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


get through with their work Wewish we could
suggest means by which the business could be
sooner accomplished. "Slow and sure" however,
may be the best motto As heretofore, we shall
endeayor to present the full returns of the election
to- morrow morning.
CoNTRIBUFIoSs TO THE WAsHINeToS MosU-
MEST.-We annex for the information of the pub
lie and to forward a good cause a copy of an act
which has just passed our City Councils:
AN ACT in relation to contributions to the Ma
tonal Washington Monument
BE ii enacted by the Board of Aldermen aud Board
OF Common Council Of the city Of Washington, That
| the Mayor be, and he is hereby, authorized and
| required to cause suitable boxes TO be procured,
and have the same delivered to the commission ers
of elections of the several wards on or before the
| opening OF the polls the day of election, in
which to deposit such contributions the citizens
| may be disposed to give in aid of the National
| Washington Monument; and, to defray the
| pense thereof an amount sufficient is hereby ap-
| proprlated, payable out of the general fund
SECTION 2. And be IL enacted, That the commits
sloners OF election of the several wards, upon
ceiving the boxes hereby provided for, shall place
/ them IN conspicuous position at the polls, md
direct the attention of the voters to the same; and
upon the closing of the polls they shall count and
safely keep such contributions, and return the
same to the Mayor within twenty-fo hours after
the closing of said polls.
n. CALLAN,
President of the Board of Common Council.
b. B. FRENCH,
President OF the Board of Aldermen.
Approved June 3, 1853
JOHN w. MAURY, Mayor.
CRIMINAL CoURT.-ou Saturday, during the
trial of Daniel II. Woodward for the murder of
bis wife, the mother of the prisoner testified that
she had always thought her son to be of unsound
mind, and had often conversed with her husband
upon the painful subject. Mr.. MoGraw, the broth.
erin law, referred to several occurrences dating
back nine or ten years, tending to establish the
fact that be was not in possession of good sense;
that he was wild in his conversation, not connect
ing his sentences, and that he would first talk
about the Worlds Fair, from which he had re-
Gently returned, and. almost in the same breath,
recount his adventures in South America. Mi
chael Miller, from his intercourse with the defen-
dant, said he thought that 'his upper story was
lathed, but not plastered," (Which one of the
counsel conceived to be good SMILEY He did
not believe that Woodward was ever sober when
he could procure liquor. Charles, the brother of
the accused, testified to the strangeness Of his
relatives behavior several occasions, and his
threats to injure the members of his fathers fami-
ly. In fact, Woodward continually exhibited hos
hhty towards them, and conducted himself for the
most part as if he devoid of every generous
impulse and affectionate emotion.
The jury, after the adjournment of the court
every day, are escorted to Copp's boarding estab-
lishment, Louisiana avenue, and are there
guarded by a sworn officer, whose duty it is to
prevent outside communication with them.
WAsHISeToS LADIES' DEP osIroRY.-The board
OF managers, in their first annual report, give the
origin of the institution, its past history and its
=,
May, 1852, the first meeting of ladies was held with
a view of aiding exclusively those who, having oc
cupied ga place among the educated and refined
circles" of their society, "may have been driven
by pecuniary embarrassments, to seek the means
for their own support by the of the needle" At
the second meeting sit ascertained that with
out doubt, the effort making would be successful
very liberal donations having been made towards
1t by its friends.' There has, it is said been
constant increase OF prosperity. and that the
agents book testify to "the amount of good done
by the very considerable sum paid into the hands
of the depositors," namely: S455 95 during the
past three months, averaging sl3l month:
"Perhaps there is no city in the Union 1.-THE re-
port says) where such an institution is so much
needed. The limited incomes of nearly all our
Government officers, naval, military, and civil
render it impossible for them to provide for the
future support of those who are dependent upon
death by change of administration, or by physi
cal disability. There are, therefore, constantly
recurring instances Of positive need among such as
cannot beg. To meet such need by offering the
benefits OF a depository, ION Pennsylvania avenue
near Fifteenth street,) where may be placed and
sold whatever taste and industry NAV devise and
execute, and where orders may be left and taken
for work of all kinds without the personal inter-
course of the employersand the employed, (often-
times trying to both,) this institution is estab-
lished."
The number OF cards of permit at this time in
use is one hundred and fifty three These give aid
to as many families. The total receipts for the
year were S739 50, of which only S2l6 so were
subscriptions. The ladies solicit subscriptions in
aid of their benevolent enterprise
New CENrRE MARKEr.-The offer of a pre-
MUM OF three hundred dollars by the Mayor of
! Washington, under the authority of Joint reso-
luton OF the City Councils for the best plan of a
| building to be erected on the present location
of the present Centre Market house, suitable for
market and other public purposes, is the first i'm.
| portant movement towards removing the present
| structure, and substituting one more in accord.
with the necessities of the times and the pur
| poses of trade.
Ma. ALEXANDER CRoss, who was appointed a
lettercarrier by Postmaster Berrett on the first
instant, has already resigned the Office and is sue
ceeded by Mr.. Vincent r. Jackson
STEAMBOAT BUlLsIse.-Mr. George Page, at his
yard the Potomac, at the termination of Seventh
street, has two steamboats, on the stocks intended
for the river navigation, one of them more espe-
cialy for market boat. The latter will soon be
ready for launching.
FIREs.-On Saturday night, between eleven and
twelve O'Clock, frame house in the neighborhood
of Seventeenth street and Meridian Hill, the pro-
perty, we learn, of Mr.. G.. Thompson was de-
stroyed by incendiary; and early on Sunday
morning two frame tenements on Sixth street, east
side, near Massachusetts avenue, were burnt to
the ground. They belonged to Dir Sas H. Hill,
and were occupied, respectively, by Mr.. Lake
nan and Mr. Franzoni. 1t ia said that the flames
were first bursting from the weather board
ing, some one from the outside having placed be-
tween that and the plasterng the destructive agent
The WAsHINGroN GAS Company have purchased
of of ho Waot