The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-07
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l. OCAL MATTERS.

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body Of visiting fremen from New York lea p
home on Saturday evening in the five O'Clock train
They were entertained with fine dinner on Fri
day afternoon, after tho inapguFal procession
given by the Franklin Fire Company at their en-
CINE house; and on Saturday, after returning from
Mount Vernon, they were escorted to the Colum
bia engine house, Capitol Hill, and partook of
bounteous repast. prepared by that company. The,
were then escorted to the cars. Dodworth's cele
brated cornet band. which accompanied this com
pany, were the theme of much praise for the admi
rable music discoursed by them on the march.
MR. BUM, at the request of numerous parties,
will repeat his lecture s'the Genius and Career
OF Shakespeare" this evening, at Carusi's Saloon.
The announcement, merely, is sufficient to insure
full house. They who were present on the for.
mer occasion were delighted beyond their expecta-
tons, and we can promise our readers rich
entertainment.
NATIONAL THEATRE The proprietor continues
to furnish the public with succession of novelty
This evening the distinguished and popular come
dian, John Seton, appears as Jenny Twitcher, to
be followed by grand advertisements by the Rousset
Sisters. They are represented as highly accom-
plished and attractive danseuses. ,
The BEAUTIFUL MARBLE BUST OF Ex-PREsiDENT
FILLMORE, the production of DR.. Horatio Stone, of
New York, formerly an assistant surgeon in the
United States army, will remain in the Library of
Congress few days longer. previous to being re-
moved TO the Presidential mansion, for which it is
intended to be an ornament 1t was paid for by
subscription, without regard to party, at cost
of five hundred dollars
VIsIToRs. Although thousands of the visitors
who witnessed the Inauguration have departed to
their homes, very many yet remain, having
doubtless found the metropolis of the country to
possess not a few attractions. An officer at the
Capitol estimates that not less than eight or nine
thousand persons have assembled to the dome within
the last ten days. From that eminence the eye
has fine sweep of the beautiful surrounding
country of Maryland and Virginia.
MIL1rARY.-The visiting military from abroad,
generally, returned to their homes on last Satur-
day. While here our citizen soldiery were unre-
hitting in their attentions to them
I FATAL ACCIDENT.-A white man about thirty
years OF age fell from the Washington National
Monument last Friday afternoon, and was in
stantly killed. He was a stranger here, and his
body was exposed for recognition thr oughout Sat
urday, but it was not known by numerous parties
who inspected it. After an inquest he was de-
Gently buried.
The FAIR OF THE METROPOLITAN MEcHANIcs'
INSTITUTE is open in the east wing of the Patent
Office building from ten O'Clock in the morning
till the same hour at night. A fine band of music
is in attendance, and the machinery is run from
four to ten O'Clock. In addition to the many beau
tful specimens of manufactures tastefully arrang-
ed, visitors cannot fail to be gratifed with the ad-
miracle police regulations and the excitement
which the scene invariably affords.
NATIONAL MEDICAL CoLLEaE.-Dr. Grafton
Tyler, on Saturday, delivered an able address to
the candidates for t he degree of Doctor of Medi-
cine in the hall of the Smithsonian Institution.
which, on the occasion, was filled with citizens
and strangers of both sexes. band of music
played during the intervals. Dr. Bacon, the
President of Columbia College, conferred the de-
gree on Walter Hay and B. Clements of the
District of Columbia, John M. McCalla of Ken.
lucky, E. M. Scottof North Carolina, and T. w.
Webb and - Decker of Maryland
CHARGE OF Observation-Disclosures Dom, on Sat
urday, sent four young men, from Boston, to JAIL
to await trial for conspiring to cheat unsuspecting
individuals at games of hazard. They, for their
own purposes, pretended to be strangers one to
another; but they were detected in their yillainy
and hence the complaint of two of their victims.
1t appeared, on the examination, that they were
intimate acquaintance.
AN ARREST AND RELEAsE.--On Friday a man
with badge on his hat, with an inscription, was
arrested in the Capitol grounds for spouting to the
multitude and thereby creating disorder. He was
taken to the guard-room, but upon promising not
to renew his incoherent decamations on the premi.
ses, and apologizng for his misconduct, be was set
at liberty.
The MARCH TERM of the criminal court will
commence to-day. The Gardner case, it is ex-
pected, will be tried during the present month.
BUReLARy.-On Friday night dwelling house,
not far from the railroad station, was entered by
a rogue, who, ascending to chamber, rifled the
pockets OF two gentlemen, who were asleep, of
seventy-hve dollars. watch was lying on the
table, but it escaped the eye of the thief
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMSHIP COM
PANY. strE
FOR NEW ORLEANS, VIA HAVANA.
The Splendid
STEAMSHIP EMPIRE CITY,
H. WINDLE, Commander,
@FHk WILL SAIL from the pier at the foot
sdn1a1Ek of Warren street, North River on