The national Republican., 1867-02-20
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THREE SHOCKS Of an earthquake were ex-
perienced at San Diego, California, on the LIST
instant.
The evidence in relation to affairs in the
New York custom house, which was stolen from
the congressional committee has been recovered.
The Secretary Of the Interior agrees with
Postmaster Kelley to pay $lS 900 to the architects
for the designs Of the new post Office in New York
The gunboat Yantic has been thoroughly
fitted out at the GOsport navy yard, and will, in
few days start out to join the Gulf Squadron in
two years cruise.
THE negro lawyer, Bradley, lately arrested
for stirring up strife among the negroes on the
islands before Savannah has been released from
custody.
Mrs. ALICE PArrrE, the Oldest resident Of
warrenton, died at that place few days since.
She had been conspicuous member Of the Metho-
dist Church for more than half century.
THE Boston City Missionary Society com.
msnced Its semi.centsnial anniversary on Sunday
evening. Gov. Bullock, Father Cleveland, who is
ninety four years Of age, and others, delivered ad
dresses.
A FREsHEr in the Maumee river flooded
warehouses In Toledo, Ohio and swept away half Of
Cherry street bridge, which is three quarters Of a
mile long.
Gov. HUNPHREY, Of Mississippi, in special
~ n.
Southern plan for reconstruction, said II have
no recommendation to make on these propositions,
as disapprovc them entirely"
A MARINE guard, consisting Of q sergeant
two corporals and twelve men, have arrived at Nor.
folk from Washington, under the command Of
Lieut.. Goodrell, to 60 op board the United States
gunboat Tacony, which leaves to join the Gulf
Squadron the 6rst Of next week.
STEAM ooHDoLAs are talked OF in Venice,
much to the disgust Of ssntimentaliStS and Condo.
Iiers. They would bo fatal to the singing Of the
gondolier-if gondolierS do sing-fOr steam is the
deadly enemy of song. 1t is strong on scresching
but death on singing.
BREvET MAJ. GEN. JEFF. g. DAVIS has been
relieved Of the command Of the Department Of Ken
tucky, and ordered to join to 23d regiment Of in
fantry of which he is colonel at Fort BriscO, Idaho
Permission to delay en- route for three months was
granted
The New York Commercial Advertiser
says that recently q Connecticut farmers wife,
noted for q keen eye to the finances, was told by
her husband that the church had elected him den.
con, whereupon she eagerly inquired "aow much
money will you get by it"
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Legislature on the liquor law has reported an
amendatory bill providing for the FIRST violation Of
the law an additional penalty Of imprisonment in
Jail for thirty days and for the second conviction
sixty days. Common sellers are to be imprisoned
three months the FIRST conviction and four months
on the second. There is no alternative penalty.
IS BUILDING cuIMNEYs bricklayers should
put quantity Of salt into the mortar with which
the inter.courses Of brick are 70 be laid. The
effect will be that there will be any accumu-
lation of SCOT in the chimney for the reason that
the salt in the portion Of mortar which Is exposed
absOrbs moisture every damp day. The SCOT thus
becoming damp falls down into the Ere place.
OYE pleasant afternoon the late j. Caesar
stood upon the highest pinnacle Of his glory, and
reviewed his adamantino leglOns. As tho countless
multtudes passed before him, sad thoughts crowded
into his mind "Alas - thought ho, "but short
while, and all these will have passed away thou
sand years from now, and scarcely one Of them will
survive. Alas. and is 1t SO? Alas! alas ha! ha"
TEXAS is an excellent example Of the effect
Of free government upon a country. Thirty years
ago her sterile plains, called "ths great des
ert Of the Southwest" belonged to Mexico. To,
day, as ono of the United States, she has more
trade with the world than the entire Mexican
nation with its 5000, 900 inhabitants and half O
score Of different rulers.
A PLAN has been brought forward at AL.
bany which combines originality and a practical
daring Hitherto the universal custom has been to
license the seller and regulate the sale; the new
plan proposes to go the root Of the matter and to
license the drinker himself, requiring Eve free.
holders to sign his application for license to buy,
and imposing heavy fne upon anybody who sells
to an unlicensed person
The Lowell Courier says the model school.
house which the Massachusetts, Legislature would
not send to the Paris Exhibition had been ordered
by n responsible firm in Boston, Of Mr.. NJ. G. Pratt
at wimesit Steam Mills in that city, and the order
has been finished. The building is 80 by 90 feet
and is in model" style-French windows, large
glass, silver door.knobs, &c.
A LONDON PAPER notices curious mis-
print in one Of the editions of the New Testament
} printed at Oxford, where the word glad was con
7 verted into eiqd. The person who detected th,
error received the reward of guinea which the
Oxford press offers for such discovery. 1t Is ar
extraordinary fact that with this standing offer o.
l. a reward, and oil the vigilance of readers, Sunday
school teachers and scholars, this error of single
letter is the only that has been detected in up
: ward of sixty different editions.
WILLIAM TELL, the Swiss patriot has fol
lowed PocHhontas into the regions Of fable.
Mr.. Barring S. Gould, Master Of Arts, has applied
his scholarly energies to the work of proving Tell
myth, and that his story is no more than feebl,
COPY Of one which has been repeated regarding
men of many lands, remote from each other, durinl
the past eight centuries more. On the fact tha
the same story as Tells was current far antocedon
to the date of the popular one rests Mr.. Gould
theory that William Tell is not historical char
acter.
PERSONAL.
, Mr.. RUTHERFoRDs S eleven and half inche
telescope object glass, corrected for the chemica