Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1869, Page 4

‘The arlingtes This building, which cording to the terms of the contract, is on Vermont avenae, between H and I streets The original contempiated ovly the ase of the two fine dwelling houses owned by Mr. Corcoran on Vermont Spy lee n i per romase ‘. however, {pepe 7 Goredena LOCAL NEWS. Amusements, Excursions, Pie-Nics, &e. Nationa: TasatTae—The Lydia Tnompson Burtesque Troupe tm Simbad the Sailor.” Excussion to Norfoik and return on the steamer Coit on Mondays and Tharsda; Daity Excursiow to Mount Vernon on the ewamer Arrow, at lv 8. m. MaRceiten’s Agr Galery, 46 7th street. Swrrs & STaose’s ART GaLLany, 265 F street. on hich botel. making @ very importentadti- bing Here will be a private entrance for ladies e size Of the main building is 137 feet fron’, feet to entrances on Vermont avenue, the one on the lett for ladies snd that on the right for gentle. men. Inthe basement are the fui nace, stove, ceal, larcer, wash and laundry rooms, also, & barber shop and biliiard room. The entire building is heared with steam. Ia the farnace ———— Tue Bors tw BLvB—Mert ng of the Officers.— Last night 2 meeting of the vificers uf We in Bine was bel¢ at Ueton League Hatt, rn te 10 sucet. Ap invitation was recsrved to waite 18 celebrating emancipation day ia Bult the 4th of November, wach, was nccepted, and the followiag commi.ire of five was appointed OB the subject:—-A. A. Grant. C. B. . Jas. D. Roe, C. H. Haider, A. M. Biand. M. E Joyce offered & resolution, that as this erga: zation Das been ‘ampered with by certata po: ticians for their ows political ends, aud is not istended oy the officers and men of organization to become the tools of or cliques, that they will not turd for bescqoerters. After out such (purposes without orders from meat, but (Dis has not been done, the kitchen bsing in the rear of the Johnson house, aad om the samé floor with the dining Toom. The diniog bail in the resr of tbe main buildi Toom, semi. 10u feet. There are aiso tb: ce private dining- rooms accessivie only by private stsircases irom the rooms above. The office, cigar room, cioak Toom. aud three reception rosms for iadies are iso om the same (grou! walter is arranged to carry .uel or baggeg: any ficor in the house. Im the Kennedy uovee ere four ladies parlors communicating with ‘ach other, some debate, explainc’ @t the last meetrag. C. H Holden declined the apportment of general commanding the third divicion om account of business eagage- ments, and —— Cooper was ordered ‘o take of the dtvimow for the present. C. Fisher offered @ resolutio2 that the com- ding officer call for reports from the com- officers of brigades and regiments as mber of officers and mea they can to partte:pate in the emancipation cel- ebration at Baltemore on November $th, dc ; adopted. A. A. Grant moved that a commit- tee be appointed to revise the rales carried, and Messrs. A. A. Grant, A. M. Blana, J. B. Adaws, H. M. Koicht and M. Doffy were ap- pomted. A. A. Grant offered a resolation Fecommending J. W. Green for a position m one of the Departments; and . Ada fered a resolution recommending Geo. tora, cf Georgetown. for the position of wate! men or im one of tne D-partment doth of whic’ resolutions were adopted. Tae Ried? oF THE Goverswant to Cuanor « CantRact. Interesting Case in the Court ¢j m»—Ren. of Sem nary Hospi.al, George oun. the Unit'd States Court of tbe ceshof Dougherty, administratrix, the Nyited States, bas been argued “m is for rentof Seminary Hospital, in Gecrgetown, D. C., which was rented J: isél, by Quartermaster Camp at SKU per month for suct time as the government chose tf ocecupy it. At the en@ of one year the Secretory of War ordered the rent to ba redac- ed to S200. The quartermaster notificd the owner of this reduction amd tbe reat was thea and therefore for two years at the reduced Fate, the owner giving month.y receipis in full. ly,1564, the owner applied to the Sec- Felary to have the rent restored to $300, as Tents generally had risen. This The government continued to occupy aad at S200, ting monthly ia tail until Jone Ist, 1865, whem the government sarrendered the the premises, paying for the fall month and received a receipt in fall. The case bas been taken under sdvetisement. The dscisien islooked for witt great interc tars is precisely aval of cases of steamers other p y by the government, now pending in the court or in preparation, and involving miilions of ‘signs, said to be the finest work of the kind in the District. J is pot aS ee ot the Proprietor to have paper or paint put om the . but wheaever it becomes necessary to them a calciam will be used I keep the whole house, Inside, of 9 pare white. le the Kennedy house there are twenty-six rooms. The fivisking toucnes are now being given to these roome—which dor- | Rot belong to the hotel contract proper, being , doneat Mr. Kennedy's expense. ‘The view from the top of the dome of the hotel is as extensive and fine as from any other Poimt in the city, A flag-staif has been piaced on the top of this dome 36 feet high. Tue top of the dome is enclosed Qn iren fence, making it a perfectly safe place to take a stroll. with plenty of Toom, it being eighteen wide by sixty-seven feet in length. & Barron were the con- tractors for doing the entize work, aad finish- ed it in the short syace of tnrce the time it was commenced. Mr. Benetict Hutchins did the brick work; Mr. Jno Keiler the plastering; Wm. Bradley the stonework; Thos. Lvans the plumbing and_gas fitting: Hiram Ritchie the tin work, aud Geo. Kirk the painting. The cost of this establishment will not fal: TMucb short of $250,000. It bas been leased by Mr. T. Roessie, and is to be occupied on the 15th of next month. ————— River Frowr—Car‘er's Wharf —Arrived— Layman. from Philvdel- phis. with 16+ tons of coal for the Gongres Sy a ‘Taz Bow! re ce, yom lor Kite! mueL dea ceonenee cane of eat eon, an Norment, and Guarch & Co.; , Kennedy, Yih _Baving committed an assault on Mr. J. | Broadcreek, with J.B. Lord: America, Pani, H. Ca om Tnesday called up — with coal = Wm. Warder before wsuce Chase, 0% mark, Maseey, wi ton, when there was quin a ie; | lumber for 5. D. Kitch & Gon Seder Sone, Sarah Jone, Love, for Broadereek, light. Prosecution. After bearing Johnson's Wharf—Arrived—Schooner John Justice decided that the case should “pany Cooper. Tayior. mm Baltimore, with white ‘and fixed the amount of bail at Crane | Pine lumber for N. B. Fi ‘ugett. Riley's Wharf.—Arrived—Schr. S. A. Doug- potatoes: Personal harm at the hands of Bowie, lass, Lewis, with sweet and oysters EE SS ey t roceedi am a | Fowler’ . B. malicious prosecution, and he hoped tbat tne | Cr#umer, Craswer, from Pbiladelphis, with | matter of bail in the first case (ihe charge of a and Georgetown ice aseault) only wou considered. justice a took the bail = the < 20 Artived—Schr. L. B. Cowper- Samuel R. Sylvester become Demite son, | wallbe, Potter, from New York. with Geyeed furniture. Tity, and rele sed bim (B ) om his own recogni- zxnce to ar swer in the second case (the charge of threats) on Menday afternoon. Sener ConTRACcTs FoR FUEL vor THE SENATE — Bids tor supplying fact at- Were 0} by ‘The furniture is comsigned to Gen. Richard Delafield. Sailed—Schooner Advo- = Evens, for Alexandria to load coal for ton. Brown's Wharf.—Sailed—Schr. Berkley, Rob- tpson, for Alexandria to load coai for a north- ern port. —.—_— Oncawizz> Ronesay.—From the number of cases reported to police headquarters of houses being entered and gas fixtures and pipes broken and carried off, st would appear that there is a tand continuaily at werk im thi: stripping houses. A few da: for the United States Se at $7.79; oak wood, $4.79. T. T. Fowler—coal, £3.19, 19; pine, 09; Henderson entered lately and the pipe carried off. Night before lastover a bundred dollars’ worth of pipe was carried off. ——_—— Tum Caane-Bow2n Investication.—The testimony before the committee investigating ; the against Mayer Bowen has etieady Teached nearty 2,000,000 of foolscap. The committee will meet again th: and itis that cc ime. $570. The contracts were swarded ‘Warder & Oo., for oak wood: Perry, & Co., for pine weod, T. E. Clark i ut pine E. Ulark & Uo., Pe tor —.+_—_ TRE WoRRINGNEN aT THE WASHINGTON Navy-Yarp.—Busimess at the Washington Navy-Yard was never more active as now, there being nearly one ‘housand mechanics and kaborers at work. Admiral Dubigren nas or- cerea —s fatare, the icmp ad =< Dance, of the sseam engineering an mI department are to be as brass and Classes. ‘Tbe’ firet chase will paid de classes. st clase pe jaring the quarter commencing October 1, $3.25 per day; second. ®3 per day; third, $2.50 per day; and fourth, £2.25 per day. First class paint- Ts are to receive $3.35 per day: second class, ‘3; third class, $2.50. Pattern makers will be ‘sed with joiners, and paid accordingly. naries E. Hoaks and Eugene Howe, one- ed soldiers, have been appointed watch- im the Yare. —~—— OTHER COLORED Courositor.—Yester- | day a second colored compositor—William A. Lavalette, ot Meadville, Pa.—was placed at work at the Government Printing Uffice. He bas no card from a Union, as stated in the morning papers, but, until the next meeting of | the Uxion, will work under a permit. Tax Missinc G.A.R. Tur: George C. Cammack, who Bas been missing | since the 11th instant, and for whose sutety some anxiety was felt, yesterday returned in ovd condition from a burried trip toa relative Sowa the river. —_-—__. 8 CAB 5S. of the 7th street 1ice, was going m to the wharf this morning, ove of the horses fell iuto the ditch corner of 7th and D ssreets south, but was rescued without dam- age. —_s>—_— East CaritoL BUILDING ASSOCIATION.—At the twenty-second monthly meeting of the | association, beld at Dooley’s Hall last evening, | money Was sd vanced on fifteen shares of stock, at qn average of sixty-five per cent. ee Tes New Yorx Refvsticas AssociaTion met iast even: President, A. M. Committee on Leaves of Absence reported eight days granted at the Treasury, interior and Post Office ts, and Government Printmg Office. A resolution, offered by the President, was adopted, declar:ng it to be the 'y of every Republican to go home sud vote. following committee was appointed to in- vestigate all calls for assistance in going to their homes: W. J. Hynes, Pension Oitice: J. P. Hawes, Secord Anditor’s Oflc-; W. A Bartiett, Government Printing Office: Wm. Vap Vieck, Post Office Department; D. B. Searle, War Department; G. E. Baker, State Department; E. Waitaker, Agricutturai Deparuneat. ——-— ‘TH —Last evening, Mr. David -kuown buteber, died gaite residence, on Peonsylvania patented colly TueGuasp Division of Sons of Temper- ance of the District of Columbia tweet in Georgetown to-night, tor the election of officers for the ensuing year. = THE Lowe BRIDGE has been put in complete order. New flooring has been laid nearly tne whole lengtb, and the bridge is now im 4 sub- stantial condition. sucdenly at be aad avenue and Jith street, as is poe 5 soa from Satz oy Rear Estate.—Green & Williams spoplexy. Mr. R. was holding a light m b ‘ Id lot 16, in_ subdivision of hand wolle some of bis employees were Ses oe square 974, located near the Navy Yard, for $1,200, to Joseph Prater. ——. G. A. K. —See notice of meeting of Jona A. Rawlins Post. G. A. R., this evening. pean tere wr & Map Doo was xlled yesterday by Mr. Ambrose S. Lyuch, residing on ith street east. 3s Alexandria Matters. Bitebing bis borses trom a wagon, and a cBoRIpg sensation, and minntes etter he suddenly seized wit! Sell, dying im a very Base Batt.—the Viympic Ciud neld a ‘Mereung last evening, bul transacted no busi. nese of importsece. At its comtinsion a s; Pp per was partaken of, Col. ©. M. AlexanGer at the Bead of the table, and the “ Health of the Natonais’ was among the many toasts pro. posed and drank. Printing Office, the At the was organized yes- Government! " Base Bail Club” o te }, AB the follow ing officers were elected - President, Harry H Clapp; Vice President, L.. H. Patterson; Treasurer, H. W.Gray;Sec- , Wihiam S. Mi 5 $ i He i i ft 4 E ul Pre 8 Bm dit _bas been merzed into ca cea t are ‘The Gazette of inst evening has the following items: | ing, George Marlow, 1) it intent to kill, was found guilty of assaul battery. Michael Burke, convicted of assat aad battery, was sentenced to pay a fine of 83. In the case of William Ridgley, indicted for bastardy, in beimg the father of an iliegitimate tid of Julia Gray, Mr. Hine, for the pris- mer, raised the ques/ion that this was a civil ease, and this court had not jurisdiction, but he was overruled. and the trial proceeded, the | prosecuting witness—a yellow girl of about i} ifying that the defendant, wh: | ried man, is the father of her chil i id t rdict of guilty, and Mr. Hines arrest of judgment. Equity Court, Judge Olin.—This morning, in the ft Davis agt. Batout J Ward, a de- | cree was made enjoiving sale, with leave to | continue advertisement. and rule to show cause; Green ¢/ al agt. Greet et al; order ex- tending ume to take testimony. —_ LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. The Hog-Catcher Wanted. The citizens of the First Ward Tead in mop xploits of thi ferent ous of the city and county, and have looked, with ardent hope and longiug expectation, for the coy when that macbeneedea tuuctiouary | should make Dis welcome adveot in toeir | ford neids for the display of his prowess; bat he may be assured that if be will follow the ex- »mple of the American Inciw,and extend bw bunung-grounds towards te seting sun, he will find no lack of game. In fact, the porcine clase of the mhabitants the westera section of the ro al merous, and impudent bey | They rosm streets, | Sand niedt. wee! 1 ey dispi jevastation and ruin to gard: namental grounds. They tempt school-boys and vicious dogs to many & race and unseemly skirmish in the public sireets. Tney seem, moreover, to be on the best of terms with the police, who are never known to interfere with | their enjoyment of the largest liberty—cor- withstanding there is Corporation law wh'ch says: “Jf any police officer shall neglect to take up any Bog or hogs going at large, which shal) come under bis notice, or that he be in- formed of by others, he shail forfei: and pay for every euch neglect to periorm such duty a sum of not less than five nor more than ten doliare.” Is there a secret truce, or treaty of ailiance, between the police and this class of ders? Or what is ihe reason of their emption from this law? The people don’t derstand it. Mr. Editor, 1am no Jew,and have no od- jection to swine in their proper place, bus L submit that this is not the puolic streets, nor the premises of their owners’ neighbors, So please send along the hog-catcher, speedily as Possible, to the Finer Warp. —_--re -___ Virginia News, Theatre. will be sold on the tober, by virtue of a derd ot trust ex- ecured by Alfred Paul, and bearing date April 1, 1868, 10 secure the payment of $27,000. At the Danville fair there was a pistol shoot. cb, participated in by a number of ‘among whom the best were Miss zele Rives and Miss Ella Yates—the lacter taking the premium. A large number ot Northerners are in the vicinity of Winchester searching for iands. Fine slate bas been found in Amherst coun. ty. Spary Sexpinc Mors Trvors To Cves.— It is reported in Madrid that Captair General De Rodas informed the home Government that tbe rebels in Cuba bave all along had ac- tive relations w: e Republican imsurgents im Spaui ‘arrangements have bren inade between them for matual encouragement and ascistance. Reintorcements for Uaba to the number of three thousand men sailed Wednes- day from Spain for Havana. Additional troops will be sent early in November. The defeat of the Kepublicavs in Spain places a larze num- ber of men at the disposal of the Government, ang it proposes to take ad vantaze of the oppor- tunity and act vigorously for the suppression of the rebellion in Cuba, Hoes Fiesa in France is d: occupying & more considerable place { ‘supply of the Public food. In 1367 the quantity consumed in Paris was $16,000 pounds, in 3863, 963,40 Pounds, being an increase of 152,40 pounds in the year. rincipal towns of the nro- yinces, at Rouen, Marseilles, Toulton, Bor- re SeUba butchers” shops Yor the Sa ae le gt are demg a good business. One has just opened at Havre, at No. 30 Rne des Drapiers. ‘The prices of the different joints vary from twenty cents to seventy cents per pound. Woman's Ricuts have t iphed in one European capital: even in Austria, noted tor its rigid adherance to ancient usages. The municipal body of Vienna has decided taat seven tooussnd women imbabitig the town, paying its taxes, and otherwise complying ‘with ail legal conditions, sBall be admitted to the right of an elective vote. The most curious part of the affair is the comparatively speaking unconcern of tbe male population of Viena. 87°Mr. Jeft. Long, a colored person of Geor- gis, has issued call tor @ convention to deier- mine what shall be done with the white folks. o7-Mr. Farnam, owner of the Excelsior | Kuitting Mille, at Troy, ts building a $40,000 free chureb for his operatives. SF Wendell Phillips, in mis “Lost Aris,” says the ancients 3,000 years ago knew how to | make sherry cobblers. 1&7” At the banquet at Louisville, the members of the Commercial Convention drank four thousand bottles of champagne, besides im- mense quantities of claret and catawba. SF The “fossil man” which kicked up such a bobhery near Syracase, N. Y.. has bsen deci- ded to be a ‘tstatue” cut from the gypsum of Onondaga county. It is supposed to have been carved by the Jesuits. CITY ITEMS. DOUDLE-BRBASTED BISMARE SACES, at $3, $10 aud $12, at A. Straus’ popular Clothing H Penns. avenue, between 1vth and ita streets, three doors east of Lith street. ——e SILVER-PLATED Sroons, Stiver-Plated Forks, Stlver-Plated Cups. Silver-Plated Castors, Silver-Plated Sugars, Stlver-Plated Batters, Silver-Pisted Rell: Received this morning, at Prigg’s One Dollar Jewelry Store, No. $36 Pennsylvania avenue, between 44 and 6'm streets. FALL Ovencoats, $7. $8, $10 and 812, just recetyed at A. S'raus’ popular Ulothing House, Pennsylvania avenue, between lth and |ith streets, three doors east of 11th street. > SPRcraAL BaRrcains.—Just received, six dif- ferent styles of fine Cassimere Suits, the coats on svit, te sbtsrtnwrsi te, Ar THE UERTRAL DoLLar Store, No. Market Space, between Sih and Sth’ street (Pennsylvania avenue,) new goods are con- stantly received. 10, 16,1: — Reavy-MavDsg CLorame! Gentlemens’, Boys’ and Chilirens’. The largest and finest stock of Uiothing in the District, manufactured by Messrs. Wana- maker & Brown, of Philadelphia. expressly tor this market, is now selling at tic lowest PAtl~ adelphia prices at Oak Hall, 460 7th street, oppo- B Olothiers and Tailors supplied at the ‘wholesale | 10,14,6 il i i i ° ' : : | MOVALGOF THE CAPITAL THE ST. LOU'S LONVENTION. 1HE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. of Itatiea te be Kept Up. The National Cspitat Comvention at St. ‘Louis was yesteraay engaged all the morning in d'scussing a series of resolutions reported dy Joseph Medi'}, (of the Cbicsgo Tribun-) of the Committee om Resolutions, which were amended, and finally unanimously adopted. They are as follows: \« W Lereas tha present site of the national til was selected as the Cage epg be peopie of this Repa' Billions in number ana iumavlted wer presses were or a mile of turnpike or cunal possessed the authority or desired iT Spine the capital = ever on the banks otomac @zainst the ‘will and interest of hundgeds of millions who might come after them. Re sclved, That the people have endured the present il]-located capital for three-quarters of & century, patiently wpiting tor the vast terri. tory of the Union to b& peopled and organized into States, and unt the center of population and weal'h be determined, whea 8 permanent Place of residence of the Goverement could be selected; that the time bas come; sectional iseues are settled: all rous domestic Tiances are disposed of; & new era kas been entered upon, and a new departure taken. Resolved, That in the language of James ‘Maaison, in the Congress of 17*9, au equal at- tention to the rights of the community is the basis of the Republic. If we consi the effects of legislative power on the te comm unity, we mus! ual indvcements to loox to the center the proper seat of Government. This equal atten! has not been, and cannot be given, as long as the capital Js locaied in @m mconvenieat section of ion. Resolved, That the vast and fertile région known as the Mississippi valley must for all time be the seat of empire on this continent, and exert a controlling influence in the na: tion, because it is homog-neous in its interests and too vast to permit the ontlaying States to sever their connection with the Union. This vast plain will always be a surplas food-pro- t rail telegraphs. oF erage, taearepn dreamed ‘of, ducing portion of the continent, and the grea: market for the fine. fabrics and 4 auctions of other sections of the ablic ‘This universal basin must have numerous ont- jets and channels of cheap and switt commu- nication by water and railway seaboard for the egréss of its production and the ingress of itsexchange. Therefore, whatever policy the Government may pursue that tends to multi. piy, improve, or enlarge these articles of commerce must result in common advantage to the whole Union, to the seaboard States equal to thore of the center, Resolved, That the natural, convenient, inevi- table place for the capital of the Repablic is in the heart of this valley, where the center of population, wealth, and power is irresistibl gravitating; where the Government, sur: 4 ed by numerous millions of brave and Union- loving citizens, would be forever safe st foreign toes or sectional seditioas; where it woud need neither armaments or standing armies tor its protection. Resolved, That while advocating the removal of the seat of Government to the Mississippi valley, we do not men to serve the interest of avy particular locality; but that we urge Con- gress to appoint a commission for the purpore vf relecting a convenient site for the national capital in the Valley of the Mississippi. Kesolved, That in urging the removing the capital from its present inconvenient, out of the way, and exposed locality, or extreme bor- der of the Union, we are in earnest, and that we ‘shall not cease our efforts till the end is accom. lished. c PP day, aud that a majority of the American peo- ple will not long permit their interests and con- venience to be dis: § Resolved, That the removal of the National Copital being enly a question of time, we em- phatioas atl Seopreceense nad jargement of the old Government the people. ‘The following resolation, offered by Hon Sidney Clarke, of Kansas, was, after discus- ‘sion, I@id on the table: Resolved, That this convention do recommend and request all Congressional nominating con- ventions in the several States to incorporate in their platforms a demand for the removal of the capital to @ more central and convenient locality. FOREIGN ‘8 BY CaBLe —The Emperor comes to Paris on the 25th instant. rs will remain at Comprigne until the 2ith. It is officially stated that the ministerial programme will soon be made public. The ultra imperial. ast depnties ot the Legisiatif meet to- day to organize their party. The meeting is called by Matbien, a friend of Rouber. Twen- ty-seven deputies adhere to the manifesto of tbe opposition members of the Uorps. The liberal voters of Paris generally endorse the manifesto. Marshal Bazaine, on taking com- mand of the Im 1 Guard, issued @ very energetic order of the day. All Republican leaders in bi gr captured ‘with arms in their hands, and who bad armed bande, are to be shot. Some executions have already taken place. The Dake of Montpen- sier bas interceded with the Regent for the life of the leader who attempted a revolt at Seville. in the Cortes yesterday Gen. Prim, referring to the ramors current in regard to bis political faith, declared he was a monarchist, and as ‘was opposed to the establishment of a republic in Spain. ‘be Crown Prince of Prassia bas arrived at Vienna, and there seems to be no longer any doubt of continued peace between Austria and Prassia. Fx axp Loss oF Lire iN Cinctnatt.— The college butiding burned in Cincinnati Wednesday contained the Young Men’s Mer- cantile Library, the Obamber of Commerce, nd several offices. Captain Matt Schwab of ‘be Phoenix Hook and Ladder Company, was taken out of the wreck of the college building, dead, at 9 o'clock Wednesday evening. He, with others, stood at the head of the stairs in the buflding, fighting the fire until the ceiling fel) in, enveloping all in smoke and fire. The others escaped. Damage to the bnildi 810,000, The Mercantile Library lost records books. he an prota ad rary removed in satety. Total loss in books, $10,000. On the fourth ‘too Picture frame and Fleetwood's lithogr loss $10,000. The loss of other parties was about $5,000. THE National Camr-Masting Commit. Tke.—A meeting of this committee was held in Pailadeiphia on Wednesday to select the place in which to hold the annual camp-meeting Qext year. So many applications were re- ceived for the holding of the meetings in va- tous sections of the the country that Sually it Was determined that three meetungs should be held—the first in the vicinity of + OD Jai the at Uskington, Md.. onthe Philadelphia railroad, on Jaly 12, and the teira aear Chicago, on August *h—each meeting to continue tem days. envi and SF ar eee S7-Crinoline is fast dissppearing. Sa Now York ss still asking for those Han. som cabs. S7-Southern India has struck against mon. key worship. 7 The workingmen in Massache. setts, afe starting © co-pperktlve stare. £7 Ans Exation is ead to be the Girlof the Period in 5 SF Curtis; one of the F. F's of “the Hus» sedan eden line ta at ney ds tor pall = = ‘The only place in the city to buy your BOOTs, SHOES, AND GAITERS at regulsr WHOLESALE PRICES fs at STRASBURGER BROS., 373 SeventH Sreeer, Berween I asp K. “goTros. wea WHERE THE LABGBST ABSORTMBNT Cay wi Bayoump. ~ NOT70n oF Renova. cy 498 | WO call the attention of 9201: | gre FICIAL, Passed by the Sixty-Seventh Co: perigis of Washington City, D. C. Ax AcT to set the curbsrones and pgve the f20t- GEORGETOWN, ee emeeees Affaire ip Georgetown. THE Vorrcits._There was no meeting o° | eitber Board of the City Councils last evening, neil ‘ways and gutters on the soutt side of A | for wont of a quorum. street south, between Seventh and Tuirteeato Ivee FRowt.— £ntered—Steamers Thomas streets est. | B. Canin Exoress, Nicmie, Baiti- | Be it encetéil by the WR oo go } More; steamer Pion-er, Acc nk, asd sloop the Mayor be, aod he is Rereby, auvaor. | S_Am&n- King, A _ ; | yed.andthegeters | = Georgetow vertisement fede Streets east; : ry ry Serer game: | Browne sorte tons ewreen. Heereceatp mean abeune techie Ireiep. and the Continent. and on all lots or | Speen JOHN G. DALE ring on the line of said im- Pig ty . laws, ‘Tee work woes . sailhininichad isp Mees, Wr ri | s of ibe Commissioner oape, and Premiers croc y ae | eum Gechincire ard, and two assistant commis- /BSDAY, Octoder iss. tag to M by the Mayor of al edvertioment, in the ster | VigBOmANTS’ LING OF STEAMSHIPS j BEYWEEN val | WASEINGTON ANDN = - YORK. sure pore of | the Fine the | at the sum of four Rundre 88 . Pe nis mu as may be necessary, be, and | + bE srars open the same is ry, LEXAND! of the funds of the Susch Ward to grade aud | -®°2¢ __PHOMAS DOWLING aut. Guokduu Se as gravel Fisth street, between E and'G sirects | FALL AND WINTER @0Ovs. from Pier 29, ost south, the work to be done under the direc. — Svery MONDAY and THC tion of the Commissioner of ths Sixth Ward, For and two assistant commissioners to be ap- of ee. and pointed by the Mayor. Lae! or at the corner of Approved, October 6. 1°69. Find Poplice. fee AcT to repave alley in square No. 393. and Bleek facking ‘Ew Stkee naciedby tue Board of Ausermen and Beard | Makes for Mourning, fate ouncil of the Cily of Warrington, | 2 ye aay! or be, and he is hereby, author- 4 y ized and requested'to cause the alley in sqaure | Led ‘ond Ties, No, 398, frum O to P streets north, between | Etghth ind Ninth streets weet, to be taken ap Hoth ‘0nd Cassizneres, ‘sod and repaved, Tows of flagging to RU a ‘Rerep. The work to be done by day's pong 2 A 5 Bnder the superintendence of the Qommi;- ines. and all other ‘adapted to the | sioner of the Third Ward, and to be execated end comt \ ree-piy, im the mapner vided by law, and | Silents fond Weespertatbceane a | Ha the ssme is herepy, riated out of the | funds of the Third Ward. rat all Approved, October 6, 1869. AN Act to construct a sewer in I street north commencing at Twentieth street, aud rao- | ning to ana connecting with the sewer in Twenty-second street. | Be it enacted by the Board of Aldermen and Board | 9 the City of Washington, | % Common Councti of ‘hat the Mayor be, and he is hereby, author- | ized and requested <o canse to be consiracted a barrel-cewer, two feet eix inches inside diame. | ter, with walls nine inches thick: said sewer to commence at Twenueth street west, and con- tinue down I street to Twenty-second street EDUCATIONAL. _ ox; | RY THOMAS DOWLING. ; ON TUBSDAY, 26ru INeT., aria at4o’cLock,? uw. ON OF THOSE VERY DESIRABLE BRICK COTTAGE VILLA HOUSES On Stoddart st., near Washington st , west, b prea with said sewer in Tweaty- GEORGETOWN, secor: And be it further enacted, That in order to de- Being Honse Wo. 2. tn block 1; Mansera tray ihe oxpenre incurred anger is act, wapec | fied rozh a tubea in tee brit strin sfarcaltnctare cial tax be, aud the same is hereby, taid upom | ments, about Is roome and commodious: 3 Lot | All lots or parts of lots sordering on the line of | 43 feet 6inches front by 180 feet deep, ed with [recharge car amy be assessed ana col- ok well ot ree telling. lected according to law: Provided, that the 'erms made known es Natray branch Sewer, ape, miau-noles cron | ,silcmaveveneios and Bape es opt of werche- ings of si and alleys tof the | "Ss 20 cost uctioneer. funds of the Firet Ward. cle = a. - Approved, October 6, 1869, An Acr to open, grade and gravel Nineteenth Street west, from L. street to Boundary. Be it enacted by the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council of the City of Washi Sppropriated out ot the First Ward fund, for tae purpose of ing, and reli Hiatacut oleae famine Seine graded under ary; the street to be opened and the direction of the City Surveyor and the bn of Improvements of the Firat And be it further enacted, That the said work shall be done by days’ work, according x mate of the Uily Surveyor” wien 6, 1869. re ae i 8; ie Approved, October Yours yt Soot person, ‘eta much ami paying high rents and large sale ies J.B. WELLS. 148 Brice street, Georget . ¥. C., and co! on G street north 1m Terminati street and Fifth street west, inside dismeter of two ses suet = feet and three inches, with euch arms or branches, either of brick or tile, and of such May be necessry to accommodate the natural surface drainage in that section of the ward. The work to be contracted for, and ex. ecuted in the manner and under the fig tendence provided by law; and in to defray the expenses of ci ‘the said sewer, @ special tax equal to the cost thereot ss Pps Mg Sm aeomes upon <8 Jow an tO Be assessed collected in conformity with the Provisions ef the act approved October 12, 1345: Provided. That the expense of crossing streets and alleys, and of constructing man-holes, ABLISHED IN 1 Premium AW MADAME D°BSBVILLY. Priv” IRISIN?: Tux cusat vecetanus traps, drops, and sewers tor said A Blood Purifier. shall not be assessed on private property, but o a BD. =x be paid for out of money redi — Risin. the Fourth Ward.) gc operas Havin; leted comMPoU i Freee tener te oom now provered ND FLUID EXTRACT Tbhave OF TRB Inave IRIS VERSICOLOR Approved, October 6, 1569. > just tr . purchased efullline of” © STAPLE AND FANCY Guops, consisting of everything new and desirable. Best French KID GLOVES. $1 25. Best French OORSBTS, $1 to 83. Kiowaus 2 uexpenson, 3. WINDOW SHADES. RE PICTURE Faamks, iD ls “gd CLOTHS, sc. TRIMMING SATINB. in all colors No. 505 Sth Strect,(aeaton Hail.) =n = All work in their line neatly exeonted in the city | 78IMMING VELVRTS, tn all colors. 5 country, at short notice, and on teeterate Fall Hue of CLOaKS. — == — HOSIVEY for " SINRY for Ladies and Children, and s fal The Cheap Place! a acres which I wil offer at aes THE LOWEST PRICES. wo, 30g EEULEE, . 34 STILL ANOTAER jee Po reer myer UMATISM AND Gour. DECLINE FLovr. DUMBER, WOOD, AND coaL, Bice awsacus sd Wemsare of Weca!l aris ~ na copguap ct en me laes trek of LONER, bas ,, RISEASES OF WOMEN WELCH’S BEST FAMILY FLOUR, $2.60 | tere Shore Brosien Spa Matched Tioorine. Hudgivee promot ele. Ree 8 ee ane nee 5 le im and ere ree Shek itone of the safest raged sed Lumber of ‘all Linas Kast nider cover ee ae RAY'S ARLINGTON FAMILY FLOUR, | gonea and dee ren ieee Dar thoroughly ee2- epi aged excellent $0,co'Pak sack. ane et; Gil Kinds ot Lamber usually found in « i oeination with ether TONIC QUALITIES but permanently Sovigrretiog the ‘Costs. gans,end rendering ‘Mountain and other well known White | Sé*Bt 1p cases of and imparts to BURNT MILLS FAMILY FLOUR, $3.50 ofthe PER SACK. ‘or: ‘Ash Coals. BEST CRUSHED SUGAR, 17% cents per pouna, | _ O* ant Fite Wood. sawed end epiitand in the we F stock im the best markets, BEST OLARIFIBD SUGAR, 16% cts. . | which Fact. wharf fectlities. on oe ble te to aell st prices tat fail to be'vat- ‘We dell oa (We deliver in any part ot the city 2,209 pounds to * Ordare by mail promptly sed. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF | eg er r Branch yard Virginia eve. ‘Bast. FINE TEas, | oi ove. and gi et. Bast. CROSSE AND BLACKWELL'S URL@: ‘eee | 8 H OE, OBL@SEATED | Northwest cornerof 8th and 'E streets, opposite paterey SOLICITON OF PATENTS 1ms WORCESTERSHIRE AND LEICESTERSHIRE | Fone Ti bari aveeatt! _ SAUOKS, NOTABY PUBLIC, | COMMISSION EE OF 3, SPICED OYSTERS, Berenzsers wage A PURE ARTICLE OF Bical D, Oren OLD GOVERNMENT Java. peo ne C. 8. @HARE & SON, 962 SEVENTH STREET, BETWEEN M AND N STREETS DROPOSALS FOR 61 BAMEBS. P aA ae Der. ar ‘ H cuore npateras ment STATEN ISLaXD (H. ¥,) DYEING £OTARLigamanT.