The national Republican., 1866-08-08
Natioual 'gepnblifau.
LOCAL HUmVW0.

Iatlnllal Republican.
LOCAL HU1VV0.
THE 1xPRovKmExr o. rHE WASHINGTON
g. % :; ss!y sa. :rc1ss on :s ns%s: s Of
mon Ceshefi with many Of the Arst eitissns Of
WaSlington, asssmblsd u the wharf Of Measrs.
Gait > Hsovn 10 inspest The eaassvay lately con.
strusts b. taoss gsntlsnsn from The foot Of Seven
M~ s fsssnb:rsd n. sopsrsst pS',s for N. .,.,
ton Of this eanseSsy VA awarded 70 Msssrs
Thomas J. Gala and Wilson Z. Brown about thrss
months stnss, and the gentlemen have pushed the
work forward In order TO soon have Il completed
The entire length structure s 900 feet ftruns
from the foot Of Seventeenth street In southsriy
direction. and thence east to the Monumsnt point,
enclosing about - asrss Of water On the east end
arc the gatss, (tsn In namber,) which opsu and
Close with the vide. Az the tide comes In the gates
open, and close when II rscsdss. The water having
canal to the Eastern branch. About the middle Of
the caasswsy 10 lock Is feet wids, end having
depth Of feet at low vatsr.mark, which will allow
all vessels to pass through into the canal. The
width Of the esussway Is 20 fsst making . very
me road from the point 70 sevsntesn.h street. The
sides are composed Of piles few test apart which
are boarded up on the ipsids and The interior q
composed Of earth The tide gates are saoh 10 feet
long. covering . spaee Of 100 feet, through which
the water passes The cost Of the entire work viii
An awning had been spread over portion Of Ii.
work, and beneath II was . table accommodating
about one hundred persons, loaded with refresh.
msnts. Aftsr the work had been inspected, T. 4
Lloyd Esq President Of the Board Of Aldermen
was called to preside and the visitors began to par
take Of the good things spread before them Toasts
followed, and Addresses were delivered by Msssrs.
7. =. Lloyd, 8. A. Psugh, T. b. Florence, D. B.
French. Randolph Coyis, W. W. Moore, Frederick
B. Stuart, and others. After some time had been
passed over the table, the company separated, OK.
faithfully executed BY the contractors.
Msssrs. Gait Brown oommsncsd the work just
three months ago, and since that time have had Q
large force employed to complete The same.
The YouNa MESs CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
A special meeting Of this association vas held on
Monday evening At Wesley chapel, A. K. Browne,
the president, In the chair.
A Communication was read from the executive
committee Of the national convention at Albany,
notifying Mr.. Browne that he had been appointed
oorrsspondng secretary Of the executive committee
Mr.. Browne requested that some one else might
bs appointed for the once. he had not sufficient
time 70 attend to the duties In connection with IT,
The matter was postponed.
A further communication was read from the same
committee, calling attention to the necessity Of
bupporttnR now JOufuul Wntcn IL 70 Do puDItBneQ
early in September, at New York, under the aus.
pices Of the Young Mems Christian Association.
The rssignations Of Messrs James o. Amss, chair
man Of the COMMITTEES Of bensvolencs, and y. Nc
araw. chairman Of the committee on hotels and
boarding houses, wero accepted and Msssrs. Vance
and Emery were appointed In their plaoes.
The Secretary called the attention Of the Asso-
citation to the death Of Mr.. r. O. Bsssan, and CON
tradictsd the rumor which had got ahoat that he
committed suicide. He then read . ssriss Of rsso-
lutions y tribute Of respect to the memory Of the
dscsassd, and expressive Of the sympathy on the
part Of the members Of the association with his
family. The resolutions were unanimously adopted.
CONTRACT rAwARpED.-Yes Yesterday the pro-
posal for the construction Of brick and stone
bridge over the creek which crosses North Capitol
street, between New York avenue and street,
wsrs opened at the Mayors Once.
The arch Of the new structure 10 to bs 25 feet
span, with width Of 80 feet In the clear. The
following were the bids: Wise and Callahan, o..
slaasi css,,s. d:. Lemon i, $3.50; R:ynOld' and
Mr. Lewis being the lowest bidder the contract
Wa swardsd 10 him.
AccrDESr.-0n Monday evening, during
the picnic At the Park, several ladies were In
we're badly njur.s A i NJ. Msry A. No pimoDd i'm '1Is who
residss on 9, between Second and Third streets,
hsd her head badly cut; Miss Hannah Donohus
and Mrs. Hsdrick were very severely bruised, DR..
Cannon was called upon and dressed the wounds Of
those who required 1t; shsr which they were CON-
vsyed to their residences.
THE PHILADELPHIA CoSvESTIoS.-In &C
cordance with the request Of the National Union
Executive Comhittse, Mayor Addison, Of George
town. has ordered that election be held at Langs
Friday, the 10th instant, to select delegate TO
represent that city in the National Union Convsn-
tion, which meets In Philadelphia on the 14th
inst. As We have before stated, the election In
this city takes place at the City Hall on the same
day.
ALARM OF FIRE.-At 10 p. m. last night
alarm Of hrs was given BY 0ficer Walker, Of the
Fifth precinct, from box ~ which proved to be an
abortive attempt to burn Burch's stables, between
d and y streets, on Fourtesnth which. 1t will bs
remembered, were fred on the morning Of the 18th
ult Fortunately the flames were discovered In time
to prevent serious damage. The nremsn, as usual,
were promptly on the ground, but the nre had
already been sxtinguishsd previous to their arrival
through the exertions Of the police and oitixens.
Supposed incsndary.
ANOTHER FIRK.-At ll.2O o'clock last
evening IN alarm Of fire was sounded from boz 40.
The Gre originated In row Of frame buldings on
New Hampshire avenue near street, belonging to
]. L. KidWsll, Esq, Of Gsorgetown. We were IN
abe last evening to ascertain the full extent Of the
damage done BY the fire, but II was believed to bs
inoonsidsrabls.
ORPHANS CoURT Judge Purcell. Yes
tsrday morning. the will Of the late Julia Ssssford
was fully proven and admitted to probate. Letters
Of administration were issued to Mrs Kslly-bond
$1,000.
Letters Of administration on the estate Of Jos. A.
Blau were issued to Laura v. BlAu-bond 81, 900.
PARpoSED.-The President has directed
that q. pardon be issued for NJ D. Harrington, who
was convicted Of larceny ut the june term Of the
Criminal Court and sentenced to three years i'm
prisonmout.
WASHINGTON WEArHRR.-At Thompson's
Owen House yesterday the mercury marked down
thsfollowing Q q. m, 70; IL m, 75j Q p. m, II.
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