Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-01-21

1 RAJ Dy TWO itItcTS, AAs repre-
| seIting the immortal twenty who inaugurated
| the new regime. On the left hon eoucsan. Il
1 tremotGrt On the light an animal diincal' Ia
dis tingui>h but noticeable for its very long ears
Triumphant snrmouEunx the letters Xxx a
! crown, ins crihed ..Samuei I, by the Grace Of
| God ard the assistance Of the Twenty" Motto:
| E1ceis,or simtUs e1posa,t cdGlGIa - the higher
amonkey climbs the more he shows his tail!l
| Let Us read on:
| OUTRAGE ON PEER OF the RRALN.-We
| are Informed, on credible authority, that the
| Rt Hon. the Earl of Washingto and George
| town, has been much ANNOYED OF late by the per
SistC mt action VI one OF the lower order in ad-
| dressing HIM as Mr. Thompson, (lhe Earl's fam
| ny name.) and on yesterday the ''feIlow' dared
| To address a communication to his lordsiiip. in
which he even had the temerity to spell Thomp-
| ron without a '.p.' Positively the encroach-
| me ntS Vt these rabble must be suppressed by
making serious example, and that very soon,
or the foundation OF court society will be shaken
[ADvERTIsEMENTs.l
| MESsRs. s. X Bro, Plumbers and Gas Filters
to the Royal Family and to the House OF Peers
| cod I'm
MEETING of Lords and Gentlemen of the
Bed Chamber will be held at the office of NessT,
h. &. L., tthc gentlemen who on yesterday sold
| To sir Gan los an Elcign the magnificent III III
| sion on Grand strt ct. and who have for sale
several similar palstial homes FOX the raraoSa
| OF devislng means To prevent the recurrcuca oT
outrages similar to that referred to III the court
! JoGernGi Of to-day. Notices in writing, ua,afu,
| the day and hour OF the meeting, VAL bc Issued
| tod-3t
And so on, and so on.
| "BARTHELEMY."
me ",n'T peoples {et r man cast DOWN
Nor narrow doubts hrs fiery heart can COVER,
! His loot already tfs.ds the place OF power.
what would he more? One glorious jewel more
| Cleans in the future OF cur Gorernor; az
Teri OF great prlc.;-no brig liter gem embraced,
WhF Which, inG g BE- h. asS nH. 70 be 1S6.sSd
a. htpas to Y, v ~ The priceless gem nor tail,
| H. hores 70 win the gem; but let him wait
| That Pearly may be perhaps the i,i't ~ fate
For ertry 0thsr star that burns SO br ght
| w lille shepherds watch their fiucks 10y night
| May hang ianner on "a. outer wall,
And cali Il meeting III a seventh street hall.
| Mr.. Elvans said his remarks were intended as
pl &c OF pleasantly, and to show the ridicu
l9Hs position Ia which some of these parties had
! placed themselves. He denied the assertion
that Congress woul1 object to the election OF all
tie officers, and said that last winter a bill pro-
yidnC for TIE election OF all the officers could
| have been passed had i'll been properly urged.
question was asked If Mr.. Elyans was in
favor OF consolidation government, ard he
| answered that he was; hut not of erecting "A
| Grand Drchy and 2 House OF Lords,
| MIR. O'DcNOVAN HAS A ROUND WITH Mt. DUFFY.
| Mr.. ODOnOvan said that he was in favor OF a
| Change, for at present they could nt obtain "A
| charter for any company without waiting
| godly length Of time. and the CORPORATION was
| now bankrupt. tNoiccs.-"Sit down." "Put
| lin OUT He was willing to give any man the
right OF Tree speech, and he intended to exercise
| that right.
| MIR. Michael Duffy rose to point of order that
| the speaker was a copperhead and had spoken
| unexpectedly OF Congress.
Mr.. O'DOnOvan replied that Duffy was Cor
| poration hireling, andlwould sell his Lord and
| Master for thirty pieces OF silver. uid Judas
| lscarjGt. An excited crowd here gathered about
| c'Donovan. and demansed that he should take
| back the words, but John was intieXible, saying
| That nc was willing to hear any answer TO his re-
| marks. After Il time the cries Of put him out,
lie 5 no business here, &c, ceased and the Char
| succeeded in making himself heard, and decided
that the meeting WAS not called as a partizan
| meeting, and that 4 citizen had the right to
criticize The acts of Congress- Cries OF take him
| out.I-.jOhn essayed again to speak, and asked
| what were Corporation bonds worth to-day
| absolutely nothing.
Mr.. A. NJ. Green.-Have not Government
securities been III the same fix?
| Mr.oDOnOyan.-WeI ell, two wrongs don't MAKE
| right. He COutendcd that the people had
| rights in this District, and they demanded a
| representative III Congress. lCries of =. Take
The Chair appealed to the audience to keep
| ordr, and finally succeeded, when
| John got under way again, and proceeded to
oiscnss the question: neither the proposed chan ,e
| Would bentht the city, taking the ground that
| t%ould. Here there were cries of ..Sit down -
| " Drag him ont ~
|. AIR. Sears, cot the Seventh Ward0 in an ex-
| cited voice, exclaimed, Make him take back
The assertion that We are hirelings. demand
| he take ii back
John kept the stand. aud Prof Green an
| peaied to the audience to hear tn. man, for it
| Was to their interests that he should speak.
| Gen. A. Grant here took the floor. but Mr.
| Atkinson here demanded that the Chair should
| eXI lain If he meant TO imply that Congress de
| served criticism for granting the right of sun
| rage, and Mr.. Hall replied that he had no such
intention; that lie was Republican and could
| not oppose that measure,
| sNoDGHAss.
DR.. j. f. Snodgrass here said that he Il al seen
| Mr.. Magruder prompt the Chair (Mr. HalD to
| leccgIHe zen. Grant, while he (Dr. S. hal at
/ tempted to get the floor and was not recognized.
| Mr.. Malruder.-That's not 30.
| DIR. Snodgrass.-I say saw YOU
| Mr. Magrudcr.-Thats not ~, sir.
Gen. GI amt will yield the floor
Dr. Sn0dgrass.-Itis not yours to yield
| Mr.. O'DOnOyan.-This lis not free meeting
DIR. SnOdgrass.-You are right.
| The Chair called the meeting to order, rs DR..
| Snodgrass was about to speak.
| DR.. SnOdCrass said that the meeting was or
DERBY enough, and he could get along without
| any assistance from the chair, and If the chair
| would keep quiet he would proceed. He first
made surring remarks about him; but ii they
| were rot careful. III a few days they would See
| stars. This project was the Old serpent with
| new skin--the old prO-sayery party-represent-
| ed by The STAR. That was the paper which
| had prosecuted DIR. Bailey, raising the indigna-
| ton OF the citizens against the publication of
| The Na'ioeal Era in this city. Through the in
| n"cHce Of Gales and SeatOn the citizens we're
| Persuaded to desist in thefr prosecutions, be-
| cause OF the damaging effects the excitement
had on property. lNoie.-This idiot Snodgrass,
| oNiuchtls hHoWS UVtElIx OI city AFFAIRS, out
| every citizen familiar with the HISTORY of the
| past is aware that The STAR was quite as much
| hated by the dIsuniOnists and others of that ilk
| as ever the National Era was. That secession
| military organization, the National Volun-
| teers, never paraded at night that it did not
| launch yOlley of stones and kindred ..compli-
| ments Of the season" at THE STAR Office The
same motiye-dOllars and cents-governed The
! STAR then, and does so now.
Mr. Alexander AdamsOn asked if THE STAR
| was not in other Lands then.
| DIR. Snodgrass did not reply, but proceeded to
| charge upon ii that 1t was the organ OF aristo-
| Gratis. General Howard had gotten in pad COM
| pany, and he believed that the cOlOred men
| were too shrewd to allow General Howard to
| pull wool over their eyes.
| MIR. +. 5. Atkinson said that General Howard
| was good man, but was in bad company. He
| favored the resolutions offered by Mr.. Piper
| and argued at some length against the proposed
| change. He called the question on the resOlu-
| tvn, but Withdrew il.
General A. Grant said that there was no dan
ser of Congress passing bill abridging the
suffrage, and it was not for the committee 10 sa
| what kind Of \ bill should pass, for Congress
would do what they thought best. he believed
| that the government here should be console
| dated, for there was no right now except to
| mend streets. and there being 10000 people
i fhaxc NIL mt only l,a.,a