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THE TRADES.

" Carpenter AND BUILDER.
Ga street southeast. All orders promptly nj
tended to on reasonable terms ali-in-
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DEcoRAIIoS DAY--The executive commit
zee oI ths Drpartmsnt Of the Potomac, Grand
nents for the memorial services at Arlington
ON the 3oth Of May next, which they intend
shali surpass any Of previous years. The com
mittee have adopted resolutions, reciting that
As certain parties are circulating Subscription
lists in the several departments Of the govern
ment, soliciting contributions to aid In the dec
GRAFTON OF soldiers graves on the 30th proximo:
therefore, the names Of the collectors appointed
by the committee be published In the daily
papers, and a detailed statement Of all MONEYS
received and expended shall be published inn
mediately after Decoration day.
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HOTELS.

THE BRYANT HOUSE,
l. Located on c0Ynsy lAh sfyef d1d ~ T. sees.s
After the LIST OF December, 1877, Permanent aro
transient Boarders Will fnd this house one OF the
most desirably and conveniently located house,
In the city.
Inc rooms are neatly furnished, well lighted and
ventilated, and provided with ali modern home &C,
commodatiOns.
The charges are low, but the wants and the com
Tort OF all guests will be carefully provided for
The proprietor, z. RICHARDS, has determined &c
orOv100 good caterer uoyla-tntf
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THE COMMUNITY at large appreciate the use
fulness Of Singers Sewing Machine. Is
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EDUCATIONAL.

EUUCAIIUNAL.
DHONOGRAPHY.-A course in PHONOGRA-
4 PLY taught for S5. Apply at HAS street,
near State Department, after 8 p. m. a29-3tf
IISS HARROVERS SCHOOL FOR YOUNG
lv1 LADIES AND CHILDREN, 1886 st opuo-
site franklin Park. Fourth quarter will begin APRIL
10th; fall term September 9th. apiO-lm
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shall have been made" They also RECON-
mend that records shall be kept and sub
mitted 10 the bool authorities stating the
occasion Of each punishment, the offence
committed. aud the nature and extent OF
the chastisCmCut.
No doubt there i 1t general depreciation
in obedience, good manners, and morals
among the rising geneIatiOn; alid II Is pos
slblC that II wholesome fear OF the rod
might remedy many Of the evils growing
oUt Cf want Of home discipline. Bui We
would dtWecltc ihc tsc Of il except in
aggravated cases of dieUbc1cncc ahd mis-
conduct. and then under the most c.ut'lI
restraints and regulations.
A child should never he hoEgcd III school
hours, or in the presence of all his school
mates; nor i'm that OF less than two OF
three OF them. aud OF one or two
teachers 1t side the one who administers
tho oorrco ton. The presence Of three or
-four witnesses would act rs u restraint on
both cxocuiioner and culrrit Neither
should teacher he permitted to strike u
child without due drliDcIation; but at the
same time no teacher, male or female,
should be deprived of the power To enforce
proper discipline when necessary. If
parents were all good, humane, just, aud
judirious managers of their children, we
could dispense with the rod In the hands
Of the teacher; but when il il rcmcm-
befod that the majority of the pupils
attending The public schools are the chill
dreu uf parents depending on their daily
laboi Tor the support Of themselves and
families, and who, therefore, have not the
time 40 admonish, r,pI0vc, and discipline
their children az home and that those
children must depend upon the school
room for moral az wen az intellectual
t!aniuc II will DO admitted that there
should I've authoiity-hmred, indeed. but
nevertheless au,hority--in the school
room. There can be no cduca'!on without
obedience. If that cannot bc secured by
moral suGslun il should bc h' coercion.
W. see lao necessity for excepting the
female department IN the common
schools from this saMtaIy str,r gthcncr of
H., teachers authority. II girls are 81
uNct.tl. o. not 10 need cocrcive treat
mcnt. the teacher nccd not use II simply be-
cause .ht p,.N,I j. sivon; hut fora girl TO
know tnat -bc win not be liable 20 the
rdHA' punishment ''i''. " ivy "'"''' 'NN''''
foT similar offence would take away
h,r sense of responsibility and create n
contempt foI s,hoci authority. II girls
never need the rod. or Il II would be IN
jud.Dious TO use H. the teacher should
he one Of sufficient Judgment 10 dispense
with II; but the authority to usc il should
b. "a fully established and made n dis
dictionary in the girls q. IN the boys de-
partments of our schools. Ii is an Affected
sentnnentality aud misplaced ohiyalry to
thus practically assert that the woman IN
,hargc Of tie eirls cannot bc entrusted
with the same Discretionary power III the
| application Of corporal punishmcn to Ghis
| ms the man who l. principal IN the boys
! department. Let the rules be made equal
and lust fCr both.
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The Arapile. a. a Hostage. .

The Administration at Washington, in
disregard of the actual situation in Cuba
and the insulting refusal of the outawa in
possession of the civil ana military powers
there to recognize OF obey orders issued
from Madrid, treats with CAsTELARs
poetical Government IN regard TO the gross
outrage upon the lag of the United States
and the inhuman butohory ut Santiago dc
Cuba rs ii il was competent to redress
these wrong, aud to exercise complete
control over the island aud the authorities
who rule 1t with n savage ferocity
THIS recognition is precisely what CAS-
TFLAR and his associates desire, for it is a
broad admis- ion by our Government be-
fore the world that the sovereignty of
Cuba stll resides at Madrid, aud that the
island is chained to Spain in spite of hyo
years resisting protest 10y the patriots, and
the open defiance of It's own officials seut
u crush out the revolution
Atthisvery day the dc 1dcto G Government
" AaGnd ~ k4l 70 IL best to mainta,I
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shall reaeher. Mhlp Children,

The question whether OF not corporal
punishment shall be restored in our pablo
schools ha. been submitted To the Board
of Education by a committee on teachers
composed of Ncssrs j. NJ. IiALsTEAD, JonN
CROSBY Blows, WM. DowD, ana FERDI-
NANp TRAUD.
At the next meeting of the board this
important question viii be discussed, ana
probably decided afGImatiyely. The re-
port Of thu committee was in favor of re-
storing the use of the rod, OF Of c0crciVe
discipline for boys, but not for girls. The
main points brought out in the inyestiga-
ton Of the committee are thus briefly eX-
pressed in the report
"Flr,t-O0cdonce 10 orillary commands relating 10
Tho customary ,Nocses u ihe claf'es Is 10 .onGcr
Sccond olcd.r,e l9 mater. ganng for selt, de,
TEACHER ie .cl3oln promptH secured.
"ihrl-Wl.sl mi dtaant al,oDedicnce T. muc9
3D. tcnpcr ant il minners much uoIc it.quent
respect toward an school authority have greatly 10.
"Fiuh-Truancy is more fr queut
sixth pe-onal oi,anlino ~ 9lso n, proptr Gere Of
"sayenth~t,ro,s disobedionce in all sorts " matters
such ~ require the Interference OF some authority
| external to the teacher, has greatly Increased.
pecsiiy IN eases Of children With widowed moihefs,
has more than doubled. Many such boys, proving en-.
urcB beyond control, have untei out OF the scho 0s
INTO Tue sire I, or woTkshops private schools.
| N.ntu-Iuulls In tie hisucr cnhseH are lesh d0ce
| than formerly, thuB showing thnt prcNlOue school
training had not tended TO form habits OF obedience
| ana submission,
| "Tenth- Teachers have to some extent fallen into
the habit of overlooking offences committed By boys
| known to be beyond parental con rO and have thus
lowered their standards u discipline TO the injury OF
| " Eleventh Children are ruder both In and out
OF school, aud Ices SELF respectful than under the Old
"Twelnh- Instances Of gross and continued neg eci
Of duties moro ir quent. Ihs has nearly doubled
the labor ~ hr class teachers while the ment
OF the children In given time has been much less
Thirteenth Poor men often cOnIe Iellrd 10 visit
great Inconvenience and loss ~ part Of days
and MAKE II cause u compliant against the punll,
schools. Moreover parental settlement Of school aim
cultics and punishment Tor school offences haNo
6trduing influence upon other scholars.
| luurtccuth- Teachers resort 10 questionable eN
pcdCnh TO secure that ubedlfrct aud attention WITHOUT
which their classes cannot be brought up to grade
"Ffteonth- Juvenile lawlessness, rudeness, profan
ny, and CRIME have mnntesty increased since he ahO
ulu Of corporal punishment, mus proving uIeCuJ eva
influence upon society In general
might nave been reformed under the Old iyatem hay
been worked out OF the school or tikcn Out and pu
| where they could be made to mlnd'
For the reasons embodied in this report
the committee recommend that "cOT
poral punishment in the male department
Of the grammar schools, or OF male schoi
ars, be Inflicted by the principal, OF IN hi
absence by the vice-princpal on proof q
Migrant and persistent misconduct afto
all reasonable efforts TO reform tho oneudc
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The New jersey Constitutional Commission

TRENTON, Nov. IS The Constitutional Com
zion met to-day TIE proposition to an,ud as 60
restrict the Legislature from cNrnpung any proucrty
from taxation except burylug grounds not ownc by
stock companies adopted. Several attempts to cN.
emp church and educational property werodcfeated. No
contract law shan uc passed impair impede re
et taxation such property which is 10 b. assessed
tor under che general aWs and by uniform rules
Mr. SNJHe spoke At length against eNCmpius corpora
tors, colleges, aud ciurh property from laNtlion,
luN uoposOn 20 abolish capital punshmt NJ was lost
The proposiuon was adopted That logtlaturt.shnud
PASS 40 special act comforting corporate powers The
proposition in reference TO tuturo amendments Wis
ost Ine amendments agreed o. are TO he printed
The commission has concluded lie work aud lave al
lourucl until the fourth rucsdiy in December Tor nHa
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an UsEM EMS.



"Drutus. or the Fail of Tarqun,' the
well-known tragedy by John Howard Payne
wa placed ON the stage OF Booth Theatre Mon
day night, aud will be represented every evening
this week. The play shows a grand subjo,t
very inadeauaely treated. BrHus II made Ia
rlay the fool very lndiscreetly in the n'st ac'.
and very often lc;s the mask u folly be pushed
aside by passion, even in the pre- enco of those
wuutu >, ~ 600, ouIv'. tuv7t vn's ssaip 80 u'ue'
Ia the ll-t act, which 81" "uld present that
paragon of KOman Lrmue -s, patriotism aui
justice acting In a disnincd manner and CON
coaling, al least from all the actors, fathcrs 3
agony under a judges impass ability, lac il mada
To conduct himself too much as 1t he wished To-
display Ais suEernss % act not Ike manly
Roman, but Ike a Roman UNNAMED. lhene
and other faults IN the portrayal OF this charac-
ter are al the more TO be regretted because
Br,,fi,. ia iln.ost the only parsonage In whom
the feelings OF au auditor become Interested.
Of thi- character Nr Booth mal.p- mach. lie
mu.t. OF couT 90. govern his action uy tue text ;
a. any rate far a. tu IN Ike one consistent Mltn
the other. NtiIl, We cannot help tulh.An- t.~t
more rcpOsr, IN lre -ell-uo-c- -ion, more qdlct l.
teusitl IA tng lreat scene Ut the last act Wo9id
very much strengthen his impcsonaUon. lot
hin show not thai tue father does not tcti, hut
that the ltoman judge nerves himself, and ly
the force of ms iron wil, al I'D by n- sense "
duty and the glorious maze " ol even n"Hucu
Justice, dominates and makes hl- feelings
silent. such. at least, should be the uttlnn
IA ths Hydts Of the chrOn. L. Wcro rcuiusCn ntt i.
Great gn { Is not always most imptc-siNely
expressed by violent motions
AMI 300 ihc second act, as a whole, h' W.rN d,
admirably done. Toe scenery o. fraud ana
beautiful, Tut that uted To repre- nt places tt
the time Of Julius Caesar, rather tlan OF Tar
qun. fine and much approving audiences wit
ness the representation nightly
Booth viii inpersonate Don Crs,r ~ BiSaH in
the play called by that name.
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Chief Justice. and with an actual or con-
tiDgeut fee, paid or payable out Of KEM-
DLE's bank or wDESER's treasury, that II
convention, composed of the ablest lawyers
and statesmen Of the Commonwealth, of
both parties too, has made gross blunder,
and attempted II fragrant usurpntion.
Thus far, rs we have said, on this piece
OF matchloss enrontery the Philadelphia
press is painfully silent, and honest men
will thank Tie for calling attention in sea-
son to what. unrebukcd. may lead to ire
parable mischief
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ncnih nfEx.l.nv. Xrnnn.

ES-GON Peter ID. Nroom, OF New Jersey, He'd
at Trenton yesterday mornur. Hc born .n liJ st
llltborough, Somerset county, 81, was a gradulte
Of columbia college, New York, IN l.a aud WAS al.
Uitt,d tu thn har in 1913 He was elected Governor Ia
is9, and reelected N 1880 and la I. lie was again
eltCtrd N VA. and reecctrd iu 1850 no WAS Mnstcr
to llu-eil from 1851 To i- q tut Nt- retacu AZ AlS own
request lie hlied many othcr important oi-eI1 post
NOAh M mo SLMtr.
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RETROGRESsI0N
The Condition Of tue Ereelmen's Orphan
AsN Nlum in tharltst1u.

The Condition Of tue Free linens orphan
tNlum in thUrlost0u.
Correspoudeuco of ih, sun.
CnARLEsToN, NOV. l0.-Oue bright morn
lag | sought the Colorcd Ornhan Asylum, au iu-
stitution cs tJbl. he'd after the wubl tbs Bureau.
After q somewhat tedious search diuly build
inc fenced I'm with dhapdtted boards va.
reached. \ little negro Of some ten years uu-
locked the cato and | was invited 90 pick my
way over wet 1oor which number # S.h-
and boys were s,rubhing in a 5loyouly fashion.
Ia the passage and on the stairca half grown
boys and girls stood silently gazing upon me,
disl greeuble odur prevailed iu the ua7s age and
rooms. Up stairs, then through auothVr pa.
saie. then a room where cul1red girls Wcte
silently cutting out garments Ou the floor, cot
sitting on low stools sewing proved tu be the
reception room, Two beds. covered with faded
aud worn ,YL Is, stood IN tine back corners. Nttr
one Of thcs~at the a@ed matron, woman OF
kindly, benevolent face. with an easy, quiet
manner she mOtluncd me 10 "a ChH To-, aud VIII
linsY gave all desired Information. She had
ds 10 was In %. t.Se Of the Burt 1u tll tipss .1-
grcssed finely But since il lud been naudci
over TO the STATE, n was gotiiut pu badly, the
children needed cl1,hcs, au! had 20 ue content
with common fur. The matrlu hoped f4r rec
lief from the L"el-latUe eJu- a. s'iuhlcd, hut'
help me, Tor they are hard pushed with deht"
Su0 then said that She had always lived GA
Charleston aud had sitnt ler NE iu uryItr
Ellt- 20 lhe .ulofrQ poor had iuVud hcr heWt
turning o. thea In such comI Io,si0 "a that ho
was ueyer ~ rest uutl her t.mc N.,a wholly
faith ana charity, and m ant to tliA. " her
MOIk, DchcNin, AL would Set bo well
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mr. oriIcHHOLDhHs' PARrr.


What the Swedcs Demanded The Gallant
Cot. Speuccr's Committcc.
The II publican Central Committee met
last eNedug Police Commissioner Hugh Gard
ncr iu tic chair Col. Frank e. Howe, Mr. Geo.
Bliss, and other ,fhccholders we're in their
places, and tine gallant col Charles $. Spencer
the As-cub,ym.n llect f.r the Thirteenth bis
trct, had prominent scat. \ pet ,ion was re-
ccivcd f,om the swedish R,puhl' '4n i--pci9-
lion setting forth tnat they numbered 2uJj
members; that thoy had done good service Ia
the late C.oclion, but ;hat their efforts had so
thoroughly exhausted their 1nanccs that they
must dl-bHnd unless aided hN Tic atrial Com
mlttee. lhcy therefore asked for AN Hplrl lpli1-
ton OF $l.01. The request W4s received Nith
some laughter. \ petition from thc Nelull an
Association "i the sixth Ds,Iivt Wes rcaC ly
the secretary. IL reutes that on the da> "a
election the police closed the doors e the poll
inc places, ana refused 10 allow mcmhera Of the
associatinn t' sec the counting q the VOTES.
had been added ~ ihe polling lists. and thcv
asked that a special cummlttcc be- appointed 9.
member moved tlat The pctifion hc referred 20
tic Executive Committee, Whlch NJ. ught The
gallant C'L thlric- :. spencer 10 hi teot. lie
d ped the gcllil'n Wouid hut pc 80 r'itrrod'
bu rather that a suCciJl comm ittec might ue
appointed. lie didn't want 70 le ol the come
Iiiitcc lie Wautcd that distiurtl uuierto.d-
but he Thought the petition ot flur tt their fri-
low members and 10 members ot tue a-suvi -
tion SHOULD b" treated with pro. cr respect. u
would he neither Wise nor proper tp rrtcl mi
request To the Executive COMMITTEE. lio moved
that commit.r # three pe ago.. oiuted. Np
Eepuhhrans uf that district bad a hearing.
Applause His motion was unanimously cat-
7 cd, and Tho g. liant Col. thlilc- : Sucnc.i.
Mr.. Blake. and Mr.. Flrr were appointed. rle
gallant CNl spencer wanted 10 decline, but q
VS. prevailed upon 70 act Before the meeting
closed the gallant Col. spencer NNo Ni'I fc..tc-
sont the Thirteenth District m tto Assembly
he 81 wiuteu made another neat speech, ni'h
Wua Justly alUlduJed.
The sun., 1873-11-19

TRLNroN, Nd, Nov. lS.-rhe Court oi Errors
and Appoas mot to-day ana after listening 10 remarks
by Attorney General Gu,h.l.t and the Chancellor
ca ostir VI the late "a GYY NroOpl adjourned Et.
luNUl ~ .-. Do .lnulY.
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sccor Il oucsor Partially Described.

FIT71TFTI NlTTI7fFTT 100
RobesOn, Il small lawyer, selected ~ %
Chin't 1loer because he Is a Jolly comuaniou
ga "a sIroc lud handles a carving kuifo heduti-
fully, Is swelling with fresh Importance, If NO
wore dunpcd into war, he would bo q power
fll pefs IN.
The sun., 1873-11-19

More than twenty years ago n party OF
Thirteen friends. among whom were ALFRED DE
Mrssrr, THEOPniLE GNTlER, and the Count
uE FLtuAc, sat at thinner In one of the leading
Pari-ian restaurants. II was resolved to dine
together ever year IN the same restaurant on the
anniversary Of the nrt banquet. and that when
one Of the party was wanting TO reserve ava
cant place for his spirit at the festive board.
In the following year eleven met, then ten, and
three years later but seven Of the companions
were left. In the course Of the present year the
last but one, the Count Dc FLAviGNY, had died
The sole survivor, the painter RrnGLLrs, now
cighty-four years Of age, true to the agreement
dlned In solitary state with the twelve other
seats untitled not long since on the day ap-
pointed
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PnLApELrHIA, Nov. lS.-Mrs, l., NJ. Stanton,
widow of cSSecrctary Of war S,u on, ded To-day ~
long time
The sun., 1873-11-19

"Tbe Constellation snys that nil trials rhniI
DC by Jury, aud the accused - entitled. not TO
Re FIRE, convicted by n court aud thcu to be nc
suited by n Jury, hut TO be convicted OF uc-
.uitcd rs THE FIRST INSTANCE b.
ivpy,v- SAMUEL MkrcuroHp.
The sun., 1873-11-19

The transit of vessels through the SueZ
Canal shows a steady increase since lsil, though
II is said the number has fallen short Of the ex-
pectatons Of the projectors Of the Undertaking.
During the month of August 1871, the number
of vessel. to pass through the canal was 90; in
August, lsis, the number had increased To- g,
while ia August, 1918, the number was -. Dur
ing the same time the revenue arising from tolls
had increased from slis,jI in ls1l, TO t333,jji
In Is.l.
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MIR. CALLAHAN OF Des MOincs Iowa, who
was Incorrectly reported by some Of the news
papors at the time Of the women's Congress as
saving that there were thousand women mem
icrs Of Iowa Oranges, writes that there
twenty Ave 10 thirty thousand women In the
eighteen hundred aud eighteen Oranges Of Iowa.
each woman having her vote equal To- man In
the managerial transac ions ~ the order. aud
that Iowa mon are thus learning the ballot force
there 8. IN women. while the women are becom-
Ing educated In parliamentary practice and In
businpss generally The Iowa women are about
onc-thirtl II the wholc number Of women In oll
the Grange 4 the tinted State, there being
seven thousand Oranges, Ia which ar soycn'y-
l.o t. one hundrcd thousand Woneu memhers.
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SOME NEW hooks.
A Fresh Volume OF Verse.

A dainty little volume of verse emitted
Poems bu ". ID. HOiCcUs, comes TO us from the
press OF James Il. Osgood Co. (DostonJ lts
author is the editor OF the Atlantic Monthly.
Contemporary criticism In this country is dis
posed TO assign him high rank as prose writer.
His works 20 far to Justify this dispositions.
Among older American authors there still re-
main some who can write clever essay or an
amusing. humorous, and llfe-llke story, In ex-
cellcnt English, delight to read and a pleasure
to remember. They are growing fewer aud
fewer every year MIR. Howclls is the younger
representa- Of this class, who has found the
largest audience In circles OF culture and refine
mcnt. "Thcir Wedding Journey" was capital
story, something less than a novel, aud some
thing more than mere sketch Of society, which
won many young hearts 10 its author; and his
place In their affections has been In no wise di-
minished by "a Chance Acquaintance" To both
books the term pleasing Is cmlnently applicable.
la both there Is frequent evidence of poctlcdl
thought. sometimes Of a high order. Mr.. How
ellis Il not in any respect commonplace writer.
Among the numerous pieces of verse which -
after the manner Of 50 many literary mon
have evidently been produced In his leisure
hours and as his least serious work, we might
well look for some poem which should glcam
out from among the rest like a diamond among
nsars s-somethlng not only more charming but
more enduring than the rest. As yet, however,
the gem IL lacking.
The verses In this book are more than merely
credit table. They are not comm onplace, aud
they eVincc higher merit than IL often attaina-
ble by writer who does not ind metricll OK
preston the most natural medium Of his
thought. \ careful examination OF the poems
has convinced us tha; the authors words always
have an idea behind them. True, 1t is some-
times din ult 10 got at IL NJ where he speaks Of
"The languor of the crimson shawls abase-
mcut;' but then tho requirements OF rhyme
cannot be neglected. \ coumOner fault of Mr..
nowella as % verse writer arises ont of error Ia
the other direction. The rhythm Of III poems
IS repeatedly and nccdlessly sacrificed to mako
meaning pl,uer. Another peculiarly ~ his
s'yle f. the a. .entuati0n of the word flower,
thus
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All that the President has TO do now Is 60
t-and fast 90 h.s own policy uHVo,d toW4H.
which policyf That u no imitation. or that
of mure sIconbacks7 Both OF them are hls.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-09-10


The annual session of the Governing
board of the Roman Catholic Total Alb
stinence Union of America, was held
yesterday at Plympton Hall, New York,
Rev. James McDevitt, presiding, and J.
W. O'Brien, acting as secretary. Re-
solutions were passed recommending a
new form of pledge, in ordering the ma
tional union badge to be procured by all
societies for their members, and decree
ing that the badge shall be token of
friendship wherever worn on this con-
tinent. Communication from clergy
man in Ireland, looking to union with
the societies there, were acted upon.
Emigrants are to be protected on land
ing.
Dispatches were sent to Archbishop
McCloskey and Chancellor Preston of
New York, and to the Very Rev. Dean
Byrne and Father Hennessy of New
Jersey, and encouraging messages were
received in reply. Performances We're
arranged for the national convention of
delegates to meet in New York On Oc-
tober 8. Thomas b. Mccormick, of
Providence, was appointed national
treasurer, in place of Mr.. Noonan, re-
signed.