Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-05-06
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| never could say "no." During his whole
term Of Vice President of the United States
he was never known to call out "order" but
| once, and then he tainted from extreme m ORTIZ
fcatiOn the bare thought of having been COM
PEELED to exercise so unpleasan a prerogative.
Many years ago there was an unusually bulky
gentleman In Congress Familiarity known as
| Billy Lee Ball, Of Virginia - This gentleman
was as full Of wit and 6umor as Of flesh, and a
| universal favorite. On occasion OF late ana
| somewhat excited discussion q rather equ1voc1i
Henry Clay fthen Speaker Of the House Of Rep
resentatives) how the matter was MANAGE, ana
| was informed by counting Billy Lee Bauas zen "
pleasantly, Hal, If ever you count me for less
than ten, III peach"
The Water Works.-The New York Mtrro,
of yesterday contains an extract from " q pri-
vate letter." from this city, wherein the plan
on which the National Water Works are being
built and the experimenting engineer are
misrepresented and roundly abused 1t ap-
pears to be from the pen of the individual
| styling himself New York engineer, who
has addressed a circular to the members OF
Congress, proposing tosupply W ashington with
the wsshings Of the sewers of Georgetown, by
pumping it up at or near the mouth of Rock
Creek, for less money than the plan adopted
will cost. He argues roundly that to take
water from the Potomac, to supply the water
works, will be taking what is the property of
that wonderful moonshine affair, the Great
Falls Manufacturing Company ION paper) If
the Mtrrer's editor will publish the name Of
the writor of this private letter, We will guar
antee to prove him to be personally interested
in the scheme of defeating the appropriation
for the water works, in order to make pri.
vate speculation by so doing. He is undoubt-
eddy the so-called engineer who is pursuing
the same game lover his initials) in the New
York Tribune.
The Music.-The stranger in Washington
| should by no means fail to attend, while here,
the promenade concerts that take place every
wednesday afternoon at p m, in the grounds
surrounding the Capitol, and on each Satur-
day. at the same hour, in those surrounding
the Executive Mansion. These entertain
ments are feature Of American society only
t. be witnessed in the Federal city The band
(Marine) performing, is probably the best full
regimental band in the United States, and
their selection of pieces are unusually excel
lent. From five hundred to three thousand
persons, including children, are in attend
ance. As it is very fashionable to patronize
them, of course one from a distance has an
opportunity then and there of Witnessing a
greater display by daylight of metropolitan
notsbles, than are elsewhere to be seen Near
| ly all the lions, as well as the lionesses, are
presence.
| Iowa.-The politicians in Washington from
Iowa Democratic) regard the State as being
certain for the Democratic nominees in the
fall by FIVE thousand majority, though in the
recent county elections there their majority
was but 5000. We are not sufficiently famil-
lar with the details of the politics of Iowa to
enable Us to express any opinion upon the
correctness Of this belief of theirs. We only
know that, one and all, they regard the State
| as being as sure for the nominees of the Demo.
cratic Convention, as the Virginiaus regard
the Old Dominican to be.
Missouri.-The party dubbed by the tele.
graphing newspaper correspondents "Ths Ben.
ton Democracy of Missouri" are neither more
nor less than new tangled " Republican" par.
ty men, and will vote in November for Re.
publican party electoral ticket That is, those
of them who do not 60 back to the Democratic
party ere then. 1t is judged by the Missouri
Democrats now in Washington city, that out
OF st. Louis there will not be an average Of n
dozen Benton Democrats left in the State
| by the advent Of the Presidential election 70
| vote the abolition ticket.
| To be Eleeted.-It is expected among the
Virginia politicians now in Washington, that
the Hon. Paulus Powell, of the House of Rer.
resentatives and Mr.. Banks, of Madison, will
to-day be elected to the Cincinnati Democratic
National Convention by the Convention for
the Albemarle District, of Virginia
/ Mr. Buchanan.-The Know Nothing Citv
| Councils Of this city yesterday passed reso-
luton offering him public reception on his
| arrival here.
Promoted j. R. Sender, of Pennsylvania,
has been promoted from first class clerkship
to a second-class olerkship in the Pension blu.
reau.
The Current Operations Of tho Treasury
Dspartmsnt.-On yesterday, the 5,h Of May
there wore of Treasury warrants entered on
| the books Of the Department
For tho redemption ofstooks.... S12, $50 q
For the Treasury Department. 1852 o.
For the Interior Department..... 3,095 66
For Customs. ................... 1906 40
War warrants received and on
tsrsd.................:....... 37,s4s so
War repay warrants received and