi KiOwns,
l. 900; Cheyennes, 1850; Gros Ventres, 500;
O. 50Oi Navsjoss, 7,6OOi Sioux, %, 900
Total, 10000.
A WRITER in London paper says: Our
Irish chief secretary being the owner Of q fne
ostrich which some days ago was safely deliv-
,red Of an egg, received the following telegram
rom his steward: my lord, as your lordship is
,ut Of the country, have procured the biggest
yoose could fud to sit on the ostrich's egg"
GENERAL WADE HAMPTON has written Q
ons letter on the political situation. He does
ers military rule to reconstruction under the
congressional plan. He advocates justice to the
,olored people, and favors impartial suffrage,
but denies the right of Congress to interfere
with suffrage in the States.
THE Rochester papers having solemnly
ayerred that the Chicago sea 'sarpint'' had got
around to that vicinity, the Republican declares
that the reptile still feeds at the Chicago crib,
and that oil country papers will be prosecuted
for stating to the contrary.
IT is proposed that the citizens of Ho-
msr, Ill, and vicinity, have great rat hunt, to
be confined within seven miles Of town. 1t is
proposed to make two parties, Of twenty-five or
thirty each, with place to meet and count tails,
the party bringing in the least number to pay
for supper prepared for the occasion.
A YOUNG gentleman Of st. Louis, while
taking buggy ride with well. known brewers
daughter, q day or two since, sought to take i'm
proper liberties with her, when she seized the
whip, elected him from the vehicle, and left him
sprawling on tho street. The young man owed
her father debt Of $500; she Immediately sought
. friend, borrowed the money, and had the debt
cancelled. Some snap to that girl,we think.
THERE has been considerable said in
sporting circles about the looming horse" a
French stallion, said to DO able to trot mile in
1Il. A gentleman who has just returned from
France has seen this horsei and, what is more,
has timed him, and says the best he can do ID
243i and so, instead Of being the "lightning.
splitter" that Johnny Crapau wcs!d have him,
he has degenerated into a turf thumper. u
Out on such "augs," say we. We have horse,
that may be seen on the Avenue any day tha,
can knock spots" out Of 2:4O with the whip II
the socket and tail over the dash at that. VI
to the present writing our American hOrs,
Dexter" is the fastest trOtting horse thai
stands on ironsi 2l7I is his gait, and he car
beat that. There, that's what's the matter.
GooD humor at whist party is card
inal Writ ne.
General Grant and the Preside ent