The national Republican., 1867-07-29

nOOneTb UOm tuo TlNoI WIN WOOu, uii VI thtm |
ing In the stream to anchor The steamer III |
livingston, from tho mouth Of the river and |
ndings by the way, arrived at her wharf about |
p m, having on board large number Of pas. |
myers, among whom we noticed Hon. Caleb |
ushing, Z. M. Street, OF Washington, and others.
he steamer had fair share Of freight all truck,
nd considerable Of II belonging TO the passen- |
ore. Tho travel to Alexandria during the day |
as light, the cars and steamboats, not carrying |
; many passengers as they have on other Sun.
ays.
TRMPERASoE.-Yest esterday afternoon the |
Tashington Temperance Society held q meeting |
the Northern Market, and addresses were |
elivered by Messrs. Clayton, Shepherd, Drew, |
roggon, Buckingham. and Savage. In conse-
uonce Of tho rain, tho attendance was small.
eyeral signatures were added to the pledge.
Meetings were held at one or two other points |
a the afternoon, but at these places, too, the
umber present was small.
At night the Washington Temperance Society
old another meeting ut Temperance Hall, on
treet, at which, In the absence Of Mr.. Hollings'
cad, the president, Mr.. John Ii. Thompson
resided. Addresses were made BY Messrs.
fcFeters, Harris, Drow, Thsaker, and others.
An OLD Trick SUccEssFUL--Mr. Henry
J. Cullen arrives from Richmond on Thursday
venue by three men; they claim to have known
lin In California many years ago. unsuspecting
tranger bites; asked to take drink, and i'm
,ibes; imbibes several times; takes q hack ride,
md insists on paying expensesj they finally part
t Seventh street and Penrsylyania avenue, all
Ipparentiy hilarious unsuspecting stranger
wakes up in the morning minus $T5 and valuable
,apers; he Smells mice" he "sees It,"
~
A ~. IN EriIatr
light tho residence Of Judge Casey, Of the
United States Court Of Claims No. 3SS g street,
vas entered by burglars, in the absence Of the
inmates, who detached and carried away about
siO0 worth Of lead pipe. They left on tho
premises saw, several knives, and other tools
used in obtaining their plundor.
In tho same Vicinity, the residence Of James
L. Barbour, esq, No. 400 D street was entered,
but nothing Of worth was removed. Probably
the "coppers'' were on the qmi vire.
FREE LODGING Yesterday morning at
an early hour, We observed number Of individ.
uais, devoid OF 4 considerable portion Of their
wearing apparel lying at their ease In tho grounds
Of tho Smithsonian Institute. They had evil
IDENTIFY been out all Aight the heat probably in
terfering with q sound sleep within their own
domicils, they had taken advantage Of an out
side arrangement, and located themselves upon
the grass in the Smithsonian, whore, no doubt,
their dreams were sweet and slumbors pleasant.
SERIOUSLY ILL.-We were panied to learn,
last evening, that Mr.. Morgan, an esteemed law
yer of this city, is lying dangerously ILL., at his
residence, with typhoid fever Drs. Elliot and
Morgan, tho latter his brother, have been attend.
ing him; but he became so i'll that, yesterday
morning, Dr. Hall was called in for consultation.
Mr.. Morgan took sick only four or i've days
since with what then appeared to be constipa
tion Of the bowels. We trust his disease may
take turn for tho better.
DRowSED.-A young man by the name
Of Dunlap, n resident Of Baltimore, but n grad
uate Of the Georgetown College, and we'll know
there, was drowned on Thursday morning last a
Cape May while bathing. He had but arrived
at Cape Island the evening previous, and ON
braced the first opportunity to enter the surf
but getting beyond his depth, and catching th,
return surfs, was carried out. His body va
washed on shore In the afternoon and forwarded
on to his friends In Baltimore.
A Coon WoRK.-A few days since W,
Gov. Ford had gone to Saratoga, N. Y, to atten,
the meeting Of tho Grand Division Of Sons o
Temperance Of that State. Gov. Ford has re
turned, and states, we arc pleased to announce
that about So, 900 was raised there towards th
purchase Of Temperance Hall, on Il street, 70
the Temperance Order. OF this Mr.. William L
Dodge subscribed $1,000. Mr.. HOllingshea'
will arrive hero to-day.
The HEAT YRsTERDAY.-"Old Sol" wa
decidedly In q fiery humor yesterday, and b.
vented his "feelings'' upon miserable mortalit.
heavily. The rays were most scorching, ant
h.A d ~ h..,, Il ha an hraa xwhtsh
up, the day would have been insuherable. Th
Thermometer was we'll up in the ''nineties," an,
every one sought the shade or quiet Of thei
homesteads to escape the withering beams Of tn
sun.
FALSE ALARM-.At about halEpast min,
o'clock on Saturday evening, an alarm Of FIR
was sounded from box No. Q, corner Of Fiji
street east and A street south. The fremen AM
police were prompt, as usual, but on arriving o.
the scene Of the supposed fire II was asoertaino,
that the alarm was caused by lady having
lighted candle In her back yard.
Mr.. Il. A. PAuL.-This gentleman who
has been associated In this city with the Chroni
cis, leaves that paper to accept tho editorship o
tho Wilmington IN. g. Di,pafeh, which ha
recently been purchased by number Of radioa
republicans, and will be henceforth conducted
upon tuo pIluClplcS VI tuht PhibJ8 W. Wibt
Mr., Paul success in his new field Of journalism
SANITARY CoMPANY.-Sixteen y written ant
sixty verbal notices were served on Saturda,
on persons having nuisances existing on thei
premises. A number Of carcasses were also re
ported and removed.
The Fifth ward, in which tho Sanitary is nov
engaged, will be finished some time this week
aud the Fourth ward will probably be the mex
visited.
NEARLY CoMPLETED.-We are glad tc
notice that the sewer on street, between Thir
teenth and Fourteenth, under tho energetic
supervision Of the commissioner of the Secont
ward, Is nearly completed. The construction o
tho work has been we'll done and rapidly exc
cuted.
For CoURT.-Charles Marshall, clerk
and Elizabeth Miller, storekseper, were ARRESTED
by Officers Marks and Sprague, Of the Eight
precinct, on charge Of buying Government cloth
Ing. Justice Tucker required them to give secu
rity to answer the charge at court.
WITHOUT LICESsE.-Samuel Wright,
restaurant keeper at Crystal Springs, was ar
rested by Officer Hanes, on the charge Of sellipi
liquor without license. Not being able to pro
duce the necessary papers, Justice Walter lnsC
Mr.. Wright $25.