Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-17
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THE RzPuELroAs SPLIr IN THs FoURTd
DhsT .iIUi-Res'iag Of tAe Cras1r-C dsq.s roy
BtS HiEg.-Tbe Gre sOr republicans Of the an
d. tTict met a. Rsckstt's Hall, Georgetown. last
evening, aud, in tie absence 81 ths regu lr n
ceFs, e'ectsd j. :. Paxton cbzirIn al snf Wa. :.
Dyer secretary o. the meetIRg- The fJllogtng
ccIamlttees were appOiut-G:-On the canvass.
John hpTt, Abraham Pegs. Y n. saunders
Ell Beckett, kisey Cures, Alfred SaoEG-1,
Wa OElefon. Nm. Dpnnsliy. Wtn. Ca a, Lev1s
Ch's'ey, 1 homGs shelton, George fhOn - gUl
Barney JOhnsoE; on finance. Ell Beckett. Jegs
HU-d, VIM. Saunders. SIsTtiN Donohua, AlApkv
Butler, Sandy COlhent. Captsi n D'Nsll, zpt
Beverly Pryor. EfWart CrESor, being cAlsst
Tor, made a few remarks in ssvor Of the Graz
bili and = peE day iOr the l<kOring mon. 4 /.
was followed By Wm. Henry Craig. wbp spoke
IN high terms Or Collins Crus5, and in fayoy 81
ne clay u5It. Ae SAIL ~. OK N, wiz ~aBtrS
10 rule or ruin The republican 3 1rtv o. the "a
district, had viufictiyelv f0llSSed Cursor iss
years, whereas the later has alS ays been a -C-
publican and he, the speaker, Odd not know d
CraEin voting with the repgbiicl1 patty
III til HIS. A yoice.-"Dit yod ever hear OF
NJ gong down the river to catch nigger~'f
Groans and Kisses followed this query. a. refers
70 an Sad charge against Air. CraIg.1 Mr.
Craig then went on TO say that Dr. CrAyiu ne ser
attends the meetings OF The club unl. - d wan
fomethlEE. and that at the last meeting OF she
ciup ten. Nhlpman would have heep endorsed
had ~ hoi seen Tor the Bullying mann OF DR..
tIas't- ne stiI Jeat the meeting rec ntiy held
by the after IN the custs.n house Wa not A.
tended oE eue-halt at tue FeTsons whose masses
appeared in She paUers - beiu.- pr,,..Et COL
EUs CrusOrl candidate for the House Il D,'s-
gates. Their EIate a speech, IN which ne sal Il
elected las Hrst act would be 20 introd ice res
oiU.ior giving every l8bOring m IN - rer JtE Tor
eight hours wG-I. and b. would insist urel -
pa sage. lie strongly endorsed the GRAY bIl
AMI N. missed, il elected. To uSa MS best en-
dca7cTs &" promote the interests ot the " lrk a.
man AID the paOT property holder. lie yyaS TO-
loved 10y Captain O'\-Il AMI McDnn4id IN
brief sueeches, toe which tke mes-.ug al
lG@Ened WITH cheers tOr Cursor and Grant aRG
Wilson
TIE NV TORI STEAMER. l.. g. Knight. A.
rived Ills morning, with a full LOAD Of mercl IAN
dise for District merchants and several taxi
deiEatC spccimens-a hear, leopard, and horned
NairJs-fOr the Smithsonian InStitI ion. The
Knight makes an extra trip TO New York this
week, clearing from here at noon Tomorrow
Her Old commander, Capt. W. ). job nspn, who
has been i'll tor several msnths, is again in COM
mand.
SHIPMENT OF FLoUR.-Yhe steamers Column
bia, for Baltimore, and George III. StSut. for
Philadelphia, cleared from Hyde's wharf this
morning-the former taking out 30 and Tie lat
ter 400 barrels of -four. The latter H. coBss gned
Ia New York.
TIE GRAIE MARERT.-Theye were no sales
OF grain up to noon to-day, although there we're
small lots on the market. Hartley * Bro. re-
ceiSed 500 bushels of wheat, per schooner from
Alexandria, last evening. The GALES last even
ing were 1,3o3 bushels good red wheat. at 81 -
ana Z,4OJ bushels OF prime, at SIS. The canal
boat j. n. Thomas arrived TO-DAY. with 800
bushels OF rye, $3.50 bushels of whe az so bush
els OF white corn, and a lot OF -four, for j. q.
Waters.
TIE DIRECTORS of the Union street railway
company held meeting last evening. and com
pleted arrangements tor The cOusoltd alton OF
their road with the Metropolitan.