The national Republican., 1867-05-01
Pen. Pencil, and Scissors.

The amount Of aid subscribed in Boston
for the destitute southsrnsrs Is 81, ,Ss3.63.
| CoLoRADo has $4,000 inhabitants and a
newspaper for every two hundred Of them.
The Cabinet meeting yesterday was Of
short duration. Messrs. Seward, wsllss, and
Meculloch were the only msmbsn present. =
THERE is prospect Of most abundant
fruit harvest next autumn in Western Masachu.
setts. ..... .,.
IT has been decided not TO rebuild the
Lindsli hotOi, recently destroyed by hrs In b..
Louis.
j. B. SMITH, q colored restaurantkeeper
In Boston, can roast, at his new establishment,
Eve hundred pound, Of turkeys at once.
The banking house Of Plunkett & Ap-
gate, at Brunswick, Mo-, was robbed Of 81, 900 on
Saturday night.
TIE Wescott House at La Crosse, Wis,
was consumed by are Sunday morning. Loss
$40, OOoi insurance $4,000.
A FIRE in Benham, Texas, recently de-
,troysd almost the entire business portion Of the
town.
TIE strike among the foundrymen in
Pittsburg terminated on Monday BY the mill
owners agreeing to give the wOrkmen the same
prices as formerly.
TnE forthcoming report respecting the
public debt will show q decrease Of over seven
millions since the last Of March, besides large
amount Of coin on hand.
ADvIoEs received at New York from
Mexico report that MaximiliAn had been NOR.
tally wounded In an unsuccessful sortis Of tho
Imperiaiists from Qusretsra.
The coronation Of the Emperor Of Aus
tris ., King Of Hungary Is said to take place at
Pssth, on the Goth Of May. The tstsS on the Oc.
cssion will last three days.
TIE town Of Unity, Maine, has voted to
subscribe $40, 900 to the new preferred stock Of
the Belfast and MoOsehsAd Lake railroad. Brooks
has voted $40, 900 for the same purpose.
ADvrcEs from Tampico to the 18th ult.
state that JuAreE had confirmed the previously.
reported attempt Of MAIimiliAn to cut his way
out Of Qusrotaro and his subsequent repulse.
DISPATCHES from the neighborhood Of
the Indian troubles say that the Crow Indians
can DO kept quiet only while there Is 4 large
armed force present.
A SWARM of locusts has again settled
over the Island Of Sardinia, so that this years
crops will probably be destroyed, as were those
oflast year.
AN order was issued on Tuesday by Gen.
Eiasdnnan Nniiaetor If Int Al pavanua at Navw
Orleans, suspsnding the operations Of all distil.
lsriss In his district until further orders
A DISPATCH from Salt Lake details the
killing Of an old man and his two dspghtsn by
the Indians in Severn Valley The young women
wsre first violated, aud then tortured to death.
NJ. BLoSDEAU, Of Paris, by combining |
gun cotton with ammonia has succeeded in OBJ
Waiting the danger arising from spontaneous COM
bustion by the heating Of the mass.
TEXAS is suffering from grasshoppers,
which are so numerous and SO hungry that they |
are supposed to combine in themselves the ray. |
aging powers of the locust and the palmer.worm. |
A COUNTRY editor, referring probably to |
the automatic swell In one Of Mason a Hamln's |
'abinot organs, says: "Ths swell died away In
delicious sufocstiOn, like ono singing . sweet
ong under the bed. clothes"
Owe Of the possibilities OF the European
omplication Is that Louis Napoleon will unfurl
10 Democratic banner, and fight nominally for
eedom as we'll as for France. So says the Phil
delphia Pres.
Two citizens Of Newport, Maine, have
ION fined 50 each for carrying a rebel sympa-
ilsr to the Town Hall and compelling him to
AXE public apology for expressions Of Joy at
. assassination Of President Lincoln.
The hay export has been very large on
. Portland and Rennebee railroad the past
nter. One man in Bowdoinham has sent 5000 l.
ttOn crop Of some of the cotton States.
By the latest change in fashion, the guam
y of lady's dress Is reduced to ten or twelve
rds, which is very agreeable saving to hus-
nds and fathers, but Is likely to affect Uncle
IN 8 revenue unfaVorably
SECRETARY MCCULoCH has given notice
parties who have lost coupon bonds payable
bearer, or Treasury notes issued in bank, that
Teafter they will be paid to the party present.
them, and no attention will bs paid to caveats T
ieh may be filed 70 prevent payment 4
MAJ. GES. HANCOCK has recently issued 4
order relative TO Fort Harksr, Kansas, which o
luires the immediate removal Of many Of the
! buildings and the construction of large two
'ry oficer' sad soldiers quarters, to be built
stonei also large hospital and several stone I
ibles' Tho order requires the work to be
shed thrsugh this summer.
AN Iowa woman, becoming jealous Of her
'sbandr came behind him, bent his head back,
ssOd him, and Immediately Ansrward emptied
bostie Of vitriol in his face, intending to put
i his eyes She failed In this, but succeeded
burning his forehead and q portion Of the
alp In shocking manner.
The Legislature of Virginia has done
70 wise thing at least. It has authorized the
le Of oil the railroad interests which 1t pos.
sses and agreed to receive bonds OF the State
: the purchase money. This action will re-
I've her of property which can scarcely bs pro.
ictiVe to her.
IT Is reported that the troops with Gen.
anooGk's Indian eIpedtios burned tho Chey-
inc village, near which they had been camped
r several days, on the 2OtA inst. The Indians
I'd previously deserted it snd taken the war