The national Republican., 1867-04-20
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TnE receipts from internal revenue yes
tsrdsy were ss4o, ,t3s.4s.
ARcBBsHoP SrALpiSo is reported as be-
yond recovery. &
TnREE new daily papers arc said to be
about Issuing in Quebec. " -
Hon. THOMAS II. CLAY, United States
Minister at Honduras, arrived at New York on
Thursday. -.--.--...-.. ....---.-. ~.
Ar Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Thurs-
day, an unknown cOsi.ladsn schooner went
ashore during the gale.
IRON moulders Of Cincinnati are on q
strike. -Four hundred Of them are out Of ems
ploymsnt In consequence Of II.
THE strike OF the iron workers at Pitts
burg, Pc, has tsrminstsd, the men rs'umins
work at the old prices. of. rr boo ~
THH Ice In the 81. Lawrence river Is fast
disappearing, and II is supposed the river will Be
open soon.
An Alabama paper says: with the
iigh. before rs and bsyonsts behind us, We had
better khOok under" ..- . 80 10 q
The working men OF Baltimore have or.
gsniIed wortingmsn's Political Union on the
platform Of the National Labor Congress which
was held there in August last, IA
| OK the outside will be found an inter-
ssting account Of The Paris Exposition, from the
Paris correspondent Of The New York TubHns.
II is long, nut 1t will richly pay psrusaL ia1
Mr., R.YNosD's case as Minister to Aus
tda after lengthy debate In executive session
yesterday. was laid on the table. This postp,u,-
IL ustil December, and Mr.. Motley holds ovr,
FouK clergylnen have been indicteH icr
libel at the present term Of the Huntefdon couit,
New Jersey. Politicsis said TO be at the bottom
Of tho affair.
No DEATHS have occurred from starva-
tion in Southern Minnesota, as reported Con.
siderable suffering had been experienced, but re-
lief was promptly furnished BY the State officials.
The rumor that negotiations are in pro-
grsss for the purchase Of British America, In.
cluding vancouvS Island, by the United States
Government, Is not credited here.
FoRTYFouR cows were burned to death
. In q stable In St. Louis on Saturday night
J; Efforts were made to save them; but they be.
came be wildered In the flame and smoke, and
= were dangerous to approach.
t The Virginia Legislature passed bill
consolidating the Norfolk and Petersburg, South
side, and the Virginia and Tennessee railroads
into one road, to be called the Atlantic, Missis-
= sippi, and Ohio railroad.
A RURAL contributor says he has en-
larged his establishment, and now keeps head
Of oxen, q head of hen, and several head Of cab.
: bage, while he is also trying to keep q head Of
the times.
The Platte river, Missouri, is reported
higher at tho present time than It has been ,ines
1874. The Missouri and Pacific railroads are &c
T. covered with water that the fires in the lccomo
tives are eItinguished.
y Or Tuesday night last the constables o.
Havorhill, Mass, made raid on three gambliu,
saloons, seired all the implements, and arrested
J. the prOpristors and ten or twelve persons who
were engaged in playing.
n The Governor Of South Carolina says
that one hundred thousand people in South Car.
olina have not tasted meat for thirty days. The
destitutiOn 10 very great, and in several cases
:. starvation is reported.
=, The schooner Willis Lincoln, of Dux.
bury, parted her jib.stay near Gurnet, while
running into Plymouth harbor on Wednesday
= and Henry Hunt was washed of the bowspri,
l. while endeavoring TO secure It.
A FRENCH journal in Montreal, Canada
> Is indignant at the Ministers of the Canadian
Government remaining about the royal palacei
Q In England when their presence is required In
Canada TO look after the interests Of their con.
stituency.
A BOY, thirteen years old, named Thos
nj P. Cahill, while coming out Of the Boylstor
school.yard, at Boston, on Wednesday, wal
struck in the temple by portion OF the fence
T. which violent gust Of wind blew down, and
was instantly killed.
The New Orleans Republican, o new
paper just started In that city Is furnished will
II special kilograms from this city to tho amount
n on the average, Of Eve hundred words q day, q
an expense Of eleven cents word. This In ad
dition to the Associated Press dispatches
SENATOR WILSON has returned to Wash,
y ington, and took his seat in the Senate yester
day. He will soon leave for New Orleans, ant
! will speak at the principal points on the route
Q He will address the Legislature Of Virginia, al
Richmond, on Monday next.
A CLERK in Iowa City says: "a very
pretty and nObby young lady called in the store
the other day and requested to see our lavender
kid gloves, whereupou she was shown several
6 different shades Of that color. Being a little
+ overcome with SO great a variety, she asked
Which Of those pairs are the lavendetest p"
|. Ar Mount Morris, Pennsylvania, on
Sunday night, Martin Cane got up about mid.
d night, and procuring IN AZ returned to his bed
= and beat out the brains of his wife After strk
i ing her two blows on the head, the murderer pro
ceeded to the yard, and with his suspenders huns
himself to tree. The unfortunate woman wal
+ ! alive when discovered by the neighbors in tn,
- morning. but died In short time.
ls THE Lewiston (Maine) Journal contains
!. the following paragraph in It's list of recsn
deaths "AuburD, April 2, Mr.. Cromwell P
ID HuntOn, aged. 81 years, Q months, and II days
ID Feb. 10, John, aged years, 7 months, and II
days March %, LuS E., aged IS years, months
g. and Is days March 80, Herbert, aged "a years
0 months, and 20 days, children Of Cromwell
Il uunton."