Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1866, Page 1

“THE EVENING STAR 38 PUBLISHED DAILY, (EXCEPT SUNDAY,) AT THE STAR BUILDINGS Southwest corner of Penn’a avenue and 11th street BY W. D. WALLACH. —_ The STAR is served by the carriers to their subscribers in the City and Distric at Tun OEnrs PER WEEE. Oopies at the counter, with of without wrappers, Two Uents each. Putcs ron MatLine:—Three months, One Detar and Fifty Cents; six months, Three Dol- ters; one year, Five Doers. No papers are sent from the office longer than paid for. The WHEELY STAR—published on Friday morning—One Doller end a Half a Fear. SES CLOTHING, &o. L ATEST NEBWS FROM OaK HALL, EEADQUABTERS OLOTHING YDEPART- MENT. SMITH BROTHERS & 00., Bos. 460 and SEVENTH STREET. TWENTY PER CENT. SAVED BY BUYING YoUR FALL AND WINTER CLOTHES NOW. We cffer am immense stock of SUMMER, FaLL AND WINTER CLOTHING aT TWENTY P£R CENT LESS than the same goods cam be manufactured for to- “Persone can seve greatly by buying now for next F Werure sine miking CLOTHING to order for Bext Fall and Winter at much less than they will cot then Your immediate amention to this advertisemen. will pay you. és : SMITH BROS &2CoO., . 490 and 464 Seventh street, ly pars Opposite Post Ofice iS REEB. * = ore F Loudon &Co.,. CITAZEN’S AND MILITA KY MERCHANT TAILOR Hoetis Hotei, late Bi my 3-tf NV ADAME BKUGEKIER, the wonderful As- “44 trologist and Pianet Reader, having lately strived from Eurepe, will remain in Wasnington orttime This wonderful lady was born with natural gift. she tells the past. present and future, never known to fail. Sne causes love to be mutual where it does not exist. She can be censulied on marriages, loeses id the recovery of the sume She cures all diseases. Business strictly confidential. Hours of consultation from Sills. Gentieman $1. Ladies Ocents. Present Fesidence No. 290 10th street, corner of C street. en im* BLACE, LAMON & 00., Gourt of the United Statce thi Cour tof Olalae the rt Oni 6 ; Courts of the foe the Executive Departments, 465 lath street, (directly opposite Wil- jotel.) deo 18-tf BANKERS. L=¥ 1s JOHNSON & CO., BANEBES, anD DEALERS IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. STOCKS, BONDS. GOLD AND SILVEB BOUGHT SOLD. wht jg? COOKE & Ov., - BANEREES, Fifteenth Strets, opposite Treasury, Buy and sell at current rates, and keep always >) hand, « fail supply of all GOVERNMENT BONDS, 7-30 TREASURY NOTES, ORBTIFIOATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, &e., and pay the highest prices for QUABTEBMASTER’S CHECKS AND VOUCHERS en 3-at? First National Bank OF WASHINGTOS. COOKE, (of Jay Cooke & Oo.,) President. WM. 8. HUNTINGTON, Cashier, GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY ; aND FINANCIAL AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES, MY) #8., OPPOSITE THE TREaSURY DEPARTNERY. Government securities with Treasurer United tates. S27 ONE MILLION DULLARS. 2p ‘We buy and seli all classes of GOVERNMENT EECUBITIES st current market rates. FUBNISH EXCHANGE and make Collections en ALL THE PRINCIPAL OITIES OF THE UNITED STATES. ‘We purchase Government Vouchers on the MOST FAVORABLE TEBMS, and give careful and yrompt attention to ACCOUNTS OF BUDINESS MEN AND FIEMS and to any other business entrusted te us. FULL INFORMATION in regard to COVEER- MENT LOANS at alt times cheerfully furnished, WM. 8. HUNTINGTON. Cashier. Wasutneton, March 30. 1565. tf EXPRESS COMPANIES. DAMS EXPRESS COMPANY. 514 OPT0E £25 EEE ATE #19 PRNASTLYANIA AVENUE, OPPOSITE iT EA SonTomne, WESTERN, ANG SOUTEERE forwarded with dlapatah ¥9 all soceettble seca _ COLLECTION oF ROS. DRAFTS, anp Made in accessible parts of the United Btates, 0. 0. DUNH, Azent, mb 26-tf Washington, B. 0, INSURANCE COMPANIES, ae) ) COMPANY o} orricg Fone SEY STREET, _ rok Tr: Vidurien, Agent, "8 aaiteroa aus sbonestogy. "A OFFIOE No. 1, over Bank of Washington. S gail ‘REED BY CONGRESS, 1837 80 bs FORD. —-#386. 200 _ pele arty of at Kinds insured for © year or less scnulitens” Fisks granted om the most favorable ; S cose ABEL G. DAVIB, Boxy, eS ie Monuments Made to order on reesouable terme ~ rity SASTERN MAR- te ng bet. aad ‘ste. weet, Washington. B. 0.” mar’ 5 Vee WORN Bon ae ere aD eesortment in thie city ea ts Beh street, | Vs, XXVIII: ? — Ebening WASHINGTON. D. C.. WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1866. Star, — CONGRESSIONAL. ‘SEN ATE.— Yesterday afternoon— Mr Fi from the commitiee of com- ference yy Re execative, yudie cial appropriation bill, made a report, whieb Was concurred m. The joint resolution releasing the Pacitic Mail Steamship Company from that portion of their contract obliging them to touch at Honolulu was taken . = question Semg yo the amendment of Mr. Wilson, authorizing the com V to establish & monthly line to tne Sandwich Islands in leu of the above swp- he amendment of Mr. Wilson was agreed unfinisbed business, being the Northern po ap ly ve , mo t to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. which Was agreed to, yeas, 20, 19. Mr. Wilson intreduced a bill to reorganize N&. 4,170. LOCAL NEWS. ——.—_—_. THE MESSAGE @F THE MAYOR. PIC NICS, EXCURSIONS, &c. Fos GRAND Fig BIG LONE Stan CLUB. We lay before our readers to-day the annnal to be given at Meseage of Mayor Wallach, which was suab- sunywewan's PURASURE GARDE ad mitted to the Councils on Monday night, in On WEDNESDa DULY 18, 1666 which will be tound much information in ccnicket admitting geatleman ladies, — relation to our finances, city improvements, aad other matters of interest. Mayor's Orricg, City HALL, July 16, 1966 To the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Councl — Gentlemen’ For your information and guidance, and to enable you to discharge Properly the duties that haye devolved upon you, itis essential L should farnish you, as I did to your predecessors, a statement of what has been done during the past year, the con- dition of the fonds and resources of the city, and what. in my opinion. will be necessary for the general and specific purposes of the corporation during the present year. I may here remart, that while the growth and pros- perity of our city, and the development of in- dustry and enterprise on the part of our fel- jow-cituizens, as well as our health and conve- nience, bave required increased facilities and improvements, necessarily entailing upon us #n unusual burden, in the way of special tax- es, there has as yet been manifested no indis- position on the part of property-holders to promptly meet them ‘This willingness should not, bgwever, make you forget that the city itself earns no money, and is enti pendent on, and supported ON ND AFTERNOON AND EVE- SACOND GRANTING PIORIO of the WASHINGTON SOOIALS, Wiittate place at Seventh Street Park, on A MONDAY, JULY 23D. meet 50 cents, admitting a gentleman and wiles. Raliet Master:-—W. H. FOLKS. ‘Commutee rf Arrangements:—@. Bivcel, T. Note, ©. Yot, J, Ulrich, BE. Groves. H. Mcintosh. @. Banier. E. Lucas.J Bill. A. Howard. R. May Positively no improper person mitted on the ground. iy 14 st p*PHovEen ORDER OF RED MEN. LOGAN TRIBE OF GEORGETOWN, will give her annna! 4 1T ANALOSTAN ISLAND, Ox MONDAY, Jriy 230, 1866, GRAND PIONIO Arrangements have been make to make this en e1 re nd pleasant to who ma} by the earnings o S$ citizens, and the best om a Te a yor pl hes Narueee or e dl Municipal government is that which exacts occasions is deemed the best goarantee to all t Uhe smaliest portion of these earnings, and whe n &y hovor us with their patronage. Pan | gives the atest equivalent for what is ex- will commence at20 clock Boats will leave f 4 | acted. w any want consideration and commen cine as Tee mates, free of charge, | caution on your part in passing bills involy- commencing at 12 o'clock “a 3 oe . | iny the expenc f money, Inevitably tends Hatlet Master —ANDKEW WHEATLEY. | ine the expendit bigs ovr Managers —J. scott, A. O. Prather, B. | tou incres ity’s inadebredness and Hutchins, J Chick. consequent finan Tickets, admitting a gent and ladies, 31 That the iucome of t the present PoP, jv? wiil be great years past, IRS > ~ | and w Teaches what was ATTENTION, FIRST WARD son hes what was FUN FOR KVERY ONE! expenses 4 r greater than Sn BIN EG ol period, isa f yuld serious OF UNION CHAPEL SUNDAY SCHOOL tere PIEKCE S WOODS, myer se On THOKSDAY. Jerry 19. i866 Texc urees Ownibu-ses will leave the curser of 2uth street and Ie Tand ile m. ani Landép m date every one Keskets containing provisions must ho left at the at Gam. and in order te accommo- church by quarter before 7. Refreshments will be served on the grounds at res-onal ricer Tickets 50 Cents; Children 25 Conta, To be ob- gest to vou the pro- mabensksveuss ade are ee a -xercising the pow- er laiely conterred by Congress on the corpo- ration, to make improvements of a certain character without the consent and at the ex- pense of the property owners. There should in such case be but one rule, and that imperative, to exercise that power only with the consent of a majority of those whose property is to be taxed, unless when demanded by public convenience or necessity. DEET. The subject which will naturally first attract your attention, and is deemed of the greatest AMUSEMENTS. p=". J. W. & a. P. KBEIS’ DANCING ACADEMY, Opposite Metropolitan Hotel Onur Classes will be continued during the Sum- mer, commencing TUE-DAY, MAY 29, 1866, and importance, is the finances of the city. For Ladin loess ns? The amount of outstanding certificates on ac- Fyjday sfternoons. from 4 cl q count of the funded debt ts. +9 BeS Pd Classes, same evenings, from 8 t010 | Water stock... : For farther information, apply during the hours a oo of tuil $943,000 00 tion. or address a note to the Academy. my3-ly ee HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, &e. S41T WATER BATHING. PINBY POINT PAVILION. This well known Resort will be opened for the reception of visitors on the 20th of June, B.ard Bhp per day. per week, WM. MITCHELL, Proprietor. Steamers ltave Washington every Wednesday and Saturday ot 6 0’clock a. m., and Baltimore | Amount m arrears to Corporation every Tuveday and Seterday at 40 nor Be employees .. ! . 24840 30 touching going and coming at the Point jy 7-mt* | 4 Mohantdue to Gontractol 50,000 00 [poBchEsTER HOUSE. —— CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND, Aggregate floating indebteness....$302,24 92 been thoreughly repaired and newly | he tunded debt, though apparently the hed is now open for the reception same as lust year. has, in realit ‘ . has, 'y, been reduced Choptank river, has fine bathing pryenie. a nee having been purchased, and is now held by roads for driving. Steamers run daily direet from | the ctiy for the use of the school fund. Floating Debt. Note at the Bank of Washington, under act Feb 27. 1-64, and Sept. 29, 1964... ... $75,000 00 Note at First National Bank, given uncer act Sept 29, 1564...... -ee- 25,000 00 Ncte at same Bank. given under act April 17, 18F6........ . Reward for ajprenension sins of President 25,0060 Ou 20,000 00 42,604 62 dria Railroad Company............ $9,840 00 Havin, furni Baltimore. Hacks always at the mboat land- it will be seen, in comparing that year with ing. a. A NETT. the present, that two items ef the former, viz Proprietor. | note at the Bank of Washington for $10,0), aud | NITED STATES HOTEL, CAPE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY. ‘We have pleasure to announce to our friends and the public that this spacious. mod- ern = a establichment is now open for the ' SURF BATHING SEASON. Onur long experience in the mai class Hove) the amount due for bounties to drafted men, #stimated at $15,000, but really $19,050, amount- ing 10 329,05', bave been paid: while an in- Cebtedness Of $25,000, in executing the law pro- viding for the improvement of the canal for fanilary purposes, and tor which I was au- thorized to anticipate the revenue to the ex- tent of $75,000, bas been incurred, and the fioating debt inereaeed. ‘Lhe excess ig ‘mainly attributable to the fol- inducements of comfort and luxury not to beeu: lowing causes: passed by any ether first class Hotel ist. The error in estimating the amount of the ca ST & tnd Sorbo internal revenue tax... ooo 812,604 62 jel SICH Foprieto's. | 9d. Amount required to purchase six MEI vent. stock for use of publi Hey gbd Pema ate urbe 6th street, oon is ee school .. 3d. Excess over sppropriation fe- quired for bounties................. 4th. Amount in arrears to Corpora- tion employees. . 5.593 30 4.050 00 Mi i 1 ic hie old stand. “The Earopean Hotel,” to No. 355 Pennsylvania avenue, where he {s enabled to furnish all kinds of Liquors in #eason Thankful for past favors he solicits # continus- tion of their former patronage. P. EMRICH, Penna $47,358 22 This statement exhibits the gratifying fact that had not an error occurred in the adver- tisement of the tax sales, compelling a post- ponement of the receipt of the amount usual ly No 2: my 1 "4 available from that source from May to Au- PAWNEROKERS. gust, and the necessity for the improvement oT 1 0 8F of the canal had not existed, our floating debt would ikewise have been less than tnatof last POOR PEOPLE'S FRIEND! Bulsea property’ Cosmpration has iaccns TW! Yor the public se! re sone + Ss the B's mer ae For the Fire De; ent. LICENSED PAwh BROKER'S OFFICE, For tne Police seen BO017 35, Leow pd $i firm ef Boyer & Bu: ine, For material for new Centre Market... 10,000 00 1th street, . near . avenue, for the purpose of money on $167,983 14 —- ot Fereonel property in nisl. — Anamount-which, hen wet is in arrears vanced ¢ jewelry. | and due to oration em: ‘ees, and the In- est hod Las Rien ~ doe 7. High. ternal Revenue tax P the former so soon i P. BOYER as the money van be realized from the tax sales, and the latter so soon as Congress shall pass the, dill now before them re-imbursing this Corporation moneys advanced to the general government, nearly equal to the whole float- LICENSED PAWN BROKBE. 7. 5 1 B x NOTICE— Py aS At RNSTINE.” . 47 5 18th strest, $d door Pa. debt. gengucts the old basiness aE Huruetine’ i ales toRMOMETS: fidential. Money on The receipts for the it year were as fol- kt t personal property and merchandise. : mh eae nn FO B. BURNSTIN®, | 10WS: From Licensees. 176,097 54 G VANDEBWEBEEN & 808, From Polies 0: 38,228 13 ° From Water Depart 51,567 88 PROPRIETORS OF THE From permits for ex. 2,549 08 - From fines to School Fund Reimbursed by the United Si r improvement in frontof their pro- perty.. POTOMAC RIVER QUABRIES. STONE for buildings, walls, foundations, &c., constantly on band and delivered at any accessible point on the river. Office, Washington—Corner 12th st, and canal. Office, Georgetown—125 Bridge street, corner of 30,541 88 $675,189 §7 EXPENDITURES VOR THE SAME PERIOD. stetesceeeeeooces From the General Fund,.. + 8267,541 54 High. Jel colm* From the School Fund... RON-RETENTION ‘rom the Water Fund. +s 51 73 For xox: Iertaion.lnfemmation ge ewraticn From the Metropolitan Police Fand ar 29 . con: . iu -dust deposit, of the | Third Ward, 2 tie 8% orn y BUCuO” Fourth Ward 70,041 73 aera Fifth Ward 19,760 47 Sxth Ward.. Seventh Ward, Acer eee = 3676 720 95 Permit me here to sugzest that the greatl: 480 idk J. Bay, 480 augmented business of the Co = aa veudere ventor Patemtee Oclebratea at necessar; it you should by .act of AMEBRIOAN CHBONOMBTER, bodies provide ior the ‘appal tment of en of. ficer to supervise t a@ccvunts and books of all, into whose bands the moneys ot the Cor- poration may come, as well ds to audit all claims against it. This is rendered necessary by the erea‘lyin- in onemeters 630 Penna, ave., bet. ad ana aie ant and Werranted, demem? AND AND et novel by Miss Bd- wards, 0c. Armadale, by Colline, reared Jabote of the i 1,60. Chandos. by **Outda,’” Har; crense: rs Register, whese. duty it rial Hictory of the ebeltion part tata", | hes heretofore heen, ‘s Review, for June. Wc res on tae PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 'y of History. by Golayt aera NS The interest manifested by preceding Coun- cells in the cause of education, and the large yort on of the limited means of this Corpora- Hop which have been annnally spentin the support of our Pablic Schools, isa cause jest of piwe to yFur fellow citizens, and the source «f commendation from atroad. Nothing te so essential to the well being of hie institution as watchfulness and energy, and it is admitted that ere is now Tequired thdn the irrecular ahd uncertain s' pervision that the tru can give. This Ps be SS BE EE Bn Moxguire Casorrms all sizes and colors, just iv “er sore tite;phe Patent Utiee [oon nia Ww cos Re a ca™ BA BLE , RRY BURRS. aa @ech of Catawba and Bherry ey ' for cobblers. im gare. for sale by je 16-tawew board, eomposed of gentiemen in active busi- nese pursuits. to whom thfal disch: ° their duties invoives no tueritfice of time and labor withoutemolu: it, might, while our system was in ics few echools, have ind it within their ability to details; but whep the schools have increased to the number of seventy-five, the ad there were but Senaeand will certai aj eee eed = given. teachets totbe number of seventy-nine, ana schelars to the pumber of four thousand five hundred, it becomes impossible to give that time and attention to visiting and inspecting schools required at their hands. To meet thie exigency a new. office, tobe filled witha of ackuowledged ity. who, by devoting his whole time and energy may be able to make up the deficiency, is im- peratively demanded. The matter of ey tee et eee provision fort education of col persons in this eit, Teceived much attention on the part of the city councils and myselt. former council (act May 20, 1862,) atmy instance, set apart from the revenue derived from taxes paid by colored persons for the pur-. pose of educating their children the same pro- portionate part as was set apart trom the tax- es paid by white pereons for the education of white children, is fair and equitable as- signment for the education of colored chil- dren was in force but two years, when certain persons procured the passage by Congress of an act compelling this Corporation to set aside from its annual revenue an amount greater than the whole aggregute of taxes paid by col- ored persons into the city treasury, far more then could with proprigity and justice be de- manded. While this corporation has ever been willing to doall that conld with reason be expected of it, even, if necessary. to the ez- ent of setting apart and appropriating for the ed- ucation of their children every dollar paid by col- ored residents by way of tares, it would at least be deemed untair to saddle this community with theexpense of educating the thousands of colored persons forced on us by the Gen- eral Government. Itis my duty to bring to your notice the fact that there bas heen introduced into Congress a bill which bas already passed the Senate. and in all likelihood will become a law, nata- Taily aflecting our public schools, and coms pelling us to pay over to the trustees of col- ored schools such & proportionate part of all the money received or expended for school or educational purposes, including the costs of sites, buildings, improvements, furniture and books, and allother expenditares on ac- count ot schools, as the Bolored children be- tween the ages of Gand 17 bear to ibe whoig children white and coiored be- The intervention now to be put upon it that wes of colored schools, d denied by me, is & virtual admission of the correctness of my coustruction of the ISth section of the act of Congress of June 25th, 166, and which was the occasion of so much angry correspondence bei those gentle- Men and myseit, an istent at- tempts to prejudice the minds of the public nst this corporation, [his bill, if it be- comes a law, compels this corporation to pay over to persons in no way responsibie tor the proper discharge of the trasts reposed in them or accountable to it for the proper applica tion of the monry, one-fitih part of whatever be received or expended for scaool par- poses. Should it become a law, as it undoubt- edly will, some provision must be made by you to make up, what, in this way, will be sub- stracted from the means annually applied to the purposes of education. In this connection 1 would mention that du- Ting the past year i have purchased $6,415 worth of Car Corporation six per cent. funded debt for the benefit of the public cchoola of this city, as was authorized under an act of the Councils. There remains now but a small amount to make up the sum of $60,000 providea form thgt act, and 1 would suggest that authority be given me to increase the amount to be pur- chased to $100,000, Permit me, before leaving this subject, to commend to yeu and the public the energy. cordiality and faithful manner in which my colleagues of the Scheol Bourd have, without requital, save in the consciousness of the good they have done, discharged their arduous du- ues, and thank them for their efforts in pro- moting the interests of our schools. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The wisdom of the movement which resuit- edin instituting the new fire organization with its adjunct the Fire Alarm Telegraph, though so stoutly opposed and denied, is admitted and apparent to all. The introduction of the Steam Fire Engine is a triumph. and has proven a powerful means of extinguishing fires, and already saved thou- sands of dollars worth of property from de- struction as well as affording to al! a sense of security against danger beyond appreciation. To your care and consideration 1 cordially commend this branch of the public service. STREETS. Since my last communication considerable progress has been made in paving the streets of the city, and to do this we were compelled to resort to the additional powers conferred on the Corporation Py. the act ot Congress of Feb. ruary 5ib, 164. Under its provisions wofk has been done as follows in F street north, from 5th to 14th streets west—Carriage ways paved, 3,400 feet; gutters paved, 6.314 feet: fing foot- Ways laid, 2,560 feet; curbstones set, 6,314 feet. “ut ‘et. from Dto G—Carriageway paved, Gur ers made, 2,00 feet: flag footway feet; side walks relaid, 1,500 feet: curb- Stone set, 2,200. ‘Sixth street west, from Mis- souri avenue to K street north—Carriageway paved, 3,517 feet: gutters made, 5,650 feet; flag footway laid, 1,950 feet; sidewalks relaid, 2,000 feet, curbstone set, 5,650 feet. Four-and-a-half street, from City Halli to the Canal—Carriage- way paved, 2,004 feet; gutters made, 3,600 feet: flay footways laid, feet; sidewalks relaid, 1,500 feet: curbstone set, 3,60. E street. trom isth te Pennsylvania avenue—Carringeway laid, 635 feet: gutters made, 1,100 feet: flag foot- ways laid, 270 feet; siaewalks relaid, 1,198 feet: eurbstone set, 1,195 feet. Aggregate—Carriage- Way payed, 11,145 feet: gutters made, 18,564 seet: flag footways laid, 6,300 feet; sidewalks relaid, 6,798 feet; Gurbstone set. 18,962 feet. In adaition @ vast amount of work in laying down new sidewalks has been done as follows: in the First Ward—Brick pavement laid, iL teet:gutters made, 7,129 ft.; flag footways |: 1.505 ft; curbing set, 6,372 ft. Second Ward— Brick pavement laid, 5,600 ft: gutters made, G14 11; flag footways laid, 1,260 ft; curbing set, 6.144 ft. Third Ward—Brick Inid,4,337 11; gutters made, 4.894 ft: Ways laid, 9.70 ft.; carbing set, 5,214 ft, Fourth Ward—krick pavement laid, 4,300 ft; gutters made. 5,974 ft; flag tootways laid, 3,359 ft.; Curbing set, 6,274 ft. Fifth Ward—Brick pave- ment Jaid, 6.576 ft.: gutters made, 7,494 ft.: flag tootways laid, StS ft.;curbing set, 6,990. ft. Sixth Ward—Brick pavements laid, 6.755 ft:: uiters made, 7,552 ft; flag footways laid; ;eurbing ert. 7,535 ft. Seventh Ward—Brick pavements laid, 8,403 ft; gutters made, 5,055 ft.; fag tootways laid, 1,361 ft.: curbing set, 8,985 ft. Aggregute—Brick pavements, laid ,43,332 ft. guiters made. 45,172 ft.; flag footways laid, 98.05 curbing set, 46, 415 ft. This detailed statement is given to you to form some idea of the extent of the improvements of this character, made in the city during the past year, under the provisions of the jate act of Congress only, and does not pretend to enumerate all the work in the nature ofimprovementsduring that time. SEWERAGE, 1 would renew to you the su7gestion made in my last communication in reference to the adoption sf a sysiem of sewerage. It is absolutely that your immedi- Ate attention be given to t matter, and if it be not, we may be compelled to undo much of what has and is now being done. Doring the year sewers of the follo dimensions have been econstructed:—2 sewers, 27,72 feet: 2 foot 6 inch sewers, 13, 3 foot foot The importance improvements of this cbaracter, as well as their extentand expense demands that great care should be had priety of this chal) ALMS HOUBE. ® It is a subject of mortification that no su: cient provision is as yet made to meet t claims of our own poor. The necessit; providing more amply for then: as well bundreds left upon ban imperative and sbould have your measures should he taken for reorgant poor and work house, and especially ploying in profitable pursuit all who cspable of contributing towards the of the Institution. A tion is jou wok proposition is now before Congress in rbhape ne bill which bas already & of g ies «B3E2 Hl Li 5 i td thoutd be ma si as as the 6th Precinct, an Ta pcre re a ine the present iy summer and fall, and for which estimates are herewith on house in Reward for apprebension of asssas. Ontstanding indebtedness not other- that bas CANAL” Under the provisions of the act of the last Councils approved April 17th 1966, and entitied an act «For the improvement of the Washing- — Canal” the Board selected are ave progressed steadily and idly wu work of nmproving the on What however was contemplated and what bas been done, nad reference mostly at tis time to its vem) Try improvement. to protect the health of the hagpareey, Nana 4 this sum- mer. though _—s of what bas been done, will be necessary for & more permanent improve- ment to meet the commercial gemands of the city. ‘This work which is reaching its completion and will doubtless accomplish all that bas been expected will cost to the Corporation the sum of $33,112 S4 as follows : For dredging the easiern section from Third street east to the Eastern Branch, $7,575.69, Cost of constructin; Dyke, Canseway and lock gates at the foot 0! 37th street, $21,347.15, Excavating Chesapeake and Qhio street to (jeorgetown, $2,200.00; Contingent expenses, salaries, labor, disinfectants, &c., $2,000.00. The opportunity to avail ourselves of this canal for commercial purposes so long desired and hitherto beyond our power to accomplish, in consequeuce of the obstructions caused by the bridges in our sister city of Georgetown is now offered That city by a recent enactment of its Coun- cils has at last consented to permit, aud the Chesapeake and Obio canal company have already directed an advertisement for propo- sals to raise those bridges It is therefore imperative thar we should, and to delay might be suicidal to the interests of our city. take measures for the permanent improvement of the canal. The cost of such improvement would net, I am advised, exceed the sum of $100,000, and would prove greatly remunerative. 1 would therefore suggest that some plan for such permanent improvement of the canal be adopted, and an act passed autboriz the the clerical force of the War Department and for other purposes; which was referred to the Committee on Mi Affairs. lt makes the annual salaries as follows: Obiet Clerk, $3,000; clerk of class five, 82.000; Mescengers, $1,200, assistant messengers, Sox. female clerks, $720; but the Secretary of War may allow $1,000 each to not more than one- ibird of the number employed in an office, and $&0 to not more than one-third: watchmen, %0: laborers, $720. There are assigned to the office of the Secre- tary of War, one chief clerk, six clerks of chats five, two —— four, eight of class one, one messenger. ree @ssistant Messengers, and one laborer. Adjutant General's office 6 clerks of cinss five, 11 of class four, 16 of class three, 15 of class two, 70 of class one, | messenger, an@ 2 assiet- ante. Quartermaster General's office: 12 clerks of class five, 12 of class four, 35 of class three, 58 of class two, 20) of class one, 30 female clerks, 4 messengers, § laborers, 1 dent of building at $250 per annum, and ‘ watchmen moesary General's office: 1 clerk of class five, 6 of class four, 12 of class three, 15 of class two, 6 of class one, 1 messenger. 2 laborers. Paymaster General's office: 5 clerks of class five, 6 of class four, 25 of class three, 60 of class two, 40 of class one. Surgeon General's office: 3 clerks of class five, ¢ of chuss four, 4 of class three,s of class two, 12 of class one. Chief Engineer's office: 4 clerks of cla: 4 of class four, 4 of class three, 4 of class 2of class one. Other clerks are assigned to the office of the Chief of Ordnance, and the Bureau ot Miistary Justice. The chief clerks of the several bu- reaus are to be selected trom class five. A number of privace claim bills were con- sidered and passed. Among others a bill to pay to Mrs. Amelia Pheester. of Columbia, S. C., $10,400 for tood and clothing furnished to Union soldiers and officers while in prison at that place during e, two, anticipation of the r nue of the Corporation | the war to en amount <ufficsent to accomplish that | A bill topay the contractors for the iron object | dome of the Capitol (2,000, to make good cer- POTOMAC WATER | tain losses on con sccasioned by increase During the yearending July tt, " | tm the price of Inbor and iron, was called up extent of water mains | and led to a discussion was thirty-three thous: 1 { ed to refer th 1 nbul e bill to the ‘d to, aud ty-one lineal feet, and the extent of m laid by Mates, for which the C which was disa, i] » United Poration furnished the pipes. was (appro Yesterday atterncon mately) fitteen hundree The namber ¢ Ma eahed to off tire-plugs setduring the <ame time was ninety- heave to offer seven. All of these were of the pattern known seve se & violent personal which e-plag pro don the person of nouner the off of both the Water and nter, clerk t mittee on Post Fire Deparinent as being im every re=pect | Omices aud Post Kos within the walls of mu or to any other fire-plug in use | this Capitol, by Benj Beverage and D. Tow- here where, which has fallen under | gre wit ore t in their observation The amount of pipe ex- | cers f the Ca 3 F cers ¢ Apitol pol d that the Serge- pended in setting these fire-plugs was four “ oe ba merge to take them imto cus- tody and keep them until the House shallorder them to be clisposed of and that a committee of five members be appointed to investigate | the assanlt and report the facts to the House. Mr Trimble, of Kentacky, wanted to im- quire whetber these parties were got in the custody of the officers of the civil law, and whether it was best for this House to take them out ef such custody, and whether this House had the authority. Why should we take these men away from the law? Mr. Wright, of New Jersey, made oe eae of order that the resolution did not involve a breach of the privileges of this House. The Speaker rnjed against the point of or- der, and said that the House had the | Tlebt to protect an oMfcer of the House, Citi- zens for disorder in the galleries had even been bronght to the bar of the House. ‘The resolution was then agreed to. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Alley, of Mass.; Farnsworth, of Ll; Lafiia, N.Y; Jno. L. Thomas, of Md., and Trimble, as the select committee to investigate sauiton Mr. Painter The Rousseau-Grinnell resolutions were de- bated at siderable length when the House proceeded to vote. The first question was “on the amendment of Mr. Stevens, that the Hon. L. A. Rousseau be brought to the bar of the House and publicly reprimanded by the Speaker for the violation of the privileges of the House: which was lost—yeas, 35; nays, #4 The next question was on the resolution of the minority as modified by Mr. Raymond, that Hon. L. H. Roussean be and her thousand feet: all of -ix inch diameter At the opening of the spring of 1565 the ru- ling market price for such water pipe as is used by the corporation was seventy-two dol- lars per ton delivered here. It was not deemed advisable to enter the market m the face of snch high prices, with propesals for large cen- tracts, and the corporation therefore by joint resolution approved May 6th, 1565 authorized te Mayor to purchase in open market such pipes and other material as might be wanted for the laying of water pipes during the cur- rent year, In pursuance of thisauthority after | caretul observation of the market, on the 15th July,1865, a proposition was accepted from, and an order given to Messrs. R. D. Wood & Co, of Philadelphia to supply twenty-five thousand eight hundred feet of six inch and three thous- and one hundred and fifty feet of four inch pipe at fifty nine dollars per ton. This propo- sition was subsequently modified by the ac- ceptance of seven thousand feet oblique cast pipe at fifty seven dollars, in place of an equal amount of vertical cast pipe at fifty nine dol- lars, and thus moditied was accepted and exe- cuted. The market very rapidly advanced trom these figures and within six weeks from | the acceptance of the order it could not have | been duplicated ata less advance than from five tp six thousand dollars. The market opened in 1¢66 as in 1865 at seventy-two dol- Jars pper ton delivered, and the corporation Again as in 1565, authorized the Mayor by joint resolution approved February 9th, 1536. to purchase in open market. On the 7th May last Messrs. R.D. Wood & Oo., accepted an order of Ky, the as- is Jor seventy tons, edutvalent toabost five thous- | reprimanded fof the ¥ {the ra : and five huadred feet ofstx inch wipeatseventy | Which was lort_yearte meneee nee ee dollars per ton which order bas been in part | Son ipen recurred c ‘ $ he following resolution Resolved. That the Hon. Lovell H Roussean, a Representative from Kentucky, by commit. Ung &n assault upon the person of Hon. J. B. Grinnell. 2 Representative from lowa, for words spoken in debate, bas justly forfeited his privilege as a member of this House, and is hereby expelied Th = 71; mays. 52. The Speaker said that two thirds of the House not Tg & Voied in favor of the resoultion, it was lost Mr. Banks, baving changed his yote to the begative, moved a reconsideration of the reso- lution: which was carried The resolution being again before the House, Mr. Banks moved to amend by striking out all after the word resolved, and inserung so that it would read as follows Kesolved. That the Hon. Lovell H. Rousseau, & Representative from Kentucky, be he to the bar of the Hause and Publicly - manded by the Speager for the violation of the rules and privileges ot the House, of which he Was guilty in the personal assault committed by bim on Hon. J. B. Grinnell for words spoken in debate. The amendment was carried, and the resoln- tion was then adopted—yeas, 89; nays, 30, (all Democrats.) Mr. Benjamin of Mo., moved to lay on the table the second resolution, censuring Mr. Grinnell, Which was agreed to—yeas, 74; nays, 40. The question then recurred on the last reso- lution—that Charles Pennybaker, L. B. Gris- by and John S. McGrew, by their ~ tion by bemg present at the assault on Hon. Mr. Grinnell, be brought to the ber of the House to answer for their contempt of its executed. The market has been since steadily advancing and no proposition could be en- tertained at this time to deliver pipes here at less than eighty dollars per ton. Under these circumstances I authorized the purchase at the recent government sale at Geisboro of about S5uv0 feet of six inch pipe at $54.75 and a nearly equal amount of fourineh pipe at $51.90 de- livered at Geisboro whart. in view of the tact that present prices repre- sent an actual average cost of about $1.50 per foct of pipe laid (stop cocks and fire plugs in- cluded) and that the tax impgsed to pay for laying pipes represents a cost of only about eighty seven and a half cents per foot, it ts deemed most prudent to restrict our water. pipe laying for the present to unavoidable ne- cessilies and fo take our chances for an im- proved future condition of the market. ESTIMATES. To enable you to determine what may be ne- cessary to carry the Corporation through the present year I subjoin estimates of what will be required, taking for what may be wanted in the several wards what was expended. there- in, during the past year for like oe eae and which can be increased or lessen: at your pleasure. It will be seen that the amount required for the present exceeds that of the past year, but not more than is required to meet the addition- al burdens that will be put o us by the ac- Uuon of Congress in regard to Publie Schools and the Metropolitan Police Force befure ad- verted to, nor indeed, though it ‘4s my duty to include that item in the es! can it be expected that the whole amount of the city’s floating indebtedness can be paid from one years income. Salaries of Officers of the Corpora- tion. ones, and after ineffectual attempts to it was adopted without a y it on the table, division. Mr. Hele of N.Y. Several members objected. Mr. Stevens of Pa., from the conference com- mittee on the Legislative, Executive and Ju- Support Salaries and contingent the Fire Department Lot and Building Houee i. ~ nanthomnaiinies poate dicial Appropriation bill, made a which Sa er yee 36,130 00 | B88 pei pg eh prominent points of Contungent expenses ‘Metropolitan a ae wapnee Additional compensation’ and’ com: for increase of force as provided for in the bill now before Congress . seeeecee © | De year to re- Interest on tunded debt. 43,571 44 gard to the second @ provision is adoptea Support of Washington Asylum. 30,000 00 | the papmoens, out of the Dalance of the . J New Station-house, 6th precinct..... 20,000 00 priation in the bill of March 3, ot ‘Filo to sips beg = deerme Gay on each of the clerks of the Treasury OTALOTS.....ceeeeerees.-ceeeeeeesseee 5,000 00 Sarees chia Tom received additional compensation out of Contingent expenses of markets, Cor- appropriation, and who shall have served }» Mayor's office, City Hail, year previous to July 1, 1966, and $100 to each ity Oe eth, = employee appointed by the Secretary of the be ip hee tar ae Treesery atan annual salary less than ‘$4,200, PE raed nde] ponds ok a and who shall have served for one year pre. ‘Alexandria Railroad rere a Salaries of members of the Aldermen and Common Council... sine...... . for. General Grant, members of the Hi the Tennessee General 1 have endeavored, as well as the short time elapsed since its expiration would al- Jow, to inform you what has been done d: means at bis as ~ the past fiscal year, and direct your for military assistance. 1 fornied it? to such matters as require your action. 7 . H. a, In doing so I have refrained from Major General The following answer was immediately re we ASEINGTON. D.C, J) will instruct General Thomas ser nat stated in bis do not warran: the