The national Republican., 1867-04-13

SIxrH WARD REruBLIcAS CLuB.-Tbis
club assembled At ODD. fsliow.' Hall, NAVY.
Yard, on Thursday evening, Henry Better, ESQ.
In ths chair, and N. ", Evsns, secretary.
On motion, II was decided that none but mem.
bsrs Of the olub should be entitled 10 vote on
speakefs should be limited TO ten minutes each
In their remarks on any one subjeob unless unan.
imons consent should b given TO proceed ;
Resolutions recently adopted BY the Seventh
Ward Bspublican Cub were presented for adop.
tiou, but, on motion, vsrs lsid on the table.
There was also laid on the table q rs,olution
for the publication Of The ward tickets, recently
III. following offered By Mr.. Holmes, were
BE "a rs,olee1 5y he R<pnbiiean ,ard ot,Oeia.
fioRs an Aer Sifvsnf snard asssmbiiss, That We
recognise the Republican Association Of the
District o. ociumbis - ths parent of the differ
emit ward clubs. .f ..f,si..
Re,oiped, rhstsuch rsrds elect Eve members,
who shall be daly accredited, and shall mssttbe
representatives elected from the other six wards
at half past teysn o'clock, p. m, On the goth
day OF April. At Woodvard's Hall, aud shall
organise BY elscting q sohairman and the neoes.
sary .oficers. which body shall be styled and
known 90 the executive committee Of the Re-
publican party Of the ely Of Washington, and
that each member Of such executive committee
shall become member Of the Republican Asso.
citation fths DISTRICT of ooluubiai and that ws
request such association 10 require each member
to beloug to the ward elubs Of the locality 10
which be may reside; and. hereafter, each ward
shall annually elect the quota Of the committee
At le..t three months PRIOR 70 the regular char.
ter election, avIss -.
NJ, 2, N, Barton offered the following, which
was adopted: - at.s .. rE
whereas che solor.d people Of tbi, city have
di.,inetly svowed that they win vote for no csn.
didate Of the Republican party, In the forthoom.
ing election, who voted, In the past, for Richard
wallaobi therefore, be II
Resoiced, That we use every precautiOn In
this ward In selecting candidates whose records
arc clear on that subject.
SENATOR YATEs RoBBED.-Yesterday
morning q daring burglary was perpetrated at
the house Of Mr. McGhan. No. 224 Z street, be.
tween Ninth and Tenth, the victim being Hon.
Richard Yates, Senator from Illinois. The burg.
lars effected an entrance by getting into tho back
yard and raising a ladder which they had
brought with them from the corner Of Seventh
and. II streets. They got into the second.stoiy y
window OF Mr.. Yates room, whore that gentle
was asleep. They carried of his vest with his
| pocket.book containing over $500 In money and
| a gold watch and chain valued at $3.50, and pass.
ing into an adjoining room they riHed the pockets
money, While this was going on, Mr. Yates
was partially awakened, and calling his secretary
BY name, one Of the parties answered.
DIsoRDERLY At A BALL.-At about one
o'clock yesterday morning the Seventh ward
police made raid on dsorderly cOlored ball
on Third street west, between Virginia avenue
and d street south. The participants in the
dancing attempted to rough it with the officers,
m n nd hal han Ia fol nHt, ,u
named persons were captured and taken to the
guardhouse: John Robinson, Tilghman Nc
Kenny, Squire lee, George Edelin,, Geo John
| son, Richard Weaver, James Lewis, alias Jack.
son, George Ferguson, Joseph Green, Josiah
King and VIM. Wood Justice Handy fined
them 10 sums ranging from 50 to SIS.
CARRIAGEs.-Among the business men
Of our city who deserve credit for their enter.
prise, We mention Mr.. Robert H. Graham, car.
riage maker. No, 374 d street, betweeu-Eighth
and Ninth streets. Having besn in the busines,
long time In this city, be Is Of course personally
known to most Of our citizens. To those, how.
ever, who are not, We need only call attention to
the fact that be has no superior In his business.
| At his establishment may be found the finest
stylei of carriages, Of the best workmanship, the
most durable character, and at moderate prices.
Carriages, buggies, rocknways, Jenny Linds,
40, always on hand, which he warrants to be
as represented Repairing promptly attended tc
at the shortest notice.
| ARRESTED ON REQUIsIrioE yesterday
| Detectives Clarvoe AVID McDevitt arrested
young man named James H. springman in th
city on a requisition issued by the Governor o
Pennsylvania, in which Mr.. Springman Is charged
with obtaining money under false pretences frou
4 gentleman In Philadelphia. Detective Nc
Dewitt will accompany him to Philadelphia to
day, and turn him over to the United State
Marshal, to be held for trial. We are informed
that young Springman formerly acted In tn
capacity Of reporter on the Con'titWhOnd
Union.
The FISHING SEAsoS.-The fishing seq
son has frightened up wonderfully within th
past few days, about IL, 900 shad arriving dali
at the fish wharf, foot OF Seventh street, as We
as from 90, 900 to 10, 900 herring. The form,
sell at from IS to $l2 per hundred, according I
size and quality and the herring at from So |
90 per thousand All the large ssinss down th
Potomac are In operation, and the business
proving a lucrative one Mr.. Jas. Skidmore,
said, will put his seine In operation to-day, b.
tween hero and Alexandra, when all the soint
will be employed.
CAPT. KEYEs SAFE.-Yesterday we mon
toned the fact that Capt. Reyes had sudden
disappeared from home on Tuesday evening, AM
that foars were entertained that he had beef
foully dealt with. Yesterday, however, we ar
pleased to say, 4 note was received from friept
in New York, saying that Capt. Keyes had beer
summoned, for examination, before a militar,
board In that city aud that he had indscreetlJ
gone thither without notifying his friends.
DEATH OF ONE OF THE OLDEST ISHABIT
ANTS Mr.. Edward Mattiugly, 4 member Of th,
Oldest InhAbitants' Association, and who hal
been q resident Of Washington for upwards o.
sixty years. died at his residence near the navy
yard on Wednesday afternoon. in the eighty
eighth year Of his age. Mr., Mattingly had beer
an invalid for some time previous to his death.
SUDDEN BEREAvEMENT.-We regret Ia
learn Of the sad bereavement Of our felow-citi
rem, Hubert Schutter, ESQ, on Thursday, by
tho sudden death of his con, an interesting boy
aged ten years, who was accidentally killed al
Rock Hill College, Elioott's Mills, Maryland, by
a base ball bat In the hands Of q fellow udent
MONEY RECOVERED Yesterday Detec,
tiyes ClaTvoe aud MoDevitt succeeded In recover,
ing the money lost by young man at the navy
yard through second party, whom he engaged
to carry the money to tho Adams Express Office,
to be transmitted 10 his parents iu Ohio. His
arrest We mentioned day or two since.
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