Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-26

SEVENTH WARD EIEMPIroN ASSOCIATION
In, =. Niyes. Esq,, In the chair.
The Chair opened the busir ess Of the meetiuR By
otlling for collections and subscriptions.
communication was received from the culored
oemut tee of the ward, stating that they had held
three me tings, stwhich 500 25, In cash, had been
collected, aud Si2o subscribed to tho guaranty
had.
Mr. JofT se%%s, sPcsts the Ioss
u considerable sharp prac ice which had been In
dulgtd In to the detriment OF the seventh ward,
Mdof the Dist istr but he Intended inyestisatlns
NJ. =: 4. sS.wsIl reported, :. on. OF the com
nittee attending the Convention Of wards, that
10 represented there, They had agreed on SSoo
stai,.. ~ ! ought he Fourth fisS, and Si.si
hsi IN ney, i would Be- wei for her to act indie de-
p ndently, He also reported that the committee
m AL y, I r reasons which he submitted.
Mr. u BaItle, another Of the committee, said
He no or he s S Sou aas M
ytn ion, hut he wac sorry fo- It. He thought the
s"eond, Fourth and FRA wards had but little
sd II seemed o. though 4 was an effort TO bind
o. her wards against ushg the advantages tho pos
no Chairman said the Common Council a,
G?ofset9wn had appropl lated $4,000 for b un-
u's, aud age to were At Alexandra outbidding
fClly to think OF being bound by the proceedings
O. the conv ntiOn, where two wards and George
was general Il could NOT be practically eife,tiTe.
lit Semnes said he use his own discretion In get
mug recruits Ne nsyer allowed one to pas. him e
own aftirs In their own way. II he could get .
rnuit for $780, he did Io and il he had 70 pay saSO,
h Won d do II, rather than lose hun. he would
I,var lose man for the sake Of $50 or 900.
MI. J. u. ElvAns said Mr.. Semmes had been au-
u or,led to use his own discretion, and would they
sunni No, get all the recruits possible, by giving
ius such bounties as were necessary. he felt the
e. and would ssSs shs natter as TO
tbs discretion OF the treasurer He therefore
ss:ved, aud the co nmittee be ssharEed.
werc yet require to Al the quota OF the ward.
Mr. 81 mmsa said he h I'd put 10 seventesn re-
Iults du ing the week. II the printed report was
correct, there remained to be allied ia II the
SsSS q II to
= further credit OF fourteen on Monday.
The Secretary had list which showed the ne
essSity Of at least twenty more collectors, quite
= number had resigned II would take niteen
collectors, with seventy names each, to exhaust
bis lists.
Ga motion, the following gentlsmsn were .p;
plnt"d eullect0rsi Messrs. A W. Ward, Daniel
nSGivsn, Jno, LAndyoight f. I.'tssl, w. Hal.
shop, Mr. sAuer, aIne air FtsteheT, John Riddle,
e II. Walker, John sollss, Jacob Bean, 7. III. hsI'
IN motion, the meeting adjourned, to meet on
)nday evening at ~.
The BACON EXEMPTION FuHD.-Thls club
N ct Saturday evening for the purpose Of davis
IL e some means TO relieve thoae members already
lI Hted. Several members offered resolutions con
q rning the action to be taken, to which points OF
OF der we're made, when, on motion OF bIr. Elliot,
the Eubjeot was referred to committee.
The Chair appoint MesITs Elliott HoltIlAndsr,
MlG1l, HUXLEY, and Ly les az the committees =
The committee returned with the following ma
jortJ report, signed BY MoAAfS Elliot HoltslAndsI
~ 4 MoGlIl, ,... BE-. u
Res Iced, That tie board OF directors Of this Is
X citation be eted 10 pay 10 the msnbeIs pho
nNy be drafted, (not exceeding ten In nnhibsf "