The national Republican., 1867-08-06
Pen, Pencil, and Scissors.

Tug cholera and an epidemic fever ure
beginning to appear in New York city.
Col. RoBERrs, the Fenian president, is
In Rome
GEN. SrcKLEs' last order in reference to
registration Is very stringent.
The Sultan Of Turkey has avowed him
self In favor Of the universal brotherhood Of man.
TIE last news from Tennessee give an
upward tendency to BrownlOw's majority. It
will exceed 80, 900.
CRor prospects in Canada are remarka.
bly, good One Of the largest hay crops ever had
has been gathered.
OuR Government pays sT5O,O0O for the
transportation Of the mails between Kansas and
California The contract for this service is held
by Wells, Fargo 4 Co.
Mr.. BIDwELL, Of California, declines to
run as an independent Union candidate for Gov
srnor Of that State. It Is said that the Repub-
lioans will unite upon Gorham.
THE New York Broadway Tabernacle
church Is about to be sold-prics 800, 900. The
congregation contemplate building new edihcs
farther up town.
The mob spirit appears to be rife in
Covington, Kentucky. A Union meeting was
attacked by q band Of rioters there on Saturday
last.
A CHURCH, public hall and n school
room are In process Of erection in London, as
memorial Of President Lincoln and Of the abo.
ition Of slavery In the United States.
A PUZZLED and not over-intelligent
English jury went back to FIRST principles and
drew lots for conviction or acquittal. Tho lots
went back on the prisoner, who was found
guilty.
The Count de Paris, son Of the Duchess
Of Orleans, whom she offered TO the French peo.
pie as their future king after the overthrow Of
Louis Philippe in lsis, is quietly living in Lon.
don.
ONE more revolutionary soldier has been
found His name Is William Taylor who was
born in 1857, and is consequently ITO years Of
age, and resides near spenccrvillc, Allen county,
Ohio.
A FOREIGN mechanician has made pin
for a necktie, the head of which is very small
piece Of malachite, containing n musical box,
which plays with marselous beauty number Of
modern Italian Operatic airs.
The French actress Dejezct is coming to
New York. She is seyenty.ivo years old, and
plays young and girlish parts. She was recently
the subject Of IN article in the Gdiory by Mr.,
Z. II. House.
The Mexican General Diaz says the
French commander, Marshal Bazaine, offered to
hand over to him Maximilian, Marquez, Mira
mon, and the cities of Mexico, Pucbla and Vera
Cruz, on conditions that he rejected because they
were dishonorable.
Mr. AND Mas. SAMUEL BRADLEE, Of Bos-
ton, celebrated their golden wedding on Wed.
nesday evening last, and Mr.. Bradlee passed
quietly to the spirit land on Thursday. He was
one OF the old time merchants of Boston, and
was just ninety years Of age.
THE editor Of Walton'S Journal (Ver-
monty has been growing some Egyptian corn,
and 1t goes aloft so fast and so stoutly, that he
does not know whether to make bean. poles or
hsh.poles of it. lie does not expect any corn
from 1t.
The croakers and spectators, through
the cable and other channels Of communication
with the public. are crying out " Short crops in
Europe" We have good crops prices must be
kept up somehow, and hence this hue and cry of
short crops in Europe.
The Freedmen's Trust Company, under
the management of the Bureau, makes a very
good exhibit. In the month of June the colo. ed
people deposited sl24,O and withdrew s94..
slS, leaving $29, 262i and the company has now
on hand $4sO,O00. This looks we'll for tho
freedmen.
The Privy Council OF the Dominion Of
Canada held q short session at Ottawa on Friday,
during which It was decided to issue writs Of
election on Saturday. Parliament will convene
early in September. Tho great seal of the Do.
minion Is now in use. 1t bears the British arms,
md Ia M In rge as nm ordinary sancar