The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-16
PEN. PENCIL AND SCISSORS.


the British army.
Catholic priests.
The Capitol police at Albany get as much
salary as the Capitol police In Washington.
IT Is a fact worth knowing, that If bugs
are driven of from potato vines with elder
boughs, they will not return.
SINCE 1873 three hundred aud thirty-cight
Protestant missionaries have gone out TO
China.
REV. JosEPHF. DEANS, of Norfolk county,
Va, has accepted the call TO the Baptist
church at Manchester, Va.
1T Is estimated that not two per cent. of
the workingmen of London attend any rcgu-
lar place of worship.
Or THE Presbyterian theological seminal
rics, Allegheny has - students, Princeton
1903, and Union 1877.
REV. THOMAS X. BEECmER breaches at the
Elmira (N. W opcra-hOusc every Sunday
evening, and employs brass band to play
sacred music.
Rev. HUMPHREY MooRE, pastor of the
Congregational church at Milford, n. H.,
has Just celebrated the Goth anniversary of
his pastoratc over the church in that town.
The Luthcrans Of Ohio and Indiana pro-
pose to locate u ilTst-Cluss seminary at Belle
fontaine, provided the people there will do
nate $4,000.
THE Catholic Register claims that consld-
erably over 1000 persons In England have
returned to the bosom Of the Roman Catholic
Church the past year.
PLEASANT RICHARDsoN, a colored man,
was convicted of murder In ITenrico (Va.)
court on Saturday, and sentenced to be
hanged on May 7.
ONE HUNDRED ASD FOI'R COLLEGES in the
Southern States report SO instructors, of
whom 730 profess religlon l7,49s students,
of whom 1904 are church members, 2,43l
candidates for the ministry, and lOl have
the foreign mission work In view.
THE Ohloans have quarrel about their
penitentlary. One party wants another PEN
itentiary and division of the convict labor;
while the other party thinks new peniteu-
tiary an unnecessary expense and favors It's
retention at its present location at Columbus.
CORRESPONDENTS writing from Madrid say
that Hon. John p. Hale Is utterly unfit for
the position he there holds; and further, that
he has no sympathy with the revolution, but
openly expresses Il wish for the return Of
Isabella and the establishment of her
Government.
Is THE Friendly Islands, where ifty years
ago there was not one native Christian, but
gross and uubroken darkness, the regular
attendance on worship now exceed 10000,
and contributions to religious objects are
over $4,000 year. Two hundred and fifty
day schools contain 10000 pupils.
A NEWSPAPER published in the regions Of
Lakes Memphremagog and Wlnnepesaukee,
says that 'thc fish in Lake Holleyhunkc-
munk, Me-, are said to be superior to those
Of either Lake WoelcyoblcOok or Mooset ock-
megantue. Those of Chauhungogunga-
maung were very fine, but they all got
chOked to death In trying to toll where they
lived"
To PREVENT smuggling, the United States
Government maintains fleet Of i3 vessels,
comprising 25 steamers and Is sailing yes
sells. They are differed by IS captains, 80
first lleutenants, 33 second licutenants, 30
third lleutcnants, 81 chief engineers, "a first
assistant engineers, 81 second assistant en-
gineers, with salaries ranging from 81 200 to
$4,000 year.
SIRsYDSEY WATERLow and his colleagues
in the society for building improved dwell
ings for the working classes In London sCem
TO have solved very important problem.
They have earned seven per cont. during the
year, and declared dividend Of five per
cent, profits quite sufficient to tempt capital
into similar undertakings,