Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1874, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Penasylvania Aveune, cer. Lith St. aY THB EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY, 6. H. RAUPFRANN, Prove. 7 —. —_—— SATURDAY, March 28, . OL yo 4 ~ THE SENATE ‘Was not in session to day. 27 Paprro Tower ten pal fo, %, 43-N°. 6,557. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1874 TWO CENTS. | ue RIMSSEE ss. BF Bates of edvertining furnished om spplication. House met for debate only on the pending f- SS ees a —_ uname GADABOUT'S COLUMDY. | Maryland are Fe te’s tistery of the Presvyts- , atRome. It is about 50 feet high, and will eost | Col. Magruder, upon an order from Gov. Shep- | the Board of Pub*ic Works entire contro! of the Mr. Bright Tenn.) advocated an infation of EVENING STAR. * — rian Gourch, ‘Fresboru Garren Life by De. | $29,000. - At the base ts a mee of Victory | herd: "2 streets and authorizes theni to make all the currenes, bel that more money was ne- [Written for the Evening Star.) Bangs Asbury’: Journals, and tha Blogeaphy of | bectowing a crown. On the summit are two Q. You say you have no canse of complaint ac | tons which they may deem for keep pny bs transtction of ordinary business Thomas, the parson of the telands, Tucs> men | figures of Grief and History. The myney has | against Gevernor Shepherd—he treated you | ing the streets, &e., in repair; to m la | and ‘Of the researcewor the Washington News and Gossip. Memento Memorialists, and others have lett their record upon the his- | afl been paid to for the moniinent, and it is to | well? 8, ¥ sir; he trested me right. He wa: | tins for the constractien of private buildings, | country. é ee Columbus Alexander, with a manrcr rather and Washington city; other itine- | be erected either in Washington or Annapolis. | very kind, and he got the lasi $5 000 that [ got | and empowers them to access the cost of im- Mr, Whitthorne ( Tenn.) aa raat Cazacnting INTERNAL Reverve—The recsipts from th s misty, rauts who fewnd no biographers, could have “Boss” Washington. from Mr. Magrader. Governor Shepherd matte | provements; to disburse upon their warrants | the retirement of the national notes, supplied sterling books on our topography and me get it. He wouldn't have given itotherw#s, | all moneys appropriated by the United States | the substitution of therefor. eource to-day were ‘Was whispering in the ear of Robert Corpus | character, Amongst the gilgrims who’ were General Washington had but to live in these | oxiy he made bim. or the District of Columbia, er collected from Beck ne Botice that he would, at ‘TRE eTeAMESR ALAsKa has atrived at Ha- Christi: well known in their dey as and preach- | days to be proved a jobber andascamp. Hix Q. Insettiing the work and determin'ng when | property holders in pursuance of law for im- | the offer a2 amendment increas. ana. “You make no points young barrister, and all | €rs im Washington none was more efficient thas | accounts in the ‘Treasury department show that | the pay was duc, was not Governor Shepherd # | provements, &o. T! are s few of their man: ong tax on national! bank circulation to one- = wae Snes ow Our moves are losses,” 4 Father Hersey. he kept chariot and slandanlette, and charged | ™°™ber of the board to audit the work, avd de- | duties. It is too plain to admit of a doubt th: fourth of one per cent. a month. Apurmat PorTSR was very low inet ni:>*, x ip ‘This man was born on the Delaware boun » termine when it wasdone? A. Yes, sir; he was | the performance of these various duties reqaires Mr. Buckner (Mo.) also favored expansion ———— and great anxiety was expresci by is tcien’g | ABd Sscalding tear ran to the tip of his power- | dety ine, between New Castle and Elkton | the government for his Madeira, as well as for | president of the board when J was doing toe | the existence, abd of consequence involves thre ful proboscis. He was of positive character and strong tem | these teams. He also bought property in Wash | work. right of appointing needed officers and em- for bie recovery; but this afternoon his condi- ¥ perament, and although comparatively ‘uned | ington: lots nest the Observatory, erected two | ". His orders were generally pretty persua- | ployes. Without ress the duties required of tion is much easier. - Then Robert mech In want of briefs and less of | ucated, he had a native mind which neve: | houses on Capitol Hill, and purchased a water | sive, if not conclusive? A. Yes, sir. There was | the board could not be performed.” < aaa ss oe pancgyrie, failed to put weaker, if more cultured men, iu | front on the Eastern branch, near Buzzarl's | no use of guy other man talking. He was | FoURTEESTH CHagom—The board deny the Nomrmation Winavesws—The President | peolaimed: “I'm obt of countenance with look- | subjection to his will. He was tall, gaunt, wit: | Point. It ts commentary on the alert joar. | “bose” He bad te de, for he knew more than | ceneral accusation that they have charged (or sent a message to the Senate ses'erday, with- ing nell at Merrtck, = : keen eye, a lone nose, = & Way of mount male at sak day that he was never called | the whole kit of them. sak-waict has moose enn in- drawing thi ination of A. B. Hall to be eee Dg men, asan cagle might ‘asten ona sheep | ‘Boss’ Washington. COL. Ja8. A. MAGRUDER’S SWORN STATEMENT. | clu: same in assessments, le’ pon < . caanent dt Gdenaia to He looks at Shellavarger, and Skelly he looks | overcoming the reason ead holding the vista = Aiter Cullinane had retired, Qol. James A | citizens as if actually doRe. As respects the | "XTERS*TING INCIDENTS OF THE CONTEST pentsaneies 6 Geren back, : in subjection until, like the Ancient Mariner | sroshy will be a motnante for Co from | Magruder, under oath, made the following | planting of trees. in a few instances these | | Lomvom, March 2, 3 p. m.—The annnal race A svn-commitTEx of the Committee on Re | And both, considering their fees, fear it will be | he had eutisfied his furte and told his story. Hi prvi vameiaey rere nares Lor | satement:—Now, gentlemen, | wantto say her: | have been included in bills, while the trees re- | D&tween che Oxford and Cambridge buat crews Divil Sez sti * sbeil-lack ! sterling confidence, never at fault him | the Warrenton district. Mosby isan intrepid | that there is not one word of ‘truth from begin | mainto be planted. The trees were actually | Ame off this morning over the usual coarse oe pe —a- —_ . I i ‘ equally efficient over large, miscellaneous au | direct man, who never was out of confederate | ning toend in the statement that Mr, Galt. | purchased for ranting, and the eect tharane, | on the Thames, from Putney to Mortiake, m die. Kellogg, Sayler and Woodford made a thorongh | But Mister Gibson, sneaking roand,—'tis forthe | Gences, and as & pulpit orator, be approachett | uniform in the War, never played the spy; | Dane has just sworn to here before you inre- | having been incurred: and. nottin Temaining | {ance of four miles and two furlongs, Sud, as has exsmination of the United Statcs Tresvurer’, Sun he scratches, - Whitfield. When he leaned over the pulpit. | acted his part openiy and highly, ashe under. | £8fd to anything that transpired between me | to be done except to plant them oat, they were | been the case in the past four years, resalted in Office to-da; cua —— to see Bis egg so little | he looked down asf intothe boiling furnace of | stood it, and bis Physique ‘and habits, and char him. hever made such @ proposition to | included im the rendered bills. The delay in | ® Victory for the Osmbridge boat, which came saan Tana “3 , hell, and his auditor could feel the heat of the i x ither form that he sn; , and I | planting was in consequence of the lateness of | 1» two lengths and « half sboad of ite rival. Sere tae eee a ene ae ecala nuit, | Bewaith: ‘The ways of Providence are pastall | piace, as well as hcar the groans esconding | ‘e200, are all well preserved. — |) | Sova neatt or such Stine saat mat nud. | planting was in consequence of the lat permits | TRC weather war beaulifal ands more propri- Tourly to the removal of the semi-cirealur rail- our repiving, therefrom, which Hersey could imitate with 2 —— eee gation commenced. When Mr. Gleason came | they will be planted according te the inten- | “CU day for the contest conid not been ing inclosing the seats of Senators, tt wasen- | OF you would make a better stand, and J a | shrill diction that brought old aud young to THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION fo me and told me that Pat Cullinane bad said | tion at the time of the purchase, withont any | Selected. The crowd that assembled to witness tirely removed last evening, and to-day tho better lying. their feet, and made all nature uneasy. = “* | that I bad offered to pay bim and make a set- | additional charges in assemments to property | Se race se ——— ~_ Un the sunny side chamber presented its old-time appearance. Phas allen Tharieans bo tucks Wp ont han= cording to tradition, had been in = anrarat i tlement with him if he wonld give me $5,900, i | owners. Wx. F. Marrixciy, of the river, from oe to Mortlake, there —_—_— ‘ a wih bie ees P \y life t of dim Fisk—a traveling ped- | Proceedings of the Joint Congressional Committee. | said: «Well, that ery singalar statement Epwin L. Staytox, was one compact mass of people Lid feet wide, ‘THE REPLY of Gen. Baker, Commissioner of | «14 te. «This aquisy, | think, is neither sand | Jef with s showy team, a gilded wagon, ani 8 awl: for him to make, and anybody that knéws Pat Ricuanp Hagurmetox, and at the latter place carriages Ave deep stood Penstons, te the charges preferred against him mum sis that kind of personal bounce which attracted | Comelusion Yesterday's Proceedings | Cullinane would know very well that he would feng fe gy he by Mrs. Barnard has been printed and will be | It is costly to the country; to the party ‘tis a derived to make scale. He was a troed mas, | After our report of the District investigation | BAYS given me $5,000 ver ref eid.c0u is na | VZATMA:RUROTE KNOWS ADOUF CURS SBT | 52'—oug the spoctaiocs, were absent Coos coneklered at the mest meeting ef the Hous sell. iss well as a confident one, aud held his perigri: | closed yesterday, Patrick Cullinane, who wa: | settlement’ “Now he come ne boned Huestis sworn aud ined by Mr, | the tema Ser choise sf positions Onmibridge won, Seimmittee on Invalid Pensions, when itwili be | Assscand#] ‘tis failure, and it doce mot even | Dating reputation aml success at # high stacd- | on the stand, was crose-examined by ‘Mr. Mat. | ther thin was ace neh ee end say? | Win. Huest Tesided in Washington since | SU selected the Middievex,or northern side. determineé whether or not to investigate Gen. smell.” fa eS tag pean ts daa th vord of ath free tee | ore — Have Sy. ann angton since | ‘The Oxford crew rowed into the stream at one akarisomicun ceniene Bs ard. ‘There are persons remember him | tingly. oath, that theres not one wordof trath from the | February, 1862, continuously; am a contractor, | Tbe © Ti ovchoces ae : —_ . Bnt brother Jeremiah,—that lamentation man; | Tiding into Washin, city on the box, as lean PAT CULLINANR’s WORK. commencement to the end of his statement in | have not examined since y fp weed aT i Ore Minutes tater the e 2 | and keen as John lolph, a perfect republi- In the ination the witness stated | Tegard to his conversation with me in relation | cle; have at times ige boat appeared and was received IN THE THREE appropriation bills which | Whose nature to investigate to wild propor: can, admitting no ote bean <a fie tayo ae pete Seng] tated | to this $3,000, and the I have ever b ‘of | cles Die * with tmmenne by ite friends, Betting rae “ . man perior, a tract on 4 stree 600, fret eard 3 i Sam= Rave been neqed on by Che te Houses, vis; We} | Uae TO oo groan the! Slee idl rend: it, | th bose andl megroes, tho Some had babies] once ee specifications furnished | it Was since this investigation commenced; and | apy mauner from it curb; would furnish | t,ttle Umo was live to two im favor of Cam army, the navy and the fortification, there has uate doen hatioual property The. Promien eee nce | him. ‘The crose-examination of the witness | Iwill put my word againet his in the comms- | and ect the curb for S145 ceuts per foot, a fair | Bridge. | All things being akan, beens reduction in round numbers of eleven | and Ee asked the Govérner to explain with a bgp neg te ie dnd may have | throws come light on the subject. nity ‘where ane Doon living marly all my | price for setting 4-Inch carb would be 11 cents, Rl was given andthe beets gor, courte Be ry lars as compared wi ¢ estimates. envied him; showmen l. % stood: it th: , BEI mm living ei mn years. 4% tpeh the same price; 5 inch would make on: * In all the appropriation bills the amount= cut say aeeuieg owe. At a certain time in Hersey’s life, extr [ler gacpatlh etfs Gene Mr di time ~~ + Sng . “4 434; street was completed by you? A. It was, enek Hamilton:—Q. aie not have said | cept difference; $ inch 15 cents; 4-inch circalar, . Cambridge had the advantage from ofligacy, of error in business brought | except some little settlement, like all other down wil no doubt reach an aggregate reinc- | Bill Stewart now was half asleep and Allison im in & joking way that he should give | according to ihe radius, a radius of 100 feet | (BC fret, rowing at the rateof 37 strokes por tion of twenty-five to thirty millions ia the ea- quite gore; be. He euddenly found nimselt mort- | Work. 1 bad to do it if the railroad wae not to go | £5,000? A. No, sir; {never said it tm any way | ould not be anymore work, thaw laying a | minure. tat both ere paledaeadily, Arveran timates for the next fiscal year. White Hubbell gaped repeatedly, and Bass dia ay hry andthe iron of obligation | there. any settlement in any littie work of | or to anybody; I never eaid it toany contractor | straight stone; would set ¢-inch circular ato) | © is or aceon ~ Ppt x a naught but yawn; curered into his flesh. The natural effectotsuch | that kind that was to be dope there [had to do | OF 8hy man; I never made a proposition to any | or 10 foot radius. at 6 cents; a fair price for | MOM So ee aan, SS emenney es 13 ‘omisations—The President sent the fel- | put yr White, that Christian lad, who lived | @ grief upon a bold, yet sensitive and provincial it, as 1 had to doit as I did afterwards. one to pay them money or give them contracts, | decasing and pointing per lincal foot old curh | °'cleck, winning the race tm 23 minutes and 55 lowing nominations to the Senate yesterday:— void of offence; man, was to make him serious, and then re- MDI id 1 Alexander P. Ketchum, to be an appraiser of | He sent, «“To-day’s proceedings rich with de- | ligious. Conversion attected him with the whole thiiyese days expired, the railroad company | ‘ideation whatever in any single instance. 1 can be dressed for 24 cents; hauling is worth | *°Uld bave been desired, was fairly calm. merchandise, under the act approved March 3, velopments!” force of fanaticism. He was converted from the | went to work and tore up the center of the | think my character here will bear me out in about 7 cents per foot; I wilido # job just like 185i, tastend of Wm. B. Hillpes, whose meen crown of his head to the sole ot his feet. Every | ‘treet to the width of twenty-tive feet? A. Yes, | that statement, and I think the men here that I understand you to say that, after | OF settle claims, if they would give me any con- | would be 10 cents; new curb, ht, 4 inches, | Coonds. The water, though not sosmooth ae ' Lonpom, March 2 it for $1 45 cents. 3. ‘They called a Mister Parisen, but yet he testi- | fibre of his being appeared to cry out in praise ; 1 think from t twenty-five feet. have dealt with will eay the same thing 1 said Vitness explained cost of taking up old curb, | {¥ Toe Was won by the Cambridge cre tour Polen Whe ee 7 ee fied, and fear to God. He conceived himeelt to be |! But tue Loum ae rained you to de that | I did not belicve that Pat would ogy sucks Se gg eg | lengths, not by two, as was first annownced. Pa; John F. McCarthy, Valvaraino, lad ar. | ThAt formerly when under oath he must have | the mestaw(ul sinner. His past life arose in | wotk oer cenit A. Vie we thing; Tsaid he may be talking in the street, bat | wouldbe worth about 4 oF 5 ceuts. | es chacl J. Geitith, Fredericksburg, Vis.j Join H. ithey sanetes taiver Beavaand ke Utd bec Thoneht oak ocaoee, Heong sponethationd as SS; See Ben Sek Bees © cewedeel of teoubie he mill never go before. committoe or anywhere Q. Do you know anything about sodding, and | awe gporsany Dotean amon ATOR t F 4 : ; js not a wor ‘ | Freeman, Lexington, Va. Tops perdi Mtoe glee Bin He cecaieae meat ybronch the | with the the Board of Public Works relative to what it can be furnished for including the | ? | truth in it from the commencement to theend of | 4. y New York, March 28.—A two thousand di Conwinmations—The Senate, in executive | The case knives used in other days to weed the | until he paid his debts and cleared up his char: | ‘te @Anner in which yon had done that stroet AA ea ge gr ggg ay gree or og 4 eee a a mot street | it, set ond word. 4 me lar pigeon watch which was to have come off session, yesterday contirmed the following num- pavements clean. acter, he would accept uo comforts, and punish | fouror tive irioeciorn oven ae Tice there were | “By the Chairman:—Q. fs that all you-wish to Paid all the way from isto Scents; mien tke | (Gay between Paine, of this city, awd James inations: Alexander P. Ketchum, to be an ap- | They called on John O. Evans and he put them | {ened him” OUREE Beaven might have pun- } ing four or tive dollars aday for going ‘about Sort, Mecham oe wed easeatce oan cup, | Specification of the Board of Public Works sod- | the instrume semtaltty oa oe . to be ' 4 ; against his, exceptin, ~ ok mae a ee ee on the ran; . He became a Methodist, of course, becanse | "O"Eer on nad notrouble? A. Oh, you: 1 | he saya that these were two messengers tone Choperiminer by Mir akin: —Ae © ees ee debts, removed. Willian Ho Hose allectee ar | TREY galled on Squire Latta to assist the New | that denomination was at the head of spiritaat | naq° 2Hen, JOU nad no trouble? A. of Public | Those two messengers have been there ever | stone mason and stone cutter; the character | ,,7P® Supreme court bas granted an order to custeane for the eect ot Becton ae They ee em, Bean Kilbourn his pocketa out | i, the Teglon of country which he ted tra- | Wore: since I have. One of them was in the room. | of the material of curbing makes a dif. | S20 Cause why a writ of mandamus should not ‘W. &. Havens, collector of custome. ‘Sag a ey — upon Bea ibourn pockets ou! versed; yet with his native boldness of chara: . What was the grouna of complaint? a.| There never was any difficulty betweem us; | fi in price; 18 nite curb six | ue against Judge Davis on motion of counsel Tg marge Roma mony Hoon to turn, " Ur he refused to accept some leading tenets of | 7 Go hot know what wes the Connt at con | there never was any Yfecling between Iret and Inches wide aCSLIS, have bel sodding done, | OF Tweed, who claim that there were certain ttcrney for Nevada, Jonas Seely, resigned, | 1o*t milk might SII the cocoa nut and relieve | the Methodist church as to orgautsation and | paint, I spent my money on the street, and | | Myself until it came to this street, whenGover- | never had any done on terraces; never lai any | ©XCePtions taken in the course of the trial and Also, a number of portmasters. ete er a Cee eted ne ceallgred, that laymen ought t | got no money for ft. Z nor Shepherd axked me not to pay these cert't- | contracts under the Board of Pablic Works; did | Toted by thestenographer in bis minutes, which ss fee be adm: to chareh government; he doubt: ¥ ai ost ) | Cates until that thing was arranged; that hie 4 improperly ‘ws toatiow in No arrticats as made to the Hose | Salth Hallet, ‘register your namesthat someone | the episcopacy asa proper thing in a Christian lieu cn that stent coupes taniee ag | Work was badly done, and that the board mast oy Me Chia ty. How aid your bid com- | *ttling the case on appeal. The order * made Committee on Appropriations at their meeting | and I wil beeck i fects all Uoense, such as wearing jevelry, eat- | uiterly disregarded the specifications of your | affange it before be got any more. ‘The mo with the coptract let? A. It was 3 cents | Teturnable ou the Zid of April next, and coan- gn Thursday fou e000 oe aay etna ating | And I will break my trusteeshtp and tell you all ing rich food, and love-ot creature comforts, be | contract? A. No, sir; I do not know anything | Ment that this thing was done I rizned that Bigher Tbid at@1.15; the contract was award- | Sel for Tweed are given, satil the 15th of the ! a g eschewed. Since the day of George Whittield, | ghout that. What did’ they et p agreement that is here somewhere. I stated to 0. i ned th d mae ae SED Tet affidavits, supply a deficiency im the Bureau of Statistics, | But asforsueing lawye eping mouse, spa - What ey give me my bonds = at $110. I furnished the curb around ine a ther — hore oo a. prot poco Bhstenn — = pA te nel . tee ck nly nee * bo revivalist entered upon work with such ter- | and certificates and settle up with me fo him, “If you will come here on a certain or Capitol to Mr. Clark at $1.10. GOLD BROKERS ARRESTED. rible earnestness. He flourished at his best be: will have the bonds ready to you.” Austin Black and J. H. Dusendury, gold bro- bowever, make an argument against any re lou tween 1539 and 1550. Mee eaten eet meena see CAMO? | Sereed ty'tane Diamine rasa eat ae MR. BALL'S HOUSE RAISING. kers, were arrested yesterday on indictments duction of his clerical force, and urged that an eS Pate = . ‘His system ‘of paying off his debts was the | aprrentiie Bly got the bonds and paid him. Says he, “I have William Ball, sworn:—Own property on 6th | charging them with attempting to induce per- increase of one or two clerks in the new fiscal © great agsizo it basted; in vain did Gibson | same which Parson Weems, the biographer of Q. You say there was no complaint so far ax | *°me more certiticates that have been put up, | Street; improvements have been made around | jory. The offence occurred in connection with youn was ahecmtely necessary toqnabig him to | | faire; = Washington, pursued, viz: the writing of books, | you know on the part of these property-holders | 82d 1 will have to goand get them.” T said, | it; Wes compelled to raise my house by reason | the suit begun by Binck & Spaulding agaimet Percaae te marcy tneee the work of the | The better spirits whispered: ‘dismiss that use- | isening them himself, and being their colpor: | 1°" X20 Tanner ia which you had performed | “ting them here as fast as'you can; I want to | Of the change of grade made. the Continental bank to recover $63,125 upon & acca, the amountof which hes been gradual | lee Worm; dascsks rg | tgurer. Like Freeborn Garretion and Jobn | your work? A. Oh, there Westome wmed | get rid of you” We took “of © 5,000 of the | _ Mr. Alltson:—If any damage occurred by rea- | check deposited with the plainti® by one John dy im . — Se legraphed and Haistead’s | Wesley, he addressed one of the earliest of some people will grumble anyhow. They wees | Smount of certificates that bat been issued to | $M Of the change of grade, property-hoiders | Koss, a forger, and which bore the certitication le cum Rowsae coves ow uae ! set ereg eee 4 Sea these books te the slavery question, and it was mbit t th: a of Pat lic Works him, and settled with him in that way Lave a legal remedy; it is not the province of | of the bank. Bail wastixed at $20,00each, bat _ z ARD COURT OF INQUIRY yester: It #5 whitewash, Whiteiaw,” «It is too thin, | called, if 1 remember correctly, « aghts on bi) Ton have en Lt ene Seer kave MORE ABOUT CULLINANE'S WORK. the committee to investigate that subject. I | bas not yet been procured. @ay, the testimony of Gen. Balloch was re- urat! Siavery.” Hersey’s books were always to be you not, a great, Goal latel - ey ac ue With reference to the character of work | take it there is a legal remedy. ‘THE STRAMSHIP MERRIMACK sumed. He described the cash-book of the state The Committe. found at the bookseller’s stands. One of them | Cousot have arightto. >) ~~" “"} ® | done by Cullinane the following extracts from | Mr. Merrick.—We introauee this class of tes- | arrived at Para arch 1 bounty fund: kept @ separate memorandum | (9: eoinmn this week may be pardoned if it | Wa# called “Small Things,” and the slavery Q. Now, just auswer me my question, if you | the journal of the Board of Public Works were | timony to show also improvident management. | broken, and resumed her book of what did not exactly concern the pay- | |” aes ach > dapgntsombes pook was always indispensibly placed among | can State whether or not nearly all property. | Offered in evidence, dated June 0, 1573: Mr. Wilson —Testimony of this kind may be THE WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT ment of bounties. Several cases were reported | twice makes reference to the Capitoline inves- | his more orthodox pubilcations. It Yor } holders op. the line of that street did not com. “J. B. Cramer was notified relative to work | essential to show improvident management, but | is as follows:—Loans, increase, $311,300; where checks were retarned after they were | tigation of the District of Columbia. This is a | many years the only anti-slavery book ble | plain that the contract had been executzd ut- | done on 4¥ street by P. Cullinane, that it is the | 48 One of the committee 1 do not care to go into | decrease, $1,256,700; legal-tenders, supposed paid. Im suck cases the money was | matter of consequence to our konor no less than | to the public in Maryland and Virginia. [t was terly regardless of the specifications? A. Yes, Pp pinion oi the board that he was entirely to | it now. $400,700; deposits, decrease, eg ea wethe War department. One case | our eredit and growth. Like many things | the firat book that tie present writer over read | 47 ye Tent fe you @ question in the | blame for the bad manver in which it wasdone | Mz. Allison.—You ask this gentleman how | ton, increase, $100; was cited where a draft on the Freedmen’s bi ¢t about without forethought th addressed to the instinct of the slayeholder, and presence of this committee and that he utterly failed to discharge bisduty; | Much it cost bim toraise his house, by reason of | $445,225. bank at Mobile was brought here and sent to | rough! bd aghtand ther -| perhaps it insensibly paved the way for that r. Mattingly—i am not on the witness | #24 appearances indicate collusion between | the change of grades. You might a&k a thous: Se AY the cashier of that bank, who was agent for the | result of local jealousy and exaggerated passion | political fermentation on the same subject which stand. ingly himself and the contractor.” and witnesses such @ question. The Richmond Irregularities. bureau. Not finding the claimant, the check | { has reached astage where the reactionariesare | at last threw down slavery and all connected Representative Hamilton.— Answer the ques- Vice President Willard, of the Board of Pub Mr. Stewart.—I suppose an engineer can go ARKEST OF STATE TREASURER MAYO. Ties Zetytned to the War department, ard Gen. | ye wildered and the sensationalists alarmed. | | With it. The helplessness and individuality ot | «2¢Presentati lic Works, inspected the work on $4; street, and | over the city and generally set forth how much | | Rictwoxp, Va , March 28—Colonel Josep Howard called upon for the money. Taking 4 | has invaded private chatacter and commercial | this crusade made him so independent and ‘Witness.—Just tell what your question iz. bis report showed that “First, the specifications | the citizens have been damaged. It wouid b> | Mayo, state treasurer, returned this mdérning Graft to the bank here he obtained the money, | obligation; wjurtes point at no less than the | mglorioas that the rich | slaveholders | mr. “Maitingly.—Do you wish’ me to repeat | Call for twelve inches of stone, broken #o ast. | bardly fair to judge of it in individual cases by the northern train, and was arrested at the and paid it over to Gen. Townsend. Me be- | ruin of men accidentally or circumatantially | Could no more than back-bi calling | my question? pate through ring three inchea in diameter by | _Mr. Mattingly.—We can settle this matters by City Se P. I. Moore. He was Heved au claimants had been paid. raiged up here ascitizensand leadersot materia | him a diseased man, a reprobate, and Witness. "Vea, sir. its largest dimensions. (On digging eight hole- | The board have not as yet awarded dams, taken to the 2d police station, subsequently Commissioner Lecourr before the | works, the inevitable ntatives of @ fre: | What not. On one occasion, when he |» sr, Mattingly.Tho question is whether | in different parts of the street'he found many of | for claims of this kind. committed to jail to await examination before : was before the | Tclety. Nothing could happen to demoralise & guest at my father's house, some super- | nearly all of tue property holders on the line ot | te stones of large size, and extending only tom MR. JOHN WIL8ON’s STATEMENT. Folice Jastice White at 1:30 p. m. to-day. Col. House Committee on Patents yesterday in be | rerablican government worse than the simina. | Tviceable Therein an abaltion sets mall, | that street did not complain that you had exe- | depth of from seven to nine inches, He also | John Wile tweet Meine in Washington | Myo’s mind is comsidersbly unsettle’. He coorhagh wehcrabigys gel iro moyreopeimien da oo of Governor Shepherd and the vindication | ere ee a rain Lande oe wemapaper— | cuted that work utterly regardless of the spect- With Gente ee eT ary generally mixed | on I street; witness owns certain _propercy ov | ° tly shows siguset mental sbergation, 7 s . — oa e 7a 6 oA. sand, w H treet noes: 4 eee a po Fiemme of professional are a ores Bie Oe fot’ do not kuow. ‘The charge was so bein. | Sc&tions of yourcoatract? A. They might aud Preece eet pcations | New York avenue, 12th street andother places; | Coieman, convicted Of fore e ight not, some of them. Some of them | State that the stone shall be screened from al! ceived notice in Se; ber, 1°72, from the 9 Gecided that it is inexpedient to cresic a new ous that there was a rumor that tar and feath- | ‘2S @! ; dirt ee ate ae ee te at 1 o'clock to-day to f Cant department cut of the Patent Ofics the. Calvure to speak of, thenee Be fae ae te oat? | rs would be applied to this abolibon emis. sieimble ate Detore. Some people will | eae The topnooene Cue quarter of a> | Board of Public Works that bis property was | Uiary in accord", win ceeate, ie the positon. mniesioner's remarks were contined to an expla | His industry is that of a wood-sawyer, bu. this | "@™¥- Q. Did not nearly all of them do so? A. Sup- | am and sand. m information derived | Mscestd $255.32; was appointed chairmar ity, | AStepent ie order wan ene nating « mong Bae arene ieee aay Gwe Maifcacion OF | ceases to ve a virtue when It is wholly directed | ,,fh¢ald man came Into the house just after | rose they did, that has nothing todo with i | from intelligent reeldenta along the ine ef tee | Committee of citizens to waitom the board with | Opje hey af OFder was granted pend Te Teg ‘ee putees bona, wien Gio” toe “pon destructiveness, Every week. writes a | this talk,and one of his long walks, when he | Pose they did. that ba ‘the question put by | street, and’ from other Sources, be | weleTence to an ees Bim | court Of appente: nny, take the _—s Among the smeudments advocated bythe oom ‘and a deeper wrinkle on his face. Tt ic | 8 foot-sore and panting, and as my mother oo ¥— peewee eg Put PY | found that the rolling was iusafticiently do Sok prices, from which, ao exxor, Penson Spploation Of & writ of Bissioner is one making the pxaminacion of | the tablet of the heatt within craven, libel, | ‘lls me I walked up Fo Riss sedenlds: “Pather counsel. me, | figures, be should have been tax 3 :—Q- and that two SC etone y . Mr. Mattingly:—Q. Please answer my «ues- ~ee oh re were very gene- ited other instances of al spplicants for patents snd extensions more | ous heart. What can there bein this person to | Hersey, has you been tion.” Do you want me to repeat it? rally put down ime.” ness cite Tre © Shere ins fad atllowing an sppeal in cases | start him, thus inearly youth, upon s muck | ,,.1<%)s0n, 1 sm very tired. Father Hersey Witness Ido. You aay that the — In view of there facta, on the 13th of Septem- Sy ye ad ae asxiocs Seton where the board of examiners bave acted favor- | after inoffensive nd? Has be been | Mat tut no, Father Hersey, is you tateedy Th Q. Can you say whether nearly all the prop- | ber, 18:3, the Board of Public Works entered | been carted away against bis protest, where | ,,\*¥ Youx, March 23.—In Congrega- aply, as well as in cases where the board de- | wronged by {ne age? 1s there some immomoria! | ,, amit * They | erty-holders on the line of 4% street did not | nto the following agreement with Culliuane: | tne grade was perfect; witness complained that | MP8! Council yesterday the first four questinne clines to i stain his i? Why should a stranger | '* SVes"En, old Father Hersey is all tired oat.” | °omPlain that you had executed your contract Whereas differences have between | he was taxed for property improved on the one- | 2™er consideration, involving only jusetions moarike aad the durations gy Propowed Im trade- | in a wayside elty like ours,—a eity adapted by | j,¥ et, san, old Mather Hersey ls all tired oat.”’ | utterly regardices of your specications, and | the Board of Public Works of the District ot | he.was taxed for proper Cost; that he would pay | f.church discipline. were decided it the nega. marks and the duration of American patznts, | climate and society for the cultivation of the |, By this time my Was making motions | that the Pavement iad by you was ulterly Columbia and Patrick Gullinane in reference | Only tor improvements is tronter teen prop. | Uveby an informal vote, but the rematuieg ae attected by their expiration im foreign coun- | amenities of life, and particularly arranged for | To enpject fund the poor old aldlor of tre sie, | Morthless? A. Some of them did and some of | *9contracts of said Cullinane for improving 3 | erty. Gygyons, involving the question of feliowshi; tries. 5 ene cone oe ees Mare eens mer su bse eats ee poor noe tue ceees them didn’t, { suppose. sereajuae on city me cera od aged Crow-examined by Mr. Mattingly:—Did not eres snot church, remained unanewered the tar such a herculean vagrant ag thix? sagen, neighbors 5 you not know, or do you know, whether org sata! ts statement from the of Publi ~ 4 ; oe here is 1:9 Fearon, except that fearful desp2t- | MAUL revival proaguer, I darnet believe Wnit- | Redrly everybody who’ owned property on the | «apt due said Ou sum of $15,000] Forks when ne waited on thotm; ssw Gor crngs | 1b a sent to the council by Theodore peciaiy ts portealeare. oe gacellent work, | ism of the mod" Dress which is exerted acd°r | nold was mura oilceties: le sock of taeus and | [82 OF that strect did not complain of the way | iv conse: "€0Ce Of the character of the work iu | shernent mye weastnqn.tHem: saw Governor | qiiton was’ not resent officially, bat occa- Pirecially in portraiture, we have heretofore | the propensity of s:"“#aljmaliem. To deserve | {1 —Tation was limited, but everything be | £2,¥hich you performed yourwork? A. I can | tbe judgment of *%@ bosrd, and the Smount | bly oppressive one, and he would use his infia- | “0D€d much comment by the members. The tad occasion to speak, has returned to the city, | hif stipend, to keep society *#trorized, to make | information ww Halil, pat everything be | tout that. equitably charged + the MM tan | ence with the Legislature to have it repealed, | COUnCil was the subject of remark at the regu. and will, we understand, shortly reopen his sy feel _ con es it St eaiae eae exccutional.. He had somehow Fe popes ney me ae know? a Baltes company, me od at pred Witeoss don’t knew wigs the material in front inet night atat Deneeting at Plymonta churct 4 unless it consents ivide ite honors $ n ay " » may mi ave done go, | Bereafter board said compsny, | of house was * eecher to all studio om i0th street. We trust he may be | Rdence “Sith mace eee ete aay | fallen ncroes ‘s tans eee tp maamery. and | 8&4 *0me of them, maybe, not; Loan't tell,’ | bonds to be lsoued to the said Cullinane for bat’ | Susina it mea ce oyna Sant the’ wore | Et: | At'Dr. Storrs church prager was ofterea <xoouraged to remain bere permanently, for | motive. I am far from laying to the charge | hymns, which he commiti (0 m sme | , 2: Do you mean to say that you did not know | ®nce due him.” was done by contract, or who the contractor | that’ the council might be 1 correct We regard him as a decided accession to the | of the employer the malice of his servant. pe cso eraser hg gations, 82 *ing: > whether nearly all of them did not? A. No, Col. Magruder was requested to produce be- | Gas, circle of artists at the Capital. And not only | He must needs support bim, gud after the libel | Of You mav not Ifke Guidn becazsé she » 7 Gon’t know whether nearly all of them did or | fore the committee his bank books as treasurer Sa * Oe im portrait painting dose he excel. Asa iand- | suit of last June, it would be expecting too | ¥8&® Seats, bet ot akan een | tet. of the Board of Public Works, Raut overs aed Gonalesa:—30%> . Fire. feape painter he shows no ordinary tale much es Oe eomeieese should not be resent. | Me’ 1 well remember that one of these poems | Q. sty nearly altot them? A. Well. x 7 a tof taxce | o MILLVIIte, N. J., March 23.—A tire broke nay be seen by a picture of his now on exhibi- | fui against the District authorities, Charity all canine anmotaine tibe the fellow! stness, ©. Well, how felt? A. Well, I want to know To-day’s Session, ener stateme: Sy ged © | cat in a benzine shed near the cotton mill of fon at Philp & Solomos:’, in which # rich | arcund! But war on J eo enemies Of Fo ene et 'g Uke the tollowing : icktasnee » The committee was called to order at quar- | Pald by ny ge Ring hod D. Wood & Son this moruing, and created great apraeented eit rare ety ed embanies is | nature, on people whe "aks c= f=! fontempt ER aped olny 3 EO Q. I want to know what you know about it? | ter after 1 o'clock. explained the ebaracter of improvements made | Sire bandved fect from the malll andthe Sees Teprese are iy and grace. A fine | for our specion. qityust ie ont gone Shut out from light and airy A. i know ghout come of thom. Samuel Strong was called, but did not re- | there and calculated bis bill ought to be be- Ont the Somes marine view, a' still larger scene on the | and in ¥et ali the night I sit and sing by ZA ” te ~~ § communicated with the outer portion of the = m= artist, @r9 also | ™ ~¥ defiant to the patience of. heaven. ‘To him wh> placed me there. Q. I don’t mean ‘some of them, ‘Some’ spond. tween two and three hundred dollars, but a bil! bleachery, but were soon extii t BPpEr Une rver, wy woo Moone AFtiet, 0 | .nere is nothing to this news footpad excep! Ee 2 genre may mean a few. J want to know whetuer | str. Christie asked the committee to take no- | Was rendered for upwards of nine hundred dol- | material damage, The. Sotee eet eee om exhibition at Barlow's. Wé Command aii | a retching to be thought valaable to his em- = Please eu it pleseeth Thee.” nearly all of them did not? A. I didn’t go to lare; streets tm his neighborhood with more | milis eecaped dam The lows b ee shies piccanes {0 the atten!.on of lovers of art, | ployer, and he is the worst investment that em-| ,,, Because, my God! it pleassth Theo” | sir and tatk to them about it. naperyg work and including sewer and ges mains, were | Of the bereine ched'ol Mbp | 8¢ well worth éxauunation and patronage. ployer ever made. He came to Washington to | tain 5 anes aaein en tee ot bis Q. Am I right in understanding you toswear | Mr. Allison said the committee would do so. | charged up citizens at a less cost. than — At Barlow's may alss be seen a most beau exciting: he pounced on whatever he could co ces end, oo that your Dy ‘yeas, Tetold them | that that twenty-four thousand and edd dollars | Judge Black that the for | © street, which has no sewer or tiful dower piece by Mr. E. OC. Messer, of this | %¢ @vsilable: ‘ ton; regent : he pounced on the wrong thing, was retained by the board for the purpose of | the memerialists should call at once any wit- ad tot all the loathsome whi ng ieee dS with more yeh ay lysocm tagger manner | repairing that portion of the street whieh nad | peseee they ‘may have to controvert Joan 0. caf aPedastearam uae nit | Inpecar et covam ett aral ety ienionr | Reateateiatie “gett talaga: | torent op tytn niand cena | Brent f fi un- no ir pur} ? as m the country. “His work is not mach Kuown | ger biay,ju the capital will never, be put un- | ors bank president of an aristocratic town om | retain that time, because T bad all my coil. | with reference to the books he produced Lelore Bere, but that is the loss of this commanity | pal to the ever recurring youth and hope of | the Pastern Shore of + et ag omenrcerang wie sev~ | cates in my pocket, and the board had nothing. | the committee. rather than the artist's, since everything he | new generations, to the perpetual worship of | ral of her schoolmates So en | they ba me for all my work in certifi. | Mr. Christie said they had called Mr. Crabb, Paints finds a ready market in the northern | repute acd country, to the fairness of Amer- | Preach, and she was = Seecse nd ap cen | cates. In January they gave me every dollar | with reference to the books, but ascertained Stede” The held 1 tures, are highly apprect- | ican fellowship, to the counderation of the | Sith his sermon that when the invitation was | of i¢, ang did not keep a cent back. Aad how | from bim that G. H-Evane ‘had kept thes sted. The field he has chosen for such affurts | world. Perfectly in earnest, unwilling to be | St¥en to walk to the and Kncot {ot the | could they keep it back’? They proposed to call the latter at anearly date. as we have seen from his easet is not the high- | parsh or inhospitable to any, and least of ail to eae ee ee ee ars eras: |. 0. Did ne beard Rotify you your certificates | |, MF. Harrington filed the following answers to pa eae tee adapted a for a display of bis | gentiemen of news and letters, they propose to | {Of pra lone ox oer ear tarally ould not bepald? A. They did, after going | the 13th and ith charges of the memoriallsts: wers, ‘besthess am n * wo re 5 YEE OF THE BOARD OF PUP: shown tu it ie the best evi . pm gegen dang eon ats a service, and let these cowards of | brought in the church parson, her reiatiyes and making an examination. They LIO WORKS TO the l then put in the rs for THE ISTH AND LiTH CHARGES OF THE ME- a rcpatation in wider ittechnleally ie aimcult | the en eens spend her Jover, to dismay her, and ahe was sent oi certifcates. [sav that in the papers bark | MORtAList px! his profession. To do rather chan . Alexand: nother sort © Fome lessons at the theater |-was too late it then, for I i i leh seems to be the rule he has | thing a bitier Teachonary, familiar with tite | 40d get Methodiim ont of her mind, “The le-- | we pocket, ‘ee ithaca neiple that gation, and soured by the triumph of the tree | {pn ansuccoasfull, but the Methodists kept up |G. Did thls letter, of which you speak as tage im the fmture. Mr. | side in the late civil contest. Nothing can mend | ‘he tradition eel ie ge De liga ree to you from the boar !, staic wat your : i Vaiontown. | him, nothing fone& Rim. ‘The soul of an insect | SUP the stury baa the soree tn eho pee ‘would not be paid? ‘A. No, 4 ope a ’ the city, so that the pabine inb —7 that Koman form. Darwin may be one of the Roman miracles, To tell you the truth, I cannot tell. No, I think opportunity to keep the run 't ig to be heped that Governor Shepherd will ‘On one occasion, i remember, my cousin, an Q. And you not get any notice to that a an rl, sat at the table with a poor thin ‘And that reminds ms renee ciatemper, and be chary of apeech as here- ie gol rng un her 4 Mounted ‘wtih & effect from the board? A. To the best of my Q. od ste know where the fire came from that filled up the canal? A. No, sir, Cross-examined:—Am inthe soap and chan- @lery business; the stone in the canal was cov- ered over except within four feet of the water line. DISTRICT RECEIPTS. Mr. Mattingly presented the following state- ment of the receipts of the govern- ment of the of Columbia and of the Board of Public Works from the d ite of its or- ganization, June ist, isl. District Governme:t. Receipts from done toward securing that much-needed studio | the place, whatever their rank may be, all the nie was a notice that Mr. ‘put that building? The steps taken wel sensational propensities for snooking and sug. bed nor mattrass, but, hermit-like, laid | Sobogy should take my cert, Mich reference was made fetes eee gesting eri years are bofore us. No man | 40¥2 pledge chon foomanggber fs ee ge Wy as done? A. I cannot tell. ter showld not bo anene direction, aed the mat- be of Tis ict of history; nobody cheat breaktast table his eyes * . You do not w why that wasdone? A. Yo flag untit something | {* f Time. The beautiful capital is | oT? Rogar: pny 1 suppose to stop them m 4% street should be Cetinite is accom p: 5 aiready; the work is done, and the Gov- with ‘on sour fi cere Ts will Only dr: up for the railroad company. — Eugene Poole is dividing his time between | Spearen Put? ts tomb the epi:aph on Suak- | Tor Dat eouf, ‘br. Cullinane was then cro examined min: portraits and Rock Crees views—the latter in. | “Good friends, for Jesus’ sake forbeat My father who-had sn involantery lberatity, | on 4):‘street in accordance with: specications. by Wecetretans sale Resigze Skea 9 epee rade; | Q. You say bow that you cannot say whether ey ington which will prob- be be who keene stones, = you did the work according to contract or not? ably take place some tine send ‘month. mr RTA Te mene a ml pretty, ee H (it would trouble 4, The board ought to have seen to that "ole way, show de- reckon, 4 cortificates. ‘ou never hear a Progress. His P- a wise man what the Lord freedsa, his color is trese, and ein feline ‘The independent Kaw-reepondent, munkes for conser 7 Sonne 9 euptendinr, 3 Be ia tt gs 35 i i E i i i near it ag I-eould. | ete cer seen coungel for the Dis- C evidence the Fecdees Nave ‘ssfollows: © Simreortae ny, either ae Sept. 18, 187: Avg Fund. ve an to i i : Ey s — Turner has ‘rRicg CULLINANS. ton, near Put-in- admired.