The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-11
Local Matters.

APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CiTy.-Ihe Deficiency
bill. which will probably become law early in the
| ensuing week, makes the following, among other
appropriations; in all, one hundred and forty-two
| thousand dollars, viz:
Towards the completion of the east wing of the
Patent Office building, according to the original
plan, and placing the west wing in state of secu-
rity, ninety thousand dollars.
For continuing the pavement Of the Avenue
around the Capitol grounds, sixteen thousand FIVE
hundred dollars.
For deficiency in the appropriation for the pres
ent fiscal year, for lighting the Capitol and Capitol
grounds, Pennsylvania avenue, and the Presidents
house, six thousand dollars
For the removal of the public green house and the
botanical collection thercat, to some suitable site
the public grounds, and for the erection Of such
other green house may be deemed necessary by
the Joint Committee on the Library, five thousand
dollars, to be expended by the direction Of the said
Joint Committee, and under the supervision Of the
Commissioner Of Public Buildings.
For continuing the improvement of the grounds
south of the Presidents house, and as incidentally
necessary thereto, towards the construction of a
culvert Seventeenth street, leading from the
grounds attached to the Navy Department building
TO the Washington canal, ten thousand dollars
For completing the improvement Of Indiana
nue. in the city Of Washington, from the City Hall
to the Capitol Hill, seven thousand dollars, 10 be
expended under the control Of the Commissioner Of
Public Buildings.
For continuing the Improvement Of the public
grounds west Of Seventh street, designated as the
Mall, five thousand dollars.
For enclosing with a substantial wooden fence,
grading, and planting with trees, the low grounds
the canal, between Third and Sixth streets, two
thousand five hundred dollars.
BREAD.-our correspondent is mistaken in sup
posing that take very little interest in the bread
But we are willing to let him speak HIS
,timents-so listen TO him:
Mn. RrPuBLIc: We believe you have taken very
little interest in the bread war (not war on bread)
now in progress in this city. We hope it will be
carried on until every good citizen finds out ON
which side his bread is buttered--a discovery not
always made by some men with two good eyes
IL seems our City Councils have recently again
abolished the assize bread, leaving the making
and ceiling Of the article free To competition and
common sense. We say again, because the same
thing has been done before. Some few years ago,
the writer called public attention TO this subject
through the Infeiiigenor, in which he proposed to
the corporation, after weighing all the bread for
public use, also 10 out every citizens
quantum OF sunshine, and prescribe the kinks in
every pigs tail. The assize was abolished-not
probably through any influence of ours-but the
grumblers got it restored again after few months.
Now it is again abolished, and the grumblcrs are
already in the field, pitcously clsmoring TO have
their bread weighed by the corporation Let them
have it. We must legislatc backwards for these
Van Wrinkles, who are century behind the age.
Butwc honestly advise these sticklcrs for corpora
ton bread, 10 demand that the next assze shall also
define "superinc four" and regulate the quality
Of alum. We have seen loavcs from different ba-
kers varying in color almost much ms milk and
molasscs we doubt not the eating would have
proved them excellent specimens Of "chalk and
cheese" But no matter about the quality, If the
scales will show twenty four ounces, and the baker
can produce the barrel-head with "superfne"
on il.
This clamoring for an assze Of bread cvinces an
amount of ignorance, and ,cillingness 10 be Deepen
dent, wholly unworthy Of frccmcn and discrcdita-
bic TO Va in this national capital. The bakers con,
tend they cannot make any thing under the asslG
very well, we would relieve them both of the assll8
and the trouble Of baking A very little individual
enterprise and resolution would make bread max
ing family business az universal in the city as in
the country. How do country people obtain their
bread without bekcrsi Why, they make il for
themselves, and would all city families Of small
means, IL they wise. There are very few
cooks or kitchen girls in Washington but know