The national Republican., 1869-01-13
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

LOCAL DEPARTMENT..
BRtcKLAYRR's NATIONAL CosyENTioN.-
This union reassembled at Odd Fellows Hall
The secretary @ read his annual report, which
Messrs. Niles, Farley, Nichols, Thomas and
Swayne.
president, and II exhibited a balance on hand
from last year Of tSs,I9, which, with that
since collected, made tos2.ssi balance, so9o.lIi
remaining on hand, t292.A.
At IL m. the convention took recess to l:3O
Mr.. S. r. aaul submitted a report from the
National Labor Congress, and read portions
OF the proceedings of that body. The fepo''
Reports OF committees being ia order, Mr
J. W. Browning, from the committee on tne
port. Among other things II makes the fol'
lowing recommendation ,,,...,
"That article u OF the eonsutu'ionl IN res
amended 40 as 10 compel unions to give timely
warning 10 the proper ofhcer In order to re-
ceiye support; that the apprentice question
be len with the local unions, but that no boss
shall be allowed to have more than three ap-
pfenticesj that the action OF the president In
refusing q charter to the German bricklayers
OF Morfisania, No. !, be sustained by the
unionj that the convention consider the pro
ptiety and eNpediency OF amalgamating the
Plasteters' and BriekIayers' Unionsi that the
the president to defrsy the expenses OF the
conspiracy now pending In New York and
New Jersey, be made null aud void, aud the
amount already forwarded to the treasury be
refunded or placed to their credit, as the sum
now in the hands OF the committee In New
courts, hat they consider the merits Of the
eight-hour question, and the best means to de
feat those who have arralgned the unions OF
ark, N. ]. The com mittee also recommend a
vote OF thanks to the otfcers and members oi
Union No. !, Of Missouri, for their noble &C.
while the brickfayers Of New York were on a
strike, and congratulate the brioklayers oi
Philadelphia, Pa, on their success in organ:
iElng, hoping they will persevere In the good
work, and that the same spirit will animate
the fraternity all over the isnd.n
aS
bers. Samuel r. Gaul, No. 2, New York, p. J.
O'Connell, No. 2, Chicago, Illinois, David Pol
No. ., Aiieghsny city, Pebnsyivania; John S.
Frost, No. /, New York; q. q. Cooke, District
Columbiai and Michael Manning, No. l, New
York.
stephen Burroughs, Of No. ., New York
hoped Mr.. Samuel II. Gaul, Of New York, or
any other man that engaged In the strike there,
SPEAKERS union 'S would t have 70 w wlthdfswi
they had no confidence In him. The speaker
here proceeded, by consent, to read state
Gaul.
Mr.Eggleston defended Mr.. G.ul, and wanted
TO know why the members Of New York did
not defeat Mr.. Gaul as a candidate to be del
egate to this convention. The fact that HI
was sent here was sufficient for him to indors'
Mr.. GAul
NeiSrI. Frost, Pollard, and Manning declined
the nomination.
Mr. Gsul denied emphatIcaIIy having mlsAp
propriated even one cent OF money with which
After considerable discussion, the conven
tion proceeded with the election of oficeri
with the following result S. r. Gaul, No. .
NRW NnFk nFaai1Rnts p a Df(fnnnpl. No. 2
Chicago, Illinois, vice presidenti J. Edwart
Kirby, No. !, Baltimore, Maryland, secretary
vice secretary; Walter DoSsoH, No. i, Wash
ington, treasurer David Pollard, No. !, Mary
land, delegate at large.
The convention then adjourned TIL to-day a
9a.m.
They will sit to 1880 p. m, take recess T.
2p. m, and then continue In session until 8 ,
m, daily, until the business 10 transacted.
FESiAS MAss.NEETISG.-A large and mos
enthusiastic Fenian mass-meeting was held q
Odd Fellows Hall, last evening.
shortly after s o'clock Gen. John o'Neil
president OF the Fenian Brotherhood Jane
Gibbons, esq, vice president +. b Capt v
J. Hynes aud James Laekey, esq, preceded
amllitsry company, dressed in gieen,( con
amid tremendous applause. At the same tin
Prof. Mslone's brass band, which was In a
tendance, struck up an appropriate air..
that the meeting had been called for the pu
pose OF informing them what had been doI
and to let them know in what condition Ii
Z, Ss: a" ,9s time
object for which they were enrolled,
The speaker then introduced Gen. job
ONeill, OF New York, who said that since
addressed them last he had been placed
Ireland or not, time would tell. He promise
to do all In his power for their good caust
but thought that they placed too much cont
upUCp In their OfflCpFR and did mot RNPFria
their own abilities as much as was their duty
He wished them to understand that It was no
the officers cause for which they had to work
but for the cause Of their enslayed race
There were many, he said, who pFofessed l.
be members Of the organisation, who sal
formed would never be accomplished. He ds
MED the assertion, as did all the leadInl
statesmen o. EnglAhd' He proceeded TO ex
plain what II had done and would yet do.
The Congress recently held in Philadelphia
was the largest ever held blythe brotherhood
ana ms represeSHtnsyes ,, eommsnded , ,s miliion @
alton of Ireland just as soon as 1t was eedeC
The parade on that occasion was the hnei
ever made by the FenianS, two hundred {
whom were armed with muskets and breaci
loading rifles, which were their own property
They were In possession OF more arms al
European nation and hoped that they woui
soon be able to face the foe. The men I
Washington, who were misrepresented by II
press and styled eut.thToats, thieves, sc
would soon have the chance to huTl the 1
back into their teeth
Jas, Gibbons, of Philadelphia, was pr
sented as one who had grown gray in Il
cause, and said he was happy to greet the
on this occasion, and after some allusion
the sufierings of Ireland for centuries, he sa
there were O,OOO 900 OF their Oountrymen oy
the world to-day preparing to confront Il
enemy and put themto hight, and would do
said that there was a class Of men in irela
who did all in their power to aid the enemy, a
were doing the Irish cause great harm.
positions with England, and cited them to pi
lismentary history to prove that to-day En
land was stepped one hundred per cer
deeper 10 crime than ireland.
The Fenian organization was on the sui
init and thousand OF their camp-nres we
burning on American soil, and well EnglaI
land better, which was just for the purpose
saving her own empire. 1t was admitted
the English Parliament, by their ablest mt
and by their leading newspapers, he said, th
Ireland would not stop short OF her indepen
ehS,o, ehSe, EngIa1nd had put the torch TO u
drove their teachers out, robbed their land aI
called 1t conhscation, and sent Its peop
abroad as paupers. She stood conde emned b
fore the world, WHICH was waiting for the IriI
to execute her; He said that the questic
must be brought before the American 90
gIess, and that they were in duty bound to a.
Capt. Hynes, Of this city, was then intr
duced and spoke In behalf Of those who hs
Ab9Ied hard ioE the cause In this city, and no
wlthstandlng the few that aided them he b
lieyed more good, solid work had been doI
Than during any previous year. He eEplaInI
the object of Fenianismi endehyored 10 q
pam the true condition Of lrel lsnd, the eau
Of her oppression and from whence 1t can
After exhoFting them to duty, he Invited III {
forward TO enrol their names in tho army a
m the home circle, and also asked them tS, i
them by giving their money Quite nv mi
responded to each call,
POLICE lSTELLIaHSoE.-E. Crump, on
complaint of Mary Ford, charged vita buyl
goods, knowing them to have been ~ olen v
srranfad hv llhneE HnYle and lAk nn Lnfl