The national Republican., 1867-04-22
Pen, Pencil, and Scissors.

England, New York, and Psnnsyivanis, are
about to smigrsts South.
SoxE Of the lemons grown in Florida
weigh over pound each and are twelve inches
In c,rcumferense.
A DONATION Of $50, 1000 has recently been
made to the Theological Seminary at Andovsr.
Massaohusetts.
Two negroes, convicted Of the murder
Of Mr. secceinger, at Savannah, Ca, were e1.
eoutsd at the jail In that city on Friday last.
ANOTHER prize fight is arranged between
barnard and Drew, It is To come OF down the
Missouri, and the stakes are $500.
SoxE Of the prominent merchants OF
po..sa p.oPo.. to give George Peabody public
reception before his dspsrturs 70 Europe.
Iron moulders Of Cincinnati are on
strike. -Four hundred Of them aro out Of en-
ployment in consequence Of It,
We ARE INDEBTED TO MEssRs. PHILP &
soLoMoss for copy Of Harper, Magasine for
May, an exceedingly interesting NUMBER with
more than tho usual number Of engraving
The late George L. Stearns, in his will,
made no special distribution Of his property, but
left Il to be distributed among his heirs accord.
log to the rules Of law.
TIE statement that the South Carolinian
has been sold to Beverly Mash as 4 negro organ.
l. false. Il is still edited and owned by F. @.
DsfontainO.
A MATCH game Of billiards Of one thou
sand points, for one hundred dollars, came Of
in the billiard rooms Of Mr.. Horning In schsnec.
tady, New York, on the l9th instant.
SPURoEoN comes out with good thing:
Brethren - said he, "if God bad referred the
ark to q committee on naval affairs. It Is my
opinion 1t would not have been built yot."
The Ohio House Of Representatives, be
fore Adjournment, refused to take up and psss
the Senate amendments to the eight.bour bill,
and II therefore failed to become law.
SOME years ago, when Prince Paul Es-
tsrhsIy appeared at court receptions bis jewels
we're the topic Of remark. Owing to financial
Irregularities" they were sold at auction recently
for Es7, 100.
ONE OF the defenders Of Fort Erie
against the Fenians has been presented by the
inhabitants with a sword Of superb workmanship
for gallant conduct at that place June 2, 1866"
A LITTLE girl four years old was recent
ly called as 4 witness in q police court, and In
answer to the question as to what became Of lit.
tie girls who tell falsehoods, she innocently re.
piled that they were sent to bed.
A FELLOW calling himself Darling has
been swinding members Of the Sew Orleans and
Memphis press by representing himself as CORE.
spondent of the Cleveland PLaiHdealsr and Gin.
cinnati Commercial
IS the Massachusetts Legislature the
COMMITTEES on Railroads and Canals have unan.
imously reported bill In favor OF granting the
State credit to the amount Of 50, 900, 900 to the
Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad.
JAMES DOYLE was killed at Pleasant Val
ley, Rhode Island, on Wednesday, by the falling
Of one Of the walls Of the Provideuce Dye
wood Mill, which was recently destroyed BY
are.
CALEB CHEEsHAPTEAMUCR, an Indian,
graduated at Harvard College in 1885, and died
In chsrlestown the next year, sged twenty, the
Ouiy Who teSoiNNu uobtee ~
ward.
JAS. MERRILL. killed in Berkshire county
last week. Eve eagles, the wings Of ono measur.
Ing eve feet six inches from tip to tip. Sports.
men seem to have very little respect for the
"burd o. freedom"
ALL theatres and places of amusement
were thinly attended during holy week, which
ended on SATURDAY. We thereafter look for bet
ter houses, which will DO dssideyaiMm dsyoutly
wished for by managers and actors
DETAILS of fresh horrors come from the |
west coast Of Africa. A war has broken out be. |
tween two opposing tribes Of savages, In which
several of the New CaIabar tribes were made
prisoners by their enemies, aud, shocking to rs.
late. were roasted and eaten by the other side.
Mrs. MARY THOMSON, the lady who was
assaulted and robbed BY two rutians 10 Brook.
lyu, N. Y, a few days ego, died on Wednesday.
Her liver had been ruptursd. and other deadly
injuries inflicted on her. No clue has beeu
found to the murdersrL
JEREMIAH MCCARTHY ia the Oldest man
In New Haven, CT. He will be one hundred and
one years old the 2lst day Of next May Ho Is
hale and hearty, and walks to St. Johns Gath
olic) church every Sunday, to attend service
there.
A SOCIETY of vegetarians has been organ
iItd in Dayton, Ohio, the director being q
woman who AYERS that she has lived solely on
vegetable diet for fifteen years. CORE
.pondent who has seen her says, indeed, 1t Is
quite easy to believe It when one looks at her
A PARTY who recently explored Hum
bOldt river, 10 Nevada, reports 1t to bo 81 feet
to feet deep very crooked, and abont 60 feet
wide, with occasional shadows and rapids II
Is thought the stream may be rendered useful for
navigation. II lies wholly 10 Nevada, terminal
ing in lake in TWen ty six Mile Desert.
THE Greenfield Gazette says thriving
young merchant ol Ohio died recently, leaving
4 fortune Of $40, 900, which by the terms Of his
will goes to his afiaucsd wifo II she remains sim
gle until she reaches the age Of twenty-four.
This young heirsss has been fr the past two
years an operative in the Lyman Mills at HOl.
yoke, Massachusetts,, but 10 at present residing
With her parent. 10 New Salem.
A LARGE mass meeting was held in Mo
bile, AlAbamP, IN the ell h ssnth Over 5000
negroes weTS present. Radical speeches were
made by bOrh black and white speakers. Rsso.
lutiouS were adopted afilStipg with the Radical
party, and demanding the right for blacks to sit