The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-10

= Dseessrbx A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 10
and II o'clock last evening, Lieut.. Eckloif, Of
the Fourth ward WITH Sergeant n. Johnson
and 0iicers Howes, Fox, Tucker, and Davis,
quietly dropped into, = vile den kept BY .
II and Washington and Fourth and Fifth
streets, where they arrested ithcwopan Lee,
Henry smith, Charles. RUM, George 4. Hen.
Moody, and Robert Richardson, Aiias Bob
Thsy wsrc Ill assembled In lower room,
and iust as Oficer Davis was coming down
stairs, his foot trlpped, and he fell down stairs
A. the same time he dropped The lamp, and the
light was, OF course, extlnguished. While all
was DARK, Sophia Lee managed TO escape, The
others are held at the stallion for hearing.
HApsAs Conrus- suit, under 8 writ Of
hdhsas corpus, instituted by y. A. Aiken, esq,
against Ellen Mccall, for the recovery Of Cpra
III S
In this ease are novel, andwe understand the
profession feel deep Interest 10 The decision; Ga
greatly attached 10 this child, and 1t Is said,
lion. fffRe circle Il Mrs. kitsn's scdds,n..
s1ss sgsss s y a s; 4. WI. mind q
wealth, and Mr.. Aiken's connection with the
pathies, and his prominence as an advocate Of
u ne seon his M
FIrs-oa Saturday, at few minutes After
ten O'Clock. o. m, h fire was discovered burn
SsDa Ss sssle hf sfs gffs stn ~ N IA
Government fire brigade, was near by, and dis.
patched a lad for the Hibernia, at the corner
Of Nineteenth street and Pennsylvnnia av.
enue, and that engine arrived before the
alarm bells were struck. In the meantime
Mr. Dixon and Fridley, nm cN-ncmbcr OF No.
9, OF the city department, cxtinguished the
fire with the Theatre hose. After Onicer Roth
and others tried in vain to produce an alarm
by turning in box IL, that officer ran TO the
Central guard.house and telegraphed TO police
R1's Zig ashm s %n a. S
on the large bells from the FIRE alarm telegraph
ONCE.
Ing Y. NJ. q, A.-.This association held its
Regular sabbath open.air meetings yesterday,
| at $40 O'Clock, in the west Capitol grounds,
and at $50 In the east grounds OF the same, ana
at various places in the evening, all OF which
were addressed By able speakers, who were
| listened to by large and attentive audiences.
We hope our readers will bear In mind that
the same society holds regular prayer meet
i1gs daily from $50 to ! O'Clock, :. m, in Met
rerott Hall, on Pennsylvania avenue, between
Ninth and Tenth streets, to which the public
| are cordially invited
| AID THE UsPoRTrHATE.-Thc ward commit
| tees appointed at the meeting held In the
| Aldermen Chamber on Friday night last " i'll
to-day wait on many oil our cltlEehs LOT tne
purpose OF receiving contributions of money
with which TO relieve the suffering oil the
unfortunate families at and near Ellicott City,
| MAINLAND, who lost their property and, IN
many INSTANCES, their business by the recent
| terrible flood OF rain. We trust we may hear
| from the com nittees A favorable report.
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| Amman ov, Noroptous Some
Tina sinse ueorrc Cnvennurb. nIins Shnrp
VIII ,rI,,na h. III mo,I.h nnse q, Az warrant. Ur
wednesday he proSIrcd the handle OF a
poom' and with several others. he ESCAPED
| from that Institution. On Friday Onlcei
Acton, OF the Third ward, recaptured him
and he was sent back TO his old quarters.