The national Republican., 1867-08-05
alational Repablifa,l.
news and Miscellany.

would tire OF PhRbus Apollo hlmseli y
the young man hung about the house oil
the time.
SAKE, the genial poet, has returned from
his European tour. His sojourn abroad
has evidently reinvigorated him bodily and
mentally. We shall now expect still more
pungent satire and keener wit from his
gifted pen.-Albany Journal
ONE of the most notorious bandits in
italy is Giuseppe Morinee, alias Joseph
Morrow. formerly q New York rowdy
He attended Yale College for two years,
and has also been an inmate Of some oi
the New York prisons.
We HAVE the authority Of an eminent
chemist that the blight on the cherry,
pear, and peach trees, recently noted, has
been caused by corrosive sublimate, which
was carried up and distributed from Kings
mammoth balloon. King ought to be
looked after in this connection.
A YOUNG lady who is up among the
White Mountains, writes to friend, con.
fdentially: at is delightful to climb up
these hills, with young man to help you
in the steep places, and eat luncheon
with you on the summit" She is evident.
ly lady Of taste and experience.
WITH q true wife, the husbands faults
should be secret. A woman forgets when
she condescends to that refuge of weak
ness, female confident. A wifes bosom
should DC the tomb Of her husbands fail
ings, and Ills character far more valuable
in her estimation than life.
srpecprprp of n oo,ntr,, ,ono. II
long standing, who had never paid dollar
Of his subscription, told the collector no,
many moons ago, when called upon for his
little bill, that he had no funds: He only
subscribed for the thing in order to en-
courage the undertaking."
WIN. PENN was arrested in Schenectady
yesterday morning charged with being &C
cessory to the murder Of Michael Dick, oI
Oneida, who was poisoned about two
months ago. The prisoner was taken to
Oneida in charge of two officers from that
place.
New HAVEN papers tells the story of q
widow in that city who, having announced
that her daughter had received large for.
tune at the death Of a friend, purchased
largely and borrowed freely, till it was
learned that she had been playing huge
confidence game upon the community.
INVESTIGATIONS show that young Good.
rich, the Pittsfeld bank clerk, had added
to the crime Of embezzlement, on which
he is now on $4,000 bail, that Of forging q
name to a receipt for money purporting to
have been paid out to a depositor. The
Berkshire Savings Bank has lately recoy.
cred $3.50 more Of the funds embezzled by
him.
The farmers of Long Island are suffer-
ing this season from the potato rot. The
losses from disease last year are renewed
this season on q much larger scale. In
some places fields embracing many acres
are wholly blasted. The farmers, in order
to save as much as possible of their crops,
are hurrying them into the market.
DAVID HESsHAw was the first man in
Massachusetts who offered printed bal
lot at the polls, he claiming that it was, in
legal point of view, written one. The
ballot was rejected. Henshaw prosecuted
the Selectmen, and the matter was carried
to the Supreme Court when it was decided
that Henshaw's view of the matter was
correct. Since that time we have been
allowed to use printed ballots.
A BLIND fiddler, who for twenty wears
had played in the streets of Vienna, recent
ly died. After his death q will, drawn up
in due form, was found in his chamber, by
which he bequeathed ten thousand forms
to his nephew, and six thousand forms to
a female who used to conduct him through |
the streets. The money, consisting of |
bank.notes, silver and one thousand Of the |
coins, was all found.
The Sultans yacht is described as a per.
[ect chef douvre Of English build and of
Oriental luxury. The state bedroom re.
calls that Of Louis XIV, at Versailles, from
,he profusion Of gliding with which it is
decorated, and the form Of the bed Two
Mosques are erected on the deck Tho
,ailors on board the Sultar.ii utterly dis. |
lain fees, which # is not the distinctive
I'M -. .eristic of those whose duty it is to |
show visitors over the royal yacht.
Miss AIMEE DE RorHscHup, at one ofl
The grand entertainments recently given,
wore q train Of rich white pouh de sotr,
very elegantly trimmed with white tulle
and gold scarfs; corsage to correspond
with guirlandeS Of ivy, frosted leaves, and
gold acorns; skirts of white tulle over glace
silk, trimmed with tulle, gold, and guar-
'andse Of ivy, frosted leaves and gold
ncorns CO!Deur of ostrich feathers;
wreath of the same choice flowers, and
tulle veil embroidered in gold.
ALoNzo TIBBETTs was arrested some
months ago on the charge of having mur.
1ered MIR. Thos Page, in Morris, Illinois.
He was acquitted-his brother, who was
believed to be cognizant of the crime, re-
IuSing to testify. On Friday meeti- = osI
\ wa" po.oIvn5 vIt@gms hon was ~" at which
hir" ? -tionZo' The sherih
nrdav ~ e. 10 jail Tor safety. On sat
: ..c crowd broke open the Jail, in the
absence Of the sheriff, took Tibbetts in
wagon across the river, and hung him to q
tree, against the protestations of the mayor
and others. lie asserted his innocence to