The national Republican., 1867-05-16
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paying tsxss on bis ssvsn.thirtiss.
A FEMALE BioAMsr in Jersey City is DC
ou,.d Of having fourteen husbsnds.
LANBALLr, the famous doctor, was buried
with hopors IN Paris short time since.
ssyESftks MILLIONS out Of twenty-three
millions Of the italian population are unable to
read and write:
CANADA is preparing to make an unusual
I"splurssr on the ,oussn's birthday, the 34th
instant o 10 81 ~ ." Ts..,7
/ TnR ladies promise that II they are
allowed 10 vote they win elect their csndidatss
by handsome" mJoritiss, .,.... g"'
TIE Mobile papers are enthusiastic in
the expression Of their sdmirstiss Of Mr.. For
rests acting. DO ~, II .---.I,t |
TIE Alumni Of Girard College will cele-
brste the coming snnirsrssry Of eirsrd's birth
day, NAY 81. ..... ..., .....,.r, .fiIs6r
TIE town Of Norman, H., decided the
other day 10 admit eoiorsd children into ths fub-
lie schools, by vote Of eito4. IL
|. JoHs A. HEsSISos, merchant Of Farm
land, near Muncie, Ind, was murdered and rob
bed near hi, home on the night Of the 4th last, \
A CASE Of Asiatic cholera was reported
At 81. cstharins., Canada, Last week. The per-
son attacked is said to DO fast Recovering.
The people in the flooded districts OF
Louisiana are suffering for food. and some have
been drowned for lssk Of bes.s 70 save ths~.
An Indiana husband applied for d.
vorcs on the ground that his wife Is an incorrigi.
bio thief ...
The strike Of the Paris tailors is ended,
the master, having compromised by granting an
the strike continues.
IT is estimated that the striking" opera
tives in Pittsburg have lost $sls 500 BY their re-
cent experience Of three and \ half months Of
idleness
Hons HORACE GREELEY and Gerritt
Smith have been talking to the people Of Rich
mond and men Of all torts of opinions and all
shades Of color have given respectful attention,
THERE is no truth in the report that
John c. Breekinridse and Judge Thomas, Oi
Fairfax county, Va, have been indicted by the
grand jury at Richmond for treason.
THE great food in the Missouri is sub
siding. So many changes have been made in th,
channel Of the river that navigation is more diff
fcuit than ever.
. TIE people Of Quebec are quarreling
over the intsr-oolonisl railway, and object To
have the terminus in q wilderness, rs Is now
proposed.
I CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE has made his ap.
pointmsnts of gentlemen to act as registers in
bankruptcy in the Southern District Of New
York. They are six In number
n IT is stated that the Erie Railway Com
psny arc about doing away with the use OF wood
on their locomotives, and have already COM
menced selling of the wood they have on hand.
THERE is financial panic in New Or.
leans, growing out of the sudden closing Of the
sub-treasury and a national bank by the Gov
ernment.
The largest income in the Springfield,
Mass, district is returned by Col. James NJ
Thompson, slls, ,1s4, indicating that the profits
Of the express business last year were good.
L. A CONVENTION, numbering two thousand
persons, has been held in Baltimore. 1t wa,
composed Of white and cOlorsd persons, and its
object had reference to Maryland Affairs
THEY came very near having a cargo Of
small po1 landed in New York the other day,
The health officers were just in season to prevent
the landing at Castle Garden.
A SERIOUS RIOT occurred in Mobile on
Tuesday night, in which several persons were
killed and wounded. It occurred at q meeting
held by Judge Kelley. The rebellion in that
city still lives.
SENATOR CATTELL, Of New Jersey, has
been eompIimentsd by the Philadslphisns for his
services In carrying through the League Island
bill. Tho testimonial is in the form Of silver.
service set worth 50, 900.
THE English House OF Commons have
amended the reform bill so that q lodger who
pays ten pounds may have the franchise. This
recognizes the principle that the money and not
the man votes.
A BOY named Copp, belonging in South
Benton. N. H., having boen punished by his
father for some offence. went up stairs and shot
himself in tbs side. His situation is considered
critical.
Or the nearly six millions of imports
last week there were of wine, $s6,667i fancy
goods, S5S, 992i champagne. $52.976i jewslry,
tl, IVA watches, $24, ,84si brandy, Sl3,965;
fE aits and pres srves, 5000, 900.
\ GENERAL SCHoFIELD has revoked the Or
der Of General Wilcox prohibiting the lecture Of
Mr.. II. Rivss Pollard, in Lynchburg, and Mr..
Pollard was to have delivered his lecture in that
city in tho ernly part Of this week
The fame of Indiana is extending. A
law firm in New Albany has received a letter
from woman IN Scotland, making inquiry In
reference to divorce, and another from n gen.
tlemnn in Colorado on the same subject.
The New York Evening Post and Com
msreiaE AdV1tISsr- -Thurlow Weeds paper-de
nOunsss Mr.. Greeley for signing tho bail bond Of
JeffsrsOn Davis. How Is It that Mr.. Greeley
shOuld be csnsured, and Augustus Schsll. John
Minor Bolts and others arc passed by in silence
Mons. P. DU CHAILLU is delivering
course Of lectures at the Cooper Institute setting
forth in detail his explorations in Central Africa.
The facts stated By the lecturer arc of profound
interest, and they are attracting the attention Of
the world,
The Episcopal convention Of Florida, on
I Il IT.