Daily American organ., 1856-05-06
CITY TNTELLNiENCE.

BoAEp or ALpsRsks. Monday. MAY "a com
munication was received from the Mayor relative
to the signing Of various bills and res0lgsi0na
Mr.. Pepper, IRON the Committee On Improve
ments, reported bill 20 grade and pave The allsy
In square 726 Passed
Also, bin 70 grade and pave the alley m square
Also, the Common Council BIN authorizing a
gravel loot walk 10 be made On the south .sie of
street, from 9Th 20 10th strcets The oosn.ailtes
reported an amendment laying the gravel foot say
between 9Th and 9th streets, instead of sth and
10th; which was accepted and the biI was passed
Also, bill for a nag footway across Indiana
avenue at the intersection Of Fourth street vest
Passed
The bin for the relief Of the Northern Liberty
Fire Company was taken up. This bin gives them
$50 towards paying for their bell
Mr.. Evans urged the passage Of the bill, saying
that they had obtained ali tile money by private
subscription possible. They had raised s23s. and
asked that the city should give thcm tha amount
needed, $50, TO finish paying for the bell.
Mr.. Smith said that there was 10 bell In that
part of the city, and that fires occur without
anybody knowing anything Of the FIRE except those
who saw tire blaze.
The bill was then passed.
A number Of Common Council bills were refer.
red TO the appropriate committee.
An act to grade and gravel portion Of Telth
street, in the Seventh ward, was passed.
Mr. Smith introduced bill approprating SO 900
for the erection of n market house IN the Seventh
ward. Referred 10 the Committee on Improve.
ments. &N# 49,
A communication was received from ]. w. Oven
In relation to a lightning rod for the City Hall
Referred TO the Committee on improvements
A communication was received from the City
Surveyor. ag0t N1 W N8V 4
Mr.. Bayy offered a resolution OF inquiry into the
condition Of the finances Of the city, and the
amount of the city debts.
Mr.. Houston moved an amendment, asking that
tho Mayor be requested to also show when the
debts were incurred. Accepted.
Mr.. Busey moved to amend ss follows:
. And 6eit further rssoiVed, That the Mayor
ne requested TO furnish this Board with uforms.
ton in answer to similar nqaises for the two years
preceding the present term ofthe Mayor and also
the amount Of floating debt due on 5oth Of June,
1854" .]aq
The amendment MAS accepted, and the bin
Mr. evans introduced the following:
Where Ns Il has been announced that the Hon.
James Bue banan, Of PENNSYLVANIA, late L.. Ststes
Minister to til Court Of st. James is about to visit
Be- L yssoi,ed That the Aldermen and Board Of
Common Council o. the city Of Washington hereby
tender ID Mr.. Bucha .pac the use Of the City Hail,
for the purpose of receiving the congratulations Of
our citizens on his safe return to hrs native land
Passed by unanimous vote.
After some further business,
The Board adjourned.
BOARD OF CoaaoS CoUSclL--Mr Clements pre-
sented the petition of the Northern Liberty Fire
Company, asking for an appropriation to pay
balance due on a bell for their new engine house.
He also introduced bin making an appropriation
tor that purpose which blu was read three times
and passed.
communication was received from the Mayor,
returning by request of the Board the bill to reg
ulate the the sale of poisons in the city.
Mr.. McCutcheu moved reconsideration Of the
vote by which the bill was passed; which motion
was agreed to.
The question then being on the passage of the
bill, II was rejected.
Mr.. McCutchen then introduced a bill on the
same subject, which he said the druggists of the
city desired should DO passed.
This bill was referred to the Committee on Po-
lice.
The bill imposing taxes for tho year 1856 was
next taken into consideration.
This bill fixes the rate of taxation at seventy
cents on the one hundred dollars worth Of real or
personal property owned in the city, and 6xes the
commission Of the Collector at two per cent.
Mr. Orme moved to strike ont seventy and in
sert sxty-fve. Lost
The bill was then read third time and passed,
by yeas and nays, as follows:
Ball, Bohlayer, Fisher Jefferson, Lloyd, McCutch-
en-, Mexican, Humphrey, Run, Turton, venable,
and the President-l6.
Nays--Messrs. Orme and Towles--2.
The bill amendatory Of an act for the appoint
ment of Commissioner Of Health, the abatement
and removal Of nusancea, and for other purposes,
was read a third time and passed.
joint resolution from the Board of Aldermen,
offering the use Of the City Hall to Hon. James
Buchanan, in which to receive the congratulations
Of his friends, was taken up and passed by the fol-
lowing vote; sg
Yeas--Messrs. Albert, AtLee, Baldwin, Bayne,
Bell, Bohlayer, Fisher Jefferson Lloyd, McCutchen,
Mexican, Orme, Pumphrey, Ruff, Towlcs, Turton
VeEable, and the President--lS.
Nays-None.
A large number of bills Of a private nature were
passed. - ~
And then the Board adjourned.
DEBuT--0n last Wednesday night very young
actor made his first appearance on the Washing
ten boards. His name is Master Charles Burke
Jefferson; he is the namesake and nephew of the
late lamented comedian, Mr.. G. Burke, and is but
Sve years Of age. He made his debut in the opera
q, Cinderella Ms a member of the Pyne-Har-
r;sou Opera Troupe. We learn from the Union
that he is the youngest member of the oldest FAM
Iy now represented upon the stage, and the fourth
generation Of one family who have appeared in
our city--his ,yreat-gTeatgrandfathe being emf
nent contemporary and fellow-actor Of Garrick in
1880. His name may still be seen in the acting
editions Of most plays of that date; and be was ac-
counted of sufficient talent and education to be
frequently accepted as a substitute for the great
actor Garrick himself-m evidence, undoubtedly,
sof his high professional standing. This gentleman
WAS the father of Joseph Jefferson, who came to
this county in the year 1895, and in 1908 became
assoc' ated with Messrs. Wood and Warren, OF
Philad, ,lphia, and for an uninterrupted period OF
,tveuty-three years was the leading comedian OF