Daily national Republican., 1864-03-18
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
TEE DISrRIoT m oorossss.-Among the
sen ssn,sS ss.1sss nan,,ss.d yests.dsy ne follow
street Rsiiross oo%psSy was passed, VIII NJ.
oiudsd on account Of soior. Tks Iou,s Is MOI dif
isrsnt % from that applied ier y The sorpofator,,
time ssc ssi.ps sSss provides for branch roaS
the river. Ths main stem issves ,hs north Wing q
s s9s q
Finh street vest thence 70 street, and along ,
TO q, along q and Psnnsyivania avenus 70 Tif.
tsenth street thence 70 strest, and so on 20 the
Gir'ls. The sorgOrs.Cs. q ne Sosd sie llsIsn-
fsniiln Tsnn.y Mssssss RsS's5 s%.sy w,InSs s.n1s
Bowsn, John ssSa.. D. foass,; sas'v AZ WI
I% IsiSI 81 ce~ge-y y-Ths bill lnsorpor.,ips
oolunbis va. pssssd with sons nj mi minor % s%snS, z,
men,., a. well A. . new section proposed b. Nj.
Ten Eyek, making the stoekholdsrr personally Ia
on -. ~ hssoss ol the company These bills
Aneih.r Railroad Conpsnv-Mr. MorrIii intro
qaesd new sili ior anothsr street railroad In the
This bill names as inoorporasors Meusrs. Alex
sndsI M,h Hay % A,SuTY LLOYD, so,sgh D. Bryan, wn;
Martin Powell. nrquifss the building Of road
from the navy yard 10 Georgstown In one hundred
& Snsas 1a e sS s:if s.ss SG % e,
Secretary ofthe Interior. II orsAtes the once Of
eomms.loner Of railroads, without salary, foi the
tons between this and existing railways. II re-
enssts eI the third, fourth sixth, seventh, teath,
sseons s 900 of ~ ws.s
ington and Georgetown Railway, % far m appii.
s.6ls; The bin was referred TO the cemnit,es %
ne cAsrtsI Of WashtagtOn M. Dixon called up
ihe bili te amend section nye Of an act 70 con-
NAV III s q .nS .ne sa, ef
TO preserve the purity Of elections and Susrd
against the abuse Of the elective franchise, By
fhs bin was read al length, and gives 10 resi-
dents o. one year the right 70 vote on paying
sShool tss and any Other ts. du. by The party With
and also imposes . stringent oath Of loyalty, not
only that the person had never borne arms sesiust
spoken or written against the Govsrnnent 40.
day. ~. -.
ACCIDENT nnLR GEozaHTowN.-Yestorday
morning, at 10 o'eloot, ~ . number OF msn were
Engaged In sxoayating earth and gravel on the
tos n, on The Ten.ilytown ' road, the % bank cs1sd
In, burying beneath the earth three labsFerl who
HsTsS " dnE one % n:
bruised.
ALEXANDRIA AYTAms.-Sdlss Of Real Esfdts.
Thirty ave acres Of land, known A. EdEely, situ-
atei about three-fourths Of = mile northwest of
q few days since AZ aIoo psF sore
frame house and lot, situated on the north
rns %S,t corner ,S o. snS well: Streets was sold
Rettrnsd.-Ths Rev. n. WhinnA, Who has
9tasiatsd during The past ys,r e pastor Of The
bean reAppointed By the BAitinors Coafsrsnse.
Boiler Bnh.-Ths steam boiler connected with
our press % room exploded ~. Ansrnoon, lust as
injured.-Ys. Slate Journal, 1Aurssst.
NAVY YARD IrKMs.-TAs Harvest Noon ar
morning, on board the United states steamer Haf-
vest Moon, from his unlueseshful visit to Fortresn
Mcptos 70 procure The eosY Of his ,Sn KILLED near
Known schooner, il miles below smith, Poini, md
ss I'll scrf :: M as "a. ss ~
mssts were taksn out, and she Is to 10 drawn upon
the railway AZ the navy yard for repairs.
FAIR CoHoHRTs.-Tho committee on the Con-
cert at the Patent once In aid Of Volunteer Enlist
mentn have secured the services Of Mrs. Gist
sacs.O.. and S Indy .o...ns.d 10 fsTOf ;ss
people OF the national metropolis with an oppor-
tunity to hear her charming voice,
that VIM. J. Mack, the soldier who exhibited q
miniature steam engine, Of his own making, In the
Fair, received his apPolatmept as third assistant
the Fair.
SrAlPHDB FROM THE CHETRLL.-LaGt night,
three of the prisoners oonnned In the Central
GuArdhoule managed to escape In the following
sabine, II. Vaudeville and John ]. Jesse, have for
some time past been employed a. cooks At tho
P,Ssa sS
Last night, taking advantage Of this, thsy went
to the guard at the back door Of the prison and
ever they saw at. Ths guard Zone ef ihs men Of
the Invalid Corpsli who had just bean posted and
who wa, net net 'oHvsrIant % a. with the rules q the
discovered that the men had escaped, the sentinel
!sa was s,ss.ted and Z. now IN soanS.nsnt Thi, is
valid guard has been on auty At The prison.
ST. PLTRIcK's JoLLluIoATIoH.-Mary Casey
and Patrick Casey were yesterday arrested BY Pa
precinct fSsy we're engaged % IN assa' H. near s. n.
corner Of second street west and PennsylyAniA
avenue, and attr.Stsa the attention Of . large
tiee Ferguson, who hnea each OF then ti.sG
LIQUOR SsLLHRs FnHD.-Several parties
on the charge OF selling liquor 10 soldiers and on
sunday. The arrests were all made By Captain
Dolhns deneuYes. Inc following pAftieH were
fined $50 each for selling to soldierS Mrs. Dr. Toll
son, corner Fourth and nast Capitol strsetsj Leon
Tyler and Mrs. Jas. Gould, corner OF @ and becond
streets, John TiiIEerald was fined s2s for selling
on Sunday.
UNION LEAGUE MHHrINa.-At the regular
meeting OF the Union League, hsld at their league
rooms on Ninth street lA.t night quite large
number Of citizens were collected. Tho audience
was addressed by Gen. TArnGworth, OF Illinois, in
aSpeeeh OF some length: Al late hour the meet.
ing adjourned until nsIt Wednesday night
DANGEROUS CnARAcrHRs.-Wm. Riley and
James Smith were to-day committed to the Central
Guardhouse BY the Provost Marshal, who orders
them to DO held as dangerous ehArAeterH 10
the order Of the Superintendent OF the Metropoli-
tan Police.
YOUTHFUL TunvAs.-Jno. Carroll and ChAs.
Weeden, two boys about 10 years OF age, were ar
rested last night by oieer Parker upon the charge
ofSteAling lady's work-bo1, containing pair OF
infants shosE and two IoArfH all valued Al oiS as
from the tSble OF Mrs. Job Angus, Al the Patent
ent Webb.
Tue RATS CRHW.-Alexander Moore WGa
arrested this morning about 10 O'Clock By onleer