New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

One OF the Metropolitan conductors was
recently discharged for stopping to take q
drink, on the testimony of q man who said
he saw him take gall on.
The favorite target for shooting matches
in France is an egg shell placed on a water
jet of fountain where it dances fantas
tically, challenging the utmost skill to
hit it.
The authorities of Newton, New Hamp-
shire, tolerated a fifty five minutes prize
fight the other day, and then arrested the
poor wretch who was whipped and bat
tered to a jelly leaving the victor to go
off with his spoils on a grand spree.
Wilson, the celebrated vocalist, was up
set one day in his carriage near Edinburgh
Scotch paper, after recording the acct
dent, said ave are Eappy to state that he
was able to appear the following evening in
three pieces!'
A boy entered a stationery store the
other day and asked the proprietor what
kind of pens he sold "All kinds" was
the reply. WELL then, I'll take three
cents worth of pig pens"
A Philadelphia soldier proposes trip on
foot to Galveston, Texas. bearing 10 his
hand flag inscribed with the names of
Grant and Colfax.
Some American ladies at Copenhagen
who recently called on The Queen of DEN
mark were not little astonished to see
that she wore cheap dress, and that, on
rising to receive them, she laid on her
workiDg-table cotton stocking on which
she had been knitting.
Albert D. Richardson's Beyond the Mis-
sissippi" sold seventy-fVe thousand copies
in twelve months, one of tie largest sales
en- American book has ever had in the same
time.
The recent heated term in the West has
not a parallel since 1916. In that year the
central and western part of the State had
no rain for seven weeks, yet the crops in
the arid district were never better.
The White Fawn ballet was wound up at
Niblo's, in New York, Saturday night. 1t
has been performed IT'S times in succession,
giving employment to $50 persons, aud
brought to the cash box upward of
100000.
White Chill Strawberries are the latest
novelty in the San Francisco market. Some
of them weigh an ounce each, and seven
teen were found that weighed a pound.
Price one dollar per pound,
Daniel Pratt, Jr., the great American
traveller recently jumped from a ferry
boat into the East river, New York. at the
same time waving the American flag. He
was not permitted, however, to end his ex-
istence in such patriotic manner, and,
when rescued, gave reason for attempting
destruction, "a lack Of appreciation Of
genius" by the people generally
The negotiations for the sale of the Bris-
toll and New York line of steamboats, to
the Old Colony and Newport railroad have
been completed, and the steamers will
shortly be withdrawn.
There is woman now living in Norwich,
Connecticut, los years old, who has good
health, and is large, strong woman, reads
most other time, has two daughters living
with her sixty or seventy years old each,
and both maiden ladies.
A clerk in the employ of the East India
company recently penned the following
lines to his official superior: "Honored Sir,
| humbly beg you will excuse my not at
tendance Office this date, cause / got boil
as per margin" 10 the margin of the let
ter sketch Of the boil was drawn out, and
the writer went on further to say: "The
breadth of paper being short | nave
planned the boil small, but it is bubble the
sizen
General o. o. Howard says the Freed
mems Bnreau has cost but 50 600 600 and
not O,0OO, 900, as some pro-rebel news
papers are fond of stating. Will the said
newspapers make the correction? OF
course they will not for with them lie is
as good as the truth. In fact, d Democratic
arguments are largely made up Of false
hoods.
A man in Lowell, Washington county,
Ohio, was almost frozen to death last week
be cTawled into an ieehonse to try and
keep cool, and was discovered few hours
atterward frozen quite stiff and insensible.
He was with the greatest difficulty restored
to life, and will probably never get over
the effects of bis imprudeRce, yet still we
swelteringly envy him. II
1t has come to light that during the war
Horatio Seymour was in secret Correspond
ence with the agents Of the rebels in Cana
da, and had secret interview with Glenn
emit @. Clay at Ogdensburg, New York, and
received packages addressed to him by the
rebel government at Richmond. This is
the substance of an affidavit made bv a |
former rebel officer whom Clay wished to |
employ to carry letters to Seymour. This
act confirms the suspicious excited bv Sew |
mours evident leaning TO the rebels that be
wanted only an opportunity to throw New
York into the Confederaey.
Ali the country rejOiced with exceeding
great JOY when Lee gave up his sword 10
6rant, tor they knew the Union was safe
and that war was at an end. When John
son surrenders the chair be now disQraces
70 tne nero OF Richmond, that rejoicing will I
pc renewed, Tor with him we shall have
peace and prosperity, while Democratic
triumph would mean war. aIset us.n saws
Grant, have peace" ALet the President
elect says Blair, "disperse the CARPET BAG
state goYernmeHtsn The distinction IL az
Dr0 I'd 40 the great gulf which separates tbe
ieh man and Lazarus. Chicago journal.
CIVIL GovEmMENr IN LOUISIANA Re-
rORED "A dispatch published in another
art Of The Herald gives the happy iutelli-
ence that civil government has been re-
tOred and Il in full operation again in
fouisiaHa. G0veFaor Warmoth ofioiRllv
niorms General Buchanan of the fact, ana
lsnernl Buchanan has issued "a order 20
hat eject and says that military authority
illl no longer be exercised under ahe Fe- |
obstruction acla Of Congress, and All on
efs commanding posts or d. tachments are
1rpidden 70 iateFfers 10 civil affairs unleas
Pon propeF application of the civil author
lrs 70 preaer4e The peace. Military law
9 longer exists. Now that General Bu-
htnan mas nothing fnrther 60 do IN Lou /
'iaaa We aaTise him 70 leave New Orleans I
al 50 10 texea His work now IS to helm
. Texans ee0Hltfuct their Stats e soon
j nosaibles ~ faing Il hack into f,il /