Evening star., 1867-05-16

bill to reimburse h, a. Hall ier license over
paid; passed. Mr.. Tablet, from the same COM
mittee, reported bill for the reiref Of Catha-
rine Bowman, Passed. Mr.. Talbot, from the
committee on elections, reported bill author
izilg the printing and posting of the set de-
fning the boundaries Of the election precincts
in the different wards; postponed. A number
OF Alde men bills Were referred. On motion
Of Mr.. Nj ulloy, the Board adjourned to Friday
evening heA' I-IA... .. sE IgEr
THE WoRINsMKN's night,
the egplar meeting OF the WorkIngmen's As
sembiy was held in the City Ha!i, Wm. X.
Mclean, Esq, president, in the chair, J. H.
Reed. Esq, secretary. The credentials OF Jas.
G. Mitchell, of the stone cutters. and Frank
Miller, of the book binders associations, as
dele gates, were presented. and those gentle
men admitted TO seats. MIR. McCathran an
npunced that as the association of iron mould
| ers had surrendered their charter to the parent
| organization, their delegation had Withdrawn
from the assembly. The President stated that
the published call of the meeting mentioned
| The election should have taken place in Feb
ruary last, but il had besn permitted to pass
over. He suggested the election OF officers for
the h hune4pired & term, which was proceeded S
Cavis, Thos. McWilliams, and ]. J. Mitchell
| were successiyeiy nominated for president,
and declined; but Mr.. Cavis finally consented
| to serve, and was unanimously elected. The
following were nominated and unanimously
elected as officers: Vice President, J. W. Mat
| nngly Corresponding Secretary, J. q. Judd;
i
Donald McCathran.
After installation of the officers, the dele.
| gates nominated the following as the Execu-
tive Committee: Columbia Typographical So
| ciety, N. W atkins: Granite Cutters. Dennis
| Murray, Stone Cutters, W. Z. Robinson;. Book
| Binders, J. W. Harrison; Painters, William
| Mr.. Mitchell called attention to an editorial
| in the Sunday Herald upon the subject OF the
| workingmen's movements. co operative sys-
| tenn, and the eight hour movement, and moved
| that the Herald be dropped from the list of
papers publishing the notices Of the assembly.
The motion was discussed by Messrs. Wat
kins, Reed and Mclean; when Mr. Watkins
moved as substitute that the Republican and
Inteugencer be added to the list.
MT. Mitchell, with the consent of Mr.. Wat
klns, withdrew the motion
Mr.. Watkins moved that the notices of the
assembly be given to the Republican tor publI-
cation, in addition to those named on the list;
agreed to. @.t
An inquiry as to the reason why NO repsrt
had been made by the executive committee
called forth several len gthy explanations.
Mr.. Reed submitted the following:
Whereas there is at this time an effort on the
part Of journeymen of most of the trades OF this
District to obtain an increase OF wages through
necessity. and in conseQ uence of the high
price OF provisions and house rent There
fore -.-..
Rsso1red, That should any employer in
mands tor the increase of wages, and 9 strike
result therefrom, that we trust journeymen
Of any trade outside OF the District viii re-
pIoyer in the District.
On motion Of Mr. McCathran, the resolution
was referred to the executive COMMITTED; and
the president was directed to call meeting of
the committee on Saturday evening next. Ad-
journed.
Co., auctioneers, sold in front Of the premises,
lot 2. in subd vision Of SO uare 3i6, on street
| north, between l1th and 18th streets, to Samuel
Norment, at 81 cents per square foot; also,
| parts of lots and 3, in square $50, on street
| north between New Jersey avenue and 1st
street, at IA and 1SH cents per SO. foot; also,
| lot IA, in square so, on north e street, between
| 21st and 22d streets, to James Towles, at 3s X
cents per square foot.
Messrs. Cooper e Latimer sold at public
auction yesterday evening lot No. q, subdi-
| vision of uare 3es, improved by two -story
| frame house fronting on Sth street 90 feet, be-
tween o and p streets, and running back s5
feet to an alley, to L. Friend, for S1,670; north
part Of lol II, square il9, and improved by a
| two.story frame house, to Otto Kossack, for
| $1,000; part Of lot g. square All, improved by d
| two.story frame house, to NJ. Notte, for S925,
ments, to j. c. Hagan, for $500. Also. sold
| en- Tuesday afternoon lot 13. in square 4i7, I'm =
proved by two-story frame house, fronting
on ., street, between 9Th and 7th, to Mr.. O. b.
Messrs. Green Williams, real est tate auc-
tioneers. 7th street disposed Of the followin e
DC described property Tuesday evening last M Lot
meyer, at Is cents per square foot; lot 81, in
subdivision ofsoa 412, to L. Newmeyer, at
Is cents per square foo; lot No. 1, square 4l2
to l.. NewIneyer, at 81 cents per squar foot;
lot 2. square 4l2, to w. F. Crowley, at 25 cents
per foot; lot B. square 412, to j A. Stephenson,
at 25 cents per quare foot; lot4. SO uare ll2, to
| j A. Stephenson, at 25 cents per foot lot s.,
| same square, to f. q. Gunson at 22k cents
| per foot: lots and s, in square SI7, fronting
on East Capitol street, between 4th and 5th.
| improved by two-story and attic brick house
| thereon; no use and lot west pu released by Mrs.
Elizabeth Wagner, for S2,600; east lot being
west part of lot 8. containing 3,o5s4 feet, at
| 81 cents per foot, to Mrs. E. Wagner: Lot No.
4. in square s6a, having front of sc feet on O.,
and 65k feet on Maryland avenue, between
9th and 7th streets, tanning 1851 feet, to A.
Best, at ION cents per foot.
ALEXANDRIA ITRMs.-The Gazette ofyester-
day says:
| TO have had husband-tbe house keeper of
| Mr.. John Hart, who resides near the corner
of Duke and Union streets, has been missing
| since last night about nine o'clock, at which
| hour she threw her arms around Mrs. Elisha
Jackson, who was living in the same building,
| and bade her farewell, which act, together
| with other circumstances attending her disap.
| pearance, among which was the finding of g.
| portion Of her clothing this morning, on jan
neys wharf, between Prince and Duke streets,
| indnce the supposition among some that she
| voluntarily committed suicide by throwing
herself into the river and drowning.
The Conn Gil, last night adopted a resolution
/
| Union streets nuisances, and referring to the
| Attorney Of the Corporation for his advice as
to what steps are necessary to remove the
| same. s-..
Lastnight the City Council appointed Messrs.
| Fleming and Gwin, Of the Aldermen, and
Clifford and Nails, Of the Common Council, to
represent the interest of the city in the general
| meeting Of the stockholders Of the Alexandra
Canal Company to be held to- morrow. @i
The Journal says ns az ATEk ~
| At half past eight o'clock, last evening, Mr..
| Richard M. Latham. SON of Mayor Hugh
| Latham, was united in bonds ofholy wedlock,
| to Miss Rose @. Cook, grand daughter of Mrs
Rose Vaccari, at the residence Of the latter, on
| Prince street. .z.s rat.. 90
From Mexico-News by Minister CAMPBELL 8
| ~. sEs Messenger. .EE
NEW ORLEANS. May live get the follow
| ing from Hon. l.. ID. Campbell. Mis- messen l.
| ger to Juarez returned to-day, having made
| the Trip from Matamoros to San Luis Potosi
1 in fifteen days. He renamed at San Luis two
day IS and was treated with the greatest cour.
| tesy an Reconsideration. Liberal reports stated
| Escobedo had IS, 600 men at Queretaro, and
was in possession Of all the roads except one,
| and was in expectation ofgetting that. Maxi
| milan was in @ Queretaro with fifteen thousand