The national Republican., 1867-08-12
Pen, Pencil and Scissors.
mn ny.oucen Of Nnples is dead.

Tus ex.Qucen OF Naples is dead.
Tur House of Lords will consider the
amended reform bill on the l2lh Inst.
FouRTrrS colored men have been ap-
pointed on the police force In Mobile.
A sor was smothered in load Of bran
In Peoris, Illinois.
A YOUNG widow in New York committed
suicide because she was q widow.
The Mexican Government have offered
a reward of slO. 900 for the capture Of Marquer
NEW YoRK gossips talk about Edwin
Booths marriage to Fifth avenue belle.
DAN BRYANT will have to pay 81 ,O53 for
breaking an engagement at Albany last April
The great fall Of rain will prevent
great rise In butter.
The French crew Of the 0nondaga
shrug their shoulders at the prospect Of cross.
ine-or not erossing-the Atlantic in that craft
IT would be great benefit to some per-
sons II they had vocation instead Of avseation
Just now.
JAKE THOMPSON is wide awake for the
portfolio Of Secretary Of tho Interior in the new
Dominion.
A CURIOUS state Of affairs at Chicago.
Two hundred shoemakes striking away, and all
thsir Iapstonss silent.-N. Y. GaEstts
IT 10 REPORTED that the English Govern
msnt Is TO send large body Of troops to Canada
shortly.
THE new international postal treaty be-
tween England and the United States has been
before the House Of Commons.
NAPoLEoss TROOPS are reported, by ad-
vices from the East to occupy tho three prov.
inees Of Cochin China.
FRANCIS JOSEPH, they say, swore never
to sign another death warrant when he heard Oi
his brothers execution.
MILE T1rrESs is to sing at st. Peters
burg TO tho tune Of 90, 900 mOnth-sl, 900 bot,
ter than Mario.
YouSd JOE SMITH promises the anxious
world his fathers Translation Of the bible In the
fall.
THf Hartford Supreme Court loosed the
matrimonial knot for twenty-five couples at itS
last session.
The late news from Mexico states that
Santa Anna had been taken to Vera Cruz to be
tried for conspiracy against the Government.
A SUICIDE in Brooklyn, before taking
the fatal leap, thoughtfully tied rope about
his waist and fastened one end to log, so that
his body might be recovered.
A LADY in Louisville died last Saturday
from the effects Of bee sting, and boy in
New Jersey did the same from the effects Of n
bsstins administered by his father.
LONDON spent 100000 on the sultan's
big dinner, and the Lord Mayor and two sheriGs
are to bs baronsted and knightsd respectively
for spending 1t.
IT Is stated that Darcy McGee has
been threatened With assassination II he makes
any disclosures. such as he has promised in re-
gard to the Fenian organization In Canada
As USUAL, the House of Lords rejected
the bill abolishug the Church rates, which was
passed BY the House Of Commons some time
since
LORD STANLEY has announced in the
Houss Of Lords that Sir Frederick Bruce has
been empowered TO investigate the matter Of the
killing Of Captain spssr BY an American soldier.
Or OUR FIRST PAGE will be found an ar
ticle on National Education, containing some
interesting extracts from q speech Of Hon. James
A. Garfield. Also, News and Miscellany.
We shall endeavor TO find room for q
portion, at least, Of tho letter Of DR.. Howe,
dated in Athens. 1t depicts, in graphic terms,
the sudsripgs Of the cretans at the hands Of the
Turks.
The steamer Narva left Havana on
Tuesday last paying out tho caban end Of the
Gulf cable. She had previously laid two miles
and half Of the Key West end paying out at
the rate Of four miles m hour without difficulty.
A Mrs. FRosr jumped from her carriage
in front Of railway train in full motion near
New Gloucester, Me-, on Thursday, while in an
uncomfortable fright at Its approach, and was
instantly killed.
| A RAILROAD EXPRESS TRAIN got OIL the
track at Bray Head, Ireland, when in transit
from Dublin to wickiow, and eight passenger
carriages ran down the side Of high bluff into
the sea, and thirty persons were iume ediately
killed
A Berlin correspondent of the New
York Timer expresses his fears that the German
may not be ct for republican form Of govern
} ment. We do not see much chance for them t,
get 1t yet awhile, whether they are Gt Tor 1t o
not.
IT is proposed BY the Pope to hold
general council Of the Primatss of the Church
: on the Sth Of December next. Cardinal Caterini
by order Of the Pope, has sent circular to a
the Bishops asking seventeen questions concern
e ing the internal description Of the church.
The Yacht Club Squadron.
We judge that the parties now on boar
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