Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-11-20
WAsHLNGToNN NEWS AND GOSSIP.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR THE TKRRrroRIEs.-
IN the 18th of May last, the House Of Repre-
entatives passed resolution requesting the
Secretary Of the Interior to have prepared q
Ian and estimate of the cost Of public build
ng, suitable for State House, and also SINH. /
ar plan and estimate for building suitable l
or Penitentiary, in order 10 enable Congress
% provide for the erection Of such edifices in |
he Territories; and, also, to obtain from the |
Governors of the Territories information as 10
what buildings, Of the character above de-
scribed, exist in their respective Territories;
and, If any such are in progress, what the plan
Of construction is, and how far they are ad-
In pursuance of the resolutions, Mr..
Clark, the architect of the Interior Department,
and the same who designed and superintendent
the erection of the Patent Office Extension, has
been for some time past engaged in getting UP
suitable drawings of plans. That for State
House is already completed, and has been SUBJ
mitted to, and received the approval q, Secre-
tary Thompson. a.-
This design is for building 1874 feet long,
81 feet deep, and 50 feet high from the ground
to the blocking-couIse line. 1t has cellar,
basement, and two upper stories. The floor of
the basement is nearly on level with the
ground line. This story is contemplated for the
use of the court, and for such offices, connected
with the Government, as it is desirable to have
In situations readily accessible. It will have
three entrances on each side through arched
doorways, leading into passages. The story
above this will be the main floor of the build
ipo nd in, al nd oT fba a;
located the halls for the accommodation of the
two branches Of the Legislature. Besides these
halls, there will also be a number of small
rooms on this floor, intended for committee
rooms, and 70, Offices for clerks more intimately
connected with the legislative branches of the
Government. a.
The ascent to the third story will be by o
spacious stairway, inside of the building and
near the main entrance. That story will be
devoted to Offices for the accommodation of
such clerks as cannot be provided for on the
other two floors, and to rooms for the storage
Of documents, DC.
The outside Of the wall to the top of the
basement, will be built in what is known as
the "rusticated' style; and where this termi-
mates there will be a cornice, or ledge, extend
ing around the entire building From this
ledge the walls will be carried up with plain
surface, to the upper cornice. In the central
part Of the front there will be projection of
the walls, Of some fifty feet in width and ex
tending some twelve feet in front of the line of
the wall. This will form, above the basement
story, handsome portico, or rather, a combi-
nation of colonnade and a recessed portico,
VII in will pfafp of
umns, fanked by pilasters of similar size
This portico will be surmOunted by an embel-
lished entablature. or pediment, and the as.
cent to II will be by steps, extending nearly
the entire width of the projection, and hanked
by bastions.
The plan coutemplates but one front, but is
easily susceptible Of being altered, SO as to
afford two; in which case there would be SINH.
lar pOrticos on both sides. The material of
which the structure is composed may be brick
or stone, according as the location shall be
convenient to the one or the other; or it may
be OF both combined. The design is gotten up
with especial attention to economy, yet it con.
templates noble-looking structure, and one
combining every convenience, while at the
same time it will be highly ornamental to any
CITY. The plan for the prison will be COM
pieted in few days, and the matter will be in
form for Submission to Congress early in the
session.
The AFFAIRS OF PAIRo & NoURsE.-We
often receive communications, on the subject of
the affairs of this failing house, for pu blcaion,
many Of which are not suited for insertion in
the Stars columns. Nevertheless, we are as
anxious as one can be to aid the suffering de.
positors in obtaining reimbursement of their
losses by the failure. One of them writes us a
over the signature of More
Anon, severely reprehending the delay in the
settlement of their affairs, and alleging that
while Mr.. Nourse has long since surrendered
every dollar of his property, which has been
'old to satisfy the creditors, that of Mr.. C. W.
Pairo is still so hung up" as that the credit
'rs are getting practically nothing for its sale,
but have been asked (some of them to take
western lands, costing the firm IS cents per
lcre In 1854, in payment for deposits at Sc Der
icre-the said lands not being the lands of the
irm in the vicinity of railroads, but lands en-
cred in 1854, under the " graduation act' of
hat year, at 10 cents per acre, and, therefore,
efuse lands of the Government ab inttio.
This correspondent holds that, if at any fair |
'stmate of the assets of tho failing house it was
Eorth-as per schedule-S2I7 900 above and |
beyond Its liabilities when closing its doors, its
property, including that in Georgetown, could |
10. fail to sell for sufficient to pay its debts
when and how sold fairly and contends that it |
s unjust and dishonest to keep the depositors
'ut OF the money for IN hour, when by making |
'sle Of all the property they can be paid every
ioilar OF their dues. His doctrine is, that the
oss should fall on Pairo Nourse, and not on |
heir creditors-a sound one, indeed. We pre-.
er thus to state the substance of his allegatio
% the publication of the personalities, against |
Ar. Pairo and his trustee, with which they are |
yarnished.
SENATOR PEARcE, OF Move take the |
ollowing from late Cincinnati journal: