Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1871, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday excepted, at The Star Buildings, Cormer Pennsylvania av. and Lith st. Sv THs AVENING STAB NEWSPAPER CONPANT. THE STAB ts served by cxrricrs to their sad- soribders in the City sod District at Ten Osnrs Pz WERE of FORTY-FOUK CENTS FSR MONTE, Gopies at the counter, Two Oxvts. PRE FOR MaILino—Three Months, Stx Months. 5.00: Une Tear, $8 00, are sent from the office longer thig paid for. Tas WEEKLY STS” published om Friday morning—@t ° a. Fitna SPECIAL NOTICES. BEDUCT' Fat TION 7 ON WHISKIES, c . & yO YE AND BUUR 1S OLD BE ANDLES. G 3 be rtao r,3d. Sedo; Oid Crow, 6 do... S£do.; Pine Apple, (rec DI BS—L soca: er, $3 do. f the N. 1217 and 1219 Penn’a arenu® Proprietor « myn PEBRY DAVIS’ PAIN KILLES. Trave 8 liable to sudden attacks of hese oceurring leasant. The upon in such are very un) pways be relie il athe the bowels and back with the v f Asthmannd Pbthisic, take a table ful ina cilot bot water aweeiened well wich =; tite bathe the throat and stomach faith nos ip cases of | ny AY ne hing he ever applied Fishermen D expos! to hari by having ther skin pierced with Booma, ead fine of fish, cag be relieved by batuing with the Ps Killer as soon = « ecctd-nt occa im this eay tae aueuivh oan abated; bathe ato ten ag once it ee or four times aud you will uple Dites and scratches of de: ry be Ling with tor Pain Biller clear, Clear aud Harmless as Water. ¥ ERY. BBY FERRY. DISCOVERY DISCOVERY. DISCOVERY. than apy other Hair Preparation. $2. Sold by Ward & W: st. aud Pa. ave. and ard. cnneyivanta avenue, B.D oth and kestreet w . Daw. corner Wth an: streets Acd at ite Depot. corner of 2d and D sts WW. ap: THCBSTONS [VOKY PEARL TOOTH POW- DE is the best article for cleansing and preserving @ teeth. Seld by all druggists. Price, and 80 cents. JOUVEN'S [NODOBUUS GLOVE CLEANEE re- Stores soiled gloves equal to new. Sold by all Et sists and fancy goods dealers. Price, % cents. do8-ly BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE. pznis splendid Hair Dye isthe best in the world artmle ~- ae atte ware perfect, Hair ‘Dye Black or Brows, Zoid Applied at 16 Bond beats a AMUSEMENTS, re” “EBSTIVAL AND TABLFAUX, YTh BABEST MATH. PeUT. CHOECH r ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, MAY lors, A7ta, StH. Strawberries. Ice (+ A Useful and an ise: SUPPER TAMLE— kets t on TUESDAY peleivag, 7. ad WEDNE: t the EXCBLSIOR bee ee eae witard sre: ‘ t ‘ AT GIFT ENTERPIIS! 003 GIFTS. CONCEST AND DISTRIBUTION OR THE SENEEIT G ut a BRAND GIFT F 7 mit rom Hon easanton, r er of interne! Kevenue, on Wednesdas, wine Gitte d the success" will be awar. eon “ 5 il. lying on C1 3story Brick Hone, <0 3 story Brick HM . 30 ).. $7.00. 1 fine Residence be wn. Smiles from Balto., on Passenger It. Besidence near Govanstows, E idence near Govans i. sD. same location, $= 500. 1 fine Residence near an stown, rame Iccation, $7.40. 7 Lote adjsining i, JgeRerth. $200 each, $1. 290 (00 Bo jrowrsville Prectn. ka, 7 per cent. gold int. we BC. Bt Tie B. Bi Shares Fhile . 82.00 T.ckETS only £00. IcCOOLLevcH Bigrers acy Pi tee EoLEy, Ml. C.. stee, ‘Maj. Gen. D aah Bon Jas. Pa PER He Dia erott & Uo., av -nue. n rs, 34 t onte, 72 Govisisna 'e DEVLIN. Agent, Etationer and Printer, No. 31 Nassan street, New York BF Orders by mail will receive Prompt a'teu tt my II. ue General PpAzlow © Gabteny FINE ARTS. PENNSYLVANIA AVENU “ mst No. 486 ) No. 486 av tH Steer. § StRacr. MARKENITER's, Ne 4"6 Seventh street, between D and E streete, eight doers above Odd Fellows’ fee Oil Paint Largest Sv remember Name and Namber_ap2i-1y"_ \OOMS OF THE ¥. H.C. a. CORNER NINTB AND D STREETS. FREE BEADING BOOM AND LIBRAKY ‘The following New Books bave recently beem ad- ded to the Library : * Bo b Crusoe.” etegantly {llustrates. Lowe My Books.” See Bacavany ct tas bate tae we BABICM, plenary ‘Sted up with ali the be ~ je clase ily Prayer wetlugs apm tt andé p.m. REE RR AS ©. BEIC@ENBACH'S PianoBtore, «No. 413 11th Street, abooe Henne. Avenue, ae 30 Years) ° tals of the ontebrotea Plancs Baltimore, and Melodeons for on) ost accommodating terms; Piano aud Organ Toning aod Sevetring = aptly” ssirests Cester Marke D BOAT, with Sail nd in good con: Dtables. tos. ESTABLISEED i893, JOSEPH BECK HAUS, 1204 FRANKFOBD AVBNUB, ABOVE GIRARD AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, MANUFACTURER EXCLUSIVELY OF FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES! SEWRST sTYLEs. swale Provaie Family end Soe and te Bone to gale Ge ee romps and peat ce tention. All work warranted, pies ag @ Vo 37—N® 5.668. VENING STAR. HAIL “COLUMBIA”! OUR NEW GOVERNMENT 4UGURATIONV DAY. FIRST MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE ORGANIZATION OF THE TWO HOUSES. ELECTION OF OFFICERS, eH Nr.Wm. Stickney. President of ¢ Nr. Chas. L. Hw cy Speaker of House, Their Opening Remarks, INAUGURATION OF GOV. COOKE, THE GovERNOR's MESSAGE. | Report of the Board of Public Works. In accordance with the 5th section of the act of Cong.e%s “to provide a government for the Distr.ct 0; Columbia,” approvad February 2 11, Governor Cooke appointed to-day. noon sor the meeting of the Council and House 0. 1 “egates of the Legislative Assembly of the District, and designated “ Metzerott Hall Bulld- mg” im this city, a3 the place of meeting As the horr thps fixed for the inauguration o “ne new government approached, large num ers « citizens assembled in and about the place of Teeting, viewiog the preparations made for the +i t ue Of the Legisiature and discussing the in- teresting and important event about to take place 7 THE COUNCIL CHAMNER. ‘The north end of the third story of Metzerott Hall bas been tastefully prepared for th« Councs! Chamber; the president's chair bein, in the routh end of the room and fronts no: The ceiling of this room is not very high, otherwise ay iment is well adapted to t purpose for which it is intended. Two sky tights immediately over the part allotted to th: members and speaker, with tive windows in the north end afford ample light and ventilation ‘The ceiling and walls are of a lilac color, au: in the center isa chandiler with retiect rs. rail Givide; the members from the spectator= The furniture is of the same kird as that in t' hall of the House of Acsembly, which is de- scribed below. Three large committee raem: have been fitted up im the south end of thig floor. Retiring rooms and cloak rooms are conveniently arranged on this fivor, ali furpished with every accommodation. Hand some Bru:sells carpet has been laid in all thes rooms except the part of the hall assigned wo the spectators, which been laid wi TASS matting. ‘Lhere are new and convenient tabias, desks and bookcases of black wainnt for the convenience of the committees. The stairsand all the passages are covered with new matting, and water coolers and spitteons 5 been placed at convenient places. HALL OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMPLY. ‘The large room on the second floor of Metze. rott Hall (formerly the coneert room) has beer fitted up neatly for the meetings of the Hound or De es. The Speaker's desk is on the notth end of the room on an elevated platform, with the Clerk’s desk immediately in front, tables for reporters are on the tioor fronting Clerk's table. A handsome railing of ash nut has been plae-d across the room, wh, divides the spectators trom the member's deeh wh re arranged in @ semi-circular form i tide the bar. ‘The room is well ventilated wi | Hive large windows in each end, which be been bancsomely upholstered’ with ric cornices and appropriate hangings. ‘1’. flour is covered with new grass matting fi the summer reson, thé platto-m being covered wih Brus-ells carpet. On the right of th- Speaker is aretiting room and bat and cloak room, which have been properly farvished. T" deoks and chairs of the members are of bi« walnut cou iL. Previous to the hour of assembling of t! Council there were present withia the Coun! chamber William Laird, clerk of Georzetown Judge Fisher, James A. Magruder, George W. Beall, Esau Pickreli and Jobn Marbary, Georgetown, and the Mayors of Woshiug? and Georgetown. Besides the abovc-men or! there were within the bar John Hitz Consul General; 3. P. Brown, F«q., Ge Dent, Col. Robert Dor 1» W. W. Woz » Co! Thos. B. Florence, Chief Justice Cartter, Judge MacArthur, and members of the Boards of A! dermen and Common Oouncil ef George owe, apd Dany other spectators. 5wi F. The seats or the members—a semi-circular row—were O:cupied as follows, from the weat- ward: Adolphus Hall, Frederick lass, Jobo --shomp-on, John if. Gray, C. Bk ‘eck, D. L. Eaton, George F. Gulick, Wim. Stickney, A. K Browne, Samuel Cross, and Dan'el ith. At 12 o’clock m., Governor Cooke appeared in the desk and said: ‘The hour of 12 m. now haying arrived the Council will come to erder.”” The members having been seated, Kev. Mr. Atkinson, of St. John’s Church, Georgetown. stepped forward and offered up prayer. The roli of the members was then called; ai auswering to their names. The Governor then directed Oath of oftice to be administered and Chief Justice Cartter called for a Bible, saying that they coul: not set up hou: skeepinz thout a Bible. The oath of office (che sam printed below in the House of De ites.) wasthen administered tp ail the the member: atone vime, after which each member sizne:! Bis vame to the blank form which had bee: previously filled up. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT. The Governor then said that tue election of a Presiding offcer would be in order. Mr. J. W. Thompson offered the following “ Rescloed, That Win. Stickney be deciared th: Presiding officer for the present term;" whic’. Was carried. Mesers. Thompson and Peck were appointed ‘& committee to esc wrt Mr. Stickuey to the chalr. On taking the chair Mr. Suckney delivered the following address. ji PRESIDEN? STICKNEY 'S REMARKS. I thank you, gentlemen, members of this tir-! Council, tor thiskind expression ot dence and regard; and wh.le I distrast m+ qualifcations for the bonorabie sition to which you have el-cted me, promise by my best ettorts to Epes your 300d opinion, ‘This day marks an important era in the his- fory of our national metropolis. Weare alont inaugurate a loca! government of larger powers, more cr se myens ae owed sphere ot its action. and of larger territorial magnitude than bas hither'o existed in our District. The educational and material interests of 130,000 }, Fepresenting a taxable property ot more than sevonty-tive millions of dollar: 3 i teourcare. Theaccep: ch @trost Involves a bilst hich should not be lightty estima! Government was or: 'd of God for wise beuincent . ierightly, administered, is a source of inectimabie District a or @ curse; object of mational pride or ‘ave. aid Zhe oppartanity 18a rare one, and if rightiy we shal only é.leni roach hitherto honest men, and thus prove o- r+ selves faithful to the trust and worthy the ccn- Teposed in as. Putting beneath our feet all riging above mere party, ‘et the the sructure we are al all, favoritiem to none. prejadice,and corner stove of t to build be justice to Fhe name of Washington, t of great men, and the gre itest of Be Pel “< millions of hearts, let it be ovr highest ton to render the District of Columbia, hi timately asrociated with ually its good gover; monk and w e ELECTION OF OBHRE ovricers. ‘The Chair then stated that for Vice President would be next in order. 4 John A. Gray nominated Frederick Doagiass, seconded by Mc. A. K. Browne, waeu | aaa ane 3 . os of this board,” which was adopted. Mr. Cross nominated H. Pope for assistant clerk, and be was elects ‘Mr. Smith offered a resolution that Mr. E. J. ‘Evening WASHINGTON, D. C.. MONDAY, MAY 13, 1871. Klopfer be the engrossing clerk; which wag, q) adopted. Albert H Dowell was then rrrve euro ling eler«. Frederick Douglass t',on nom- inated Joseph 8. Weems as sergen’ ¢ gtarms; carried. Henry W. Lee was then ‘tected mes. senger to the board. The officers elected then cam 4 forward to the clerk's desk, and were sworn mm py District At. torney Fisher. Mr. Gulick offered a com pitat on of he ugg OF oaper, which the clerk proce gq, |. The rules G sigt ave the follow! ,.20°0 © read STAND’ 8G COMMITTEES to be appointe’,:_On National Relations, Finance, Public. Works and Property, Jndicta- ry. Kajlroads "44 Canals, Gas Lights, Drain :ze Sewernge &,q Distribution of Water, Police, Health, Ae yinm and Charities, Claims, Schools, Markets, “Fire Departnont. Washington, Georzet sw and County Affsira, Printing, En- grouse; and Errolled Bills, Wharves, Rules, and Cpfinished Busines rhe rules were ade pted. ‘air. Brown offered a resolution that A COMMITTRE OF TWO de sppointed to wait upon the House of Dele- gates and inform that body that the Council is organized and re idy to proceed to business, and that ‘the same committee in connection ‘with such committee as the House of Delegates may appoint, wait upon his exeellency Henry D. Cooke, Governor of this District, and inform him that the assembly ts organized, and ready to receive any communication he may have to makg; adopted. The chair appointed Messrs. =e and Cro.s a3 the committee and a recess was taken uvtil the committee were ready to repott. ®, Brown, t1om the commitice to wait on th> Governor, reperted that they had performed that duts, and the Governor would send them a communication in writing. The me:sige of the Governor was shortly alcerwards received, and the ¢lerk proceeded to read it as follows GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. To the Council and House of Delegates of the Dis t Columbia. ‘The act of Congress entitled, “An act to pro- videa governmeut for the District of Colum- bia,” approved February 2i, 1871, requires that the fo election of the mombers of the House of Dpiegates sba!l be held within sixty days from the pastage of the act: and that the Goveraor shail convene the Leg.siat.ve Assembly at such timg and place within the District as he shal’ a aint and direct. The earliest practicibe Sor holding the election was design sted by Congress in view of the necessity imposed upon the hew Goverrment 0° proper prepara.ion to Tece.ve the powers and duties devolving uy on it by rearon of the expiration of the old govern- menis. The act of Congress provides that “the charters of the cities pees pe a and George- town eball be repealed on and after the first day of June, A. 1D. 1871, and all effices of said cor- ‘ions abolished at that date,” and that ‘the Pevy Court of the District of Columbia and ail officers connected therewith shall be abolished on gnd after ; sid first day of inne, A.D. 1871.” It ig, therefore, imperative that ‘provision be midge for the creation of offices and the appoint- wegt of officers to perform the functions ex- iring with the several corporations superse ed by te territorial organization, Jertain general laws also are demanded to ca Congress reor; into eflect the provisions of said act of nizing the government of the District of Columbia. This work of prepara- tiog will amply engage your attention until the explration of the existing municipal and county governments, and it is respectfully recota- mebded that ley solgtely nec les Among the more important questions which will require your serious constderation are: ‘Vr fingnctsl condition, the internal improvement the schools, the sanity ry regulations, the syste: of ¢} arities and cor) ectin, and the revision aud cog fying of the laws of the District. THE FINANCES OF THR DISTRICT. The financial concition of the District will im- mediately demand your attention. Tue amount of ‘the indebtedness of Washington city cannot now be accurately stated, as the floating debt of the city embraces not only its ascertained lia- bilities, but its liabilities growing out of con- tracts for streets, sewerage. and other improve- ments, some ot which contracts are only par- tially executed, and payments upon them have only been partially made. ‘Lhe funded debt of Georgetown will not exceed #250,000, and that city has no floating debt. Its financial affairs have been admirably managed, and records of al] contracta for street improvements and other expenaiturer, as well as of ali receipts, havc been satisfactorily kept. Z ‘The indebtedness of the county is inconsidera- bie, but its prec'se amount can vot at present bé ascertained. Upon the expiration of the sev- ers) governments of the District a final state- ment of cheir total indebtedness will be neces<a- Ty, in order that provision may be made for the ijustment and payment of the same in accor. ace with the requirements of the organic act. ‘The tonded debt of Washington city, mclud- ing certiticates of Indebtedness, 1s stated by the ity Register to be $2,099,124.22 The City ditor reports the amount of the funded debt $2,055,690.53. This discrepancy is probably ac- counted for by a difference in thi pBtation of © interest account. The amount of the floating debt of the city, for reasons already given, cannot now ba ascer tained with tage = accuracy, In this debt are incl @ liabilities of the city, accrued and accruing from existing contracts for improvements, the total amount of which cannot at present, with the means of informa- tion within reach, be even approximately ascer- tained. by the City Auditor that this floating debt will amount to $1,000,009, but it is believed that this estimate will’ not cover the actual amount. In view of this un- certainty it is impossible with any safety to ake specific recommendations in relation ereto. Proper measures, reaching the whole }, can Only be perfected upon full inform: as to the amount of present indebtedn and of the indebtedness to accrue from exiating contracts, When this information is procured. the first requisite will be to provide for the set- jement of outstanding and accruing liabilities. he next step will be to provide for the current expenses of the government of the District, and for further needed improvements, and to deter- mine the amount to be raised for these purposes by direct taxation, and the amount to be pro- ded by the proceeds of a funded loan. n order that you may legislate intelligibly pon this subject, it is cctfally recomn- ended that a commission authorized and ppowered to ascertain and audit all Lding claims against the several ents of the District; to devise a bmitted to the Legislature for the liquida- on or funding of the same, and for the crea- ion of such debt as may be deeme:! it is further recommended that rovision be mede for the organization of a ardot Sinking Fund ra, whose ear it sball be to control and man: the Gebt of the District under such rules Jauons as may be thus made ptctegeenn The we food this js urge meses so a ——— mages! necessi| ‘su; that day or uly be designated ar the commencement ofthe ‘8:al year. The sescesments having a'ready made in the cities and-county, there is ro jood reaton why the tax ngs Sard the current ear should not be made, 90 it will be due le on the ist day ef July. Mean: while, slow of the fact that ibe net government eceeds toan treasury, authori sd wen to anticipate the reveuue, and to nego sas tay be Geeteg necenatt te covet the debt, and exctusive of street ments, mated at about #890,000, 5 vi ay be est a o oe omg jus leaving to street im- juction of the principal ie probable that a more surplas of 2700,000 Provements and the ‘There te, theretore, . — and a prudent and economical ad- istration of the affairs of the city should not Place its finances its cre iit in a healthy conditien. During the late war for the su) ion of the rebellion, the District of Columbia was culled’ upon to furnish ite quota of men for the Union army. Under the eight different calls for troops made between April 15, December 19, 1864, inclusive, the tota! men required of the District was 13, number actually furnished by the D.stri: there calix was 16,534—an excess over the quota called for of 2.561. Besides these, commutation Was paid by 338 men for exemption from draii, making a total excess of 2,899 over the amoaut of troops called for trom the District. In rais- ing and organizing these troops, in the payment of bonnties and other expenses connected with such organization, the cities of Washington and Georgetown disbursed considerable amounts for which they have, as yet, received no reim- bareement from the General Government. Twenty-six States have filed their claims for like disbursements, and have been awarded and paid, sn the aggregate, thesum of $38,417,817.43. ‘be amount due to the District of Columbia on this account is believed to be at least 150,000. perhaps more. It is recommended that mea-ures be taken for the adjustment and settle ment of these accounts against the Government or the United States. BOARD OF TURLIC WORKS. Your attention is respectfully called to the r portot the Board ot Public Works, herewith foe thar in which the needs of the cities of Vasbington and Georgetown, and the county of Wasbington, are succinctly stated. Heretofore. local improvements of streets, and the sewerage and @rainage of the two cities have not been madeé upon a comprehensive and uniform plan: and the want of such plan has involved frequent changes, unnecessary expense and annoyance to property-holders, and added largely to the burdens of taxatio: The Board is now care- fully considering @ comprehepsive system of sew a fe and grades—the former being adapted as néarly as practicable, to the natural water- shecg, and the latter being estabilshed with retegence to connecting and intersecting streets, and fo the general topography of the cities of Washington and Georgetown. In this way it is Deligved the most eflicient drainage and the mos§ satisfactory and economical grades will be secuyed. In the proposed improvements of stregts the plan of the Board has also ref- erence to the fact that the avenues of the city; radiate from two grand centers—the Capito! and the Executive Mansion Itis hoped that the board will have the co-op- eratjon of the general government in a@system 0° improvements which is designed to include atl the avenues of which the government retains the ¢>atro!. and the streets intersecting them. The board as not overlooked the importance, also, of making future improvements in the more populous parts of the city; or,in other worgs, working from the center outward. Those fale also, which connect with the main roads or approaches from the county, it is bélieved, shoyld receive early attention. vi county roads, which form the main avenues of proach tothe two cities of Washington and jeorgetown. It is designed to give increased facilities for intercommunication between the two; cities by the improvement of M and P is in Washington, and Bridge and West ts in Coors and by the early com- pletion of the P and West street bridge. For full, details of proposed improv2ments, rete. - encé is made to the accompanying report of the Board ot Public Works. 1 i view of the improvements in progress, and of other improvements necessary to be made, it ie recommended that the burthens of immediate taxation be lessened by the distribution of th+ paymenis therefor over a series of year®. This can be effected by the issue of bonds and the levying of a tax sufficient to provide for a pay- me! of the annual interest thereon and the creation of & sinking fund, which shall extin guish the principal of the debt within such period as may be determined upon by the Legis- lature. Thus the gradual enhancement in tha vane of property will keep pace with, and even mote than repay, the tax arnnally accrning. Under the law creating the Territorial Gor- ernment the property Owners pay one-third t? < cost of street improvements. ‘The necessity tor the tax known asthe Ward Fund Tax for re- peirs and improvements is, theretpre, done away with to avery great extent. The par: abolition of thie tax and the adoption of a co: prehersive system of loans for these improve- ments, as already suggested, will render prac ticable a very considerable redaction general taxes. As before stated, record of the vartoue improvements now being reseeuted, with the cost thereof, has not yet een obtained. The Legislature should prov with ut delay for the completion of such a resord in order that it may act witu fall know! edg in the premises, adapting its action to th necessities ot the (ae. The Board of Public Works proposes to keep atull and complete reco’ © ail improvements contracted tor, o: the F progress, of the total amount cf the cos of such improvements, and of all paymen*- thereon as the work progresses. In this way only can there be an exact showing of the ir debtedness and current liabilities of the Dix Met for improvements. be sug gestions of the Board or Public Werk< wp ine be considered in the light of the fact that we are about assuming the responsibility of a government for the District peculiar ip tris r gre, if in no other, that we find here a mu- »icipality of large proportions developed into a populat‘on of 151.536 people. With all the neccs of such a community in the political centér of the Republic, we have @ municipality that has grown to these propertions without having de- Yeloped fully with its growth, the conveniences essential to health and enjoyment; without the necessary pavemenis, sewe: 8, public offices, and other requisites for the nitration and en- be here of municipal life. With economy ani’ originally erect at the joint —— of the United States and the city of Washington. The business of the District courts has grown to such proportions that more ee accommodations aye required. Gradually part of the build- ing occupied by the city government proper has ylelded to this necessity until the apace allotted to the latter is reduced to a very small minimum, utcerly inadequate for its absolute needs. Sev. eral of the officers of the municipal government of Washingion have called attention to the fact that their present accommodations were cramped, inconvenient, and insufficient. ‘The gister of Wills and other officers ask for fire proof vaults and additional office room. The Tecords of land titles in the office of the Recorder Deeds are in an insecure condition, liable, at any time, to destruction by tire. It is there- fore recommended that measures be taken for the transfer and sale to the government of the nited States of the city’s interest in the building known asthe City Hall. The increased busi- ness of the courts requires the occupancy of the entire structure for that purpose. It ts sug- sted that a site for ew building, sufficient tor every accommodation of the Territorial vernment, can be secured upon scme.one of e government reservations in the city of ‘asbin, ; and that tke proceeds of the sale bie pe nase in the hy Hall buildi = far towar ayi expense 0) proposed new structare. = RAILROAD CONNECTIONS. The importance to the District of additional tallroad communications with the Ni at these is now a prospect the early completion of two n Teilway ines through the District, each connecting ith Of ratlway Washi @ Une withthe, valleys @nd the railroad to connects with railways; sud al ima, where it ol All of theee roads are being rapid'y towards completion by strong and com: will make tand Po- th. ork of great merit, though io that of the bic, when }, extend er arage: to all these enterprises, who « success will contribute so largely to the develo). ment of its local interests. ‘THE FUELIC SCHOOLS. mn of the youth of th. receive According to official District a population, between the. 7 years, of 21,177 whiter, and 10,494 i 1g & total schoo! population of 31,671. The Public schoo] sccommodations, exciusive oi i ced | espace saved from the presevt roadway, | thos giving room for small grass plats in frou of residences, or for + ‘bay window. and r ‘areas, and leaving the portion reserved for a \eudewalk entirely from obstructions. This style of improvement would also ry ’ Decessity for open gutters et Stich now render Sriving per " and comfort, and toroe who ride te reck > eliel in roads beyond the city limits. T! | Tantagerc# the plan bere proposed are obviow its ® to pave them in a suitable manner, Jn these ption will enable the city to pave it streets te cost, give beanty to ovr thoronghtares, and retieve the treasary from the expense incident to the care of the area placed in the keeping of residents. It will also Temore an evil a citizens of Georgetur originally narrow. are, in many of the proveipal TWO CENTs. Private and charity schools, are, for white 7,912; for colored, 3,924; making 4 total of 11,506. These totally without public school accom- modat ons number 19,89. Nearly two-thirds of the school population of the District are entirely umprovided fer Mm the public schoe!s. It is proper to add, however, that 5,64 whites, and 605 colored, in all 6,209, are re; orted as being in attendance upon private and charity schools; and adding this number to those reported on the rolls of the public schools, the number of children not receiving school instruction is very nearly 4¥.000. Bot this showing is even more favorable than the actual -tate of the facts will warrant. Commissioner Eaton reports that the num- ber of feats for pupilsin Washington city isonly 6£5, and that “the white public schools of Washington can accommoslate about one-third of the white school population, and the col- ored public ecbools abont one-balf ef the col ored scbooi populstior.”” Vet, meager as are these accommodations, it ix stated that the umber of a tigns for admission is Tr: by the fact that «a large number of the are kept in buildin, rooms which are no: acceptable to many of the parents.” ‘Ihe report of the Superintendent of Pablic Schobls tor 1869 and 1570 states that while som > of the schools were crowded, in others sc ¥ more than half the seats were filled. He adds that these tacts show that it is not the eapacity that is lacking so much as the quality and fitness of the accommodations.” The school buildings owned by the city of Washington are valued, with the lots, at $413,918, of which $100,000 are held by the Trustees of the Colored Public Schovls. Fifty-three schools occapy premises fer which an annusl rental ie paid of nearly S15,q0. ‘The general character and unsuitable- hess Of many of these rented premises, in the city Of Washington, are shown by the official reports, which state that they were formerly “engine-houses, sheds, churches, agricultara seed-rooms, sto. e-houres, vate dwellings workshops, Masonic lodge-rooms, lecture-100ms ublic resorts, mission schools, oli! stables, mnr- et-houses, and mess-honses for the poor.” In Georgetown there are but three achool build- ings, according to the report of Hon. A. Hyde, president of the Board of Guardians; one, ani old chureh, costing for purchase and repairs 000; one built for the purpose at a cost of $6.00; and one, a brick house, at a cost of $10,0C0—an expenditure of 219,000 for school accommodations for 2,882 pupils. In the county of Washington there are eigh- teen school-bouses, costing since 18¢5 the sum of $06,728; which shelter eleven schools for 65 white children, and twelve schoois for 5 co’ ored children—a total of 1.061, leaving 1,152 white school children, apd 658 colored school chiléren in the county—a total of 1,790 not pro- vided for. ‘The echool system of the District is of com- paratively recent origin, and while the tigures above given show that there is a lamentable detictency, not only in school accommodations, but in the character of those accommodations. the pistory of the common schools of the Dis: trict shows a continuous advance in the face of ‘obetactes not to be met with in any other lo- cality. a Zovsiderable rumber of States, and most if net allof the Territories, have received di- rect aidfrom the general government in the form of large grants of land for school pur- poses. The Di-trict of Columbia has never re- ceited such aid, notwithstanding the fact that & very considerable portion of the popalation, consisting of Persons temporarily residing bere in the service of the United States government pay no taxes here; and it 13 officially estimater that “one-third of the pupils of the public echeols” are children of parents belonging to this class. PUBLIC LANDS FOR DISTRICT SCuOOLS. ‘There have been donated by Congress for cational purposes to the Territories of Wash ington, Dakota, Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana and Utah, in the a, gtegate, 34.692 799 acres of public lands, wor } not less than $50,000.00. "These Territories pai to tLe Government during the fiscal year ening dune 30, 1 in the aggregate, the sum o. AS4 of internal revenne, while the District ubia alone, during the tame period, paid The State of Minnesota, which has received a donation of 3,156,070 acres oi land for ediac t #, paid during the last tise: ot internal revenue tax. 7Le r ceipts of internal revenue for the same year in each of the States of Minnesota, Dela- ware, South Carolina, Texas, aneas, V Kansas, Qvegon, Nebraska, Mississipp. and Florida, were considerably les- than from the District of Columbia. Congress bas donated to the several States and Territories an aggregate of 75,576,702 ac of land for educational purposes, ‘Hitherto th District of Columbia, which ia called upon te furnish educational tacilities for the children o: not y a single acre ot land in ‘he wise bounty of the liberal Government of which it ia the seat. it is respectfully recommended that measures be taken to obtain trom the National Congress @ liberal recognition of the peculiar claims of the District to aid, either by direct appropria- ions of money, or the donation of lands, to ba lied to the development and maintenance of &@ school system, which shall be worthy of the nation’s capital, and ® model and an example for the nation. lueufficient as are the school accommodations of the District, the city of Washington has ex- pended liberal amounts for school purposes, asisshown by comparison with expenditures, for the same purposes, of other cities of the United States of similar rank. It is, however, aqguestion which you will determine, whether the mode of expenditure has been the best that could have been adopted. The larger number of schools in the District possess only temporary and unsuitavle accommodations in rented tene- ments for which a large annual rental is paid ‘The amount now paid annually in rents for the present unsatisfactory accommodations would go far towards paying the interest upon the week of permanent and commodious schooi- URES. THE ROARD OF HBALTA. The attention of your honorable bodies is re- spectia!ly called to the sanitary regulations pro- pored by the Board of Health, which board, under the ect of Congress, i# invested with very full authority aud powers. The ranitary code proj osed by the board contemplates euch sup- plemental territoria! legisiaton as may be necessary, in the judgment of tue Legislavure, to carry the popdsed measures in'o effect. Ti has been fraired not only with reference to the present but to the future wants of the rapidly owing cities of the District. Many of the Brovisions tuggested are merely proposed enactments, in consecutive form, of man’ lews, heretofore enacted from time to t'me, which jor the want of @ properly organ‘zed board have not been enforced. The other pro- visions have been collated irom the sanitary laws in force in other cities, where oe, have vl ed See ye of beaith. ese suggest we been drawn main, from the codes of the cities ot New York, Cine cinnatt, St. Louis, and Chicago. It remains for its discretion, to give the PENAL AND ERFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS—« BOARD OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. Further and more com — neceseary with reference to petty oftenders eee the laws, and their mode of punish- tS mn A more thorough ans oraciont system of pubd- lic charities is also demanded. Cares are almost daily occurring in wh'ch the families of offend- 8O ied as to furn- J racticable, employ ment to the in- ‘mates of the jails, infirmaries, and work-houses aoe ‘hal ‘eivemea at a stated per diem compe: The cases of pauperism will btedly em- brace many incapable of remunerative labor; ee sentenced for petty i crimes for the wholesome dome trades HoserRendee gare MJ wieh tney be eS lessenin, ago soletsining sina cis de gy in the cit ton di ~ fiscal streets, reduced by steps and similar obstruc- tions to a width of less than four fect. To re move them would involve many of the citizens in consideradle expense, and, besides, injare the buildings, while, by extending the curte there objections would be avoidee The attention of the Legislative Asemiy ts respectfully tuvited to the importance of en larging the means of commanication betwee the cities of Washington and Georgetown limited to the bridges which eross Rock Orgek at K and M streets and Penusylvania aven! fle the bridge at K street isegaal incapacity It is certainty a gratifying evidence of the Chri - tian benevolence of the people of the District that they should have expended for the relief of the poor, sick, and helpless in their midst a sam equal to, if not considerably larger than that chsbureed by the public authorities. Such efforts, however, being specitic in their objects, oan not reach all the necessities of the suftering por Of the District. As before suggested, what is wauted is a thoroughly organized system, which in its operation will relieve every case of indigence, and which wil. apply a retormatory ever such indigence is the result ct ; t0 the Gemands made upon it, that at M street intemperance, vice or crime. The execntive and | is dif tof , and of imperte. logistative guarciansof the District have abigher *tTection. lay be duty to pertorm than th pment | by @ suitable strac of material resources. They can not evade the | *de '© arranged as to make an ¢ Tesponsibility, too often ignored, of res:raining t he by now being bu vice. cultivating the popular virtue, providing for the poor, and enlightening the 4 nt Virtue and intelligence are the foundations of permanent pu rity. It is cheaper tor the tax-payer, as @ mere commercia! prop- oritiop, to maintain sebools and retormatory in- to maintain prisons and alms. houses. ‘The sentence of the offenders, of greater or lege degree, should look no jess to their retor mation than to their punishment 1 therefore, recommended that @ Board Charities and Correctic Preesed to mpeedy & important connection od the opent re * k to Mth st the improvement of Bridge «treet, would Mrnix one of the most desirable and direct rontes be ton and Georgetown, and tha @ the trade of which gas provement of ington, and of We would. by means of t ford direct comm portion of the District the Rockville road Prominent among the thoroughfares should be promptly impro » With ample powers to } carry out the general plan above submitied, be provided for k ielation. REVISION AND CODIFVING OF THE LAWs. ‘The revision and codifying of the lawsin torce in the District 1s a subject which has long aturavted public gttention. Several attempts ation with the and with Maryland vis have been made to prepare sch Which | Ninth, Fourteen aud for various reasons have failed. This work is nd Maryland avenues, and the ew ren ‘ed more pecessary bow than ever before, | of Penne: Owing to the consolidation of th algovern- with impor antsy 0 ments of the District, and to the fact that many of the existing laws have thereby become in- operative, while others rev fications. Keterence is ma ement, prepared tive, by wh trict having been piaced u the str 1s and avenues Wii. outlying portions should rec eration. The money expended tn the means of intercourse would be thus distributed among those who will be taxed io the improvement request of the legal gent’eman of Washington h statement exhibits succinctly the pus It ts recommended that the Legis!atare take the proper steps to procure without deiay such revision. In conclusion, it is suggested that you are | about to enter upon your labors under cir cumstances peculiarly av: The Gon- egret of the United States, acuumted bya liberal | snd Kagacious appreciation of the necessities of | the District of Columbia, has conferred Bpon | iis people the privilege of self-government to | snextent tar greater than thes have ever be- | fore enjoyed. In return, the people of the Dis- | trict, while fully realizing the value of this concession, and congratulating themselves as its recipient#, reasonably oy the territe- | i others a ace Lick!» populated. Expendiiurcs upon streets 5 beeded gs means of communication, and in sec thone but sparsely settled, should, in’ the of the board, be avoided, a8 tmprovements in such localitice are generally destroyed by the ements before they become avatial holders or the public. The great av are the main arteries for the cireulat ihe population. The Capitol and the Executive Mansion are the two great centers from which they radiate. The streets which connect with this radiation of avenues constitute a part of the system of i tercommunication with the it ferent portions of the city, and deserve atten- tion ip any plan Of improvements tha! be adopted. The removal of the Western and Northern markets, which now disfigure K street earnestiy recommen@ed by the Board. rial government to justify the action of the national government by @ wise and careful use of these enlarged powers. It is not doubted that your legislation will equally fallf!] the de- signs of Congress and the just expectations of the people; and itis hoped that the adminis- | €® tration avd execution of the laws you mayenact, | Northern Market occupies the space formed may also be efficient and acceptable to both. | by the intersection of K street and Mases- The former bas given to the legislative and | Chusctts and New York avenues; and, if re- executive branches of the new government | moved, will permit the improvement of a large ample authority, and the latter. with remarka. | reservation, greatly needed by the citizen ble unanimity, are cordially di-posed to second | residing in that locality. every measure de: «1 to advance the mate- Individual improvements apen Capitol Hilt rial, moral, and social interests of the District. Fou | the past _yeer have, many instances, in devising and executing these measures we | been In advance of sewerage and the proper should remember that privileges and responsi- | graling ot the street=. It will be the » urpose o Lites ere corelativer, and that wherever | the Board, with the co-operation of the Lag authority lodges duties encamp around it. | lative Assembly, to second theeforts of private Above ail, in order that we may wisely use our | eBterprise by furmebing the neceseary sewerage, Privileges and authority, and faiihtully dis- | 8d providing for the grading aud paving oi chorge our duties and responsibilities,we shonid | Streets. earnestly seek the blessing ond guidance of | The Boardhave under consideration a plan Divine Providence, which have 80 steadtastly befriended our Republican Union, and which curing the late civil war, 60 signally preserved the Nation from disruption aud i's capital from threatened conquest. for the comt ® grand national park of the reservations whic! separate the city rfrom the Istand. This accomplished and sects through the reserw, os barrowed a> — to the plan herein beere recom me? land would soon beceme one of the | met desirable places Of residence within the | limivs of the national capital. B.D. Coorg, Governor. Washington, May 15, 1571, BEPORI OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC By recent legislation of Congress um WORKS | Provement ot the canal was placed under tt To the Council end House of DA-gates of the Dre | CONtTOL of the Board of Public Works, and rict of Columbia: “ “S| will be ubeir endeavor toofioct u at the By the organic act, approved the 21st day of | Slihtest pomible exyend.tete conristent wil February, 11, it is made the duty of the Board | e accomplishment ef saccessfal ri ae of Public Worke, onor beiore the trot Mae It 1s the intention of the Board to require that in November of each year, to mit to ea ow - mba branch of the Legislative a report y uring tl ecedling twelve t inter cugh but recently crganized, the rondws ie em it incumbent on them to rec f ge to the importance of mprov such legislation as in their | f&d* that connect the cities wich the ly €ssential to the proper d and the adjoming States is scarcely It le a subjec munity, a: it governs, or the produce daily broug® of mar Congress baving deciared two of the wain turn rge of their duties, and at the same tim: We known their view | pikes to be fiee roads, the Board will tak re mediate measures to place them in proper accordingly tahen steps to ascerta'y edition for travel. repair ural water-sLeds, with a view to the con- a on 4 nag 5 — au eflort struction of &t least two main sewers, withou —= * “ Which the lateral sewers now being so exten- | S##0n wil —— It is — ——— i Svely laid will mot only prove wstkses. bat be- | SPiropstetion Se granted Sor « new station- come positive nuisances wherever they find their | Bouse in Serves anh ton Ghnin ae outlets in the open water courses which traverse | *wited for the purpese and not eligibly located The Board regret that, in order to obtain control of oy a Placed under their directon by the cities of Washington and Georgetown. De- potiting their noxious contents into unarched | Streams, which at some reasons have bat littie | tiow of water, they must breed pestilence and disease until turned into main sewers of suf- ficient capacity and substantial construction, | With the their commissions. Bat thir The ex of building such sewers will, of | Cisim having gy waged Tecourse has been course, be great, but the advantages to be de. | Dad to the courts. This step was taken te the rived in return will far exceed the outlay. interests of the property holders, as, by the In the opimon of the Board, Tiber creek, | teT#* Of the organic act, Y adjoining Rorthward from Pennsylvania avenue, should | 82d to be especially benetitted by improve- be arched with the least possible delay. Sar- | ments isto be @ reasonable proportion sare already in progress to determine the it to which water may be diverted from it « bed, and floods thereby prevented. It should Hotndersteod that every house erected inereases the amount of water discharged through these | natural courses, and that though they may be sufficient for natural drainage, they zenerally prove entirely inadequate for the increased | sepply furpirbed vy the sewers of a large and populous city. Such is the case with Jones’ ‘ails, in Baltimore, which city has experienced such disastrous results from the frequent floods | of that stream. Itis believed that the Tiber | can be relieved of a large portion of the water for which it forms the drain, aud that, once arched, it will provide adequate sewerage for that part of the cityot Washington. present that section of the city whicb lies north of M street, and west ot Highth street, ix almost enthely unprovided with facilities for drainage. Not wany years since a mere marsh, it is now steadily increasing in population and first-class buildin, Means of drainage alone it one of the most «lesirable parts of Washington, and it msy be assumed that fe they supplied, the expense would be more th: — by the enhanced value of the adjoming property. The saving even in repairs of pavements and gutters, so frequently damaged by overfiows, would go far | toward paying the cost of const. action. “It is, therefore, earnestly recowmended that a sewer of ample capacity, to begin at Eighth street and run westward into Rock creek, be laid in T street vorthwest. Other main sewers are much peeded, but the two already indicated are beiteved to be of the most pressing importance. The recommenda- acre the board is for the present, there! \gpited to them, and to the completion of Fe main sewers of Georgetown, in the hope at at an early day the surveys now bei: made will e: the board to submit a 4 stem, applicable street and alley in the two cities. uncer the laws of the Corporation of Washing- ten the owner Stemon s oy to pay the entire ex ‘The Board is just informed that a bas been rendered in their favor. aD, With Proper provision for the collection of the &moant required to pay the interest, and by the establishment of asinking fund for the even retirement of the bond:, the burd con Will be materially lessened. real estate receive more than equivalei enhanced valut of their property. | Itonly remains for the board to give th surance that inthe disch: of their « they will be governed by strict es0ns partial justice, and an honest de-ire to ad vance the ee OF the citizens of the Iie- trict of Columbia. Herry D. Cooxs, ALEX. K. Saeraeko, A. Bo Mviie Jas, A. MaeacpEr, 5. P. Brows Board of Peblic Works Wasnrnoton, D. C., May 15, 1871. ACTION ON THS MESSAGE. Mr. Thompson offered @ reeolation that the message be referred to @ committee of three t report on the distribution of the various sub- jects embraced Pent pie on ar on when they shall have appointed 4 recess for @ half an hour was then taxen. at minutes to 3 o'clock the Counc.i to every | reassembled. | Mr. J. W. Thompson made a motion that the arrangement of accommodation ior the report- ers be left to the Chair; carried. Mr. Brown offered a resolution that the hoar- Of meeting hereafter be at 2 o'clock p. m. urn at Co'clock p.m; Phe Chair §3 | iti i ‘| Hi a3 I E é z H i i i i unsightly Cee a greet, SBsUre | in which he invoked the thorough and form agreeable proms- ‘country made bad come Pecomary changes of the supreme law of the Gen, Chipman “Give your attention ca apnouncing the reeuli of the election, ie b> > HA. Clerk to the Besretary, taca Fea i prods, ie T= tion convening the