The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-22
PEN, PENCIL AND SCISSORS.


THE Grccian bend is called by some mali
oIous people the hinderpest.
THE rice crop Of Louisiana Is said to be
several times larger than usual.
Tns "ring-ridden city" Is the last coguo.
men for New York.
TuHr are TO have q monument to Hum
boldt In Mexico.
A HIGHWAY robbcr aged 10 years is the
| latest production Of New York.
An AMERICAN INVENTION Of ventilated
| boots aud shoes has been patented In France,
and has met with great success.
THx total amount collected for the benefit
Of the Avondale sufferers In New York Is
s2s,625.6l, and was paid over on Wednesday.
"THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD" was on the
| Avenue yesterday. She wore monogram
veil. Was she n blonde
Luor srosE's HUSBAND was robbed Of bis
pantaloous recently In sleeping car, His
wife was not suspected.
A sroRxHousE recently fell ut Cayuga
Lake, N. Y, and spilled $1,000 bushels OF
grain In the water.
CHICAGO has two fat Offices that make her
local election Interesting. The county
clerkship 10 said to be worth t34 800, an
nually, aud the circuit clcrkship $685. 900.
TuE suicide Of the Lord Chief Justice
Clerk, OF Scotland, was caused by chagrin
at the discovery that he owed his seat In
Parliament to bribery.
TIM colored walters Of the Tontine hotel,'
| New Haven, Connecticut, 'struck" last
| Saturday because white walter had been
appointed as head waiter.
| A BosroS PAPER suggests TO satisfy the
| demands OF the many cities anxious to be
the national capital, that II be moved about
| among them 'slike State agricultural fair
or menagerie."
The French Canadians residing In the
United States have Just held their fifth an
nual convention at Detroit. They passed
resolutions In favor Of Canadian annexation
to this country.
BALTIMORE LADIES arc doing their "lcvel
best" to raise funds TO establish an inebri-
ates' asylum. They had much better use
their influence in keeping men from bccom-
ing inebriates.
THE New York Herald says that wm. B.
Astor has so far managed during the last
twenty years to roll up his fortune from
twenty millions to at least eighty-seven mil
lions Of dollars.
| THE Lincoln statue, the result Of dollar
subscriptions made throughout the city of
Brooklyn shortly after the death Of President
Lincoln, was unveiled with appropriate cere-
monies at the grand plaza Of Prospect Park |
last Thursday.
The late Henry Keep, OF New York, In
tended to establish a magnificent picture
gallery In that city, at an outlay of one mil
| lion dollars, and purchased a site for the |
ediacc, but died without providing for the
accomplishment Of his design.
A WESTERN PAPER announces the illness
OF its editor, plously adding; can good
paying subscribers are requested to mention
as the prayers OF the wicked avail nothing,
according to good authority,p
| DURING the recent cruise OF an English
man-of-war, while she was going at full |
speed q man was lost overheard. Two men |
| jumped AFTER him, the boats were lowered,
the steamer stopped, all three men were |
picked up, the boats holsted aud the ship |
under full speed In nineteen minutes and Ave |
seconds from the time OF the accident.
PuBLIc and private enterprises are reviv-
ing In Mexico. Unfinished aqueduct In
various parts Of the country are beng COM
pleted, and new ones are In process OF cree
ton. Two thousand miles OF telegraph are
now In operation In the Republic, six rail-
roads In progress, and two hundred and forty
miles In active operation.
To the great disgust, no doubt, of the
"tuppenny" papers Of New York, John |
Russell Young will start, on the 18th of No |
vember, penny paper, so as to get square |
with Dana, who drove him out Of the Tribune |
office. Jay Cooke Il Co. are said to be Mr.. |
Young's hackers, and all the funds requisite |
will be placed at his disposal to eclipse the
nastiness Of the Sun.
Father Hyaeissbs and the msriean
Catholics.
The New York Tablet contains the follow
Ing editorial remarks upon "The New
Luther" and all other Catholic papers that
we have seen adopt substantially the same
tone:
II he has come or shall come here expect
Ing to find sympathy among Catholics with
| the views expressed In his letter TO the gen.
eral of his order, he Is destined to II woeful
disappointment. Catholics In this country
: are, In general, believers 10 republican gov
eminent, aud ardent defenders OF civil lib
erty and the freedom and independence Of
the Church; but they are equally stern de-
tenders Of tho Divine authority of the
Church TO teach and govern all men and ma
lions In all things pertaining to the spiritual
duties, relations and end Of man. They arc
too we'll acquainted with Protestantlsm to |
have sympathy with any Protestant or anti |
Catholic tendencies. The American Catho- |
lics who he may have regarded as working
for the ends he proposed to himself, he will |
ind to be behind none In their sincere and
earnest censures Of his spirit and conduct.
The distinguished American Catholic on
whom he may have counted, since he Is held
by Protestanis To be q Liberal Catholic, as
sured us personally, nearly two years ago,
that he feared for Pere Hyacinthe, whose
views were very unsound, and who was evi.
IDENTIFY yielding TO tendencies the nature OF
which he did not understand, and which, II
not resisted In time, would lead him out Of
| the Church.
This is a poor country for shaky, especially
, renegade, Catholics. II Pere Hyaclnthe
comes here expecting to induce any consid-
cradle number Of Catholics, or even a single
| Cathnfc N arranl him IN,
follow him 10 his most Incorporate and silly
attacks on the authority Of the Church, he
will ind that he has come on q FOOLS GRAND.
II he comes as Protestant seeking sympa-
thy and glorfcatlon from the enemies ofthe
Church, he will no doubt be welcomed, but
not with much warmth or respect; for they
see that he comes without any following, and
has only his bare self to offer them. They
already see that by leaving the Church he
has lost his power to serve them, and that
they have no further use for him.
; An UNFORTUNATE YAwS.-The Marquette
(Mich.) Plandealer tells a story Of a party
. OF young mon who one Saturday night re-
. Gently took the steamer for Grand Island,
! prepared with small boat, tent and every
! luxury In the way Of eatables and drinkables,
expecting to spend the Sabbath In some Sc
questered spot among the pictured rocks.
They len the steamer at Munisng In their
uodt, uuu having HHO DTccze enjoyed tnelr
sail so well that they ran Twelve miles before
landing.
They sailed Into beautiful little cove,
and having laid out sumptuous repast were
sitting down 10 enjoy It when Mr.. s., the
wit Of the party, leaned back with wide
stretched jaws TO enjoy a tremendous cape,
when snap went his jaw, having sprung out
OF joint with his mouth open to the widest
extent. He tried In vain to close his jaw,
looking wildly around upon his friends, who
mistook his open mouth and agonizcd ap-
pearance for some kind Of a Joke. 1t was
some time before his indistlnct articulations
could be understood, the party meanwhile
roaring with laughter at the appearance offs.
When, finally, they became aware of the
truth, their visions Of a pleasant day van
ished, they hastily bundled their traps and
afflicted brother into the boat, took TO their |
oars, and pulled twelve long miles back to |
Munising. g., In the meantime, sat In the |
| stern-sheets steering the boat, with distorted |