Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-30

conduct OF the EHqntrer.
GOVERNMENT RESERVATIONS IN WASHING
TON CRY The Interior Department has re-
ceived from Randolph Coyle, Civil Engineer,
statement of the reservations which belong
to the General Government in this city, which
was made in conformity with a resolution
passed by the Senate last winter, because Of
the alleged inaccuracy of former similar
statement The areas of the small reservs.
tions at the intersections Of streets and ave-
nues are not given, as they were not supposed
to fall within the meaning of the Senate's reso-
luton. The areas are given in feet and acres.
as follows:
The Presidents Square, extending from the
street IN 'front.' Of the Mansion to Canal street. and
from Fifteenth to Seventeenth streets 35l6 7gI
square feet, or 80 7:}i4 acres
The Square, o tginaliy part Of the Presidents
IuaTe, now called Lafayette Square, 3Oi ,69i So
feet, or 99IS acres.
The Capitol Square and Mall, comprising the
publ g'ounts enclosed and unenclosed sur
rounding the Capitol, between First streets, east
and west, and streets north and south 2 III I4I
uare feet, or a. 69i6 acres; the grounds between
First and Third streets west, and MARYLAND and
pennsylvania ave nues, (botanic gardens 5l4 2i6
square IT,, or III st54acr,s the mall between Third
and Four-and- "a half sts and Missouri ayenue
and the canal, So LIS square feet or O262 acres:
the mail between Third and Four and "a half SITS
and Maine avenue and the canal, 81 gG7 square
feet, or 3 0i24 acres; the mall between Missouri
avenue and the canal west of Fou I'd halfst
JD,2l2 square feet, o. 5oU6 acres; The mall south
OF the canal, between Four-and- half and Sew
enth street, (Armory S3uare,) Isl 33S square feet
or j! 1853 acres; the mall between Seventh and
twelfth streets, Square OF the Smithsonian In
stltntlon) square feet, or 50 5525 acres;
the mall between Twelfth and Fourteenth sts
lMonument Square,) 1,37S, l72 square feet, or
81 .6}o4 acres ' "
The Park and part of the Mall, being the whole
OF the public grounds west of Fourteenth street
to Tyler's creek and the Potomac, $50 7s9 square
feet, or 4.82I7 acres
Observatory Square, originally University
Square, e39, O7I square feet, or 10 1925 acres
The Arsenal, at GieenlPaf's Point-oTiginal
ground, 2l9 go square feet, y 6g37 acres the
recent purchase, sos OF square feet, or Al 435s
acIes-3,oSl ,9l7 square feet, or 20 1916 acres
The Western Market, entirely covered by wa.
ter, being south OF north b street between Tween.
tlrth and twenty first stree Is W. st,
The Centre Market, comprising the space be-
tween Seventh aud Ninth streets west, X and
Canal streets, and Pennsylvania and Louisiana
avenues, l6l ,2OI square feet or 3 1905 acres.
The Patent Office Square, orig inally signated
the National Church Square, Isl ,22l square feet,
Judiciary Square, $50 pa square feet, or 10 2Oo5
The Hospital Square on the Eastern Branch,
feet or ~. I627 acres
The Navy Yard, ,87l 1873 square feet, or ~ $500
, The Eastern Market, Il2,s7s square feet, or
The reservation south Of the Capitol at the
conveyance Of New Jersey, Virginia, North
carolina and south Carolina avenues, ,O36, l0l
square feet or % 1916 acres.
me Marine Barracks, square No. 927, 156, 179
square feet, or 1858 acres
franklin Square, square No. 269, Ia, 4Is square
General Post Office Square, square No. 40.
oi 900 So uars feet, or 476l acres.
aotal-21, ls9, w square feet, or SIS 90 acres
reservations Nos. 10, II, and IL were divided
1852. A1' ''A'
IHE EMPIRE STATE.-Our private informa
ton from New York, with reference To the
prospects of the Democracy in the approach.
ing State election, is most cheering Those
who represent that there is not union and bar.
mony from the Narrows to Buffalo with refer.
ence to the State ticket and the National Ad.
ministration, misrepresent the truth. Indeed
the only differences in the party with reference
to local affairs even, that we can hear of. exist
in the city of New York, where now, rs ever
before, for ten or fifteen years past, the Democ.
racy are divided into personal cliques, squab-
bling over municipal and federal "spoils.'' Az
enormous as those spoils are in New York, they
are not tythe Of what would be necessary to
give every hungry fellow 'sop," if divided
out pro rata. As they have annually increased,
the quarreling over them has increased quite
In equal ratio, until their huge proportions
are fairly reflected in the ferocity of the wild
cat night that now constantly rages-in New
iork city-in the ranks of whichever party
.na' may be dominant for the time being. So
lar as the effect of the squabbles among the
new iork city ward politicians, .of which We
read so much in the newspapers, is concerned,
the public may rest assured that thew will as
usual only serve to bring out heavier vote in
November in favor Of the Democratic Stat.
ticket, however much scratching Of munich.
pal tickets they may result in Apropo, =.
perceive that the New York Herald adopts
our view OF the motives controlling the gov.