The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-28

The resolution endorsed Mr. Bradley as the |
,ominee of the Fifth ward, and requested the |
delegates Of the ward to use their best efforts
10 secure his nomination.
Mr.. George +. Quick moved to lay the reso- |
luton on the table, which was subsequently |
Nominations OF delegates being In order, E. |
W. Gross, J. p. Devlln, George !. Quick, A.
Dodge, Colonel James A. TAFT, J. Ash, W.
Mead, o. ofrenstein,. W. duinand, J. Mills, J:
WIN. nottingham were named.
A. P. McKenna and George Kraft were sc.
lected as tellers, and the balloting proceeded
Henry NJ. Teacham, and William
Nottingham were elected the delegates.
The meeting then adjourned
The delegates elected are said to be favorable
to the nomination Of Jos H. Bradley, sr., as
the candidate for Mayor.
SIXTH WARD.
The meeting Of the citizens of this ward was
east and @ street south, Navy Yard,) and was
al eight O'Clock BY the choice Of
John L. Little, esq, as chairman James l.
secretary, and q. p. Bohrer and Alex
There were seventeen nominations made,
and the following were declared elected, hav-
Tr n Roisesu. Jas. Fitzpatrick, A. Bowie, Henry
q. Young, and Jas. NJ. Dalton.
The meeting then adjourned.
SEVENTH WARD.
In this ward, at island Hall, the meeting WAS
called to order by Mr.. WIN. II. McGinnis. the
President OF the an Radical club; Mr.. ID. +.
Mocabee, the Secretary OF the same club, act
4 motion was made that the meeting pro-
coed to elect delegates to the Mayoralty con.
vention, when the following were nominated;
bowling, Burke, Croggon, Hines, McCaferty,
Brady, Hin, Sheckell, Clarke, Stephenson,
Brannon, Fenwick, Hammesly, and Ellis.
Teliers were appreciated and nd ballot was had
CLARK, J. A. stephenson. q. A. Sheckell, f. d.
Bowling, Geo Wright.
The counting OF the ballots occupied about
an hour and a half, about 600 persons being
present. 1t WAS the largest meeting OF the
kind convened In that ward.
During the counting Of the ballots DR.. Chas.
Allen addressed the meeting.
II 10 generally understood that the delegates
will make Thomas Z. Lloyd, esq, their first
choice, and John T. Given, esq, their second.
GERS will take place this evening at Island
Hall.
JouRSEyNgN PLAsTERERs ASSOCIATION
This held 5cfplnp mont n %Gsf
and L Streets at . p. m. yesterday Mr..
Nicholas Murphy, vice president in the chair,
and Mr.. II. q. ON, secretary.
committee, made his report, when a motion
was made to discharge the executive com.
mittee; = motion to lay that motion on the
table, and another motion to lay the motion
last made on the table, the last motion
prevailing,
The vote WAS then taken By yeas and nays
on discharging the committee, and resulted
Mr.. r. q. Oil moved to abolish the relief
committee, and II was so ordered.
Mr.. Edward Birch moved that hys men be
chosen as an executive committee. Carried.
After some debate, the motion WAS recon.
sidered.
Mr.. Robert Muir moved that the president
ofthe association be authorized to draw checks
on the treasurer, countersigned by the secre-
tsry, In favor Of those who may apply to him
On motion, the Chair appointed as COM
mittee to attend the steamboats, and cars, to
intercept parties coming to the city to work at
plsstering, Messrs: Crafty, L9skery' , and Si6-
Murray, and Parker to attend the boats.
Twenty three plasterers are now at work for
Ave dollars per day; four master.plastercrs, we
learn, are giving the wages demsnded by the
strikers, and a large number will go to work
In the course Of 4 few days.
The Chair appointed, to solicit descriptions,
Messrs. Robert Muir and X. G. Gill.
Mr.. Sibley moved a committee OF Ave to
make arrangements for pic-H ic, the use OF
the Park grounds, buildings, and music hav-
INF Seea EoirnseSsSG s,a committee
McGlue.
Two men here announced that they would
go to work on Tuesday to-day at Is per day
Adjourned.
POLICE MATrERs.-John Thomas (colored)
was arrested, in the first precinct, by Oficer
King, charged with the larceny Of go-cart,
valued at t25, the property OF Mr.. Charles Jen.
kins. Justice Tucker committed him to jail
for court.
Thomas T. Hammond WAS arraigned before
Justice CLARK, by 0nicer Auldridge, of the
sixth precinct, and fined go for indecent
oficer Loring arrested Mary Lee and Mar
garet Williams, both colored, In the Fourth
precinct, for enticing prostitution. Justice
M1tseil fined Mary " ana Maa lat. "
In the various precincts: Fourth precinct, slt;
sixth precinct, $40; Seventh precinct, %;
Eighth precinct, 80. Total s6a.
PudiLrsTIc YoUrHs.-Two ferocious youths
named Fitzgerald and Robertson, mailing from
the Northern Liberties section OF Washington,
have been accustomed to pay. visits to the
vicinity Of Johnson's fish wharf, and on sun
day evening q difficulty arose between them
which resulted In Robertson drawing razor
and cutting Fitzgerald quite seriously across
than Twelve years Of age, and have for = long
time been regarded as notorious characters
Robertson made his escape and Dr; Morgan,
ofthc Island, dressed the wounds of Fitzgerald,
which are not considered dangerous.
GRACE CHURCH PARISH OrpIcERs.-At a
meeting Of the congregation Of "Grace Church
Parishh the following gentlemen were Sc
Senior Northumberland ]. Cooksey. Junior
Warden-E. II. May. Nestrymen-Arthur
Yeatman, 5: u. Taylor, Cornelius Jacobs,
Charles Hadaway, J. l.; Kidwell, q. Neale,
George Taylor, and q. +. Hurlburt.
O. +. Hurlburt was elected register, and
Cornelius Jacobs treasurer.
At an election for delegates to the Do
ceean Convention, to be hold In Baltimore
May 9th, q. +. Hurlburt was chosen, with
Joseph N. Gordon as alternate.
Transports OF REAL EsTATE.-Ths follow.
Ing transfers of real estate have been reported
in the Real Estate Exchange of X, NJ, Hall +:
The north part of lot and part Of lot in So.
423, at $500; part Of lot I in squarei67, % feet
on street, at s5OOj part OF sub. IS in square
2 o, at $3.50; port OF lot and in square SIT,
In square 5i5, % feet on N street, at 1926 part
OF sub. 8 In 50. 1856, north 90 feet on Sixteenth
street west at $685. 10 feet on Water street,
Georgetown, at S50Oi part oflot9 In square47s,
at s3T2.l2.
TRASsPERs or REAL EsTATE.-The follow.
ing transfers OF real estate have been reported
at the Real Estate Exchange of Il. NJ, Hall,
corner of Seventh and ID streets Lot II, in
square LODI at 1900; lot l, in square 1889, at
t2T0; lot in square 49, at u ,2l5; part OF lot
2, in square sl6, at tl, 200; part Of lot 4, in
square ITO, north Is feet on Eighth street west,
at s22j; lots 3, !, and west one.half Of 0, in
s5aS, '''' ~ WV
bins 0PgSEn.-At noon yesterday bids were
opened at the Mayors Office for grading and
graveling street north, from First to Seventh
streets east. There were twenty-one bids In
Stafford, who proposed to execute the grading
at 1871 cents per cubic yard and grayeling at