The national Republican., 1867-12-11
Matiuual grvHbtifau,
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

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large S.Tor sfSSa SP %asa. Mose was cid in
The convention was called TO order by Mr.. s.
on orssnastoS sepo.,ss
Riis.iSsatSsM Iis. t;s.I osr,b', Of Illinois:
John b. McIlyain, Of Kentucky s. M. Murphy,
q ohioi d. r. sortwell, Of Massachusettsj Jas.
Secretaries-John Tracey, Of Kentucky, A.
smith, of Virginia; S.W. Sfmpkins, Of MISSOURI
MT osftls " H. upon taking the shsr retprped
honor conferred, but hoped some one more able
had been selected to preside over so Important 4
% represent to the Representstives IN Congress
3e true state OF the case In regard TO distilled
I Sssdsa 20 sst would
the present two dollar tax. He said u was apps-
rent that two dollar tax could not be collected,
collected on liquor conssmed, much less manu- manu-.
factured. II was SO with Illinois, and he sup
might be attributed TO dishonest revenue oiiicers
MT. Harris, Of New York, moved that COM
s ys BE e S
| Gers and commission merchants interests be
represented In SAID committee.
mittee be increased to represent all the different
branches Of the business, and that a committee
presented 70 the convention today, " W
=, MT Randolph Sailor, Of Philadelphia, hoped
thht gentlemen would present credentiaIs, In or
at aer 70 ascertain who were delegates and whom
Mr. fngrahsm said that as a number Of dele
ppcS.a 5ssSssS Ss an f ss hSp'S wsss sss
the roll could be called. He regarded the present
meeting ss an Informal one, but business might
It was moved to lay the resolution Of Mr.. Har.
fs on the table. Not agreed TO-.
that the committee be composed OF one gentle,
man rom each OF the states represented. &.
named as ri S % pIspsie The ma
70 Represent tSc DstiierssMessRrs. MEETS sortwcll,
Surt 9f Illinois, Hsrsis, o New fs% York; fSis Sis
son, Of Ohioi Leech, Of Pennsy lvania; Smith, OF
he OF Rsssaa. HaI MG saS Il 3
New York; Kidd, Of New York. II. NJ. Hunt, Of
M1aon,useusi M1ssnsn,i Kerr OF ~ " Sirpkins, Of
To Represent the Com mission Mcrchsnts-Mc.
dspa PERM o 6Sio sS Of Of Ps.s S.S
Mi MMotEi Mcilysn, of ke3ntncky' Creighton, Of
taskyI HeIreTeThsSafer, Of % Missopfi Hi,n' 0' hen'
Mr.. Sailor said he represented the manu.
featuring interests, which included druggists,
5000 barrels Of high wines, which was an i'm
portant interest in Philadelphia,
persons Connected with The business in ne, eyery m
pranch tch be invited to participate In the conven.
The amendment was accepted, and the reaolu-
The Chair appointed the following committee
to report on the qualifications OF members to the
corporation; Messrs, 1ngraham OF New York,
SSsilor Ssilor Of Pennsylvania, and Sherley Of Kentucky,
me me committee retired, and In few moments
admit all persons engaged in tSs disriiistion Of Of
spirits in all Its branches. The report was ae-
cepted and the committee discharged.
Adjourned til twelve O'Clock to-day.
The CoAr STEALING CAsE.-Ycsterday morn;
ley, arrested on sunday BY Detective McDevitt,
charged with the larceny OF about twenty over
ssoSsSe sns Wen wefe .s''S s Jss. !.
6stectire MebeVltt dshE was sworn, and he stated
being concerned In the robbery, having seen him
In company with McCsuley IN an inebriatcd
and Re woaa hs asn
sal; The Justice accordingly dismissed him.
Thomas kinsley, the boy, aged about twelve
years, was then put upon the stand as q witness,
and McCauley was afraighed on the charge OF
stealing two coats, the property Of Mr.. William
tihcd) on the night Of the I'd Inst, from his resi-
A colored man, named Lewis West, testified
that McCauley sold one Of the coats to him for
-, tboth being valued at s70) and that he left
the other coat with him and Afterwards took 1t
The boy corroboratcd the statement, and added
that u one-eggcd soldier bought the other coat
Mr.. William A. Brent, who resides at No. 26l
g street, recognized blanket that had been
Rnowcdged that he had taken It and turned IL
over to MscGespley, who was waiting near near by;
,ccseS IN os de e aoSys % s uSee walter held
He then postponed the case until O'Clock last
evening, when Mr.. VIM. s. Mitchell, Of the arm
a coat valued at $40 as his property, stolen from
him few days since, and the boy testified to
Capt. James Powers, who keeps cigar store
on Pennsylvania avenue, near Seventh street,
next made charge that accused, through the
money. This the boy qua ided, and Justice Wal.
ter fixed bail in the last two eases IN the same
put back to await further developments.
soon afterwards Mr.; Q. q; Ellis stepped in and
snSss iGs sSa hsPP Rsy
several more coats yesterday, that await owners.
PREACHERS MgErISa.-At Foundry chapel,
yesterday at noon, a meeting OF ministers was
held, at which Rev Dr. Hamilton presided, and
Mr. George V. Leech was secretary. Rev. b.
Pcyton Brown, and about n dozen other minis
tiers were present from this city and George
Rev. u. Peyton Brown read a letter from Rev.
n. q. b. Morgan, presiding elder, regretting his
inability to be present because OF illness. Also,
The New ' YORK MsseHsry BoarS which irS%
cign and domestic mission. during the year. '''
ley, *l,SOoi East Washington, $3.50; Georgetown,
faoVj nhchcnuree, fOOOj waugh, foUuj Union, N5Oi
Hamline, 800; Ryland, $50; Gorsuch, tiO; Fletch-
er, S5i West Georgetown, sToj Alexandria, $40
the new Metropolitan church excluded.
ELECTION or OFPIcERs.-Last night, at a
stated meeting of National Lodge No. u, r. A.
A. NJ, held at Central Hail. the following named
gentlemen were chosen oficers for tho ensuing
termi NJ: g. Bsxter,W. M. ]. L. johnson, S. WI
). Hobel, j. W.; J. q. Wall, secretary L. Gas
senheimer, treasurer l.. Stoddard, tiler.
Acacia Lodge No. Is, OF the same fraternity,
and at the same hall, chose, for the same period,
their officers as follows, to wit; J. p. Will, ",
Mi L, J. Sweet, 5. Wi Z. u. r. College, ]. W.;
4. !: Marsh, secretary 7. NJ. Hanson, tTeaSurerj
l.. Stoddard, tiler.
OvERBoARD.-On Monday afternoon man
named J. McCarty, while very drunk, fell from
the sea wall In front OF Ninth street, and being
in helpless condition would have drowned, not
withstanding the water was very shallow, had
4 not been for the timely arrival OF Mr.. John
Mcnamara, who sprang overheard and raised
him from his miry berth. McCarty had up
wards OF 5000 In his pockets at the time OF the
occurrence.
The STRAP GAME AFFAIR published by us yes
terday. In which the two colored men, Silas Tay-
lor and Fred. Harris were concerned was taken
before Justice Walter Yesterday morning, when