The national Republican., 1869-01-07

2; dead animals removed, sTt, Persons arrested
were disposed Of |. follows low. J.n for court g.
laid over, Il dismissed, toj hned, 80. Flnes
were imposed In 3s cases, amounting to t7lT. 10,
turned over to p59psray s,sTs SasnrSsd oSi.
pleasure In being ablo to state that the health
Of the city has been remarkably good during
the quarter.
DECISION ON TIE CORPORATION CAsEs.-
On the 30.h Of December, John Corrigan ar
peared before Justice Tucker, In the First pre-
to | a charge Of selling liquor Without a iiesnse.
Mr. Hins moved to qussh the writ for the fol-
lowing reasonG
upon an ofioer to arrest the body OF the defend.
ant as commencement Of suit against him to
recover penalty Of debt.
a debt due to the corporation OF the city OF
Warrington, District OF Oolumbia, but does
not puIport TO have been sued out BY any ON
half Of the corporation.
The case was continued till January 8. Yes
an mar srsument % TO sustain % hi. motion, JustIos
Tucker reviewed the motion and argument. |
He said the hrst reason offered was correct In |
The ofiser One % 10 arrest RE The body Of the dsfsndsSt
Bot the object OF II was to secure the defend. |
ants answer to the Information that he sold |
i u rioIS,ion % OF ' Hs% FrEe Ff Il oD upon inysstss
tion 1t appeared that the law had been vlo- |
lated, the defendant would be nned according
70 Law, and that nne would be apenalty for
| the offence committed.
The Justice exhibited wide difference be-
| tween debt aud a peaAltyi one resulting nom
yAluei the other ng a punishment indicted
for violation Of law.
or The second reason, the Ju.tiSs said that
purports that II was issued TO answer debt
due the corporation Of Warrington, and could
see no necessity that writs issued under penal
.nNa nf h. ln1 1ahn ha taf ant hu
any oflcer Of the corporation authorized to
Institute suits on behslf OF said corporation.
The counsel for defence reviewed the acts Of
1853, the last act relative to Imprisonment for
tion cases have been regarded 81 lawyers as
BY an act OF isi5-athat nothing In the said act
passed the 18th Of June, lst4. or in this aet,
or action brought bS the corporate authorities
OF either OF the cities Of the said District to
recover = penalty imposed BY any ordnance OF
II. bylaws and ordinsness"
This act makes an exception of such suit
and actions; Magpears TO me that had the
ration law penalties with civil debts, such a
| classihcation would have been distinctly ex.
pressed in the act. The act act Of 1858 has strict
but fines under the corporation laws were not
! known as debts but as penalties, Therefore
the act Of 1858 does not affect the ordinary
But we will examine another act OF Con.
gress, passed July 10, lso2, relative to the Me-
tropolitan police, Section 8 says: "The mem
bers OF the Board OF Police, and OF the police
| force, shall possess In every part OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia all the common Law and
service Of civil process, and for the collection
OF strictly private debts.n II actions under the
| corporation laws are civil processes, then the
police have been acting In violation OF law
since the force wa. orssnilsd. But the act
says further; SIN which designation hnes I'm.
posed ior q The breach reach Of corporation ordinances
: What clearer declaration of the character OF
: those cases Is wanted. The hnes imposed foi
= = not be designated as private debts, and there.
! Tore the process for their recovery is not the
I: The Justice, after reviewing several cAsel
y cited BY counsel from Craneh's Crimins
Court Reports, remarked that the laws theI
!, and now are very different, and had the act o
I, lso2 been upon the statute books then, It Il
y probable that the decision would have beer
The Justice hold, the opinion that action,
corporation cases are quasi criminal unit
II the Justice accepts a superceder, or the
: aeiendant appeals to court, the case assumei
the case on Its merits. The evidence fsilini
= to sustain the charge the case was dismissed
| IN dkOHUkTOWk.-
d | IMarket-house Hall was crowded last evenin,
e by the Republicans OF Georgetown, for tn,
Q purpose Of thoroughly organizing the Repub
!, Colonel J. Bell Adams, presiding, called tn
J. meeting to order and gave reasons why the
/ should be reorganized. He said that SLAYER
o was abolished throughout the United Statel
, and the oolored man allowed to vote In thir
D teen States OF the Union, but that they shoul
, and must have the right OF franchise through
} Dr.. J. N. Giostor, Of New York, made shor
address.
Messrs. John @ Waters. James Furgusou
y John Newman, John Armstrong and Edwart
Noles were appointed to draft resolutions
and subsequently, submitted the following;
Resolped, That Impartial suffrage through
out these United States, without referenc,
to color, condition, or race, Is our atehword
and that we, the Republicans OF Georgetown
u. o., In mass-meetinE assembled, will con
oolored man Throughout: the United States, al
they, the colored men, now enjoy II in thii
Districts that we feel a deep sympathy with
this privilege 10 denied them, and we as Re
publicans say II 10 useless to talk OF the ex
istence Of freedom without giving the mean
Resolved, That we, the Republicans OF thiI
city, residing, as we do, at the seat OF Govern
ment, will unite As one man, and urge Con
OF suffrage 10 every State of this Republic.
Re5oired, That taxation without represents
tion 70 Tepugnant to our form OF government
| ehu .na' "ct 10 hVPupiioanstuem ue maui thh'' u,
republican principles be carried out, In spirit
Resolved, That the colored citizens OF leorge
town being the hrst In the United States "a
exercise the right OF suffrage given to them BY
p loyal Congress and President, since they
nave exercised that right, they have faith
= iullyi as Republicans, to q man advocated al
the balot.box the representatives, OF the Re
publican party selected for them; and whereAI
= color 70 now no longer test Of citizenship,
Be ReSOlved; That it is due to the colored
citizens to have a fair representation In the
minor oiiees Of the city.
Unanimously adopted.
Colonei Adams o. Carusl, Robert PAdEett
Michael Dufey, WIN. II, Boron addressed thu
leetinE, after which 1t adjourned.
II THE WOMAs's RIGHrs CoaYEHTioE.-Eliz
abeth Cady stanton, Susan d, Anthony, ClAF,
| Barton, Mrs. Josephine =. GrittlnE, Senator
Pomeroy and Wilson, John NJ. Langston
Giles b. Stebbins, Col. Richard J, Hinton, DR.
Daniel Breed and J, X. II. Wilcox will tax,
part In the forthcoming National Woman
Suffrage Convention. Rev. DR.. Gray, chap
lain OF the Senate, will open the proceeding
with prayer.
MORE SNEAK THIEvISo,-The residence o
Mr.. Charles Fleming, corner OF NJ and SeconC
| streets, was entered 90 Tuesday afternoon AM
| robbed of half dozen silver spoons, a dressed
| turkey, and ham.
RKaIGEED,--Couneilma James n, DAltoI
| has resigned his position AZ clerk In the navj
! yard, and, we learn, proposes TO go into busi
ness,