The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-27


regard to corresponding with other wards be
by had voted against the resolution OF instruc-
tion, and therefore was not competent to move a
The Chair sustained the point Of order.
| Some member preached the impe chment q des-
| tion, but the Chair thought that they had moth
Mr.. McNamara moved that a vote Of thanks
be rendered President johnson, by the club, for
the noble manner In which he had defended the
The impeachment question was again preached,
when Mr.. McNamara said they WOULD express
their opinion upon that subject on The nrst Mon.
day In June next.
| Adjourned.
.PoLIor MArrERs.-On Tuesday evening, at .
o'clock, while patrolling his beat, Of1cer Peas.
| ter, OF the Seventh precinct, found the door Of
ana F hs aSa
open. He went through the room but could not
ascertain whether anything was missing or not.
AT 2;ls o'clock, yesterday morning, omcers
Lewis, I'M and Thompson, Of the same precinct I,
sxtingnt,s s fire IN front Of shustsf Bros
in some boxes and barrels which were sitting
around the awning posts. 1t Is supposed the Gre
originated from some coal ashes which were In
The following arrests were made and disposed
q on Tuesday evening and Yesterday; r. Muir.
" for wasting Potomac water.
John Walton. He was aned "a BY Justice Tucker
| for violating the snow law.
Theodore CLARK was taken In custody by Ofncer
Williams, OF the Second precinct, for disorderly
conduct and making threats OF violence. Justice
| Thompson imposed a ane Of Is for the first Of
fence, and required him to give security to keep
Lewis schmidt, a fugitive from Justice, WAS
arrested on bench warrant issued by Judge
Fisher, by Oficer Beall, of the same precinct
He was turned over to the Marshal.
Officer Wilson, of the Fifth precinct, arrested
Justice Harper for being Intoxicated. =.
Roth, of the same precinct, The same Justice
6a Ssr S On e.r Hop
kins, of the Sixth precinct, took David Wheeler
before Justice Clark. Being charged with threats
| peace.
Patrick Gleason was arrested by oeiccr Law
larceny Of Is from Jane Magrudsr, tcoiored.j
Justice Walter committed him to Jail to await a
DR.. 4. vancampt was taken before the same
Justice for committing an assault and battery
on Q. J. Tanning. He was relieved Of u and al
Daniel ". Johnson, thief by profession, was
cinct, as a suspicious character. While locked
OF a small amount OF money. He was cent to
headquarters, where they had his mug" taken.
Justice Walter sent him to jail.
The UNION LAND AND DErosIr ASSOCIATION.
| This association met last evening In Temperance
Hall. on Z street, between Ninth and Tenth.
called the meeting TO oIder, after which the Sec
rotary, q; +. Needham, read the minutes OF the
last meeting.
The Chair stated that, as he was on the Com
gressional Impeachment committee, II was i'm
| poss 10 for him to remain with them very long,
| as that committee would meet at $50 O'Clock.
Mr.. q. I. Needham, chairman Of the commit
| tee to draft constitution and bylaws, reported.
one, to which several amendments were proposed
Senator Pomeroy said that he came to speak
| to the young men, and that he thought every
| Meeting themselves with some good association,
with good officers at the head OF 1t, and then de-
posting a small sum OF money monthly, they
He encouraged buying land that could be
bought for low figure and improved He cited
them to his own experience and that of others
who bought land from u to Is, some of which
| sold for as high as $500 per acre inside Of ten
years from the day OF purchase.
| leave, Mr.. NJ. NJ. Wheeler took the chair by re-
quest. Colonel Wheeler and others made short
| showing that this association was different from
| all others In this city, as no money could be
bought or borrowed for any other purpose than
| buy up the money for selfish purposes. On mo-
| ton, the meeting adjourned.
THE BOARD or DIRECTORS OF THE PRovIDEST
AID SoCIETY.-The board met on Tuesday even
| Ing at the Board of Trade rooms, pursuant to
| adjournment. A committeo was appointed to
wait upon the Commissioned and AsaibtAnt Com
| missioner Of the Freedmen,s Bureau for the pur-
pose Of ascertaining whether some arrange mt
Kept open %ef s yn a%s tne sed
| for closing them.
it is to be hoped the contemplated arrange.
ment can be made, as there is almost certain suf
fering to follow the early close of the houses.
BuRoLARy-It is said that, on Tuesday night,
&c RS sI hoa nf fs rSas
near N street, by using duplicate hight latch
key, and took a heavy black besysr:oloth over
hat.rack in the hall. The family were sitting In
a back chamber at the time, and heard him enter,
man to return home they thought that It was
him, and paid no attention to the noise until II
was too laip, az the unknown rascal had taken
TRANSPORTS or REAL EsTATE,-The following
Transfers OF property are reported: Lots IL and
1900; SOUTH Eatf sub So square io7, a tsooi sub.
sostS stteot. at s1ss; saS a. square SO, at
So no ssS it, Il es &C. s aSs:s
part ., square no, IFS, IL feet on Third street
GERMAN LANGUAGE IN THE PUBIC SCHOOLS.
Yesterday Mayor Wallach was waited on BY
M .s;s Z: Il Schmidt, A. ssheasEiosi F; ".
decker, A. Kluckhuhn, and Jos. RosenthAl, the
committee appointed at the recent meeting Of
at said meeting IN favor o. introducing the study
The Mayor expressed his hearty approval of the
| subject Of tho resolutions, aud his willingness,
SO far as he could to carry out the object In view
REAL ESTATE SALES. Yesterday evening
Messrs. Cooper & Latimer, auetioneers, sold the
| east half of lot ., In Davidson's subdivision of
square l6l, improved by two.story brick build
ihg, to ny. Charles Hartman, for 81 1905 also the
west half q ths n9s ~. iTpr9 .ed with two:
d, $50 The aboye-deserlbed property Is situated
on the north side OF l. street NORTH between
Connecticut Avenue and Eighteenth street west.
THE ARIoNs' GRAND MASQUERADE BALL,
which takes place at Odd Fellows Hall. Seventh
street, this evening, will be a rich and choice
affair, and those who have made their minds up
to be present can rely on witnessing q rare treat
In the shape of fun. The preparations, we arc
assured, are immense.
Glove, Oourtship and Married Life,"is the
interesting subject of Prof. o, S. Fowler's free
Iaotu-es on Thursday and Friday evenings, at