The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-02
LOCAL MATTERS.

lhE "AsH'HsroN NATIONAL MONUMENT 10 one
| hundred and thirty feet high, and within few
Gays the next course will be commenced, which
VIII add two feet to the altitude Bocks Of stone for
| insertion In the column, from every State in the
on'on' nave now been received, During the past
month there were added to those at Monument
RACE granite block from the Grand Division,
sons OF Temperance, of Rhode Island; block OF
o'rds-eye marble from the Grand Lodge Free and
accepted Masons of the State of New York; block
OF marble from the postmasers and assistant post.
masters OF the State Of Indiana, and block of
marble from the State of Iowa. The Board of
managers have determined to place boxes at the
polls on Monday next for contributions of money
to aid in the construction of the monument. Rich
mond Virginia, contributed at the polls, the
goth instant, $50 so. ~
CRIMINAL CouRT.-The trial of DanielT. Wood
ward indicted for killing his wife in December
last VIII not probably be closed during the pres
ent week. as there are twenty mine witnesses for
the United States, and forty elk for the defendant
twelve OF whom only have been examined within
the last two days.
One OF the witnesses, female, stated in the
course of her examination yesterday, that she
heard Woodward say to his wife, If you have
me put in Jail again, will kill you when ! get
out > to which she replied, "Oh, Dan, you may
Kill me, but you can't scare me-" The witness
thought at the time that they were joking, and
said that the remarks were made " a week before
he killed his wife," She cav him the next morn
ing in his own house cleaning his teeth, and OBJ
served TO some one, Z" he's got good pluck" She
had seen two pistols and gun there, having fire.
quently gone to his shop on errands
I~Y,
before twelve O'Clock yesterday morning, a reser-
voir for water (but which contained none) erected
on brick tower in the of the Union printing
establishment, caught fire from the chimney ad.
joining it. The flames first seen by one Of
the compostors, who gave the alarm, which i'm
mediately procured such aid to suppress them as
the circumstances required The Union was in
danger Of fire, Qike that of the States, which was
not long since threatened by the "fre-eaters,")
but we had the qualification of seeing all cause of
fear in the premises of our contemporary removed,
and the types and presses saved from the destruc-
ton which threatened them.
FIREs.-On Tuesday night between eleven and
twelve o'clock, fire was discovered in frame
stable on K street, between Twenty.irst and
Twenty second streets, and before assistance could
be rendered the building was entirely destroyed
together with its contents, including six horses
and three hacks, the property of William Jasper
and Henry Mason, coored men. There was no
insurance.
While the fire was raging in that locality
match was likewise applied to the stable of the Bra
lillian Minister, but the flames were suppressed
before much damage resulted
INCENDIARIsM.-The Mayor has offered re-
ward Of $500 for the apprehension, or for such
information may lead to the apprehension, of
some one more of the incendiaries who now
nfest the city. Upwards of six Thousand dollars
worth ofproperty have been wantonly destroyed by
them within the last four days.
THE FIRST APPOINTMENT by Mr.. Hoover, the
new NIarshal, is that of MIR. J. w Mead as one
of the keepers of the county Jail, in the place of
Mr. James Bowen, signed. Judging from GER
tain movements around the court house yesterday
We anticipate general change of subordinates.
Ma. BERRETr, the newly-appointed City Post
master, entered upon duty yesterday. One of his
first official acts was the removal of w. H. Gun
nell, chief clerk. and the promotion of Lambert
Tree to the place thus vacated
The DEMOCRATIC Cry CoNvEsrIoN, last night
nominated Captain John Y. Bryant as a candidate
ter; Dr.. Chaplin and MIR. B. K. Morsell having
formally and severally declined the honor hereto
fore rendered to them by the same body.
GA CARD.-Without any solicitation
on my part, come friends brought out
candidate for City Collector at the ensuing June
election. l take this opportunity to return my