The national Republican., 1867-07-01
GEORaETOwN MATTERS.

/ SEVneEIVwN MA hbHss
BRipes- -srREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The
| services yesterday we're conducted by the Rev.
A. A. y. Taylor. whose discourse was founded
on Luke. tx, e." man having put his hand
70 the plough and looking back, Is a. for the
Kingdom Of God"
The speaker pictured the work Of the plough.
man In its steady and slow adtanes up and down
the close burrows all the long day. Religion 10
ploughins furrow By furrow over the whole hsld
through all the days Of . mans life. Many
persons seem to think religion TO be rsaping
only. But the toll Of months prsesdss the har.
vest Of week, and the Christian life 10 this per-
sstsnt struggle for the spiritual harvest 10 come
Th. danger Of nssisctins this preliminary .work.
Of the Ploughman was urged, and the folly Of
looking back from haif broksn hsld was pic.
tursd. The speaker then described those Chris.
tians who put their hand TO the plough and halt
10 look back There 10 vnstly too much half
done work for God In the Church. There are
found far too many who have paused In their
labor to look back. The work Of the Church 10
done mostly BY The few, whilst the rsmsindsr
have 10 be carried % dead weight BY way Of
ballast. sarh haiEhsArtsd iaborsrs for Christ
are not ht for the Kingdom Of God. They can
only become httsd By using the sppointsd means:
by faithfully living the Christian life, otherwise
they will rsmsin forever unfit. Christ wants
who'll. hearted workers, not balfhsartsd laggards,
In his Kingdom. True religion makes mon un.
selfish. They are faithful, not simply for their
own sake, but for the worlds sake, rnd for
Christ's sake. This is q busy, earnest age. The
Church must be awake. Every Christian must
bo awake. Christ Is calling loudly for true and
faithful lsborers In His field.
Row AT CoLonED DANCE HousE-oSK
MAN KILLED On Saturday night serious dis
turbanoe took place at q colored dance house,
near Fort Whipple in Virginia, about one mile
and a half from this place The house Is kept
by a oclored woman, named Elizabeth Ridgeiy,
alias Tom Hyer, very notorious character,
and formerly residing in Georgetown. From the
best information we could CLEAN, II seems that
. party Of colored men from Georgetown went
to the house Of the woman Ridgely, where o
dance was In progress, and acting rather disor
derby from the influence Of liquor, attracted to
tho spot County Officer Vietcb, who expostulated
with them, and attempted to arrest some Of the
most disorderly. The officer was soon oyerpow.
cred and in his sndeavors to defend himself
drew a revolver and fired In the crowd, kill.
, ing a man. named Griffin Burke, Of Georgetown,
retreating at the same time, as fast as possible
This had the effect Of temporarily checking the
riotOus disposition of the party, and Mr. Vietch
went for military assistance, and succeeded in
procuring a squad Of soldiers from one Of the
forts alluded to above.
! On the appearance Of the military the oolored
men became defiant, sxclaiming Let us run the
white s-s Of BIS Of" The squad perceiving
the threatening attitude Of the rioters, and find.
' ordered to ERE upon them, which they did,
wounding one or two quite severely. Tho party
a | were then arrested and taken to Alexandria,
where they were committed to Jail. It is said
the origin Of the difficulty was oecaSioned by the
conduct Of q one. armed colored man in the em'
e ploy Of Mr., Henry johnson, the butcher, now
'r confined in Jail on the charge Of killing Thoms'
Smoot.
y MARINE ARRIVALS, &c.-There were bu
fapu Ia In tha ~
, quite calm upon the river, though in tho after
=, noon a moderate breeze sprung up from th
i. southwest, and which may bring along some o
the craft belo-. wind. bound. The following |
I. a list of the steamers and others arriving:
IN Steamer Columbia, Harper, Baltimore, will
merchandise and passengers to master.
Steamer Iii Livingston, Lawler, from the lowe
is Potomac, with merchandise and passengers t.
n master.
L Il. Schooner Lydia A. Hewlett, sussy's Island
Ga lO5 tons coal to II. Burr 4 Co.
tv Schooner Edward Thomas, Port Deposit, Nd
nf 1873 900 feet pine boards to Mohun 4 Son
an Schooner John Francis, Dsadley, from th
v. river with wood to master.
cd Two or three small craft departed down th
river, To load wood,
TIE CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CANAL - III
cd COHricr contains the following: Two memoria
ue of an important nature In their bearing on u
tie government Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Cam
n. presented in the Maryland constitutional Coz
ce vention week ago-one signed by W. W, Coz
70 coran and others, and tho other by William S
70. Huntington, proxy for the United States Rict
ard D. Wallach, mayor Of Washington Charlie
D. Welch, mayor Of Georgetownj and Bradley I
or johnson, attorney and proxy for the State G
on Virginia, praying the convention to establish
as new method Of electing the president and direc
ed tors Of the canal. It would be excellent thin
ct to have the desired change made. The canI
k, hitherto has been subject to the baneful inHu
m. ences Of tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and
ur Is therefore very necessary that come limit
should bo placed to the evil efforts Of this soul
less corporation"
s' oDD.FELLows' ELEcrIoss-At a meeting O
T. Covenant Lodge No IS l. o. o. F., held q fe'
evenings since the following wee elected officer
u. to serve the ensuing term Of six months Nobl
nS Grand, P. q. John Fowler; Vice Grand, Bro
u II. Lawrence Financial Secretary, Bro. S. c
Palmer; Recording Secretary, P. g. John II
Darnei Treasurer, Bro. V. Shinni Steward, Bro
cs Henry kettner.
ny On Saturday evening Mcdaniel Lodge Nc
Dir IS held their meeting, and elected The follown
to officers. J. D. Robinson, n. g.; r. Butler, V
10, g.; Charles Myers, r. s.; Thomas Garrett,
be s.; AMI A. c. Prather, Treasurer.
The Order, We learn, 10 now In a highly pros
porous condition, and the membership increa asin
y, rapidly.
oi CANAL SrATENEsr.-The tolls on the cana
VI for the month Of June, ending yesterday, are
On boats asoer ling, $2,l0O.42j on boats de-
descending, sl2, 020. IA total $l4, l2l.l6,
u, The number Of arrivals during the mont
- were $50, and departures 572.
During the past week there were dispatche
from Cumberland $50 boats laden with 10, 24l Ii
!. a. follows: To American Co, 3, ,ll3.07i Borde
Co., l,640i Central, 3,Sl5 OF; lIampshir,
749O7i Cumberland, 1,272.OSi Consolidation
2,65l.l4
Coastwise shipments last week were: By th
Borden Co, 1872 tons by the Cumberland Co
nd 2,425 tons, and from Rays Docks, 8, $50 tons.
OPPOSING THE REGIsrRY.-A day or two sine
gentleman residing here received letter fro
his son, which states that while the registry WI
going on in Warrsntop, Virginia, 4 number
persons of secession procliyities attempted to pr
vent the same from going on, and their attitud
J toward those whose duty II was to see the regi
y, try carried out, assumed such hostile appea
anoe, that 1t was deemed necessary to send for
detachment Of the 4th United States artiller,
stationed near Alexandria. When the troops a
rived, however, quiet was restored, and the rel
isty proceeded with.
IMPROVEMENT ConMEECED.-Congress sire
Methodist Protestant church Is now undergoir