The national Republican., 1867-07-03

ing no otb. damage, however. thar pishtshinl
the innate. ....
We have not sscsft. aimed the damage done b.
the storm, but II viii not amount TO as much .
would be supposed.
MIncHAsrs' E1cHANaR.--Ths offerings wsf
100 bushels wheat. which sold nt s2.loas2.60
No other business done. .....
To FANrLIEs.-There will bs no market At
the farmers aud butchers market Tomorrow
but II will be open this evening. .t..
ALlRx or FrsE. Yesterday morning Al tive
o'clock. smoke was observed issuing IRON the
lager beer brewery Of Mr.. Kaiser. on GIssns
street, near Bridge. 0fncsr Myiss gave the
alarm, and the Are stssmsr Henry Addi,cn''
vas soon on the spot. The 1re originated un
dsrnesth the ballroom, where q dance was In
progress, and upon examination Il was discovered
that bottle, partly Allied With coal oil. had bssn
plscsd near whore the nrs broke out. The
Aames were subdusd with 0 few buckets Of water,
and there 10 no doubt, the attempt TO nrs the
building was the work Of an inosndiary.
VOLUNTARY CONFINEMENT Hester Chase, .
oolored prostitute. while In q state Of intoIioa.
tion stepped Into the station house and addressed
ofhosr Psxon, who was busily engaged nt the
time In preparing the quarterly report. Hester
proceeded 10 one Of the cells and laid down to
sleep, and shortly after snoring loudly, attracted
Tue httenttOu OIL mr. FhxOut VINO lOckou ncf IN
In the morning she was sent TO the workhouse
BY Justice Buckley for thirty days
Fs,D.-John Hess and VIM. Hoffman were
arrested by officers Harry and Reed, and dnsd
81 so and $3.50 respectively for disorderly con-
duct BY Justice Buckley.
CANAL.-There arrived twelve boats yestsr.
day with coal, averaging lo6 tons sach, con.
signed to the several coal companies here. Boat
Medley with corn TO Darby, also rye.
SoHooL ExAnxArIoSs Tho examination Of
our white public schools commenced yesterday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock, beginning with Primary
schools Nos. and 2, situate on the corner Of
High and Seventh streets. The male department,
or Primary No. ], Is located on tho Grst floor,
and the examination was conducted by W. I.
Matthews, ESQ.,, Of the Board Of Guardians, as
sstsd BY Mrs. Jennie Page, teacher. and Mis-,
Alice Craig, assistant teacher This school mum.
bsrs 90 scholars, ranging In age from to ID
years.
Primary No. 10 on the second floor, and the
scholars embrace females, also numbering 90,
and In age ranging as In No. !. Mr.. 7. A.
Newman conducted the examination, assisted BY
the teacher, Mrs. May Turner. and Mrs Flor.
spcs Sullivan, her accomplished assistant.
The attendance OF pareots aud friends OF edu.
cation was numerous notwithstanding the Pli.
odsmic aud the Academy Of Visitation exhibit
tions Of Georgetown College were In progress al
most at the same time. The exercises oomprls-
cd arithmetic, grammar, geography orthogra.
ply, defamation, reeitations, vocal music, DO
and the scholars Ia both schools were unusually
proficient in their studies, aequitting themselves
with credit particularly In their vocal efforts
At tho termination Of the examinations the
teachers were eoinpiimsnted BY the Board Of
Guardians, and the parents Of the little ones sI.
pressed the warmest gratitude for the advance
mont to which their children had attained in
education through the s'siduous labors Of the
teachers.
SELLING Br SAMPLE -Oficer Yolkmsn yes.
terday afternoon arrested Henry Broadess,
charged with selling goods ty simple without
license. Broadess stated that he was acting as
agent for q firm named Dunn, No. SO South
Charles street, Baltimore, and as the firm had q
license for Washington he did not think 1t requi
site to take out license in Georgetown. Justice
Buckley read the law on tne subject, and fined
him $50 so