The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-04-29

tho white House and was noticed lettering b,
about for an hour or more seeming to have Ia
no particular object In view. He then re- II
tired, but returned between twelve and ono L
o'clock, and passing up stairs proceeded 10
the Prcsidents room and attempted to force +
his way In, and succeeded In entering the u
room, whore his progress was arrested by L
General Dent, who turued him over to on G
GERS Fox and McEiftcsh, and he was con- Il
veyed BY them 10 the Central guard-housc, II
where he gave his namo as william B. Lat v
telle, Of Newark, N. j., and claims TO have q
served as q private In the Sd Wisconsin cav &
airy. About - In money was found upon Y
his person, but no weapon OF any kind. II
Is supposed that his mind IA unsettled, and I
that his conduct yesterday was but the freak
Of insanity. .f'.. c
He had q partial hearing before Justice {
Clark and was detained unit | he could be {
examined by some medical person. DR..
Croghan was called, and visited him about
O o'clock last evening, When the Doctor u
entered the room no declined TO converse, 4
but soon became more communicative. He 9
stated that he was q farmer living at Sparta, I
Wisconsin, and had come on here to protect
the President, as there was shortly to be
cutting, fighting, and killing all around.
lie said he arrived In the city yesterday 1
morning and won't Immediately 70 the Cap 9
itol supposipg the President was there, but 4
being informed TO the contrary he went to
the White House and stood guard there until
- Ss,oeh, Wnen 'ae ,Iesiuent wen. out ana (
He then returned to the Presidents House {
and entered the Presidents room, when four ]
or nre, men fell upon him, aud says he 'here /,
I an"
rou, ur eonNeisaton Nouia seem tna' !
nc mIstook some person LOT the resident, |.
ana Io,,Vweu nun apout Nv tne mnlc housc
anu ontsiae, anu Proosoy having iost slght
as we have stated:
Ut. Croghan, after lengthy examination,
declined 70 give certificate OF aetnal In
sanity, although he Expressed tho opinion
that the prisoner was laboring under some
mental excitement.
Tho Officers al the station arc at loss
what disposifion 10 make OF the case
.u -
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE CHINESE
Wong-za.ke, native oil China and pupil
at Columbian College, delivered an Interest
Ing lecture on the social customs OF the peo-
pie OF his native land, on Tuesday evening,
at the West-street (Georgetown) Prcsby-
terrain church. Wong-za-ke isquitc youth,
and has been In TINS country only year and
half, and not having as yet full command
OF the English language, Lacks the ability to
give full scope to bis views. He managed,
| however, 10 make himself understood, and
the lecture was quite interesting because Of
appreciated by the large audience present.
He spoke Of one custom among his people,
| which demonstrates that the Chinese are
not selfish people, as Is sometimes asserted,
but believe In and practice the broad human
itarian Ideas as taught by Confucius. The
| lecturer said that q traveller In China was
| always at liberty to enter n mans premises
and cat until his hunger was satlated, and
that In not q single instance was objection
ever made.
NEW STREET LETTER BoXEs.-Workmen
arc now engaged In putting up In lieu OF the
| old boxes, ITO new street letter boxes OF
Strong's patent. These boxes arc somewhat
longer than thoce which have been In use.
On tue top Is a lid, opening Just enough to
take In Thick letter and In Il is shelf SO
arranged that when the lids closed the letter
was patented In March last and the contract
having been made with the Peeksville On.
W Plow Works for the manufacture Of
them, they are now being delivered and put
up by the patentee. Postmaster Alexander
has instructed the letter carriers that Strong's
| box has been adopted; that tmail matter de-
| livered In private box upon Strong's patent
Is delivery TO the owner Of the box and d.
recting them to encourage the putting mp Of
private boxes. 1t should be borne in mind
that the letter carriers are not required to
collect newspapers from the street boxes
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RED MBS's CELEBRATfoS IN PHILADEL-
ruIA.-Phlladelphia Will be the scene OF an
other grand celebration on the l2th OF MAY
next, (St. Tammany's Day. when grand
celebration by the Order OF Red Men will be
held, tho corner stone oil new hali VIII be
place. II is expected that there VIII be over
1900 members of the Order present, repre-
sentlng every section OF the country, includ-
Ing from two to three hundred from the Dis
trict. Onondaga Tribe, No. 10, Of this city,
have accepted an Invitation OF Chippewa
Tribe, No. 81, OF Philadelphia, to participate
In the demonstration, and 1t Is expected that
members OF other Tribes here will unite
with the Onondaga on this occasion. The
delegates from TINS city expect TO leave on
the Sth OF May, and take with them the Uni
ted States Marine Band.
NJ, d.
hiSEh NEws-fisn MAhkEI.Ilhc arr,
VaIs yesterday were very lew, ana consisted
ol u n 1 OIL nsn ooa's. ALSO senoo s ror-
sy.n' from Aeeofi,ne, WIN P1ta'oes LOT mar,
oysters Tor market. Yesterday afternoon |
the steamer Arrow was hauled up aud a hole |
In her bottom repaired. She Will be furnished |
IN time ior her regular Trip To-Day schooner |
mary standlsh, hlch, lett yesterday alter |
noon Tor Georgetown, TO load coal Tor an |
eastern port ms vessel, which brought |
cargo OF four hundred tons OF Ice for the |
Washington and Georgetown Ice Company, |
was unloaded and the Ice deposited In the |
company's warehouses In less than two days, |
which Is said to be the shortest time any
vessel OF similar tonnage was ever unloadcd
In this section The work OF discharging |
cargo was done by steam.
PoLlCE INTELLIGENCE. Z. Marks, for
violating corporation ordinance, was lined
sl0 oy Justice Clark; t.,
ou1 license, Palu me OF 90 ,,
, igtyr n; meuinhis, paniel v oonhor ana
DaIIci Dli'Vn, naehsieu, "clG ench hneu 81
ny ousuee waiter lot NIoiating the law IN
'ca,lig 'neir norses WIthout urESr'
owen iaylor' coloreu poot'Dlack, Tor
steaiins nam wac scn' W jan lot court ny
justice S, Wa t >,.u,. mi,
,h No. N,eho h, Ne' ,n, TaPogL ana Ella