The national Republican., 1867-10-28

number OF REPRESENTATIVES, being present. j. N.
Stevens, the Most Worthy Patriarch Of the
Order In North America, delivered an interesting
address, showing an increase. Of interest In the
| Temperance cause.
| A report was received from the vsrieus divi.
sions, showing the increase Of membership
during the last quarter to be 4l9 BY initiation;
one charter to form new division was granted,
and one division institutsd--Birn Division,
No. l, tcolored) The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: @. W. p, WIN. p
Drew @. W. A., Ros. A. Fish; q. s., Arthur
Shephsrdj @. T., John johnson. Ths election
Of the other officers we're postponed, and the
Grand Division adjourned;
Al 4 p. IN. yesterday, Mr.. George Savage, the
great Temperance champion, delivered one Of his
Iohsrsotsristie temperance addresses to an ~.
ssmblsge collected at the Northern Liberties
when he sang temperance song, and this drew
. crowd to listen TO his remarks.
| large number Of ladies aud gentlemen were
present at the temperance meeting held At Island
Hall At 4 p. m, when J. l. Kidvsll, esq, pre-.
sided. Addresses we're delivered BY hsssrs. os
car Alexander, Thornbury, Boyd, and Jones,
and q number signed tho pledge.
hlled with ladies and gentlemen, Who listened
attsntiyely to addresses delivered BY DR.. T. g.
Clayton, Colonel Alfred II. joiner, er.Governor
Thomas II. Ford, and othsu. Several Of the
speakers dealt harshly on the system Of licensing
tho liquor trafhc, and urged the necessity Of pc
titioning Congress to pass law sboliibisg the
system.
John 8. Hollins,hsad, ESQ.,, acknowledged th.
receipt Of $40 from ". s. Huntington, 81 from
II. D. Cook, 90 from Gen. Thomas Rw.nS. and
u from d. P. Holloway, esq, toward, defraying
| the expenses Of holding Temperance meetings In
this hall. The meeting closed with doIOIogy
A temperance meeting was also held st the 81.
Aioysius sohool.houss, on Pir.t street, between
II and streets, last evening. which was we'll
attended, and which was addressed BY able
speakers.
| RAID on CoLoRlp GAHBLuRs.--It has long
been suspected that q oolorsd woman named
LayinA Whitaker, residing on Second street,
between Eighth and Ninth streets vest, va,
keeping . house Of extremely bad rsputs, large
crowds Of eolored people going In and out Of her
house at al hours, day and night. Lisutsu..t
johnson, Of the Second precinct, concluded hs
would ascertain what was going on thsrs, and at
two o'clock yesterday morning. he, with Ser.
gosnt Mulloy and 0Aicsrs Cation, Steele and
westorfslt, proceeded to aud made raid on the
house. where they found . card table iu full
blast down stairs, and another above, on both Of
which there was money displayed. There we're
fteen men and women present, and the ofhsers
secured Of these the landlady. three other
women, and seven men. Yesterday morning
they were arraignsd before Justice Thompson,
who aned Lavina s. and 81 dollar cost, and the
others in different and smaller sums.
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| 0uR ARTICLE on GLOVES -Chos.on's Double
Stitched Castor Gloves; gen,lemsn's KID Gloves,
beautiful colors, doublo stitched and plain
backs excellent Cloth Glover, for sn'lsmsn,
for so cents superior ones for rs cents; boys
| Merino, Thread, and DuekIkin Gloves; Back.
skin Gloves, Nittens and dauntlets. ready
made or made to order and shortly to arrive,
the celebrated Mittsn from Tansisr Island,
Chesapeake Bay. Undoubtsdly tho best assort.
nent Of good Gloves Is a. H,nains's, No. b85
Seventh street, near Maryland srsnus.
| CONTRACTS sAwARDED.-M,jor O. Dsll, Com.
missioner Of Subsistence, Department. Of Wa'h.
ington, has awarded the oontrAot, for lurnishiny Z
1850 barrels Of -four for the troops In this De
partnsnt, as follows
HMrynsn, Nips 4 Co, Baltimore. Nd, 100
barrels No. l aour. at tl2.75 per barrel John
Hour at sl7 George +. Webb Baltimore,
MI, 200 barrels No. 2 lour at sl2 20. W. n.
Gait, Washington, 100 barrels family -four, al
sl3 u.s. 200 barrels No. l faulty -four, el3; 100
barrels family -four, Sl3 rs. Clabsush 4 Shoe
maker. Gsorgstown, l40 barrels family -four, q,
sli2o.
LARCENY WIN. Fitzgerald, q boy Of twelve
years OF age, was arrested by detectives Miller
and Coomes on Saturday, charged with stealing
hidle, valued at $50. from Mr.. Csrringtop,
| residing Twenty fourth and Ninth street, and
some toys from Mr.. Newton, residing 7iS Ninth
street. The boy was arrested In Hooksr's Divi.
| sion, and tho fddls recovered. Though youny,
yet the lad is very shrsud, and oresps quietly
into houses during the day. walking od with
whatever hs may fancy. He Is at present held
at hsadqasrtsrS.
MAGIsrRATEs' FEEs-This evening. II 10 OF.
| peotsd, Corporation Attorney Bradley will sub.
nit an opinion to the City Councils, pro nounc-
ing the imposing of fpsS, as fees, on violators Of
the law, by magistrates for their individual ben.
eft, as illegal Those magistrates who have
been taking fees in this way, have Of late besn
retaining the sRms and this evening they will
hold a meeting at Justics Walters once, to
consider the propristy Of feeling counsel to test
tho matter before the Supreme Court.
| ASSAULT WITH AN Axu.-on Saturday . col.
ored man, residing In Theatre alley, got into .
dispute with his mistress, . colored woman,
named Ann johnson. High words snsusd when
ho kicked the woman, she ressnting the blow BY
picking up an axe near al hand and hurling II
At his head, striking him across Tho bridge Of
the nose, inhicting . slight wound. Ofhoer
Moorss was promptly on the spot. and arrested
the woman, and conveyed her before Justice
Hazard, who fined her So and costs.
MURDER OF ANOTHER WAsHsarosIAH.-A
| mau named Richard Alyord, . resident Of Viz
giuia avenue, bstwssn Second and Third strests,
was brought homo dead on Saturday night II
appears that Mr.. Alvord was working on the
Western Maryland railroad, near Union Bridge,
and the men were paid OF. On Friday morning
he was found dead and his pockets empty. Mr..
A. leaves q wife and four children.
| SALE OF BARS At rus NATIONAL RACE
COURSE Wall a Co on Friday, sold
bars Nos. 8 and 7 at the race eourss, rs follows:
Bar No, 8, known As the stable bar, to Mr.
E. Adams, for $40. The eating bars, knsWn
as "bar No. T." situated in ths grand building,
to George Calvert for S27L Two other bars,
| Nos 2 and 8 were Withdrawn.
RoSBsRr. - Mrs. Virginia Kennedy, while
passing through the Centre Market on Saturday,
had her pocket picked Of . purse containing
about Slk Tho hrst moniton received Of her
loss was upon searching for her money to pay for
some article which she had bought. No clue to
the psrpstrator Of the theft.
You've Runaway. -0ficor +. Ksarnsy, OF
the Sixth precinct, on Saturday morning PICKED
up q little wandsrer on his beat, who was about
seven years Of age, and who gave his names a.
| Charles Edward Hsnning. He was quits ssn'