Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-09-17
LOCAL NEWS.

MEETING OF THR CLorHIERs AT THE CRY
HALL.-Last evening number as Inc clio.
tniers OF this city Assem- oied in the chamber OF
the Aldermen, in the City Hall, to counsel to-
geihsr for the purpose Of securing a revoca-
tion OF General Order, No. 4, issued bv Colonel
lngraham, by order of Colonel Wisewell, mill
tary governor, "prohlbiting the sale of cloth.
ing 10 any enlisted man upon discharge pa
peTs that he may present. until sad papers
nave been examined, and a special permit
obtained from these head quarters
Amy violation or evasisn OF this order will
De promptly and severely punished, and the
offenders subjected to the full penalty attached
to the disobe dience of this and other existing 2
orders relating thereto.'
Mr. II. King, Jr., called the assemblage to
order.
Mr.. Ellis Lyons was elected chairman
Mr.. Jacob Shemhof, vice president; Mr. M
J. Waldheimer. secretary; Mr.. M. Hamburger,
On motion Of Mr.. King it was resolved that
the organization should be permanent.
On motion of Mr.. Sol. Hebel, it was resolved
that committee OF five should be appointed to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense Of the
meeting upon the subject to consider which
they had convened.
Messrs. II. King, jr., Moses Hamburger, G..
@. Henning, A. Heilbrun, and Nathan Gross
mayer.
MIR. Grossmayer declined, and the meeting
substituted the chairman, Mr.. Lyons, and made
him chairman of the committee.
The committee were instructed to report at
subsequent meeting.
The Chairman then read a letter whish he
had prepared, addressed to Col Ingrahau, in
substance as follows:
Having referred to the Order No. 4, he said
ne would not deny the necessity Of using all
legitimate means to prevent desertion. But he
would find that not one dealer in ten would
take the trouble to get the permission to SELL
He would, therefore, suggest that all the
dealers should be required to endorse on every
discharge held by soldier to whom they sold
the amount and character of the sales, and tn at
all should be prohibited from selling citizens
clothes to any person holding discharge SO
endorsed.
Mr.. King stated that he had waited on Col
1ngraham, and had been informed by him hat
he lthe ColoneD could not modify the order,
but must carry 1t out, and would put in the
Old Capitol every one who would violate it.
Mr.. " eiser said several gentlemen who had
been at the Provost Marshal's to cons ult about
this matter had been ordered to leave, very
unceremoniously.
Mr. Grossmayer said he had been we'll treat
ed at the Provost Marshal's Office He belle ved,
too, that there were good grounds for some re.
strictions upon the sale Of clothing in this city,
under existing circumstances. and in view Of
wrong dong on the part of some Of the dealers
He thought the difficulty could be settled with
the Secretary of War or some Of the military
On motion of Mr.. Henning, it was resolved,
that all the dealers present should contribute
meeting. The treasurer proceeded to collect the
money, and reported as the result the sum of
twenty five dollars.
The president and secretary were instr ucted
to call meeting OF the association on Tuesday
evening next, and to publish the notice in the
Chronicle and the Star.
Asbury Lloyd, Esq, having entered the
room, the president suggested that the meeting
would like to hear from him, which suggestion
the meeting approved by unanimously calling
Mr.. Lloyd said he went with MT King, and
had the pleasure Of meeting the Military Gov.
ernor. The speaker stated to the Governor,
zen, in behalf Of the gentlemen interested in
this meeting, and of the citizens of Washington
generally, that he believed the order calculated
10 do injustice. He called the attention of the
Governor to the fact that many persons in this
city were making money, who were allowed to
do business here without contributing to the
revenue OF the Government or paying a license
to the city Of Washington.
Col. Wisewel said every merchant had
right to sell to discharged soldiers, but if the
discharges proved to be spurious, the sellers /
violation of Order No. 4. II such sales
were made to men having spurious dis
charges, the sellers would be put in the Old
Capitol
The speaker told Col. w. that meeting of
those specially interested In this matter would
probably be held, and he would probably be
waited upon by committee from said meeting;
that he regarded the order as working a great
hardship upon many honest dealers, and
that he believed the Mayor was Of the same
opinion.
Mr. Lloyd concluded by remarking that he
and Mr.. King had been very courteously re-
ceived, and. throughout the Interview, kindly
treated by Col. Wisewell
MI King suggested that he had since seen
the Provost Marshal, and that gentleman had
said that the dealers must not sell to any SOL
dIer upon any discharge.
MT Lloyd said that statement if correct,
proved that there was conflict of under.
standing between the Military Governor and
the Provost Marshal. He would suggest that
committee should be appointed to wait upon
the Military Governor, and respectfully re-
qaest a revocation of Order No. 4.
Mr. Gasenheimer said, if there were any
forged discharges the forgers of them should
suffer
The chairman made few remarks, in which
he insisted that the order prohibiting any sales
to discharged soldiers without special permits,
and any violation of it, would certainly be
punished by imprisonment. He regarded the
order as an outrage upon their rights as Amer
lean citizens, and a violation of the Constitu-
tion. He thought it must be the result Of pre-.
judice among the clerks Of the Provost Mar
shal, and OF unjust statements on their part,
perhaps prompted by their not being able to
get credit among some of the dealers. Colonel
Ingraham was unquestionably an honorable
gentleman.
II the order was to continue in force, they
might as well shut up all their stores. When
Order No. 3 had been issued, the clothing deal
ers had submitted readily; but now 1t was their
did not, their business would be destroyed.
They were all supporters Of the Government,
and he hoped they always would be. Though
not half Of the dealers IN clothing were pres
ent, he believed those there paid $4,000 in
taxes to the Government, and they had right
to be heard, and to have this grievance re-
dressed. AS the matter stood, they were all
liable to be arrested by detectives with dis
charge papers in soldiers clothes. He thanked
God they were under the stars and stripes, and
believed they would be protected, if they were
manly and true to themselves.
The meeting then adjourned.
FOURTH WARD DRAFT MERTINs.-The citi-
Zens Of the Fourth Ward assembled at the
Council Chamber last night in large numbers,
for the purpose Of adopting some means Wnere.
by the draft may be avoided in this city.
Mr. AAhurY lIlnHd WAS called TO the Cnatr,