Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1871, Page 1

Fablisked Dally, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS Pennsylvania Aveune, corner It TEE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COT S MH. KACEP RING, Prev t. mn a STALK is served by carriers te + For 1 Frid * 7 than paid for BF Kates of alverti« arnieh nm application. SPECIAL NOTICES. Te the People of Wasi ton City and the District of Columbia, z¢ ars HORLIFE INSt ERSS freurity to bin Company Teste ‘ person ia F ia Po! aw, for whieh we vt Evening Star 212 gst. NW. ist. Cashier Nat. Attorney at Law, 1427 D640 Ist. SE 33. (Kiphonzo Youngs & Co., iol te B 1G. KIMBALL, 4 Bs £.A.H. McKIM ELPHONZO Yul = NW Me Gilt & Witherow, Print- Ww ackmaker, 9th and D sts. T oS %h aod H sts. GEO. F GULK & rocers,) N. J. aventn and s.E J.B F.DAYIDGE, Attorney at Law T.S. GARTRELL, B. 1 Shoes, corner 7thand Ite NOW W.B_}OSES, Furniture, corm d Market yo WiSwarr & Wiswall, Dry Goods,) 310 7 . AJOR. Penggiat. ci NEMETZ. {i hand H sts. NW. Ww. jonnts can now be + by applica ton te the k Me - Scoien apa Ruglish or cask. The above © GAUTIER, Native Wine Bitter: P ania aves The Following will be read with interest The Canse and Cure of Consumption netinption 18 d Langs in m of the that it will be im, 2 Ww P Poor i weak and requiring strength and sup f ality henck’s Medi to take cold; Keep ors in cold and damp weather; avoid night ai take cat-door exercise only in a genial and bine atinetly understood that when I recom. Qn tient to be careful in regard tw takin while using my Medicines, Ldoss for a specie 4 mas who bas but ‘tially recovered more liable to = epee than one who hee been entirely cured 0 1 and ¢ fran the effects cf'« bad cold is i Consumption. Precisely the same in regard long as the lungs are not pert there imminent danger of bary patients armonphere that is mot genial a 1 Consamptives” lunge a = least change of atmosphere w sucerse with my pleasant. Con- = mass of sores, safety to the nt. be Blasts of Winter or the ehiliing r Autumn. It should be carefully irritating influences. ‘Phe utmust & should be observed in this particular, a¢ out it acne under almost any circanftances is owsibiliey honld be kept on « wholesome ra @: 4 all the - ot until the body has restored to it the matural quan- tay of flesh and strength od by this treatment of the i od have lived to an t og gears, with one ian mowthy a the a very many fiste been cured by 1 hom 1 have ever een. “hb ut the first of October I expect to take tion of m: Sixth and Arch ot ‘where 1s © advice to all who may require it. Full directions accompany all my Remedies, so part of the wor'd caa be readily trict ober vance of the sane H_SCHENCK, M. D., Philadelphia. Price of the Pulmonie Syre © a tortie, or O70 @ halt dozen, Mandrake *. 2 cents & box. For sale by all druggists and g HOMPSON LILLY & CO.. 26 Hanover street autimore, Md., Wholesale Agents, #et-s.1.thir : | clerkship in the naval marine office. {| Commissioner Doverass is Merchant, 707 oth | and | Medicines eontinued | new building. at the northeast commer of | I be pleased to | and Seaweed Tonic, | Vez, 38—N2. 5,804. Che WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1871. EVENING STAR. DOUBLE SHEET. Washington News and Gossip. —The receipts from this 41.25. Tux Prestpentiat rary is expected back | this evening or to-morrow morning. Ivtersat Revert’ source to-day were £3: Seckerany Bexnar is expected to return on Monday morning. Ws. H. Caips has been appointed to a iM indisposed, | but ts better to-day. ‘ Tue Derartwent o¥ Justice will occupy 's new quarterson Pennsylvania avenue, oppo- the Treasury, on Monday next. Carr. Francis S. Doves, 9th cavalry, has been ordered to convey # detachment of recruits from St. Louis to Texas. Tue Crvit Sexvice.—It is understood that Senators Trumbull and Schurz will introdace new bills relating to civil service reform at the next session. ‘That of the latter will materially modify his bill pending in the 41st Congress. Senators Bayard, Sherman, Thurman, Trumbull, and Carpenter have already made arrangements for their winter quarters kere. Commodore Almy, U. 8. N., moved into his new and elegant residence yesterday on Highland | Place. Tae Poranis sailed from Uppernavik on the Sth of September, going northe Of course, since then she bas not been beard from, and ©!" not be, probably, until winter, when Captain Hat! may send down from winter quarters to Disco for supplies. All on board are reported weil and confident of success. Tue PosTMasTer Genegar in his next annual report will urge Congress to take imme- diate action on the bill containing the revised postal code. It was prevented from becoming @ law last session by the action of the House in tacking on to ita provision for the abolition of the franking privilege. Goversment RELixP FOR THE Fine Scr- FERERS.—Secretary Belknap has directed wartermaster General Meigs, to forward to Fairchild, of Wisconsin, 100 wagons, 100 = of harness, 1,000 army overcoats, and 1.0900 pairs of pantaloons, for the relief of the suifer- ers by fire in that State. Tur Royat Russian Visiroe—A dispatch received from the Russian Minister states that the Russian fleet, bearing the Duke Alexis, ix momentarily expected. M. special train of Pullman palace to convey the Prince and suite at once to Wash- | ington, where he will be presented to the Pres- | ide He will remain two days in this city. | | | Naval Orviczrs Detatcagp.—Lieut. Com- mander George W. Wood, from the naval sta- tion at League Island, and ordered to the re- ceiving ship Vermont; Lieut. Win. W. Reisinger, | from the Severn, and ordered to the gunnery practice ship Constellation; Lieut. Wm. T. Pur- weil, from the receiving ship Vermont, and ordered to the Severn. SucreTary Dztanxo, Commissioner Drum- mond, of the General Land Office, Gen. Eaton, Commissioner of Education, ex-Judge Geo. P. Fisher, J. H. Saville, Chief Clerk of the Treas. ury, E. B. Eliott, of the Bureau of Statistics, Chas. Lanman, K- Yanaguja, of Yeddo, Japan, and others, were the guests of Antinori ori, Charge d’A@aires of Japan, at a dinuer given by him at Gray’s last night. Aone the on dits telegraphed last night north was s rumor that General Butler while here last eck proposed, as asolution of the difficulties in the republican ‘ty in New York, the nomina- tien of Senator Fenton for Vice President on the neat republican Presidential ticket. Friends of | Senator Wileon, who is said to be @ candidate tor the same office, say that General Butler is doing this to create a defection. Tas CommiTTeRe 1x THE Nuxt Hovse— The Washington correspondent of the Cincin- nati Gacetts says that Speaker Blaine denies the reported organization of the committees of the | present House at the next session, as recent! published in the New York Herald. ever kept the composition of his committec more Of @ secret, as all who remember the ex- perience of the 4ist Congress well know. Tne Dirtomatic Conrs—The members of the diplomatic corps will hardly put in a full appearance before the opening of Congress. Sir Edward Thornton will not return before De- cember. The French minister is yet to be se- lected by the Thiers government. “The mission from Greece is vacant. Senor Roberta, the Spanish minister; ntine minister; Mr. Borges, the Brazilian minister, and Baron Lederer, the Austrian minister, are, however, in town for the season. Tum Boanp oF AnpiTgatons, soon to as- semble at Geneva under the treaty of Washing- ton, is now complete, the appointment left to the Emperor of Brazil having been filled by the ction of the present Braailian Minister at ris, the Baron de Ita General of coun’ at Hamburg 37 years and then Minister to Berlin free chorea | Was transferred to Paris. The board of arbi. trators, as completed, consists of Charles Francis A on behalf of the United States; Lod Chief Justice Sir Alexander Cockburn fur Great | Britain, Jacques Staemptli, of Switzerland: | Count Selopis, of Italy, and Baron de Itajuba, of Brazil. juba, who was Consal | The Modes, and Sach. — Individuaiity in dressis said to be the rarest cheapest thing in the world. — Very dark blue in cloth, silk and! satines, is to be very fashion for street costumes. — Beef tea is to be given this winter between the figures in the German, instead of cream and cake as formerly. — Church weddings in the evening will be the wuneced thing for all parties who care about being married in stylo the coming season. ashion in engagements now-a-days is for the gentleman to give the lady a diamond ring and the lady to give the gentleman a p! pman sashes and neckties have come in again, and are expecially adapted to black silk dresses, as they relieve their sombre and dark look. —Brown, green, and gray felt bonnets are very fashionable, and when trimmed with dark velvet and feathers make a very effective and stylish bonnet. —'The two latest novelties in colors are the Vendome column and the ashes of Paris. The former is a bronze greens and the latter a hand- some reddish gray. —Aluminiam skulls and crossbones for scarf- pins are the newest serious fashion, to remind the gay and worldly that “tin the midst of life we are in d They are prononnced just the thing for physicians and undertakers. — Large rosettes and fancy stitching on ladies shoes are voted vulgar,—the platn buttoned gaiter being the mark of geniility just now, and a very good one itis. Marie Antoinette slippers for street use have also been abandoned to the onde. th, ionable dress for a gentleman ata is the English suit of dark frock coat, lavender pants, black or white vest, blue neektie and lavender gloves; for evqning wed- dings black dress coat and pantaloons, black or white vest, and black necktie. —Ladies dress more this year for the opera and concerts than for many succeeding years A black silk skirt isthe foundation of most of the toilettes, and the hair elegantly dressed, handsome jewelry, and stylish opera cloak make nid pleasing pieture. rts and drawers, all wool, and finished as for adults, are now made for children of all ages, and there are in addition an infinite number of wo whose appearance in such vast quantities with every reeurring seaxon 18 sufficient evidence of the universal uses to which they are put. Stage, Platform and Studio — Mathews is now playing at Wallack’s, and drawing good houses, as a matter of course. — Maggie Mitchell sends #500 for the relief of her impoverished dramatic brothers and sisters in Chicago. —The dramatic event of the week in New York has Leen the arrival of Sothern, the great original of Lord Dundreary, who begins a season at Niblo’s on Monday night. —Mrs. Chantran is to be the leading attraction at the National in this city next week. She opens in “Christie Johnstone,” a dramatic rendition of Charles Reade's delicious story of that name. son is said to be carrying everything before her in Boston, where she has appeared during this week in opera. It is claimed for her that her success in that line far exceeds her tri- umphs in concert singing,—which we hope is true. We shall know how it is when she comes to Warhington, and not otherwise, we fear. — Mrs. General Lander was not so unfortunate by the Chicago fire as was at tirst reported. She lost none of her valuabie theatrical wardrobe or other luggage, but she says that over two hun- dred and fifty actors were left homeless, penni- less, and without employment, and for the relief Of these she sends out a strong appeal. — Mr. James T. Fields, so well known to the public as poet, publisher and editor, made a very successful debut as a lecturer in Boston on Tuesday night, his theme being “A Plea for Cheertuiness.” It was well handled, and gave satisfaction toa large and critical andience. But the latter was to have becn expected. Boston likes Boston, you know. rneral Butler got four hundred dollars for his lecture on the “ Treaty of Wasb- in Philadelphia this week, and gave it alito Chicago. If he hurt the feelingsof some people by his discourse, he soothed those of a good many more by his disposition of the pro- ceeds. Benjamin's tovgue may wag a@ little loosely at times, but bis heart is generally found to be anchored fast pretty near the right place. — Anna E. Dickinson delivered her new lec- ture on orkingmen and Demagogues” in Boston a few evenings ago. She was particular- ly severe on labor unions and their managers, Vit is said that she scattered her blows right and left, spreading consternation among friends and foes, alike. The subject isone about which a good deal of plain trath needs to be told; and it may be that Anna is the coming woman for the Job. No political aspirant could afford to under- take it, as things go now-a-days. —Mr. W. H. Appleton, senior of the well- known publishing house of D. Appleton & Co., has ordered of an English painter a portrait of Herbert Spencer, which he proposes to give to FIN aNcraL.—$545,100 in mutilated enrrency | was destroyed this week; total destroyed up to | ¢, $4,851,024. The amountof bank currency | d in place of bilis destroyed for the week | ending the 20th instant is €473 The bank | tion outstanding at this date is #422,- ‘The amount cf nations gold bank cir- | 1 issued up to date is 53/000, During | sent week the shipments’ to assistant treasurers, &c., have been as follows:—Notes, é ional currency, $1,170,000. Th pts of fractional currency for the week have been 26 The Treasurer of the Uni ted States bh st_for national banks thy or elreulating notes, | phic: ite, 5 Se » 700. "The balances | e close of business Jurrency, $7,621,365.02; coin, tes, 24 en 5,8: THAT $3,000,000 Tuxrt.—In his forthcoming anpual report Treasurer Spinner will refer to the silly story started by the New York Sunday Mercury, and copied in a number of the demo- cratic Vig te to the effect that he had de- campe: to Europe with over of - ernment funds, whlch he had’ abstracted fone the Treasury. ‘An air of plausibility was given to this statement for the reason minute Ceserij whatever was given to ‘the among those who knew the staunch integrity of the General. In his report he will / Crs cation from to end, and state, among other q his con- ‘was, of course, originated for nection with the kind has ever been made The silly canard political eftect. it tent _ ngainet the States, was Sibley claims $100, asa iar dctamoe Pipe tat tgs goer , wi contract entered into between . and the Secretary of War, who, to the con- tract, entered into with Burns, one-half of the Burns, and | account of 81 Secretary of ar Pprmeete be ake ty Darah en ouvetater tare y, claim ¢ army regulations forbid any ent in the military ocxvice thom making con- tracts with other agents in the same service for | furnishing supplies to the | cose cc mes up on an appeal | Claims. ! vernment. the G the Century Club. The Century is the recog- nized social center of artistic and intellectual ‘New York, and such gifts as that of Mr. Apple- ton enrich not only the walls of its club house but the whole city. —Mr. J. Q. A. Ward bas just completed in his heroic statue of the dead hero, Gen. olds, who was killed during the first day’s ield of Gettysburg. This statue near the entrance of the ceme- field, near the spot where he expression of their admira- ik It was killed. tion for their brave commander of the officers of the First Army Corps, being ordered by them and paid for by their contributions solely. The gallant soldier is represented as on the field of battle, in ordinary fatigue coat, cap, and boots. The head is erect, and the eye directed as if scanning the field. ‘The right hand holds a ficld-glass, the left reste upon the sword. Both are gloved. The model- ing is pronounced most satisfactory—admirable in masses and effective in details. Those who have never seen any of the works of Mr. Ward— who is considered by many to stand at the very head of American sculptors—may form some idea of his qualities as an artist from an exami- nation of the fine reduction of his ideal statue of Shakespeare, to be seen in the window of the Messrs. Galt. Although of plaster only, it is a gem. ners: ‘Thiers coquets with the Bourbons, but is mor- tally afraid of the Bonapartists, and seems to dread another “return from Elba.” Orders have been dispatched from the war department to the government cruisers at the various points along the coast to exercise particular vigilance in order to defeat the projected landing of the ex-Emperor should such be attempted. The commanders are also directed to immediately imform the government if any suspicious vessels are observed making for French ports, and to hold their troops ready for any emergency. The military com mandants at Havre, Brest, Bor- deaux and Marseilles are cautioned to use the utmost vigilance and watchfulness, and to promptly subdue any Napoleonic demonstra- tions should such occur. Thiers is laughed at for these precautions, but it is asserted that the are scattering money with a lavish hand in the departments where the imperialists are strongest, and that the ex-Emperor has the house of Rothschild on which to draw for the sinews of war. In the meantime the Orleanists are raid to be spending their vast wealth freely in expectation that Count de Paris or the Duke d’Aumale will be called to the throns; while the Count de Chambord, who has no money, is wait- ing, like Micawber, for something to turn up, THE LONG BRIDGE. BEMINISCENCES OF BIG TY YEARS, The Great Mail Route Between the North and South. First Built—_The juences of its Con- Struction—How it was Built and Swept Away and Mebullt_Its Ef. fect Upon the Channel The Cause, way and the Flats—What Produce: the Flats—Jackson and His Unbuilt City. By the expected early completion of a sub Stantial railroad bridge across the Potomac con- necting this city with the Virginia shore, the old “ Long Bridge” will soon become a thing o{ the past, and exist only in the recollection of a people to whom it was once as familiar as a household work. In view of this fact a brief history of the venerable structure which survived the storms and freshets of so many years may be of interest to many of our readers. THE GREAT MAIL ROUTE OF OLD TIMES. Long before the District of Columbia had been set apart for the seat of government, the main thoroughfare for general and mail travel be- tween the northern and southern states was through Baltimore and by turnpike to Bladens- burg, thence through what is now a portion of Washington city te Georgetown, and then across the Potomac by a ferry at the upper end of that town, thence ‘through Alexandria, Dumfrics, and soon, With the expectation that this would continue in the future to be a great mail route, by the recommendation of President Washing- ton himself, when the plan of the city was male, north K street, leading from Water stre: Georgetown, in a straight line to intersect old stage road near the eastern boundary of the city, was laid out with a width equal to that of the avenues for the express purpose of haying it wide enough to form a part of this great m: route between the north and south. This, of course, was atatime when railroads were not dreamed of. . A GEORGETOWN BRIDGE WHICH WAS NEVER Ur BUILT. On the 2th of December, 1791, the General Assembly of Maryland, after protracted dis- cussion, (during which’ several petitions wer: presented in favor of and against the measure,) passed an act authorizing the erection of Ertage across the Potomac at or nest George town. ‘This was previous to the assumption of Jurisdiction over the District of Columbia by the general government, but for some reason the act was not carried into execution. A GEOKGETOWN CAUSEWAY WHICH WAS BUILT. After the seat of government had been lo- cated here, and when the few inhabitants looked to Georgetown for their supplies, and when na igation of the Potomac to the Little Falls, wit an available channel on cach side of Analostan or Mason's Island was entirely unobstructed by bridge or dyke, the people of Guorgetown, on the 19th of January, 1805,were authorized by act of Congress to levy a tax for the purpose of con- structing a dam across one of these channels, to connect with Mason’s Island. WHAT EFFECT IT HAD. ‘This act was carried into effect, and the canse- way was built connecting Analostan Island with the Virginia shore. and closing that channel. This obstruction did not at first impede naviga- tion, the other channel being sufficiently wide and’ deep, but, that it had a very nt bearing on the ‘condition of the river bed no one can doubt. The change of current produced by it created eddies, by forcing the entire volume of the river through the gorge between Mason's Island and Georgetown, which doubtless had much to do with the formation of the long line of flats now extending all the way to the Lon Bridge; and the theory that this range of 1 was the natural result of the Long Bridge cause- way, is thought by competent engineers entire- ly erroneous. Ifthe flats had not already ex- isted when that causeway was made it could not have been built. The winding channel alon, the western margin of a broad expanse of shoal water east of it,since become flats, and flanked on the other side by the dead waters behind Ma- son’s Island, could not keep itself free and of uniform depth along the whole course, and as might have been expeeted a bar was formed across, diagonally opposite Arlington, which, in time increased #0 as to impede navigation, and the city of Georgetown was compelled to resort te dredging at great expense, in which it has been aided from time to time by Congress. THE GRONGETOWM CAUSEWAY DESTROYED AND REBUILT. On April 20th, 1862, Mason’s Causeway was broken through by a heavy flood, and the flow of water through the old channel was restored to nearly its former volume, continuing for some time, thereby producing another change in the river bed below. Georgetown rebuilt the causeway @ year or two afterwards. EVYECT CLEARING AND CULTIVATING THE GROUND. The surface material of an extensive region of country exposed to cultivation and continu. ally borne off in vast quantities by rains, must find @ resting place after being forced through a narrow gorge to a wide expanse of shoal water, where it is met by the force of the flood tides. 'It is well enough known that flats and sand bars formed extensively in this portion of the river long before the Long Bridge was thought of, for it is @ matter of history that, before the plow was brought into much use on’ the upper tributaries of the river, large ships could pass where there are now fists entirely above water, below as well as above the bridge. WARY THE LONG BRIDGE WAS BUILT. A saving of some four miles on the great mail route was the cause that induced Con- ress to grant a charter for building the bridge Enown a6 the Long Bridge, where it ts now being rebuilt, and of chartering the turnpike company to cuta road from Bridge Point to Alexan The act, approved February 5th, 1808, gave to Robert’ Brent, Daniel Carroll of Dud., Thomas Mouroe, James D. Barry, Fred- erick’ May, Samuel J Harrison Smith; ‘Thompson, Jonathan Swift, Thomas’ Vowell, Cuthbert Powell, Elisha Janney, and Charles Alexander, or any seven of theni, the power of a board of commissioners, with’ authority to open books for receis 'd entering subscrip al stock, not to exces £200,000, in shares of #14 each, for the purpuse of erecting a bridge over the Potomac river, between the city of Washington aud Alexandria island; $10 to be paid on subscription to each share.’ The title of the company was to be THE ** WASHINGTON BRIDGE COMP. nd and when 1,900 shares were subscribed, all ‘per- sons who might then be holders of shares were to be a body cerporate under the above title. It further provided that the company be author- ized to erect between the terminus of Maryland avenue and Alexander's Island a good and suf- ficient bridge, at least 36 feet wide, of suitable material, with arail 4 feet high, and a draw 35 feet wide over the main channel, (western;) also to erect and to maintain in good’ repair a’ well- constructed and substantial wharf on each side of said bridge, and ara eve! = COMPANY. BRIDG! Tn 1834, July 14, Congress passed thorizing ite fovcromtnt to purchase the its: am act an- of the Washin; Company, and to erect a good and sufficient bridge, nt the disere- tion of the President of the United States; and under this act the government recovered the franchise from the Bridge Company, pay therefor the sum of $47,000. In furtherance "of this act, another was larch 2d, 1835, au- thorizing the President to advertise for propo tals for the reconstruction of the bridge, and approp: iating $200,000 towards that p . PRESIDENT JACKSON'S FAVORITE PLAN was to have a stone pier bri across the entire width of the river,on a grand ard expensive plan, which would be an orna- ment and credit to the nation. He directed Generals Gratiot and Kearney, both competent military engineers, to make ‘a bridge site, aud report the best p! ‘The question arose, and was disc time, as to the material to be used for the bridge, and finally the engineers reported in favor of TRE CAUSEWAY PLAN which was afterwards adopted, and although contrary to the wishes of the President, he ad- ‘eee 2 communication to Congress on De- ber 27, i882, as follows: To the Sena’e and House of Representatives -—— I beg leave to call the attention of Congress to the acconipanying reportof one of the engineers relected under the act of the 1ith July, to take charge of the survey of the bridge across the Potomac, which that act authorized the Presi- dent to cause to be erected; and showing, after @ careful survey, the propriety of app! ying & part of the sam appropriated to the repair of the old bridge; the other showing the considerations which, ®% the opinion of the same engineer and that of Gen ra! Gratiot, should determine the choice between a supers'ructure of wood or of iron on the same foundations of granite. “Concurring in the reasons stated by these officers for the preference of the superstructure of wood, I hare adopted it accordingly, and propose to take the measures tor exs- cution of the work. Previously, how however, to inviting contracts for this purpose I deem it necessary tosubmit the subject to Cor in order that the necessary appropriation may be supplied. a ANDEEW JACKSON.” ‘Un the doth ot June, 1834, Con; passed an act which repealed the act of July 14. 1852, €: cept as to the purchase of the old bridge, ‘an authorized THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE on the oli trestle plan, but varied by the intro- duction of solid embankme the fia ts OF causeways on not exceeding 1,600 feet iu len, propriated $130,006 near about the middie of the fats, and under these two acts the camse- Way was constructed with its presentlimits. At that time there was not more than 450 feet of firm bottom the entire width of the river. The water in the Virginia channel varied from 16 to 26 feet in depth. The Washington channel was 700 feet broad, sloping from the sbore to 4 feetof water on the edge of the fiats at low water, and the middie channel 9 teet deep at low tide. Proposals were advertised and the contract was awarded to Stephen Clarke and Alanson Sumner, of New York, under George W. Hughes and A. B. McLean, engineers, appointed by the President. These contractors set about the work with great energy; the piers were constructed by means of driving white oak piles into the bed of the river with hammers weighing 1,800 pounds falling 30 fect, the piles being afterwards braced together and capped with North Carolina yellow pine, the caps connected with stringers of the material, and covered with gum planks. draws were 66 feet wide each; the causeway ork 7 feet high, which was considerably above the rise of the tide. Duri the construction of this causeway there was muc! discussion by the citizens, and _particalarly among those who resided near the bridge, as t THE SANITARY EPPECT of closing the Swash channel. This drew forth petitions in faver of and remonstances against the measure addressed to the Secretary of the asury. A petition signed by 9 citizens prayi the Secretary to close the channel was — in April, 1835, also a letter from William a. Bradley asking that the cause way may be filled up. A remonstrance against this measure by Peter Force and 54 others was put in about the same time, and yet another against the measure signed by 21 citizens, and among them appears the name of John D. Clark, the a, one now living of the signers. A letter from Hon. O. F. Mercer, chairman of the internal improvement committee, in favor of the measure is also on record. Finally the Secretary submitted the vexed question to a committee of medical gen- tlemen consisting of Doctors J. C. Hall, Frede- rick May, Baker, Washimgton, Scott, and Donisshaum, who expressed their opinion in writing to the Secretary that no damage was to be apyrehended by closing the Swash channel, boton the contrary that the effect would be beneficial rather than deleterious. ‘This settled the whole matter, and the work went forward to completion, and on October ist, 1535, THE WORK WAS FINISHED, and, by invitation of the contractors, the Presi- dent of the United States, accompanied by the heads of departments and several other gentle- men, passed over the new bridge on foot and returned in carriages. The work was rendered passable in the short period of one year from its ccmmencement. The draws weré opened in presence of the company in one minute and a alf, and the whole work was pronounced faith- fully executed, and capable of supporting any weight which might be brought to bear upon it. Of the appropriation of $130,000 made for this 1 0¥er $30,000 was reported to have been by the economy of the Treasury Depart- ment, and a much better bridge constructed for the public than Con, contemplated. The bridge was thoroughiy painted m the month following, at which time it was opencd to the public travel. AN UNBUILT CITY. Soon afterward a project was started by Pree ident Jackson for building a commercial city near the south end of the Long Bridge, and a company of New York merchants was actually formed with a large capital for the purpose of building warchouses and wharves-and founding Jackson City,” but for some reason the pro- ject fell through. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS. The reconstruction of 154-5 did not follow the original plan in erecting wharves on the sides of the main draw, and the work at that point was 80 defective that the next recurring flood of any magnitude, viz: in the spring of 1541, Swept out the ‘bridge over the channelway again. Then followed the act of September 11, 1841, which provided for repairing the bridge under direction of the Secretary of War, and by a competent officer of the engineer corps, which was done. ‘This train of legislation commenced in 1808, and extended over a period of forty- three years. INCIDENTS. On the 7th day of November, 1835, the first line of sta t + Th coaches wi started across this kendorfer, running to week and a daily line to Alexandria. The first mishap which befell the bridge was on the morning of June 2d, 1836, during a great freshet, when the mud machine used to clear out the’Georgetown channel, with six lighters, broke loose from their and came down, striking the bridge about 8) yards south of the Virginia draw, forming a jam which, filled in with drift-wood, ‘caused and impeded travel for some time, until re; by direction of the of the ‘The next damage, as before stated, was in March, 1841; then again in 1852, when the bridge was impassable for several months. WHAT THE BRIDGE COST THR GOVERNMENT. The entire Cont of Biome bridge to the Seteral nt Fights or the Wash Bridge Comp Company, the reconstruction and sul juent oe up to the time it was transferred by act Someeees last year to the Baltimore and Potomac poms ‘ihe last ton a repairs, which from casualties and ‘Wear and tear dur- ing {he war were greater than usual, cost 865,219. - The N The act of See F 5, 1867, gave the B: and Potomac Company the of road into the dune 21, authori Jan to State purposes ford ot, free of staat good ‘the’ oe pede the navigation eet hall com- mages the, of the United States ae tide the and take posession of commenced new OE MOLE and the of the 1 pihores “The f a draws with'the abuament ws wi cateaks safe ap Virginia channel there are the two abutments, one on the the other at the south end of the Washington channel & bening Star. % moved aboat indifferent nine feet tops of the bolted down wi timber is, of course, never expo to the alr after it is once sunk, and the foundation for the piers, which above low water, means of an ingenious steam oon shait which may be necessary is driven machinery upon a scow, which aces wherever juster of pileshave ail be: n 12-inch polid oak timber t- itles, for heavy iron ng are built up making them two fet than the old bridge, which was only sev. n tect above low water The feet, witch is ers of heavy 5 plates he cach Joint, wherever made, is t with white lead and gether. THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. between these piers is about IT0 by immense wood string- —— aiscay eee white upber, a tramed raised From these cords or ‘rly been which is of the known as THR HOWE TRUSS BRIDGE. The piers tn the two channels of the river are ovals, w pine wharf together before they to their places. These rest upon wall made of oak timber, ten inches square. are sixtecn inches synare, and horoughiy coated Deing joted to- stringers rises the timber, er, all forming what is ith a transverse diameter of 34 feet, the piles being driven to conform to the shape of the piers. These pile foundations will be feet below the tide and on the top sunk eight the trans- verse diameter will be about six feet. The length of these piers, not including the channel eight more than the width of ig including the railway and ‘asiitngton piers, are 44 feet, about roadway. m channel is 61 fect, and 96% feet, of draw in the W: THE OLD CAUSEWAY has been entirely removed and a new one eon- structed, with the walls of solid stone ma oury, Its length filled between with earth amucl than formerly. and gravel. is 1,900 feet, and it has been raise feet higher than the old one, in the Virginia channel ed about five ing the bridg more elevated and imposing appearance The flooring of the bridge is to be of the best oak or work gum piank, and it is thought the wood- tion of the entire bridge will be covered in with a root to protect it from the weather. The su completion, structure is now fast approaching four-fifths of the work being already done, and by the first of December it is expected the roadway will be open to large force of men are at work, some five hun- dred, m different capacities, ber at the stone quarries. THE COST OF THIS WORK is estimated by the uublic travel. A and a large num resident engineer, G. W. Domer, to be upwards of a million of dollars, or over two-thirds more than thi ie cost of the old bridge to the United States during the time of its Possession by the government. Fal Convention. Gene Seer en ee ee tele, on ritual. Rev. v. Dr. aa Mr. , Of Al which ‘continued undi when a recess was taken aeering So Tepol this hymnal, w! finally 4 thereon, shall ‘ it, Mr. Welsh, of v. Dr. Beers, of Wis., and Rev twok part in the debat late in the afternoon, until 7 o'clock. At the evening session Rev. Dr. Shand, of C. Teport, from the conference com- mittee on the subjectot » royalty on the hymnal. phic report of d to the con- int committer { was a resolution that trustees of the fund for the relief of widows and po glee fg for the use of said fun: clergymen, and of aged, clergymen, and who shall sure to such trustees a payment to be applied equivalent to ten per cent. upon the retail selling price; and that the consright of the hymnal be vested in said trus- tees. ‘The report was laid over for future action. A resolution was adopted ref to the ‘yer book committee the question whether it be Rot 6 eto request the house of bishops to se sons as cannot aservice for the burial of such per- of the first rubie of the service for “the burial of the dead” be buried with that service. Rev. Dr. Leeds, of Maryland, submitted a volu- minous report of the joint committee —— at the last general convention ve to the movement in diffuse information relati “to col ect and Italy looking toward the reformation of the church therein.” The order for Monday at 11 o’c Rev. Dr. Howsen, Dean of Chester to address the ment. proceeded with, and the cussion was continued until the hour of adjourn- subject was made the ,» and the Right ', Was invited at that time on that subject. ee Why He Was In a Harry to Get to At the East St. Louis depot on last Monday evening, considerable confusion occurred among the passengers pasech ger for Ch ieoving and pushing the ito reach the ars. nuisance of himself man whose ribs bad man's elbows, and his temper ruffied by thy ceremonious fellow’ Individtal in a h want that train.” who in hand, and ve were board by an individual” much excited, crowd in his des; He crowded aside an elbowed men, women, and children; maki the ly. Finally a gentle- by the excited “Must get man! uired in sharp tone: “Wie the devil is: the matter with you, old not tor ten minutes; and, besides, there are several other people here who Excited Individual. “I must get that train, and that's fixed. I'll get that train if it costs me my life.”” Other Man. “Whatin hell is the necessity of your reaching Chicago by this train anywa’ Man ina urry. “I must get to Chicago wo morrow on this train, or those people up there will have built up the whole d—d town again, ruins—!"—Chicago and I won't see the; Tribune. FEDERAL AUTHORITY VERSU! Porreamic Turooracy—Chief Justice McKean’s opinion upon the le, Salt Lake City in the stra, with Mormonism, was quash the indictments and he forcibly stated sayin gality of the action of the court at le ithas entered into ven on the motion to inst Brigham Young, © questions at issue by that while the case at bar is called ‘The People versus Brigham Young,’ its other and Tea! title is ‘Federal Authori mic Th tates, founded iJ 8 ‘i 2 e i H H versus Polyga- The po Buca) of "the consti- u t i Li i 83 TELEGRAMS TO THE STAB. ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, FROM EL ROPE TO-DAY. Tilegraphed Exclusively to The Boeming Star. Eurepeam Combination Agaimst the Intermational. napa On. 21—lt is now sn that the Gasiein conference agreed upon energetic measures for the suppremion of the International society. Italy refuses to combine with theother Powers in the repressive move. ment, alleging as the re Eior aslo ai onpeld Stott aa The Pope Almost Persuaded to Leave Rown, Oct. 2i.—The cardinals have held « yoecting here, and advised the Pope to quit me to preserve bis spiritual The Pope bas almost made up his mind to de. part at the time of the conver or jtalian ‘arliament. — rendered eer LA distin ished pre! 7 cmimaty of the Pope, bained an endiones enn the Emperor to-day to ascertain if it would be tiowable for the approaching conclave to sis eutside of Rome, for instance in some French re city. The emissary was referred to " who avoided areply. The Emperor has sent = telegraphic letter of sympathy to the Pope British Sympathy for the Fire Saf- ferers. Loxpox, Oct. 21 = Subecriptions for the relief of the Chicago sufferers continue to be pressed. Cp to last night the Mansion House fund smounted to 36,400 pounds, and Birmi: ry ut 3,060 pounds and 5,000 for the reception of Uons had been opencd at Cardi’, aa The British pam Publish columns of details from New York pape Ts, received b¥ the steamers, of the Chicago fir The deepest sympathy and tnterest is fested everywhere as the history of the becomes known. The Times and otber leadi papers this morning urge further liberatity an. Sasinned subserij tions for the relief of the suf- jerere. jap Thinks of His Loxpow, Oct. 21.— Napoleon bas retarned 0 vwelburst. On bis journey thither he was in- terviewed by the correspondent of the Argus, & conservative newspaper, to whom be declared his belies that the present government of France was weak and imadeguate to he wants of the country. Serious Strike Ricts i Lonpor, Oct. i curred at Lincol the men who sre o1 The ce, but the latter were not fo quell the riot, and 1 after which the strikers attacked the master workmen, and did consid- Je damage, Death of the Great Caleutator. Lompox, Oct. 21—Charles Babbage, mathe- matician and philosophical mechanist, and eu- thor of se ral mathematical works, died yester- 79 years. Gambetta Satixfied with the French Blections Paw 5 A letter fcom Gambetta has heen published, in which he says that the republicans of Francehare been defeated in the elections tor {members to the Conseils Gene rowz, he finds nothing in the result to cause des- po The ~ame clections Laveextinguished the bopes of those retrogradists who desired to sec France recesmitted to the Bonapartes, and have shown that the advocates of monarchy under other @ynastice are lukewarm. The Franco-German Treaties, Panis, Oct. 21—The ratifications of the Franco-German treaties were formally e: changed yesterday by the representatives of the two governments. A Pleasant Eeception for Prince Panis, Oct. 21.—While Prince Napoleon was on his way to Marseilles, as the train stopred at the town of Valence, the people whe of the Prince's journey gai about the rail- station and demaved his surrender into vd —_.. Bei ae that he traveled under the safe conduct of the government they vented their hatred in hisses, yells and threats, and followed the train until ft had passed the limitsor the tow -. Polygamy on Trial. Saut Lake, Uran, Oct. 20.—The court was ocecpied all day with the Hawkins adultery cane. The cross examination of Mrs. Hawkins elicited nothing new. ‘Bhe testified that Haw- kins gave no reason for taking ether women for wives except that she had had her day, and it Was proper that he should have some one else. She said she had borne him seven children at the time he took another wife. The defense offered no testimony except to prove the marriage of Hawkins with his scoond tion. As end third en. well spoke for the plural Gen. ¥ suming that the defence would rest marriage asa part of the Mormon rel faith, Le argued that polygamy was direct violation of Lou ceclesiastical and common law. Thomas Fitch concluded for the defenee at a late hour. He contended that Hawkins being a Mormon had no intention of committing crime, and that intention was essential to con- Fiction; that, there was no law against polygam: wen he took bis second wife, and that he sould not be guilty of adultery, because he was legally married to the woman according to the usages and customs of the Mormon Church. The U. S. Attorney will sum up the evi- dence, after which the case will go the jury. A nember of additional arrests for Lascivious cohabitation have been made. dante ovoid 7 Convention. jeports from Committers To-day. Bartimorg, Vet. 21—In the E) con- vention (sixteenth day) the morning services Were conducted by Rev. Doctors Hubbard, of New Hamyshire, and Howland, of New York. The convention was called to order, Dr. Craik in the chair. The further consideration of the amended canon on theological education was made a special order for Monday night. Rey. Dr. Haight, of New York, from the mittee on canons, to which it wus inquire into the expediency of so constitution and canons the church as to provide for the representation of reported that no such action dient at this time; also, from body from “convention “eouncil;”” from the same committe, a report and canon, that all canons ‘enacted, un- less otherwise specially ordered, shall take effect on the first day of January following the journment of the session at which they are made; which was adopte Lorre + Nos. 41 street, and the buildin, and stock are nearlya total : The b , owned by Heinman, and occupied by Palmer, Em- ce & Co., canght fire and became a’ total wreck. The building was valued at £25,000 tae sured for $15,000. The loss on the stock is @5,000; fully insured. The flames extended to 415 west 30) street, owned by Martin Keogh, which wes ficoded with water; insured. Col. N. D. Mann, executive officer of the Mo- bile and Northwestern Railroad pany. The contract is for an entire line from Mobile to Helens, Arkansas, 350 miles, and to be com- pleted by Dec. Sist, 1873. He is to work at once and put 5,000 men on as rapidly i i H js i