The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-29

| streets. They front 30 feet each, by IS deep, |
and the front trimmings are brown stone. In |
front one OF each being laid Off for stores.
On the northeast corner OF Tenth and o |
streets Mr.. Benedict Hutchins is having
| front residence. 1t fronts on o street 20 feet,
running back IS feet on Tenth street, and con.
sis,s q ten rooms and cellar. When com
err improvements, the front trimmings being
Of white marble,
On the west side q Nineteenth, between K
erected two three story frame dwellings, which
consist OF seteh rooms and u passage each,
and are finished u ge1d style. .,., ..,u
III and N streets, Mr.. FfancIs Maggie has had
built four frame tenement houses, which arc
sna S,s ~ p
erected six frame tcnements, which front i2ll
cy Is sssns S%s
dence built, which will be two stories, front
Ing 81 feet on north NJ, between Seventeenth |
deep. 1t Is being built on the dothic style,
and will consist Of six rooms and large hall |
Just little east Of this, James s. Edwards,
esq, Is having erected a fine twostory frame
residence, 10 feet front by 10 deep. 1t will DO |
finished In the very best style, and OF the finest
quality OF material, having porch the full
length OF u, water and gas In all OF the rooms;
which will be six very convenient ones. There
will be large cellar under the entire building,
and a pump and estern in the yard.
p and q streets, Mr. Charles Roller has had
put up a handsome two-story brick dwelling,
22ll feet front by 81 deep, and consisting ofsiS
the Workmanship is OF the very best. He has
had 1t painted brown and sanded, which gives
1t very neat appearance;
and Fifteenth streets, Mr.. Robert Hart has
men engaged In constructing two hrst-class
thtee.story frame residences, which consist OF
MI haaa ,F has
front 50 feet by 50 deep, with large porch In |
front ofthem. They contain all Of tho modern
improvements.
hEsTs, ETo.-Recently Capt. L. A. Ryther, |
one OF the rcstrymcn of these beautiful |
grounds, hIs been HPpointeSd the snperintend.
been chosen ms the eexton. SO many persons, |
who have considered this sacred spot free 10 |
piliage, having, With ruthless hands plueked |
graves of our honored dead there deposited, |
Tules and regulations sim lar to those in force |
at other cemeteries have been adopted, and no |
tickets will hereafter be admitted TO the GENE. |
terry on the SAbbathj and any persons caught |
Its decorations; or defacing tho same, will be |
prosecuted TO tho full extent of the law, and |
their names will be paraded in the public Jour.
hHr. d.,
x belt Or Gboit twenty atrcs, extending |
along the river from Seventeenth street to the |
powder magazine grounds, has been added to |
the cemetery grounds, which will add to Its |
already fair proportions, and make It large !
enough for all present purposes. On the centre |
mound OF these grounds II Is proposed to erect |
handsome and improved fountain, which |
will add to the beauty OF the sacred plat and |
cool the heated atmosphere In summer. A |
large corps OF hands are now engaged In cut !
fares, and cleaning the walks already laid |
out and soon we expect to see, under the !
CsPt. Ryther, highly improved 49, '
fed cemetery.
we lind that graves were then disposed OF al
" eachi and for long time, II shows sales of
81 grave to "a" Now, tho books show
t,nnl for considerable number yet to be pro
viied.
In the old vault the body of the late Senator
Of Texas still remains. 1t was deposited
there some ten years since, and It 10 strange
that y has never been removed by his friends
"Tns True LIduTa I'VE are informe ed that
working organization for the current cam.
bs,ga Is being Organized in ihis city under
and In other sections OF the country It has
been exceedingly successful in awakening
among the people enthusiasm In the Republic
The following are the provisions OF articles
2, 3, and I OF the constitution
Art: .. Any Republican, recommended by at
least two active members OF this society, shall
by vote OF majority Of the members pres
ent at any regula ar meeting, be admitted 4 full
member thereof on signing the constitution
Art: .. The officers of the civil department
Of this organization shall consist OF presI-
dent, one vice president, one recording scerc-
tary, one corresponding secretary, treasurer,
Janltor, and an executive committee OF three,
and for the military department one captain,
one frat lieutenant, one second lie tcnant, and
N HHFHDAnt |
shall hold their office for the term OF two
months, and until their successors are elected.
tenants shall have exclusive and complete
control Of the organization at all meetings for
drill or parade, ranking In the order named.
Each member and officer of these occasions
shall IN all things subordinate himself to and
obey the orders of his superior without delay
OF appeal. The military department shah
Article Of the bylaws provides that the
uniform for the members Of tho military or
ganization shall consist Of an oiLoloth cap, of
bsnd, and an oil-cloth cape. Tho officers OF
this department will wear the usual military
badges to distinguish rank
,JUaTiog or THE PgAoE.-we are always
pleased to see the public have an officer to
whom , they can 70 and have business trans,
sG .,S ,iin ~ and with dispatch, and
and 1t Is with no small degree OF qualification
that we state that T.. J. Klopfer, esq, a gen.
munity as Mayors bookkeeper under sue
cesslon of Mayors, and as a model OF gentle
manly dealing, has opened an office Of Justice
OF the peace In No. Q of the basement OF the
west wing Of the City Hall, where he will at
tend to all busi ness pertaining to his Office,
such as general agent for the prosecution and
collection Of claims against the General Gov
ernment and corporation OF Washington ac-
knowledging deeds, administering osths, sc.
HIS long oiiieial eonneetton with the corpora;
his thorough familiarity with municipal mat |