National Republican., 1880-10-01

Oh. the noble boy of the oldcu time.
Whose feet 50 hravely trod
From morn to night, through tho dust and Crime
The towpath's broken sod;
To add to the little mothers store
BY labor of hands and feet
To drive the vol from their humble door,
This made his labor sweet
CnoRus:
Hey the towpath boyl
Ho the towpnth hoy
His mothers hone IN the dark old days,
And now her hope and Joy.
The years rolled on aud statesman trod
In the capltols marble halls,
And the boy who walked oil the towpath's sod
Was power within these walls.
With eloquent word and patient thought
lie led The minds of men,
And his massive braiu its great work wrought
Through book and tongue and pen.
Ana to-day we see him nobly stand
Before the nations eyes;
Honest and noble and brave aud grand,
A hero OF high cmpriSc
While his honorcd mother and noble wife
Beside the hcarhstone wait,
With many prayer through the days of strife
For their loved one good Nnd great
And we know. if honor and right prevail,
That our towpath boy shall win;
Tint the rNnks of treason ellquake and quail
Through all the clash and din;
IT'S fitting he bear the palm away
When November bells shall ring.
Several of the crew having been requested
to sing the song and having declined, Deck.
hand Bond read It. with fine effect. The
authoress was at once elected to honorary
m en- mbcrShip, an honor never before bestowed
upon lady. The first mates watch WAS in.
structcd to procure, in the event of Il parade
the necessary lanterns and red, white and
blue rope An additional toll of one dollar
WAS ordered 10 be assessed against each mem
ber Of the crew.
Tho following new members were elected
C. ID. Campbell, Shiplcy BrashCaIs, John NJ.
Hnkle. A. W. baltimore, George b. C0burn,
Henry Barton, James 4. Smith, r. w. Sanmer,
John NJ. Kcssler James ID. CUMMINGS, Il. w.
Moore, Robert j. Fisher, jr, aud c. o, Cole.
Deck.hand Worrell moved that Standard
bearer Bundy be reduced to the ranks for his
failure o accompany the crew to llYattsvillc,
but Standard. bearer Buudy having given n
sali factory explanation, he was excused and
the motion was withdrawn. DcCk'hRud
Grimes of the Georgetown club made state
mcnt concerning the organization of his club,
which numbers forty members, He suggested
the ahysabiity of starting towpath clubs all
along tho Chesapeake & Onio canal, aud stated
that the most important work which the
Georgetown crew could cutcr into WAS the
protection Of the sixth Maryland district, as
there were indications that the democrats
would CudcavOr, rs in past years, to cOloulHe
voters there from the District of Columbia.
First-MNte Richards, Captains Clerk Barton
aud DlCk.hund Barrett were appointed COM
mittcu to confer with the Georgetown club In
reference to the sixth Maryland district
S,eersman Short remarked that he had dis
covered that u party of men had been sent
from here to Indiana under the leadership Of
u co'orcd man to vote the democratic ticket Ia
that state, but steps had already hcou taken to
prevent the fraud. The question Of having the
crew represented ut the convention of Boys IN
Bluo in indianapolis having been raised, IT
was finally decided TO grant credentials as
OF the club to all the members
who intended to go. At II o'clock the look.
out sang out "LHnd h0, aud the boat having
tackled into port was tied up until the next
cruise,