The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-29
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

OF Fort washington for about ave hours, work
Ing their passage through the drifted Ice, which
inItead Of reaching the city at 9 O'Clock = M,
hey did not arrive until u O'Clock m: Owing
ne ,'s p sas hight my Tse nH &ey
port. q, >ptain Frank Hollingshead, left Seventh.
strest VIII >ri ~ o'clock m, b.! was ID Sctsinsd
I'm n n reno tied that the steamer f. O. Knight,
Of the New Gor... and Georgetown line, Il Ice
aston an The saau dra boats are making irreg
which due At s.,h rsss %harf alto O'Clock
We noticed a tug-boat paS 'ing up the t Eastern
Branch with large schooner N ,ow S,a,I s
wharf, foot OF Twelfth street, I'M. full ssil for
Philadelphia. Several oyster boa, en w,
for down the river ,, THIS III wharf
al the foot OF Eleventh street. Mr.. J. n John;
son 4 Brother have stopped work on their MhN ~
the cold weather These gentlemen informed US
that they intend erecting large salt;honse on
TIE NAVY YAnp.-The Eastern Branch, OF
the navy yard, Is still well covered with ice anu
side-wheei gun-bost, is on the ways, undergoing
repairs. she is intended, we learn, to take the
Il. bos TSs VIII e
capital chance for those desiring hrst.sisss eS-
SOs The Esp pn wsys
IN orough rcftting. 1t Is stated that the heads
of " different bureaus OF the navy yard nave
aui,in. what further reduction OF force can be
Mmsdes he nature OF the answers returned we
S Sid no, a.s Be made tosy Il /. Iinted that
about twent, five per cent. 81 the eh.re isree
will be dschsr Hed on OF sSoet me s"sb VII XII
We sincerely trt VI "'"''''' '"''
be the case.
N o.. xaTIoS or rHi PRoppcrks
IsnHsTn,x osa mss tAg OF those favorable to
placing The Goyerpm, ~ SD its policy unaer
tls sSatIo s, Gf ~ ii F 20, ss 1s
to Istiy the call for nstio ssi sosse. ION no Se
held at Cincinnati, on the wih Of Ma, ION.
T Time. ,0l w. Me- sPeakssrss senator, N~sd
Thomas A. Hendricks, U. S. senator, Indians,
Hon lanes lame p hendsrsOn, u seaos hn Mis-
samuel j. Randall, NJ. o., Pennsylvania Hon.
s; +; Gary, NJ. o. ohi9i Hon I YIN. J. Niblaek,
,dent National Cheap Freight Railroad League.
HAnEAs Conrus BEyoRE CHIEF LusTloE CAEE.
of Jerome Bradley, was brought before Chief
Justice Cartier, yesterday. sitting in the Crimi;
BY the detective officers and held in custody as
accessory to 6orSsry While .. aS" ~, The
Miller complained that he, as counsel, was re-
fused admission to the prisoner by Detective
nTd the w"s
below, where It had been already set for hear
Ing at II O'Clock yesterday by COUNSEL
AFFECTED WITH PARALYsIs.- I'VE are sorry to
announce that at an early hour Yesterday morn.
ing Mr. Lewis Thomas, who resides on q street
DR.. James Z. Morgan was called in immediately,
Mis essc Is considered very critical one. Mi
Thomas is upwards Of Hfty years Of age, and for
an spy eS SsH u the Seventh ward and las gained
many friends.
m A n wHIgKY.-CDllectOr
Ciephane, OF the Internal Revenue office, sold
At public auction, at his office, sixteen barrels Of
for taxes due and unpaid. The liquor belonged
to Mr.. T. J. Hurley, Of the Potomac distillery,
r.: ~ H n TSStss Ts
. TOR the Government whisky meter,whic brought
TX per cent. premium. Also, a small sum In |
gold, a part of the seizure, for &li3A.
FALSE PRETENoEs.-A young man named
on the charge Of obtaining about $1,000 from p.
II Welch, on Pcnnsylyania avenue, between |
Seventeenth and Eighteenth sIsSy under false Ss
y. q vas had before Justice Morsell, and the
s a si ssisf S Ss'sSsS s action OF the ss%d
jury.
La RUGS MISsTRELs AND THE PUBLIC
scHo oLs.-These favorite mSnStrels will give
send snce Of the children Of the p1bic schools
and others. These jolly fellows have a world
wide Isputs9n ana are se Wo IsSu. w pr1e
and the children will have chance to try their
luck at drawing It. The doors will be open ct
O'Clock. Go early and secure good seats
ME,sRs. METzERoTT & Co.-The trustees Of
Calvary Baptist church yesterday presented TO
thsir kipd consideration In presenting the church
:, eth act OF one dozen OF the Temple Choir."
tn Sttisg expression OF those principles which
ths the In thelT busins 81 and social
pelstion, Ito the community In which they dwell
o. ' WHO are in want Of Gonts, Furnish
,na aopasS We friendly adrsse ogo to the SPLEEN
ala Gents Fg, sn,ns uoS SDa as MarbIe Hail Is
France France. G0taT the P.teR, Once. You can
there he, vs low R5'S Ssty Tais
hosiery IL 'fgf yaths sm
an afPficss to suit everybody "'' '"e"
Coxx,rrgp FOR CounT.-John Wagner Coz
rad Ssse5 o snS sna MsI and
and House, charged with robbing me store eo, ~
Mr Lewis Kettles on f. between sts Sin in a the RE-
ruSIicAN, had a hearing before Justice WaiteI
ys.tsId.y thS s sSt sTe n dis%s Ss"S
MADAM KEasLs, No. 500 II street, corner OF
Seventh is the great healing medium o. she cH Sse
the most ehroae WA that her powers s:
are really wonderful. As a AM sne hss
esai spi VII svS a themselves or the dyI skill
.ApIxs' gAIn AND FESTIVAL will be held AZ
A 4 ' chapel, corner " Third and Norm
WAug',, 'spitol Hill, copmepsips Monday even;
street, 4. "a 4 magnificent dressing gown will
,ng March to the minister resident ~ US city
OF Waseingtot, sutiful gavol to The temperance
votes; Uso, bt WING 'Re same.
'es Tomorrow at the New
There will be I ssrV' No nth Capitol street DO
tsssn and 9, x il m seats It, free ,b sSS'e1hs s
aThe money Peter took fro. 'IsIi. At 10 d. M,
nrhe rfi.ity In the person Of ,"us chr''L" Inc
public are respectfully invited.
Mns. wiLooxEN will lecture IN Tenth
Hall, sls Pennsylyania avenue, oMst'MrcI \ At II
and Eleventh streets, on Suhaay'
A.m. and 1880 y. m.