The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-03
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

FUNERAL OF THE REMAINS on REV. b. I. ID.
LEEon:TYestsrdsy, At 2 o'clock, the funeral Of
his fathers residence, on l street north, near
Ninth street west, under the superintendcnce OF
number Of friends, among whom were a number
last view q the corpse ere 1t should be placed
The remains were encascd In a neat mahogany
cotan, with plate thereon bearing the follow;
January 81, iscs, In the twsnty-third year OF lis
The following a.med gentleman acted as pail.
Rev. ]. W. Hoover. Rev. Mr.. Parker, and ID. II.
Stinenetz and 4, II. simpson, supcrintendcnts
Of Foundry Church Sunday school.
There were present, among others, Rev. NJ; L.
Hawley, who was dceeascd's colleague in the
the Baptist Church; Rev. J. N. Coombs, Western
Presbyterian ehsrehi Rev. J: O; Hennipg, Rey.
Newton Brown, and others. ''
Atnbout o p, m. the colin was carried into
ESsSis sas b a: altar S9ss being Gs
Rev. J. N. Coombs then announced tie hymn
was rendered In very solemn and affecting
Rev. p; Newton Brown followed by reading
Rev. b. Peyton Brown arose and delivered a
glowing tribute to the worth Of deceased In his
tain, for though his life WAS brief twas bright.
He had performed his work faithfully and well.
Sm: e ssS eysay
glory Of the Most High, and his whole life proved
q satisfaction and comfort to his parents. In
ridge Landing Circuit, baltimore IN. III Con.
ference, on probation, and inthe following year
the satisfaction Of his parishioners. In March,
1857, tho unusual compliment Of returning him
again, young though he was, was conferred on
Rev, M. l. Hswiey, the colleague Of the de-
ceased, in adding his tribute to the many virtues
his colleague, and for six months deceased was a
mSer Of his fs%l tneisfore he was vel Prs
70, 4 work he had taken upon himself to perform,
Or on who exhibited more discretion. lie was
Christ. A nd he was beloved by all who became
aequainte with him. So earnestly did he labor
he he wns sSi e. IN saying that
5rs en- Rev yse M' when ss
bore III SI ssR n sS Ssas S III
The f,,nerai n vOcessiOn then proceeded to
dicnwood cemetery. where the rema.ns were in-
Deceased suffered Int little during his Illness
which was caused by IN sbseess Of the liver, and
not sy ssasS Wse asssa sna e%aeei city
and was well known and beloved by many
staunch friends.
TINS wAsuISaroS ST tT,srioAL socIEyy.-
Hon, Alex Deimar gave ne usual S"t sts.y
f.ai ssseieiy iss te Saturday evening at the
preme court chamber, CITY Hall Hon, $. J. W.
Tabor presiding. The lecturer adverted 70 the
sources Of the United States, this having been
the subject OF the lecture. Tie value o. the
gross product Of the country ~ lsao was 9oysts,-
sumed within the year, leay Ing = balance, or an
nuAl surplus, to the value OF Tl3,sIs,sso. ihis
shows the value OF the annual resources 81 the
country. From this sum all taxes In ordinary
was $685., 100000 currency: so high rnte o. tax.
alton could not long bs maintained, for "
amounted to nearly n ne ansa sur
rency. The lecturer then cxhibited various
classes OF commodities In order to illustrate the
action OF an inflated currency upon pTee 49, I'm
conclusion reached tended to show that those
things most easily sold We're the hrst TO advance
in price. A large and fashionabic au9ienoe
listened with great attention to the learned gen.
tleman's remarks,
MONTHLY SANITARY REroRr.-Mr. 7. =. w
FelnCur makes the following report OF the WORK
done by the sanitary company, under the diree-
tion Of Lieut.. Noonan, for the past month
Whole number OF nuisAnces reported o9oi NUN
number OF nuisanses absted, bIoi lnabatsdl 2s
number OF warrants issued, l5i amount OF hnes
imposed, ti9j number OF friehdless persons sent
aum I Of dead saiasis reported and removed,
~. The sanitary officers have been engaged
during the month In aiding tho Proyident Aid
Society In relieving the wants oil the poor
AsoTuEK-Miss J.. Wetzei, shop-keoper, was
taken before Justice Gnu, on Saturday BY
Oficcr Sprague, OF the Eighth precihet rive
dollars was her line.
DIeKEss' RsApIses .Eor sale, reserved seats
.enth street, opposite post once