The national Republican., 1867-11-18

What haIlowed associations II has arisen In on
! hearts when far away from our homes that dsa
old Bible, that blessed old family Bible that la
on the stand. Religion should have its polio,
Of insurance upon every home and life. Religioi
will make home happy and give IL life.
Kindness Is the great homo virtuej u is Ii,
great Law which should never DO violated. Yo,
cannot have happy home without II. II shoui,
be the primary law Of home. The happiness O
homo depends upon little acts. Let the simpl
aes Of kindns. grow up into one grand harmo
nial love.
The speaker concluded 10 a few eloquent re
marks expressive Of tho wish that whom he passed
away II should be In home, . graphic pictur,
OF the happiness Of which could be, ho drew Il
an earnest and forciblo sermon.
| MELANCHOLY SUIcIpE.-Lsst evening gen
tleman named @. p. Freeland committed suicid,
In the Central guard.bouse by cutting his throat
from ear TO ear with q small psn.knife. De.
ceased was brought 10 the station early in the
afterwnrd sent to Police Headquarters, and sub.
sequsntiy dismissed. About dusk he was OBJ.
served by 0nicer Barkley acting rather strangely
on the avenue, such as intently gazing nt the
stars, and the officer escorted him to the guard.
house, and placed him In cell No. IL, on the 500.
ond aoor. He had not been long In the cell be.
fore he complained Of being hungry, and ofiosr
W W. tFOCtOT pciuE Ohhcu TTeolhnu
gave him twenty-five cents, which was handed
to Officer Barkley, who went out and procured q
supply. Freeland ate heartily, and 0fiosr Proc.
tor prepared . pallet on which he might recine
during the night. In the same room or cell was
another prisoner who, shortly after the last
named officer had retired, raped at the grating,
and on the approach Of Mr. Proctor, informed
him that his fsllow.prisoner had cut his throat
Mr.. Proctor went In the cell, and found that
Tho infOfm atinn - M far ha upfa ariu
nate man had cut his throat from ear to car, and
stretched on pallet, which had been prepared
but few moments before, died In seven minutes
thereafter. The wound was most ghastly one,
the suicide having severed tho windpipe, from
which the life.blood spattsred on the wall and
ran In pools on the floor. Tho deceased was
from New York, where his parents reside and
are highly respected, and he was a clerk in the
Internal Revenue Office in this city for the past
three years.
He Is spoken Of as q gentleman Of Hne social
qualities, and Is aged about thirty years, and
his numerous circle Of friends will hear with 70.
gret the tragic and melancholy manner Of bis
death
Mr.. Fresland brought to the station satchel,
which was leather one, contained three well
made linen shirts, stockings, hsndkerchisfs, &C.,
and tho following letter:
Se3 sraEEr, BET. ELEVENTH AND TwELprH,l
Capt Reed, Chef Of Police:
tR:-l know Mr.. G. p Presland to be q clerk In
the Internal Revenue oaes and that he is res pee
table and good young man, and that there Is noh-
Ing wrong about him whatever. He Is simply vic.
tim OF ntemperauce and as fro that hs sbi 10 one
Of the foremost young men In the city.
Very respectfully yours,
Clerk in the Internal Revenue once.
The corpse Is still at the station and an In.
quest will be held this morning, when the facts
Of the sad affair will be elected.
DRUNK AND DIsoRDERLY-There wero twenty
cases Of drunkenness and disorderiy conduct on
Saturday night In the Fifth precinct, which
were disposed Of BY Justice Harper, fines being
imposed.
Eleven cases of profanity, disordsriy conduct
and drunkenness were disposed Of by Justice
Tucker, at the First precinct station, salts.
fsctorily to the corporation. II not to the de.
linquents
Six cases of disorderIy conduct were disposed
OF by Justice Morsell, at the Fourth precinct
station.
Nine drunken and disorderly cases were prop.
orly disposed Of BY Justices Harper and Chspin,
at the Sixth precinct station.
Justice Gull held Jurisdiction over four disor-
dsrly characters, at tho Eighth precinct station,
fines being imposed for tho benefit Of the cor.
poration.
Thomas Bratter put In an Appearance before
Justice Walter, at the Seventh precinct station,
charged with drunkenness. He was fined $3,
but not having tho funds, was sent to the work.
house.
TEMPERANCE MEETING spirited temper
ancs meeting was held at Temperance Hall, on
Il street, last evening, by the Washington City
Temperance Society, Mr.. John s. Hoilingshead
presiding. Addresses were delivered by DR..
Brainard, Of the u. s. Patent Office, W. P.
he. H.. NI TT
lingshead, and others. At the conclusion Of
Mr. Drew's speech, Mr.. o. X. Harris made 4
few remarks, In which he mentioned the fact Of
0 person who had just committed suicide, the |
act having been induced by tho TOO frequent |
uso Of intoxicating liquors.
Mr.. Hollingshead announced that at their |
next meeting he expected to have addresses de-
!iyered BY Hon. Sidney Perham, Of Mainsj Hon
Hiram Price, Of Iowa; and Gen. Carey, Of Ohio. |
DR.. Clayton stated that It was proposed to |
hold grand temperance jubilee on the evening
OF Thanksgiving day, from O to IL o'clock, in |
,ome suitable hall, when tho audience would be |
favored with excellent speakers and good music. |
Pocket Book Detective Nc. |
Dewitt and Lieut.. John p. Kelly, In charge Of
he detectives, wero keeping an eye to the |
many auctions on Saturday, and they arrested |
\ eolored man who gave his name as Grover.
and who said he was hero from Baltimore in |
search of employment. lie was taken before |
Justice Walter where he was charged with |
being q vagrant. The Justice informed him |
that be must do one Of three things-giye Sc.
,urity that he would not become burden to |
he corporation, go to the workhouse, or leave
The city. He chose to avail himself Of the last |
proposition. ]. Y. Nugent appeared to see his
friend "righted," and the same charge was pre-.
erred against him. He however stated that,
hough he had no employment, his wife worked
10 maintain him. He was, also, required to
give security or go to the workhouse. The de-
octives mean to clear out these auction thieves
Is fast as they come across them.
DESPERATE CHARACrERs.-Yester morn.
ng about II o'clock three fremen attached to
me Of tho United States vessels lying at the
iayy yard made 4 most murdsrous onslaught
ipon George Smith, q soldier attached to the
I4th United States infantry. Tho fraoas took
,lace in an alley near Thirteenth street, between
and d, Hookers' Division. The soldier was
BADLY beaten with billy. and IL the police had
rot fastened to his assistance he would un.
ioubtedly have been killed. The assailants
we're all arrested and taken to the Central
;usrd-house, where they had a hearing before
Justice Harper. They gave their names as John
Hickey, William Rector, and Lawrence Murphy.
testified that the billy was used BY
Murphy alone. The trio were committed to iaiI