Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-16

Dy the Peoples Teiegraph Lines,
Oifecs-SiI Moth street aud curner Fennsy lyant
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.


LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LINCOLN AND JOHNSON MEETING IN THE sixrH
s'eem led Al ODD FeilawS Hail, Navy Ys,d, ior
| the IurpOtc Of iormi'g Llncnln ard Joh ipon
| club. rho pCstlrg 4 wEs cali TO order by Mr.
| JtmCs II. Clemcnts, who CtE'Cd the object ~ the
mCc'lur On motion, Mr. Clements was chosen
| temp fary chSirmAn, Erd NJ. IheOUora HHske
'rm o-nry CcrFtAry. Mr.. Dixon was then unsni-
| nous elected chSirmAn.
| FIR DN u, upon taking tho chair, ssdi Gentle.
men, I thnpk you for the honor which you have
conferred upon me by chnesii inc - the presiding
izIag Lincoln and Johusnn Ntsocition Ia for the
purpose OF prnmoting the vltws nnd IN crest Of
tn grs1t unipn party ny thS rCti.cion ,.i OF the
| Thyre are HvAricty Of opinions In cg4rd 10 the
el cion. Some main'aln thnt By tho election Of
Mctlellan = speedy t,fmlna'lou oi the ebellion
| Of Abraham Lincoln the present rebel ion will be
brought to a speedy and tuceessiul termination.
| AppAusel II Mcclellan should 10 elected the
powerful iEnucnce which woulh surround him
| would cause him TO make ovefturCs and oonces-
sions TO he rebolB. believe thai II wo work to-
gethcr ~ Union men should work, doing all We can
| towards the re election OF hb Rham Luooln, this
our AZ viii viii og,in q, 1st over oy.ry hnnict
| hui tor, aud every ZACH cf groun which is the
rightIu hrrItag"0 Of our Government tApplause.l
| Who has ever ht ard word o. rel jOoing from the
| DnmUc ais at the fall Of AHA Ia and Mobiltl
| Whenever our armies have met with reverse
whrn soldiers and sai ors hsve frozen to death
when they have been sick and suiieTing-who
as ever heard a word OF sympnthy from the party
who are now eMorting al their energies to defeat
| A rlhRm LincOlnl
| Ialal' return you my thanks, gentlemen, for
| this honor.
| Ths election OF vice president being next in
| order, Me Peake nominated nr. J. II. ClementA,
| who was unanimously elected. Mt Jas V. Dulin
| wfs elected sesretHry, and MIR. John Peakc
Er Gene -ts moved that the chair appoint i've
gentlemen to cons itutc the executive commitiee,
| witch was adopted.
The following named gentlemen wern then sp-
| pointei ~ an executive Crmmittcei William T..
Hutchinson, samuel Turner, samuel Cross, VIM.
| BCTOp, and Sm p Brown.
On motion Of Mr.. Clements, a committee ofhve,
consisting OF Ihh following gentiymeg, were Ap
pointed tn draft &C ns'itutiOn: J. II. Clements,
| v Duiin, John H. Peak, Theodore haskell, and
Jhmcs Hilton.
appointed 70 collect money in each of the depart.
mrnts in the maynard Ior the erection OF pole
and to purchase Ig.
Mr.. Wilson said = number Of gentlemen outside
the yard, who hNd been with us when we were
WhrB, and were with us at tho beginning OF the
present struggle for tho Union, now s'y that
they are NcCl,llan meg. I had a conversation
| with one ci these men, WIN had been office
hOlitr un lur the present hdmi inistration, I will
| not dilnihcd enough, and the aholitiOnisu were
running tie cJuntiy; that he wanted to see every
neg now 10 hrms returned to his sister, and IN at
| Mr. Lincoln ought TO he put In cage and shown
| ArnAnd the country. M. ". said ne hoped that
no IN mber Of the committee would visit such men
Nir. KuG ssid he hop d tho committee would take
HUIpy ifOni them II they would FtN c, that tho
Association might put 1t to good use.
l The following gentlemen were appointed 20 co.,
lcc' unhs In those shops where no collections had
been m-de: Mr.. Mrrtn, for the Joiners' shop; Mr.
leg TalbsIt, for the sh p jouefs' shop; Mr. fhos.
| Cock, for the ord auce drpartm mt; Mr Wm.
town, Gr the sailmakers' dG,artmen at; Mr. Amos
Rec irF t.e lAuoTrFf; Mr.. Samuel Rcstk!cy, iur
the ElD"G makers and VIII e.wrFht department.
| Mr Mm. Drhnlna ant JDhu CroGs, 10 the Sixth
waIdi r ,"mucl Crois, for the navy stOre.
the Chair am ouBcsd that the cOsEt.tution
would I've ready tho neXr meeting.
MIR ilements thought hEBoclHtion Fhnuld
hay" eper Rncnt p."ce meeting. He moved
hat the NeGativc 0nmmittso be authorized o pro
de also N vcd that the Dresi cent be added to the
eNtcu i've cbmuittCc, Aud that they should wait
on the Seerstar, Of tho Navy for the purpose OF
uurehaatrg Il g'ssGIf whicl WAS IN the Nsvy
lhid and no. in Ugrs AdCpsct
Mr.. DIXON said lie thonght tho most suitable
place to erect pol would De the open rQuare in
font OF tho new scAOOl-hOuso.
Mr.. Wilson said no thought the initiation fee
, 70 those who ,in should he twCaty five cents.
Mr.. Harmon moved that tho Association en-.
dnTsc The principles 0f the great usion party al
laid down ~ the platform OF the Baltimore CON
vCntIOn. CnaLinOuoly adopted.
Mi. Harman made a short tp~ eeh to the AEHCcia.
hon, and sad he hu2cd the exU utive coRmuicl
would see thrt ovGI 6 Mar lanier now In the Dis.
tIiGt should 60 TO ilCr respective voting plaees
and cast their vote nt the coming election.
( GA mot'ol OF Mr. Clements, the Association
then journcd until next 1huFSday night, with
thres rOustng cheer for FarTagut, Sherman and
Grant, and three more for L!nGoln anu Johnson
The following gentlemen hauded to the treasu
rcr the money Witch they had crl Ccted Tor tho
GTeGt,Ep % Of m the noIs HG% IpShs' i'g Mr.
ner tor tue b cLsmithg, S71; Mr.. Haskell, Tor IN,
5 eng!RetrS aud naehinists, $500; NJ J. Poake
& y. Scott. ior the plumbrTs, S.O4rj Mr.. Samuel
i .roS'' ior tho CLERKS IN the yard, sli.
CoRRECTIoS.--Thc paragraph In the RRPUB.
LtCAN to the effect that Robert J. Atkins u, ESq.
a late THIRD Auditor, and Mr.. H bhF, Of that offce
NJ a deaf urt nf .n,hI
i both In Western waters and upon the Atlanti,
u Ieaboard, was erroneous. Mr.. AtKiason is merely
employed upon such investiya alton AS to CO t4iG
: specified EteambOttJ destroyed on Western riy
ers, and MI. Hobbs is still a clerk In tao Third Au
dtor's office but detailed as Mr.. AtklnH0n's secre
tsry Tor this buBi ess' There is no "commIsIion'
;, about L, and the gentlemen have bOthtLg to d.
. win vessels destroyed on the htlaEtIc BeAboaTd
ARREsT.-Sergeant Orlando Porter, compa
@ ny l.. 18Th regiment " Il. Z was brought TO thi
d cliy tins morning and committed to the CCGtra
i Gnse which occurre st eItsyiiie some weeks AZ
Z II appears from s'ateMeHtB made ky those whit
witnesse the atlray that the recruits who II
S the cara uGCd very abusive language towards III,
l. squad Of which the sergeant I'd command, call nj
:, them the "Qqinine CoTps," sto. He io held 70
"a further investga'on.
8 No FIRE.-A large crowd assembled at tn
Columbia 'ngiue.house yesterday evening" on &c
count OF an alarm which was rling bv the SlAru
" Telegraph. Many supposed that there was q Il r.
h in ne vicinity, bat tre alarm was the result o
certain experiment. ~ hehlquAfteFs by the sup I
r lntendent In the preEence oi several memb. RS
l. the City umcil, who expressed great satisfaction
10 a. the great Importance and complete BuGcesa U
a the police and hrs Slarm telegram,
-
- LOsF CHILD.-Onlcer Bannan, of the Mint
" pr, ctnct, yesterday found little iITl, about tw
~ eafs Uf age, the chill OF MI. A. l.. PumphreS
IL wandering about tho htreet. She was taken i
d Chage by the ohiier and returned TO her parents.
II CRIMINAL CoURT.-This morning the Crimi
II MT m L m
: bench.
George MaTbury, charged with larceny, wa
found guilty aud se fenced TO one years impiisou
tr I! ent In the Albaoy county pen ntentiAry.
is alfred Moore was also convicted OF larceny an
ID sentenced to one year's imprisonment:
"a PORT OF GEORGETOWN CUSTOM House.
m Clearcd-Sch. Grace Watson, tkilAdelphiai sloo
VI ITone, NAnticokei sch. SusQuohanna, taltin, ore
~ sch NJ Sp,crr, st. hlRry'Sj sch John Tway, EeS
T. York; sch: I'm y, do; sch. VIM. Ogden, DesIa Is
ut andi sch. Detsy Ann 81. Marys sch. Clsr,, Havr
~ dc Grace, tch Julia, doi sch II, N. Edwards, Phi
% adelphla.
ID ID Entered-Sch. susquehannA, Baltimore.