The national Republican., 1867-02-27
Pen. Pencil and Scissors.
NOT falsetto singer a tuneful liar 2

The Taunton Gazette says petition is in
1imitsd) in that city fOria return to
town government
A NAN died in st. Louis last week from
the effects Of bite Of the thumb, received In a
fight.
THE gross receipts Of Ristori's four nights
In Memphis were $3,es9.SO. The hrst nights re.
csipts in New Orleans were $1,000
WHEN one Of the arch-radicals was i'll, q
few days ago, 1t was found that nothing would agree
with him except hsllsbOrs.
The Constitutional Amendment still |
"hangs ere " in the Massachusetts, Legislative
Committee on Federal Relations.
WHEELER & WILSON look forward to the |
time when their machines will be the common |
sewers Of the nation.
A MAN in Berlin, Prussia, is reported to
have lain inssnsble for seven days in consequences
Of going to sleep with a cigar in his mouth.
TIE young Duke Of Hamilton is the
wicked youth of Scotland Just now. According to
the newspapers he is going to destruction at q
rapid rate.
J. @. PARKER, Post Office News Stand,
sends US a copy Of the RiVrsids Magazine for
March, being the third number Of this popular and
beautiful magazine, especially for the young people
The operatives Of the Wamsutta Mills, in
New Bedford, have held another meeting and de-
tetmined not to 20 to work unless they have ten
hours with no reduction.
The Supreme Court OF Pennsylvania has
decided that the shares In National Banks are sub
ject to State taxation In the hands Of the share
holders.
On Saturday night last the safe in the
Office Of the county treasurer at Auburn, De Kalb
county, Indiana was blown open and about $lS, 900
in money stolen.
A NEW NAVAL STATION is about to be estab-
lished by Spain at Montevdeo, on the Atlantic
coast Of South America. The avowed object Of this
esablishmsnt is to seize war vessels on their way
from the United States to Chilli and Peru.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts, has
decided that the $1,000 lately bequeathod by
Francis Jackson, Of Boston, to secure the right Of
suffrage to women, was not legal charity and or.
dored its division among his heirs.
The Danville Register says the farmers
are making arrangements for the largest crops pos
sibe Of everything this year, and getting along
very well with the freedmen as laborers, the great
est trouble being that they can't hire enough Of
them.
The LOYAL GEORGIAN says that eighty-six
thousand persons, formerly wOuhipping under the
discipline Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, have transferred their membership to the
African Methodist Episcopal Church.
THE Memphis negroes are practicing all
sorts Of confidence games their less reconstructed
compatriots. One sharp fellow the othor day rep
resented himself as ticket agent for the Carolina
railroad, and made quite a respectable "lin."
ACCORDING to Greek accounts the Can
diaus we're bravely holding out at the end Of jan
uary and had gained several victories over the
Turks. They are reported to have been invited to
send delegates to COnstantinope to treat with the
Government.
,, CABLE DISPATCHES giving the closing quo
4 tations Of stocks in London Saturday were re.
ceved 10 this country at noon on the same day.
But hour was required for their transmission,
greater degree Of speed than had previously been
attained.
CHICAGO was in a bad way Thursday night
according to the papers. An unnatural mother
threw her infant into the river another heartessy
left her baby the doorstep Of citizen worth
less fellow deserted his wife-and Wendell Phillip'
delivered a lecture. Enough Of evils for night
: TIE Denver Ne,cs says that there is a curl
Gus rumor from the mountains, by a gentleman jus
down, that remarkable pocket or cavity has bee
i found in Of the mines near Gregory Point tn
l. walls Of which absolutely lined or plated wit
If gold. It's informant had seen q small specime
II from 1t which was valued at 5000.
C WHERE is James Stephens? ? is now aske'
, on both sides Of the Atlantic. The cable says b
"a is not in Ireland; the New York Fenians say he hO
left that place and sailed for Europe. Lette
- writer's have 1t that he was recently in Paris,
e but how recently they neglect to state. Stephen
of is something like Maximilian, though with differ
ence.
c AT a wedding party in Cairo the bride
IS groom sampled wine until he forgot he was newl
:, married man, and went of to his old room to be-
U and to sleep. About one o'clock in the mornin
n the landlord happened to pass the young man
room and noticed that he was in there asleep, an
Q approaching him shook him violently and aske
} him what he was doing there, and why he was nc
l. with his wife lie rubbed his eyes, and finally Ut
y derstanding what WIS going on, exclaimed, " Gr'
S. ciOus I'd forgot about being married. Th
l. young wife had waited until she had got disgusteC
# and when the truant husband made his appearanC
4 she was dressed ready to leaUe The matter WI
talked over and finally amcably arranged.