The national Republican., 1867-12-04

do soto work with all their might and main.
the good sesais Of Hs he i.sors Of the eSnSenton
Slencs sang "The Gospel NIP I. sailing" TO
The CHAIR here introduced MI. A. N. carter.
Of baltimore, who said he kept young by keep:
them during the past twcnty-eight. .years, and he
desired to be with them ever, and do them all
The good IN his power He pictured the suscep;
win them 70 the Lord than II would be after
ass Ss SoSsn i TO fsS H
hearts, for that was the channel through which
they must pass to the arms oi Jesus. The
ventiOP dod.speed in their IMPORTANT work,
Mr., A, 3, Pratt stated that ne would like very
much to see some action that would secure the
teachers, now engaged In the public Depart
Mr.. A. X. Browne replied that he had called
upon the President, who stated that the public
service Congress in session, &C. REQUIRED their
The Chair here announced the following as the
business committee Of the convention
Gsrtsf StyE iS gSae. p aat.s e. SaIa
James b. Frames, District OF Columbia-B. II.
Stinemetz, Rev. DR.. Butler, andJ. Y. A. Shields.
eounty"B. Z. Gaatt. sd MSfsfofd coan,y"JoRn
Hardesty. Howard county-Rev. j. W. Corne-
illus. Montgomery county-H Spence Kent
RIfrca zoiikoifsfy. y'nRsi Rilcshsny % county%J a
Buchey. Prince Georges-A. $. Taft; Queen
| Annals. II. Ford. Cecil. X. Thomas.
washington-B =. Kendall. Frederick county
The following is the programme of childrcn's
Division l. The officers, teachers, and scholars
| of the Sabbath schools located east Of the Capi-
Meet sh' op ahSreS rUsiS
George T. aullsk, esq, marshal; .u,...,
the Island Sabbath school Union will meet in
Ryland Chapel, corner OF Tenth street west and
ssSSS sssDoo. a The Four
and-a-hali street resbytcran, 4 street Baptist
Wesley Chapel, Ninth street Methodist Protest
ley Chapel, under the direction Of z. Richards,
Division I. The Sabbath schools of Calvary
| Baptist, McKendree Chapel, Fletcher Chapel
Assembly's, and the Unitarian churches, and the
children of the Protestant Orphan Asylum, will
IN thS BPtht tho Of
| Division 8. The sabbath schools of the Congre-
Presbyterian and the First Baptist churches
will meet in the First Baptist church, Thirteenth
street, between q and II, under the direction of
Division o. The Sabbath schools of the New
| York avenue Presbyterian, Western Presbyte-
ISOLATION Sn 0H MisSlon fs NortS Mission, N street
Methodist, Hamline and Wesley Chapel Mission
will meet In the New York avenue Presbyterian
| church, New York avenue and street, under
the direction OF J. V. A. Shields, esq, marshal.
| Each school will first assemble In its own
tbe s s viii
| mence punctually at 2:J0 p. m.
A vice president of the convention will preside
at each meeting. The addresses will be made by
In order that the children attending the pub
lie schools In the Fourth district may attend, the
trustees of that district have agreed to hold but
| one session to-day,
| Among those present at the convention, we no.
Rev. Mr.. Brown, Alderman Richards, Rev. John
KimbalL J. Newton Baker, editor of the Sunday
School Times, Philadelphia and others.
VERDICT OF THE CoRoSER's Juny.-In the case
of the old soldier, Benjamin II. Love, who was
found dead on the road near the National Gene
Justice Thompson. The jury, after hearing the
evidence of DR.. Laub, the attending physician at
the old Soldiers Home, and Mr.. Frost, the h hos.
the deceased came to his death by being exposed
to the intense cold on Saturday night, while he
| was under the influence OF liquor. Dr. Laub
testified that the deceased was person of intern
| perate habits, and other witnesses proved that
he was under the influence Of liquor, when he
| left the Old Soldiers Home, at 7 O'Clock on Sat
urday night. DR.. L. examined the largest wound
on loves head; he found 1t was merely flesh
wound, the skull not being fractured or injured
He did not believe that the wounds on the head
were the cause OF loves death. Love might
have fallen backward on some sharp stone, and
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| witness proved that when the deceased was
| found at O'Clock on Sunday morning, he was
death. x witness named Clarke, who lives in a a
| small cabin not more than one hundred yards
| from the place where Love was found dead, was
| closely interrogated by the acting coroner.
Clarke admitted that beer was sometimes sold
by him in his house, but he sworo positively
that the deceased was not in his house on Sat
| coroner to the place where the deceased was
found dead, and saw stains Of blood on the road
1 and ha hK ThA InNsa aatl NIa..
lasted three hours, from IL O'Clock, n. m, until 2
| p. m, on Monday. The deceased was about 90
We are reSSucsteS sS Justice Thompson, to state
that when he heard on Monday morning that
| Coroner Woodward was sick and unable to at
tend and that there had been some difficulty In
procuring the official services of magistrate on
Sunday, he hired buggy and went out with OFF,
GERS OF the Second precinct to hold the inquest.
CONVICTED OF FRAUD ON THE Pension OrPIcg
"A case of much Importance to claim agents was
determined on the 2sth ultimo In the United
I, 1854, provides that an agent shall receive $40
| for making out and causing to be duly executed
dayits and forwarding the same to the Pension
ofice, with the requisite correspondence; and no
part OF this fee shall be due until the pensioner
shall have received his certificate. J, J, Gran
| dali, of Coldwater, Michigan, was charged, at
| the instance OF the Commissioner of Pensions,
with demanding and receiving from a pcnsioner
| scrlbcd by law. The trial occupied part Of two
days; the defendant appearing in his own de-
fence. The jury returned verdict of guilty, and
| the accused was sentenced to pay q fine Of 400
| and costs of the prosecution.
THE AMERICAN BOARD OF IMMIdRATIOS.-On
Monday night this Board held its annual meet
ing at No. 1881 Seventh street; L. b. Olmstead,
esq, in the chair, and o. II. Kelly, secretary pro
TEN.
After considerable discussion concerning i'm
portant business, the Board adjourned until next
Saturday evening, when important matters will
be disposed Of and officers will he elected.
An effort will be made at once to secure n char
ter from the Congress of the United States, and
the important subject of immigration will be
brought directly before the practical business
men of this country.
The plan OF the American Board of Immiga-
tion embraces the whole subject and, If success
fully carried out, II Is said will prove very i'm
portant auxiliary in relieving the people from
threatened pecuniary embarrassment, and ma
terially tighten their taxes.
Another Cooperative SToRE.-Thc Commit
tee on Cooperation of the Workingmen's Assem-
bly, met last night at GoThutps saloon, and re-
solved to report in favor of the establishment of
| u now store In the northern part of the city The
capital is fixed at S2 500 in shares of sS each-one
| half payable on the LIST of January and one half
payable on the LIST of February The report will
be made to the Workingmen's Assembly at the
meeting this month, accompanied by constitu-