The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-05

snuouuceo toat, on tnooey ptevAVuss Oos"oon uine
and ten O'Clock In the morning, "a slight shock Of
an earthquake vas experienced in this city,; since
which time We have heard statements, from rela.
BILE sources. which strengthen our belief, notwith
standing several Of our contemporaries seem dis
posed to discredit the avowal, or understand the
paragraph as applying fguratively either to the
'quakings" Of Wings apprebensive of removal
from Office, or "shocked" at their actual displace
ment. But we repeat there was an earthquake, and
that iis effects percepble in buildings other
than those connected with the public Depar tments
of the Government. ools&
The SRcHHrARv OF THE INrKRIoR issued an or
der yesterday prescribing the hours of labor of
the clerks 10 bis Department to be from half-past
eight in the morning to four O'Clock in the after
noon. 90 fsT lrca = y9d4
PUBLIC SCHOOLGIRL the meeting of the Board
of Trustees yesterday afternoon an invitation was
presented from Mrs. Hinton, in behalf of herself
and pupils, to attend the ceremony of browning
their May queen on Tuesday next, at halfpast four
O'Clock. The secretary directed to inform
Mrs Hinton that the Board will attend with plea
sure. - .c4L f7t.Tl
There are now upwards of twenty-five hundred
children attending the public schools, (thirty-five
in number,) and one hundred and fifty applicants
more than can be accommodated.
The annual examination of the schools is to com.
mence on the Goth of May, with primary No. !, of
the third district, and to be continued from day to
day at such schools the Board may determine.
You've CATHOLICS FRrENp SocIErY.-From the
frat semi-annual report of the President of this
Society we learn that ia the short space of six
months il has received nearly two hundred mem
bers, seven er-o6seio members, and thirty-nine
hes tbt,ss thos
expectations" Of its "most enthusiastic friends."
II il stated that the object 10 essentially religious
and educational;" and that 'the clothes which are
distributed form the smallest object in the plan
being given only TO such children as for want of
decent clothing are prevented from attending the
Sunday schools or religious day schools' The
revenue within the period above stated was
$40 "a, Of which amount 1896 rs was expended
for clothing the poor children of the schools. The
number of children who have received the benefits
of the society is eighty-seven-seventy-si boys
and eleven girls
Two schools are to be established by the society
at st. Mary's and at St. Peters churches and al
ready four hundred dollars have been subscribed
for this purpose. In view of the general condition
of the enterprise, the members are congratulated
by their president "upon the signal success which
has already crowned their efforts in the cause of
"
upon the present lourishing condition of the So
ciety."
MrRcHANrs' CLERKS, to the number of forty
or fifty, last night held meeting at Tempe
rance Hall, and, after organizing by the selection
Of Mr.. Thomas Hills president, and the appoint
ment of secretary, took measures for forming
Young Mems Mercantile Association. Their
object is mental and moralimprovement, by means
enterprise is highly commendable, and we trust it
will meet with the encouragement which it dc
serves, not only from the merchants, who are di
rectly interested. in having intelligent and honest
clerks. but from the public generally.
The oUsE-CARPENrERs.--Att the meeting of
the Journcymen House-carpenters' Society, on
Tueeday evening, the names of twenty employers
who have consented to give the demanded fifteen
per cent. the current prices were reported.
The journeymen who have failed to this adj
dition to their pay are now Ga etrike," and ap-
peal to "one and all'' to aid them in the course
which they have taken; and say "there are plenty
of hands now walking about, contendng for what
they believe to be honestly their own"
FnEs.-Between twelve and one O'Clock yester.
day morning, four small outbuldngs in the rear
of the of frame tenements on Fourth street,
facing the eastern side Of the Jail, destroyed
by fire, together with their contents, including
fine mich cow. The owner of the property, MIR.
sauer, sustains loss of probably three hundred
dollars. And at later hour-between three and
four-a story frame house on street, between
Sixth and Seventh streets, belonging to the Wash
ington Beneficial Society, was partly consumed by
fire; in both cases, it is reasonably supposed, the
work of the incendiary.
CAPTAIN WIN. B. SLACK, whom the travelling
public have know for the last nineteen years a
courteous, faithful, and efficient conductor of the
Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, has resigned that Office, with
view of entering into extensive coal business.
LkvY CouRr OF WAsHINaToN CouNrY.-We
! learn from the National InfeHigencey that Henry
Naylor, Henry Haw, Joshua Pierce, Charles R.
Belt, Robert White, Lewis Carbery, Joseph H.
Pearson. Benjamin K. Morsell, Samuel Drury,
Franklin S. Myer, and James A. Kennedy, esqs.,
were on the I'd instant appointed to compose the
levy court of the county OF Warrington
The PLANK-RoAp.-We stated Yesterday that
Mr.. A. B. Davis, of Montgomery, was in the city,
obtaining subscriptions for plank-road from Me-
chanicsvilIe, Maryland, to connect with that
which extends out Seventh street to the District
line and now have the pleasure to add that he has
his VISIT This s assurance of prompt execu.
ton of the work.
An APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM have been
furnished for publication with the following ap-
peal to the voters of Virginia for contributions, on
the twenty-sixth instant, towards the erection of
| the monument to Washington. We cannot but
believe that there will be generous response to it
by the people of the State which gave birth to the
Father OF his Country:
| WAsHINeroN NATIONAL MONUMENT OFFICE.
To the People Of Virginia.
As an election will be held throughout the State
of Virginia the 26th instant, the Board of Man
| ayers Of the Washington Monument have resolved
that appeal be made to the voters on that occa
| sion, with a request that contribution may be
taken up at the polls in each election district of
the State, in aid Of the great National Monument
now being erected in Washington in honor of the
Father Of bis Country. In complying with this
resolution, feel that it would be entirely super
fuous 10 add any thing to stimulate the patriotism
to increase the veneration and love OF those to
whom the memory of Washington must ever be
| cherished and held sacred. They cannot but feel
a peculiar pride in doing honor to one who, by his
birth and illustrious Ii e, has shed impershable
glory on their native State. To manifest their re-
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