The national Republican., 1867-11-01

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knovlhog hs osusd q through the battle; hut
he called upon God, aud strength wss ktysn him.
And b IL siwsys would bs, II those vho were
weak In spiht would call upon God, vtrspgth
would be given them. -,
He was sorry ~hsu 10 heard Of the division N
the convention, but u was Gods will. God
made no distinction with race or color, and the
labors Of those who stood Arm would bs blessed
BY God, for they stood upon rock. -
The General concluded his remarks In referring
10 the ministry, and demanded that new eIsr.
tions should be used by congregations for their
support. -.
Rev Or. Hamilton said that one reason Why
he was here tonight was TO see his friends from
Baltimore. He was gratifed at the resolutions,
and voted for them with all his heart. He also
was pleased with the remarks Of his young friend
Mr.. KnowleD Of Baltimore. To him ho would
say, give to our friends In Baltimore the love oI
the Young Mems Christian Association Of Wash
ington. -
The remarks Of DR.. Butler were advsrtsd TO
by the speaker, and illusions made to Luther,
Wesley, and others, and their labors In the cause
Of Christ He hoped tho convention would be
fruitful Of one thing--to bring forthss . minister
TO labor In the cause Of Christ. 60.
An episode In tho speakers own experience
when travelling as minister, was related In a
most feeling manner, the gentleman concluding
with an appeal to the young men TO continue on
10 their generous efforts in the cause Of God
Mr.. Pratt made d few remarks, in which he
hoped that General Brown, Of New Orleans, would
| address them.
General Brown said that he regretted the part.
ing must neSessarily bs. He returned thanks to
the Association for their kindness to him, and
trusted that, though they separated now, per.
haps never to meet on ea'th, yet there was q
place where they all could meet, never to Part
any more. ..E -.r"#"3
After hymn was sung, bensdiction was pro.
nounced by Rev. DR.. Tustin, the oongrega.
tion dismissing with tho singing Of the hymn,
Say, Brothers, will you Mest ns1'' ..E
TRIAL OF rRE PATENT Fms ExrIseuIsarR
Yesterday afternoon, at 4 O'Clock. q trial Of
Boynton's patent fre extinguisher was had a,
the corner Of Seventh street and Pepnsyivania
avenue A large number Of persons gathered
around to witness tho novelty, among whom ws
noticed Mayor wallsch, M. Blaeque, tho Turk
ish Minister Alderman Lloyd, Job Angus, Chief
Engineers ssssford and Dixon, Captain D NJ
Reed, Of the police department, and many
others A shed had been temporarily erected
inside Of which large quantity of inaimmablt
material was heaped up, consialing OF shavings
pitch pine. and tar barrels. John Decker, ex
chief engineer Of the New York FIRE department
| III COnutCNiOu WIN paNouNto JOn'
7. Boynton.
Three cans containing about 81 gallons e.ct
| OF the fluid used were brought down In q wsgor
and placed without the shed. The cans tessm
bled those used In the manufacture Of ssdi
water, having q spicket and gutta purcha hos,
attached. The nozzle through which the fuiC
was tjected was about three si1teenths Of an ipci
In diameter. When all was in readiness, th,
fre was started, and In q few moments all va
In n blaHa Thu AZ. " la rad anal haal -
and at Is streams from each Of the cans wcr
thrown on the flames. There was immediatel.
q checking Of the fire, and Mt All II was com
pletely subdued. The FIRE was again starte'
and played upon with similar rosult. As fa
as the experiment was developed, 1t certainl.
was an unqualified success About one third o
the nuid was used In tho twotrials. The can
are charged with gas; which alone forces th
stream, those In use being capable Of throwing
the "extinguisher" forty.h i've feet. Those presen
to witness the trial expressed themselves as muc
pleased with the result. j. H J"
i A WAsurSGroS MAN KILLED IN MGnrLAsD.-
The Frederick (Md) Examiner say: On tn
morning Of the 24th, when the operatives on th
line Of the Western Maryland railroad came ou
OF their boarding house, one Of the laborers wa
found lying dead at the foot of the steps Of. IN
building used as a boarding house. DavidottO
OF Middleburg. Justice Of tho peace, was ser
for, who summoned Jury OF inquest. Dr., Jerr
ingham Boone made an examination OF the bod
and found cut on the right side Of tho head
made, apparently, with blunt iustrumen,
: which caused compression Of tho brain and pro
dueod death. The Jury carefully investigate
the case but discovered nothing to justify tn
conclusion that the man had bsen foully deal
with, and rendered their verdict that the ma
came to his death from tho wound on his head
but how u was produced, by accident or other
wise, to them unknown. The building used 70
n boarding house is the old woollsn factory
which has eight steps from the door TO the bot
tom, which is rugged and stony. Tho supposi
tion Is that the man fell down these steps In th
night and struck some Of the stones, which Gu
his head and killed him. His namo was Riohar,
Ellsworth from Washington city, where b.
leaves wife and four children, tho younges
but two weeks old. III -
MONTHLY SANITARY REPoRr.-Tho followin
Is the work performed by the Sanitary Company
under Lieutenant Col. NoOnnn, for the mont
ending October 81, 1867:
Number Of nuisances reported at Central Of
fee, l,2I3; Number OF nuisances abated, 1,243
number Of nuisances unabated, 30i number o
written notices served. 308; number Of person
verbally notified 965; number Of warrant
served, 5li amount Of fines imposed, s7s; nun
Der Of friendless persons sent to hospital, IL
VI portOub DuTiou Vi numUe
OF lost children restored to parents, 8; numbe
Of dead horses and COWS reported and removed
80i number OF dead dogs, hogs, 10, 200.
Besides the above there have been 33 person
buried by the corporation on orders from this Of
acsi making. total of 80 persons buried dur
ing the month.
A NATIVE LOOKING UP.-R. B. Riordau, esq
who, 1t will be reoolleoted, 10 q native Of thi
city, and who reported the proceedings Of one o
the branches Of Congress for one Of our city pa
pers a couple Of years since, and who has sino,
been an able writer for tho Charleston Is. O.
Courier, has purchased an interest in the Charles
ton Daily NswS. We wish Mr. Riordan q
hearty success.
MARRIAGE LIcEssEs.-During the month 0
October the clerk Of tho court (Mr, r. J. Meigs
issued l91 marriage licenses-a greater number
It Is said, than ever before Issued during on
month. OF this number 90 were to colored per
sons, a fact showing q falling off as to them, th
proportion having been for several months pas
nearly one.half. Last October there were II
issued, and in last month tseptsmber) l75.
FIRE ALARMS Fer the month Of 0etobe
there are reported 7 fires and alarms of fires
respectively from boxes 7. 80, IS. IS, 49, IS, an,
", in tho order named. 1t will be seen tha
three alarms came from box IS, One alarm wa
for q test run. The entire loss was abou
$4,000, caused principally by the burning o
tRlt Ia atl 1L..1a "a.