Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-07-07
EVENING STAR.
focEL INTELLIGENCE.

soMo -, sYcrement of the city. The popuia.
hos increased 30 much as to demand
i. Ion attention. The present mode OF
ling il with horse manure and spreading IL
N The adjoining fields to be hardened IN !ne
w. and iupregnating the atmosphere WIN
sSI,,.-;ons gases to be distributed through
!na o;tv certainly is not good arrangement
t ms. ,.sssnt location for the manufacture and
- :, this odious stuff Is the worst that
IS Ia selected, being on the side Of "a
80 ON seventh, near Boundary street, the
W., VIZ of water eminating from which con-
r.S nth them these heavy gases to the heart
Stbs citv. assisted by the prevailing north
OF sue oyss The location of Washington is
SSr,;fnI in the extreme, surrounded by hills
S',noino a basin diversified by the waters Of
.La potomsc The view must be seen from a
n-onar noiut to be appreciated. The pecu-
Eia,Itv Of its situation requires that the north
arn s1virons should not be used as receptacles
Of slth and offensive matter, carrion, &c,
tbsv are the lungs Of the city and should be
kent pure As the air in the basin in hot
,,asther becomes rarifed that of the hills is
nonstantly pouring in and keeping up an eoui-
Gbrium. When the weather is temperate the
n-svsilipg breezes from the north and west
nass over these environs and carry with them
health or disease to the city. Keep the envi-
rons of Washington free from the materials
that carry death and disease in their train
AID there il not healthier city in the Re-
public. go.
If the citizens are willing to permit the
present sanitory regulations to remain as they
demonstrating that some, by the excrement
traffic make fortunes, while others are ruined,
and it is merely changing from one individual
10 another, and those who are killed, by the
eIhslatiOns, merely make room Orthose more
fortunate who have constitutions like buzz
Iards-still, for the sake Of the large body of
sojOurners, it is hoped the evil will be rene
died. The citizens proper, are only portion
of those affected by impure air. Washington
being the seat Of Government, the officers re-
ouired to conduct the business, must reside
here. These officers are very properly taken
from all parts Of the nation. Surely they are
not to be brought here to be deprived of pure
air and made subjects Of disease that few
may grow rich on the manufacture and traffic
in excrement. Our Legislative halls are filled
with men from distance, who represent the
local interests of each part of the Republic,
many Of them venerable men who have been
accustomed to breathe the pure air as nature
provides it. To them, del eterious change,
If not fatal, deprives their constituents of the
full power Of their representation. Foreign
ministers and agents, as we'll as individuals,
whose presence Is required at the seat of
Government, and those who come froIa de-
sire to see and understand, by personal OBJ
servation, how so great a Republic is con-
trOlled and provided for, and numbers who
enjoy wealth and leisure, spend much time
in Washington enjoying the refined society OF
other nations whose connection with the Gov
eminent locate them here swelling the num-
Der of sol OurneIs to many theusands-to pro-
tect the health Of whom it is duty as philan.
thropist
Self preservation, natures first law, urges
to the efort-preserve our friends and they
will protect us. Do not rely on the seat Of
government being located where nature has,
with lavish hand, arranged so many beau
ties and substantial advantages, or on the
salubrity of the climate which the father of
our country and his friends selected. Be
faithful to the duty assigned you. See that
your sanitary regulations are good. Art is
now filing the spaces which nature has pro-
vided for the display of the ingenuity of man
The Legislatures are progressing cautiously
but rapidly towards the completion of the gov
eminent buildings to be worthy of the age and
the great republic Of the western world. They
are the monuments that we are to pass Oh to
pOsterity. They mark the destiny Of kings
and nobility, ard yet no traces Of them can be
found there. They are the monuments Of a
self-governed people, born with equal rights
and willing to make any sacrifice TO preserve
their compact. Surely, those who have the
privilege Of living in such an era will exert
every eHOlt 70 DC maui ludl Will leuu 70 tue
prosperity Of the seat Of government of so
mighty people.
p. 5 Since writing the above il has been
suggested to US that the Mayor can remedy
the nuisance by requiring all the excrement
to be removed reasonable distance be-
yOnd the city limits, and there emptied in
trenches Of from four to five inches deep, and
then sprinkle q little earth over them, after
which it will not be offensive until again
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ring the months Of December, January, Feb
riary and March. By this mode the entire
strength of the fertilizing properties will be
retained. and agriculturists will have better
article, at less price, yielding an equal profit
70 the trader. as all the labor Of spreading on
the ground, drying in the sun and gathering
together into heaps again will be saved. In
deOdOrizing portion of the fertilizng prop.
critics are destroyed To deodorize properly
requires class of men who can rarely be IL.
duced to engage in the traffic, hence the stencil
arising from the deedorizing process as prac-
ticed in our city.
COROSER's INQUEST On Saturday last,
Coroner Woodward held an inquest, at Beck
ert's Hotel, over the body Of Capt. w Bell
alias Casper HOFFMAN, who was killed in the
rot at the Park on the evening Of the 4th in
slant A post norton examination was made
ny LIS. j. u JOIudu anu JOlDsOn EIll0tt,
who stated that the fatal wound was inflicted
in the back near the spine, seyeriDg one OF
the ribs and principal artery, and entering
the right lung
About twenty witnesses were examined
whose testimony was very conflicting. 1t was
stated that VIM. Sullivan and John Eggleston
had each said they had inflicted the wound
that one Of them, Eggleston, we understand
displayed the knife in a tavern on Seventh
street; that they went to Eggleston's home,
where Sullivan said to EgglestOn's brother-in-
law that he (Sullivan) had killed a Dutch
man Other witnesses proved the riot, and
named some who were engaged in it, among
them Daniel and Isaiah Stewart.
The jury, after long consideration of the
testimony, returned a verdict, tie substance
Of which is, that from the conflicting testimony
they are unable TO say who struck the fatal
blow, but are satisfied that il was done either
by VIM. Sullivan or John Eggieston during a
not In which several persons were engaged,
among them Daniel and Isaiah Stewart
Officer Reese explained why the deceased
came to take the name of Bell 1t appears
that some years since, when the deceased fol-