The national Republican., 1867-04-04

road, t about O'Clock yesterday AFTERNOON, ne
was attacked BY whst. appeared to be four cOlOrsd
presented q four.banelled pistol to his hesd and
compelled him TO leave his buggy and 70 into q
thisket near the roadside. Three men then sprang
out, and he noticed bright fash before his eyes,
when he became unconscious. When he revived
he discovered that package Of matches had been
burned near him, and that he had been relieved Of
$47S. He found bis pocket-book and memorandum
book near BY the latter with several leaves torn
out and carried away, The gentleman thinks
judging from the appearance Of one Of the men,
occurred about FIVE miles beyond tho navy.yard
bridge. .
POLICE MATTERs.-QUARTERLy REPORT OF
Luur. NooSAS OF THE Detective foRcE OF THE
METROPOLITAN PoLIcE,-whole number Of rob-
berries reported at headquarters l77j number Of ar.
rests made l43i amount Of property lost or stolen
s1s, 247 .q7; amount Of property recovered by the
officers $5, ,459 Q8; amount turned over to The prop
erty clerk $2,075.98i amount turned over to owners
81, 1884; amount taken from prisoners snd returned
10 the same $3.50 9s. In addition to the above re.
the amount Of property recovered BY them to be
81 ,425; owners have recovered property to the
amount Of 1857, showing the whole amount recov.
cred during the quarter to bo $7,24l.ss.
MEDICAL AssocLATIoS.--At the regular
Of Columbia held on Tuesday, the following named
gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing
year President DR.. Joshua Riley vice president,
DR.. John Burrows; secrstary, DR.. J. W. II. Love
Joy; treasurer, DR.. ]. M. Toner. Delegates to the
Medical Association which meets in Cincinnati on
the hrst Tuesday Of May .Drs. Chas. Allen, r. G.
Croggon, ]. N. Toner, J. Eliot, II. Ritohie Jos.
Borrows, W. Marbury, ]. W. II. Lovejoy, Lewis
Mackali IT,, and J. NJ. Draper.
INSTALLATION OF 0FFIcERs.-G. s. Vance,
Eco, D. @. W. p, on Monday evening installed
recently the following elected officers Of Columbia
Division, Sons Of Temperance, for the ensuing
quarter, viz: John T. Dobbyn, W. p; VIM.
Thorn, W. A.; Chasles II. Murray, r. g.; WIN.
Clendaniel, A. r. s.; VIM Dixon, treasurer; John
Murray, +. s.; = Casey, chaplain; and as lady
officers. Miss Mary Rocket hrst lady assistanii
Merrick, third assistant; Mrs. Emma Dobbyn,
lady COM and Miss Lizzie GrinneI lady sentinel.
AT THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING Of the
First Ward Building Association, held last evening,
the following officers were elected to serve for the
ensuing year N Callan. r., PRESIDENT s. E.
Douglas, vice PRESIDENT ]. B. Turton, treasurer;
George F. Kidwell, secretary aud Messrs. George
Emerson, 0. B. Baker, N D. Serrin, s. 7. Drury
g. W. Hauptman, z. NJ. P. King, T. Hauptman
=. B. Heitman and W. Hagerty, directors. The
report Of the secretary shows that this association
is in q very aOurishing condition. $500 were
sold at 4s! per cent.
MARSHAL OF THE SUPREME CoURT.-Hon.
Richard @. Parsons has been appointed by the
Judges Of the Supreme Court Of the United States
as marshal Of the court, and will enter upon the
discharge Of his duties to-day. Mr.. P. for many
years has been prominent and leading oitiIen Of
Ohio. He was formerly Speaker Of the Ohio House
Of Delegates, afterwards Consul TO Rio, and lately
Collector Of Internal Revenue. In early life he
was q law partner Of Hon. r. P. Spaldipg, Repre-.
sentative from Ohio.
A Coop INSTITUTION New York Mil
itary State Agency, Of which Colonel s. L. Lee 1,
superintendent, Is doing increasing business In
the way Of collecting soldiers claims, &c. Colone
Lee II will be remembered, makes these collections
gratuitously the soldier or the deceased soldiers
next friend only being at the trouble Of aRng hi
claim with Col Lee. During the month Of Febru
ary Col. Lee collected $62, $40, tho largest amount
ever collected In this line Of business In any on,
month.
On DT.-That new Democratic paper is
in embryo In this city. Good; tho more the merrier
| But We seriously queston-with all due Difference
ent.rprise-the possibility Of the propretors and
editors after having been through the pressure,' -
Of their ever being able to 'out the double pigeon
wing" thereafter, though wo shall rejoice to see
| them do IT,
VIOLATING Cry ORDINANCES. - Richard
Robey arrested in the Eighth precinct BY oacer
Marks, on Tuesday evening, charged with keeping
dog without license. He was fined 81 by Jus.
| tice Handy.
OfRcer j. II. Gordon, of the Same precinct, ar.
rested James Trimbsl and William Forney, charged
with driving over the payements. Justice Gull
fined each party 50.
The REGIsrRATIoN.-Yest there were
registered 222 white and l3T colored voters in the
Third ward, at the City Hall, and total for the
ward so far Of l, 100, Of which 474 are white and
835 colored persons The registration Of voters Of
the same ward will be continued at the same place
to-day
YoUHG MEN's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
We are pleased to note the passage Of the bill Of
this association by both branches Of Congress- which
authorizes It to own real estate to the amount Of
5000, 900, exempt from taxation. The association
| can now 90 to work and erect the new hall which
they had In contemplation for many months past
FIGHTING IN TIE STREET.-0fficer Dangler
Of Georgetown, arrested James II. Vermyla and
James Il, Sherwood, for indulging In street fight
Justice Buckley fined each Of them $1A.
Moses snowdsn and VaChel H. Edmonson, col
Orod, arrested by Officer .RObey, for like offence
were fined 81 so each.
The CASE OF LEONARD HUYCK.-ln the Su
preme Court Of New York, on Tuesday last Judg'
Barnard discharged J. D. Stewart on the charge o
q conspiracy to defraud the Government In th
matter of the Merchants National Bank q thi
city, but held Leonard Huyck for examination.
"
FNRD.-Mles Mullen hackman, was ar
rested on Tuesday, by Officer Mardin, Of the Pinl
precinct, on the complaint Of Messrs. Chadwick
Sykes, for violating the hack law. He was fine
IS by Justice MorSsll.
, PROMOTIONS - The following promotion
were made on Tuesday in the clerical force Of tn
Treasury Department Merritt Brown hrst to secOn
class Charles Stierlin and Albert Wallace, first
third class George Wood, third to fourth class.
"DICK RIvERs" AGAIN-Y yesterday the nj
torious Dick Rivers was arrested as dessrter lro
the Fourth United States artillery, by Oticer j.
Hill, of the Fifth precinct. Dick was turned ov'
to the military authorities,
+ GooD TME.-1he steamer Il. q. knight,
\, the new line between the District cities and Ne
4 York. on her last trip reached New York In fort.
one hours despite the wind and storm.