The national Republican., 1867-01-26
Pen, Pencil, and Scissors.

The Boston PoH Is responsible for the above out.
rageous statsusht. ~ H II E R u
MADAME PARKrA is in herself host
Nae YorL Twas. III 80
SENATOR CowAS has declared in favor Of
the right Of women to vote. Why nOn
THR BosroS Post says: "Mr. Boutwell, is
bringing his judicial mind to bear upon the su-
preme Court .f 10" Cd aa ~ d
A YouSo WOMAN swindled New York
haokman. - Exchange. .r. ar-.arU OIL. ..arf
She must have been sharper"
RrsroRr and her troupe were showed in at
an inn in Indiana. They thawed out, and went TO
play In Chicago. r..."'
SULPHUR has been found to answer the pur-
pose, in Its application to ,usarmakips bsttsr than
the b sulphats Of lime.
IS FRANCE man who spoke disrespect-
fully Of the Emperor in a stage coach has been
fined 800.
The selectmen Of New London, Conn,
propose selling the town square, and New Yorker
has offered sl2, 900 for II, to build house on.
FIVE persons were knocked down and Sc
vsrely injured BY nOw-sllds in Boston on wednss
day.
The late storm in California has equalled
In severity the remarkable one Of Is61-e2 and has
been attended by equally extensive foods.
ONLY six planters made sugar this season
In the parish Of St. Mary, La Tho yield Is stated
at fye hundred hogshoads-about one hundredth
part Of that Of former years
ARrExus WARD Is under the professional
care Of Mrs. DR.. Mary Walker, In LondOn.-Bo'tOn
Post.
Artemus done Brocn at last
"HoRAcE GREELEY lately delivered long
speech without once alluding to the negro.
Our private report says he alluded trIes to the
Subject"
A PRIVATE fancy dress party is being got
ten up in Washington. at which all those present
are TO wear some oostome Of the era Of Queen Eliza.
beth.
IT is proposed to convene meeting Of the
working classes In London for the purpose Of elicit
ing their views as to the cause which ALLEVIATE them
from religious worship.
A SENSATION is wanted by the editor OF o
Richmond pAper.-HHH Barnaeis
Let him take snuff or copy Of Fonsy'S speech
In which he nominated himself for United States
Senator.
IT has been affirmed on credible authority
that II ho lives, the young Lord Bslgrave, son Of
Earl and Lady Constance GroUenor, and grandson
Of Marquis Of Westminster, will be the wealthieSt
man In the world
The Albany EUening Journal, Republi-
can, says: There is nothing for which the Democ-
raoy pray more ardsntly than for the impeachment
IT. ~ -. - lk.A II.
ton despair Of success until the leaders Of the Re-
publican party prove Themselves political FOOLS"
IRIS not generally known that the leaves
Of geranium are an excellent application for cuts
whore the skin s rubbed Of, and other wounds Of
that kind. One or two leaves must be bruised and
applied 10 the part, and the wound will be cica.
trired in short time.
How WELL Walter Scott can describe snow
storms and things: The warriors of the cienoh
came down on Roxburgh castle
Like dark descent Of winter snow,
That down the night sublimely slow
Steals on the earth with silent pace,
Heaping and smothering natures face"
TEE report Of ]. Ross Browne, special com
missioner on the mineral resources Of tho States and
Territories west Of the Rocky Mountains, gives m
estimate Of the product for 1866 Of gold and silver
at $lO6 900, 900 from California, Montana idaho,
Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and other sections.
TIE Queen Of Holland, a few days back,
she was proceeding on foot to the Palace Of the
Prince Of Orange, slipped upon the hardened snow,
and fell with such violence that she became nssns
Bile. Her Majesty was taken up and carried to her
apartments, and 1t is hoped no serious consequences
will ensue.
THE microscope reveals to us the existence
Of q small black spot Of the diameter Of pin 9
head in the potato In this small space can be de-
teoted some two hundred ferocious animals Of a
coleopteric form, which bite and tear each other
with continued fury 1t Is easy to comprehend the
potato disease when such an intestine warfare is
raging.
DURING the performance. Of the drama
Peep o'Day" at the Boston Museum last wsdnss.
day evening" a stage-oarpentsr named WIN. Hart
while engaged in setting the bridge scene fell from
the aies to the stage, distance Of nearly thirty
feet, striking upon his side and breaking his hip
bone, beside sustaining other severe injuries. He
was taken to the Massachusetts, hospital.
ABOUT eighty day Of the new breech-
leaders are now being turned out at the Springfield
armory, and their number will be constantly In.
creased until in February two hundred will DO the
daily production. The working force Is being In.
creased, but only those are engaged who have been
in the army or navy, or who have served long and
faithfully in the Government workshops In that
city.
GEN. DYER, Chief Of Ordnance, states in
an official letter to the Secretary Of War that no
contract made subsequent to April 8, 1854 for the
manufacture Of rifles, carbines and pistols, has
been renewed and none has been extended. With
few exceptions, no increase Of price has been
made upon any Of these contracts; and II any Of
them have been sub-let, 1t has been done without
tho authority of the Ordnance Bureau, so far as
can be asoertained from the records Of the Office.
The New Berne Commercial says that
within radius Of thirty miles Of that city, during
the last twelve months there have been Perpetrated
not fewer than one hundred cases Of rape, murder,
arson and burglary, to say nothing Of the hundreds
Of cases Of minor offences against the law. These
offences are cOmmitted, in nearly every instance,
by negroes and tho Commercial urges the assem-.
bling Of public meetings to take some action to re
press the evil. .r-
Mr.. GILBERT MUSGRR, young artist who