The national Republican., 1866-11-24
Aatisual @spabtitau.
LOCAL NEWS.

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LOCAL NEWS.
The SnirHsosfas IxsrrufE.--The parts Of
tAs 6nithsoniaa vIsslilsss .tuildiag dsssroysd or
iAjassd By he Ass ere nsw bsing rebuilt With FIRE.
pissf AsSW1aas usdss Ne tissstion ef n. A1olph
sy We . rs's s.sssss ssssss
sxtssr walls ~ bsins lined Win brick laid ID %.
nsat. H Assn ass Of Iron sbsans, connected
VITA bris ssshss snl The roofis Of ireA rafssrs,
csvsrsd vilh sihts The staircasss are Of Iron and
! ons of Hen, o. three flights, with stsps, each
4 siz fsst in isIsth, q 20 psi tessthsr Wiz brass
screws. that u cen Be taken down and packed In
boxss In few hours.
su fhs hish towers have sssh been lined with solid
briskvork nine inches thiok laid In cement, firmly
The irsn beans Of The brick Aoors. he nsln tower
z one hundred and forty fsst high. Il u sslinatsd
that the entire cost Of rebuilding The sdass viii Be-
about $l0o, 900, . good portion Of which has been
dsfiaysd by ths proat dsrysd nom u: ssis of the
tuition the interest 6mithson's Legacy. THIS now
amounts 10 @S4l, $40, and II Il propessd 70 add
enough 10 Il Of 4 sppplsnsntsFy sum recently re-.
esivsd from the 9uiAsouiAn estate To make the
yI1ks assusi sxpsudturs for the operations Of the
emithsosian Institution 10 abost 81, o0e. Pfofss
uor Henry d now the only rssogniisd sxsoutivs
ohcsr Of the Institutioa. having sxslusivs dirsc.
tion Of every dspsstmsnA His Ara assistant 10
Prosssor spsassr ?. Baird, who has Immediate
ehsfss II Ne nssssn. Of ths sslsstion and prspa.
ratioa " fspseimses. Ald Of sxshsngss. Mr.. WIN.
Rhsss. q ehisf clark, supsrintsnds accounts and
asslsts in The serrsspondsnes. Miss Jane Turnsr
performs tas clerical dstlss ssn,setsd With the
charge Of ths iAboratory. and there are several
siatsats in the natural history dspsrtmsnt. u
u The meteorological department 10 under the In
mediate charge Of Mr.. WIN. Q. Force Of this city,
- A.. 80 -rAr-
for pabiIsaton in ths bulletins q he Agricultural
DspaHnsnt- half Of bis salary bsing paid By
the Counissionsr Of Agriculture, and the other
half from the Smithsonian fund. There ars me-
tsoroogea obssrvss in ali the States and Terrific
HsapsSirs, a.. in virsinia, fourteen IN H.ss.shu.
sstss, two IN Rhode I.lsnd. End four in Connse-
tiout. '.-.I.. d, ....... --- sEsTF q
"A The height above the level Of the ssa Of tn. 10.
cations Of some Of these New England observers
Lunsnbsrs, Vermont, LIZA fssti James A. Pad
dock, crahsbury. Vermont, l,1oo feet; Branch
Brown, Stratford, New Hampshirs, !, 900 feet; WIN.
Bacon, Richmond, Massachusetts,, 1000 fssti'Rev.
Eli Dewhurst, Badwipsvilis Masssehusstts, 900
feet @. ". auptii, Cornish, Maine, 800 feet
Fletcher .odsll, shsburns, Nsw Hampshire, 700
feet Mr. james Luttrsll, who 10 itationsd at
Montgomery, Park county, Colorado, 10 Is, 900 feet
abovs the level Of the Sea- and Surgeon Eliot Cones
at Fort Whippis, Arisons, Is 5000 feet above the
's'"' o''A' - .ar "a.#.
An IMPORTANT DRcIsIox-In the Supreme
Court Of this District, on Thursday. the case ei
Charles Kimbsli against John =. Ellis was tshsn
appeared that Lslola NJ Hooker was In possession
Of house No. 2s8 north street. and furniture, bs.
tween Twelfth and Thirtssnth streets, in Washing.
ton city, District Of Columbia. ~ the tenant Of
Glars Nssbit and that said Hooker kept said house
as . boarding house, and that the said Hooker be-
Ing In arrears for rent Of the said house. to The
a amount Of two hundred dollars, a. claimed BY the
said Nesbit she, the said Nesbit issusd her war.
rant, and directed the same to the said defendant,
.(Nnbsi thereby eonmanding him to di:tr.in the
eosAs 10, Of the said Hooker, in the said house,
for the amount Of rent % claimed 10 BE- due, &e.,
from the said Hooker 10 the said Nssbit and that,
being % authorised, he. the said defendant, kim.
ball. did ssse, In the said houss, one seven octavs
said warrant Of distress, - and for Tie rent %
from him (KimbalD By the said plaintiff, (Eilis)
II was also shown that the said plano was the
property Of the plaintiff Ellis), and not the prop
srty Of the said Hooker but was hired and used by
bsiAg Of full age, regularly psid the rent Of ths
sane, and that at the time Of lsvying said distress
was In her use and possession, In the said house
and that as the tims Of evyins said distrsss. th'
defendant was informsd that said piano was the
property Of the said Ellis, Who 10 the owner and
propsistor Of . music and piano stors in this city,
and that there was no other property In or upon
the said dsmised premises at the time Of said dis
nads. And 1t is also agreed that II the Court
should bs Of opinion, upon The facts above agreed
that the aid property was legally liable for rent
dns The said Hssbit from the said Hooker, at the
time Of The ssid ssisurs and rspsvip, then in thai
eass Judgment shall bs rendered for the defendant
(Kimbsii) for TIN sum Of $2oe. rent due and owing
from the said Hooker to the said Nssbit, at thl
time Of the said ssisurs and rspsvin, together with
interest from the lst day Of Nay. 1855, and tbs
costs Of this suit; otherwise, judgment for ths
The case was tried In tbs Circuit Court May
term, when verdict was rendered for Ellis. with
one cent damages and costs. The plaintiff ap.
peeled 10 the Court In Gensral Term, and the cas-.
came up Yesterday, vhsn shs briefs Of eOunss
Chief Justice Cartier announced tbs decision o.
the Court which was unanimous, sustaining thl
dssision Of Judge Wyls In the Court below, saving
that the baili6 had NO right TO touch other prop
srty than that Of ths tenant and that the property
Of 6oardsrs or other occupants Of the house canpo
BE- teushsa n. Thompson for Xiubsll, J. p
Ennis for kilts. a. f.gl .A Har.. .
JURoRs FOR rHE CRIMINAL OoyRT-Yester
day sftsrnooa Mr.. r. J. Msigs, clerk of the court
with Samuel =. Douglass. rsgiitsr Of the oity, and
Nicholas Csllsn, clerk ofths levy court drew from
the box the Names Of the following psnons to ssrv'
- grand and pstit Jurors at the Dscsmber term o
The Chninal Court, which meets on Monday, th'
Sd Of December: -.- -..-. a
o Grand Juron--Bspj. g., Prsther, Sd ward VIM
Acton, Georgetown II. B. Curtis, Sd ward; Geo
". Kssting, county; Cline Q. Linswsaysr, 4ti
ward J. Buchmss, county Geo.: =, Mattingly,
~ a,S S';d hs,,v D. y Rs' .,s ssua ssS sS:Ssss g
ssrdi Geo. Baker, county; Geo. Bogas, Sd ward
z, I, Pugitt, bth ward SAml N Evans, 9th ward
John @. cissry, Sd ward Thomas Murphy, county
John Hammond. Sd wsrd; jas. Bradshaw, George
town. John p. Hilton. I'd ward William WstIsll
Gsorgstown; Thomas Moshsr, county, Hugh Muir
ray. lst ward.
Petit Jurors-Richard Dove, Sd ward; I. Herr
berg, 4th ward; w. W. Birch, Georgetown R
Poikinhorn, 7th ward Jabsz Wheeler, 4th ward
Theo, Frashsr, 9th ward; Samuel Adams, 7th ward
J. 7. jenkins, county Chas. y. Dreamer, 4th ward
O. Cammaek, I'd ward; John W. Mead, 5th ward
Q. g. Klopfsr, 4th ward Zach Baker, Gsorgetown