Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-09-30

Also, twelfth annual report of the Board of Trus-
tees OF Public Schools and suggests that disburse
ments for their support be made by the Treasurer
of the Board. Two hundred copies of the report
were ordered to be printed.
The following bills were passed:
For laying gutter across G street north
For grading g street north, between New Jer-
sey avenue and Tiber creek.
To regulate the disbursement of money for clean
ing alleys and cutters.
For improving 10th street west.
A bill to revive and continue In force act for Inn
provement of street.
For Improvement of Second street east.
For paving gutter across Second street west
south side OF Massachusetts, avenue.
For opening an alley In square No. l02.
For relief Of Thomas Welsh and Ann Dunlop
For relief of John p. Lord
An act to grade @ street north.
A committee was appointed to inquire into and
report upon the suitableness in all respects Of the
building selected by the Metropolitan Hook and
Ladder Company for the preservation of their APP
paratus.
A resolution was adopted, calling upon the
Mayor for information relative TO the amounts of
fines and forfeitures collected by police officers
since the first Monday of June last, and whether
said moneys were deposited in the Bank of Wash
ington, or we're retained in the hands of police OH
GERS.
Also, one authorizing the assessors to take CEN
sas OF the colored people resident in Washington.
The assessors were about to commence their la
bors and they could, with trifing additional ex-
pense, ascertain ut the same time the number of
colored inhabitants. There is said to be in the
neghborhood of ten thousand free persons of color
in the city, most Of whom obtain their living by
theft. Every family who employs free colored
servant, contributes indirectly to the support of
this mass
An act was passed. authorizing the placing of
trunk across Nineteenth street west for the pur.
pose of drainage.
A communication was read from Justice Hol-
ingshead, relative to rejected nominees, which led
to some debate.
Alderman Smith held a different opinion from
many others upon the subject and entered into the
subject warmly, but yielded to motion to adjourn.
BOARD OF CoNMoN CoUNcIL--Mr McCutchen,
having returned to the city after an absence of
two months, appeared in his seat yesterday after
noon.
A message was received from the Mayor return
ing, without his signature, the General Appropri--
alton bill. The Mayor states, as his reasons why
he will not sign the bill, that no appropriation is
thereby made to pay the salaries Of the Intendant
or Physician to the Asylum, nor for the Commits
sioners of the Third and Fourth, or Fifth and
Sixth wards. He also considers the passage of
the second section of that bill as an attempt, on
the part of the Councils, to interfere with his pre-
negatives.
The question was then on the passage of the
bill notwithstanding the objections of the Mayor
and, on motion, the consideration thereof was
postponed until Monday next.
The following bills were passed:
For relief OF John B. Lord; relief Of Charles
Wilson; relief of Terrence Kenan; relief of Sam
uel Payne; relief of Alexander Bradley; to pay
for certain printing; making appropriation for
grayelling Fourth street west, from New York
avenue to street north; authorizing footway to
be paved in alley in square 1855; for building a
culvert at the corner of Thirteenth and streets;
to repair Tenth street bridge; for repairs to the
west wing Of the City Hall.
The Committee of Claims were discharged from
the further consideration of the petitions of Mrs.
Ann Scott, Josiah Hitchcock, John Fitzgerald,
George H. Miller, and E. Il. Bates.
ALMOST HOMICIDE was enacted last evening
in the chamber of the City Hall occupied by the
Board of Common Council, and during the session
of the same. Mr.. d. A. Watterston, a member of
the Council from the Fifth ward had offered a
petition on the subject of abating a nuisance in al
alley in his ward, which Mr.. John H. Peters,
member of the preceding Council, then within the
bar, characterized aloud as containing falseheods
Mr.. Watterston turned upon him and seized him
by the two cheeks, scratching them considerably.
This brought other members around the parties,
and caused their separation. But Mr.. Watterston
said that the two could not occupy the same
ROOM and he would retire. In SO doing, he was
followed by Peters, who, it is said, when outside
of the chamber, attempted something like an
apology, but Immediately followed it by blow
with the fist Thereupon Mr.. Watterston drew a
sword cane and pursued Peters, who retreated
with great rapidity into the chamber. When Just
within the gate at the bar, Mr.. Watterston made
a lunge with his cane, and with such determined
vim that every member of the Board represented
Peters's life to have been in the most imminent
danger The blade of the weapon appears to have
touched Peters on the right side, and bending
round his body so as to produce the illusion, hap
by as it fell out, that Mr. Watterston had COM
pletey run his antagonist through. Captain Mills
of the Auxiliary Guard, being in the chamber at
the time, ARRESTED the combatants, and took them
before Justice Thompson, who was also casually in
the building On an investigation of the case
the Justice bound both parties over to answer at
the next term of the Criminal court, and also mu-
tually to keep the peace for the next six months.
The Council took the matter up and committee
of three was appointed to examine into and report
upon the matter.--Nat. Int.
SEVENTH WARD CoUNcIL.-Remember the meet
ing tonight. Have you heard the news-that Bu-
chanAn is to be withdrawn? Factl Democratic
papers say 30. And that Breckinbridge is to be
substituted for Donelsonl How does that sit on
your stomachs? Expect to hear from you to-
night, if the load upon your stomachs will allow
you to get to the Hall.
PHYSICIAN TO THE QUEEN.-Sir Henry Holland,
physician to the Queen of England, had private
interview with President Pierce yesterday. Well,
he had an opportunity of 6 ministering to mind
diseased" We trust that the President treated
him more respect than the tyrant Macbeth
ercised toward his physician, by telling him to
"give physic to the dogs" Can't say, however;
tyrants are the same in all countries and ages A
fellow. feeling makes them wondrous cross.