Evening star., 1869-06-28

for, next took the floor ana made few
remsrks, which were freQusnay aPplaudea.
He severely criticised he action OF the Gov
eminent printers in rsfnstng g meet the issue
concluded By he he's s.atsnsas ] Il that. for him Sim:en,
he was frse to confess, h there Were no other
reasons for doing %. hs should oppose
Mr.Uoseph Rodrsrs then made . fsw 70.
marks, amid some Interruption becauss OF his
innrmity Of utterance, after which the meeting
adjourned subject 10 the call OF the Chairman.
FOURTH wARD R1PUBLIcAN. CLuB-re
Election Riots.-A meeting Of the Fourth ward
Gi1 Han on sas1rday @ az svsniDS @ Mr
]. H. Oroesnan in the chair, and Prof. a. n.
Green acting a. Secretary. Hr. Crane offered
1s;oiu5,on s:y s:y%p:ssiz!nE Ss.a with Capt
orrhage brought on by excessive labor during
the late municipal campaign, and also extend
ing gpecuniarZ aid; and after remark. BY Messrs.
Crane and Espy the resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Crane submitted the following statennent
of the finances, (account Of the Executive Com.
wnSe ,ss w.s aSsspssS r. To- s~ouns paid
ing debts, S27. Total, S630.53. BY amount col.
lected, SssI SO; do. due on subscriptions, S9i 2s
Total, $6730s. Balance to credit OF club, St2.55
Mr.. Crossman submitted series OF resolutions
disapproviug of acts of violence ard attempts
to control by bribery or Intimidation the votes
OF any person; declaring that any attempt al
only on the free exercise Of the right Of suffrage
the experiment of a Republican government
can have fair trial. that while they recognize
In the isnoiant and vicious classes Of society
the greatest danger, the true way to overcome
the peril is by firm legislation, judiciou
sympathy. and universal education, that will
human nature and the capacity OF .he people
for self government; that the criticisms Of some
newspapers IN SO far as they tend to
implicate the Republican party IN the effort
dates are not warranted by the facts.
Mr. Crossman, in q few remarks, urged the
adoption OF the resolutions. believing that as
they had been charged to have been the ,use
OF the riot they should set themselves right.
Mr. J. II Brown favored the resolutions, and
said that the riot originated with men who
were not of their own party, and read an ediro.
rial In the STAR to show the state OF feeling IN
the country in regard to the election riots. Pro-
urged that it was the duty Of all order.ioving
colored men to put their foot down on such
conduct as had taken place on election day; and
al who apologized tor those who engaged in
scenes Of disorder should be frowned down
DIR. s. s. Bond moved to amend by adding a
resolution "that the attack on the notorious
had been employed by him as a contractor, ana
who had not been paid.' Mr.. Espy moved to
lay DR. Bonds amendment OF the table agreed
to The resolutions were then adopted unau-
imously, and the meeting adjourned.
THE PROPOSED YACHT RACR-A Chauen7e -
Matters are beginning to look somewhat favor
able for frst-class yacht race in these waters
at an early day. A few days since TIE SrAe
contained the particulars Of a proposed match
between the yachts witch Of the Wave" and
OF some technical disagreement between tue
conflic' ing parties, and subseq uently it was
announced that arrangements were In embryo
for a contest between the "Witch" and the
"John T. Given," but nothing authoritatiyeIy
was known tll Saturday, when note was
received from the 'sGIven Yacht Club" who
seem seer =; ann,o1S ,H to sesommSdas % ,he. compet.
the yacht "John T. Given" as their pet baut.
ling. The letter which Is addres sed to the edi.
tor Of this paper. and dated "headq quarters John
I. Given Yacht Club, Washington une 25th.'
says:
"Please allow us space In your most valuable
columns to reply to the challenge Of Messrs
Smithson, Barron Co, owner. of the yacht
Witch OF the Wave. We are pre.
pared to make the match with the above named
pa,neS les; on tnei5 own Terms, or VIII DO better:
boat, which will be allowing them a big ad.
vantage, or We will race them for three success.
boat, (the Given,) and clam NO time for the
smaller boat, which Is allowable according TO
the rules of racing. As talk is cheap iout
Stamps stamp taito we VIII y say, men and money
14th street, South Washington
In connection with the above, Messrs, Smith.
SON, Barron 90. express their willingness to
put up the "rhino' for a race between their
boat an d any other built in the District, and in
a few days, therefore, it Is believed a specified
time for the contest will be agreed upon.
THElsAAC LEIssR LITERARY ASSOCIATION,
which has been organized since February last
and is composed Of Young men whose ages are
from l. to Is, had reunion yeste rday after.
noon, when the following programme was
carried out: Interesting opening remarks py
ass S.T a. on
we'll delivered recitation, "The VaRabondr
by Mr. Ferd Frank an excellent essay OF
ssapP1esss ..snppoess rsdi b. Sch War,a sscitaton
gnians," Mr.. Bernard Traitel, which wa
finely read Debate. Which country exhibits
the greatest field for labor, Amerlca or Europel
Amrmative, America-SImon Joseph and
Emapuel Hanlein. Negative, Europe-Abra-
ham kaufman and Benz. q. Traitei. Closing
remarks by the Vice President, BenI D.
TIaldel. The association numbers % mem oers
who are all OF good social standing, and the
organization is on q firm foundation. Their
main object is to form good library.
INTERESTING SCHOOL ExAMINA1oN.-The
drawing room Of Mrs. A. G. Hall, on n street,
was on Friday thrown open to a pleasant
OF the private class Of Miss Nanette r. Draper,
who is also governess at the White House.
The children were thoroughly examined in
degree of proficiency, especially in French and
geography. Their reading was well done and
their various exercises In drawing, penman.
ship, DC, would bear criticism well. The les.
sops were varied by music from the little ones,
and followed by several series Of Dio Lewis;
gymnastics, in full costume, with rings and
dumb.bells. Premiums were distributed &C.
cordiDg to the merits OF the children. The
company then adjourned to the dining room
and partook Of Refreshments, kindly furnished
by the hostess, after which the little people
separated In good spirits, to meet again in Sep.
teMber.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE-On Saturday evening
Andrew jackson, formerly of LoudOn county.
Va, attempted to commit suicide by taking
laudanum, at his residence, on OH street, be.
tween L and NJ. He had been depressed in
spirits for some days, 1t is said. because OF
family troubles. and on Saturday evening,
having procured phial OF lauda um, went to
his room. requesting that no one should bother
him. His wife became suspicious and sent
after an officer, and in q few moments Sergeant
German and Ofcers Nelson and Robertson
appeared, when the doer was forced and they
found him in the act Of swallowing the drng
which proved to be an overdose and was rown
up. Drs. Lattimer and Hagner were summoned
and prescribed for hi n, and the police remained
in charge OF him during the night. He lAft on
the table paper giving directions as to his fu-
neral, &c.
LCxuRIRs THE DRRP-A most q " fraordi