The national Republican., 1869-01-02
LOCAL DEPARTM ENT.


otss fSsT sSsreR SesttE 81 tEe close of Which The me%
0's. RsF. sss Martin satsreG he pulpit and
read the 5sth chapter OF Isaiah, having stated
ts2 tbs, iS9's sos s0ssse6 70 sddrs them woS,a
was made 70 the Throne OF Grace, and then the
reverend minister introduced TO the audience
Dr. o. b Purvis, who stated that the meet
ing was for the purpose Of commemor.tog
the anniversary OF the emancipation, i,sned igS
sy ASsaSsm AT ,aI Lincoln JSnusry l. lsGs in tbs
history Of the colored race. Tlsy had re,
eeiyed their hbertic. only 'Ss., .svsS,s Sc ere
American people. After, ne lives of th9u, gu
sands had been saorincsd they reeeiyea nIe ,ns ns
sico%e sS .sys boon Of 1m,.Sood Ys, they had only
hsI1 S% eompIetsd % q ths work, Tor the spirit q
spirit must Se entirely ersdlcated, and the
Jonstitut1n so altered as 70 leave no doubt
,hst iNo fsa f.sali % enjoy % he elective elect franchise
npii'h this work He believed that II
was IT, The nomination Of Presidential can
can ssd Had hs he JSsf sn.ss StS
didate was e: he believed he would have
been Genre DS%,natsS II. -eyOts Of the south white
saved aHS iooEsS Tse soore iw ,SsT eoSa It
was WAS often III asserted ,hs, he G fourth tim time that thS,
nothing, and vet this vast 'escue.
they had nobly come 70 the tributes to the
course pursued by aen. b +. b and then RE re.
late isncntcd rhsddeus stevens,
sumed his seat. iced and
Gen. O. o. Howard was here introd. Sst Nj
stated that It was frequently assertedt, q aIs
movements, and especially in his freedom tm %,
the slaves, at the same time according TO
swarm and generous heart and an unhinchin.
Mr. Lincoln saw the inIquity OF slavery, :"
well probably as did any other mAn OF the
A.,t AaI nnt
this matter until he hsd so pre.srr.nsed his
plans that he could DO so with perfect safety
completely, and the work stands as an ever;
Iiving monument to his grestness OF heart and
hrnesfy Of purpose. lie was the eoiorei mihs
Ihry we're not yet, however, out Of the
woods SOmethin ng yet remained to be done!
St,.es In reference o the right Of the iran
chise he believed in sNiely feeling way |
n the rishl course tathet a tmah ~ IN 'ch fhsy
can defend themselves against the tlehi ahu
the cnlnred man required " ior pteelssy 'n' |
same reasons II II was right togrant the btl
lot 10 crIorrd people IN one section, itws1
proper and Just that they should enjoy ~ H.
every Sts'e-Cven in Maryltnd' Ohlo anu
0rr imp,r. ,at fact was not understood b.
mAnyI this was knowledge. Ihcy needed more
hart Of some, There we've ,hoss Who believed |
that only those who would give them money
were their friends, and they thought II very
hard 10 have TO be compelled TO work for
money, Bar this they should do, and they
should save soias Of their money, u II De ever
above what It requires 70 maintain them.
The General spoke At .onsderSbie length
after which short addresses were delivered by
Rev Seiis Martin, ex.pres;Ssnt OF Liberi,
Roberts, Mr., Dowuey, and others
ForSb DgAp-Mr J W. Meadle, Ger
man, was found dead in his room last evening
At the residence Of Mr.. VIM. Waterholdef, NO;
4jl Massachusetts avenue, between Slxtn ~
seventh streets. Mr.. WAterholder states thN
Meadle came to his house on the 4st Of De,
cember and engaged room with board, and
day evening he was under the influence Of H.
Quor. At that hour he retiree to his room In
an intoxicated condition, and about o'clock
yesterday morning another boarder, hearing
Meadle groan, went to his door and called
MeAdle but received no answer. About seven
three times, Tor the purpose OF gettiug g him vi
tohis breakfast, but she received no reply.
again last evening about o'clock, and not re
ceiving any answer became alarmed and callet
The SSs oiseer pN foreed open the he door and foun,
Meade lying dead upon the floor with nc
clothing upon his person except t shirt
was notified Of the facts, and he searched de
eeased's room, finding nothing that could leat
bottles which smeiIed very strong Of Aleoholit
spirits. It 10 said that deeeased was dis
charged from the United states Coast Surye,
ONCE recently, and that he has an aged fathe
and number Of brothers and sisters residing
in this city. 1t Is supposed that DIR. W. W
Potter, coroner, will summon aJury oi inques
to-day.
POLICE ISrELLIGEsCE.-Reports at head
quarters for the twenty.fouf hours endin
yesterday morning show the following, VIZ I,I
The iGlloTing persons e were hnsa %osan ior 6eiG
siOi Ann Beil, IS, Mary Hanson, Isl "a. Der
yer, vi John FIan"gan's'i Letitia ai6'on's y
Richard Agar, for being dIsorderly and prc
fame, was hned sS. ,-,, "a
Andrew Hicks, for being drunk and DIS
orderly, was fined Is, and sent to the work
Mary MorIsrty, for being drunk and dis
orderly, was sent to che workhouse.
Isaac Taylor and Bird Bowie for petit lai
ceny, were held to bail for court .,.,
John Wsnstall for running hack withou
William Lucas for obstruetins sidewalk wa
Private McCathrsu finding the door of No
357 + street open, awoke the inmates and hat
the door secured.
Charles Richards, delltlons eoloped mar man
who had escaped from Providence Hospital
was taken In charge and sent back to Proyi
denee Hospital, where they refused to reeeiy
him. lie Is now under the care Of Dr. Record
FIRE.-About 7aS yesterday morning, a
OF seventh and streets The hremen piomptl
proceeded to the spot but the hre, which VI
SonGned o @ SSRS Set%ee& aG The Moor And Ceiling Ii,
were unable to reach II with their hose, II
sGGS Wa; tS,a sp s9S w.sr .hs h'f
to have been caused by the ignition of Il
joist, which projected through the brick In
the chimney. This Is the second fire In IN
building within few months neither OF whie
fortunately, resulted 10 serious d mage.
WoMAs's RIGHTs-The Uni ersAl Fra
chise Association held q meeting on Thutsdi
evening, at Union League Han, II. CraI
presiaing The subject was discussed 0y J udl
ESG Mfs, 5osspalns @ GfH' MI IT. H1s,,, "a ?' o3 SeS
burg, and Mr.. StebbIns, Of Fredericksburg,
the Affirmative, and by Judge Brown, Of NJ
sissippi, in the negative.
After the circulation Of a petition for nam
to be presented to Congress asking the enAt
ment Of 4 law to carry out the object OF th
associa alton the meeting adjourned.
TEMPERANCE ASSIvERsARY.-The Was
ington Temperance Society celebrated
third anniversary last night by public NEE
ing at Odd feNOws Hall, Seventh street NJ
John IL. thompson presided, and BDeec ch
were delivered b. Rev. &. W, Denpison, Al
MeAHts. Wolf J. 5, HollingsheAd, William nj
PheeteTs, ,. NJ. Bradley aud W. p. brew Al
the pledge, II was stated as Ia singular col
cidenee that the number who signed the pled
book Of this society In 1885 was exactly 3t5,
THEY DUS'T EsDOkAN HIN learn Il
on Thursday last some iTieHds Of Mr.. Alex
der DelmaF late director OF 'he bureau of
tistIrs, got up \ paper endorsing that gent
mans conduct and Official career during
sojuuTn in Washington, and passed 1t ATou
among the clerks Of the bureau for their
natures. II appears, however, that the pa
met with rather a cold reception, as II Teceir
but nine signatures among the fifty or sii
cleFkb emplOyel In the bureau,