The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-09

Fellow:saysses Of the Sandwich Islands ,
Mark Twain 10 q fne looking man, OF medium
noastsChe, regular features and fresh ICON com.
He hs,s peculiar way of wrinkllns up hi.
Light and with I peculiar dryne,s, and seems
to be modulsted 10 only two keys. His style
Of, speaking Is unique 70 the last degree Il 10
humoI, and fits him as neatly as his garments, |
He delivers his sentences Without haste, under
tone OF the most utter indifference.
When he has made really Ind period or
takes psin: to turn the entire affair into joke
sspSe and weds h Se,ctip ift Of
great vS ssins, eruption in the sandwich
just an instant, and then said 10 The same pas.
.ionless tone, "Let some one beat that for
The lecture o. Our Felio~ savage, in tho
Sandwich Islands" would not be nearly so
amusing to read as It 10 to hear from Mark
night before his crowded audience in the char.
setet OF very quaint, peculiar and emincntiy
The position OF the island he gave geosraph.
ieally, but why they were placed so far away
from everything, and In such an announcement
would have discovered the island, but who did
not, was diverted from his course by q manu-
script found 10 bottle; and this, said the
has been turned from the true path by sugges.
tons drawn from bottle.
The European nations, he said, brought their
own diseases together with civilization, edu. !
cation and other cslsmities. The effect Of thi.
had been to diminish the nstion's population !
mortality Is III. fseilitiss ofiesrnins wers mal.
,Piied. But My thousand natives are now
lett upon the islands, and II has been suggested
that means hnish tho entire lot. The country |
people, the women, he said, wearsa single gai. !
ment made Of one piece "snd the men DON'T" |
carry umbrellas, aud when particularly cold |
they wear cotton 10 their ears. rhe hospi. |
tsiity o. The people he could bear witnessto
He said the fondness Of the ISLANDERS for dogs
|, intense. Dogs, the lecturer said, had tie
%sa IN TS.y yss suS SSsS
sss him. eoaidSs DO tSs. t." ' ssid 't tSSs
ssEesi "rd rather go hungry for two days
thnn eat an old personal friend In that way"
The ,sps.hk X. continued in this strain
success of the most decided character.
officers Of the Boys in blue was held al Union
League Hall, large attendance being prescnt;
General A. Grant presided, and W. S Fletcher,
The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev.
The letter Of General @. d. Fischer, with.
drawing his resignation, was read,
A general order was read In regard to props.
w.re ip lSI sP1a,Ssd parade, and On'srs
| iion.
The secretary gave notice that General II.
McEwen, X: H. Tunnia, OF the Third ward,
and Palmer Briscoe, OF the Fourth ward, had
accepted the positions to which they had been
| elected as members OF the executive board.
Mr.: T. A. Boswell, chairman OF the commit.
tee OF arrangements, reported th.t the com
mittee recommend the postpnnement of the
parade until Thursday, December 10, which
| recommendation was eoncurrcd in.
Reports were received from Generals G. Il. |
Fischer; lat divisions A. A: Grant, 81 division,
aud H. NJ. Knight stating that their respective
eommands would be In readiness to turn out
| 10 full force at the coming parade.
| Mr.. !. T. Fowler, of the executive board, !
was called upon and stated he would serve in
the position to which he had been elected.
General A Grant stated he had called upon
trumped.up charges which had been preferred
against him. He would abide By their dc
On motion OF Major A. d. RockafeIlov, a
series OF resolutions were adopted requesting
omeers TO prepare petitions to be signed by
that belliserent rights be granted to the Cubsn
| sympsthise.
| W. Green, W. II. West and A, A. Grant the.
meeting adjourned, the best OF order having
been maintained by Lieutenant WIN. Small.
wood otiicer OF the day.
| EXCURSION OYER tbs Loupous AND HAsp.
| SHIRE RAILRoAD.-On the Invitation OF Hon
Lewis Mckenzie, president Of the Loudoun
| anu hampshire railroad, quite a number OF
the citizens Of this city made an excursion
yesterisy to Hamilton, the terminus OF the
| q m, and reached the depot at AlekaudriA In
good time for the special train provided tor tho
o,cssion. Here they were Joined by Mr. No
| Jhmisson, Samuel Miller, and other leading
enliens OF our sister city. Among those from
or the Board Of Aldermen, joseph wi eiiisg%
S S6s:S m%oy Gl,5se Psyi' ana T,.sr
and Piperj S. r. Bond. Water Register, Com
missioner Himber, DR.. Rowland and Others
SepresentinS the Levy Court, and Messrs. J. |
| NJ. CLARK and Col. Whitaker.
The train left at9 o'clock, and reached Ham
about Y o'clock, m. Here the excursionistn
| spent about an hour in viewing the beautiful
aSS1ntry lying between the CStoctin and Blue
opinion that q more beautiful country never
was looked upon.
| On taking the cars for a return to the an
| the cars, and a grsndlunch 1t was. Front
Regal" wine flowed freely, and the necessity
bling through the streets ofLsssbufg Lsav-
,as ,h heeIoarg At o'clock. P m, the p.rty
Terry boat, and all reached home safely by
| p. m.
q, The excursion wa. = very pleasant ,tr,Ir
| throughout, but 1t could not well have been
| otherwise, under the superintendence Of such
.genisl and clever gentleman as Mr.. E.cKen.
Captain Sam Gedney, of the Potomac Ferry
company, for the many eourtesies shown
| them.
| Local BREvITIRS.-The 30. o. S " IL the
ns sseeS of society SIEA1s9
| BAFQAclO A a el al
| The steamer Z. q. knight arrived in George.
town Yesterday with a full cargo OF merchsn.
clse Tor District merchants.
| The Proyident Aid Society have commenced
| operations for the winter, and the ageut Mr..
Ak browne, HIS opened their depot Ia the
building corner of Fifth and Z streets,
| The steam fire engine No. has been de.
tailed by the chief eng ncer OF the Are dep.rt.
ment to Keep the excavation clear, in order
town, can be repaired. The detail was M tdc
atthe request Of Engineer Same.
were arrested yesterday on the charge OF using
| spring'balaHce scales 10 defiance Of a recent
, as Of ne Corporation They were taken be.
attorney for the butchers association, np. !
Peared Tor the Defendant. and Informed the
hus nnSSs thsta writ OF Injunction had been
| TO restrain the corporation from enforcing the
law. In view OF this statement, the Justice
Yesterday was "trlsl.dsy" at police head.
luarters,snd quitea number of"M P.'s" were
up TO answer Tor alleged offences.
jeremiah Costello, q street contractor w As !
hned " each, In three separate cases, by Jus. .
,iee Mlli1 yesterday for leaving certain excN
Vations without light during the night
John Green, colorei boy, was sent TO jail !
for court yesterday for the larceny Of three
dozen egg, from Jas $. Martin, intcndant Of
the Washington asylum.
Dennis Burns, a huckster, gave bail for
court Yesterday for an assault and battery on
James Mckonha, county constable.
ANOTHHR
Dhxis whose arrest for forging the names |
OF Hon. q, ID. Drake and J. +. Asper, which |
was mentioned in the RErUBLIC An last week |
s now In jail AwaitiugA further hearing Oh |
me two charges preferred against him Yes |
terday another charge OF forgery was iii |,
against b IN by Mr.. Nathan Ii CLARK, who |
charges him with forging the endorsement OF |
hon. J. !. Asper on a note of tOO, upDn |
which he tDsy'j received the money from the |
Ssll Clark Davis will have a hearing before |
Justice Walter In day or two.
MoNgr SoLp.-At the meeting OF tho Prov
ident Building Association on Tuesday eve
ming, 5000 was sold at an average OF 81 her