Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-24


Der female teacher was employed, and the exesu-
tive committee report that great progress been
made by the children In learning to read, HAil
svinoing dooility Intelligence, and aptness 70
seven are attending schools Many OF The children
when received were In sick or dying state, and
nearly all were unhealthy, which viii account for
the mortality Their diseases were consumption,
scutvy, and chronic diarrhma.
The discipline Of the Institution 10 strictly pa
dsnso Is required Of he sSilSrsH. The Sssoois-
lion has already received from membership and
contributors, Si,t7ee9, and disbutsed q, $40 %
Of January. u 10 conducted entirely By ladies' and
lie economical and judiciouu management would
n4 ~. 20 we Sei oPn, ,yboss ps.idspeS ~ ~
Twelfth street, IL the treasurer. r....
The female teacher spoken Of In the report IL 4
ton as being Sonnsoted with public school insiTSc.
We sdvhs ali the philanthroplo ladies' in thi.
city TO become members OF this association, .r.
ALEXANDRIA ATPAms.-Soldier Shot.-A
FEDERAL soldier, who had just landed here this
morn and gone to the solaisis Rest" At the
shot and instantly killed by the guard who, II IL
said, was under the influence OF liquor, and who
was at once arrested and confined.
SaIss Of Real Ersis-severAl pieoesof property In
town have recently changed hands by sale. Tho
house and lot on the corner Of Wolfe and Fairfax
.old 70 r. Bell, for 400. The property at the
rns soy LOT So,VOo
,Iousoion::,ENeh SSOO were ooLeotea IN the ~; n:
ehu,Sn, ~ mis plaee on sunuhy eNenlpB' III aiu oi
'ho otphan hsyium'-AfS' "dseue' z|d'
SALE OF REAL EsTATK.-Messrs. James G.
Mcclure 4 Co, Auetioneers, sold yesterday after
noon, at auction, the western mart Of SQUARE No,
qse, known AB the "old Catholic Burial Ground
fronting on Fourteenth. u and v streets. The
following parties were the purchasers Lot I, W,
6. Hutehlns, aoX cents per SQUARE foot Lots and
Z, James W. Hurley, 49, cents. Lots I and 8, D.
lost, "a cents. Lot O, j.. W. Tucker, lax cents.
Lot 7, NJ ID. Larner, II cents. Lots 8, o. and 10, D.
Robinson, is cents, Lot II, W. O. Hutchins, lax
Lot H. Il. Frisley, IS ecnts Lot u.s. Henry Ruppell,
itb cents. Lot 10, Henry Ruppell, 70 cents. Lots
IS and %, II. W. Hamilton, 81 cents, Lot "a, n D.
Larner, 81, cents. Lot 49, q. w, LArner, 81 cents.
. cents
Or FOR AipAsr.-Ye,terda aflernoop. Mr..
H. L King the warden Of the Iail. started for the
Albany penitentiary with three prisonerS, sen.
fenced al the present term Of the court As folows,
| Joseph Dean ooiored, sentenced for three yeAre'
| and MARY HawkIns seatencsd 10 one wear Ali for
| larceny, Dennis Kinney, who was arrested on
Sunday niRht week for fobbinT A aoldier, AMI who
was sentenced 10 the penitentisry for three years
did not co. the court having GRANTED him a ne W
-
The DISTRICT IN CoNdRHss-C CLAIMING thc
Cdpsl-In the senate yesterdAy Mr. Ten Fyck pre-
sented petition from eitIIenG Of Washington pray.
Ganitary msasuPe, which was rSferfed 10 Inc com.
mIttee IN The DSiriot al Coiunbi.
Inersais Of PoiiscEsII PGy-It lie stated that YES
committee on the subject OF the pay Of the Metro
politan police, and suggested that II Congress
would ineTRaaR n m M m hR