The national Republican., 1867-08-20
NEWS AND MIsCELLANY.

A CAR load Of eleven hundred live geese,
hens and turkeys passed through Concord,
N. H., on Wednesday, consigned to II. L.
Lawrence, Of Arlington, Mnss. The "birds"
were purchased in Canada East, and, on
an average, cost about fif.y cents apiece at
the farmers doors.
TIE Arlington Mills, at Lawrence,
Mass, which were destroyed by fire in Oc-
tober, have been rebuilt, and will be in full
blast again in two months. Three hun
dred looms will be run, and the product Of
worsted goods will average 10000 yards O
day, or about 100000 year.
"GooD society" in Europe has received
another acquisition. The Empress Of Aus
tria has at last invited the Empress OF
France to visit her, and Eugene will ac-
cordingly accompany Napoleon TO Saltz-
burg. Hitherto most Of the right royal
ladies Of Europe have "cut" her Majesty.
The Chicago Board Of Trade has passed
q resolution requesting the directors to en-
gage counsel for the defence Of the men,
bers recently arrested for selling grain
"short." The law against gambling in
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Board is determined to test its validity in
the courts.
The Societe des Gems dc Lettres pur-
posed holding Congress Of literary men
in Paris. Napoleon testified his approval
by forwarding 10, ,9O0f which was duly &C
knowledged. Other members, however,
who we're anything but Bonapartists,
strongly disapproved Of its reception, and
have caused its return.
A LETTER from Naples says that in the
Italian peninsula considerable progress in
ship building for the merchant navy has
been made. The coast Of Sorrento has
become, as regards that industry, the most
important Of all Italy after that Of Genoas
both with respect to the number and the
dimensions Of the vessels constructed.
Two confidence operators, named Jas.
Thomas and Henry Davis, were arrested
in Troy on Thursday. Upon searching
their persons there were found several
papers purporting to be drafts Of the sum
Of 81, 500 each, drawn by Martin. Mum a
Co., upon the Marine Bank Of Buffalo, o
national bank In San Francisco, and the
Royal Bank Of Liverpool.
An article published in the Nazione OF
Florence, having been considered by Ric-
ciotti Garibaldi as Offensive TO the honor of
his father, has given rise to duel with
swords between M. Raimondo Brenna, di-
rector Of that paper, and the son Of the
in the forehead, and his adversary received
a sword point in his left arm.
An agitation has commenced in Prussia
for a more strict observance Of the Sab.
bath. Several journals having alluded to
the practice Of England in this respect, as
o fit example for imitation, the celebrated
sdUdnt, Professor Boeckh, observed tina,
he would have no objection to the English
Sunday being introduced into Prussia, bu,
only on condition that the Prussians adopt
the English working-day as well.
So MUCH dissatisfaction exists at Au
gusta, Maine, in regard to the recent
base ball tournament, that the citizen
propose to offer handsome purse to b.
competed for by the same clubs tha
played at Portland, the game to be playet
on neutral ground and to be governed by
a neutral party with board Of refereel
and an awarding committee OF partiel
who belong to neither club.
The New York correspondent of on,
Of the Louisville papers writes that the
trial Of Rev. Stephen q. Tying, jr., fo
preaching in q Methodist church, is no
likely to come of, as assurances hay,
been given by Mr.. Tyngs friends that h
will not preach in Methodist meeting
house again unless he have leave 80 TO d.
from the rector in whose parish sale
meeting house may be located. This il
not like Mr.. Tying at all, and can hardl,
be true.
Ar menagerie exhibiting at Tun
bridge Wells, England, box containing
seven rattlesnakes was carelessly left open
One Of these cheerful reptiles escaped ant
wandered up and down the tent, to the
CONSERVATION Of everybody. Finally ht
bit the bonassus, q sort of buffalo, weigh
ing two tons, and afterwards valuable
horse belonging to the manager. The
horse, stung to madness, pranced about
and trampled the reptile under his feet
The animals, as we'll as the snake, subse
quently died,
1T is announced from Memphis that
under charter granted by the Tennessee
Legislature company has been forIled
in this city to dispose Of lands to immi
grants from Europe. This company has
secured control Of large tract Of Ten
nessee lands, which it proposes to sell or
long credits to industrious settlers, and 4
has already received enough offers from
abroad TO warrant the statement that /
will locate fifty families in Tennessee dur
ing the approaching autumn.
PRoFEssoR Henry, in the meeting O
speaking Of the electric spark, said h
"eould Judge better Of the duration Of tn
spark when seen perpendicularly thal
horizontally" When it appeared in prin
it read: "He could better judge OF tn
duration Of the squash when seen perper
dicularly than horizontally" That
equal to Mr.. Burlingame's eloquent allu
sion to the "granite shatr' on Bunke