The national Republican., 1868-12-31

TPCtOTA oil thlA hhsOclhtlOn ntlu n metllHk 1ts-
tertsy, at Q p. m, in the Board OF Trade rooms
No Market Space, Hon. Peter Parker presi'
dent and Col. James r. OBeirne secretary.
The Chair expressed q desire that the mem
bers be more punctual In attendance than they
were last year, and hoped th At at the close OF
the coming year they would be able 70 make
a credItable report. He had been informed
that there were similar organisations oper-
atIng IN the city, and thought that BY acting
in conjunction with each other great deal of
good might he done, He laid before the meet
Ing COPY OF the directory OF the Provident
Aid society Of Boston, y. ieving that 1t would
aid them In caTryi"g o.. designs.
The secretary stNtcd object OF the
meeting was to appoint Vi ; committees
in each ward.
Mr.. A. R. Shepherd announce. that Mes.r,:
willet n Redgrave, lumber merchants, had
donated 25, 900 feet of lumber for the disposi.
tion OF this association as wood.
On motion, the secretary was Instructed to
Mossrs. wiliet & Redgrave for their kind.
ness.
Mr.. Shepherd moved that a general agent be
sociation, and that he be provided with an
office and depot in the central part OF the city.
Unanimously carried.
constitutions gave them the power to appoint
Mr.. Shepherd. The board has the power in
The question then arose as to what effect Il
would have upon the appointment OF guard
ian for the poor by the city authorities: A.,
Mr.. =. :. Baker, Councilman, favored Mr..
Shepherds motion, believing that some time
would elapsc before the Councils would take
any action In the matter.
The motion was put and carried, and A. X,
Browne, esq, chosen as general agent.
Mr.. J. p. fustin inquired as to what pay this
agent would GET when u was agreed h, mat thN sv
Mr. shepherd moved that a committee OF
three be appointed to whom the constitution,
bylaws and rules Of the .,s,cS sssSeis''on should
The Chair appointed Messrs. Joseph j.
Fitch, J. p. Tustin and J. NJ. Lstta as such
committee.
MIR, Shepherd suggested that they start two
soup-houscs Immediately, one on Maryland
avenue, east of seventh street west, and one
on Fourteenth street west, between Pennsyl~
vania avenue and NJ street north.
Mcssrs. 9eorge T. McGlue, George Savage
and :. y. Baker were appointed committee
to make arrangements for the opening ofsoup-
vi wm Dixon thought that two would
not be sufficient to supply the many wants
Throughout the city, and that there should DC
at least three,
Mr shepherd was Of the opinion that two
would be as many as they would have means
to supply. as they had no Gen. Howard to iaiI
Mf McCiiuc was under the impression that
the barracks corner Of X aud seventeenth
streets could be obtained for = soup.house.
Mr.. Shepherd suggested the propriety OF
opening them on New Years Day, and thought
that, as they had their boilers, &c, they would
have no difficulty in doing So and oheFed the
Rcsoired, That all rCquisitions for supplies
for the souI'-houses or other material usei IN
the conducting of the society's operations
shall be made upon and through the general
agent, and that all orders Tor such supplies
sht vi en-, mate fror him and be signed by him
and tht' he shall keep an ex,ci record oil al
tpplirHtons aud relief furnished.
Passed.
In" society then proceeded to elect Visiting
committees for the various wards, win th'
First Wsrd-Niss $. A. Good, Mrs. E, l.
Hulse. VI Henry Birch, DR.. Ripley, and Mr.
Sccoad Wrrd-Mr. George A. Marder, Mis-,
Ella A Cole; Mrs Gen. Poe. pr; Van Ar1qm. %
Juitt GARDNER, and Mrs. q. +. Shafer
Third Ward-Mrs Or. Gillette, Mr.. Joseph
Hodgson, Dr. v: Harbaugh, Mrs. Martin John
son. and Mrs. VIM. Wall.
Fourth WAfd-Rev. q. A, Hall, Mr.. Francis
B. Lord, Mrs. Gibbons, and Mrs 5. ). Hall
Fifth wlrI-Mrs Geo. Lindville, Mrs. Mary
{. Moore, Mrs. Gen. Chipman, Wm. N9tting'
ham, Mrs. W. L. Nicholson, Mrs; Geo, Bright,
Mrs Isabella Fraiser and Mrs. q. Russell.
sixth ward-Mrs. Jas. q. Dulin, Mrs; Thos.
seventh ward-Dr. Jas. Ricord, Mrs. A. q.
Hail, MIR. T. T. Fowler, Thomas f. Lloyd and
Mr. Slowen moved that committee of three
be appointed, with Mr. A. X Browne as char
man, 10 wait on the Mayor and request that
City? HaII building. OarrisdI and Mr.. Slower
and J. X. Arrison were appointed as such
Mr. Baker asked that he be excused from
the soup-house committee, and that MT. Arri'
son be appointed in his stead. Agreed to.
Mr.. Dixon was appointed to distribute the
npoper blanks among the collectors aud urge
Them to act immediately:
Mr.. McGlue, OF the collecting committee, re-
On motion of Mr.. Shepherd, Mr. Browne
was Instructed to notify the various commit
tees In what manner or form to make appliea-
tiou for such articles as may be necessary for
the relief of the destitute in their precincts,
and also to notify them of the whereabouts OF
his office.
passage pass Of the sIli offered by Mr.. Miller, sp;
through this association to the poor.
on motion, the meeting adjourned TO Satur
day next, at p. m, In the same room
AxNrvERsA ARY.-Notwi ithstandins the snow
storm large and happy audience witnessed
the anniversary exercises OF st. PauP'
Lutheran Sabbath School Missionary Socie
-tics last evening, under the very efficient su
perintendence Of A. 5. Pratt, esq.
The church was heavily festooned In ever
green, with large arch spanning the pulpit
and a cross in it's rear, over which in gas jets
was beautiful crown, and high above the
crown a large shining star, with here and
"Jesus," ""Love," Faith Hope" nc.
The programme embraced great variety
prayer, recitation, chanting, singing, &c. The
Scripture lessons and hymns were all ar.
ranged with judicious taste for the occasion
Miss Noerr presiding at the organ, supported
by Mrs. l.. Relss Talmadge and choir ofschool
boys, There were solos, DUETS and choruses
The emblems were very elaborate, among
which we noticed especially the shepherd
leading the nock toward thu fold, and carrying
q lamb'in his bosomi Sinai burning and Gal.
vary supporting the cross; the angel hying
over the earth and the everlasting Gospel the
OK between the plough and the burning altar
ready for labor or sacrifice, with the priest
the gate with the cross and crown, opening
into the CITY OF Golden streets; the house
dry other appropriate emblems.
Each class presenting its emblem with ap
propFiate selections OF scripture and poetry
also brought rich bouquet, which was place,
in the perforated cross, mpletely embedding
II in flowers.
A lew weeks since a circular letter WAS sen
to number Of sunday schools, asking hell
In paying Tor the Memorial chapel the chill
dren's portion OF the Memorial church. Upon
the evergfeens were hung beautifully em
bossed cords, bearing the names of the schools
responding to the letter. We noticed the
Cumberland, Gettysburg, indianapolis, Som.
crset, Hanover, Hosteylek, Johnstown, Mar.
tinsburg, and sundry other towns and cities
scattered through the country. The hope wat
expressed by the pastor that responses would
YET be received from many more schools
Among the cards was u beautiful little photo
graph OF George Butler Fry with an offering
TO the anniversary. The offering of the olassrf
were very respectable, ranging from ten up t.
almost two hundred dplltfs each, aggregaiing
from the schools Of the congregation UNIV artl, /,
Of nftecn hundred dollars
"a NEW PoLICE LANA meeting OF a con.
In ttec Of police commissioners was held 4
po ice headquarters last evening Tor the pur.
pose OF preparing new Metropolitan polic,
BILL 20 include, among other things, a proyis
ion siving the police board exclusive JurisdiC.
tiUn In the matter Of licenses for keeping
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