The Washington union., 1857-08-15
LOCAL NEWS.


TnE Posr oryicg ExrKssros foundations of this
extension laid in concrete and the cellar walls are
built Of rubble masonry laid in cement mortar In the
most substantial and durable The marble for
the 7h and sth fronts is procured from the quarry
of Mr. J. +. Connolly in Baltimore county Maryland
That for the street front from the quaes of the Lee
Marble Company, in Berkshire county Massachusetts,
The only difference between these marbles is that the
Lee article Is Of a little finer texture, aud little
clouded than that from Baltimore county which former
quality renders it better adapted to the delicate carving
that to be executed the street front The granite
for the wall of the picket fencing is from the quarries of
Sumwalt and Green Baltimore, and matches that
used around the old building, which procured from
the same vicinity
AS as the centre section of the street wing is
completed to the height of the second floor is intended
to the city post Office into its rooms there
in and the demolition of the old city post
Office building and the erection of the remainder OF the
7th street front of the new building.
Tun CRIMINAL CouRr YESTERDAY the opening of
the court at IL O'clock M the jury in the riot not
being in court with their verdict the judge sent Marshal
Phillips to them to ask if there any probability of
their coming to agreement soon and If so to inform
them that the court would hold open reasonable time
for them Otherwise, il they agreed a verdict before
Monday morning at 10 o'clock, to seal it and bring it
it into court at that time He also instructed the
shal to inform them that If they disagreed point of
law he would endeavor TO assist them in their deibera
tions but that II they disagreed the facts they would
have to work their way through.
The jury informed the marshal that they had not
agreed could not agree, and prayed to be discharged
The Judge sent back word that he would have to give
them the benefit of little time to deliberate the
subject and ordered the to be adjourned until
o'clock on Monday morning
The jury still in their going to press
The VENTILATION THE New HALLS CONGRESS.
mode of yentilatng the two halls of Congress
be follows column Of air. previously passed through
water pipes in winter and through jets Of iccwaer
in summer is to be forced by of large fan work
cd by stea up hollow shaft to the space between the
roof and ceiling through the latter of which, being thor
oughy perforated 1t will gain admission into the room,
and dspae the vatcd air through apertues in the base
of the walls.
This theory Of ventilation is original with Capt Meigs,
and yet infested and doubts have been expressed by
scientific men its practcabty. However if it should
be found impraccable to introduce the fresh air from the
top OF the room the ventilang apparatus will be
ranged to introduce it from the bottom without any
material alteration additional expense.
SUDDEN DEATHS s--Y Yesterday morning colored hack
driver named Sandy Webster while feeding his horses,
minutes.
A man named Tommy; an Irishman by birth died
suddenly in Georgetown Thursday evening last 1t
appears from the testimony before the inquest
that he had been employed upon the waer-works and
came down the 18th inst to get his pay Up to the
time before mentioned he appeared to be in good health
but while sitting at the supper table, complained of sick
at the stomach got up and took seat in the door,
where he died almost Immediately. Coroner Woodward
held the inquest and the verdict rendered was that
he to his death from cause unknown to the
jury
TIE STEAM PRopELLER CHrsAPEAKE ONO
CASALOn Thursday afternoon last the steam propeller
James L. Cathcart started from Georgetown for CuInber-
land Maryland her trial trip with view of testing
the practcabity of running steamers the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal If the trial is successful and the value
of the invention Of Mr. Cathcrt is satisfactorily estab-
lshed it will work great and important change in the
mode Of navigating canals Mr.. Cathcart expects to
make the trip to Cumberland and back in two days
An ARREsr.-On Thursday night last George Grouse,
of Georgetown whom the officers of the marshal Of the
District have been seeking for several months past
rested though not without considerable difficulty, and
lodged in the Georgetown watch house. whence he
moved by Deputy Marshal Philips to the county jail
There several indictments against him for assault and
battery and one two for more serious offences.
The ALEXANDRIA, LoUpouN, AND HAMpsuIRE RAIL
is stated that the people Of Georgetown enter
tain with favor proposition, which has been laid before
both branches of the councils of that city to subscribe
the of $500 900 to the stock of the Alexandria, Lou
doun and Hampshire railroad to be expended in build
ing branch road to connect Georgetown with that rail
road.
CAUTION TO BoYs.--Ihere is too much carelessness
among the boys who play about the Capitol. On We'd
nesday Last a son of Mr. Kimball amusing himself
by sliding down the stone railing Of the steps leading up
to the Capitol Slipping off he fell the steps, breaking
his arm and infictng other injuries
THE SrATuARy designed for the Capitol extensions is be-
ing carved out of American marble this being considered
more durable than the Italian, when exposed to
climate and being quite white, though not of fine
texture.
TnE WEATHER, The mercury III the thermometer at
IL M yesterday, indicated niee degrees in the shade
1t was the hottest day of the
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