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} THE EVENING STAR 1 PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAY BXOBPTED) J } AT THE STAR BUILDING, t ? , SouAwest corner rans avenue and Lith street, W. D. WALLACH, i A ; —_o— The STAR is eerved by tae carriers to their subscribers in the Cicy and District at Tan Cuts rer were. Copies at the counter, with Of without wrappers, Two Oxrrs each. Paic® roR MAILiIne:—Three months, Ont Dollar and Fifty Cente; six months, Three Dol- tars; one year, Five Dollars. No papers are sent from the office Jonger than paid for. The WEEKLY STAR published om Friday ¢ Dottar and a Half a Year ~ BANKERS. JAY (COOKE & co, BANKESBS, Peek carats, opposrta Treasury, Buyend sel 8 icarreat market rates. and Reep onstastiy on hard, «fall supply of all GOVEBNMENT BONDS, SEVEN-THIBTIES, AND OOMPOUND INTEREST NOTES, Oriers for STOCKS. BONDS, &o., execnted, and Celioctions made on ail accessible points. volt B.D. COOKS, (of Jay Cooke &Co.,) President. WM. 8. HUNTINGTON, Cashier. GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY AND ANCIAL AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 186A ser ett, opPosiie the Treasury Deparimens, Government Securities with Treasurer United Bes! tes m7 ONE MILLION DOLLARS og © bay and sell ail clneses of GOVERNMENT SECURITIES st carrent market rates, FURNISH EXCHANGE and make Qoliections om ALL THE PRINCIFAL CITIES OF THB UNITED STATES. ‘We purchase Government Vouchers om the MOST FAVORABLE TERMS, and give careful abé prompt attention to ACCOUNTS of BUSINESS MEN and FIRMS. and to any other business entrusted to as. FULL INFORMATIONS tn regard to GOVERN. MEXT LOANS at sil times cheerfully furnished WM. 8. HUNTINGTON, Osshier. Washington, March 2), 1368. n-tf STEAMBOAT LINES. OTOMAU TBANSPOBTATIUN Lin ALTIMOBE ruB Maki freteht con nzction at AGUIA CREEK with BICHMOND. FREDERIOKS.- BURG AND POTOMAC BAILBOAD The steamer EX REBSS. A. Rickie. aud steamer KENNEBEO ; Wilson, leave Washirgton from atrest ten Sixth WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. at $0... [07 Baltimore. nd usual way landings on aC re! ar re TUESDAY and FAIDAY.4p eo? For farther information ey, A _mb 1s-tf No. 345 Pei ST#AmER WILSON SMALL ever & BRI jay vani —s FORK TEE EASTERN SHORE, BHOTIOR.—The Stes: ON 8 . OaPT. LEONA ED, sais — z. all respects one cf the staunches: most comfortable steamers will resume She leaves HARP. CAMBR EASTERN 8H Cam! DENTISTRY. D® © °- venr, I TIST. No. 41 treet. between fith D.c, Between 12th and Igth str: e Assoc ou Is bow pr to make Teeth on Gold, Silve- au: Rubber at S York. Philadelphia ani A-sion prices. All pe nta! werk done can kave it as cheap , cities, All work done in je neatest snd vest Dianuer, aad warrante! to give satisfaction Persons will do weil to call @ud examine our work de uM BETS. . urs,M.D. Ai Inventor and Patenies of tne MINERAL PLATE TEETH, attends perronally at, je oficein thie city. Many persons can! wear these teeth who cagnct wear others, BO person cam wenr others who canset wear orfe aud 'price of Teeth thay may de- © an ol ee! cleanest. serongect and most, perfect dem ee! le roe t a moet vr tothe MINEBAL TERETE is city—No 33% Penn’s avenue, be- ith ate” Algo, 907 Arch Street, oc 20- Ww ASHINGTON CITY SAVINGS BANK. INCORPORATED 1564. Othe: JOHN B ELVANS, Presi¢ent J B. BBYAN. Vice President THOUS. L. GARDNER, Secretary. JOHN A. BUFF, Tr rer. Dre ors Biw Semmes, John B. Elvans, w H 3 Warren John H. Strain, J © McKel Thos I. ¢ foer, J. B. Bryan, Joho A. But. W.P Dole, Interest on Deporite at rate of 4 per cent. per snuum pow payable at the Bank SF Office corner Lovie ana avenue and 7th st., adjoining Bauk of Wesvington HIS IS TO GIVE NOTIC ecriber has obtai from the of Washington Consty.in the Dt Dis, letters of adm € of Frederick C ©., deceased. All persons naving claims deceased, are hereby warned to tthe same, with the vouchers thereof, to the ou er befyre the 2th day of april pext ¥ may otherwise by law be excluded fr, all benefit ef the said estate : Given under my band this 3th day of April, ise M. AUGUSTE bh eiGER, Admf: ri ‘ap 23 laws" i ig 18 TO GIVE NOTICE. Thatt vsert- ber hae ovstaine! from the Orphans’ Court of Washington County.in the District of Columbia letters testamentary on the personal estate o' Margaret Mackri,lat: of Washtugtoncity. D. O , deceased. All persons having claims agatnst the ssid deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same. with the vouchers therea on er before the Isth day of ruary nex’ may o om by law be excluded from all bet © b SS lawiw* ]X.THE SOPREME COURT oF T Ls 1 ow OF COLUMBIA, the loth Aes fas J. Beli A@ams, guarcian of the minor children cf George Pocheten deceased, plainud: ve. Lawrence Carrel, Catharine ) No. 933, KE * Carrol Catharine Bsach, Mar. duty Beach Sereus Beach. al | e Bs Beach, Elt Beach, defendast } On motion of the piatutif by Mr. J B Adame. hie solicitor, it is ordered that the « cause their ar to be entered on or before the it rele day ocenrring forty days after this day, othe: wise cause will be pro- ceeded with as In case of, elt, A. B, OLIN, true copy—Test BJ. 16-40 Daniel ACK in good running order, will A Tevoldcneay 319 ‘north B etrtet between Delaware avenue t. ap 2 at’ 300 seaeggtnts zw ‘OGOLBRB HINES ; ma & |. 8. Pewubrokers, o03 an par aoe = on. 438" 5 h Mon GEES +> yo, XXIX. LIsT OF LETTERS, REMAINING IN THE WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE, Friday, May %, 1607 (OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER HAVING THE LARGEST CIRCULATION } @7 To obtain ny of these letters the applicant must for “A@vorticed Letiers.” give the date of the list, and pay one cent for adveriising BF Ii pot calles fo within one monta they will te cent to the Deat Letter O —a ae LAL ics’ LIST Apieon Nancy Geary ‘ath MraPeck Alosoo A Mise Ginter & Mra Proctors’h Miss Allen Auna W_ Garlana GooMrsPenuineton A B Alou Meggie B Gilvert J B Miss Mre Mics Geovenough VU DPaimer O's Mrs Ademe A Mise Mre Brovug SaraMrs Gulridce § M Polmaok taMre “v4 Philmeaws AMrs browuSns’adirsHart L MissPatersonA Maire Holmes J A Mre!lumber\ ‘aMrs yb Haye J E Mise PrevieS mil Mrs Boy¢M Mra Hill™ Pipoen MgtMise Browne MWMrefiill Ma Potter Bar , hi Mre or Mis ¥ a Pettit Mary M Mrs Handy assel wo BeiseMretioag Miss ney molds! BrockeMiizMissHartehern B BRyder * Mre Rector “4 Mre Henderson!) MreBee! 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Waterman Chas Wilson J Woodson Judge DD_ Wilson Jobn Silas3 1T Wilson J W ¥ Weight Hon 3 Ge Walsh John H Willaon Wierer Gottlob Woods John Wood WW | VeckleyJ Arnold Yesgte John | -MiseerLangors —Citizen; Comd'g Officer 28th | Beg’ U.S. Inf, Military State Agent of New Jersey; Publisher of The Renorter, Editer De ow's Review, No. 339 ist street, it” eg. J. BOWEN, P.M. AMUSEMENTS. NATIONAL THEATRE. Pennsylvania avenue, near Willards’ Hotel, THIS (Friday) EVENING, May 3, FAREWELL BENEFIT AND LAST NIGHT BUT ONE oF MISS LUCILLE WESTEEN, During this engagement, in one of her most just. y celebrated characters, Cyntata, tue Bractiver Gyrsy, in Buckstone’s romantic Drams FLOWEEBS OF THE FOREST. METZEKOTT HALL. GBAND ANNUAL OGNOEBT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHOIB FUND OF BT. ALOYSIUS CHt BO, ON THE EVENING OF MONDAY, MAY 6 Tickets, ONE DOLLAB T. be obtained at the Music Store of Wm. G. Metzerott. where seats n be secured from Thursday, May 2, without entra ebarge. it SuRREEEEEeEEEeeeeee WOOD AND COAL. (ese! Coan ITE ASH at $8, by the ton. Al! sizes, Long Oak, @8 A ton of Coal soid by m fe 23.17 Corner éth and G streets, Cc OAL! COAL AT GREATLY BEDUCED PRICES Pogo tous of 2,240 lbs., delivered in any part of city. Chestnot White Ash, $7 Btove. heme White Ash, 63.0). Iways weighs 2.240 Ibs. SOHN B. LORD. - Exley. eh f i ¢ Wood constantly on hand. Orders cise at our Office; or atthe Wharf, t Orders s foot of Seventh street! _P. BROWN & SON ja2s-tt 465 9th street, between E and F. Peet y-aite CONGRESS, FIRST SES- SLON-S. 265, Aw Act to protect the manufacturers of mineral Weter In the District of Columbia, and fer other on Sena and House of Kepre nated Siatesal Americ Con d, That ail manufactarer: al wat erg @ud 0 be sold im bottles, up: 1 spectively impre-sed. may file with the cleck of the Supreme Qourt of the District of Columbia dercription of such bottles and of tue name or marks thereop, and =hell cause the same to be publbshed tor not less than two weeks. succ i daily or weekly newspaper published +e District of © SEC And bit fur: 1, That itis here by declared to be unl 'y person or p song hereafter, without the permission ot t owner or owners therec!, to fill with mineral terscrother be for sale, or to tr end netbought by imor her of suc ow ne re thi owner cr eof, and every person so offending shall be li toe penalty of fifty cents for every bottle so filled. or sold or ase! or dt or \ourbt. or trafficked in, forthe fir and five dollars for every subsejuent offence. to be Ecovenes as other fines iu satd Districtof Ce- lombia In wecoréance with the provis! the above w of Con assed @t its Lat 18810) cy proved resident of the United stat July 25. 156! append hereto « description of t 6 bottles belonging to and use? by nsand caution Sl. persons against dealiog or traticking tn or using said bottles as we will enforce the provisions of the law against ull peraons eo cfleading. Geo. Otto claime all bottles and jugs marked “Koss & Otto and B.& O., Wash'ngton, DO This bottle is never sold.” A. MILLER. P KEYSER.& G SCHNELL Bottling establish ment corner 11th aud B streets. Stosch & Kessel claim al! bottles and jugs marked “Stosh & Kessel, A. Grambush &O>., and W Stengel.” STUSH & KESSEL. Brew- ery 160 7th street, bet. Oand P. Crowley & Coleman claim all bottles and jugs marked rowley & Coleman. Washiagton, D ©. andC.&0 This bottle is never sold’ GBOW- LEY & COLEMAN. Bottiingestablishment cor 4, ond A street, Islan’ W.N. H. Mai 1s all bottles and jugs Marked ‘*W. N.H. Maack. Washington 1. «, Thie bottle is never sold * WN. H. MAACK: Bottling estab. shment cor, 45 and N, Island. Abner & Moeden claim all bottles avd jugs marked “O F. Mueden, C.G Mueden, Alex Hohl, A. Miller. A. Mueller ’ ABNEB D 4 Brewery N, ¥. avenue, between John Kozel claims all bottles and jngs marked “J. Kozel.” JOHN KOZEL. Brewery uortu N st., between north Capitol and lstatreet. Hovry Haag claims all bottles und@ jngs marked H. Hi " ENBY HAAG. Brewery No. . Haag. 609 11th street Baldwin & Flanegan cla'm all bottles marked Baldwin & Leitch: Vashington. D O., and B. & L.; this bottle is never sold. Bottling: ablish- ment, 3d street, between C and D streets, Island, J. Whitman elaims and jogs marked i, Whitman. Vv. & W., and V. Folkman. J. WHITMAN. Brewery north N str Cupitel! and Ist ets. EGULAR LINE BETWEEN RALTIMORE R AND WASHINGTON The steamer COLUMBIA will Wharf. st the foot of 11th street every WEDNESDAY Morning 6 o clock. Keturning, she will e Commerce street Wharf, Baltimor. SATURDAY Aftersoon, at 4 o'clock. She will ibe laxdings on both sides of the river, return 1 . For further partical: THO RILBY, peat. apiT&F sm Riley's Wharf, foot of Lith st. B ool Bence’ MS assortment of French jee tio LEWis BAAR, 32 Market Space, NGLISH AND GERMAN READ TRIMM! Erbe hes ‘he LEWIS Baas: saa 32 Market Space. LOWERS AND BONBET FRAMES —Thi F ric! setaugiortment of FLOW ES end BON: can be foun LEW!8 BAAR IbHING TACKLE! FISHING TAOKLE portment of FISHING TACKLE in the marion Sesortment of HD cet ne niarket, betwee: 324 Ds 2 NGLISH WILLOW BATS. CROQUET, GAMES, F.SAVAGE'S, 324 pAaMU RE SAyACR pad erie he melas B® CAGES! aa -BIRD OA@ES Es | 4 piper or at ween 10th and 25,000 8800 Band Guaim sacks, purchasers. mn at very ply to ASE BALL, and HINGTON, D. C.. FRIDAY, | 18g neariy ali to AY 3, 1867. TELEGRAMS. &c. ‘The workingmen ot St. Louis bad a grand demonttration Wednesday in favor of the eight-hour jaw. About 600 men, represent. Tades, were in procession, ¢. After m: ing through the principal siree the city A meeting was OrgAuized, which was addressed by the Hou John Hegan, and several mechanics, all of whom strongly advocated the eight-hour sys- tem, &nd urged their bearers to stand firmly by the law The Houce of Representativesof Massacbu- sorts, yeetrday discussed the bill equalizing the bounties of soldiers, and the pending amenomenu', providing for the sale of isquor the revenue therefrom to be used as fund for the purpose of As propored in the bill, wi ejected almost upanimousiy. The pending ndment was also rejected, and the bill way ordered toa thitd reading. R. L. Davie, internal revenue officer, W. A. Wright, -hipmaster; E.H. Wright, and Jonn Cassidy were ‘aigned before United States Commissioner Hallet, in Bostou, yesterday, charged with conspiring to detraud (iovern- ment by obtaining drawbacks on a large quan- uty of alcobol on pre’ence of shipping it to Eastport, and then eubstituting water for the spirits. They were held to bailin the sum of 10,000 each. An orderly attached :o the Charity Hospital, on Blackwell's Island, was brought before Justice Dodge, at the Jefferson Market Police Court. in New York, charged with having gonged out the eyes of an old man named Gray, a patient in the hospital, and afterwa! strangled him with a linen cloth. The pri oper was remanded, pending a further inves- tigation of the case. Jefferson Davis, it 1s stated, has determined to reconsider his declaration that he would not apply for pardon, and if be is not arraigned at the May term of the United States Court at Richmond, he will file his papers for pardon in accordance with the conditions of President Jobnson’s proclamation The Missouri river has receded from the bottom lands,so that the people can occupy their houses. The Union Pacitic railroad track to Wyandette and the Missouri and Pa- cifie road to Leavenworth are out of water, and are being repaired. Colonel Chalfin, adjutant general.and Dr. Janeway, of General Schofleld’s staff, and families. who precede the arrival of the fami- lies 1 the other Government officersin Rich- mond, bave arrived at Fortress Monroe. ‘The Dubuque //eraid states that the Gover- norof Minnesota will issue a proclamation urging the citizens to ship no more wheat down the river unul after baryest, owing to the searcity A convention of the colored citizens of Ala- bama is now in session in Mobis. The ob- ject isto take grounds as to their f.ture wel- fare, Tbey will proclaim unbroken alliance with the Republican party. The tyidence before the coroner's jury at Gosport, ladiana, implicates Willis MeMan- nibg a&s the murderer ot John S. Jones, the telegraph operator. He ha~ been arrested. Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, ba~ signed the death warrantof Gottlieb Wiiliams, fixing tbe execution for June 4. Willams killed an old lady named Miller, last fall ‘The Liverpool packet ship Hibernia was burned ‘o the water's edge at the wharf in New York, where she was undergoing repairs. Weduesday night. The grand jury in the United States District Court im Boston have indicted Ambrose Lewis and Jabez Frederick for illicit distilling of *pirits in Roxbury. A great mass meeting of the Unionists of Tennessee was held at Jonesboro’, Wednes- day. Several thousand voters were present, and several counties were represented The election parade in Hartford, Connecti- cut, Wednesday, was the grandest affair of the kind ever witnessed in the State. Charles Gibbor Speaker of the Penneylva- nia House of Representatives, addresses the Legroes in Richmond to-night. The Canadian Parliament bas been farther prorogued until the ivith of May. The Captain General of Ouba is very il! sinking aying bounties, FROM ELROPE. Lonpon, May 2.—The day for the meeting of the pence conference has again been chang- ed. and it is now announced that the diplo- matic preliminaries are already so far ad- yanced that the conference will hold its first ses 7th instead of the 12th inst. 2—The Fenian prisoners, ave been convicted of high need to be hanged on the 29th onth. The trial of McCafferty. sow in progress before the commission. —* [By Steamer.) New York, May 3.—The Times’ Paris cor- Tespoudent states that a private letier from Berlin mentions that Bismarck recently de- clared to « foreign diplomat that it was im- Possible for bim to make Any contession with ard to Luxemburg. He could net consent to its neutraiity or to withdraw the troops tresson. and se of the present m is from th rtress or admit that the question Was open to nerotiation, and even if Prussiais Willing Germany would not hear to it The Times editorially. says nothing could be more -ignificant that the speech with which the King of Pru-sia closed the first session of the North German Parliament. All reticence is how cust aside, and whatever importance France and Austria may attach to the treaty of Prague, it iseyident at Berlin that neither the sovere: nor the people dream tha! the German nauonal unity is A matter with which foreica Powers have any business to concern themarives. A Paris correspondent says he is assured tht preparations are maaking to have the Freneb army ready for an emergency. and it is betler prepared for asudden cail than many suppose. DerarteRe or BrisHor Svatoi roR EvroregE—in response to an invitation trom the Pope to atiend the eighteenth centennial anniversary of the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul, to be held at Romeon the 29th of June next, bis Grace Archbishop Spalding, of the Province ef Baltimore, took his depar- lure yesterday from the city in the 930 a. m r New York, whence he sails for Brest, France, to-morrow, on the steamer Pe. reire.. The Archbishop is yet in very feeble health, and up to the thne of his departure it Was somewhat doubtful whether he would be able to withstand the fatigues of the journey. It is hoped by bis triends that with the bright spring weatber ard change of alr, the Arch- bis bop may quickly be restored to his wonted good health. The Archbishop ix aceompa- nied by Very Rey. Dr. Goskery. Prof. N.R. Smith, Alfred Jenkins, Esq., Mrs. Emily Grabam. of North Carolina. Miss Emily Har- per aud Miss Mason, H. Tucker Carroll, Esq., and family, aud W. Greenway, Esq., of Bal. timore, also sail in the Pereire. The Arch- bisbop expects to return about the 20th of September, and during bis absence the affairs of the dioeese will he directed by the Very Rey. Dr. Thomas Foley as sdministrator.— Baltim Sun, THE ErgutT-HouR Movement 1m Caicaco. The eight-hour system is already producing unpleasant iesults between the employers and those eraployed tn Chicago. In alarge pn ber of manufacturing and other busin tablishments operations have been wholl artially suspended, the men emp! - Ing upon the new system as to tl umber of hours which will’ constitute a legal day’s work, while the employers refuse to make any such change. In some instances the employes demand ten hours’ pay for eight boars’ labor, while others ask eight hoars’ pay for eight hours’ labor, and still others are willing to work tbe same number of hours as hereto- fore. receiving the same pay. The unem- ployed at some plac ve already iuterfered to prevent thore wishing to work trom so doing. the Indian commiss e> ceeded in getting together, at Beanvis Ranche, about a hundred and fifty Indians, among them many of the most noted warriors south of the Platte river. They stated that they would remain if the. Government’ ‘would set as three bunared thousand N®. 4,416. ‘LOCAL NEWS. eae Trrrd Warp RRPvBLicaN AssocraTion.— Last evening, the regular meet of the Third Ward Radieat Republican Association was heid at Wieewell Barracks, corner 7th and ftreets, and it was very largely attended. Mr A.G. Hall presided, and Mr. Jobn Thomas Johnson (colored) acted as secretary. The Chair laid before the meeting a comma- nication from Mr. W. J. Rhees, who had ata previous meeting received the nomination for the Board of Common Council, deciiming the boner on account of il] health. Mr.S. G. Brown (colored) stated that Mr. Rhee« was quite sick, bat on recovering be may be induced to wit! ‘w the declina- oR Mr. N. H. Miller (white) moved that the quest.on ef making another nomination be postponed, carried. Mr. J.C. Clary (white) effered a resolution that the word «colored” be hereafter discarded in the club; adopted. SG M - Brown (colored) reported from the executive commitiee resolutions recommend- ime the members be taxed for a small amount each to be used in defraying the ex- penses of the campaign, and that a mass meet- ing of the citizens of the ward be held on Mon- day evening next. The report was adopted, and the committees asked for were appointed Mr. N.H. Miller (white) offered a series of joms reciting the course pursued by Mr . Langley in bis efforts to have the regis- pened; declaring the action of the in the case to be legal and indepen- dent: requesting Mr. Wm. A. Cook to appear before the courts and resist the opening of the registration lists, and that a committee of three be appo'nted to co-operate with Mr. Cook. Mr. Cook. after thanking the mover for in- serting bis name in the resolutions and prom- isingto do bis duty before the conrts, pro- ceeded to urge that it was proper for the meet. ing to take measures te defeat this attempt on the part of rebels, &c., to reopen the lists, and be complimented the registers for the stand they have taken. It required no little cour- age for them tosay to Mr. L. and his eattelites that he could not have the privilege asked for. Like other sinners that bad staid away he mustsuffer. He could welcome sil who had seen the error of their way, but could not allow them after the day of grace has passed toenter in A threatening manner. He was glad to see the Stor had takee the right course, and he ceuld eay “God bless the Stor, God bless Dug Wallach, for ne bas seen the error ef his way and come out of darkness and taken the path of right.” [Applause] He was glad to see him give up bis old nonsense and take the side of right, and was ready to give bim a litt. When the coal dealer (Mr Langley) gave up the error of his ways, he sheuld be applauded also. There was one thing more tor Dug to do—he should vote right. After complimenting the reporters fer their industry in attending the ward meetings and laying imformation before the public which otherwise could not be reached, he e: pressed the hope that they wonld all yo! Tight, and urged the adoption of the resoiu- tions The reselutions were adopted by a rising vote. Mr.J.Clary moved the appoimtment of a committee to waiton Mr. Khees, in reference to se acceptance of the nomination for Council lost. Metsrs. R. Thompson. colored.) of the First Ward, — Chase, (white.) of Uharles- ton, Sergeant George Hatton, colored.) of the Fourth Ward, J. T. Johnson. secretary, and Mr. T. C. the meeting Messrs. Miller, (white,) Johnson, (colored.) and N.B. Clark, (white) were appointed to co-operate with Mr. Cook in opposing the re- opening of the registry. Adjourned. ——— Site Warp Kereuntican Crvs.—The regular weekly meeting of the Sixth Ward Republican club was held last evening at Odd Fellows’ Hall, Navy Yard, the let vice president, Henry Better, (colored,) ebair,and N. W. Eyans, (colored.) secr Mr. J. H. Holmes, (white,) chairman of the ive committee, to whom was referred estion of fixing a time for selecting del- egates to the nomiuating convention, reported a resolution fixing Thursday evening, 9th istant, asthe time for the club to elec delegates to the nom nating convention. which meets on the ith instant, aud that none b Members of the association shali participate the election of delegate-, after the election shall colored.) the Connolly, sddre-sed held, 3 Jing thatthe nomination of a ward ticket be made atter the session of the nominating nd pro- convention. The resolution was adopted Mr. Holmes also reported a plan for the elec- tion of the delegates, as follows: The nomina- tions to be made, after which the presiden shall sppoint three judges of election and de- clare & recess Of one hour or as much time as necessary to bold the election by ballot, and the secretary shall mark off the name of each member of the ciub when he has voted Mr. Martin moved to strike out the time for Arecess. The election was to be held no mat- ter ifat took two nights. The ign of Mr. M. was adopted. Mr. Wm. Beron (white) offered a resolution authorizing the appointment of a committee to mnke arrangements for hoiding a repwblican meeting amd inviting the voters of the Sixth Ward to meetand nominate a candidate for Aldermen. three for Common Council and one Atsessor tobe voted tor in June next. and when such arrangements are compiele the time and place of meeting to be advertised in the Svar and Chronicle Mr Langley (white) moved to iay the re: lution on the table. ¢ Mr. Holmes moved that it be referred to the executive committee Mr. C. W. White (white) hoped the resola- tion would be rejected. He was iu favor inviting all uncenditional Union men to meet with the clob and make the nominations, bat he wa~ opposed to lodging the whole associa- ation in Whe bands of a committee. Mr.J.S. Martin (white) said he liked the resolution, but he did not want the locofeco party and their gids and allies te pa: ipate in that meeting. He thought all Republican voier= should be invited—men who supported the Thirty -uinth Congre~s. Mr. Beron thought the resolutiom as plain As language could make it. He thought there Was creat responsibility on the people of this city. The liberties of the people of the whole globe depended on the foundation which wouid be da by the Republicans ia June. He Wanted the members of the associition to understand that the first Monday of June was tbe birthday of freedom. The club enould not be basty in making their nominations, as their defeat on the first Monday of June would be a stigma which would rest upon them for ali time. Mr. Robert Semmes ( white) said ail Repub- Jicans would vote a Republican ticket, cl noclub. He had always been a Republican, and not like some in the room, who had de- clared they would rather live under a tyran- ical government than a government like ibis Mr. Beron inquired if the gentleman referred to him by looking towards bim. Mr. Semmes said he did not. Mr. Holmes though: the resolution was in- tended for afew men who were of too thin ~kin to participate with the club, and were ashamed to be seen with colored men Mr. J.S. Martin called the gentleman to or- der. He had often heard him make use of such language, and it injured the association. He had denounced Gen. Tompkins asa copper. bead, when it was well known that Gen. T Was % good Union man. Mr. Holmes said he did not say Gien. Tomp- kins wasa copperhead, but tbat he heard so, and he would not let a colored man come out to register The vow being taken the resolutions were Iaid on the table. Mr. Beron said by rejecting this resolution you have virtually declared —- Mr. Holmes arose to a point of order. There was nothing before the meeting and the gentile- man was out of order. Mr. Beron to Mr. Holmes.—The gentieman is always in order. Holmes then read a resolation recom to carry square miles as a reservation, the Goveroment - Fae to protectthem from sll other Aribes, 08 10.1 cir asm Gloce Poeaereation. They A = bag TS retheGovernment té 1 hy ow. req’ : ; | SPA girl named Lydia Bliven pat out one oft eyes at Lenex, while attempting to untie her sheentring with a fork. and Counci} ehogld invite all Degoens See part in pomination backed gag ne ‘mr. White ead it wae welb Boows: the colored men were greatly in the minority in tbat ward, and he wanied i distiactiy mo- derstood Whe colored voir coats not coo trol the ward. There were (20! wht gainet 347 colored. They bad “one be Parties thatever existed to La —the Democratic party—aed he war in favor of having al! Republican vo- ters to participate with the clubin making the nominations Mr_D.R Parker (colored) «sia the colored people did pot tbink they coaid control the ward, butif ths colored men shou Democratic ticket, they would pu ja office frien ds and those wb: He did not know ¥ yet. Some of his friends bad bom a Democrat, and worse that called Dim a rebel: but one thing was certain, he would vote for the ‘rne friend of the eol- cored wan. He moved to lay the resolution on the table Mr. Martin inquired of Mr. Parker whom be cousdered bis triends—these who put the manactes on bis race or those who belped to take them off Mr RBrron ocrats Bat they tntended to vote for hized with tme rose to & point of order. A Motion to lay on ths table bad been made, and debate was not in order Mr. Parker said he wanted oO answer the 1D —1 objec er —I move that the gentieman take [Laughter } bic s+ Mr. Parker, in auswer to Mr. Martin's ques- tiem, entd he did not know who his friends were; but he did Koow that only eight per- sons in this ward voted for exiending the elective franch to colored mea. The Dem- ocrats say they are the true friends of the col- ored man, but be thought the friend of « col- ored man was a true Kepublicnn Mr. Holmes was opposed to the resolation Mr. White inquired of Mr. Holmes bow long be bad been a voter im the Sixth Ward, and Bow many votes be bad cast’ Mr. Holmes said be bad never voted. pat that made po Cifference, he was a resident of the ward now and had a right to vee Mr. Beron said te knew gentlemen who did not belong to the club who were as good Re- publicans ashe (Mr. Hoimes) ever dared to be. (Applause | Mr Holmes moved to lay the resolation on the table Mr. White said by the course you are now pursuing you are diggimg your own graves. A Voice.—Let us dig them, then. Mr. Holmes said if the Republicans were defeated in June nothing would be lost, as the cbharier would be taken awnsy immediately. Mr. Beron said the Democra party was doing everything to defeat the Republicans, and there should be harmony and all Repab- lieans inyited to participate Mr. N. W. Evans (colored) wa favor of the resolution. Reject the resolution and would drive away many who would, ot! wise, vote with them Mr. Holmes desired to offer as asubstitate a resolution declaring that no one but an enemy of the Republican party would ran om ap in- dependent ticket or vete euch ticket. Mr. White objected as it was not to the point, and did not refer to the resolution offered by bim The chair sustained the objection and de- clined to receive the substitute The yeas and nay were demanded on Mr. White's resolution Mr. Holmes moved te adjoura, which mo- tion was adopted and the club adjourned. ea enee ALEXANDRIA J TEMs.—The Gazette of yester- day sny- Ten fbousand bushels of corn were under the -upervision of Mr. ©. P. Lambert, shipped last night aboard the Jobn Gibson, from the extensive warebouses of Mr. H.C. Winship, Agent of that -teamer, between the bours of enght avd twelve ocleck Right Rey. Bishop McGill, Bishop of Rich- mond, will make & pastoral visit to the Oatho- lics of bis spiritual charge in this city on Sunday next, and daring the morning of that day will confirm a large number of personsat St. Mary's Church The name of (ieorge Seaton. colored, a re- spectable and well to do resident of this chy, is said to be included in the list of the jarymem 10 serve at the <ession of the ted States District Court, which meets in Richmond to- day. < seco Senator Wilson's Tour. Seuator Wilsom addressed a large colored assemblage a: Wilmington, N , Wednesday afternoon. The meeting was organized by electing General L. G. Exte~ as president. and Tesolutions were adopted thanking Uongress for the miiltary reconstruction bill, promising to recon-truct Norta Carolina with loyaimen, to give the colored men aright to sit on juries Sud to extend rights and privileges to the poor white men by the esiablishment of a Re- publican party in the State. Senator Wilsoa then addressed the meeting for pearly two hours. He declared that the Republican party was not responsible for one life fost in the war; but, before God aad tory. the supporters of slavery were responsi- bie tor every hfe sacrificed and every dollar spentin it. He nyited the colored people to Yote with the Republican party, kaowig that they were voting with the uncesquered and upconguerable power ef the country. He de- clared ally important that there should be no black party or white party formed Benjamin Kobineon, editor of the Wilmiag- ton Deepatch, then «poke for nearly an hour, eudeavoring to tarow the blame of the war on the slavery agitators, and charging on them the design to maxe thy South dependent on the North financialls and industriousiy {1 was the old argument, but was not strongly pre- sented. Heread anextract froma speech of Mr. Wilson's, in 1956, sustaining the dectrin= TRA: slavery Was an institution of the States, ulc not beanterfered with; also, the and « lever of December, I-60, from Abraeam Lin- colp to Alexander H. Stephens, to the same effect’ This was to show the taisity of the Republican p J. and to prove that the pe- es DAd ho greAi cause for gratitude to that y. He declared bimeetf in favor of their cauon, bit pot ey Northern schoolmasters and he told them that, with all of placi them On terme Of equality with the wh here Were no colored officers m the army. (Shoute of denial.) Mr. Robinson spoke by previous arraugemen', and rec-ived & fair hearing. When Senxior Wilson rose to reply he was greeted with three cheers, and three more ‘were given for the National Republican = ty. Mr. Wil-on justified bis own speech fi 1555, and Abrabam Lincoln ed ‘hat non-interference w ery in the St then the avowed doctrine of the re- Publican party. afd that the abolition of ela- very by the General Government was the re- -ult of the rebeilion, He congratulated Mr. Robinson on the chanze slready effected in hi views, a¢ shown by bis willingness to have the colored people educated, and though: that in a few months more Mr Robinson would be fully affiliated with the Republiean party. As to colored men not holding any commissions, he deciared that bis own son, recenthy dead, bad cerved &- lie tenant. captain, and lieuten- ant colonel in & reguuent Whose major was ag bisck 4s apy man in the audien, ACCIDENTAL DtaTa BY HANGING —Another Warning as to the effects of banging for fun bas just taken place im Utica. A boy named G. O. Butter, aged 1) years, attempted to show some smaller children the manner in which people bang themselves) Making one end of a line fs-t, he threw the otherover a beam and made at fast to bis neck He v sianding on a horse. when be tumblea ov nd fell. brea ing bie neck. His mother arrived ana loosen the line around bis neck, pot. It was then cut, ules be breathed 2is Ias ‘ied to bat could d in five or six min- 87-A Wiscon-on paper tells the story of a man who eloped with another's wife, bat on going to the hotel vreaktast table in Chicago, Where such congenial spirits most do congre- gate, was filled with constermation si seemg his own wife wth the man whose domestic peace he thougat he had wrecked forever. After consultation each escorted his own law- ful wife back to his deserted hearthstone. S7 Two little cirls on Sunday last discov- ereda man hanging in an old boned on Mr. McGuonigie s farm, in Chartiers Township. near Pitt<berg, Pa. From the appearance of the body it is suppesed that he had been ba’ tug there for sometime. No one knows who be is, andthe general supposition is that deceased had committed suicide. 87 An old man named Wright, residing at Whitehall, seven oreight miles from Pitts- burgb, committed suicide on Friday mignt tast, by hanging himself. The lifeless body was discovered hanging to the post of a bed in his room. The decessed was about seventy- five years, and it is said bis mind was 2omewhat impaired. They have an odd way of up ram- rae Semenes in Mempbu eee cok A T enys: wo- Linge Eien tothe Adame street police station on Monday night, wed up ina , her bead only jcwor She was us kept from doing mischief, was carried along on fackof a cturdy black man. g7-San Fraucisco is full of men without ‘work. &7-A Mississippi paper mx hype is a en- terprise en some o} towns that Beste to roll aw down S87 The Canadiun geld fields are turning out weil. Property eelis briskly there. G7 The wheat crop is said to look splendid All over the West. ams 1 Bg gh py og way dua

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