Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-17
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


members think proper to use IL; but at the same
tme, II Is not deemed advisable that IL should be
so used, as Its occupation will necessarily retard
the progress Of the neighboring work, Of which
there Is great deal to he done, in the immediate
vicinity of the hall. The hall floor is all laid
ana me iron galleries receiving a coat of
paint or several coats for the gallery front is to
De finished in conformity with the ceiling. The
PAINTERS are making rapid progress in coloring
the gallery walls, and numerous gilders are to be
seen, touching up the panels between the several
entrances. while the ornamental iron work which
SuFmOuntS the doors Is receiving especial attrn-
tioh at their hands. The carpenters are placing
seats in the gallery sufficient for the accommoda-
ton OF hosts OF spectators. The din which sa-
luteS the ear as one enters. is almost deafening.
While the work goes on rapidly great care is ia
ken that IT IS executed with proper fathfulness;
by the Inspectors.
The granite work of the porticoes and colon
nades Is all laid and ready for the marble. The
marble material for this portion of the work Is
already ordered from the quarries, and will be
hewn out this winter in the several stone-cuttiny
shops about the works. The intersecting corri7
dors are being built up rapidly and substantially
or the one connecting the new Senate with the
old Capitol the St story is up, the arches turned
and some progress the second story has hean
madej the south corridor first story is lust being
comPlsted, and only little behind the north one
In forwardness. The passages surrounding the
new House of Representatives OIL the princinsI
moor, have been laid down with the brilliant en-
cauStlc tiles The large beautiful iron columns
Ior The new dome, which have been ordered TO
form the base story, will arrive from the
mandatory, and some thirty of them will be set
The furniture for the uses of the new hall comes
rom the mandatory of the Messrs Doe HAIL
hurst Co, Of Boston. Mass and is of the most
superb description, both in style and elaborate
The panels between the entrances to the hall
are 10 be hlled up with beautiful paintings from
ne pest artists illustrative Of scenes which trans
pred during our nations struggle for independ-
ence.
The heating apparatus of the new Capitol i, a
marvel OF marvels to any one unacquainted with
tne principle OF supplying heat by means of
steam machinery. The basement rooms are 6IIed
with immense coils of iron pipe which i, at
tached 10 twenty-seven heating ranges under
edch nail which are variouSly disposed so as TO
supply warmth at a graduated rate There will
De placed, to supply the requisite heat for the
numerous rooms, six large boilers under each
wing, which will furnish, Unnecessary an amount
OF steam equal to fifteen hundred horse power
The pipe which will be dispersed through the
various passages and rooms OF the great building
would, If stretched out in one line reach TO an
extent OF pty mules. In dark corner Of the
south wing is to be seen a range of nine coiIed
many feet in height, and all ready for use when
required, which Is to convey the heat to the
House OF Representatives and which is 60 900
feet in length. The apparatus is supplied ffon
the house of Messrs. Mason & Dodge. Of Neyy
nok and the process Of putting it in is superin-
tended oy Robert Briggs, Esq, assistant archi-
Dunn. ' -
Inc sewer which drains the new Capitol is
hve feet three and half inches in diameter and
as before stated two thousand and two hundr,d
feet long. This sewer was planned by assistant
engineer }. F. Flagg, who suPerintends its con-
The RIvER.-The schooner Dart. from Port
deposit, loaded with lumber, passed up to the
mouth of the canal yesterday large number
Of longboats, laden with coal, sand, wood. Ium-
Der, &c, arrive at the canal daiIy This morn
my thirteen Of those craft passed through the
Washington draw at one time
Capt Gibson arrived up the river this morning,
from the lower fishing grounds with 500 lunches
oi fresh, which were sold To knight 4 Co for
the Centre Market. Capt Fonce also arrived al
Rlley's wharf with fish for Skidmore
The seven O'clock train from Baltimore last
night, was detained one hour behind time and
Passengers for the South were compelled TO re-
man In washington all night. This morning
the steamer Mount NeEnOn took owe. two humid red
river A VII
A slight accident TO the machinery of the Geo
Page, yesterday morning, detained her i'm Alex
aHdria, and she did not make her second trim m |
from that place till II o'clock a. IN Passengers |
were IN the interim taken down by land convey |
ance
The Board Of Directors Of the ORANGE and |
Alexandria Railroad met at Alexandria yester-
day, and remained in session until III O'Clock last
night Ii Is understood that the Hugh Latham |
case was gone into. If so, the action of the
Board IN the matter was kept a secret as nothing
could be learned Of them with relation to it,
Sands 5 menageTie and circus passed over the |
Long Bridge this morning. en- route for AIexan- |
dra. We noticed five goOdIy sized elephants in |
the train who displayed considerable character
istic caution in passing the draw stopping to in
Vestgate each plank as 10 its sOundness before |
trusting it.
FREE NEGRO SOLD As SLAVE -It will be |
seen by the following letter, received by the |
Mayor few days since, that some person or per |
sons are amenable to the law for selling as a slave
free girl in this city. The letter of Mayor Cool
rick, of Fredericksburg, gives the particulars Of
the case IL is proper to say that the Mayor and |
Ponce Of Richmond, after using every endedvor
nave been unable to detect the guilty parties II |
Is to be hoped that if the representations made Of
the affair by Mayor GOolrick be true, that those
concerned NAV be arrested and dealt with accord
ing TO law-RiehuOHd South.
The letter reads as follows:
FREDERICksBURG, Va Sept Q, Ic57
To ths Mayor Of Richmond: AS a friend Of |
humanity and justice, permit me to ask you to |
use your most strenuous efforts to arrest and de-
tain Tree girl from here who was sold in your |
city last week by person from either Washing |
ton, Alexandria, or Fairfax county The circurn-
stances attending the case are these: The free
woman whose daughter sold. let a Mrs
Jones have her dau9 liter when a child to bring
mp airs. Jones left here with the child in I5i7'
To reside IN Washington city. The child is now
thirteen years old, or will be in October next.
Mrs JoTdon, Of Washington, the cousin OF Mrs
Jones' claims the child as her slave (as the Mayor
writes me, and sent her OF to Richmond and
had her sold for 81 ,250. ] sent a police officer
from here with the child's mother to w ashington
city. They have returned, and could not get the |
child, but commenced legal proceedings against |
the parties guilty Of the offence. The girls real
name is Virginia Frances Gracon, but known in |
Washington as Jenny Gracon. She NAV be in /
some OF the negro Jails in your city, or perhaps
she may have been sent South IL she can be |
found, the evidence OF her freedom will be fur
nished from here. Your immediate attention will |
much oDllSe, Yours, respectfully,
PETER GOOLRIcK, Mayor.
At convention Of Delegates appointed by the
Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing electors in
the several election districts Of Prince Georges
county, held in Upper Marlborough on SATURDAY.
last. the following gentlemen were nominated |