Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-22

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steamer Arrow, at 10 a. m
NARRATIVES AIR GALLEY, sss 7,h street.
SMITH i STRoNS's ART GALLEY. 2&s
streel.
THK BOYS IN BLUE-Meet M Of the Ofcsrs-
Last night meeting of the olfie-rs OF ILe Boys
IN Blue was held at Union League Hall, 9fh
street An lnyIIation was received TO mute 70
eslen,anng Emancipation day IN Bll.imore on
Inc an OF November, winch vas sccepted, AID
Inc following coumisIre OF I've was appointed
on the subjecf:--A. A. Grant. q. b. Fisher. Jas.
ID. Roe, g. H. AaIder, A M Bland. NJ L
joyce offered o resolution, that as THIS ergani.
zAtion has been rampeTed with by certain poll
ticians for their own politicai ENDS. aud as il
n not intended oy the officers and men OF this
organization TO become the tools OF riags
or cliques, that they will not turn ont
for such purposes without orders from
heaGauartsrs. After some d-bate. the
that II was unnecessary, the matter CON-
planned OF having been satisfactorily explained
At the last meeting. q. II Holden declined
the appointment OF general commanding tue
thIrd division on account Of business engage
ments, and - Cooper was ordered 10 tlke
command Of the DIVISION Tor the present. e.
Il. Fisher offered resolutiol that tue CON-
nanding ofhcer call for reports from the CON.
nandiDg officers of o-igades and regiments as
to the number Of officers and men they can
furnish 70 participate in the emancipation cell
eoIaiion az Baltimore on November ith. &c
adopted. A A. Grant moved that a commit.
tee be appointed to revise the rules carried
and Messrs. A. A. Grant, A. n Blanc, j. X.
Adams, II. NJ. knight and NJ. Duffy were ap-
pointed A. A Grant offered n resolution
recommending j. W. Green for a position IN
one Of the Departments; and J. Il. Adams Of.
Tered resolution recommending Geo Craw.
ford, CT Georgetown. for the position of watch
man or messenger In one of tue Departments:
ootn of which resolutions were adopted.
The RIGHT OF THE GOVERNMENT TO
GRANGE ACoNrRACT.-AR IateTesfiag Case an
the Court II Go ms-Rens of Sem nav Hosyt al
G.CTge OUH.-1p the Unit States Court of
Claims the osssof Dougherty, administrative,
against the Epited States, has been argued
The claim Is for rent Of Seminary Hospital, in
GecTgetown, ID. e., which was rented June,
lc6l, by Quar'ermaster Camp AT $50 Der
month for sueh time as the government chose
% occupy IL. At the end of one wear the
secretary OF War ordered the rent to De reduc-
ed TO $500. The quar.ermaster notified the
owner OF this reduction and the rent was then
ana therefore Tor two years paid at the reduced
rate, tae owner giving monthly receipts in full.
In Juiy,lso4, the owner applied to the Sec
Ie1ry 10 have the rent restored to 5000 A
rents generally had risen. This was refused.
The government contir ued to occupy and
pay NJ $40, the owner recefptiug monthly ia
null until June LIST, 1865, when the government
surrendered the the premises paying Ter the
1uH month and received a receipt in full The
case mas been taken under advertisement TIA
dscisisn 10 looked for with Great inter- AZ a
tnis IL precisely analogous TO large number
OF cases of steamers and other property used
by the government, now pending in the court
or IN preparation, and involving millions OF
dollars.