Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1865, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR: PUBLISHED DAILY, (EXCEPT SUNDAY,) AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Sepihwest corner of Penn’a avenue and LULA street, By W. D. WALLACH, ee ——— The STAR is served by the carriers to their subscribers in the City and District for TwLvVs-AND-A-HALP CENTS PER WEEK. iBzicz Yor MAILING:—Single copy, Three j one month, Seventy-five Cents; three One Dollar and Fifty Cents; six months, ancient from the office longer than paid for. ont WEEKLY STAR—published on Fri- Torning—One Dollar and a Half a year. ———_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_————— AMUSEMENTS. 3 CANTERBURY HALL, M USI ANTERBURY HAY, MusIO Er RRR Battie ¥a BY © -aLu LOUISIANA AVENUE. EV Rear of ms Bational and Pietrcoateae Dowels, ———- _...----__ Proprieter » New York, and Oanterbury ‘ia, Va. &TILL TRIUM T ; PHAN ND UNAPPROACHABLE Ip Merit and Success, challenges comparison as it proudly arrays before the Public the following OVERWHELMING OVERWHELMING ASPEMBLAGBE OF GENIUS, ASSEMBLAGE OF GENIUS, Embracing Represeatative Stars of THE DRAMA. THE OPERA. THE BALLET, THE TOMIME. AND ee BTHIOPIAN OOMEDY. First appearance of MI83 MAUDE STANLEY, MI83 MAUDE STANLBY, MI8S MAUDE STANLEY, MI88 MAUDE STANLEY, MISS MAUDE STANLEY, THE QUEEN OF SONG THE OURBN OF SUNG. THE QUREN OF BONG. A lady of rare vocal accomplishments, and uni- verrally admitted by musicians, professors of mu- gic, aad musical critics, to bea most finished ar- tiste in vocal music, possessing a voice of extra- ordinary sweetness and of great scope and com- 7: executing the most difficult trills with unaf- ected proficiency and im every range of the scale ber singing is racterized by a richness of mod- niation clearness of intonati ‘arely equalled ex: Um by first-class opera lonnas. This lady is tow added to the combina: of real ster- ling merit performing atthe Canterbury, at an exorbitaat salary, Fourth Week of the Two Graces, OLARA AND MILLIE CLARA AN Whose brilliant Suecession of MAGNIFICENT BALLETS MAGNIFICENT BALLETS have Seen the admiration of CROWDED AUDIENCES, CROWDED AUDIENCES, they will appesr to-night in the grand ballet of tHE SYLPH OF THE MOUNTAIN, SYLPd OF THE MOUNTAIN, SYLPH OF THE MOUNTAIN, Arranged by MONS. BZOLLOBY, assisted by the Boquet of Beauty, LAURA LECLAIRE, TILLY FORBES. KATE HARRISON, JOSEPHINE PARKER, SUSIE WILSON: BLLA PARKER, KATS ULLMAN. CARRIE GARD. 5 MARY GARDNER, in their most acceptable efforts, The Delebrated Ethiopian Trie, MULLIGAN, REDDEN AND CLARK, MULLIGAN, REDDEN AND CLARK, in pew Songs and Dances. THE PLANTATION SCENE FROM UNCLE TOM’S CABIN, UNCLE TOM’S CABIN Introducing the ENTIRE COMPANY IN A NUMBER OF PLANTATION SONGS, PLARTATION SUNGS, eonclading with the new GRAND PATRIOTIC TABLEAU, GRAND PATRIOTIO TABLBAU, GRAND PATRIOTIC TABLBAU, Received with Shouts of applause nightly by CROWDED AUDIENCES. SMITH & BROWN, BMITH & BROWN, Daracters by the Dramatic Corps. OTICE.—WEDNESDAY A¥TERNOON AND NIGHT, BENEFIT OF J zB A. BANAFIT OF JOHN BSPUTA, LEADEROPF THB . LEADER OF THEO ESTE which oceasion over Y MUSICIANS HAVE VOLUNTBSERED aery MUBIGIANS Have VOLUN Tea a pesides s Grand and Varied Bill will be given ERNOON AND NIGHT, AFTERNOON AND yt ~ of Washington have taken action. resuitie ——————————EEEEeeee Eben Dollars; one year, Siz Dollars. No papers }———~ ~- +$ ig Star, 2%, XXV. AMUSEMENTS. WASHINGTON THEATER. Corner 1lth and C streets, near Penna. ave. BENEFiI£ AND LAST APPBARANCE OF . I. B_ PHILLIPS LAST NIGHT OF MB. G.C, BONIFACE, HIS RVENING, May 17, 1835, will be presented, by Particular Desire, the Great Drama of NICK OF THE WGODS. MR.G.C. BONIFACR in Six Characters MRS I. B. PHILLIPS AS TBLLIE DOE. T+ conclude with the Military Dramaof THE DRUN1. BN CORPORAL. GROVER’S NEW THEATER. Pennsylvania Avenue, near Willard’s, GREAT SUCCESS! UNBOUNDED BNTHUSIASM! THIS BVENING Will again So presented Mrs. Harriet Beecher Btowe’s greet YCLN TOMS CABIN with the best of characters ever selected fer the same piece. Mr. Geo. Kunkel as. -.Uncle Tom Little Katie Barker a: Angelic Eva M i Eliza Harrie. opsy ©. B. Baker, Mr. Hutchings. Mr. Hampton, Mr. Jennings, and the entire cast of its First Pro- duction oa Thursday i ee Grand Family Matinee on SATURDAY AFTER- NOQN, st Cheap Pricesof Admission. my 15-tf F UN !I—FROLIC |-GAIETY !-MIRTH! WYMAN, MAGI€IAN—WIZZARD—VENTRILOQUIST! ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, 7TH STREET, Commencing on TUBSDAY NIGHT, loth, and BEVERY NIGHT until farther notice. Also. on DN&SDAY and SATURDAY AF- TERNOONS. at 3 0’elock. j Mr. wraen 8 Chickering & 8on’s Pianos, 8. D bi] é ’s Americsu Organ. and Tomp- kins’s Drum. engaged from John F. Bllie’s Masic Store, 306 Pa. avenue. my 16-5 PROCLAMATION: MILITARY HALL, 397 PENN’A AVENUE, Between Four and s-halfand Sixth Streets, WILL BE OPEN TO-NIGHT Withan ENTIRELY NEW COMPANY? SINGING aRD DANCING. BEAUTIFUL GIRLS! ADMISSION FREE! my 16 ADMISSION FREE! GROVER'S NEW THEATER. P. A, HERBERT......... .+.-Business Manager GRAND ANNUAL CONCERT TOUR 0 THEOBORE HABELMANN, PRIMO TENORS OF THE GRAND OPERA, M. THEODORE HABELMANN leave to announce to his many friends and the public that he will give A GRAND SAGRED CONCERT oN SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1865, The enly one, most positively, this season, The following artists will appear: ; THEODORE HABBLMANN, Prime Tenore from the Grand German Opera; Sol MELE RASUBUT. 1O Jan rom. a] i MLL PAULING OANISUA, Soprano from the Grand German Opera; . M. HEINBIOW STEINECKE, Primo Baritone from the Grand German Opera; MB. ADOLPH NEUBNDOREFP.........Conducter The programme will be published in future ad- vertizements. Tickets to Parquet, Dresa Circle, and Balcony, $1, a limited number of Reserved Seats in the Or- chestra.£0 cents extra. which can be had at the BOX OFFICE OF THB THEATER ONLY. Family Circle. 5° cents. Tickets for sale at Metzerott’s Music Store, Penn. avenne. my 15 tf METROPOLITAN HALL. 5 +, _..Proprietor. G._ NAOHMANN _. Acting Manager, FRED. YOUNKENS_.. --Musical Director. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF TAL- ENT UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT. METROPOLITAN COMPANY. LOOK AT OUR TALENT. M188 HENNUTTE, MISS Cult hay MISS KITY LEE, MI88 VIOLA OLIFTON, @. HI FRANK LAPALLE. FRED. YOUNKSNS. € SS ACHMAN. THE BEST COMBINATION OF LISHMENT IN THE CITY. SF The Bar is always stocked with a and Segars. . 3 be Proprietor spares no pains to please his patrons. ADMISSION FREE. end to commence at 8 o’clock precisely. my OXFORD! OXFORD! OXFORD! MUSIC HALL AND THBATRE, Ninth street, fronting om Pennsylvania avenue SREMERBOUA SUCCESS UNCLE TOM’S CABIN, In consequence of which it will be repeated this oe with the same powerful cast of Characters. Dacl Hatchinson Geor i . A. Bme: Tops: a the country)..Nelly Whitney 5 = --Petite Mary isthe smallest cbiid he ever In connection with the above will be given an entirely new OLIO ENTERTAINMENT, including all the old favorites, and a number of new Artists. NOTICE. CHANGE OF DAY. LADIES MATINEES at this Honse will be given on WEDNESDAYS in future, until farther notice. MONUMENT TO ABRAHAM LINCOLNIN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. order to give definite shape to the desire so generally expressed that suit: should Le res in the City of Washi memory o! incoln, the Ci in the formation of an Association to be called the LIN- COLN NATIONAL MONUMENT ASSOCIATION, " President MOM SRD WALLACH, M residen: ayor. Becretary-CROSBY 8 NOYES. Treasurer—GEORGE W. RIGGS. The Directors will be snnounced hereafter. 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The President had been carried from tke thea- tre to the house of a gentleman who lived di- rectly Opposite, and placed upon a bed in the back part of the house; found several citizens there, and among others, two assistant sur- oe of the army, who had brought him over. ‘hey immediately gave over the case to my care, IN consequence of my professional rela- tion to the family. Witnessexamined him and found that the President had received a gun- shot wound in the back part and left side of his head, into which witness carried his finger and at once informed those around that the case was hopeless: that the President would die; that there was no positive iimit to the life; his vital tenacity was very strong; that he would resist as Jong as any one, but that death would certainly follew. Witness remained as long &s it was of any use, but nothing could be done. He died the next morning about half. past seven from the wound. Witness described the ball and the wound, stating that the ball re- sembled those usnally shot from a Derringer Distol, aad was a hand made ball. The ball was flattened or compressed somewhat in its passage through the skull, and a littie portion had been cut up in its passage through the bone. Witness marked the ball with the initials of the President, A. L., in the presence of the Sec- retary of War, sealed it up with my private seal, and endorsed my name on the envelope. The Secretary enclosed it in another envelope, which he also endorsed and sealed with his private seal, and is still in his custody. Sergeant Sinas D. Cops testified that he was on the night of the assassination of the Presi- dent, on duty at the Navy-yard bridge, and saw three men approach rapidly on herseback between half-past ten and elever o’clock. Witness challenged them, and advanced to them to recognize them. Witness was satisfied that they were proper persons to pass, and passed them. Witness could not identify any of the persons as being one of the men. Wit- ness recognized the Photograph of Booth as the man who past first. itness asked him who he was. He said his name was Booth. I asked him “where from!” He answered from the city. 1 asked him «where are you going!” ‘sGoing home.” I asked where his home was; he said in Charles, which I understood to be Cnarles county. I asked him whattown. He said he did'nt live in any town. I said: “You must live in some town.” He said: «I live close to Bryantown, but I do not live in town.” I asked him why he was out so late; it he did not know persons were not permitted to pass alter that time of night. He said it was news to him; he said he had some were to go, that it was dark, and that he thought he would have &moon. The men approached singly, several minutes time between each. The second one, ‘who was a small-sized man, did not seem to have been riding rapidjy; he was from five to ten minutes later than the first. Witness asked him ‘who he was!” He said his name was Smith; that he was going to White Plains; and witness asked him how he came to be out so late; he made use of a rather indelicate word in replying, from which I should judge he had been in bad company. Witness had a good view of the man’s tace before the guard-house door; he was about thesame size of Herold, bat lighter complexion. Did not think Herold was the man. I allowed him to pass, but the other man I turned back. He did notseem to havesuf- ficient business to warrant me in passing him. He made an aes Abs ae aman had passe: on & roan horse. The second one who hai come up made no inquiry in regard to another horseman. The second horse was a roan, and did not seem to be trotting. 1 should think it was a kindof half racking. Booth rode a rather under-sized, bright bay, with a smooth shining skin. He looked smvoth and asthough he bad hadashort push. He seemed restive nd uneasy, much more so than the rider. PoLkE GARDENER testified that he wason the road between Wasnington and Bryantown on the right of the 14th of April, and about il o’clock met two men riding very fast in the direction of Marlboro. I met the first one on Good Hope Hill, the last one about half a mile beyond. The first stopped and asked me the road to Marlboro; the other did not speak to me. He was riding a roan or iron grey. The ball extracted from the wound of Presi- dent Lincoln having been received from the War Department, Dr. Stone was again called on the stand, and, on examining it, identified it fally as the ball extracted by him. - T. KEnT testified that ne picked up the Pistol in the pox of the theatre the night of the assassination I suppose about three minutes Qiter the President was shot, I went into the box; there were two persons in there then. The surgeon asked me for a knife to cut open the President's clothes. I handed him mine, and with it he cut the President's clothes open. Ileft the theatre. Afterwards I missed my night-key, and thought I had dropped it there. I hurried back to the theatre, and when I went into the box my foot knocked against a pistol lying on the floor. I picked it up and cried out, “1 haye found the pistol!” Some persons there told me to give it to the police, but there ‘was a gentleman who said he represented the Associated Press, and I handed it to him. The next morning I went around to the police station and recognized it as the pistol I had picked up. Lieut. Lovett testified that after the assassi- Ration he was engaged inthe pursuitof the murderer. Took the road by Surrattsville and went by the houseof Dr. Mudd, whom he recognized as one of the prisoners. We first asked him whether there had been any strangers at his house. He said there had. At first he did not seem to care about giving us any satisfaction; then he went on and stated that on Saturday morning at daybreak, two strangers came to his place;one came to the door, and the other sat on his horse; that he wentdown and opened the door, when the other man got off his horse and came into the house; that one of them had a broken leg, and that he had set the leg. [asked him who the man was. He sald hedid not know; he wasa stranger tohim. He stated thatthoy were both strangers. 1 asked him what kind of alooking man the other was. He said he was a young man, about 17or 18 years old. He said they remained there a ehort time. This was the first conyersation I had with him. This was on Tuesday, the 18th. Hesaid he had heard of the aseassination on Sunday, at church. His house from Washington by way of Bryantown is about thirty miles, I suppose. We did not talk much about the assassination; I was making inquiries more about these men than anythingelse. He said one of them called for razor; thathe furnished him with a razor, soap and water to shave his moustache off. I asked him if he had any other beard; ke replied “yes, along pair of whiskers.” He said one of them went aw / on crutches, and that he showed them th vay across the swamp. He said the other one led his horse, and that he had a pair of crutches made for him: I was entirely satisfied that these parties were Booth and Herold. Some of the other men along with me made the remark it looked suspicious, and Mr. Mudd then also said it looked suspicious. Atthe firstinterview I had, my mind was made =p to arrest him when the proper time came. The second interview occurred on Friday, the 2ist. I went there forthe purpose of arresting him. Wher he found that we were going to search the house, he said something to his wife, and then brought down & boot and handed it tome. He said he had to cut it off in order to setthe man’s leg. I turned the boot down, and saw some writing on the inside— «oJ, Wilkes.” 1 called his attention to it. He said he had not taken notice of it before. {A large cavalry boot, slit down the leg, was brought in, passed round, and examined by the members of the court. On the inside, near the top of the leg, under thename of the maker, were the words * J. Wilkes,” written plaialy, in ink] He still insisted that they were stran- gers to him, bnt said subsequently that he was. satisfied it was Booth. That was on Friday; the same day; he made the remark that his wife bad told him s: ‘w the whiskersat one time become disco! ted from the man’s face. After [had arrested him, and we had got on our horses and were going ont, some of the men gave him Booth’s photograph. They held itup to bim, and asked him if it did not look like Booth. He said that it was not like Booth; that it looked 8 little lixe him across the eyes. Shortly atter that he said he had an iatroduac- tion to Booth last fall; he said aman by the name of Johnson gave him an introduction to him, On being questioned by one of the other, men, he said he had rode with him in the coun- try leoking up some land, and when he bought a horse last fall. He said he wanted a good road horee. I asked him if the whiskers of one of the men spoken of by him might not have N2. 3,809. been false, and he said he did not know; it ap- peared afterward that Booth had gone up siairs, butthe Doctor did not tell of that. At our first interview he told me they stayed but a short time, and afterward his wife told me that they stayed until three or four o’clock on Saturday afternoon. Ididnotask him whether he charged anything for setting the leg. M question was as to whether the men had much Money. He said they had a considerable lot of greenbacks. 1 then asked him if they had arms about them, to which he replied tbat the wounded man hada brace of revolvers. ‘When I went to Dr. Mudd’s the first time, I had a conyersation with his wife. As soon as lasked him whether the two strangers had been there he told me at once that they had. He was made aware of the nature of our er- rand, I suppose, by @ friend. He seemed very much excited, and turned very pale when he was first asked about the two strangers, though he acmitted they had been there. Q. When on the occasion of your second interview yeu mentioned the name of Booth, hé then told you he bad been introduced! A. I did not mention it until we were on horseback, though I had previously mentioned Booth’s name to the other doctor. (. You say that Dr. Mudd seemed yery much alarmed! A Yes, ne turned very pale in the face and blue abont the lips, like aman who was frightened at the recol- lection of something he had done. He seemed very much concerned when I turned the boot inside out. Some of the men present said that the name “Booth” had been scratched out, when I suggested that ithad not been written. Dr. Mudd’s manner was very evasive, he seemed to be very reserved. JoeHvA Liovp testified that he was engaged in the pursuit of the assassins. His testimony, ewe vers does not diifer from that of Lieut. ovett. Cor. H. H. WELLs, Provost Marshal of the Defenses south of Washington, testified that he had @n interview with Dr. Mudd on Friday, the 2istof April. I had three definite conyer- sations with him. The first conversation oc- curred, I think, about noon on Friday. I had the Doctor brought to my headquarters, and took his statement He commenced by remark- ing that on Saturday morning, about 4 o’clock, he was aroused by a loud knoek at his door. He was surprised at the loudness of the knock, and inquired who was there. Receiving some reply. as I understood, he looked from the ‘window or went to the door, and saw standing in his front yard a person holding two horses, and another sitting on one of the horses. He described the appearance of the persons, and said the younger of the two was very fiuentin his speech, and that the person on horseback had broken his leg, and desired medical attend. ance. He assisted in bringing the person who was on horseback into the house, and laying him upon the sofa in the parlor, and aftersome time he was carried upstairs and laid on a bed in what was called the front roem; he then proceeded toexamune the leg, and discovered that the outward bone was broken nearly at right angles across the limb, about two inches above the instep; he said it was not a com- pound fracture; that the patient complained of pain in his back, but he found no apparent cause for the pain, except as proceeding from the effect of a fall from a horse, as the patient stated he had fallen; he said that he dressed the limb as well as he was able to do with the limited facilities at his command, and called & white hired servant to make a crutch for their patient The crutch was made Breakfast ‘was then prepared, and the younger of the ersons, the one who was uninjured, was invited to breakfast with them. The prisoner further stated that after breakfast he noticed his patient to be much worn, debilitated, and pale. The young man made some remark in relation to pronase some conveyance for taking his friend away, and that some time after dinner he started with him to see if a carriage could be procured. After traveling tor some distance, and failing to precure a carriage, the young man remarked that he would not go any farther, but would return to the house, and see if he could not get his friend away. The doctor stated, also, that after going to the town, which was the furthest pointof his journey, he returned to his Bouse ebout 4 o’clock in the afternoon. In speaking of the wounded man, | asked him it he knew who the person was, to which he replied that he did not recognize him I then exhibited to him what was said to be a miniature of Booth, and he said that from the miniature he could not recognize him. He stated, however, in answer to another question. that he met Booth sometime in November. I think he said that he was introduced by a Mr. Thompson, toBooth. I think the introduction took place at church on a Sunday morning, and after the introduction had been given, Thompson said that Booth wanted to buy farming lands.— They had some conversation on the subject of lands, and then Booth asked the question whether there were any desirable horses that could be bought cheap in that section, and he mentioned the name of several dealers in de- sirable stock in the neighborhood. I asked him if be could recogniz3 again the person whom he then met, under the name of Booth. He said hecould. I asked him if he had seen Booth at any time after the introduction in November, and prior to his arrival there on Saturday morning. He said he had not—I asked him if he had any suspicion of the character of Booth or either of these persons. He said he had not, but that after breakfast he thought there was something strange about their actions in view of the fact that the younger man came down stairs and asked fora razor and said his friend wanted to shave himself, and that shortly afterward he noticed that the person answeling to the name of Booth had shayed off his moustache. I asked him if the man had a beard, when he said that he had, and that it was longer than my own, but he could not determine whsther it was natural or artificial; that he keptashawl about his neck, and seemed to desire to conceal the lower partot his face. I asked him at this time if he had heard of thejmurder of the President. He replied that he had not. I think, however, he remarked to me in one of his interviews that he heard of the assassina- tion for the first time on on Sunday morning or late In the evening of Saturday. My im- pression is that he did not hear of it until after these persons had leit his house. The witness stated further that, when leaving, Herold in- quired for the most direct routeto Mr. Wil- mer’s house, and that the prisoner gave him the desired information. The prisoner also communicated to the witness all the particu- lars concerning the discovery of the boot in the house occupied by him. Q. At the time Mudd gaye you this information did you see anything in his manner that was extraordi- nary A. He did not seem willing to answer a direct question, and 1 saw that unless 1 asked direct questions all important facts were omit- ted by him. Q. Washealarmed! A. He was muchexcited. Q. Andalarmed! A. Notatthe first nor second interview, but at the third he was. Q. Atthe first interview did you have any written statement made? A. No, sir; I kept on talking with him, and after I thought I had the facts I had ittaken down in We! 3 we had had a dozen interviews at least, (.. When was the last interview! A. On Sunday, I think. Q. Did you have more than oneon Fri- day? A. He was in my presence tor almost 5 hours; we were talking there from time to time, Q. You said that at the last interview he was much alarmed from some statement you made? A. I said to him that he was concealing the facts, and that I didn’t know whether he under- stood that was the strongest evidence that could be produced of his guilt at that tine, and might endanger his safety. After some further cross-examinntion the Court adjourned till 10 o’clock this morning. ————_+202 >__<\_ ‘Little boys have been arrested for burg AME in New York. Shocking city. SF This month the Treasury will pay out 33,000,000 in coin as the interest due on gold bearing bonds. This ought to reduce the price of gold by throwing upon the market such a supply. WZ A barber in Savannah says he has used up More than 100,000 of rebel money for nbaving paper. B7-Seven barbers arraigned in New Haven for violating the Sunday statute, procured their discharge by proving that shaving was a werk of necessity. mv An antiquated spinster who has been the victim of several jilts, finds her chief comfort now-a-days in reading the accounts of the way Government punishes desert-hers. ii The taxable property ef Oregon for 1964 was $75,000,000 : oF w7 The remains of the Hon. George M. Dal- las, which lie in @ yault in St. Peter's Church ere: Philadelphia, are to be placed in a fam- y vault now being constructed in the same graveyard. = 7 Some leading Manchester men, in view of the end of the American war, purpose to start a jointstock company for the ee calico and linen in ‘varions parts of ‘west of Ireland. 7° Wm. Murphy, the notorions rebel boat- burner, captured at New Orleans, has been gent to St. Pouis. CORPORATION AFFAIRS. Oouncit PROCEEDINGS, May 15.—Board of Aldermen.—The Board met parsuant to ad- journment, President Brown in the chair. & t Aldermen Utermehie, Rapley, Noyes, Cantield, Turton, McUathran, » Lewis, Barr, Plant, Lloyd A communication was presented from the Mayor, transmitting the report of the clyil SReineers appointed under the act approved jap tember 23, 1661, entitled “An act aathor- Dg the Mayor to employ an engineer to examine the plans proposed for the improve- ment of the canal,” referred The report em- braces sixty Pages of legal foolscap, and is the plan of ie Proposed nays eek, sno of igs resent canal. eee ee r Turton presented the petit; Wilson and others, asking for = alt square No. 157; referred. Mr. Lewis presented a petition from Minnie Oldman, (accompanied by a bill carrying into effect the object of the memorial,) asking to be permitted to retain a wooden shed erected within 24 feet of other buildings, in violation of & city ordinance, of which she was ignorant; referred. Mr Lewisaiso presented a bill appropriating #2U,00 to arch oyera partof 2d street west, from the north side of Pennsylvania avenue to the west front of lot No.6, 1m square No 575; referred. Mr. Utermehle presented the petition of J. Wallach forthe refunding of a certain sum paid for a license; referred. Also, a bill to lay a sewer in Massachusetts avenue, from 6th to 7th streets west; referred. Mr. Noyes presented the petition of J.C. Crempsey and others for the paying and gra- ding of the alleys in square No. 500; referred to Seventh Ward delegation. Mr. Plant presented the petition ot William D. Crampsey, asking compensation for dama- ges to his property on F street, caused by the alleged negligerce of the workmen engaged in Paving the same in Obstructing the gutter so as to flood the lower part of his house and in- jure its walls during a late storm; referred. Mr. McCathran introduced a bill appropri- ating $500 for the repair of the allach SChUUI building; refarred tothe schools com- mittee. The special order—a bill from the Common Council making appropriations amounting to $15,000, to pay certain outstanding claims against the Central Guardhouse—was taken up: and after debate was passed. _ Mr. Utermehie, from the finance committee, Teported the tax bill from che lower board with amendments. The bill imposes a tax of 75 cents onevery hundred dollars of the as- sessed Value of real and personal property and Of the assessed amount of capital employed in the business of bankers, brokers and money lenders. Section 7 imposes a tax of one-half the cost of lighting the corporation lamps, the tax to be assessed upon the lots fronting en such streets as shall be lighted. Sections im- poses AN Additional tax of 15 cents on each hun- dred dollars tor the tn fer of the expenses of the Metropolitan Police. Section 9 imposes an additional tax of ten cents on each hundred dollars for the payment of the deficiency in the collection of the U.S. tax imposed on the city by act of Congress, approved July Ist, 1864. Section 10 provides that on ail taxes accruing under this act the Collector may allow an abatement as follows: If paid on or before the last day of August, 1505, six per cent, on or before the last day-of October, 1865, three per cent. After the last day of October no abate- ment shall be allowed, and the abatement not to be allowed upon taxes accruing upon prope erty aireadly in arrears until such arrearages are paic The proposed amendments to the Council bill strike out the 7th, th and 9th sections, im- posing additional taxes, and modify the 10th section so &s to provide that on all taxes accru- ing under the act the Collector may allow an abatement as follows: If paid on or before the last day of August, 1665, 10 per cent; on or be- fore the last day of September, 1505, § per cent; on or before the last day of October, 1565, 1 per cent; and after the last day of October no abate- ment. After some debate, on motion of Mr. Lloyd, the bill was laid over until a special meeting on Friday night. 7 Mr. Turton, from the committee on drain- age, reported @ bill to lay @ water main along Mctreet north, from 1ithk to 12th streets west, with a substitute, propos‘ng to lay the main in- stead, along 12th to Massachusettes avenue, to- M street, and slong M street, trom 11th to 14th. streets. The substitute was passed. Mr. Turton, from the same committee, aleo reported a bill to iy a water main along Ver- mont avenue, from N to l4th streets; passed. Mr. Utermehle, from the police committee, Teported unfavorably upon the bill permitting Minnie Oldman to retam a recently erected wooden shed cn her premises, and the bill was rejected. r. Utermehle, from the same committee, also reported a bill granting permission to R. B. Clark and E. L. Morrison, to erect an iron railing in frent of their premises, four feetfrom the building line. Mr. Plant presented a remenstrance to the passage of the bill, signed by Wm. H. Dann and others living on that square, and atter debate, the bill was passed. Mr. McOathran, from the committee on claims, reported a bill for the relief of J. R. Murray. The bill was accompanied by a substitute appropriating $332 62 for the settle- ment of the claims of all other parties like those of Mr. Murray, namely, corporation paving certificates, whieh was passed. Mr. Plant, from the committee on fire depart- ment, reported back the letterof Mr. A. B. Talcott, superintendent of the fire alarm tele- graph, in relation to the repair of the Columbia Engine House. and the communication was placed on the files ot the Board. Mr. Noyes, from the committee on schools, reported a bill appropriating $500 for the ree pair of the Wallach school honse building. Also, from the Seventh Ward delegation, the bill =) pave the alleys in square No. 500; assed. > The resolutions from the Common Council, discountenancing the return to the city of men who went South and participated in the rebel- lion, were taken up. Mr. Utermehie, in consideration of the late. ness of the hour, asked a postponement of the subject till next Monday night, and to make it the special order. Mr. Plant insisted on their being acted upon atonce, and called for the yeas and nays on the postponement. After debate, Mr. Lioyd renewed the metion to postpone, and called the yeas and nays. The motion was lost. Yeas—Aldermen Lloyd, Lewis, Turton, aod Utermehle—4. Nays—Aldermen Barr. Canfield, McCath- ron, Noyes, Plant, and the President--6. Mr. Utermebie offered the following as a substitute for the bill: Resolved by the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council of the city of Washington, That we have entire confidence in the integrity, wisdom, and patriotism of our present Execu- tive, and we will heartily, cheerfully, and unanimeusly approve of and commend any policy which may be devised, adopted, aad executed tc the return of persons to our city who were recently engaged in the late un- natural and destructive rebellion. The substitute was lost by the following vote: Yeas—Messrs. Lioyd, Lewis, Turton, and Utermehile, Nays—Messrs. Barr, Canfield, McCathron, Noyes, Plant, and Mr, Brown, the President—6. Mr. Lioyd then offered as a substitute the resolutions introduced into the lower Board sg f Mr. alent of nee Lbvalegs which were also lost by the following vote: Yeas—Messrs. Lloyd, Lewis, Turton, and Utermeble—4. Nays—Messrs. Barr, Canfield. McCathron. Noyes, Plant, and Mr. Brown, the President—6. On motion of Mr. Noyes, the substitute offered by Mr, Utermehie was added to the resolutions of the lower Board, and the reso- lutions as amended, were then passed by the following vote: Yeas—ileesrs. Barr, Oanfield, Lewis, McOa- thron, Noyes, Plant, Turton, Utermehle, ang Mr. Brown—9. Nay—Mr. Lloyd. In the p! is of the debate, (which the mags of evidence in the conspiracy trial crowds out,) the President, Mr. Brown, made the fol- lowing personal explanation: . «In the printed sketch of my remarks at the meeting last week in front of the City Hall, I am reported as having said that “within the last twenty minutes I had been mested by the Mayor to preside at this meeting, and to say that he endorsed the movement,” &c. This was an error of the reporter, unintentional I amesure. What I did say was that, within. the last twenty minutes I had been called upon to preside, as the Acting Mayor, in the absence of the Mayor, &c.,” in reply to the questions, ‘where is the Mayor? why don’t he preside! is he against us,&c.” I said: «the Mayor is sick: in bed; I cannot say itively that he ap- proves of the objects of the meeting, bat I can say that in my opinion he onght to, and I be- lieve does; for the men whose Cae tae ask the Government to prevent, kde ie very men who, more than all ee iclenon een, his election to the mayoral! desire that they back and war Fe! th uredly Tiiseek 20 do, as they ass) w e clty elections: + Ottr reasone which. to my mi are satisfactory, I conclude that the Mayor cannot be opposed to the end songht to be accomplished by this meeting, but I hava no right austinctly to pledge. his Speroves of it. He does not shirk responsibility, and when the resolutions which have ep pd passed the Common Council, with but two dissenting votes, and will next Monday I believe unani- mously pass the Board of Aldermen, are pre- sented to him, he will decide, and by that de~ cision abide.” This was all I said committing - the Mayor for or agsinst; and I ask the re- porters to note my remarks now in justice to all concerned.” Adjourned till Friday night,