Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-09-22
GEORGETOWN.
Affaira In GearretsWn

Affairs In Georgetown.
GEoRGErowN DRNoCRATIC AND Con sERva-
TIVE AseoCIATIoN.-This Association held a
meeting discovering, ~ fo' ct Hall, the Prs
ldent, joseph l. Simms In the Chair, and y. J +.
Kane, SECRETARY. Several gentlemen were
proposed and elected members Of the Associa-
iion The Chair then stated that they hsd as
emoled this evening % throw TO the breeze,
NOT a nag OF party. bat the nag Of our coun-
blage present The names OF the DEMOCRATS
candidates were emblazoned on the nag, and
they would be Overwhelmingly elected. They
would inanearate new system of anssrs IN
this government and their administranon
would not be marked with the extraysrance
that characteriDed the Radical party H then
than IN, he would adjourn the meeting in the
hall TO meet outside A mas meeting Vas
then held outside the hail. under the nag which
had been run out under the auspices Of the As
ISOLATION.
There were present a great many from WASH
ington, and the West lind Seymour and Blair
CLUB hsd arrived in force with music torches,
and uansparencies. Hon. Mr.. Eldrsdge, OF
Wisconsin, was introduced, and spoke at length
In regard 20 what he vas pleased 10 term the
efuaNasance and misrule Of the Radical party,
ana eNhorted all to renewed energy In their
enorts Tor the election of the Democrauc car.
didatss, whose triumphant success Ne pre-
Jonah II. Hoover, ESQ WAS he newt spe.ker
and read from manuscript an which he ad-
verted TO his boyhood days in Georsetown.
where ne vas always glad 10 meet his friends
OF yore. Mr.. II. then spoke Of the respon hill
ties devolying upon the people OF to-day and
hoped that the citizens would not relax but re-
double their efforts for the success OF the DEM
ocratic candidates.
Hon. Thomas Il. Flor, nee then addressed the
meeting. and commented severely on the action
of Congress OF yesterday, which he character
Izes as arbitrary and Evolutionary.
Frank McNerhany, ESQ., then took the stand
and delivered a short speech. in which the
Freedmen's Burean came in for a due snare Of
attention.
While Mr. Eldridss was speaking the Jack
son Democratic Association arrived with ma
sic 90, banner. and 'ransParienois making quite
THIEyINe IN THE MARKEr.-Mauy COM
plants have been lately made by hucksters
and country people in the market who are con-
ket hours. dealers have loot A. dif@rent times
sums varying from 81 10 $40, and IN some cn-e.
the thieves have been bold as 20 carry of
even me money drawers. together with their
contents. This morning, officer Noble was ON
the lookout, and caught a colored boy, named
Thomas Ogleton, in the act Of stealing A hox
containing money from the stand Of Randolph
Robertson, huckster, and arrested hum i'm
mediately. After he was taken 20 the stations
house and examined by Justice Buckley he de-
MED having committed any theft M ALL and
said that he came by the money from having
sold some corn i'm the market this morning
Finally, however. he saw that wouldn't work.
and ACKNOWLEDGED the theft with which he
was charged, and also that he had robbed A
countryman named Bushrod Atkinson This
morning of Sl.s5. All the stolen money WAS
recovered, and the boy fined s2-5O. which his
father paid, took hmm in charge. and went out
with purpose OF buying cowhide for the
boy special benefit
A TAILOR on THE RANPAGK-Yestercfay AZ
ternoon, tailor named William Powers took
a notion that he would have good time gem
orally, and he was having IL too, much TO the
annoyance OF people on the street. He was
not only drunk, but his dIsorderly conduct at
tracted the attention of Oficer Lambie, who
brought him before Justice Buckley He seemed
very penitent when in The halls Of Justice and
volunteered sundry promises of improvement,
whereupon the justice dismissed him with an
injunction 10 leave town.
ACCIDKNT.-This morning as some rsborers
employed by the Cumberland Coal and Iron
Company. were engaged In moving a loaded
coal car from the canal bank % the shoot. over
hanging the river wharf. portion Of the tres
tie work supporting the railway gave way, but
the car, although going Al great speed al the
tame, was checked, aid no one was injured.
Work however, is temporarily suspended un-
I'll the necessary repairs are made.
RIFRR FRoNr.-Eniered and Cleared-Stms
Columbia, Harper. and HI Livingston, Law
Ter, from and 20 Baltimore. Enterpd-Steamer
John GIBSON, Winters New York: Brig Haze
Hail, Nova Scotia, with plaster; schooner M
b. B-amhall. Hussey Bath. Maine, with Cum
berland ice. The steamer James =. Green from
New York, and due to-day, is reported disa-
bled al Fort Monroe.
The CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CANAL.-Bnsi-
ness stIl continues lively on the canal. as boats
are arriving and unloading as rapidly as pos
sible. Up 10 tins date i32 boats have arrived
since the LIST instant.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE CANAL
i he break on this canal. which. Tor the past ten
days. has interrupted navigation, has ben
thoroughly repaired and the steamers on the
line are making their usual trips.
MERCHANTS ExcHANGE-The grain bust
ne,s seems TO be rather dull among the mer-
chants on Water street this morning as there
Were no Offering nor sales on Change TINS
morning.