The national Republican., 1866-12-29

ceased was recognised - that Of private Fitspat-
evidence wss addussd 70 show that hs vs. ! man
unsteady habits. II 70 singular, however, that
Ills cries for assistance, II he made any, were not
heard b. the people In the nsighbofhooA. His
body viii be buried in the Congressional Burying
Ground with military honon to-day.
MAsox1c.-At meeting Of the Grand
Lodge on Thursday evening the following oaicsrs
were daily installed for the ensuing Masonic year:
N. W. George Q. Whiting Grand Master r. W.
R. D. Donaldson, D. @. III R. ". Andrew alass,
Noble D. Larner, O. Secretary; R. W. O. Gam
maek, sr., 9. Treasurer r. W. John Locke, @.
vihtor and Treasurer
Thsr. are At Pr..sn. anssn subo.dinats lodges
grsssts number Of msubsrs being. l,seL During
the last Nesonie year the sum Of Ss,TA was sx.
pended By hsss lodges for charitable purposes.
INAuaURArroN OF THE SKATING SEAsox.-
Should that unreliable individual, the clerk Of the
park, At the foot Of Ninstssnth street. will Be
opened TO visitors st o'clock this afternoon. The
President and Cabinet, Cen Grant, and the Judges
Of the Supreme Court have been invited 10 Be pres.
ent on The occasion and are sxpsctsd 70 attend.
The bsildinss for The sseonmodation Of visitors
have bean oonpistsd, and everything fitted up In
manner which reflects great credit on the mem
bsrs Of the club.
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BAN SloK.-Few who have read the humor-
ous description, By Judgs Halliburton, Of Sam
Slick; or the Yankee Clock Psddisr," are swars
that the hero still lives. 'Ssu,n whose real name
g Isaac L. Layton, 10 at present employed In the
Patent Once and judging from his sppesrsaes will
Sa,. q S md .n more pre-
bang" for nswspspsr correspondents during the war,
and some day or other We will tell our readers more
about him. ,s.1.
A MARxErNAN SHor AND RoBBED-A few
nights since as Charles Grsngsr, who resides In
Montgomery county, Nd, was returning home from
market, when few miles north Of GsorEstown, he
was sst upon by two rufaans, who fred three shots
at him, the last Of which took effect In his head.
Of sbout es5, after which he was left lying in the
road. His wound though severe Is not considered
dangerous No arrests have as yet been made.
PRIsoNERs IN JAIL-There are at present
confined In the county jail 1os prisoner, Who are
daily being tried a. fast a. possible for various
offences before the Criminal Court. One Of these
worthless, with whom We convened Yesterday, de.
sired TO sss his 'old woman" and tell her 10
hsr.eGorts to hsve him bsilsd out He said that
there was no srs in the building. the cells being
''frsd by steam, and expressed an earnest desire
to change his boarding house Is soon As possible.
.O.F. CuxxISs, 347 Seventh street, second
door Sslow the Northern Market, has just received
"a sxts.n .nsiys and handsome assortmsnt OF Ladies'
Hish.Cut Kid Button and Laced Bslmoralsi High.
Cat Button Lasting Gsitsrs; together with large
varsity Of Boots and Shoes for all ages and oondi
sions, and both ssxss. These goods srs made ex-
prsssly for the sst,blshmsnt Of Mr.. Cummins.
Give him call, examine bis stock, and make your
purchases.
RAN AWAY WITH Two TRUNKs.-A few
days since the grocery maa at The oorpsr Of Eighth
and M streets intrusted bis trunk to . negro. who
was directed to carry II 10 the oWnsr's boarding
house. As yet NO traces Of the eolorsd man or
trunk have been found, and It 10 probsbs that the
i, Ndividual employed to "tots'' the luggage was
u, Hble to end the number Of the house
A RREsTs BY THE PoLIcE.-The number Of
srres made BY the police for the twenty -four hours
ending At eight O'Clock yesterday morning was 20.
and the 4 amount Of hnes imposed e53.92. Since
Christm q the number Of arrests has been greatly
decrease, and those made were mainly for disor-
dsrly con, tuct, caused in most instsnsss BY King
Alcohol.
"PRooR vss" was the theme Of lecture
delivered BY t.hs Rev. Dr. 0'Tools, for tho benefit
Of the Sisters o. Mercy. on Thursday evening, at
Odd Fellow HA II. The discourse was an sntsr-
tanning and instr iotivo one but, owing to the In
clsmency Of the GATHER was not attended BY oil
Of those who had secured seats for the oecasion.
10, of 0. F.-Aletropolis Lodge No. 16
met at Odd Fellows Hall last night whom the fol.
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing six
months: II. G. Stevens, N. G.i Peter Guigon, V. g..
Thomas Il. W. Rsinour. Financial seerstsryi VIM.
A. Yates. Recording sserstsryi and A. J. Duvall,
Treasurer.
FEMALE PrppLERs ARRrsrED.-Officer
Grown Yesterday arrested Margaret and Bridget
Sullivan for psddling on ths strssts without . H.
csnss. They were taken hsfors Justice Walter,
Who fined each $245.
AYrAIRs IN NALExANDRIA.-In the Alexan-
dria City Council night before last resolution ad
verse to the construction Of railway via George
town to Washington was read and unanimously
adopted.
POLICEMAN WILLLANs.-We are glad to
state that ofaesr Williams, who was shot . few
wound indicted, while serious, Is not considered
fatal one by his attendant physioians.
Snow IN VIRGINIA. correspondent from
Hsssburg Va. reports heavy fall Of snow In that
sseAsa few days since. In this city the wssthsr
for several days past has been altogether too cold
Baltimore Items.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 2S.-Hiram Potter Jr,
o, New York, to-day was awarded contract
70 furnishing the Government with l26 cav
cir v Auu IL htiiers NURSES ~ thc fu"i'ei
ma tiers Department in this city.
A Congregational church, the first In
Mar, land, will be dedicated ia this city next
Sund ~, with Rev. Edward johnson, for
merly OF Boston. ~ pastor.
On Thursday the schooner Parks, when
off Smiths Island, Chesapeake Bay, was
capsized tom o sudden fare Of wind, and
drowned four persons.
Weather still very cold, but moderated
since yesterday.
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