Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1874, Page 1

> THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sandays &xcepted, | WT THE STAR BUILDINGS, peuastylvania Avease, cor. tite me. | BY j 428 GVENING STAB SSTSPAPER COMPANy, 8 Md. MAOPPMANN, Peeve NI ros by cartteca co paler: 10 Ts ru Week, 08 Flartyoca O@vTS PRR STH. Copies at the oter Two Oexts each. mail—three rab 2% 2), «1s months, @3.00; one year, $8. TPR WEEKLY STAR—Pablianed Priasy—§1.00 or, BF Invariabh vance, ia botheases.s3? | . onaer than paid for. * { advertising ferutshed vu apptication. | . * _ eras | iENT: | ‘ pose Peed wwe Fare eis Sigbts | AGNES Bu TA, . bs Me Se z EDAD RVENI™ +, DY OF G¥ous Ff = ee x San 3 Row, 3 @- Bree ak ni iNeed BOE, » | ' Wheto | ; | nef ob: ths mor Tr. x ¢ 3.6 Sel. Leese ty (TIONAL THEATES ent Manager, UY GQaeT Tae | vite MINSTREL3. he CHANG S. ince kit bheth ae MATINER sA7U8" AY oT 2 rULSOK Ss 1LeDayY BicuT bi. f@ LAST sPPaAB- | source to-day were $f91,537. 1 21, amoorting so Mv zerott'e M E EXGISITION FOK A FEW DAYS OSi¥ F AT WARREN CHOATE & 003, 94h Peo nepiva * Ly Ta, Franee.com- J.#GBTWooDsPAnK TROTTING ASSOOLA- ' LATE PINEY PRANCH RACE COURSE. The long too for Qa b peatatus OF Ay Sta, 174, ‘Track, if not, the next fair Day. ers SG. Honest Joha. J.T Price enters B M_ Belle of Gottyeburg. Race to come off st 3.90 o'clock. Sdmie- for, 50 cents. Preprictor, *LLEN TORSEY. may6-2:" ALTIMURE COMMENCING TURSD AY. May 12. TURSDsY ant WEDS ESOAY—SIC4SLISU. THUMSDAY—SHYLOCK. FEIDAY—OTHEL'.O SATURDAY MATIVER—-LADY OF LYUNS. cATUSDAY NIGHT—BICHAEBD LIL ce seata can b ed at the ot House, Washington, good for a roam in-nces Wednesday, May 6. 1 bo gud fa ei hr xfternoon lai acd Ohio ral will leaws Baleimore a 11: dering the Bovth eag: Round irie tick-ts, $2; admission, @1. WILtARD fale, 2 treet, near Fourteenth, At the request of many persons, MS. SUTRO Has conseated to repent his Loetare on MINE} AND MINING, Iibastrated by the CALO.UM LIGHT, At o'clock on the evenings of “SATURDAY, May 9, TUESDAY, May 12, and , SATUBDAY, May 16. Admission tres Tickets may b pication et the office of Will ard «retoture tesned are good for all | me BEATER com:Qug, MAY 4, EVERY NiOlT, AND Two MaTI- aES . CBEAP PRICES AND ¢ ROW DED HOUSES. © Conte. btained on ap- fixei. Those cares. mays Adwi-si.n 13, ¥3 ang 5 * ‘This week will be p cduced the aui mating Spq tacular Buropean Sensation, LE JARDIN MaBILLE, 45 produced in Bursin, Psussia, for 30 consceutive mighte, lotroducl g ta : ONG DRESSES, With fell Brass Band. the glorious muses CAN-CAN! Oro Jom Exbibi ad Sale\ Naw No 476 39 } ate oe MARKRITER'S, te So. 439 Tth street, between D aud B dowrs abiy, ows’ co OF © Uda Feil ASzASED, OF Sat ore Tanne AF. 7 7 or COLN HALL, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY Stu, 1874, MYRILE DE LA HOOKE BOONE, ‘ TEEN) Will deliver » LECTURE entitled “MY EXPEBIENCE AS 4 OANVASSER,” AND UssERvaTioNs on Many SvBrects., Admissicn, 26 Cents. Beserved Seats, 50 Cents. ‘Tickets may be procured st Ballantyne’s.7th street, Ellie & Oo.'s, Pentsyivanis avenue Doors 0) »clgek; to commence at 8 o’clock. m7- EXCURSIONS, &e, M BNISHED FOB BALLS, Pick ad lL Daccing purposes, ‘Hit. FISCHER. Residence, corner 12 P streets u ‘To these who are net acquainted wish me, I able to please all; and if I dor Prices reasonable. Po CHALTEL, ‘The elegant ani commodions Iron Stesmer PILOT Boy. Apriy to WM. H. BYLES, Agent, ar 29 Cael bi Strest Wearf. jo 4 CBABTES TO EXCCRSIONISTS, — ‘The favorite Steamer PALISADE. WM. H. BYLES, agont, Gch Street Wharf. hat I am te mayl-Gun* Sips to _ sat wok vis CHABTEE, EXPRESS, Can be bad for excursions om Thursdays and Fri- Gays cf each week. BES | D LAWNS r *UUNTAINS, VASE, 180: AIRS, SET- Tass, ec, OB 2 Large variety a* the Slate, Mantel and Obande- Wervroous, YM. 0. A. Beitdiageats eae D HAMILTON & PEARSON. 1 HORS 'S INFALLIBLE OINTMENT, After a trial of twenty years this ointment has droved itself eeare remedy fur all diseases of the ‘+ a, having effected # radieal cure in cases of twen- Y ‘years standiag. Thus Brysipelas, Sorefala, Teter, fteb, Barber's Itch, Salt Bheam, Soald Head. Piles, Sore Byes, Milk Leg, Blotches and Pomples, and in fact every eraption of the skin per- Sacently cured withont any other remedy. In tes- Sony of its wonderful healing power I refer te ‘ke following Washingtonians: Bev Alfred Holmead, corner &h and Bs. w. James ©. Hariland, $05 9h street northwest. al —— Waiker, D street southwest. Mrs. Fagan, corver 6th and @ streets southwest. Mrs. Arvold, lth street southeast. r. Alexander, Jeweller, Pennsyivania avenue, ‘Mr. Joseph Wintioid, 916 G street southwest. price $9 cents. For sale by all principal Drag- ‘gists, also at 906 D street southwest, where a large of testimonials can be seen. A perfect cure guaranteed. Focspations ~— CHEAP, mayt-lw* Vo. 43—-N2. 6,591. EVENING STAR. | Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL Revesve.—The receipts from this Mx. O Nriit, of Pa., deliveredanable speech in favor of the centennial sppropristion bill in e House of Represent stives yesterday. LikvTsyant anv Mes. B.C. Hooker, nee Stewart, cf Wasbingten, are expected in New York this weck, at the Fifth Avenue hotel, tho Bepress om Taz Ways ayD Means Comuitrs, at their meeting to-day, #yr.ed to report a bill exempt. ing from tax one hundred dollara’ worth of tobaceo sold by a producer to @ consamer. Tux House Committee on tha District ef Oo. lombia to day agreed to hold a spscial msoting ep Wednesday next, in view of the fact that the following F.tday is “ Disteiet day” in the House. NotHING was done in Congress yesterday alter our regular report closed. except to dubat s the centennial appropriation Di in the Hoase, discussion of which was coftiaued throagh the morning aud evening -e ions, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1874. asbout a tax DIN, aed shen > + my take three tet & thee Fo. the eeDe man go to the conntrs on thar reerd, Mr. Hawley said be ovr id dom. 5 ayer 2.) said Mr Dawes had said he F.) bad his seat wh! © Dawes « asepesking, | He had heard every croak of the gentleman and it was the same of! -*° °) th gentioman had made ever since be hel been bh re. Mr. Dawes retorted that he dio mot wish to Plack one featber from tie eagle ov which Mr. Frve bad soared. 4 , In pursaance of the orter of the House the S Committee then rose and reported te bill, and © prociamations of the President on the subject, the letters of the See. retary of State. , and argued from all these that both the legisiative and execatire depart. Of the guvernment were committed to the expcsition. The centennial comm -nion had More than to obey ihe orders of TWO CENTS. ‘Tue Hors Cemmittee on Naval Affatrs will v -it Annapolis to- morrow, leaving Washing’B at Sa. m., to examine, under a resolution of the H nse, into the diceiptine, course of stuty and neral management of ‘he naval academy. e committer will be accompanied by Seere- tary Robeson ard se | naval officers. THE Wasuixretos Mauker [xvEstiGATioN. The tollowing resolution wis adopted by the Senate Committee on Pubdtic Burldings and Grounds to-day, and a copy sent to Governor Shepherd: “«Hesolved, That Savi gton mark, until the qtestion as to the et company, referred b Serate to the Committee oa Pabdlic Bath and Grounds, shall have been fally exam ined and a report made thereon, all work upon the ground on the south side of Pennsylyanis avenue, between 7th and 9th streets, should be suspended.” Governor Shepherd and ex-Governor Coke had been reqnested to appear before. th committee to aay: in ret-rence to the mar- ket company, fut ax Governor Shepherd was before the District Investigating Commit- tee he could not be present, and as ex-Governor Cooke was out of tewn the committee post- poned their examination until to-morrow. ‘Tae Discussion oF THE CENTENNIAL BILL in the House to-day excited great interest es- pecially among the f: fends of the measure. ‘The discussion was more than usually earn- est. General Hawley, of Connecticut, presi- Persomal.—We regret to hear that Mrs. Gov. McCook, ef Culorato, is lying serioasly ill with pneumonia at the residence Gen. Mor- gan L. Smith, on K street. nm. Robert — of Georgia, is at the Metropolitan jorel. ConrirMaTtions.—The Senate, io executive fersion yesterday, confirmed the following nominations: Cousuls—John Josiah Turtle, of Delaware, at Maranbam, Brazil; J. Baldwin Hay, at Swatow; Francis Newman, at Ceyloo; Robert Frazer, at Palermo; also & number of pos.masters, land registers, &. A LETTER was received here to-day from Steretary Richardson dated Augusta, Ga, May 5. The Secretary is in the best health and well return here in the first part of next week. The siorics set atloat about the alarming condi. tion of bis bealth were all ‘moonshine.’ Tue Dagign Canal Commissioy.—Lieut. Commander McRitchie, commanding the U. S. steamer Gettysburg, telegraphs to the Secretary of the Navy to-day the tafe arrival at Key West ot the vessel under his command, bringing tue Darien canal commissioners. All are well ou board. The Getsysburg will leave for Hampton Roads on Saturday. Senator Ketiey, of Oregon, appeared be- fore the Hcuse A ppropriationsCommittee to-day in bebslf of an appropriation of $125,000 to build a revenue cutter for service in the Columbia river. He stated that daring the past ye-r fity-four ve~els freighted with grain, &c., varued at $2,500,090 have passed out the mouth of that river, aud that there are at present no Tevenue at that point. Aw AmeRican Ho! —The French In- stitute at itsse-s'onof the 231 March elected the Hon. David A. Wells to the vacancy in the list of toreign e<sociates caused by the death of Jobu Stuart Mill. Membershtp in the academy is regarded in Europe as one of the very highest and most coveted literary and scientitic prizes, apd to be cboven t» fill the chair of John Stuart Mil! is a dist-netion in iteelf. Paor. Sraxcun F. BatRD was before the Heuse Appropriations Committee to-day to explain the necessity of the item of 23,00) in the eundry civil appropriation bill for prose- cuting inquiries into the cause or causes of the decrease of fved Ushes in American waters, and ess of propagating fishes, and generally gave & very encouraging account of the experi- ment as thus far teste: Derr Sea Sounpincs in THE Pactric.— Dispatches to the Navy department report that the U. S. 8. Tascarora, engaged in taking deep Fea Soundings, left Honolulu Mareh 18 and ar- rived at Yokohama, Japan, April 27, baring made seventy-two casts, the deepest of which was three thousand two hundred and eighty- s€vcn fathoms. She will now examine the south east coast of Japan, and from there carry a live of soundings to Tonoga, Aleutian Islands, and trom there complete the arc of the great circ’. to the point reached last fall from Puget sound Nava. Gazetts.—Capt. J. Blakely Creigh- ton has been ordered to duty as a member of the examining and retiring board, Washington; Lieut. Ches. O. Albbone, to the receiving ship Ps sama Assistant Surgeon James M. Amb to theraval academy; Assistant Su.- Foto r i Pntledel pte: Assista: otomec, at e " nt Paymaster H. T. B. Harris, to the Roanoke, temporarily; Lieut. Commander Henry H. Gor- ringe has been detached from command of the eee, and ordered to the hydrograpbic office. IspIan FiGHts Ix THE YELLOWSTONE Covn- TRY.—The follow:ng has been received at the bead«uarters of the army: Fort Erte, M. T., May 1. Assistant Adjutant General St. aul. Couriers from the Y: of citizens report them retreating lowstone, with frequent skirmishes with diane. They turned back near Ton, wounded, and considerable stock killed. A bumber of Indians are reported killed and stock captured, ITZBR, Major 2d Cavairy Commanding. Tux DECORATION Day exercises come off at Arlington on Saturday, May 30th. The com- mittee are making more than usual preparation for the affair. The oration will be delivered by Hon. J , of Connecticut, and the ycem by Col. J. ryine, and there will be other interesting and appropriste exercis-s. It may be proper to state that the grave of the ““Tnknown" is to be decorated, but there will be EO services at it as there was last vear. Itisto be hoped that the public will s-cond the efforts of the committee to make the celebration credit s- ble to our patriotism and regard for the bra d:a0,by contributing liberally for the expenses. BRavw’s AUTOTYres.—The attraction of the ¥ eek is the exhibition at Choate’s & Uo.’s book- *‘ore, of the superb collection in the way of au- totypes of all the master pleces of art in Ea- and also pictures of ail the most atrikin, 4 views of the Old World. We doubt BO brace t! it cur connoisseurs will em! boa prota nity to enrich their collections by a set of these interesting autotypes. We think the Gongres- sions! L b-ary and Corcoran Gallery would al-o do weli to cecure aset. They are really won- dertul im the way of vivid representation of the objects depicted, and considering their excel- lence they are oid remarkab! cheap. We ad- ye interested in art matters to take a look Tae Wats Hovss Weppixc_Tas Ixvi- Tations, &C.—The cards and invitations for the Sartorie-Grant wedding are of the plainest script, without monogram or other the invitation as follows: req them. 38 : iF i i | Hl dent of. the Centenial commission, took floor 2 o'clock to close the debate, and was ex- peeted to speak until halt-past 3, when @ vote wastobe taken on the bill. At balf-past 2 o'clock General Hawley was making a vigor- ch in favor of the bill. He denied em- n ex- ‘ing the re; ntatives He was surprised and indignant at the char, and, ass man of honor, would repel it. vommission had done only just what they had been directed to do by Congress itsel The foreign ntatives don't know the mem- bers of the commission, but they do know Ulysses 8.Grant and the Secretary of State, whose cordial invitations the former have ac- cepted. It was generally conceded that the yote on the bill would very close. Gen. Hawley was applauded several times during the ‘of his speec! course District Affairs in Congress. THE Gas QUESTION BEFORE THE HOUSE DIS- TRICT COMMITTEE. The Houre Committee on the District of Co- lumbia this morning gave a hearing to the representatives of the Washington Gas Light Company and a numberof gent‘emen most of whom are from New York, and who represent the Mutual Gas Light Company of that city, in regard to the formation of a new gas c any in Washington. The Washington Sars, was represented by its president, Mr. B. H. Bartol, and Mr. George A. Mclitenny, its engineer; also by Mr. J. G. Rosengarten, of Philadeiphii who appeared as counsel. The opposition was represented by Mesera. John Konnedy, Wm. E. Hoy, Charlies Place, Robert M. Gailaway and Wm. Herrick, of New York, (the first three being directors of the New York Mutual com- P oy) and Joseph G. Berret, E. C. Logersoll and E. W. Rice, 0” Washington. . Ingersoll addressed the committee on be- half ot the applicants for a charcer for a new #8 company; be was foliowed by tha repressnt- atives of oxygen gas patent, gad by ae. Leach on beba'f of the National Gas and iron Company. Mr. J.S. Kosengurten, of Philadel- phia, appeared on behalf of the ‘Washington Gas-light Company, and sabmitted that’ the ropo:cd charter was merely a stock jobbi speculation; it had none of the corditions at | m‘tations imposed on the existing company by its charter—in the new one, there was practi- cally no public, no subscription for stock, ro organization. "The persons named, Hoy and Kennedy, and their associates, were to be au- thorized to issue twe millivns of stock, soll it tor what they coald, ant put up their works where they pleased and put down their pipes woere they liked. ‘The old company were obliged to Gefer in all these matters to the Dis- trict government. There was no liability on the part of the s.ockholders, uo restriction as to price, no conditions as to the excellence of the gas; in other words, it waa a repetition of the efforts, familiar by usa im other cities, of cha tering @ new gas company, selling out te e cld, avd so burthening the citizens with the <= of earm.ng the expensce of adouhle organi-+ zaifon. The old company came to Washingion in 10:3, and it had grown with the growth of the city, sharing ite bad and gool fortunes, work- ing without profit tor a number of years, and investing ala e portion of i's earnings in lay- pipes to meet all the reqaire- the improvements just com He said th Senate has juet passed a bill imposing a severe tost of purity and redacing the price of ga¢ The o'd company would comply with these re- u*r ements, but no new company could or would 10 £0. Mr. Bartol and Mr. McIlheny gave an inter- est. Dg account of the growth of the interest of this counicy, and agreed that the new com; were only a sort of credit mo- bilier, intended to put off acouple of millions of doilars worth of their stock on the commvnity and make the consumers pay for the outlay without gett.ng anything in return. The discussion was closed by Messrs. Kennedy and Ingereoll for the applicants, and tnrough- pressed great interest in the provcedings' sed eat in the a p= a ‘wertety of searching and intelligent 0 es..0D8. : Mr. Harmer, of Philadelphia, referred to the distinction the gas jineers of that city hat won by ae throughoat the coun- try and for this city. General Chi, directed his questions main- ly to the interests of the District, both as to ite right of control over the pro; works and tearing up the et: to lay pipes, as well as to the cost of lighting the strect lamps. Mesers. Ingersoll and Kenuedy in their re- marks in behalf of their proposition to forma new ark said they meant business. The gentlemen Interested” represented @ large amount of capital, and they proposed in good faith to build gas works, lay pipes and supply as at cheap rates. Reterring to the bill regu- lacing gas worke, they expressed their wil- Py wed to conform to any law or regulation of Congress, ad said that all they desire is an open field for honest competition. How. Jouy Moxgaissry aT aI Tricks—He Strikes and Butts a State Senator. On Tuesday = last State-Senator John Fox entered the Maison Doree, New York, and after @ few minutes conversation with some friends, went into the bar-room. While there he Hon. Jobn Morrissey came in, and the two Tammapy leaders were ee eeenat sn cen ver sation. ‘Their friendly talk gradually changed irto a dispute and yey A culminated ina ir. OLD THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION Proceedings of the Joint Congressional Committee, Closing Proceedings Yextor iny. After oar report of the D.sirict Investigation closed yesterday, General Francis P. Blair and B.D. Carpenter testified regarding the value of improvements made on the 7th street road. The testimeny of the former witness on this subject, given before the Starkweather com- mittee, was admitted as evidence. B. Oertiey was recalled and examined at length with reference to the me ?sarements on New Hamoshire avenus, between G street and the Boundary; the profile of that avenue is not correct; tie on cuons were mate atter the fil! commenced, late in the fail of 1871; charged the governmeat both for the fill an excava- tion, each 40 cents per yard; this ts the ouly in- stance where the charge was mare in each case. A B. Kirtiand was recalled, aud asked in re lation to O Comner & Shan'ey’s contract. He sisted that he bad but littte intercst in that contract, merely the procurement of it; Mr. Reed first spok~ to him about it; did not teil the firm he could procure them x» larg» con- wact, nor did he tell them that he could get them acontract where there would be n) gea- @ing to ao. Te day's Session. The committee was calle@to order at half- past ten o'clock this mornfng. GOV. SHEPHERD RE-RXAMINED. Gov. A. K. Shepherd recalled:—Q. State what knowledge you have, if any, ot the con- spiracy set forth in the first charge of the me- morialists? A. f have no knowiedge of any conspiracy; nor do | believe there was any; the contracts were awarded to the parties set forth on account of their busine:s standing and their abilit; do the work to sat'sfs Boa tractors faction of the of Public Works; the meeting of con- ‘was not private; doors were Open, and the room was crowded; circulars to be in attendance were sent, or ordered by me to be tent to every contractor who bid; the rea- son a echedule of prices was established was because it was the most economical means, as it prevented straw bids, and i: nary claims for additional reward, and secured the work being awarded to responsible men, and prevented contractors trom detrauding their men; the subject was thoroughly canvassed by’ the boara, and it as unanimously agreed that it wes the best way to do the work and secure re- sponsible parties to do it; all responsible parties who wanted work got it; the government of the United States do work in cpdae the Capitol was built on a per centage to tae parties who did the work for work done. We The Goverpor submitted prices paid for work in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Balti- incre, authenticated by the officers in charge of the work in those cities, showing that the board rates were less than in the cities enumerated. Among other items it showed that the DeGoi- yer pavement, in 1871, cost New York city 25 a yard; that brick sidewalks in Phil- acelphia cost $1.25 per equare yard, the same pavement as the board fixed at 80 cents per yard. Q. Are those prices the present pri. A. Tie prices between 1872 and 1873. It was deemed necessary by the board to enclose grass plat we advertised for proposals fur fencing; Colt: ¢»me to me one day and said he would get up & style ot fence which he submitted to the board; ‘he said Mr. Smith woald furnish the capital to do the work; on the 30th of April, 1573, a prop- orition was received trom QGolton saying te would furnish for 3d street and other stroets a style of fence, the same asin front of F. H. Smith’s house, for 59 cents per lineal foot, and lateral fence at 20 cents; the communication was referred, on the 3d of May, to A. Cluss, en- giveer in charge; Mr. Ciuss made an endorse- ment —s up his estimate of the cost of fence at about cents a foot, and recommending that an experiment be made with the fence on New York avenue; upon this report Colton was ordered to go abead and fit up 3d street; we abandoned the wires on the fence because the boys would sit on them and destroy their out- line; Colton made an additional proposition to furnish fence at 49 cents per foot, using wood instead of wire; under this bid Mr. Cunning- pred! an inspector, designated the streets tor ence. Q. State your knowledge of the character of bricks used in the B street cewer. A. 1 arefully Inspected the bricks every day. Be cause the fill Dg up of the canal and tae con- eiruction of this sewer was ona of the perm s- nent features of the last investigation; [ went dail: the work; come of ihe bricks were z, but I found on breaking ‘hem ooen that they were good hard brick. In regard to the Biadensburg road [ know very little, { wasim portuned by Col. Rives and Clark Mils ty im- prove the road; the work was let io Me. Crow ley, the lowest bidder; he got pay for abou 4,008 worth of work; he attempted to deiran Cal, Magrader got of the st.000 wnat Gonnicn Col. got r) at Crow! bad not spent, and paid themen. I then off the work at board rates to several parties, ood no one would take it; Mi Lorene | too! it as a favor and finish: went over it when it was fin’ nd it was a good job. The 7th-street roa was in a bad condition; im) mate was made at $25,000, But it dida’t com- plete it. The road isa one; there are one or two bad places, but $500 will make it as good * road as there isin America. The cost of the road was about $30,000 po mile. The road is macadamized fifteen fect in the center and gravelled on the sides. The road was done by day’s work, except the macadamizing, whic! was done by contract. 1 think the work was bear thle Ly as it was possible to do work of at kin Q. State the action of the board with reter- ence to treating wood pavements and laying concrete pavements? A. The board advertised for proposals for treatiuz wood; the bids were = September 30, 1372, in the presence of je advisory board; ali the different processes were sub! to two chemists in the employ of tae surgeon genoral; they recommended: ist, creosote; 21, burnetizing, and 3d, the S>maels process; the advisory board recomm:nded the laying of concrete pavemeuts whetever it was Sages to ey one 1 will say that the a er for the concrete payeman' . Stare er the board allowed the De- Golyer pavement to be furtiver laid after having refused to allow it? A. I did not like the pave- ment; they concluded it was a good pavement; I said to Mr. Farwell it these parcies weuld show evidence from Chicago that the pavement @ good one, the board would allow them to up the lumber; whereupon a certificate from the Board of Public Works of that city was sent to the board, saying that the pavemant laid in Chicago was a good pavement; the wes anxious to get the work done, and under the presentation of the case the board didn’t think they would be justified in preventing them from usivg up the lumber; [ do not think the firm could pay s bonus of 50 cents equare ye and lay a good pavement; I kuowu they were paying a bonus they never would have laid & foot of pavement it. this city; they thought, maybe, by securing the inflaence of my partner they couid lay # bad pavement, but they round out they were very much mi by their core. ., ‘& letter Ward, stating that O’Oonnor & Shanley were a reputable frm; also a letter from the Bank of ia iy Pavement at 3.50 per tht rele tart i F i i i i i i iti i Ha Pay i f ed + i i i i Ee | i , i if f Fi els if 3 & 2 f ‘ Hi a f E 4 i i ) i i i i Se aoe canal was ' with Q. Was the appropriation made more too; ina bose Q. State whether Sreetttasrony tee is pomible there may | charges, but in the main the charges are cor- Tect; the instructions to engineers were very strict; if a measurement was ordered, and the government were reqaired to pay as private property-bolders, it would be ascertained that the government has nut paid its qaota; one or two errors of measurement have been devel- oped—for instance, reeervation No. knew nothing of that measurement at the time. The Governor read a statement to show that private property bad paid fifteen million dolla + ore than public Property, although the fact that the United States own nine-tenths of the streets a1 mes, Mr. Forsyth as an accurate Q. Do you regard man® A. do. His manner is against him; he has had control of the surveys of Washington for 25 years, [regard Mr. Qertly as a thorough ma’ hematicia Teatons for the passage of the ard bow it affects property A. The main sewerag of thsci 5 an agitated question with the board; Gen. stem of kewerage, which ed the topographical features of the city, the natural drainage being a basis for each sec: ‘cordance with passed the sewerage bill June 26, 1873. The act divided the territory into five sections. It was followed out in every instance except the Boundary street sewer; that sewer was built to prevent water going through the Tiber. It was meantin case of freshet to divert the water to the Eastern brench. The Governor read a statement showing the average value of the nd the number of square feet In each lowest aver- ege of ground in the Tiber Creek district was 25 cents per square foot exclusive of sewerage The average value of ground in the northwest ern istrict is 42 cents per square foot. The Governor read a letter showing that in the 2d district there has been paid #32,000; 34, $126,000; 4th, $295,000; Sth, $295,000. The amount paid for sewerage prior to June, as71, in these districts, was as follows:—2d district, 1 ae ey 100; the a= the , 35- 100, fer sewerage. was under the old corporation. e this new system of sewerage fit in with the old and become a part of it? A. Yes, sir; they are so blended that there is no waste at all; I think the tax is the most necessary and pel poe that could have been imposed; [ think it will double the vatue of property in sparsely settled districts in less than five years. Q. After a fall examination of the question of sewerage, it is your opinion that the mode adopted is the true one? A. Itis; I think it jx just and equal; had it not been for this investi- gation the people would have paid this tax; they jave an idea, @ great many of them, thet they will bave no to pay at all, genera! or special. Mr. Allison.—I think that delusion will be Giepelied; this District will have to pay ite jebts. At 12 o'clock the committee took a reces+ until 2 p.m. AFTER REORSS. The committee re-ascembled at a quarter past 2o’clock. Gov. Shepherd was recatled. Q. State the amount claimed for damages to roperty, and the amount awarded by the oard ot Pablic Works? A. The Governor rend the act of the Legislative Assembly on the subject, passed June 20th, 1872. out that law the Board of P. inted a commission who have for five months eh making up an award. The commission have reported, but their report has not yat been acted upon by the ; the amount clalmsd is $1,255,101.10; the amount awarded is €163,- 741.10; @ great many of these claims put in were imaginary, as will be seen the amount awarded; to these claims the Legislature will have to make provisien. Q. State the amount of old material received a on 'd, and its value. A. It aggregates ‘Witness submitted a statement of the taxes emcees f the administrations of Mayors Bowen and Emery, and the amount paid by them for advertising, general expenses, &c. The examination of the witness was in pro- grees when our report closed. —+.22- “Miss Browa” upon ti bra: Treasary Li- ry. My Dear Star: I don’t know whether you are aware of the fact that our department sports @ library or not; still, Paving an intense regard fer the high-toned inst.tution, { mean tc tell you what a@ *‘feariully and wonder Tally made” blessing it is te us clerks and covaters. Daring the dark ages (a year or two ago), it you belonged to the department and wanted ¢ book from the library, you went to the cic: clerk of your bureau, received from him a car showing your connection with the offica, sn then, upon presenting this, wore entitied ject the book you wanted, with the ico th. you bad to return it at the expiration of f. teen days, unless you had a longing for a polite note tering = to return the volume. One lady, at a salary of 8900 all the practical duties of li was, besites, fully equal to the task of impreas- ing us poor mortals @ conse of the vast dif- fecence between a lib: yeep and @ com- tained by that simple process, his g'gantic intellect to work to raise it = Norecy, T mens.) to its proper eminence. now see the result: You tirst send to the chief of cat ne and make out a list of the works you would like to read, then take that and the card sbowing your title Clear,” as formerly, and wend cepa bn honed three weary fii fab ere hypegct : ae zen ot Sieh —it seems long enough {o reach u; last fod yourself in an fon room fora Heaven—and at cage, about 5x6, and well out of reach of the abe! Perhaps it eo happens that only a others are before and you remember studied Philosophy at some time of your id determine to take things coolly and comfortably. But your predecessors find neither of the twenty books they had selected in—or if in, not rested rom Moving jus been soturned: and oe 4s trouble regarding a cho.ce. ‘bem your prize corn de’ obstinate tendency to a sta life an aching grievance, and finally it our mind that the chiet of your div! Tonging desire about this time of day You are not afraid of the said chief, not; you only have a tender regard for his feel- ings, you understand, and the idea that he wil! be Siepneinins Geves you to theheart. That makes you slightly less amiable than usual, ard if you are wise you'll turn your back on the fl aa of literature at once, and go to your jesk. I WAS THERE MYSELF some days ago, and know whereof I speak; but I was not wise, and I’m sorry to say, fell from grace by talking arithmetic and logic (two things which haye no business there) to the handsome hunter of wished-for literatare. You see, 1 bad gone through all the of wait- ing, and then mildly suggested the ne in culty supwasting thet the and whole that, 8 i z. H ft L! i i i i | I ft Hi i I i te it 38 i F i ir i i3 a3 Hy i ; E i i : Hl s [ i ei | ° E E if (3 { i] i E ! He i il 14 aT HI | Congress, which had created them, and pat life FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS, | 13'3,3<8,_ He nie read ine iny te =i oune of Taurspay, May 7. the latter. These foreign powers “know the centennial commiss on nor ons m-mber of it. but they did know 1S. Grant, President, and Hamilton fish. Secretary, from whom they icerived then SENATE.—Mr. Anthony presented the pe- tition of journeymen printers, boekbinders, and presemen of Washington, remonstrating against the bill to reduce wages at the’ Government —— OMice. Referred to the Committee on nt Mr. Stockton ited @ remonstrance of the New Jersey Board of Pilots against aboli- tion of compulsory pilotage, Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Aathony, from the Committee on Print- ing, reported House resolution to print extra copies of the Sumver ealogies. Passed. tr. Anthony moved to reconsider the vote of yesterday passing the House bill to facilitate the exportation of distilled spirits. He ssid tbat as the bill stood no one could tell what it meant. Mr. Conkling called attention to the fact that in passing Awendstory laws there was too mu: obscurity, and the present cace was an instance. He also Jiscountenanced the idea of parsing «0 wany laws on the same subject, as giving rise te trouble and vexation. After some further discussion the motion to recovsider was entered. and the bill was re- called fromthe House. Subsequently Mr. Sher- man stated he bad been infor: House had ordered a committee of conference onthe bill. He enggested that the motion to the ‘The wo reconsider was then withwarn. On motion of Mr. Sherman, the Committee on Naval Affairs was directed to inquire and report whether any tion to the if rear admiral can be made without prev: amination of the officer to be promoted. MENT AND ESCATER. St. Lovie, May 7.—A special dispatch to Dem @ at trom Little Reck gives a long accoant »f the capture, escape and retarn to Little Rock of A te Justices Bennett and Searle, Alter being taken from St. John’s college they were moved under escort of Lieutenant Sum- merhill and @ squad of men to @ retired Gsid on the outekirts of the city. ere orders were re. ceived from General er, and the party then marebed to a point fourteen mice distant wiere a cispatch from Brigadier Genera! Uraw tord, ordering the part. S povenea w Bevton wes beg les from that p thy party was by General Crawford rquet of men. General Summerbiil also states that at the depot in Benton, who told hum he saw written orders at Baxter's headquarters for the °*" | prisoners summary disposal or asearsination, Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on and that be (Summerhi!i) priations, House bill maki ations for the su: b Mi making an of £100,000, and au- toring the of war ayn the | with those sufferers food and disused army clothing up to the Ist of mber next, and the 3. of War is required to report his action under the bill to Congress. The amendment was agreed to and the Dill i a revolver, provided horses | of removing them toa more secure place dis. missed the guard, induced comtinued intoxica- Sabher tues hie, ee | Sases Tuesday night, he departed with b's The Chair laid before the Senate a communi+ | ay Fh a Scan + — cation from the Attorney npg | transmitting information in relation to sate of government | Meters. Bennett & Searle were suspicions of property at Harper's Ferry, West Va. Keferrea | Lieut. Summerhill, but betng armed, and each fo Committee on the Jadiel ary. Also, commu- | having @ horse concluded to trast him, r nication from same officer. transmitting corres- | POM | themeely: ever, aud pondence in cases of Barclay vs. Lieutenant ae cues aa rT IT — Goodall, oe - al Selby en en ae tay Oe ck pentose Cee ‘and Mr. Sherman offered a motion to print 5,000 , “You ere mew our prisoner,” and Searle, extra copies of the report of the select commit- | drawing bis pistol, demanded Thompson's arma. tee on tri . Reterred | Beunett’s revolver was accidentally discharged, op Printing a. Reteesed to Comensites | weten Signeeeed theeeeereeet el Mr. ‘is Introduced bill to extend the jaris- | bis rider @asbed away into the darkness. Ben- diction of the Court of Claims. Referred to | {tt and Bearie, with Summerhtil asa prisoner, Committee on Claims. Mr. Thurman, from Committee on Private Land Claims, reported adversely on the bill then continued on their course, and shortiy after came upon a squad of United States in- fantry, under Lieut. Morrison, who had been Boundaries cd Dali- | Sent Cut to effect their rescue if possitic. Not — ot catenin Sends te Dale recognizing the men, Bennett jumped from bis horse and broke for the woods and Could not be HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The House met at 11 a. m. On motion of Mr. Burcbard, (‘ll.,) the Senate amendments to the House bill to facilitate the exportation of distilled spirits, and amendatory of the act in relation thereto, were non-con- curred in, and a committee of conference re- quested. Messrs. Burchard, Kasson and Beck = appointed conferees on the part of the louse. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the centennial bill, speeches being limited to minutes each Mr. Niblack (Ind.) said he did not wish to be considered as opposing ® proper recognition by the general py mond of the centennial anui- versary of the Declaration of Independence, but he entered bis protest against this class of legislation in the face of legislative stipulations. net the New York Mutual He charged that the same practice prevailed in | Life Insurance company for the widow, Anna relation to the Vienna Exposition. First the | Snyder, $10,600, for the con, Lewis M. Snyder, assurance that the government woald be put to | #2! 1.800, the amount of tus poll- no €xperse, and then an appropriation ask -d va interest. the plea of a sort of obligation. Mr. Crocker (Mase ) favored a reasonable ap- propriation to aid in the enterprise, and he theught the complaints about the destitation of found. After their true character was ascer- tntoed, Searle and Summeruill were taken to the United States garrison, aud afterwards to tie state bouse. Ip sbout an bour Bennett was — in by another squad of soldiers, who had been sent out to search for him. New York Notes. RILSSON GORR. Naw Yor, May 7.—Nileson sailed for Earops yesterday. THE BIDS POR GOVEREMENT GOLD gregated $4,°40,50) at from 111.76 to 11233. government awarded a million anda bait gold st from 112.24 to 112 53. imst the New Vork een tene “sa Verdict against a Life Insurance com 'y. PRiapstraia, May7. The jary in the cass the couniry could be removed by more discreet | of Sryder agaiuet’ U Mateal Lite Iuearanecs islation. Im the course of his remarks he | Compary returned @ verdict for the plaintid gress had undertaken tu say what | this morning. God Almighty had never said —that eight hours ——S mes should be # day’s work. We cou'd never build Fire. ships or compete with other nations with that «ind of legislation. He wauted to see this a na- idinod, Mich., were burned yesterday. Loss ‘tonal affair, with the people from all rect on- | £25,000. gathered there with hearts Leating with heart= in one grand national pu | He would rarer phoney came fr mn serene, but be wan' see this @ gathering of our owa peo- ple and for our own Seeple atene. Mr. Small (N. H.) opposed the Derneir, May 7 —Kigbt business places in — The Memorialists. CONTEST WITH BUAKD OF PUBLIC WORKS. The contest between the memorialists and the Board of Public Works still contivuss. Tho argument that | time and means lost by these Jemez must bea the faith of the government was plightcd to matter of regret to those who bave tue interest carry through the undertaking, and contended | of our National Capital in view. If mach money that in all its stages there been express | bas been ex; stipulations that in no way the rn- | and those who have complained so bitter! ind; and that the only claim made | taxation from the improvement ition vernment was in order | strated that their S. C.) argued on the proposition that o expentiture Of $3,000,000 tor the expo- sition would bring s mach more than corre- i the nation, and add to its the scheme. An entire in the plan ned, he said, been the past year, and the international scheme injected. This feature he objected to. In all the years of the century, 1376 was the last to be (beir hosts for a mighty attack, are now dis- laced by the sbrill whistle of the locomotive. ‘be Tiber, which was a close ing return to which bad outil: honor and glory. It would bring about a har- the monizing influence upon the Of the sev- | ging on its sh eral rections avd materially affect the futare | and wind! history of the country. house. The sirseemed to bave Mr. Garfield (Ohio) said that if the national on faith was pledged, there was nothing to be done | police recor but to appropriate the; oney and lay a tax on heighborbood. tbe people ta meet this demand, but he con- | still it remaived an tended that it bad been shown over and over | well as a merk of wild speculation and ignobdle in that the government was in no way | endurance. Mr. Shepherd very quick'y decided ged. The qcestion then came directly | its fate. The war cries of the frogs marshaling = ye merits of made in selected for au international exposition. And | classical waters rolled—that en: was solved the 4th of July was @ day for our own home | byanarch. As if to seal ite » & rowot against the world. wai no obtrusive bow marks the places where the d: ‘a monarchial guests to sit at our table on that day | itics were a living rebuke. Capitel Hill bas be- unless they came uninvited. Berides it came too | come courageous in uence of her im. soon on the heels of the last exposition, and the | proved streets and avenues, and gives promise sparse condition of our population was _— of & brilliant tutur Squares of handsome wt. If the densely settled nations of Europe | buildings have risen; & Dew hotel is in progress failed, how could it be made a success here? | which fair to exceed any bere, and some The Ap tions Committee had, he said, | bave even whis; me been compelled to cut down expenditures every- where to a point that he sometimes felt was meanness, and now it was seifthroughoat the city. Even the Island shows evidence of the age; Ler school building is rather an example for some of our wealthier. low, apd persons look favorab!y towards it the barriers national celebration, If there was to be an in- | sin of the cana’ and tiles bave ternational ex: o ition it should be wholly under | bee: ped out. The Centenuial will have a the control the government, and not iu the | Cap beg of the sucecesful republic to hands of a corporation. end not the least of the Mr. Hooper (Mass.) advocated the appropria- ir. of the country, and to tion. yy cover the want of pai Mr. a ing the ———— -_ now mates i of ‘should be ‘and his success make or a of is, bas 5 i dcarypbent nt Traore we nein | emtt Naz cecannea, atteey Sears he eaid it might be found | Great. did not build St. Peters. porinagmg, aati | mekied Se ctl aeztat a! Mr. Jewett (Ohio) said he had Bot intended to =. question, but in view of the that the state pasties teen ne felt it to be his duty to the measure. bereelf. The numberiess contracts oat Mr. Dawes (Mass.) said wae ata a bere, ty take three milion dollars from the Treseary Pepe d eS ego! bo of the United States. It wae mot there, tbe general was but one ri where, be asked, was this money to come from. | to watch the thet would on Be read from the last debt statement, and con- | vitalsof the treasury; there tended that the country could not afford this | has not been shown one flaw in the ite qrpsndivare. The gentionan from Maine (Mr. of the Goverver. The comparison drawa be- Frye), more the other advocates of | tween him and Tweed is as unjust as absurd. the bill, had said this money could be raised a+ The substantial improvements in the sewer, taratlon.. Let tbo gentleman fiom Maine g> | made it'ong' ot ane bere govea Somer es oes into bie state with scagis mone hand and ihe world, and exeelling her a tax Dill in the otber he would be sare to the facilities for beautiful drives, beas- ind that the tax bill would be _—— tifying it with thousands of trees ted the srgumenteofwen made thatthe United | (ota Gaiset mulch, & poor compariann pgp. ag benefit.—Cor. Phila. ity "tem. tended Goveramonts. Gedtiemen | Dzsrevorive Fins rm Lrscasves, Va— wore food of open of tas ee Lert 440,000-—at ope o'clock on Monday more. 2 zealous and jeatous for thie hoor of the ooun- | 1. Ve. There was some delay ts call the attention this, added to the or to put tulllione of dollars in | contents being speedily - irom of which BEd yet boon paid. “SUillke protear | pure. uepablien tovasse, MirGes a for the hoor of the country to take Brarks'bed between 90,080 and 40,000 pounds of Mr. (Goan) inquired who was chair "Be tes Kaaset Game of hs House: a 3 ‘> ceaeeeee ere tae pie neck rt bir. Dawes sald it’ wes oll Very fine to talk fond was valued at