The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-23
LOCAL NEWS.


l52 inches from north to south and s24 feet wide
from east to west including porcoes and steps, and ls4
feet la height from sub basement to roof The materials
used in the construction Of these extensions are Dne
rock the foundation walls white marble for the su
perstructures iron corrugated copper, and pategiass
for the roofs csron for the floors and ceilings except
the basement floors which OF encaustc tiles y and ron
variegated marble plaster and paint for the interior nm
shings and decorations The foundations all rest ON
broad footings natural stratum of hard, compact
gravel from 10 to 40 below the groundlne Of the
buildings according the slope Of the hill upon which
the Capitol is founded. The main and portico-
walls of the western or down-hill fronts uni
ted at the base, making solid foundations of TWEEN
ty feet in width, which carried up eight feet from
the footings before the walls set OFF to their required
thickness The thickness of the foundation walls is
from to q feet and of the walls Of the superstruce
A The blue rock for the foundation walls pro-
cured from quaies the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
near the Little Falls is of the average strength OF
Is pounds the square inch The white marble for
the superstructes procured from quares at Lee,
Massachusetts and is of the strength of 81 700 pounds
to the square inch The vaegated marbles for the stair
ways manepeces and other interior hnishngs are pro-
cured from Tennessee, Vermont, and Italy
The extensions situated A feet from the centre
building and to be connected with it by spacious
marble corridors The eastern front of each extension
will present portco of Corinthan columns, its entire
length with centre projection the steps, rs feet in
/ width.
The gable peiments of these projections to be filled
with marble statuary representing American history and
character On the western fronts will be porticos of
Corinthan columns lO5 feet in width and on the north
front of the Senate chamber and the south front of the
House Representatives hall similar porcos III feet in
width All these columns together with the piasters of
the walls will present richly capitals The doors
and windows will all be spacious and beautifully adorn
ed by carved-work and paintings.
The present state of the work the extensions is
follows Both buildings are up and almost entirely
enclosed and rooted in, and workmen engaged
in excavang and laying the foundations for the connect
ing corridors laying the tiles of the basement floors put
ting up stairways pasteng frescoing and painting the
of the Easements, and painting the ceilings Of the
two main chambers.
YouNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION The regular
monthly meeting was held Monday evening at the
The following report of the receipts and expend
! lures since the LIST of January presented:
memberships, 500 collections in churches, S44 SO
proceeds of concert, SIS net profits from ladies' festival
| 1884. Total, 81 ,263 49,
Expenditures Rent $50 fuel, So 25 postage, Sl4
% assistant S3l 20 periodicals, So 75 advertising,
s45 %; gas, $40 95 loans paid $3.50 printing, $50
so insurance, So collecting, So ncdentas, So 35
Total, $463 80. leaving balance hand Of $500 A.
It was stated by the president that dollar of the
funds of the association had been paid to defay
travelling other expenses of delegates to conventions
The list of members read and corrected preparato-
ny publication in the annual report for 1885, which had
not been printed before for want of funds
The report of the committee periodicals adopted
II was decided subscribe the New York Observer
be sent to the Edinburgh Young Mems Association in
exchange for valuable paper published there called
'.News of the Churches Several papers added
to the list of those taken at the reading room and
the determination expressed to make this feature of
| the association attractive than ever
Mr.. Langdon then addressed the meeting giving an ex-
ceedngly interesting account of his visit to the Young
Mem Christian Associations in Great Britain and Ireland
France, Prussia, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland Sc.
Everywhere he had been received with the greatest ae-
ton and kindness and had derived much valuable nfor-
nation respecting their operations.
The board of managers met after the adjournment of
the association and elected several members and
also elected r. T. Morsell, esq., recording secretary in
place of Mr. Off, who resigned of other en-
gagements.
ExTIRpAToy DOGS has commenced Although no
formal proclamation has been issued, the destructive
spirit fully aroused The protuberance of
iveness is considerably enlarged! The canine have
to blame themselves for their loss of good character for
they suffered their kind to bite and and ferociousy
snap at unoending bipeds and did not call them to
count for their unusablc conduct Several of their
Der properly paid the penalty for their crime the nstr
ments employed for that purpose being iron tube,
pinch of powder and a small bit of lead But rs If
alarmed the formidable number of dogs which nightly
! hold meetings throughout the cyperhaps to discuss
their plans for defence well attackthe humans
have changed their tactics. They longer armed
with guns pistols, and bludgeons They afraid to
meet their foe with palpabe panoply; but, pattenng
after the Chinese bakers, they resort to poison to
| rid themselves of their enemies. They have thus
far been successful According to report the dead bodies
of several respectable we'll bred dogsfor aught that is
known the contrary, the leaders Of the canine forces
were yesterday found the field and swollen to fright
| full proportions.
Not a few persons in this community will watch with
interest the progress of the war.
The SOCIAL FIsmSG CLuB.--A club organized in
this city Saturday evening last with the view of
making an excursion down the river for the purpose
/ fishing 1t is composed of fifteen members. At the
cd president and Mr.. Conrad FnIman chosen
urer Already the club, in making suitable arrangements
their projected excursion have procured the of the
sloop owned by Capt. Henson White. The party will
leave this city twelve o'clock Saturday night next
and before returning will visit Norfolk and Back river
Two weeks viii be spent in fishing, and satisfied
that two weeks could not be spent pleasantly.