New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

MIsCELLANEOUs ITEMS.
The Spanish government is considering
the question Of abolishng slavery in all the
colonies OF that country.
General Grant is said to be in partnership
with several congressman interested in the
Georgia and North Carolina mines.
General Fremont has purchased the late
residence on the Hudson of General James
Watson Webb, our Brazilian munster.
A lot of land on State street, Boston, re-
Gently sold for nearly hundred dollars the
square foot. This would cover the lot with
silver dollars.
CLoUDING Up AGA1N.-The Acenir National
wittily observes that the present situation
may be summed up in single phrase: Now
that we have made peace, let's fight
Judge Daily of New York, has decided
that if machine is made in the shape OF a
letter, that constitutes a trade mark. The
suit was in regard to sewing machines
j. n. Maffit, the rebel privateer, is in
Washington, trying to obtain pardon. He
owned great deal of property in that city,
which was confscated; hence his anxiety.
| We regret to announce the death of Quow
Daddy, king of Aquapim, West Africa. He
was man and brother and lunched of
cold missionary when in season with great
regularity.
An old lady reading an account of dis
| tiaguished old lawyer, who was said to be
| the father of the New York bar, exclaimed
"IPoor man! he had "a dreadful set of
children"
The editor of the Wyandotte (kansas) Pr
o,aeer, of last week, publishes three mar
rage notices, and appends the following apt.
| terse and expressive editorial to each OF
them No cake
| Bridget bergen, on trial for the past ten
| days, in Brunswick, New Jersey, for the
murder of Mrs. Coriell, at New Market,
| he taIln nf
| der in the first degree.
The committee of the French legislature
on the army bill has demanded of the gov
| eminent that the effective force OF the army
be fixed at 500, 600 men. The exemption fee
has been reduced to $500 francs.
The latest announcement of the intended
visit to Paris of crowned head is that OF
the shah of Persia, Naspo.ed-din. son of
Mohammed Shah, to whose throne he sue
cceded in 1913. He is expected in July.
, The Chicago folks having rested suffi-
GENTLY from their arduous labors in build
ing the lake tunnel and talking about 1t,
are now going to construct a harbor basin
near the piers, to relieve the pressure on the
river.
The London Times has an article
which maintains that JuareZ cannot form
or maintain government IN Mexico, and
that the United States is bound to Interfere
, and reduce the prevalent anarchy to state
of order and security.
: Volunteer firemcn would die of disgust in
Florence. In the memory of that well in
/ formed gentleman, the oldest inhabitant.
+ there has been but one fire that amounted
to anything. Running with the machine
. may be slow work in Italy.
r Great excitement was caused in Montreal
n on the queens birthday by the appearance
Y of French flag over the courthouse. There
c | was suspicion of Fenianism and disloyaity,
but investigation showed that it was all the
/, result of mistake on the part of the keeper
of the premises.
5 On emigrant steamers and ships it is said
5 to be a constant practice to compel the
:, steerage passengers to take air and exercise
+ on deck by heating a shovel and placing
n CAYENNE pepper thereon, the fumes causing
d a general skedaddle from the confined quar-
e tiers below.
u u The Army and Navy Journal has an in
- genious way OF calling man liar In
~ speaking OF General Baker, it described him
I AS " one of those decorative men who make
~ it a point of honor never to let story lose
- anything by passing through their artistic
70 hands"
/. The Liberals havesgsined another import
d. ant victory in the house of commons, an
e. amendment depriying all boroughs having
he less than 10, 600 inhabitants OF the right Of
to sending representative having been car
Ne ried by the large majority of ~. The
il. abolition of the rotten boroughsn will bt
a fatal blow at the influence OF the Torlei
a upon the elections.
VS. The tone of the French and Prussian jour
he mails seems almost to Justify the mot. Inc
cd latter are especially irritating and peremp
RS tory. They unanimously agree upon two
of propositions: " Prussia will .eyacuate Lux
G, umbourg when she Judges that it can be dom
X with safety" France must now stop hel
III ornaments" ain other times" says tn
~ Auenir National this must would hav'
H. seemed little hard"
1t is stated that IN letter which he latel
N addressed to the English minister at Fiol
Nv euce, Garibaldi formally set forth his TIT
Ls' to the governorship of Rome, to whIc
81 office he states himself to have been electe
90, by the Roman people in 1859, and iroI
70 which high estate he denies that he has eve
been legally deposed. In the eyes OF Car
- baldi the pope is mere usurper, ana a.
in position as a temporal sovereign loglcall
a untenable.
re. Bayard Taylor expresses himself, In hi
at last letter from Europe. as satlshed thar GU
yas American landscape art at present, Is on
ore mar with that of any European nation
,ps certainly much above that OF Germany
to With the exception of Andreas and Oswal
DIV Achenbach, he knows OF no iandscap
Id. painters who could compete with Kenset
he clifford, Church, and McEntee, in represen
he ing both the body and the soul of natur
ng But these, fortunately, are OF no school.
Ter A preliminary payment on the Dunde
be berg was made, it is said, about fortnigii
the ago. There is reason to believe that II
Ing builders will realize from three TO three an
tn. a quarter millions of dollars. It is unde
'ets stood that the purchase of one Of the small
OF United States iron-clads, now In Europes
its waters, has been completed for the san
dy, government, and that further sums OF e
his change, equivalent to e200,0O0 steriing
spi- soon to be drawn on this account
pe- Hon. Abraham H. Rowland, former
mayor of New Bedford, died in that q
and Friday evening, aged sixty.nve. Mr, .i NJ
ling land was among tne ~ NV Washinatose wb
~ Mr.. buchanan was inaugufated, and was
the tackled with the strange disease from viii
,sri. so many suffered. Since that time, thou
re- able TO pursue his business, his health =
E be been precarious; and ,or aoou. nsne ToI =
lined TO his house.