The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-01-05

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MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF AGRI-
CULTURE AND MANUFACTURES.
meeting Of the friends Of Agriculture and
Manufactures, was held pursuant 10 public notice
Wednesday evening, iI4she Hall n the House
q Representatives @ III FL IA
The meeting was calledP or1er " Mr.. ELs-
WORTH, Of the District Of Eolusab lnd ,l,tfol.
lowing officers were appointed, viz:
Hon. LEVI WOODBURY., of N. H., Prest
Hons. Joseph Vance, Of Ohio; William VII.
kins, of Pennsylvania Dixon H. Lewis. ~ Ala
bama VIM u. Merrick, Of Maryland :Ibomss
Clayton, Of Delaware Jacob W. Miller. of New
Jersey; James J. Mckay, Of North Carolina;
Vice Presidents
John f. Callan, of the District Of Columbia
Robert +. Hornor, Of New Jersey Secretaries.
Mr.: 5oHN g. SxrvwER, Of Washington, onered
preamble and resolutions proposing tha.an ex.
nlbtion OF the products of agriculture and manu.
lectures be held in the city Of Baltimore in Nav
next which were discussed sorne lime md refer.
red to committee of one from each State and
Territory and District Of ColambS, to report at an
adjourned meeting Ito be held on Wh1neatlay
evening next. After which the meeting adjourned
og[Whysnot select Washington Civ for theIpro.
posed exhibition As the National Metropolis,
we beg leave respectfully to recommend it to the
consideration Of the committee. .,.a s,y "
New Books.-Wc have received from Mr.. G.
Brooke, periodical agent, the g Gipsey's Ride,n
an Eastern tale, by N. r. Willis, being No. IL Of
the Brother, Jonathan Monthly Library; and
"German; without "a Master, on the Robertso-
man method, by Al FL fMonteith 2Aa ge b.et
lMpupENr RoBBERY Caution to Lqundresse,
The clothes line Of the Rev Mr.. Edwards, on
Fifth street, was on yesterday morning about 10
o'clock, stripped Of athe linen, &c, Of bis fani-
", by a colored woman, and carried Off The
theft was noticed BY some Of the neighbors, but
surprising from her coolness Of manper, that she
was in the employ Of the family, no regard was
paid 70 the thief until it was too late and she had
made her escape. s,5s3
JUVENILE DEPRAyITE.---Two boys by the
names Of Radcliffe and Green, were yesterday
arrested BY officer Beck, and brought before JUS
tice Morsel, charged with stealing from the store
Perry & Ashby, quantity Of lace, amounting in
value to. the sum Of ten dollars, which they had
disposed of to female for tscenty fire cents After
an examination by the Justice, they were fully
committed for trial at the Criminal Court.
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ARRIVALS AT THE PRINCIPAL HOTELS.
aia ~ JANUARY A, 1874. ri in5ississ;;
INDIAN QUEEN (BRowN's) HOTEL.
Emile siggr, VIM. G: Carter, r. w Bennett, w.
H. Roberts, Baltimore; w. Kendall and lady, NY;
W. Hudgins. Robert Conrad, Capt. David Branch,
Vas; w. b. Storm, s. Benton, Philadelphia; B.
Hartshorn Hon. Jos. Burlington, Hon. HI. Foster,
Pa; B. r. Barker, Tenn. w. HI Henderson. NJ:
ID. Morris, Judge Mclean and lady, o.; j. w. Lem
don,, KY; J. Cross, Ala 3laa'Asi5
HAN CITY (FuLLER's) HOTEL sa
Reuben M. Whitney, Phila, Stephen Harwood.
Mass; Nathan Nickerson, Charles r. Smith, o. W.
Kendall, N. r.; Alexander Close, Baltimore; Capt.
Plummer, Lieut. Calhoun, Lieut.. Johnson, u S. A..
EUROPEAN (GALABRUN's) HorrL.8,4
M G. Youngove, Ind; John r. Simpson, O. III i;
EXCHANGES (rYLER's) HOTEL.
Hon. Mr.. Rodney, Del; f. g. Stacy, N. Y;G
" W. Roche, Richmond; D. 8. Mayo, Wilmington,
TEMPERANCE (BEERs's) HOTEL.
d. G. McCullum, N. H; DR.. Smith, NJ; S. A.
Merrill, Mass. ssf as.slsf s34. 49, ,Tr
VIRGINIA (swEEr1No's) HOTEL
Mr.. S. Chancellor, E. Frost, r. Frazier. Mr.. Gar
rett, Furr, FL Corey, John Chancellor, John Thorn
berry, Va; Mr.. Wells, Md. s'ak
MARINE JOURNAL.
l's S PORT OF GEORGETOWN.
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