The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-06

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,.,,o II the n,esent state Of things goes on after
b,. nv,,s will have TO feed and clothe the residents
~ mic ,tv The government already expeuds some
~ NJ, t. ,,,,;onx of dollars year in the city ii
",s n las been paving the streets and lighting
,, 81 has GONE 10 q great expense for water works,
VIZ ~ xe,ie,c,s for the comfort Of the people
and the more Congress docs, the more u n askod 10 40
but ne naa ,J =. obged 4, take these hundred asld
,., '.,;c officers from the very class Of society which
,t. M, Theses dcpredatiOns and CRIMES they would
,, ,sI, ;xeye tho associates Of these rowdeS, who
10 mn r., nsx IONS with them and who gymymthixed
;. s; Insiead Of enforcing Law and ORDER they
a n, n,o,c ant 10 screen the criminals from punish
wo"u ~ .. ,p,it similar crimes themselves IL was
'ne.' an, .ay that two men IN the employ Of the
,,o,nsnt were shot on Capitol HILL and Il now turns
so.Jna. .a ~ xas committed by two persons one OF
".' may - hc roiemen of the city and still fur
.hs The deed was Witnessed by another police oil
wv \, I M, ibe matter secret for week ten days.
~ M ,d he WINS afraid Of his life he told Of t.
~ ,hmcht the only remedy for this condition u af
81. 81 ,li ie 10 make Washington military posi- and
s'n I'M m Syc hundred soldiers stationed herr to keep
''ss, WIN Ind no associations with the rabble Of this
~
"', ,,nrs1uN sah, that II the city Of Washington
.a,, a.. t,e ,,rettt Of the general government with
H. ~ limits IL. could pay all tho expenses herself for
;,eo,,,,ts nnd for preserving The i'eaca but since
az n,nr,v ~ M, government was exempt from taxa
NJ, 4, - ,,x.r that tho government should bean its
shase ~ .x,wnse
n, uATE di,l not know whether he should vote for
~. ,,,, r ,,,t he rather thought he should hut hc
'ns ,, IA s,,ic ~ Willingly for d bill to remove the
~. 80 ,rrxeyn,ucn} u, some other place
~ fRII.rENDEN made some comments on various
,,,,;sioos of he l abiding In the couc Of his ro
s,as 4, ,h calling ont Of tho marines at the cleo
.;n 4, lima last and expressing the opnhpn that the
,i,iige iox should not be allowed to IN contact
;,,, ., lmi,t hoy
A., BROWN replied that this I'LL was designed to
rreyent the recurrence of such scenes this year.
the nnetiou being taken on the amendment Of Mr.
HUNTER, il not agreed TO,
MIR BROWN moved TO add the words ''to serve during
he night aid in the day time when specially ordered to
do 80 whiel, was asteea -. ,.. -.
fund from Ave thousand to ten thousand dollars which
. .saa . su. 80 - s'' Il
Mr.. JOHNSON OF Iennessne, moved TO amend the bill
by adding an additional scction authorizing and direct
lug the Secretary Of the interior 70 levy and collect tax
upon the real and personal property and polls Of the city
Of Washington Of half the annual expense incurred by
calling ont this additional police force. The amendment
was no. tpvrt 70 - III Il
MI brown moved y iiii the BLINK III the ~ with
.oreed "a
Mr. BENJAMIN moved to strike out that section au-
tofising the President special occasions to call ont
,empnsy ofoc q swo hundred men 70 % pa'd TWO dol
h's pel ony ~S''n = wcs ~ ~ wy ~
bill 70 the Committee On the District OF Columbia with
instructions 70 report PHI y sne Senaso ,o'ioccong sne
ls'rc. 81 Ioumoa 70 Tue o'aco o. Mayiand iescrvhg
the public buildings and grounds g. and instrucng
INC - - Wy W., ."y
- 7. -, 's.: 80 -, N.,',N .,,,. - go !,
ki"g o"1 ING .setvuHoh - ING P"pic p"Nn"ss anu
grounds Witch was agreed 70.
The motion 10 recomnft was then rejected
Mr. (,RrrTEN)FN moved to transfer the nppoiptmc,,t
Of the chief Of the police from the President Of the
,mbia After Some delv,t. thu ,ucso,, ts,inp TAX On
~" "''oAi "'' 10y 7'' s''e - ""sa 's ~
YEAS Msssr Bell I'caamn Br@lcrie csndcr crk criiten
zen ,asn Inow , s".cr' n1' nan' Ns o"ar summons
NAYS Messr. Allen hrs n,cr Bright Brown clay Evans
Fitch, rtz,iA trcvi' Gwi, Hammond Houston, Hunter ver
Mallory Mason POLK rueh srbastau sIlcI stuart Thomson II
WY sr s,rsy n M's N"r "" woaT~I: . r, ra
cmcr nwis Douglas rkcc Fesscnden Foot iIamin liendcr
ra Reid sumner Thompson Of Kentucky, and Tooubs
Mr. STUART renewed the motion made in committee
Of the whole Ivy Mr. BENJAMIN to strike out the fifth
section ~ the hill which Wns agsced toyeas "a ravs
2l,s follows
cr,saacp ,.s psasls t , Foster Hale hrisn
houston ,inc a"hnsom q lcnnesses hns seward simmons
YEAS Ncssrs. Alien, Bgm Bright Brown Clay, DIXON Evans
tr.sc"sn feh 0r"vn hammond, veIsoa s'orn !" nnss,
jersey. s sua wsh s~2 "'''' 49,
AIsfNY OR NOT vtrSN{sAIcsgrs Bates Payarf Cameron
hmr v, lmrics, Foot Gwn, iann Henderson. eacc, FOLK
h'' sumner ie''po" y Aen'u'.'' 1'''"'' '""
Mr. CRlITENDEN then submitted a motion limiting
the oleratm OF the Dill to one year which was not
agreed to.
The bill was read third time and passed by vote OF
yeas 81, nays y rs follows
YEAs-scsr4 Aln Bcnjamin Tggs Rgcr, Bright, Brown,
Chandler Clark Clay nxon Boglas, Evans tesenco Fitch Eos