The national Republican., 1867-04-13
Pen. Pencil and SCISSORS.

Memphis on the course pursued by the Alabama.
The Senate yesterday voted to adjourn
finally on Tuesday nsxts fNN
TnE Wisconsin Legislature adjourned
on Thursday Hns die. 4
TIE Princess Of wales Is At the point Of
death.
GEORGIA papers say the wheat crop in
that State was mover more promising.
liz another column will be found an arti.
ole from the London Times on Congress and the
Fsnian movement.
A FIRE occurred at Portland, Maine, on
the 18th instant, destroying three store. Loss,
$40, 900. -. ...-,.r -r. ..r.. d,
THIRrKES Republicans in the New
Jersey Legislature voted against striking the
word white" from the State constitution.
GoyERxoR FKSros has vetoed the bill
passed BY the New York Legislature, Increasing
the fare on the Central railroad.
STRIKES among laborers and mechanics
In various places In our country and In Europe
continue 10 be the order Of N. day
The Dental Association Of the States
has been in session for several days At Memphis,
Tennessee. ... -4 rail-. ...r...
THE work Of registration in Virginia is
going on rapidly. Seven hundred officers are
required In the capacity Of clerks, agents, 10.
THE publication Of the contents Of the
wilkes Booth diary is soon TO bo given to the
public.
GEN BANKS, who is now at home in
| walthnm, Massachusetts,, visited she Legislature
day or two since and was cordially welcomed
by the members.
| WV. BAoKHAUs, the man who was
charged with having aOggod his daughter to
death in Chicago, has been discharged, the evi.
dsnce being slightsr than was supposed.
The Franklin Insurance Company, Of
Memphis, failed on the llth inst It's liabilities
are estimated at $q3, 900 and its assets at $780,,
900.
THE extensive mill recently erected in
williamsport, Pa by the Pennsylvania Mar.
BILE Company, was entirely destroyed by FIRE on
Thursday morning. The loss Is heavy.
The Baltimore american says that the
vote for the assembling Of 4 constitutional con.
vsntiou In Maryland will be very small, and at.
tributes this to the apathy Of the Republicans
A LARGE distillery in Cincinnati has
been consumed by FIRE, involving a loss Of $780,
900. Several adjoining buildings were more oil
less damaged.
CHILD MURDER seems just now to be
an epidemic. Our exchanges from different parts
, of the country give horrid details of these ter
rible crimes.
+ The commissioners of Hamilton county
: Ind, have appropriated IS, 900 from the county
treasury to pay for the erection Of a soldiers
monument in tho public square Of Noblesville
in honor Of the soldiers from that county.
GEO. L. SrEARSs, the reformer, Is dead.
He died in New York city, on Tuesday last, oi
lung fever. He was an honest and good man,
intent upon following his convictions Of truth
and duty.
The steamer st. Lawrence reports, on
; her arrival in New York. that on the 4th inst.
she picked up the crew Of the Brish ship Edgar
Cecil which had been wrecked fifteen days pre-
viOusly.
SAMUEL MILLS, who murdered George
Maxwell, at Franconis, N II, in December last,
has been sentenced to bo hung on the 9th Of
May. He Is IN Englishman, "a years Of age,
and a miner by trade.
, An express messenger Of Adams & Co.,
lost on the MOnOngAhela, last Saturday, $40 900.
The money was deposited in a safe In the state.
room in which the messenger slept, but the safe
was opened with false keys.
TRoUBLE with the Indians seems to be
imminent on our frontier. The Kiowa chief
profess friendship for the whites, but the Black
feet, Sioux, cheyonnos, ArapAhoes and Ca
manches are determined on war, and will have II
THE conservatives Of Memphis hay,
held 4 large and enthusiastic meeting The,
r appointed delegates to the Nashville convention
e Resolutions were passed asking cOlOred voters t,
G send delegates to the same convention.
9 IT is definitely settled that the martin,
/. or commercial German Gag shall consist Of thre,
stripes-black-wh -white-red-this being a combina
tion Of the old Hanseatc colors, red.white, will
n the Prussian colors blaok.whits.
, A PRIZE fight between Doony Harris
and Tommy Chandler took place In San Fran.
cibCO on iuo bhhts were uFc tuOu-
sand dollars. The fancy from all parts of the
Pacific coast were out in full force.
The Richmond Dispatch of Saturday
says that Northern men who think Of investing
in Virginia lands need not scruple to do so on
account of approhended difficulties, as there Is
no doubt whatever Of the acceptance Of the Shsr.
man law of reconstruction and low Prices, Rne
climate. and great productive qualities are on.
5 cOurngements to invest in lands in the State.
WALLDMoR De BoDIsCo, the Secretary Of
the Russian Legation, will leave Washington i'm
!; mediately for St. Petersburg with the Russian
' treoty. The continental domain conveyed by
! the Russian. American treaty to the U. s. con.
tains about Ss9, 900 square miles. The island.
may increase this number to $50, 900 square
miles. The United States are to pay $40 200, 00G
) in gold, at the Treasury at Washington, within
ten months after the exchange Of the ratiaca.
tions which are to be exchanged at Washington
before the 3Oth of June, or the treaty fall
through.
TANED RGGInNAu