Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-27
Congressional remp.ranc. society.


occupied.
Equal Division No of the Sons of Temper
ance were present in n body, and occupied selts
aSsigned them in the ladies' gallery The Grand
Lodge Of Good Templars of the District, and
Morning Star Lodge, L. %. G.. T., Were also
present, and occupied a portion of the ladies
| gallery.
Senator Wilson, of Mass, presided, and i'm
medIately In front of him, at the Clerks desk,
were Hon. Horace Greeley, Hon. Thomas H.
! Ford. of Ohio, General Samuel +. Carey and
Hon. Il. A. Plants. of Ohio On the floor of the
| House W re Senator Pomeroy, Speaker Colfax
and many other Senator's and r. representatives.
Senator Wilson having called he meeting to
| order said. one year ago the Congressional
lemperanc' Society was organized. They had
reasons 10 believe that the meetings during the
past session of Congress ACCOMPLISHED some
| GOOD, both among the members of Congress and
IN this city. Intelligence from all parts of the
country plainly shows that the proceedings of
these meetings have awakened an interest
among the people of these United States, and
they Were assembled now To hold their first
nual NEE ting. He was glad 10 welcome this
vast ass mblage, and trusted that during this
session the proceedings of the society would do
much 10 awaken zeal and interest IN the great
cause thrOughO the country
Hon. Mr.. Plants, of OHIO, was introduced,
and spoke for a short time, referring TO the evil
effects OF liquor and the deleterious effect il had
upon the development of the resources of the
country.
Hon. Horace G reeIey was the next speaker
and spoke of the poisonous effects of alcohol.
tie hrmly believed that more men were killed
during the late war by drunken officers than
had b en- by the bullets of the enemy Ii was
well-known fact that there are millions of
people who follow the example OF those high in
society. He be-eeChed the friends of ternper-
anee in Congress TO set the example to their
conntrymen. He called upon each member of
congress 10 give the impetus of his example.
Let them do this until this lar d be a temper
anee land and this people a temperance people
Let their influence be felt; and it will De felt all
over this great country.
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well for the country if every distillery fire was
exunguished, every bar-room closed. and eyery
whIskey bottle broken. Liquor never did any
body good, and II one was 10 ask himself the
question. ne could not answer il in the afirlna-
tive. Liquor killed everything il came in con-
tact with, and the people Were now becoming
educated 10 the Temperance Standard.
Addresses Were delivered by General Hurl-
burd, of Illinois, and Ex-Governor Ford, of
ONO: after which the meeting adjourned.
TIE NEW ENGINE HoUsE-To-day the men,
bers OF steam Flre-engine Company (Union)
NO are, under the superintendent of Mr..
John IL Sessford. Chief Engineer of the De-
parrment, and Mr.. W. W. Goddard, foreman,
moving INTO the new engine house erected for
them by the corporation on X street. between
10th and 18th streets, and arrann for its per.
manent occupancy. Mr.. w. G. Phillips fur
nished the plans for the building, and also con-
tracted Tor its erection, and he has made il one
OF the most complete buildings for the purpose
in this part of the country. The front of the
srlck, and in the lower part are two
large doors for the apparatus, while in the
centre l. a small door for the use of the men,
DerS. over which is handsome transom or
head piece of stained glass. on which is the
number .'1.7' handsome cupola or belfry
surmounis the front. in which il Is the inten-
non OF the commissioners TO place bell, so
that the residents of that neighborhood may be
able TO know the localities of the fires The
lower floor is of the whole width of the build
ing 20 feet \ inches, by its depth, over IS feet,
* m yrrIrh hra n.alrv
floor is arranged for bunk room and sitting
rooms, each of the width of the building. the
sitting room in front being 10 feet deep and
the other room 81 feet. These rooms
reached BY a spacious stairway
furnished with hand rail of walnut situated
IN the west wings. on which is a fine carpet In
the rear of the stairway there is hose tower
six feet square by so feet in height. The cor
responding wing on the east end of the house is
occupied on the lower floor as coal rooms one
being devoted to the storage of the soft coal for
the engine, and the other for the hard coal
while on the upper floor there is fine hath
room. The floors above have been handsomely
carpeted and neat chandeliers hang from the
CrllnE- IN the yard Il the stable l. feet deep
andt o the rear of this il q yard - feet square
surrounded by brick wall which will be used
Tor hose washing
and II reflects credit on the following, who Were
employed in its construction w O. Phillips
carpenter and contractor; N. G.. Reynolds
brlcklayer; Carr n Collier painters; McLin-
den Eckloff. plumbers and gas filters. Hum
phTcy Co., plasterers: Green Williams
caTpeting and upholstering.
~
FUNERAL OF Mr.. WILLIAMsoy.-The funer-
al Of the late Joseph Williamson, who, for
many Years during the life time of Gen. Scott,
was the messenger to the headq uarters of the
army, took place Yesterday afternoon from his
late residence on M street. near 18th. and il was
very largely attended. The services at the
house Were conducted by Rev. J. n. Coombs
OF the W estern Presby terial Church, assisted
by Rev. Parker Ii. Sweet. Friendship Lodge.
No. II. Ridgely Encampment. No. 5. and the
tIrand Encampment of Odd Fellows, Of which
deceased was a member, Were out in large mum.
bers, headed by the 5th T. S. Cavalry Band
Inc following Were the pall-be :-Messrs.
j. j. Prey and +. Edwards, of the Grand En-
campment ii. Hughes and $. DOhhia. of Ridge
", and r. Earle and John Wilson. of the
Lodge. The remains were Inferred at Glen
wood. where Rev. Mr.. Sweet condu cted the
burial services OF the Odd Fellows.
TIE Swiss BENEvoLENT AssocIATIoS.-Mr.
Kelly introduced in the House, to-day, bill TO
IN corporate the Swiss Benevolent Association,
which was referred to the District Committee
The bill names John Hitz John Wermuth, Flo
rlan HitZ, Henry ErnL l.. Z. Pourtales Bernard
Schertlin, VIM. Gulnind, Matthias Alig, Gott-
Tried Mathys, Chas. j. Ost, and Others as in
cOrporators, with the title of s.Swits Benevolent
Association, of Washington, ID. c." and fixes
the amount OF property 10 be invested at $4,000
or less, other than what may be invested in a
building 10 be- used a. an asylum.
ENTITLED To SOME OF THE CREDIT-Edifor
Star In Your notice of the rescue from drown
ing on Wednesday of a young man named
smith and his TWO sisters while skating on the
Eastern Branch, you ascribed oil the credit to
Mr.. John Cation. He deserves his share, but
james Robinson, a boy, and another youth
James Danford took the first lady out of the
water. John Cation assisted in rescuing the
other lady, and the young man Smith was saved
by Peter Garden and James Danford.
JU sTICE.
ISLAND SABBATH SCHOOL UNIOS-The
regular meeting of the Union was held al Ry-
land Chapel yesterday afternoon, at which
were present the Island schools, who, during
the session engaged in singing and listened TO
addresses by Mr.. David A. Gardner, of the
Foundry school,. Prof Wedgewood, of N Y:
Rev. Mr.. Bittinger, of the 7th-street Presby-
terrain Church: Rev. MIR. Meador, of the Island
Baptist; Mr. A. X. Browne, President of the
Young Mems Christian Association, and Rev
DIR. Hamilton. of Ry land Chapel.
SALE sF REAL EsTATE.-Messrs. Wall K Co.
on saturday, sold the east part of lot No. 4. in
SO uare ~, II feet front by 135 feet deep i'm
proved by story-story brick house, treating
on NJ. between 9th and eth streets west, 10 w
Il. Wylie. for Ss515. Also. the east part of lot
No o, in spare 56. 1? feet front on street north
h.f IA con am Sfn mill