Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1874, Page 1

~ f THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Exeepted, | AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Penusyivauia Avenue, cor Ith St * THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY, SPRINGS, UNTY. Va whick they oR Goo say adder, » in pamphlet, with all Apely te— F Bs 218K & SALB, Pro JORDAN ALUM PRINGS. ReCKPEBILGE COU T1Y, VIRGINIA. Accommodations fer Over 500 Visitors. other The third season of this Uightfal acd poputer Woterivg Ploce ik: comm 4 the ks pols Band. fr at iru y With CELLON Beal provements Waning views wutions and rr Pertmoath, Clas. & é A’SHOE MAKY Obs tron Lb, Peo 955 per month BSW kasi _ law MPTON VIRGINIA i MER KESURT Bea Kathi Te su " SC™8F8 Besows among TALNa. SH HO?’ BELLEFOSTE, ple vicws of Be ft aud terms . om" Ww ILKINSON & CC Prey roinr « reas-ast stoay he engaged fron fe rine btained » the **Se __ JOHN O'LEARY LEASANTB & street GiB4m» Ho : SAKATOGA SPRINGS Tooper Inne 10 This slegant aod Perfoctty ap- uted Hotel, facing Cougtres Park, have lemard for sicrm of years. With the may intention isto uller seg n- jon ip every reep-et a Terms, $31 per w: a JOHN B OOZZENS. aLUM SPRIAGS oF VIRGIN S CELEBRATED WATERING PLACE OPENS FIRST OF JUNE. ‘The mineral wate ta - aprivai or their very Bigh cararive peters inthe fol Meee a lowirg 4 Glavdu ar Swett x tive Diseases, 1 Dye psta, Beans ac. F are eepecinily judiesied jo the Crass of Blimonts pecdiar to the female constitution Bend for <i iaining letters from celes . coruifestes of the NS WHITE 8c Ve Ay. 93; per week ee Ao. Ubitidren and Wolte sertants, three: be rics oF according to eccommadations. Por y Jawe, September r, Siberal deduce Ber; Sait be, meso — for distri bation at the € Sy gee ee Feces ter tty dead wat! Bovam rf rom Wasi on, OS B&B 0. JORD. Coy y ro ‘py it hn AN, Owner and Prop’r. Ves, 43-—N-2. 6,616. ASHINGTO he €nening Star, , D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1874. AMUSEMENTS. D BEGAITA. EVENING STAR. “Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL Revencve.—The receipta from this source to to-day were #25 217 50. SrckETaRy Roweson is absent from Wash- irgten to-day, ona brief visit to Norfoik. ‘Tux Canrner was in session about two hear to-day, all the members being present except. ing he Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Treasu ReEAR ApMIRAL Fasivs Stayrty, U.S. N., ry ve | A Becatta will ccme: ff on MONDAY, June 18, | from Wassingtcn ty Glsmout, for which the | pews @ priz-* are offered: cines—47 feet On keel, $80, oF a silver silver cap _Tpite class—2 feet <n keet, 929, oF a iver enp of 2 : valne, © uise ‘ode sailed ever will be from 7th - bos: ta trot rec e will ba the eam as | im he re vat’ as on the Po'omac in th: with the | urdeistanci:c that the contending dos willcarry | was yesterday placed upon the retired list eats suey wih, anil ase cate'2a7s- the vith | This promotes Commedore Mallany to be rear * fous of 7th ati a admiral. EO A. SHERELL. TRE RESIGNATION of Assistant Secretary o | “y CONCEBT WIL) BEHELD AT iz the Treasury Sawyer has not yet gons to the A CSRCEML Ta Gs bbe chery Yard) President. Mr. Sawyer says, however, he wil | EVERY THURSOAY AFT BNOON. trafismit it as soon as he has time to prepare it ic approprisse to the occasion will be far- 4 . Tus SoMtINaTION of Lient. Hoxie was ro dunton’ vente, Je dl | ee RC ATER - ported to the Senate from the District of Co AIS Gsavie and Manager. | Iumbia Committee Inst Monday, The report was favorable to his c ton, er . SECRETARY Bristow was visited at the KATIE MAVHEW. «tne pop- | Treasury department to-day by quite a namber atiat: iu is new of friends, including a fair representation from ts, Kentucky and more than the usual daily nam- pene By RO ber of members of Congress, who desired to ~—Act 1—The Adost d congratulate the new head ot the Treasury. foe sae Eialeals. Ast OnEcox Gonz DeNoceaTic.—Representa- Ma: klsnd..w. enw KATIE MAYHEW | tive Nesmith, of Oregon, received to-day the | cHRRCAa ERS ag? ue Sonus, now Dances, and | stowing telegram, dated Salem, Oregon, Jane 4th:—“Grover, governor, LaDow, M.U., and Benefitof KATIE MAYHEW. snd 75 cents; rescrved seats 25 | entire democratic ticket’ elected by near one thousand, GiLFKeED.” 25, 58) chestra chairs $1 Jen-st MATEY SIGHT AND TWO Me 1 Navat Gazetrs.—Lieut. Commander Chas N F. Schmetz bas been ordered to the Colorado. ND TWO MATINEES, ENTIB! COMPANY! Lieut. Commander F. J. Higginson has beeu DEW P { Twoatde hslf honrs of Siraizht Varietyand one detached from the Dictator and granted leave. Surgeon Benj. F. Gibos ‘a detached from the hour of Sensational Drama, MAGGIE GE. ¥) MAGGIE GBAY naval station at New Orleans and ordered to the Norfolk navy yard. if the folio win jeut variety fis pte Poem Sie cons RAN, ALF. McDOWELL and JAMES C007 BR Perform Post Orrics ArroinrMsnTs.—Charles A Bell, of Ilinois, is appointed a regular ties c'aes clerk, in the Money Order office, at #1 2e@ will conciute each evening with ntitlad per annum, vice James B. Lawrence, resigned. + sensational irema,in two sc" Fe IN THE FAB WEST; OB, K N isty a John C. Morgan, of Tennessee, a tirst-clase clerk in the Stamp jon, Finance office, at 0, vice George cott, promoted. Tae Horses ArPRorRiaTion ComMITTER to dey disagreed to all the amendments of the Senatefon the Indian appropriation bil will ask for a committee of conference. agreed to the Senate amendments to tha mili- tary academy and consular and diplomatic ap rcpriation bills, and reported the same to the jcuse, recommending their passage. NAVAL PRomotions.—The retirement of Rear Admiral Case, commanding the Earopeaa sta- tion, which takes place in Augast next, wil Ei vegement of the ysurg aud charming versatile f compe of horses owned ty Mr Goodenoagh, of th Bhoring Society Stop, to whem the prize $1.00) | will be awarved fu the event that these horas slisil | Prove, able to draw the undersigued from off a e Corcert wit begia at 5 o'clock bs placa ds. —— wie HEYCSTER. uo Extibities and uy at MARKAITER’S. No. 439 7th street, betweea D and @ streets, elgh Coors s ¢ Odd Fellows’ Hell, ¢ Gil Paintings, Bnersvings, Chromos, & largest stock’ Pager Hang’nga, Wind < Pictures, Frames, P:ciare Oords and Ps. lie, &C., tu the District. i Nember, jel-1y* LL KINDS OF CAST OFF WEABING AP PABRL can be sold to the vory best advantag Dy addressing or calling op sUsTu, SLY D street, between 6th and 7h 0 3 ed to. Cash paid. CLD No ; ane mital Case in t mM. and Rear rai C. R. P, Rogers wil t of superintendent of th Turne is some speculation about the Treas ury to-day cpon the subject of appointments but particularly with reference to the offices o slicitor and sssistant secretary. While it is be lieved that ¥ inson, the present aasiatan solicitor, will ld, it does not secm to be the pointment ™. urpose to make a immediately. Mr. F ‘Ohio, and tered Mr. Wm. E. Chani oken of it » CBA th the succession to Mr. 8 OTE i iS with the succession to Mr. Sawyer on the Poter was formerly an assistant secre Hk FICS LIVELY TEN IfAs teen POSTE bo 17H IN=tayt v N.—The Jotnt | Casccount of t seals _ Committee investigating aff (G[EORGIANA EXCURSIONS ct of Columbia, held a protracted sessio: soi Daring the morning a committee of th Jobu Pope Hodzett’s mass meting, claiming to LEONARDTOWY, PINEY POINT, MAB. | represent the workingmen, appeared and pre- SHALLS AND PUINT LC OKOUT. sented the comm tree with a serics of long resu utions adoped at that meeting. One of the c mmittee stated to a re; Stab to-Cay that it was they would be ready to submit their report thi week. The argument of Col. Christy has no yet beenreturned from the Government Print utative of Tue #0 popo'ar the past twoseasons fiardiy probable that a SATUBDAY, 1 steamer Georgiarna' arriving at Wash w.o.v ay. of the Repuhtican, 18 Sinus Get Peete : His portrait ant diograph Tickets, $2.6) Bor sal appear in Frank Leslie's Ulnstrated paper for next week Representative Lattrell, of E. NIGHTENGALE, Agent, California, made aq argument: this morhing _ith on 7th street Wharf. before the Mouse Committee on Pacitic Kaii- ((O8CEET ERD FICETO, roud advocating @ Congressional investigation , into the affairs of the Central Pacitic I bi road company. +++ "Senator Ferry, of © necticut, is still at his home In that stata, and is improving in health, but it is not probabie that he wilt resome his seat in the Senate daring the present sest on. Senator Schurz is talked of aa a candidate for Congcess in tha first Mis ouri district. Tae Case ov Dest House Committee on R bed bas taken pleasure of anno’ ia: Le bas secured feesic reeuint CONCERT EUNDAY EVENING during the summer semson, c mmencing MONDAY, June let, 1274. Admission 2% con ae in a and indies. Dancing t» “Suvi G80, JUSNEMANN XCUBBIONS. nene! ATE CANNON.—The ‘lections had @ stormy ‘The Siedsher sestion this morning with reference to the case COLOMBIA of Delegate Canton, of Utah. Mr. Hazleton, of Cam be chartered for Kxcarstons exery MONDAY | Wisconsin, offered @ resslation setting forth oath bo DAY eee ates that, tnasonch as Mr. Gannon had married one | fitted as the lergect on the s four wives since the passage of the act o Potem fue saloon and promonadedecks, | 1562 probibiting po’ yesmy, he should ba ex Sdaps for Moontight Excursions, | Pelled. .\ vote was takeu on the resolution, STEFAERSOR & SuCTHER- which was lost by a vote of Sto. A reselution 2 was then offered suspending acti in the case | PEMECMS DESTEING TO VisIT THE BIG | for the present, which was also. voted down FALLS or wishto be accomme- This leaves the case tn staiu quo, and it is gen- doted to FICHICS, fc, call at the erally believed no action will be taken by the commitiee daring the present session. Tux Bask Nore Pattina Inquixy.—The House Committee on Banking and Ourrency closed their investigation this morning of the note printing question so far as the general hearing is oncerned. A sub-committee con- sisting of Maynard, Mitchell, and Hunter will visit the Continental Bank Note Company's establishment to examine ite system of sleain printing, it having been alleged by the print- ing bureau tbat such printin, uferior to that by band. The Continental had offered to corner of Sth and K vst. Ten to fifty can be accommodat ble busses leave in the moruing and return at it 71 Im* streets north ‘OR BALLS, Picnics, clog porpoet, by PHIL. ence, corner 12h and P streste quainted with ma, 1 t all; and if 1d. es Feasonabl it. muay1-6tn™ and commodions Iron Steamer PILOT BoY. execute printing at a reduction on prices now es paid. The object of the committee is to ascer- jam pied tain whether steam printing is good enough wo answer the demands of the government. AnoTurR INDIAN War Tuaxatenzed.— Gen. Sheridan haw forwarded to army heat- juarters copies of telegrams frow Gen. George A. Custer, dated Fort Abratam Lincoln, v Bismarck, D. T., May 26, announcing that he is in receipt of diepatches from Gen. Stanley and the Indian agent at Cheyenne agency, from which it will be seen that the Indians are no longer controlable by their agent, and in spite of the eilorts of Gen. Stanley and their agent they have taken the war-path in formidable nombers. “The aileged pretext of the excur- sion, namely, to attack the Kees, is simply a subterfuge, as they invariably give this pur- pose whenever they leave their reservation, when it is well known that not only the Rees become objects of their attacks, but every white man on these frontiers is an object of their hostility.” With regard to the mauner of HEGH, Agent, -h Street Wharf, N. BR. FITZ) 6. LADIES’ GOODS. MISS McCORMICK, 908 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUB, f (Up ira) I. sm fn constant receipt of the newest destans ip MILLINESY GOODS. CHIP AND STEAW BONNETS AND HATS, IMPUSTED BOMNETs, FRENCH FLOWERS, _ Seas tr dealing with these Indians, Gen. Stanley says te Gen. Custer: They are not likely to be amenable to sot rds, and you had better use wor powder and ball at once.” officer at Fort Rice had been the lookout for them. NEWSPAPER PostTaGs.—The House Postal Committee to-day agreed to and will te-morrow report favorably @ bill to provide for the pre- ayment of on printed matter. The provides tne teflowin charges:—On news- ey an! and ae cations issued week- iy aud ey y than once a week, one he commanding notified to be: on oma Fancy bier h streak, —= | cent and five mills for each ind or fraction SUMMER HaTs. thereof; and on those iseucd lees frequently % a4 than once @ week, cents for each or GENTLEMEN'S DRESS CASSIMEBE, fraction thereof.’ Upon the receipt of sack Sort Fi pabl ns at the thereon by 8 spetial addesivs ive stamp, to be de: and furnished BOYS’ snd CHILDBEAN’S SAILOB HATS. a General, wh'ch shall be wiry ea STINEMETZ, Hatter, matter, the saci a, same, upon & 1457 Posnsylvania avenue, next to corner ish | Memorandum of such mailing, to be le, or street. ma; 23-ly otherwise, as the Pestmester General may from MEESF Gounry ME ‘aad mm | time to time provide | SS Newspa- from Burgundy Stoos, farm near Alex a. | PET#, One copy to enc! subscriber re- Warranted pure fresh every day. Price,8 cents | siding within thecounty where the same are | Brauer. + 1320 Teh street, between M an in whole or in part aud published, shall br nndtnan go free through the mails; but the same’ shall iP. Rot be delivered at letter-carrier offices or dis- Porno the latest Now Fork tributed by carriers unless postage is paid [og Pi thereon as by law provided; Jam p-seat Car Mes reciprocally intercha: xe hot soit" woght, se "sottaes nena > D. Mos ounces fined toa single tween O , * copy of each Uublication, shall free through |. Baltimore, mayU-im* | the mails. . ine acc es The District in Congress, MERTING OF THE SENATE COMMITTER. The Senate Committee ou the District of Co- lumbia held a regulat weekiy meeting to-day, and the chairman was authorized to offer the following amendment to the suudry civil appro- priation bill: “For the National Association for the relief of the Destitate Colored Women and Cuildren of the District of Columbia, ten thoa- sand dollars.” ‘A celegation, consisting of Messrs. Wm. H. Tenney, A. H. Herr and Evan Lyons, appoint. ed at tha mecting of the business msa of Georgetown held last evening, appeared before the comm ttee to urge the passage of House bi) 3,025, (already parsed the House,) provid ing for the extension of the ,Washington City and Pcint Lookout railroad into Georgetown by way cf Piney Branch and k Ecreek. Mr. Tenney acted as spokesman for the de'eza- tion, ard expressed the bope that the bill would pars the Senate, as it has already passed the House. The people of Georgetowa reqaire the facilities which this road wouid give. They regard the bill ag one of great importanca, and would rv joice in its passage. To give an idea cf the commerce of Georgetown in ene particular be would say that the flouring mills of that city have a capscity of 27,000 bushels of wheat pet week, and of 1,000 barrels per day. Such a railroad would benefit not only the milling, but mans other loterests. The committve agreed to. give the snbject careful con-ideration Mr. Samuel L. Phillipa, president of the Washington and Georgstowa strect railroad, appeared before the committee to ask that ii recommend that his company have the privi- LEGAL RELATIONS OF THE DiS- * TBICE OF COLUMBIA AND THE UNITED STATES, Report from Mr. Poland, of the Ja- diciary Committee, The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred by the House of Representative the following resolution: * Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed t Inquire and report to this Hguse the legal rela tions between the federal government and th loeal government of the District of Colambis and the extent and character of the matua obligations im regard to manictpal expenses. and, further, to Inquire and report whether some accurately-detined basis of expenditare cannot be prescribed and maintained by law,” have bad the subject under consideration, an submit the following report : THE LEGAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PED BRAL GOVERNMENT AND TH DISTHICT 0: CoLuMBta. Upon that branch of the resolution, with respect to the legal relations existing between the federal government and the local goyern- ment of the District, the committee remark that the constitution of the United States would seem to determine, as —— ‘a8 it is possible to do, the exact legal attitute of the District o: Columbia toward the federal government. In clause 17, section 8, article 1, of the constitution, among the enumerated powers of Congress i- wing : lege of extending its line from the Potomac | ‘Me following: | bnaowaiek terminus on 7th street to the Cth street whar! | sorver over such distsictrast ozeedneg tee wae andthe Arsenal grounds. He stated that ali | square) as may, by ceeston of particular states, ai the rxcursion boats now land at the 6th stree: | the acce; ce of Congress, become the seat of th c wharf, and the passengers have to travel through the mad for 250 yards to get to the care. He further stated that the property holders have no objection to the proposed extension. The matter was referred to a sub-committee consisting of Messrs. Kobertson and Jones to investigate and report. Tue ConreRence CommiTtex on the Legis lative, Execative, and Judicial appropriation Dill have non-concurred in the Senate amend- ments to the bill retaining in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury the several chiefs of Civisions established by Secretary Boutwell. Tue ATTORNEY Gengear has decided that, irrespective of the time or place of marriage, 6 or the residence of the parties, a white woman matried to a citizen of this country is to be taken and deemed a citizen of the United States. “RESOLUTION” Guees got the advantage of “Revolution” Hodnett before the District in- vestigating committee today. Green got the floor and kept it, mach to Hodnett’s disgnst who wanted a chance to talk at the committe but only succeeded in getting a promise to be heard at some future day. HOW MANY NkGROES in the United State: run barber shops in which no negro could get shaved for #100? Is this diatiaction between the colors a race prejadice for which the poor barber ougtit to be punished ? or is it a business ., ere d sb hi " 5 e regarding Wig aid tovent Sevators suclude Upon this question Mr. Madison wrote, tu the the barbcr shops with the hotels, railways, the | Federalist: fi roment of the United States, and to exercise ike Suthority over ail places parchased by the o-n sect of the legislature of theatate in which the same sball be, for the erection of forte, mageziac. ar. senals, dock-yards, end other needfal Daiidings. Your committee understand this clause of the constitution to vest in the Congress of the Uni- ted States absolute legislative authority over every rightful subject of legislation wi District, without any reservation whatever tu any state or states, or to the people within the District itself. ‘This absolute control by —e is a ques psa longer admitting of doa! any eve existed. It may be assumed, therefore, that the Con ress bas supreme legislative power over th District of Columbia, and that in the exercis: of this power the citizens of the District hay- no right to participate, and can have no righ except such as may be delegated to them by Congress itself. How far this power may b delegated is a question not necessary at thi- time to discuss. ich occurred on the adoption. The debates of the corstitution, the public sentiment whict found expressivn in various ways cotemporane. ously, are full of interest, and are suggestive o! the reasons which impelled tue states to pro vide tor this exclusive control by Congress. Bu ae they shed no light upon the question of power other than to corroborate the view bare expreseed and now no longer questioned, th: committee have not thought ic necessar; t. present a historical review of the adoptisn o this clanse of the constitution. That it wa necessary to bestow dignity and independence upon the government was not then and cans aters, ete? Evidently they knew that ‘they | ,,\ith ut it. oe the pablic authmity migb were ing an absurd, unjast and inopera | {t3puniy.but a dep Uve law.— Ka sas City Times. eTbment on the mprenendiug t Tument, for protectto igh ue ia the exercts: bring on the nations! co oF iuticence equally dish. of their y A inspatatic erable to the gor other members of the confederacy. ‘This cousider stion bas che more weight as the gradual acconuls tion of public improvements at the statiouary rem dence of government wou be too great a public ey Bt etaoFial of th its wecessar > FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Fripay, Jane 5. SENATE.—Mr Ferry of Mich. presented pe- tition of Woman's Equal Suffrage Association, asking Congress to confer the elective frauchiae eee women. Kefersed to Committee on the Jud: udopendence. In strict legal sense, there can be said to br no puch thing as a iocal government of the Dis trict of Columbia, for there can be my govern ry. r. Logan presented citizens of [llinois, pri double-track freight ition signed by 2,00 ng Congress to charter iirgad from the Missis- Ppiriver to the Atlantic ocean. Keferred to Seicet Committee on Transportation. ‘Mr. Crag n called up bill for the better gov- ernment of the navy. Passed. Mr. Sargent caliéd up Hoase bill forfetting certain lancs granted to tie Steckion and Gap- par apelis ruiltoad. Passed. Mr. Hamiiton of Md. called up the resolation to pay Francis W. Sykes, late contes!ant from Alsbema, the salarv of a Senator from March 4, 1573, to May 28, 1s74, amonnting to #3 374 30. <Atter debate the resolution went over until to morrow. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.--Mr Swann (M4.) rose to report upon the diplomatic &)propriation bil), when Mr. Eldredge ( Wis.) asked him to yield to ‘ow the gentleman from Gregon (Mr. Nesmith to have read a telegram relative t the recent election in Oregon The Speaker asked consent to have the tele- gram read, but objection was made by Mr. Gar- ment within the District independent of thar of the federal government; and whatevor loca anthority there may be now existing, or witici hereafter be set up within the Dist can only be regarded legal!y as an ag the federal government; aud whate ity this local government may exer: = tt mas be regarded as the act of the United State through their delegated representative. THE EXTENT AND CHARACTER OF PHB MOTUAL OBLIGATIONS IN REGARD TO MUSICIPAL EX PENSES. As to the extent and character of the mata: obligations between the local and generai gov ernment respecting municipal expenses, th- committee have found the question one o greater difficulty, yet capable, as they believe of actear solution. This branch of the resoln tion would seem to invite an examinat’on, first into the question as to the character and extent of expenditures contemplated in laying out the Federal city; and second, the matual obliga tions of the federal goverument aad the cil: «eu- field (Onto) re semyocng Gia braachlol Ye reatiation 3 ‘Meus. ‘Cox, Randall and Eldreq, com: answer! is branch ol 8 resolution ii mented upon this refusal of what had Geen for {pile rarer rg gegen pores some years past 4 custom of the House, and in- timated that it was because the republicans an- ticipated these telegrams would not be of a character satisfactory to that party. Mr. Swann then reported the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, with the rsoommen- dation that the Senate amendmeats b2 con curred in, which wag agree to. Mr. Kelley (Pa.), from the Committes on Ways acd Meaus, reported a bill to admit free of duty articles imported fur exhibition at the international exposition of 1876. Passed. ‘The regular order was then demanded, which was the consideration of the bill for the im- provement of the mouth of the Mississippi river. It was debated at length b: (Mass.), E. KR. Hoar, Dunnell ( ry (lows) and Kasson (Iowa ) Mr. Hurlburt ( Jil.) closed the debate, and Mr. Garfield (hiv) moved to reconsider the yote by which the previous question was or- dered, in order to offer a substitute. The House refused to reconsider the vote— yeas 102, nays 119. The question was then taken on the adoption of the substitute proposed by Mr. MoCrary. known as the caual plan—and the aubstitace was adopted—yeas 187, nays 59. Mr. McCrary demanded the previous wage ton gn the passage of the bill, which was s6o- onded. Mr. Gartield demanded the yeas and nays op ordering the bill read a third time, and they were orderes TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. Notes. DaVis COMING HOME. Jefferson Davis satied from yoo! yesterday for New York on the stoam- atic. tal Every student of Amcrican history knows that few questions aroused greater attention in the Continenal Congress, at the close of the Keyo- tion. than the question as to a Manent seat of the government, The archives of ths gov- ernment are fall of debates on that sabject. Not only the future tranquillity and well-being of the United States were thought to dapena upon st, but that every principle of pride an honor, and even of ‘jotism, were involved init. The act to establish a permanent seat of SS was approved bef 16, 1790. The rst section accepted @ district of territory upon the Potomac, not exceeding ten miles squere, for the permanent seat of government Ot the United States. Section two provided that “the Presi¢ent be authorized to appoint * * * three commissioners,who * * # shall, under the direction of the President, sar- vey, and by Lees metes and bounds dofine and limit, Gistrict of territery under the limi- tatiors above mentioned; and the district so defined * * * shall be deemed the district accepted by this act.” Section three author- ized the commigtopers i lagionergl or accep! such quantity of land within said tot **as the President shall deem proper for the ure of the United States.” Under the authority ot this act the commissioners selected the territory em - braced within the present limits of the city ot Washington as that portion of the District within the exciusive control of Cot ) whieh they deemed necessary for the use of the Uniled States. When the selection was made, the ground now occupied by the city wasa primeval fur- est, with few inbabitants upon it, who had no purpose of laying it off foracity. The selec- tion of an uninhabited territory for the capital city was directly in ascordance with the views oft the founders, who believed wise policy for the government to extablish ite capi tal at a point remote from the immediate intia- ence of any present or prospective com- mercial city. The language of the act deciares distinct! the object of the government to be to mark out, within the ten mile square mentioned THE ANNUAL RACE for the Oaks takes, next is importance tothe Derby,was run on Epsom Downs-downs to-day. Thech.f. Apology wou. The ch. f. Miss Tota came in second, and b. f. Lady Patricia third. The weather was favorable for the race. PROCEEDINGS OF PARLIAMENT. Lowpon, June 5.—The House of Commons last night, by @ vote of 161 against 126, adopted & proposition of the government that public honses in this city shall be kept open on week days from 7 o'clock a. m. until 12.80 o’clock at might. The House by a vote of 382 inst 42 evidenced 7 veyance made by the original proprietors of the soil on the 2ith of Jane, 1791. The conveyance was made upon certain ‘special , some of which it is important to notice in this conuec- approved the government's proposal that such . houses shall be. opened on wine game days in | The first one was: towns having over 2,500 population from 7a. | | That ai! the said lands are bereby ined and m. to 11 p. m., and in towns of a less number of | 90d. or such part thereal as may be haved necessary people from € a. m. to 10 within tbe sald limits, for a Fe federal cily with euch jot @s the Presa + 1D, During the evening Disrasli said he would parcels a Siates for the time being shad ap- take occasion to correct a misappret.ension that this would be @ short season; several bills of extra importance were to be Kament. They would be introduced at day and if the members frittsred streets, equares, dent of the United ee ee the benefitof the . ‘The Will of the Late J. Edgar Thomp- Be ee ee SS eee ad PHILADELPAIA May 3.—The will of the late iote thet. be should Soom proper fir the oer L PAL, e) J. Edgar Thompson was ed to-say. ‘He | the United States, there should be a fair and fee yl trustecs, alter provid: and the and two sisters, niece | Permavent feat of qgorernment. we. The chy et Wohingtor: oThes ve. The ashington:—"The sere made for the founsaren of a federal ate and the public fauh was neoesarily pletned | SDD the graph sere scoepted to foand . rity.’ Aud again iu the came opimon, “thet | the city was decignet! to last in perpotaity— cope mam Mile Toe Federal city was to be liberty, toward which the wishes and © ‘avione Of all true frieode of every eountr: A Dtly Controiled the mit ds of the fouoders, it wld vot be caleulated on armailscale. E very~ 0 ing about it was to correspond with the bitede of the ot ject for which it was intended. 1 foresaw @ far distaut future when it ~ TWO CENTS. Viewing the cajttal cit arpect, we soek — an which governed its founders in impoai all who were to come after them cock Goce ard responsibilidce toward it as would be peculiar to the capite! city alone,and which ‘would fully }) a liberal if pot an.dcent bi purchase, shal! the lors gemeraily « voliey in expendifares. wee Paste the mutual obligations of the By this clause of the deed it would appear that | government and the citizens to defra: ee mses, the construction of the on Aone imp ments generally were to be 82! to the dis, on of the President. An examination of thess old conveyances shows very conclusively that the foterai govern ment determined that no other interests thar those of the Untted States should bs prim aris considered, and that all otherr sboald be subord inate to these. ‘The plan of the cspital city, determined apon under authority of Congress, and subsequently on December 13, 1791, sabmitted to Con, President Washington in @ weesage of th the committee fiux little difonity. 1s if this pational capital was founda tor Of the United States, and Was placed nment and control, seule of magnificence appropriaas al capiial, i newer could hawe a'el thet the harden of axpend> ail upon th United es whe might nertly take ups resid inaDly we know there by | which the governme: ate, a thie expe = palstioe here ai look for oontriba- ivares, and ae the city further illustrates the purpose of the feder pcome one of trade ant commerce government in establish’ng its capital. and manafactures, She lov! papaiaton coakd This brings us to the consideration of the ques- | not be locked to tn the fyture as being saMicient, tion as to the extent and character of exponses | either 'n num or wealth, to carry oat the contemplated in building the federalcity. it is | maguiticent ire the’ founders. Nor, perfectly maanifest trom 8 moment's examina. | indeed, would een just to impose this ton of this plan that a city was laid off here for | burden upon them; for, upon the theory apon the use of the United States upon a scale bith | which the capital was toondod, ail these expen= erto unknown in this or anyother country; upon | ditures would ultimately be for the benefit of & plan to carry out which would inevitably | the whole people, and justice wonld dictate lead to an expenditure entirely beyond the | that the burden should fall upon the whole requirements of a city for business pur- | people. pores. It was a plan heving reference pe- euliarly to the wauts of the government, and not to those of its inhabitants; its streets and wenues, in amber, length, and width, re cn gon a rcale that was appropriate for a na- onal capital, but was entirely inappropriate to the demands of @ sparse popalstion notengaged ip manufecturing or commerce, and whea man- utactures and commerce were not encouraged to come. Not only are the streets unusually wide and numerous, but throughout the are reservations, s0 that it may be esti- mated that the whole ares thus set a) em- braces much more than one-half of the whole city, the streets and avenues alone, of which there are 200 miles, varying in width from % to 160 feet, amounting to one-half of the entire area of the city. The following table of com ve street te the scale of maguidcence In November, 1800, when Congress first aseom- bled here, President Adams congratulated the people of the United States on the assembling Of Congress st the permanent seat of their gow- crpment, 8nd Gpen @ prospect of a residence not to be charged. He said: It ue for gentlemen, to coueiter whether the ra 6 Oo uf the Uaite ball be immediately exercised. If, trast ought Bow ke TOs the co at maton, ad iapidity tn arte, ia com- ané in population, and poems, wer ud resonrees winch. tf ab'y mindireetet, will Prosporlty ead self: se areas will ill ‘The Senate replied We met) om, sir, end he other brauch of the Me- tien al Legisieture, in ibs cl'y which is honored by weme of oor late hero aud sage, the il $04 anti wd gmath upon which the city was laid out. | Ratw of street arcar of certain cities, ioe The au Owes over the District of Colum by the Cons itutton fm th C mares of + ‘Sa es, shall be iommadiately exoroked, im al ay Enfant, av engineer and architect who had at- | tached himself to our c&use daring the Revola- tlov, and had been upon Wa-bington’s staif. The final plan, and the oue subsequently sud- mitted to Congre-8, was by Major Ellicott. As | Pe oar poy =e ihostrating the grandeur of this plan, and the | ces. tn Congress over the Distriet at magnificent intentions of the government in | wil! pot sscaps our stent! adopting it, the commitiee hav> deemed it of | that in exercising these power sufficient importance to give ia this report the | hed to thoae coe t+ + hich wil ne observations explanatory of it, tobe found upon | th: capital of Americ : the origina) draught vow in the poxsossion of That Mr. Adams and the Congress addressed the engineer in charge of pubiic buildings and | by him regarded this capital city as the child of grounds. the Union, whose ultimate greatness and graa- OBSELYHTIONS EXPLANATORY oF THE TLR deur would depend solely upon te government, rare, and io d liberating upon ic we rally be led to weigh the attending circan cee ard every probable commeyuonce « cures wi feb may be proposed First. The poeithoue for the cidszeut gread edt. | there can be no doubt Dees, and forthe several grabi syuaress Srentoeot | Upon the second question involved im thie different shapes, @ they tail Gown, were aint | branch of the re tion, to wit, the exteut aud determined on the most sryaud.com- | character of the mutual obligations of the . t Er he beiter | general avd local governments to defray the uch improvements as the various in Di ce+eary expenses to carry cut the intention of ‘Bevondiy, , fditect commneice- | the founders, the committee would remark that Lion Lave been devised to counect the separate and Bom distant ebjscts with "be principal, ani to pre- serve through the whole @ Fociprocity of sight at the same time. ion hasb-rn pad tothe pass ing of those feadizg aveuties over the mst favure bie ground for prospect acd coa veui Thirdiy. North and south lines, imerescted by others ruvning dae cast enc west, make the diari. bution of the city into streets, squares these lines Lave been 80 combined as to mot toto gives points with those divergent arepuss, sc as to form ou the spaces Arat deteruioed the differ- ent «quaree or areas, which ara al! p- prrtioned ip —= to the number of aveunes leading te them. the early history of legitlation relating to the capital would indicate that the founders looked tothe general government almost entirely for means to improve the capital city. The origi- sin the hands of created by the act ot On May 1, 1802, an act i the office of and providing that the »fairs be thereafter ander the directio tendent to be appointe The actof March the enpertntendent rn 5, fixes the salary of ropriates from the BREADTH 0} Treasury of the United States $3.0, Every grand tra every princi. | other purpores, for ke r highways Pal divergent ome, sach ee the communication foc hetween the Capitol and other puvlic batldings, Scinteee we tots Onmarces The government of the city up to (hie time was & © 10 feet in brvadta, and thus divide: dine > by taghasiion oF bs dant oe ‘Ten feet of pavement on each vide, sane | WAS Snticipated the growing wants of the city ‘Thirty feet of gravel walk, plauted with trees om | Would require loc ipal legi<iation, Lit would be inconvenient always to be iged to apply to Congress for, acharter was gixen to the city, approred May 3, 18:2 he mayor wis sppolnted by the President and the ccu nctl elected by the {ree white tax payer No authority wes extonded over the strects aud avenues other than that We corpora~ tion was permitied to keep them in repair agreeably to the planof raid city. This charter was renewed from time to time with extende powcr. Meanwhile the interest of the United States passed into the control of an officer known as the Commsmioncrot Public Batlaings and Grounds, now the Engtoeer in Charge of Public Buildings avd Grounds. The original derd of conveyance, it will be remembered. provided thet the government | sbould bave cach alternate lot. The fund de- rived frem the proceeds of the sale of these In by the Untied States was thought at the time to be sufficient, by judicious management, to far toward the Improvement of the city, and tl act of 1802 directed the sale of lots to re iutor this city fund. ys wary 11, 1502, Mr enc! ss Eighty fect tu ihe middle for carriag>- wa: bes informs us how tas lias Wer dnwn. In order to exseute the above plan, Mr Elllett drew a true meridivuel line by ch bsrrvation which passes throagh the ere lutended fc reas House. This I'ne ts crossed by ine east and west, whih pass through area. These lines were accarately m made the basis on which the whole A cuted. He ran a'l the tines by a t “8. om TP. san igure of George Washington: ie e egarstrian figure jeorge Washtn, ; mom ment voted ia 1783 by the late Uontlaenia’ Congress. ‘This is the site now oocupiet by the nufiatshed Washington monume) isto. tc O.lump, Pleo intended for a mil Jefferson, ins 4 or ge to Congress, say-: “If indalgence for itinerary colamn, from whure statioe (a mle (rem | the funds can be adopt lots will proba. the Federal huese) all distanoos of places through | bly create a reserve of t and permanent the o ntivent ere 10 be esleniated. value.” He furtber says for the payment of government loans, | fearthe whole property will be sacrificed and the rest duary interest of the city entirely lost.” Th. reriduary interest was the right to the proceeds of the sale of lote for the purpose of improving the city. in the charter act of Is.0 the commissioner af public + is directed wo reimburse the corperation of Washington a just proportion of { equally open to | €Xpenses incurred in opening, paving, or other- It will be likewiss @ ‘proper shelter for such | w ise improving ALY of the streets or avenues in opt as were voted by the iste Govtinental | fromt ef public buildings, squares, aod reserva- Congress for those heroce who fell in the caase of | ticne, ont of moneysarising from the sale of lots liberty, ex for suck others sa mey. * | belonging to the | uited States. A similar croed by the veice of a grateful uation. wing to the Cal a pe E. Five grand {vuniaine intended with aconstaut | ¥/S\0n ca the act of May, 1626, and the act ae par de The tweitth section of (be Inet mentioned act ter. B —There sre withta the Maite of the city above twenty-five good sprtnes. of exceilent water, provides that the commissioner of public build- abundantly supplied in the driest season of the year! shal!— ‘These fountains were to have baen foosted: one on ‘rom time to time csuse to be opened and tm- Penusy!vsnia escnde, Letween 20h ‘This epot is now what ie kuown as Lincola Square. By legey or bear the terminus of East Capitol street. G. A naval ficerary col be are: ted to colebrete the fret ¥. and to ascorste ite pragrmee aut Toves tuch SVeDUrs BOG sAreeLE, OF PAT OF por- west: arothéF on Bew York areaus between Ib | Piivy’) tuck ~ aad 18) streate; another on, Peningytvauia ‘avons seeae Speveet, ao ibe 2 ent of the Gate apd 9b sircet; one on New Jersey avenne an sircet suthweet; aucther ou Marviand avenue and &.b street portheast ¥. Grand osecade formed bythe water from the sopree of the Tiber. ‘Tis wae at the base or the Capitol, ‘al sak, being @ squar ~~ fot, | through ‘which carriages way ascend to the uppet ware of the Federal House, | ‘iis is what is now known aa the Mall, | B. Grend avenue, 40 feet tn breadth snd aboat | ile to Length bordered with wardes x slope from the houses om each +! "a umwenu', A, sod conaeots t! have belonged, to the There can be no doubt that if the fund in. nded to be provided through the proceeds of the tale of lote had been judiciously managed and expended, it would have gone far coward devoloping the plan upon whica the city was | lard out. Thie fund had amoun'ed in 1504 to & of Lt be j 4 Senne 35,) y (see report to the Senate, February 2, 1s 1 to the M nearly ail of which had gone toward the oon- aga. ut's park, and the struction of public buildings, leaving but little K. Well improved rid, beiug a part of the walk | for the improvement of streets, avenues, aud from the Prosident’s nonse, of about 46 reservations. Your committee hare no moans of ascertain- lot deep colored red, with ata, °. doce oftbcsitonions which eottadad tiga | 1RE the motives of Congrons a: that. perio’ for ear prospects, ‘Which are best cal al ing improvement of the city whol for honsss and garcens,*uch as maj ao- | t0 the citizens themse!ves. But may wel infer that a government which ad to borrow money from states bordering upon the District along \w commence the constraction of public build. M. The avence from the two to the Fede- guritiucs tan parcmtonact se wilipaec: | Spee ihe capital would bare, He Reoarone oat Sander whore cow wit be sagrecabiy sifuated. Tae iently and The necessitice of the bresdth aod «mile long, the exercise of the ot ecomomy, left little beyond the absolute necessary ex. penses of the government to be devoted to the adornment of the capital. While it is trae that for many years the did bat fi cel: ‘oboliaks, oF 8 other ornameute such es jumpe, to. “ Pe ye yg evn! or military achievements were conspica- | gress, and was acued ous ip liberty and ind. to thiscoun- | Cortance with the try, Dut also those whose vecfstnems hath rendered | Very ruil a them worths of g-neral im'tation t» favite the youth gad of succeeding generation to treed inthe or | Tuary 2, , in which those sages or berces whm their country has | trictare very Proper to celeb. aie. to the usual magnitade steve en, of these euceres is euch that ther width of the are the most advantage u-ly and r.ciprocally sen whole oity dt-tréct , connected by speci: pues areund th grand federel im Ee i a i i p I f