The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-17
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

MoRg SUFFERING IN MARrLAND-A private
letter, written by clergyman resident In
TIisdelphia, Montgomery county, Maryland
Perry, esq, treasurer OF the relief fund for the
sufferers In Maryland by lady OF this city,
thus sets forth additional extreme suffering at
the town above named, and inyokes the aid Of
our generous citizens. Lot 1t have hearty
al have just retui ned from sad and melsn-
choly scene. The town OF Triadolphia, nltu-
Atcd in deep valley on the banks OF the
Patuxent river, was OVERLOOKED and submerged
in the late terrible h9odi Of which you n hsve
the waters began to rise the people took refuge
In the upper stories Of their houses. The
water soon rose above the noors and drove roy,
surrounded most Of the houses. Some Of the
houses, higher than the others, were not over.
ti Timber which were torn up and washed from
their fsstenings above the town were borne
down with great violence by the waters. and
Of the tenements that there was only one
which did not have one side or another battered
down. Almost miraculously no one was
away; no clothing or food was left to many OF
them. As II was nufacturing village, and
ali the people, except one family, (my parish
ioners,) were operatives, they are left In a
There are numbers OF children from one to
Ave years Of age, boys and girls,who are with
backs. II You can get any ciothing for them,
please send Il up at once by the stage, which
starts from Howards stable, on @ street, be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets. There are
as many men and women who are destitute, so
that any old clothes for them would be Of great
service.
tributions were handed to Mr. Perry: Mrs. y.
w. Mahan S26, Cornelius Wendell t25, II. y.
Zimmerman d, Starkweather 4 Plowman 80,
II. N. Easily, (First ward In partD go. Thus
far the treasurer has received ", oI3.75, and on
Saturday he sent to the treasurer at Ellicotts
Mile, s52i so, A ten-doliar note received by
Mr.. Perry is now ready to receive either
money or clothing for these destitute people,
the latter to be taken by Adams Express Cou.
pany free OF charge.
The CHILD snooTIso CAsr.-Justicc Chas.
Walter had before hin again on Saturday
arrested a few days since, on the charge OF
having shot the little Sir Msthiida TSpsr.
fSe aefendsnt snd Inquired q tsee p Justice IL
he would take further evidence in the case, the
. asyPs sad eq S the s snsSs
gument. Justice Walter replied that he did
not SO desire, and thereupon, submitted the
The AFFIDAVIT in this case charges the defend.
ant, WIN. J. Mcdonald, with having shot one
Mathilda Toner, on the 9Th day OF August, 1865,
iamSis.. The sfhdSrit Was made by Patrick
Toner, the father Of the said Mathilia.
It IL not alleged in the afisdavit, nor does
II appear from the testimony taken before me,
that the shooting was done with intent to kill,
or to intiict any grieyous bodily harm: On the
contrary, the facts ELECTED prove conelusively
that there was no such intent.
The accused, II seems, did not see or even
know Of the presence OF the girl, Mathilda,
when the shot was fred. II appears, also, that
as charged, amounts. therefore. only to assault
When brought before me the accused pleaded
Il TO be my duty 70 hear testimony In order
that might be fully Informed Of the nature
and extent Of the offence, which accordingly
did.
The offence charged and proved amounting
only to assault and battery, and the defendant
having pleaded guilty thereto, my powers and
and limited by he eighth section q the act OF
Congress approved February %, 1867, entitled
"An act to regulate. proceedings before JUS
and for other purposes" BY the provisions
OF the act referred to, am req uired to "assess
such 6ne or penalty as is authorized by law,
and to enter judgment therefor against the
To issue execution thereon as in civil cases"
This IT'S made my imperative duty to do, and an
i therefore enter judgment against the de-
fend,snt for fifteen dollars hne, and two dol
lars tie costs Of this suit.
Mns, SENATOR TRuMBuLL DEAD. with
regret we announce that Mrs. Trumbull, VINO
has been sick for many weeks, expired at the
residence OF this Senator, on Capitol Hill, at
$40 a. m, yesterday. The death OF Mrs,
Trumbull will be learned with regret By the
many warm friends she drew to her In his
OF her charity. This pions and amiabie lady
was the president OF the soldiers and sailors,
Orphans Home, and did an amount OF good
by the relief she afforded, thereby preventing
vast deal OF suffering among orphan chill
dren, and even older persons, that Will serve
to hand her name down to posterIty as an ex'
ample OF goodness and extreme kindness,
The last time that Mrs. Trumbuli was away
from her residence was when she visited ar.
iipgton Heights, on the 3oth day OF May, and
assisted In the noble work OF suewing the
graves Of our brave soldier dead win Movers.
What great qualification this must have been
to one whose pure heart yeaInsd ior ,he WI,
meni ThiA done, she returned to her home to
suffer and to die.
Mrs Trpmbnii aIsa he mge o. 10 "g @out ~
their loss, and the grief OF Senator Trumbull
is actually heartrending; u,...
by Prof smith, Of Baltimore, and Drs. Bsx.
tci, Lincoln, and Hood, OF this city, the last
nainSd remaining with her u ght and day.
We understand that the remains OF Mrs.
TrumbuI, are to be taken 10 Springfield, ILL.,,
for Interlne Mt. A special car has been en-
gagged, which will take the remains, together
with the SenstSr and family, to Illinois with
Brief reiigious exsrcises viii take place at
the residence, No, S9t First street east, THIS
afternoon, at O'clock, previous 70 the re,
moyal OF the body TO the depot The car VIII
leave with the evening train west
OLyMpIa VS.. STAR OF BRooKLYS.1-The fol,
lowing notice OF the game between the above
clubs we clip from the New York Times oil the
me contest between these clubs yesterday
on the Capitoline grounds, resulted in tht
weli.earl. ed triumph OF the new amateur nine
Of The Star club, by a score Of 10 to 10, after
yery closely contested and well.playcd game
some very fine fielding being shown on boil
sides during the contest. The ins play q tn;
two short stops was especially noteworthy, ~
was the excellent catching OF jewell, OF The
stars. The following IA the scorei
OLYMPIC. oRn STAR
Force, 4, h,..., ] Rogers O, i'''
Dennison, lb.. ] ! UAlpin, DR.
Malone, c."s,, ] CnmmlnEhi Py
Mclean, be-. Clync,r L,''"
Cope, 7, f..... J Manley, b."
RobiHson, IL. 2 3 Reeves, s.s." z
Dick, 2b....... ] I Jewell, Co.," .
Woods, c. lee, johnson, t.. =
Leech, p....... ! WORTH b...
TotAls.,,,.., q 10 10 TOthlB,,,., 81 10 Il