Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-03
GEORGETOwS AFFAIRS.

O., DENuIs LEARH OF tina Potomac Boat club,
has been engaged the last few days measur-
ing course over the liver at this point.
THE MERCHANTS along Wahsr street. are
packing their icerhauses yilh, Ice from the
TnE steamer < c. K0iEht, from New York,
s sna SSSsS n s' S p S9 G @osSh a
lcc-bouud AZ Quantlco.a The Knight was due
here last Tuesday morning. cad ssSIsb
CoNPANr A, First regiment National Guard,
have elected fthe following oficersi II. T.
Burrowa, eAptalpJ w 9. Hill, first lieutenant;
VIM, Mcdonald, second Lieutenant; and Louis
Stultz, thlrd lieutenant. il
vi THE water In the causl VIII 20 drawn OIL
on the 5th Instant unless orders are received
by Engineer Hutton TO the contrary. Alargo
force Of wOTkmen will be put TO work on
Monday 70 repair, tho detective feeder at Lit
tle Falls, and by the tot March II u ex-'
pected that the whole limo will be open TO
navigation.
DRoyERs' REsr.-The market yesterday
was dull, with q decline for best quality, and
an increase In prices for inferior. Three hun
drod and atty head OF cattle were offered,
| 800 Of which were sold TO butchers, 40 sent
10 Baltimore aad 40 renialnlng unsold; sell
Ing II from eito e6.D gross, live weight 500
eco veal calves AZ % 70 s7.5O, dressed hogs
at 90 10 $3.50.
Amour 1880 o'clock on Thursday night tho
inmates (four In ndmber) Of house on Sew
enth street. between Market aud Frederick,
were nearly sutfot ated 10 death by the gas
| arising from coal stove. In the evening,
when the family retired To bed, the damper
was opened, with the intention Of shutting
the same after the room had become thor
oughly warmed, but In this they failed aud
| fell asleep and remained so, untll one Of the
number, who was sleeping on the floor, was
awakened. and made An effort 10 arouse the
renSlndsr Of &c OCCUPANTS 10 the room,
J. Y. r. Applsby ER,caIled. who repaired TO
| the house and succeeded, after considerable
difficulty, In restoring them to consciousness.
A LONDON SPKcTACLE.--Justln McCarth
writes from London TO the New York Mail
as follows Take the pantomime Of Lady
Godiya," at Astley's theatre. II could ever
| approve OF official intervention In such cases,
think l should like TO have this pure and
beautiful EOglish legend protected from bur
lesque and bunoonery. Tho thing Is dali
and stgpid parpdy, gttsrly yitless, vulgar and
| yapid. But 1t b well put o6 Tie stage, as all
these things are, and The papers eAye IT,, Of
Icuurse, the customary dose OF unmingled
praise The lady who, having a certain posi-
ton and reputation as an actress, descended
TO exhibit hersclf as Godlya, was coyeredwlth
eulogy as with garment Would that sho
could have wrapped herself up In II when on
the stage One enthusiastic critic declared
| that as she sat upon her white horse under
the rays Of the lime light she might have
boon stskcn by y PhlalAs as q model OF
wonanly bcauty aud symmetry AN the pa
pers concurred In speaking Of her as stat
uesque, exquisite, classic, and | don't know
what else. Now let me tell you what saw
| when ! went 10 this noble entertainment A
| big, fat handsome woman, certaluly-a Wo-
man with hne, healthfnl British bar-mad
sor OF face. But such hgurel Twas going
| TO speak OF a Falstan In petticoats, but this
lady wore no such garments. In word, the
exhibition was disgusting. Had II not been
| 4 dissertation OF the Godlva OF legend aud
poetry, II would still have been hldeous. As
| II was, the whole show was disgrace 10 our
stage, low even as our taste has fallen. But
| IL had apparently the sanction Of the Lord
Chamberlain, who won't stand political jokes,
and who, | suppose, got over bis difficulty Us
| TO propriety OF costume by rejecting that Il
10 10 use W call for the lsDgthenhgo Of JdpoRs
Where'no Jt'idas, long or siIoTt, 'are'worn.
A STRANGE RACE.-An English officer has
discovered curious tribe Of people dwelling
among the hills Of Northern Hlndostan, the
remains Of a once numerous race, but now
consisting OF less than six hundred souls.
They are nAmtd Todas, and in their appear
anee, Language aud ehstoinA' Differ from
both HndOOs and MahOmetans. They are
|
with large, dark eyes, and features Of Roman
cast. Their villages consist Of few scat
tered huts OF an oval shape, situated In some
secluded spot In tho woods or Businesses Of
the mOuntalns. The buffalo Is the sole pos
session Of tbs Toda. 10 cultiyatos no land,
nor engages In commerce. His subsistence
Is from the milk aud meat Of the buffalo
alone, and the animal enters largely into his
religious festivals. The worst trait In the
character OF this singular people IL that In
hnenced by baTbarOus superstition, they
destroy most Of their female children.
THE PARTRIDGE THE AGMCULTURIsTs'
FRIERD.-At q meeting OF hoTtleulturists In
Illinois strong ground was taken against the
destruction OF these birds. To show how
useful this bird Is II was stated that flock Of
partTldges were seen running along the rows
Of corn Just sprouting and seeing them en-
gagged In something which was beloved 10
DO pulling up the young plants, one Of them
was killed and lis "crOp" examined, which
was found 10 contain one cutwoTm, twenty
one striped bugs, and over one hundred
ehlnoh buRs. Another member related that
he had adopted m, asnTes u project tile bird,
and That they had lbeconie s0y Numerous and
so tame that hundreds OF them, after snow
falls, could DO seen III his barnyard with tho
| fowls, where they were fed, A result VI
their presence upon his premises, Ills wheat
crOps were unusually abundant, while In
many other places not far of tue Chnch bug
and other lpseels bad Destroyed hall the crop.