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Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-07
cnE-,rEAnE AND onrd Canal.

49, W 80 NftHlNfhNs
The board Of directors on the Chesapeake and
Ohio cahal met at Annapoiis Friday Messrs
Nntmnn, (presldent,) Daniel ), Hlser, Gilmore
Meredith, ureenbury NJ watNins. and nj,
a report as follows
NaNrLENEN Since tho last meeting Of the
hoard, !, with MIR. T. - Patterson, tho engi.
neer, have passed over the entire line OF canal,
and haye tie honor to report that the repairs
Ordinary, as we'll rs the works OF q permanent
character, heretofore ordered, arc being we'll
and satisfactorily done, hut owing to the early
meeting Of the board 1t Ia impossible for inc 10
give detailed statement VI them at this meet
Ing
nary, extraordinary, aud pay Of officers, 49,.
2O3 80 total, sii,670 %,
In addition to the ordinary expenses there
was paid on acCOunt Of legal services performed
prior to June l, 1874 s2,OOO; for high wall at
Great Falls, Rl,SJO.
the increase In tonnage rs compared with cor.
responding period Of 1870 IL % on tOns decrease
as compared with 1871 Of Il, $50 tons. This de.
crease Ia attributed mainly To the eNtraOrdinar ~
| low state OF winter In the Potomac river, and
navigation Ia now seriously interfored with on
| the Cumberland division. Although we arc
using all the water In the river at Cumberland,
| 1t has been found necessary To reduce tho ton
mage OF boats from l2O to W and 100 tons. Not.
withdrawing this there Is an increase In the
revenue as compared with the corresponding
| period Of 1870 OF slS,lBp so, aud decrease as
compared with 1871 OF ti,sIs 80, while the In
| crease In the revenue from June l to October
| l, as compared with 1871, Is tll,7+O.5O.
| There was In tho various repositories To the
credit Of the treasurer OF this company on the
| LIST Of October after deductIng expenses for Sep
| tembeT, ali as pS therefore respccituIiy re-
Ommend that the sum Of $50, ps6 be RpprOprlat led
to pay the coupons on the preferred construction
bonds due January 1850. Respectfully sub,
In conformity to tho recommendation OF the
| president, the sum Of tJOpS5 was appropriated
70 pay one coupon on preferred construction
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-07
LOCAL AFFAIRS

SnTICFa az NFu RNrst
A GRAND mass meeting will no held this eve
ming by tho Republicans OF the FINN district.
THos. Z wAGaANAN, real estate auctloneor,
will sell IN Wednesday, October ., at s o'clock
y. M, n very desirable lot on Eleventh stree
west between W and Boundary, next tocornei
Of W.
A uousE IL on5ro d Tor rent near tie Clti
Hail.
A NEAT brick house with six rooms for rent.
TAG board OF trustees Of public schools will
hold a meeting tomorrow evening.
Go TO Douglass for ladies underwear.
A MASS MEETING Of the regular Republican
club Of the sixth district will DO held this even.
ing
TVS large dwcllIng.houso, ISL Pennsylvania
avenue, Is for rent.
THE annual meeting Of the Philharmonic So.
clety will be held this evening.
TuERE will be a meeting Of the regular Re,
publican club this evening.
MASS MEETING Uftho Seventh District Repub
| Iicans might.
NJ. 5. NARwooD calls the attention OF the
voters Of the Fourth district to his card 10 an
| other column
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-07
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS.

IT IS REPoRrEp that there is q fair prospect
the New York Rowing Club during the present
month.
ATTENTION Is called to the card Of Dol. NJ. $.
NaTwoOd IN our special notice column, In which
he publicly announces his Intention TO remain
IN the field As candidate for the House OF
FOUND DEAp.-A oolorsd woman about thirty.
FlS years Old, named Mary Hill, was found dead
In her bed, In cherry alley Saturday morn.
ing, the cause Of her death being scrolula. She
wifi be buried by the District authorities.
A MASS MRETINa Of the Republican, Of the
Third and Fourth districts will DO held this
evening on Congress street. Gen. Chapman
Judge Fisher, Gen. Mussey, DR.. y. o. OON, and
others, will deliver addresses.
THE NEW WOOD PAVEMENT being completed
as far as High street. large number Of Wash
yesterday Of riding ftOm tho Capitol 10 Tho
Aqueduot.
FIRE ALARM TRtRaRAPH.-The gong for tho
Georgetown hro alarm telegraph has beer
placed In position In the Henry Addison engine
house, and hereafter alarms Of hro will be senl
direct to the engine house, Instead Of over The
public telegraph wires TO the police station.
SUDDEN DRATH-Mr. Michael Moran, NJ
old citizen OF this city, and at tho time Of hli
between washington and Congress streets, dleC
| suddenly yesterday at his residence over bill
place Of business, Of heart disease,
THR RRCEIPrs oF DRAIN Saturday were 3, 90,
| bushels OF wheat and 1000 bushels OF corn
| sales /, 200 bushels Of good rcd at o. sO5A AM
| 800 bushels do. at tLs5i 2OO0 bushels ofWhit,
| and yellow corn at 70 cents for yellow and Z
| cents tor white, and 1000 bushels Of good u
prime red wheat at A1.sl.
| A NEW PAPER "A paper will be issued b!
the students Of 0eorxotowu College, to be calle'
the Gsorgeioign College Journal Its cdltor.ln
| chief will be chosen from the faculty Of the col
| lege, and he will have eight assistants, eacl
| class selecting two. Among the students Of th
| college are several good amateur printers, VIII
| will have charge Of the mechanical department
/ and who have already made q tasteful selection
Of the necessary material. The Journal will b
| Issued monthly, IN eightpaEe form, and abou
| the slIe OF The Silent World The able facult
0f tho Institution, seconded by the decided into
leotual keennoss Of several Of its pupllARe, vii
insure for tho Journal place 10 the front ram
| Of that class Of publications.
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-07
THE SABBATH DAY.
A Violent and UnNarrantable Desc
Grafton.


The Democracy Respect NrLher the Laws
Of god Nor AIaa,
We are prepared now, and have ever been, 10
accept with composuro any act which the Democ-
racy might commit In violation Of law, knowing
Me nature OF the animal and how impossible II
Is for Il to keep out Of mischief hut last night
their proceedings gave us a shock We cannot
easily recover from. To make matters still
worse tho hitherto exemplary aud pious Barney
Swart forgot all his early Christian training
and tOlnsi with other wlllul yiOlatOrs Of the
sabbath day In holding political meeting, and
In the Schuetgen Park, too. Had wo heard that
Barney was at yer.moetlng-where no ought
10 have been-lt would have been all right, but
TO and him engaged on the Sabbath In diabOl.
ical attempt against the peace and Integrity Of
thls District Il little more than our weak
nerves can stand Barney preslled-yes, that's
the wOrd-he presided over meeting OF the
abandoned Of Heaven and the despised Of men at
the SchuetIen Park last night.
OF his coniod crates In sin there were present,
BakeTsmlth, AnWormann, May Michels Weas'
man, Thomas, LanTiiWe, and two poor, lgnOTn Mt
and depraved colOred Individuals by tho name
OF Lancaster and johnson, 70 each OF whom the
sum Of ten dollars was voted for tho services
they agreed To render noNt Tuesday. A care
iul count was made OF the money In the treas
ury and only nino dollars was found. Tho
fiflghtw0Od club pledged is life and sacred
honor to contribute t25 for election expenses.
A committee consisting Of Messrs. Jones, Wcss.
man aud Bakersmlth, was appointed on tickets,
rand also Invested with authority to alter,
,mend, and change the Tickets during the day
| aAthey may see 1t or the oIlgencles OF the case
| dohand. A committee was also appointed on
hack especially TO look after the old veterans
ht the SOldiors' homo. THIS was tho business
they traASaeIed, but, alas! that II was done on
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-07

Gen. ChlpmRn's Views Of tho SnbItct.
Hon. N. =. Chapman, In answer TO certain In.
quiTieI addressed to him by tho delegate from
tue Eleventh district thus states his Views In re.
gard TO the improvement Of our harbOr. Doubt.
less, the letter will be read with interest by all
wAEmNaros, d. o., OoiobeT Q, Is7a
Hon, =. J. Rrttrsr. Dsis ate EhrsHh DisiFirf,
DEAR Sin; You say that the people Of Wash.
ington are very much Interested In the proposed
Improvement Of our harbOr and desire To know
my views. / place two measures above all
others, and for them, II elected, | shall give
special attention. One Is the endorsement OF
our public schools by q liberal land grant, and
the other Is the improvement Of the channel
IRON AnacOstia bridge around the river front Of
Washington TO the head OF tide water abOye
Georgetown. Introduced n bill, which after
wards passed, creating n board Of survey Of
eminent engineers and citizens to consider tho
best plan and report 10 Congress. That report
Is about ready, the board having carefully OK.
amined the subject during the past summer
Meanwhile l have been gathering data with
which TO strengthen the argument before Con
gress The proposed plan Will reclaim tho
marsh lands, now q source OF disease, which,
when reclaimed, will themselves almost pay for
the Improvement II will give US splendid
harbOF along the whole front Of Washington and
Georgetown ample to receive at any point tho
largest vessels and will place Washington and
Georgetown In the front rank Of Interior cities
for haTb1r facilities. This Is great work In It's
remote effects upon our commercial Interests
and Is important TO the lAbOTing man as pTOmls.
| ing him employment immediately II We are sue.
cebslul
Very truly yours, Mp. CHPMAE.
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-07

We are permitted TO publish the following eX-
tract from a letter from q gentleman connected
with this road TO one OF our citizens:
=" We have been employed all summer In as
ceTtalniBB the best route across the Hue Ridge
mountains between the counties Of RappAhRn-
mock and Page.
"Seyeral routes are found to be practlca Bile,
but you are aware that full surveys are required
before commencing 50 important and costly a
work as this will DO.
ut may appear to those not familiar with these
mountains that greater progress might have
been made; but to those who are II seems almost
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-07
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.


NAsHIEOroH, ID. o., October 0, liza.
Mr.. EDITOR: Having been humble workers
in the great Republican party since It's organi-
zatlOn In the District Of Columbia, and at all
times loyalty devoted to Its principles, without
regard to our personal preferences for any Of its
Individual members having considered Hon.
+. A. Boswell the regular nominee of the party
Of this District, and his platform as expressive
Of the sentiments Of a majority Of said party, as
we'll as Of our citizens generally, We have during
tho present campaign given our earnest sup.
port to him for the position Of Delegate to tho
National House of Representatives And fur.
ther, We were impellsd to this course the more
because he seemed to us more fully than any
other person TO represent our Desires especially
In relation To our municipal concerns.
We have at all times viewed our elections
from local and not, heretofore, ron a national
point, and believing every American citizen co.
Titled 70 say, as the governed, who shall be tue
governor rs well as the representative In tho In.
teTeais Of the many and not Of the feW, We
shall, as heretofore, contend for this right and
for the requisite measures In pursuance Thereof
within and not without the great Republican
party.
But, Mr.. Editor, having closely watched tho
progress Of this campaign, and having becOmt
convinced that matters have ~ shaped them
selves that the Democratic Conservative REQ
| Icy Anything tO-bsattfFant party who are
| hghtlng not merely for the purpose Of defeating
Den. Chapman and the Board Of Public Work.
hut also TO defeat Gen. Grant, and that = con
| tlnuance In the position we have heretofore &C
cupled during THIS campaign may aid them, vi
| arc unwilling Ia no party 10 such u conspiracy
| We have, therefore, determined TO follow TIT
example Of Hon. +. A. Boswell, who has Sacri
need himself for tho good OF the party. W.
| pledge ourselves To use all our Influence Tor the
| success Of the Republican ticket, And we earn
estly hope all true Republicans, while they
may have preference for their district dele
| gates twill rally to the polls as one man on th
| morning Of Tuesday, the sth Of November In
| slant, to the support OF Gen! Chapman as Dele
| gate TO Congress. And while We are unit Il
| advising our fellow Republicans TO stand trm Ii
! In the support Of Don. Chapman for Delegate u
| Congress, In order IN show our appreciation o
| the noble conduct Ofusn. Grant and his Admin
| lstratiOn, we also recommend for election 10 tn
! House OF Delegates DR.. Il. T. Freeman, Of this
| the seventh Legislative district, as a man o
| honesty and integrity, and one fully idontlhe,
| with the property interest Of the District ant
worthy tho hearty support of all good Repub
| licans. CHALEs SYPHA
| Aud many others.
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-07


Yesterday afternoon about two O'Clock while a
marty OF c1lUTed men were standing on N street,
between Fourth and Filth streets, n party OF
white men, under the Influence Of liquor, came
Nv and bantered tho former to night The lnyi-
ration was accepted, and soon the parties were
engaged in u stone battle. OiilceTs Robertson
and Slater who were near at the tlIno, attempt
al 10 duell the fight, but upon the approach OF
the officers the crowd started 10 run, and OlhceT
R0bortsnn started 10 head thom of and tho
colOFsd men finding OtloeT Slater alone turned
un0n MIN and beat MIN severely about the head
and body with large stone, INJECTING severe
6ihcsT Robertson returned TO O1icer Skaters
rescue aud arrested one Of the parties named
Wash Meredith and turned him over To Mr.. A.
T. l.. Kease, who conveyed him 10 the station
house, tho other two running away Oheer
Slater was picked up and conveyed 70 A, baI'
mer's drug store, on sixth street, between l.
and NJ, where his injuries were dressed AMI he
was afterwards removed To his home, on Penn
sylyanla avenue, near First street. Oheer
Robertson gave chase 10 the other two aud sue
ceedsd IN aTTestlnR another one OF the party
named Robertson, whom he found seoreted 10
hOVshead In front Of HeWitts drug store. lie
was conveyed 10 the Sixth precinct station
house where he was locked mp.
This is the same crowd that broke MT BerrY.s
law bone some weeks since on Seventh anu M
streets.
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-07

CnI 0eorRe W. Ames In response to a letter
from a friend, pronounccs In favor Of Grant.
Fred Boswell made heaps Of friends by his
manly letter VI yesterday.
Majority Tor Chapman 5000. How Is that for
high2
There will no a good many "0rlglnal Chip.
man men " on Wednesday morning
Mr. John =. COX, of Georgetown, has now
walk over the course.
Collins, Of the Star, Is sure to via In tho
Third district.
The concert at the National hotel Saturday
night was great success Senior LlnglerO was
tho director The affair was under the personal
supervision Of "truthlul George"
Aud now the knowing one' onir u b.. - six
thousand majority for Chapman.
Rev. Dr. Tiffany Will preach his nrst sermon
In the Metropolitan church next sunday.
II Ia conceded that Arthur shepherd will
cRrry Nhe Thirteenth district by 800 majority.
Small advertisements aud plenty OF them IL
good rule. We were all babies once, but We
made considerable noise.
There will no Republican mass meeting to-
nlvht In the Fourth, Finh, Seventeenth, Nine.
teenth and Twenty -sccond districts.
BOswell's letter was n more effective bomb.
shell than the one shown by the Patriot the
| morning after the North Carolina election.
A member Of tho "ruThtees" has lost his
badge, Any one returning II to John Langley,
| at the National, will DO literally treated.
The hat business will be materially In.
creased this week. The boys In the Republican
| office expect to win about one hundred.
The latest case Of am llghmatiOn is that Of n
hen adopting litter Of pups. Rough On tho
pups.
! Judge Smell returned to this city SATURDAY,
evening, and will resume his duties at the
Police Court today.
Chapman, HIne and Boswell are each MON.
| hers Of the Young Mems Republican Club. 50
| are seven candidates Tor the House Of Delegates,
| uO0d Tor one organization.
| That was an Interesting game the three
young men were engaged In Saturday night on
| the south side Of the Avenue near Ninth street.
| As usual, all lost before It was concluded
| Mr.. George knight, the Liberal candidate IA
| the Seventeenth district, says that he Will he
| candidate until the polls close tomorrow night.
Truthful" sticks.
| Mr. Michael BTcen, corner New Jersey
| avenue and II street northwest, will enieTtaiI
| the friends OF MIR. Daniel u. Cahlll, Republican
| candidate from the Fifteenth district, on Tues
day the sth inst, from a. IT, to 10 p. m.
| A gentleman now wants to bet $500 tina
| Grant and Dix will carry the State Of New
York. $3.50 TO he put up when tho bot Il made
and the balance atew days before tho election
| Call at these editorial rooms.
| A WelLknOWn hat firm OF Ninth street Issus'
a prize rsbus, offering q silk tile 10 tho gentle
| man who could solve IT, Ssyenty.hye gentle
| men attempted the solution, and only one Of tn
| whole number was right. Our friend A. II
| Stamp, esq, OF the CITY post office, was tn
| lucky man.
| ~ ~ L., Ia, F,II H,.a a.
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-07
THE LAST nOswElL MEETING.

Ordwny DI-comfittd and YocifcFOna
The last Boswell meeting was hold Saturday
night, In Georgetown, at the Cprner Of Dunbar
ton and Washington streets, for tho purpose VI
ratlfying the nomination Of =. A. Boswell Tor
Congress, and Collins Cursor for the House Of
Delegates.
Speeches were made by Collins Cursor, N. O.
OrdWay, and +. A. Boswell, tho latter OF whom
announced his Intention Of Withdrawing from
the contest, on the ground that he did 50 to pro-
mote the best interests OF the party.
IniofslSg pFRaHteP qidiereh A5arlSS&f rsff2QlH9Hs
which were adopted.
Upon this action being taken by the meeting
Ordway arose In very excited manner and eN.
claimed had he known that such a game was to
be played he would have remained at home.
Laughter,
The meeting then adjourned, amid cheers for
Grant and Wilson and Chapman, and grUans iOT
the discounted SLOX chief.
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-07

At regular monthly meeting Of this fayOrite
DAY evening, arrangements were made 10 have
a regular regatta In cOunS0tlOn with the single
sculG race Tor the championship ~ take place
the latter part Of thIs week.
Mr. r. J. Clarke was unanimously chosen
captain OF the club, vice J. W. UoTsOnr resigned
on account OF III health.
Tho committee appointed 10 meet the com
mIttss from the Potomac club In regard u a
proposed race, reported that owing " dlsa-
gTeement II was off,
Mr. John Blglin Is In town, the guest OF the
AualOsthn Boat Club. He Will remain 70 VII
moss the regatta, being especially Interested In
the single sCull race, tor which MeBsTs. GuTley,
Clarke, Prescott, Dodge and Avery are actively
training, each hoping To gain the prize. IL wiz
undoubtedly be the most exciting and hOlly'
contested race Of the season.