The national Republican., 1867-07-23
Pen, Pencil. and Scissors.

lHE war DotWeen cru uilu oPoh "h'
probably continus for some time to come.
THERE Is much turbulence and discord
In Chill.
A NEW YoRKER protests that there is
too much Mexico in the papers.
MINNESOTA is absorbing cmigrants at the
rate Of about thousand day.
HARVARD has been the victor at six Of
the eight college regattas which have taken place.
Yale won in '64 and '65.
THREE centuries ago the average dura-
tion Of life was 81 years; now IL Is over 45 years
Let's keep on. ..a.a...
PooR people, said sensible old nurse
to Charles Lamb, do not bring up their childreni
they drag them up. ....-.-. ..rg r.
The Geological Garden in Frankfort-on-
the. Main contains 900 animals, representing 2ss
different kinds. .r.-..
The Union and Dakotaian, paper pub
iished at Yankton, Dakots, makes gratuitous
and unwanantabls attack upon Gen, Sherman.
The steamship Ocean Queen, from As
pinwail, brings to New York $l,llo,aso in
treasure.
THE Legislature Of Bolivia refuses to ac-
knowledge any other chief or ruler but Mos
qusrs, and this man Is still in prison.
The Cretans are preparing q squadron
Of ave ships with which they intend to destroy
the Turkish feet. .fH.H"..
The opinion Of the English merchants
Il n. T.. 4, NJ Nktn. 4. hal that x,axl Ia
an important depot for European trade.
FIVE HUNDRED TROOPS have been re-
cruitsd for the California service by Col. Butter
field. They sailed in tho Rising Star,
SoNK of the Russian journals are much
dissatisfied with the sentence passed upon Bere-
sowski, the assassin of the Crsr.
The Veteran Observer" Of the New
York TINE, thinks the absolute money value Of
the crops this year will be four hundred millions
Of dollars greater than in 1866.
NJ. THEIRS has made some significant
remarks in the French Legislature in regard to
the Mexican expedition. There was profound
silence in the assembly while he was speaking.
A VERY heavy freshet prevails on the
upper Mississippi Twelve million feet Of logs
broke through the booms and were carried over
the Falls Of st. Anthony
The Board of Health Of st. Louis have
prohibited the sale Of green corn, cucumbers,
melons, eabbages, squashes, and all kinds Of un'
ripe fruit within the city limits until October.
The Chinese Government complains
that certain Europeans are furnishing the insur.
gents in that Empire with arms. II Is not un.
likely.
The Austrian Richsrath are preparing
to do two important things, frst to grant tOlsra.
tion to all religious faiths, and to allow civil
magistrates to solmenize marriages.
The steamship Union was at South
ampton, England, on Sunday last. She left
New York on the llth inst. She landed tn,
English mails and then sailed for Bremen.
Il A TEACHER Of music asked an old lady
II her grandson had any ear for music7 "wa'n,
! said she, 81 rally don't know won't you tax
the candle and seer"
IT Is stated by the Hong Kong ncwspa
perS that certain Portuguese are engaged in tn
coolie trade, and It Is moreover stated that the
kidnap girls and women for the vilests Of pur
poses.
TIE Mormons are in trouble. There is Q
schism among them. Hyde, Lyman and Pratt
three Of their noted leaders-have broken with
Brigham, and that concsited advocate of polyga
my has turned them over to tho evil one.
The peach crop in Kentucky is yer!
/ MapaytIIa H.
has sold his crop Of fifty acres to a Cincinnati
Arm for $4,000, tho purchasers to pay all ex
penses and take all risks
WARLIKE preparations are going on il
France and in Prussia, and some parties con
cluds from those notes Of preparation that thes
two great powers will soon be involved in
bloody conflict.
The body Of Macmillan will be deliy
cred to the Austrian Legation, and will be pu
on board an Austrian vessel at Vera Cruz, whic
has been sent to that port for this especial pul
pose.
) The regulators, as they call themselves
(ths true rendering of which term means de-
perado,) are at work in Louisville. They hay
!, just murdered q man by the name Of Bridg
water.
, A SURVEYING PARTY has Just left Sa
Francisco for Alaska to survey the coast and al
: jacent islands. Captain W. A. Howard, Of Ii
revenue service, also left with the same party
. organize the affairs Of the revenue department
AMONG the toilet articles which the Su
. tan has brought with him into the country
I, tho infdels is an immense tank Of Nile wate
. His Highnsss Is forbidden to bathe in any lie
sacred water.
2 TIE value Of real and personal pro-
, erty in this District has increased nearly q
per cent. during the past ten years. II our pe
pie will avail themselves Of their opportunitie
It will increase more than 200 per cent. In Il
next ten years.
A TWO MILE foot race for 5000 aside WI
run on Long Island on Monday between two &C
ebrated pedestrians named Powers and Kembl
The latter made the two miles and won the ra
in 9.22, and Powers covered the distance
, 9.3Sl.
On HEARING the news of the execution
the Empress Eugene Is said to have burst int
tears and no one dared inform Maximilian