National Republican., 1876-01-10

nueDdnu, dG the opening OF the reOellOn,
sought a commission in the Southern army.
He was the grandest patriot and hero of the
strife. He never faltered and never failed.
When Jimmie Blanchard, the massive liar
and admirable impersonator of Charley Ross,
reached home, his mother gathered up his lit
tie waistcoat, and, taking him into the nur-
sery, spread him quietly over her knee and
gave him five or six to "grow on"
Nevada is rapidly taking her position as one
of the leading States in the Union. She sends
us remarkably good Senators, and astonishes
the world by producing fifty millions of gold
out of the ninety millions secured in this coun-
try last year. California can now transfer her
title of "Golden State" to Nevada with the
utmost propriety and good taste.>
We found an old man quietly snoozing on
the pavement last evening, and, tickling him
gently under the ear, inquired "What are
you doing in idleness all the night long for"
and he stood on his elbow and made the re-
tort, "1t'sleap year, don't 1t ?" aud went back
into the arms of Morpheus, with 4 smile in
which inebriacy predominated.
An old English lady recently laced so tight
that her ribs were pressed against her internal
organs with such force as to partly destroy
their action, thus producing aneurism, by the
sudden rupture Of which she died. Here's
another person who will be unable to attend
the Centennial. With the dynamite explosion
and present widespread custom of wasting
life with corsets the expected multitudinous
crowd at he Orpat aYnOsitinn is ly do
creasing.
While hundreds are complaining of the hard
times and widespread labor distress in the
United States they have but to turn to Canada
to see the picture of their own trouble greatly
magnifed. In that English provice stagnation
in business is universal. The factories are closed
or running on half time, all business enterprises
have received serious checks, thousands of
men are pleading with the authorities for work
or bread, and nothing can save that country
from grave troubles in the form of bread riots
and mobs except mild and open winter.
The House of Representatives adjourned
over from Thursday evening until to-day, but
on Friday and Saturday there were, as usual,
numerous visitors to the Capitol. About
o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday two
ladies, accompanied by their escort, took
seats in the gallery reserved for members
families during the sessions of the House,
but which, like all the galleries, except that
reserved for the Diplomatic Corps, are thrown
open when the House 10 not in session. These
folks were neatly, even richly attired, and ap-
peared to be strangers visiting our city sight
seeing. They entered quietly and took their
seats near the door. In this same gallery
there were several men lounging upon the
seats-defeated candidates for the restaurant
or post office, probably, and like Micawber,
waiting for something to turn up-while in
the front seat sat two of the fair and frail,
gorgeous in cheap jewelry and cheeks dabbed
with rouge, trying to attract the attention of a
cross-eyed member below. Hardly had these
three strangers been seated moment before
Fitzhugh, late Sergeant alarms of the Con-
federate House of Representatives, and now
Doorkeeper OF the ex-Confederate House, dis
covered from his seat on the floor that they
were of the color so obnoxious to himself and
those who placed him in his present position
"niggers', as he styled them. He immedi-
ately sent page-boy with the order for them
to "clesr out of that" which they did, leav-
ing the strumpets to giggle at the discom-
future of the "niggers," and the loungers to
brace their feet against the backs of the seats
and finish their afternoon nap.