The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-23
LOCAL MATTE RS.

RIoToUs PRocEEDINos There were several riots
Sunday night, the principal one in that portion
of the city known as "Engiish Hil,' where up
wards of one hundred men were engaged as bel
ligerents. Captain Goddard, of the Auxiliary
Guard, and Captain Steele, OF the day police, to.
gether with a number of their subordinatcs, pro-
ceeded thithcr, and succeeded in quellng the dis
turbances, but not until Mr.. Grant and Mr.. Nally,
of the "Guard," were injured; the former having
been knocked down with a stone hurled at him,
but causing dangerous result, and the latter
seriously wounded in the head from a similar mis-
sile. The exhibition of revovers, by some of the
police force, had the effect of preventing further
assaults, with which the rioters threatened the
agents of the law. Ten of the guilty parties have
been arrested, and portion of them, in default of
BAIL committed to prison to await trial during the
approaching term of the criminal court.
The MoR MoNs.-Orson Pratt, it appears by the
last advices from Salt Lake, has been commissioned
by the Mormon Conference to proceed to this city,
making it his headquarters, and will exercise a
general supervision OF 'the Saints" throughout
the United States About twelve years ago, Joe
Smith and some of his followers visited Washing
ton on business connected with their interests and
while here gratified the public with exposition
of their religious ceremonies. Subsequently, in.
operated hereabouts, and succeeded in inducing
few honestly disposed but deluded men and wo-
men to accompany them to their distant settle
mcnts. Several of those persons, however, re-
turned to the District of Columbia, with no dispo
sition whatever to renew their fellowship with the
Latter day Church."
ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILRoAp.-The
City Councils last night passed joint resolution
Al Hal
from each board be appointed, to confer with the
Directors OF the Orange and Alexandria Railroad,
on the subject of obtaining authority from the Lc-
gislature of the State Of Virginia to enable that
company to extend their road to the District line
20 to connect it with this city by the shortest
practicable route.
DR.. Magruder was appointed member of the
committee on the part of the Board of Aldermen,
and Mr.. Bryan on that of the Board of Common
Council
INCREASE OF PAY-The Board of Common
Council last night passed the bill from the Board
of Aldermen providing that after the fret of Octo-
ber 1862, the salary of the chief of police shall be
one thousand dollars; the commissioners OF i'm
provements for the First and Second Wards, for
the Third and Fourth, and the Fifth and Sixth,
eight hundred dollars, and the commissioner for
the Seventh Ward, six hundred dollars each per
| nnnum.
SALE OF SPLENDID FURNITURE.-C. w. Boteler,
auctioneer, will, early this evening, commence the
sale of rosewood, mahogany, and walnut furni.
ture, together with other beautiful household re-
quisites, in the saloon Of the Iron Hall, Penn
sylvania avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets
The goods form an extensive collection, and Of
superior description. The room is to be brilliantly
i;-kt IL A.
ance of ladies is particularly desired.
MILLs's BaoNzE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF JACK
| soN.-In our notice of this work, yesterday, we
erroneously stated that there eek successive
failures in modeling' by the artist, but that
the seventh he succeeded in producing the desireo
| result" The ''faiures" were in casting the diff
ierent parts, and not in the modelling.
| The WEATHER.-Early yesterday morning, ict
and heavy frost between eleven and twev,
O'Clock, hail; then rain; between three and foul
O'Clock in the afternoon, snow, (Which fell for
short time in large aakes;) and this succeeded
by hail and rain. So.