The national Republican., 1860-12-10

to God for divine interposition and for peace,
even in the event Of q dissolution.
Mr.. H. Beard moved that it be referred to q
committee of FIVE, for revision and publication.
Mr.. Y. Richards objected to q clause which
would seem to charge the religious community
as being the originators Of the present strife
and discord.
Rev. DR.. Parker then addressed the meeting,
deploring the present condition Of the country;
but he still hoped that God would avert the
danger. He thought it eminenly proper that
call upon their brethren to unite with them in
humiliation and prayer in such crisis.
Rev. Thomas Duncan, Of Virginia, one Of
the founders Of the Association, also spoke in
similar strain.
Mr.. Rhees thought that we ought not, in the
address, to enter into the subject Of the causes
Of our present troubles. We ought not to sit
as Judges. We could accomplish our object by
sending q brief address, simply calling on our
brethren everywhere to unite with us in prayer.
Mr.. H. Beard considered the paragraph in
question the best in the address. Has Israel
sinned is the question. Undoubtedly she has
and before God she ought to acknowledge her
sin.
Mr.. Richards could agree that perhaps the
specification was true secondarily, but not pri.
marily. He thought it would be better to say
nothing about the causes.
At this juncture the President stated that he
had Just received an address of similar nature
from the Troy IN. W Association, setting
apart the evening of December l3, as time
for united prayer for our beloved country.
Mr.. Burrows of Richmond, next addressed
the meeting. He remarked that the proposed
address, or q similar one, should meet with
hearty response. In Richmond, the political
excitement ran so high that the Association
there, which was one Of the largest in the coun.
try, could scarcely raise a respectable meeting.
He trusted, if our worst fears are to be real
lied, and our beloved Union rent in twain, that
the confederation of Young Mems Christian
Associations would never be dissolved
The motion to refer the address to q com.
mittee to revise and publish was carried, and
Messrs. Beard, Bradley, Jordan, Slater, and
Rhees, appointed.
On motion. the Troy address was heartily
concurred in, and Messrs. Richards, Twiss, aud
Daniels, appointed to request the Union Prayer
Meeting Convention to unite on Thursday even.
ing in prayer for our country.
Notice was given that the Rev. DR.. Samson
would commence his regular Bible lectures on
the last Saturday evening of this month.
SUPREME CouRr-The Supreme Court is
engaged in the important bridge cases Of Mil
nor and others ps. the New Jersey Railroad
Company and Newark Plankroad Company,
which are conjoned with the great Albany
Bridge case, all involving, though not in every
respect, similar constitutional principles. Large
improvements and heavy outlay of capital
are dependent on these decisions. The mag.
nitude Of the subjects, and their future bearing,
fully Justify the elaborate and profound discus.
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tinued during the present week. Senator Sew.
and speaks to-day for the Plankroad Bridge.
Mr.. Minor and John H. Stephens are here,
representing river rights men, and j. P. Jack.
son, the New Jersey Railroad Company, and
several others. On the decision great issues
depend, not only for the States interested in the
bridges, but for the whole country.
CRIMINAL CouRr.-Afer we went to press or
Saturday, the jury in the case Of McCluskey
returned q verdict Of guilty.
This morning, George Davis was tried foI
stealing lot Of clothes and pillow from W
F. Austin, and found guilty.
Henry Taylor, colored, for stealing watcf
from Jesse B. Haw, was also found guilty.
George Davis, convicted for stealing abou
seven dollars worth of clothes and other arti
cles, was sent to the penitentiary for one year.
Henry Taylor, for stealing hundreddolla
watch, was sentenced to eighteen months i'm
prsonment in the penitentiary.
Robert McCluskey, for larceny of box o
cigars worth three dollars, was sentenced Il
eight months imprisonment in the Jail.
GUARD House. During November, tn
whole number of persons arrested and brough
into our guard houses was l64: Whites liz
colored 81, males lao, females "a. Their
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amount Of fines and costs obtained for viola
tions of corporation laws $l,052.3s; cash
collected $479.99.
WAroH HousE.-Justice Thompson.-Johl
Totaloy, drunk and disorderly, was charged
$l.94 and costs. John Stevens and JOSEPH
Helms, two suspicious characters from Phila
delphia, were arrested by guardsmen Norri
.. and Gormley, in the act of opening ktche
door, as it was believed, for unlawful purposes
They were sent to Queenstown, as vagrants 70
ninety days each.
, Peter Brooks, free negro, for assault an
battery, was committed to Jail, in default of Sc
cnrity.
, Alonzo Feran, drunk and indecent exposure
was sent to the work. k.house for sixty days.
. John Williams, for being profaue was charges
, 1924, fine and costs.
3 Mary A. Stewart, for expressing herself in tn
3 same manner, was sent down for thirty days.
H. Thornton, William Beckwith, W. H. Berry
, H. jackson, and r. johnson, batch of fre
negroes, were caught by Suit and Gormley, @
the Guard, in the act Of gambling, and fine
=, $6.l24 each.
FATAL ACcIDENr.-About six o'clock o
Wednesday morning last, colored woman, b
l. the name Of Emma Lewis, aged about twent
years, employed as a servant in the house o
Mr.. Long, on Twelfth street, near X, while s
:. ting near the stove, accidentally caught fire
). and almost instantly she was completely en-
veloped in the flames her clothes were almos
) entirely burnt off. Drs. Loyeioy and Johnso