The Washington union., 1857-08-25
LOCAL NEWS.


TIM cux couzcns Very little business Of interest OF
importance transacted hy the city councils Yesterday
afternoon In the board Of aldermen communication
received from the mayor enclosing the estimate Of
h. B Owens commissioner Of the Third and Fourth
wards Of the cost Of constructing wooden bridges
street north and North Capitol street the estimate for
the former being 81 500 and for the latter 81 100,
In this board also the following bills from the lower
board were passed
bin 10 pay expenses incurred in making temporary
provision the poor Of the city, under the act of March
4fh, 1851.
bill for repairing and graveIling Eighth street west,
from d to streets north
bin amendatory Of act entitled can act ia rr-
ton 10 eating houses stands at the Market
house" /" approved July 10th, 1851
Several unmportGnt bills were received from the lower
board and appropriately referred.
In the board Of council bill from the upper
board passed appropriatng IS 900 for the open
ing Of from the Of 5h and streets along
to 9th street. and then along 9th street TO Massachu
sets avenue Both boards adjourned early.
TEE wAsHNorox AsrIrx --Tm CoSrRscr AwAHpED.
Yesterday afternoon the mayor and the joint committee
appointed by the city council TO cooperate with him
opened the sealed proposals that had been received for the
construction Of the new alms-house and work house
They six in number, and stood as follows
James Ellis, ss4, ,l43; Vim. j. Williams, s34 900 !;
James o. whitney So, $50 Charles B. Church, s32 $50.
]. g. Naylor ssl 757; Gilbert Cameron, s2s 600 and
the old materials valued by him at 81 800 The pro-
posal of Mr. Cameron being the lowest and all other
sderations in regard 1t being satisfactory IL
cepted and the contract awarded TO him
Mr. Charles Haskins architect appointed superin-
tenden of the work on the part Of the corporation
is expected that the work will be commenced and
vigorously prosecuted to have the buildings ready
for occupancy by the beginning Of winter.
II viii be reeoected that the award Of the joint
mftee whose proceedings the mayor recently vetoed
ss4 go that the veto besides being right saved the
corporation s4s7o
TIE oIp TEaroRARY CAFroL-It may not be gen.
orally known to the more modern citizens Of the metrop
oils that the large brick house Capitol Hill the
southeast of First street east and street north
the Capitol of the United States for period Of
about eight years Such the case When the oigi-
nal Capitol burned by the British in 1874 this
building erected for the temporary accommodation Of
Congress and the federal during the rebuilding of
the permanent Capitol and occupied for that pur
pose until the completion of the building period of
about eight years After the completion of the new
Capitol this temporary building fitted up and for
long time used as congressional boarding house.
CoLuAB1Ax Co11EeE The annual session Of this nsti
tuition viii commence Wednesday the soth Of septen
Der next Students viii be examined for entrance on the
Monday and Tuesday previous The preparatory depart
ment OF this college viii open Wednesday the 9th Of
September.
PERsoSAI-Hon W. s. Ashe Is at Kirkwoods' In
the list of arrivals at Browns yesterday notice the
name Of Col John Cochran, Of Alabama.