The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-09

THIRD WARD RsruBLIcAs Ctup.-A meet
Ing OF tho Third ward Republican club was
held last night At wisewcil barracks, corner
of o and Seventh streets.
The president, william A. Cook, called the
The committee appointed at q previous
meeting to select pioper, persons for onlcers
President, N II. Miiieri vice President, J. T.
yohnsoni second vice president, Thomas p.
Bclli secretary, L. b. Williams treasurer,
The report Of the committee was adopted.
Mr.. Cook abdicated the chair and Mr.. N. II.
Miller, ne newly elected president came for.
had conferred upon him In selecting him a.
their presiding officer. He said that he sought
no once at their hands, and accepted the posi-;
tion a, an endorsement Of his past political
He hoped the time would come when we
would have men In position In this city who
OF all men without regard to race, complexion,
or sect He admonished the club that the op.
position were at work, but by organization
ing the Mayor and majority in the Boards Of
Mr.. J. t. johnson being called for, came
urging the necessity OF action. Their political
opponents were willy and full Of strategy, and
were asssiling every weak point.
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colorcd man must 20 down. They were on the
eve Of another campaign. Were they prepared
to stand up to secure to themselves a portion
Justly due theml They should not vote for
any candidate not willing to give the colored
man a fair chance In the race for life. He
| stood committed to no individual with refer
cncc to the mayoralty, but would stand BY
| the choice Of the party. He would not pledge
himself to this or that man, but would support
MT. Cook moved that the president appoint
an executive committee Of nine, who shall
| have power to appoint subcommittee, and
kt this stage Of the proceedings the re.
porters were "lnvited out" and It Is supposed
that the meeting soon after adjourned.
Mr., Tnros's LrorunE.-Mr. Theodore Til
ton delivered the sixteenth and last Of the
very successful series Of lectures before the
| Young Mems Christian Association last eve
subject, 1.-THE art Of using the mind" wal
ably handled, as was to have been expected Of
anorator Of his reputation. The lecture was
flashes Of wit and sarcasm. In his introduc
tory remarks he stated that he had beer
amused by noticing, In Northern city, wher'
using the mind" the placard had been made I,
read, "The art OF raising the wind" TakinI
the day just passed asa specimen II required
He endeavored to discard politics, but oeca
slonaiiy gave the Presidents sharp hit. H,
argued that men, though possessing mind.
edge was the key to all knowledge. He CAV
: some brilliant Illustrations OF the power o
: proper moral training Of the mind, and cite
grain Of wheat and becoming frightened, thrcy
: Il down, trampled II into the earth and fed
And that It rose therefrom And covered tn
casually to President Johnson he picked up
goblet and drank to the health OF his hoped
for successor, Hon Benjamin Wade. The LEI
2 speaker was frequently applauded by the al
= dlcnfs, who seemed to appreciate his sent
= ments.
i WASHINGTON RELIGIOUS INCIDENTS. "A
n Tuesdays session, In Brooklyn, OF the Me-
York Methodist Episcopal Conference, Re,
|, inston, gave a brief account OF the coniitio
4 Of the charge to which he was attached.
said he found It very much INVOLVED in deb
!. Bishop James and others came forward an
made provision for It In Its difficulties, so tbs
T. 1t was now a hourishing community.
Q far as to secure General Grant and Chief Jul
!, tice Chase on the board OF trustees. He Ia
q known the Chief Justice to travel thIous
g storm and sleet for the purpose Of attending
In the church seats had been provided 70
y, a many of the principal dlgnitaries Of the couI
!. ios ' pew for Andrew Johnson. They had pu
?, him In the "Amen Corner" Stanton, to,
4 had recently, experienced conversion, and wa
n "stick." tGreat laughterl
The edihce they had erected was intended
be a plain Methodist church, but u was rath'
!, preached &eSutL e1s were plain enough, hossyc
l. They desired to make their church compo
a somewhat with the character Of the 9th
sT ssi.s sI the sfes. Of Gsris9 a. hs&
i. Goddess Of Liberty.
y Foul PLAY.-At . O'clock yesterday afternoG
q Lieutenant Noonan, of the Sanitary polio
/. ordered the stoppage OF a funeral, the occasio
the Of 1--WE eoI %nnrNs nd M
/ il appears that Mrs. Monroe died at a la,
e hour on Sunday night, and that MRS. CIR Il,
II two women resided 10 the same house on
E. near First street, Fourth ward. They We
h. taken sick on Saturday last with viole
cramps and other symptoms OF having bet
i; Mrs. Monroe was 30 years Of age, and MI
Ii Grey, 10. The husband Of the latter gave
l. formation to Lieutenant Noonan Of his susT
~ cion of foul play, and this, together with 9th
10 facts, induced the lieutenant to prevent Il
i, lnterment Of the two sisters until post me
le TEN examination will be held and q coroner
A. Jury decide upon tho matter:
houses whore the two dead women lay, al
r from the appearance Of things, and throut
g. Information received from Drs. Herbert, Bon
10 Behrends aud an army doctor, who attend
." the two women at different times since Ia
I'd Tuesday one week, they came to the conc
he sion that they died from exposure and Il
D. proper nursing.
to SUICIDE OF A WASHINGTON LADY IN In
AaA.-The New York Albany (Indiana) Co
neretdI Of tho % instant gives . terrible
Y. count OF the suicide of Mrs. George Kec
he Mrs Keck gave her neighbors some ntimsti
I'd OF her intention, but accomplished her pr
Ia pose before assistance arrived. She went In
her house, locked all the doors, and proceed
al to q little back room up stairs. Here she Il
Nv tened one end OF the rope into staple driv
re- into the roof-a low shed roof-the other g
cd around her neck, and then fell with all
M. was found dead when the house was brok
w. open by her husband at 1850 O'Clock yesterdi
n The plaps whore the rope was fastened W
az not over four feet and 4 half from the no.
X. and the position In which MS. Y. was fou
nv shows how dete Tminedly she went about I
-. | work Of death. The Commerce al adds the Z
of lowing regarding Mrs. Keok; Mrs. Ket
M | when she married George Keck, was q wldo
or Her name prior to her first marriage was Ma
Id NJ. Smith. Her relatives are wealthy, and
al | long to an aristOcratic family at Washingt
We city, and to provide for her support SOL
cd Of them had set apart fund, the proceeds
ca which were available to her during her II
of time, and the principal is to go to her childr
ed BY her first husband. now that she 10 dead"
ay On. BOYD ouTFLAsKEp.-oyer the signht,
ID OF tho Doctor, q radical meeting Of the s.
enth Ward Club was advertised to be he
oh last evening, in the freedmen's school hou