The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-12

give. All hope Of securing better railroad |
facilities North was dependent upon the |
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and the expe.
rlence Of the past was sufficient, he thought, |
to convince the people that the day was far |
OIL when either the Point Of Rocks or Baltl-
more and Potomac railroads would be COM
| pleted. #.". III
Washington should contribute to thc build.
Ing OF the Loudoun and Hampshire railroad.
| Whatever restrictions were deemed noccs.
sary could be placed upon the loan. He ia
vored advancing the loan In proportion as
the road was built; that would secure the city |
for every cent advanced.
The subject Of better railroad facilities |
should be constantly agitated until some
thing was accomplished. The Baltimore |
and Ohio railroad had controlled the destiny |
Of the nations capital long enough, and no |
| wanted John W. Garrett to be made to I'M |
derstand he could no longer rule the people |
| OF Washington, nor block up Its thorough |
| fares with his care, or change the grades Of |
Its principal streets. The road had been In |
dlcted, but what did that amount to. 1t |
would never be brought before the courts. |
What was to hinder the people from abating |
such nuisancei Disrcgarding injunctions |
was not capital offence, and Mayor Bowen |
would have done sensible thing II he had |
| provided his serenaders with mattochs, hoes |
and picks, and marched them down to the |
road and buried the track forever. ..u.
He pronounced the National Junction |
railroad humbug-a scheme calculated to |
| deceive the people like all the other great
enterprises In the interest Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. In regard 10 the re-
moyal ofthe capital, that was a question set
tied forever. Although q Western man
himself, he had no desire to see the capital
removed, and he never saw Western man
Of any sense that did. IL
Mr.. Mckenzie spoke OF the unjust discrim-
nation made by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company 10 favor Of through
freight over that line and against the local
interests Of the trains on this route.
j. sayles Brown endorsed the statement OF
Judge Wright, and was in favor Of agitating
the railroad question until something salts
factory was accomplished. He hoped au-
other meeting would soon be held-in fact
succession OF meetings, as long as Washing
ton needed railroad improvements.
Judge Wright spoke Of the railroad bills
before Congress at Its last session, and said
a majority OF the Senators and Representa-
tlves were In favor Of granting charters to
roads In every direction, but for some reason
the bills before them failed to pass.
Mr.. Pardon said that Senator Sherman
had assured him the majority of the Ssna-
, tors were In favor Of all the projected i'm
, provements. As this was au informal meet
ing of the City Councils, he would move that
the meeting now adjourn aud resolve them
) selves into a citizens meeting. This motion
was carried, aud Alderman Emery called
upon to preside.
, The subject Of increased rnilroad facilities
was further discussed, and short speeches
!. Fcre made by Councilmen Burgess and Far
don, Franck Taylor, Col. H. Taylor, Mr..
' Mckenzie and others.
: Mr.. D. NJ. Davis, Alderman from the First
t ward, offered the following; which was unan-
: lmously adopted:
I Retoivsd, That we, cltizens Of Washington
In nnhIir ma aaapmhlah in "a inf nT
railroads, do believe that It will be for the in
A terest Of the city Of Washington to subscribe
drla, Loudoun and Hampshire railroad, pro.
!, yided, however that u 10 made certain that
virginia to the Ohio river.
}. On motion Of Judge Wright, the meeting
d adjourned until Tuesday evening, ct I
s O'Clock, when the citizens of Washington
= are expected to assemble In the Council
Chamber and agitate the question Of in
/. creased railroad facilities In every direction,
10 but with the West via Loudoun and Hamp-
y shire In particular.
In DROP THAT SHOT.-About s o'clock last
a. night as Sergeant Vernon andOflicers Hughes
he and Clawson were standing In the Centre
ID market, they noticed two colored men and a
10 boy pass by and overheard a remark made
by one of them about breaking into house.
n They watched the parties who, went into a
IS grocery store on Ninth street. While the
ie boy called for i've cents worth of crackers,
the two men were looking about for a chance
II. to steal, and finally one of them picked up
K twenty-five pounds of shot, and had got out
cd of the store with 1t, when he was hailed by
ia. the officers. He, with his confederates,
TO- started to run, but finally captured after
ed quite foot.race. The bag of shot, which
int was dropped in the chase, yyas recovered
ST. and the thieves safely ensconced In the Cen
~ trail guard.house for trial this morning.
100 THE CAMPBELL MINsrRELs.-The Camp
he bell Ministries gave two performances Oh
he Wednesday aud Thursday evenings at tn,
o.. Navy Yard, assisted by the favorite come
III; dian, 7. Harry Donohuc, who Is PARTICULAR!
Is. happy In his dellneations of Irish characters
to Mr.. George d. Slater is one Of the'best "enC
Ivc men" we have seen for long time. Tit
be main attraction, however, was Charlie Sui
Thy Ivan, the famous falsetto, whose voice Il
The perfectly wonderful, being scarcely dlstin
guishable from that of q woman. The trio
he from "Attllla" was rendered, Mr.. Sullivan
ch sustaining the soprano with far better effect
Ter and better quality of tone than many fe
Id male vocallsts whom we have heard. The
la performances were of decided merit, aud
Is, stamp the company as one Of the best In the
he profession.
I've BoIs N BLUE.-A special meeting Of tn,
we Boys In Blue was held last evening at Unior
raj League Hall; General A. Grant In the chair
of W. 5. Fletcher, secretary.
to The chairman of the committee on revls
ing the rules and regulations being calleC
sh- upon TO report, asked for further time.
aso General Fisher moved that the COMMITTEE
I'M have until next Thursday to report, whicl
ems was adopted.
of On motion, the committee was increase
lest TO nine members.
be The following are the committee: Genera
the \. A. Grant, General J. Bell Adams, Gen
AZ. | pTul III. NJ knipht Cnlnnpl NJ nuHv FOL
DAD enol A. VI. Bland, General c. D. Fisher
we'd Captain T. Peck, Colonel W. s. Fletcher
Ex- Major Jerome A. johnson.
ard
9th PETITION FOR PAY by THE NAVY VAR
ter EMPLoYEEs.-A respectful petition, signe
use by large majority of the navy yard EN-
til, ployees, setting forth the fact that thei
,ad wages had been ''docked' for the tim
up. work was suspended on the occasion of tn
death Of Secretary Rawllns, and requesting
as Of the Secretary OF the Navy that tn
'ir- amount thus deducted should be paid them
I'D The petition was endorsed by Admlra
he Dahlgren, commandment, and forwarded tC
ID. the Navy Department. Ithas been returned
lty TO the yard with the statement Of the Sec
ne rotary that he had no power in the premises
he and that under the law the wages could MOI
or be paid for the time not actually made.
he DARING RoBBERY.-While The procession
lid was passing the corner of Seventh and l
&C. streets on Wednesday night, crowd OF dar
ing colored rowdles entered the confectionar!
al store Of V. Helmuth, helped themselves Il
he cakes and candies, and then strewed thu
ice floor with like articles. After they had takeI
IS. about 800 worth, the gang left unmolested
to although Mrs. Helmuth had to sit quie
'as spectator of the theft. As the police fore
ner were all with the procession, the robbers haC
OF n good opportunity to commit the outrag
the without molestation.
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'ra- ANNOUNCEMENT.
Ion BOYS CLOTHING
On Saturday morning we shall receiy
d Of from one of the leading manufacturers @
hat Bows Clothing in New YORK, a full an
In. | coinnIcte .tocE nF Yonths, ana Rovsi A.
re- Ill -, uyiL,1 G,s.rt -"
y to run anu niuter Clothihg, winch ls uu