The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-07

needed q, aud proposed 70 give us security.
q. Did he give sceurityi
confidence 10 him, and did not want snyj that
we did not believe he would take any advsn-
tage Of the bankrupt law.
Have oupaid your help up TO the pres
A. We'll, not altogether, 1 owe about =
month, soinS on the second ;Ss =, ,.vn.,, ~,
msdel
q. Al you owe Is from that time up to the
A. Yes, sir, I paid up to the 18th Of August.
I have to give them orders every week some
Which, suppose, am responsiSis Tor, ~
q. And you don't know at present whether
you are going to make anything out Of this
4. Il suppose we will lose money We will
e satisfied II we get out level and square.
DANIEL Kxys, SWORN nv ALDERMAN THos. Q.
Examined by Mr.. Holmes; Q. When didyou
go to work on these streets
A. On the eth Of July.
A. have been working there ever since
the eth, up to Tuesday, a little over two
q. When were you paid lastt
A. Up TO the 18th OF July.
z. What day was Il he paid your
" Va. aHsn sitssr 'a S,a r si%s x paid you
A. On the 18th ofJuIy he paid US up to the
.. You have received no money 'inse'
O. How much does he owe you nowi
A. l do not exactly know, but the man who
kept our time ought to know. lost several
day or pieces OF days, and cannot exactly tell.
have not added It all up together.
q. DO you work for him now
Money was coming so slow, thought would
% q. Do you know Of any person being paid
| since thel5th Of Julyi
A. No. sir,
q, Did you hear whether diecsou got 900
about the ist OF August -
| talking about 1t. ! do not know.
q. You never saw him with any money
| about that timel
q. Who hired you thcrei
q. Did MIR. Donovan have anything to do
A. Al certain times, when Mr.. Gleeson was
away, he would act as boss. l may have seen
| him act rs boss twice.
Another MEETING OF THE 1svEsTIoATIEo
CoNMITrEE.-The Investigating Committee
| met yesterday at 8 y, IN. at the CITY Hall. The
examination Of Benjamin +. Needs was con.
tinued from last Friday. Mr.. Needs was sub
jected to a long examination BY Mr.. Wilson,
He submitted 4 tabular estimate OF the cost
| of grading the streets by different bidders,
which, from what we can learn, was eonsid'
AT the close Of his examination It was
novelty Mr.. Wilson that 1t be stricken from
| the record on the ground that II was an unfair
statement and record, as upon a close exam.
ination of all the bids, 1t was found that In.
stead OF saving the corporation 5000, as was
represented by Dir. Needs, by giving the work
10 John Donovan, the corporation would have
been saved tl, 100 OF the work had been gwen
to the lowest competent bidder according to
law.
When asked what reason he had for believ.
Ing the document forged he replied that q pc
Rod had been altered into comma, aud was
positive that the disputed words were not In
the contract when II came into his possession.
Witness could not tell the date when he 70.
ceived II, or from whom he received u. He
considered himself an expert In detecting
frauds In documents. He then was asked "
he considered that the handwriting was the
same as that OF MT Crane 10 the contract The ne
writing In question was asoertAined TO be mat
OF the Mayors book. keeper. The Mayor was
SsseS t to eI give S ap H. H. them produced
an order signed by all the members of the com.
mittee for the said contract, and he positively
declined to give II up unless In his presence.
After four. hours session the committee ad.
journed to meet again on Friday evening.
SrApBIsa AyYAiR.-On Tuesday morning
about o O'Clock, as Mr.. John A. Downs, 10
company with = young man by the name OF
Hadley, was walking through the Capitol
. the name Of Ambrose aud introduced him to
Mr.. Downs as Mr.. Ambrose, who told Hadley
| that he was entitled to be called Doctor,
moss sBSsl ne f fsDsu.ss M then asked
his friend to leave and 20 with him. On TAX
Ing their leave Of Ambrose no again abused
, Mr.. ID. with a knife, striking him on the aim,
piercing the flesh to the bonei and while Mt:
b. was eontending with his yiolent;temLe cred
was the better part OF yslor," took to his
heels and travelled at rate Of speed that
would have done credit to old John Gilpin.
| An nf A m w IA IN e..
man, and Downs declining to appear against
him, he was released on the spot.
OPEsIso OF THE tn BIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
oY COLUMBIAN CoLLE0g.-The theological de-
partmcnt OF Columbian college was opened
with appropriate exercises At has past I'VE
ing, on Fifth street.
Remarks were made by President Samson
and Professors Shuto aud Huntington relative
to the course Of study for the ensuing term.
Several students OF Columbian college. and a
number OF clerks from the Departments joine
the class.
Members OF various religious demo limitations
attended the course last year, and will con-
tinue their studies the present season. Glasses
Testaments, in principles ofinteIpreta'ion, In
Church history, IIomeletlc, and In prepare.
ton OF diseourses for the pulpit, were formed.
BASE BALL.-The Eckford club, Of Brook.
Ign, N, Y, will be back from Baltimore on
Friday, and playa game with the Nationals
on their grounds on Friday afternoon N On
York, the deciding game for the champion
ship,
latter part of next week, and play our clubs.
The second mines OF the Olympic and Union
clubs play = match game on the Monument
grounds this afternoon.
The Olympic hold meeting tonight at No
IS Four-snd-s-half street, for the purpose OF
electing officers and board OF directors.
| n -
Hon. u. u. COX, ex.Commissioner OF Pen
| sions, who has become associated with the
faculty Of the msd'ss, department At, Of deSrge
upon medicsl jurisprudence at the college
corner Of Tenth aud l. streets, this eyeniug al
$50 o'clock. From the well known ability oil
DR.. Cox we can readily imagine that hii
course will be one OF extreme interest to both
physicians and lawyers, and advise all, oil
, both professions, who can possibly attend, to
Il do SO.
= THEGgRMAN VETERAN UNION held Its reg,
= ular monthly meeting last evening" Captain
G John Jenk In the chair.
Comrade Paul Mickinburger was elected
financial secretary,
8 The following new members were elected
Captain l.. Engels, Captain =. Thielkuhl, An
u ton Keuchel and Otto Gudici.
After the transaction OF routine business
j the association adjourned to meet at Ken
n chefs Hall, opposite the post office, In two
weeks.
Z ACcIDEsT.-About 10 o'clock on Tuesday
morning., while several laborers were at worl
y in the gravel bank on Il street north, between
Second and Third streets east, the earth cayet
o In, buryiHg.onc Of the coOred wotkmen named
Armistezd Bundy. lie was soon eNtIicated
but he was severely Injured about the back
u breast and right knee, Officer Oliver had hin
conveyed to his home, where DR., Leo WAS sum
I moned to render HIN medical aid.
SoIREE AT POTOMAC HALL.-Potomsc Hall
south Washington, was enlivened by a ven
pleasant party last night, the occasion beini
q soiree given by Messrs. Cassell and Bell, Al
| Introductory to the term of the dancing acad
+, envy which they propose to open In South
a Washington. The party was a select one, ant
. everything passed off In the most agreeable
p manner.
! RAILROAD TRAvEL.-The northern train
y due here yesterday all arrived late owing I,
the damage done the road near Philsdelphi,
. | by the storm OF Sunday. Late last night In
tell gence was received here that the inJurie
, to the road had been repaired and the train
i | would be able to run on time.
FIRE.-At $50 o'clock on Tuesday evening
Ohicer Berkely discovered IRE at the hous,
q Of Major Dunn, on l. street south, between
Eighth and Ninth streets east, caused by care
lessly throwing a lighted match against I