The national Republican., 1868-12-19
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.


ExnTpfTIoN OF PBoToNIcRoaRAPHs.- There
was q very Interesting exhibition Of photo
micrographs at the Army Medical Museum,
snns %sds %ai &c TfSs rss
Der Of Senators and Representatives In Con-
gress, many OF them accompanied by their
shown through the museum, when they took
occasion to examine many OF the mournful
relies Of the late rebellion, in the shape OF
Of the human body. In this way an hour was
taken up, when the party was conducted into
shs Of The tSs had SssS
| of the exhibition above mentioned.
The effects OF the microscopic power was
SsSuEn so oe ca whcs were rspS
highly magniaed form many objects, perhaps
3 hundred In number, which conveyed to the
| OF the microscope in distinguishing the very
minute and, In some cases, the imperceptible
Ito the naked eye) objects or substances which
6ie Kingdom. DR.. WOODWARD, In the ""S course Of
his illustrations, magnihed some oft objects,
producing 10000 dismeters or too, 900 900 times
larger than the original object, thus causing
hair OF the human head to appear as large as
the trunk Of an ordinary treej the little insect
that causes the disease known as the Itch (of
which Thousands Affect one square inch OF the
neshl as large as an overgrown turtle, and the
SSsnsy sad scS ss pnsse
ssopic Illustrations and the able, scientific
lecture, delivered by DR.. J. J. Woodward, as
sistant surgeon U. 5. A, who Is In charge Of
the museum.
PoLIcE IsrELLIGENcE.-Theodor Morten
the street, were arrested BY oaicef McDer.
mott, and Justice Thompson fined them each
| Charles Johnson, celored, for dlsorderly
conduct, was ined tiO by Justice Clark, upon
'hich he took an appeal.
'phu Butler, John Csllan, and Annie Ward,
fo, sorderly conduct, were hned from " to
e6Syy; Buchanan, eoiored, charged with
rst,, isre, ny by John Lacy, is held for hear
Ing BY Jus; 1eh muicted John Flynn In the
sum Of slo for uneeeoming behaviour on the
street. lin ,orors, w.. ,o,,.v.a a,
40 IA Yn.t,cc Wait, = for a similar offence.
Nfnho Wiiiisn.a. &C lored, for stealing from
T. Morris, was sent to jail for court by Justice
iTSe The cost OF eommltti. ,g an assault and bat.
tery on a. Driver by J. Nck Beverly, cosored,
was s5, which was INFLICTED by yt Justice kenn.
,rpested +. H. Johnson, and Justice CLARK
fined him go for selling cider In the strest
wbaT wnfScer Pesstcr arrested Jas. Shaw, colored,
and Justice Walter committed him to jail for
twenty. .four hours for assaulting George L.
Denning.
A DANGEROUS PAssgNGEn.-Yesterda on
the Ii O'Clock trip of the steamer City OF
wAshingto1 from Aissand5,,SS lex oa,S Ws.sinS,on % e
market, evidently eraIy from some cause,
created great terror among the passengers;
He frat attempted an assault with stool
upop The female attendant 10 the ladies' cabin,
| and subsequently, broke windows and behaved
| so outrageously that Capt. Poor had him tied
| IS speedily as possible upon the arrival OF the
| boat at the wharf, for MenneH succeeded 10
getting loose, and with knife In hand he
| maLinv thei- escape He then made for Mr..
Thomas Bates, freight clerk, who escaped
by running into the once ana eionns tne
tackled horse, belonging to Mr. yohI
burns which was tied to the wharf, and cu'
,asi the asin men ~ walked OF the boat and was sub
Seaucntly arrested and taken to the First pre-
cinct ssstion.h house. 1t 10 said that his In
sahsy sshan, spirits. He isa single man about q
raaps a. age and was born in Germany, wher'
! he has an aged mother and sister living
, FRosr.-Cdrter's Fharf-SaiIe
sohannar Ian,| - II. Gallagher, Gallagher, an
sIoon I.ibeptw' 81. nth, with csrgoes OF manur
/. for ElizsbetR river, VirginsSa. VirgiiHsa-so,ooDer CO.
,cn SSA9.G"s goS' With sSsGof %Socd 70. market. ,,
R,,sSs WbnrrWkrriy, 'd-Sehooners Law
renee, Hicks from Norfo wltn Mary iuISSt LSSdop %
nnknoWS, n Smith, with cys,. Sr,i for msrGS s6GC
r. Sailed-Schooncr Butterfly, M '"s''' ''D"
u down light. raa. Go
y L. lNn
Q ham, Cannon, for Philadelphia, with q. =" "'
. and Government wagons.
Bropn's Wharf.-Arriyed-Schoon ASP
q Heft Jno. NJ. Shoe, from Hayre-de-9race
,e with lol tons OF coal for $. p. Brown Il Son.
T. The steamer Arrow, Stackpole, returned 4
. her wharf last evening from the Arsenal, hay
g. ing received new boiler and underwent gen
lie ersI repairs. The captain proposes to have
Ie hurricane deck erected on her aud a fine stair
= way built aft She will be ready to make he
usual trips to and from Mount Vernon In
u few days.
q QUARTERS ron THE FIRgMEs.-We lear
. that the visiting lremen from abroad to atten
the Inauguration OF President Grant, hay
It made Arrangements for the Accommodation Q
and Taylor Hose, Of Philadelphia, will hous
T. at the franklin. Mount Vernon Hose Con
rs Pauy, Of Phiiadelphis, viii stop At the Ccium
(. ia @iIi hoSse a ae,ropolissa snaisadt
,r- Hose and Fairmount Engine Company,
,s- Philadelphia, will be present in force, al
- also other fire organizations, but their qua
at exempt bremen Of New York will bring to II
ng city Manhattan engine, No. s, (now out
,a use, but belonging to the exempt hremen
&c. which 10 regarded as q curiosity from the IA
that the machine was sent to London sever
IS years ago to compete with the department
Union engine.house, No. l, has been reserv
'h' for the accommodation Of such companies
q have not yet reported to the Chief Engineer
ad the FIRE department.
he LINCOLN Co-oPERATIvE BUILDING AND ID
PosIT AssocIATIoS.-This association he
OF its annual meeting last evening, in the Thi
W. Baptist church, corner OF Fourth and l. street
on The finance committee made q report shol
n ing the receipts for the past year to
:, t5S2J 9l; disbursements, VI, ,S2T 9l; assetE, ~
Gu 6lb. so; Indebtedness, s2,lB0j shares OF stoS
d. sold, bi9i shares withdrawn, 3sj aggregate pi
ss, MUM, ti 40.
90 They then elected the following-named &c
Oh tlemen as officers, for the ensuing year pre-
"a dent, Hon. A. S. Prattj vice president, Ber
oo Mccoy; secretary, Capt. q. +. NeedhAr
ar. treasurer, A. X. Brownej board OF director
at Messrs. j. II. CrossmAn, Rev. W. ]. Walk,
his p. Briseoe, q. 7. Shepherd, Rev. J. A. Jon,
A. W. II. Edinboro, Rev. II. Baily, O. shank
II and q. Waters. Adjourned.
MILITARY EIsIToRs.-From every quart
en-, we hear that preparations are in progress
his attend the in suguration OF the President-el(
II. on the 4th of March. Besides the military
~ ganizations that will be present, we und
'ls stand that company q, Of the brooklyn II
lat regiment, which distinguished itself duri
he the rebellion in many hard. fought battl
&C. have secured quarters at Trades Union Ha
a. aud will be taken charge by Mr.. Harry Gt
',O butt, the late sutler OF the regiment, whe
ais no doubt, tho company will receive a haI
,en some reception. Tho Weecocoe Legion, 4
tie merly connected as active members OF the .
ne department of Philadelphia, but now org
- ized as military association, Will also
al H.. zaA al