Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-31

renIe C Jssd ~ with considerable dculy spp
passed. - - - WI the table,
Mr.. Mulloy reported bill to enforce thu ,,.,
clause Of The 18th section of the charter ~ ,ss
With an amendment enforcing the EMIL re- 1870
Inc Chair stated that the amendment ,s,ouid
impose fine on the U. =. Commissioner ~ pnh-
lie Buildings for neglect of duty Nv
The amendment was then witbdrawn ana ~.
bill passed. anu TUG
MI; Tree, from public schools committee. re-.
eo,ersnG ~ bill requiring all children
en,rIlhg ,ne public schools to be vaccinated
Inc pill was laid on the table. and the com.
| mittee discharged. @''e' anu tue coin-
MI; Parker, from Are department committee.
ePo,.eo adverseiy on the petition of certain citi-
tee was discharged
r, MI Jones introduced bill to grade and gravel
fi %: north, between Tenth and Thirteenth SITS;
| reiefred 10 Improvements committee
MI MI. Oime presented the petition Of W. @.
Hunt and l.. n. Bergman, in relation to hogs.
The Chair began to read 1t.
| Mr.. Orme moved to refer Il, without reading
| TO the police committee.
Mr.. Bohrer moved that II be returned 70 the
gentleman who presented II, with the request 10
return 1t to those he got 1t from; lost-yeas 9,
| Mr. Jones moved to receive the paper. and Law
II on the table-yeas 6, nays IL.
mittee. wv P'ii"e So'''
On motion ofMr. w allace, the Board adjourned
oFFENDzD OFFICIAL DIaNIrY.-Mr. VIM. p.
| Mohun, Councilman from the Fourth Ward.
treats the star, through the columns of two of our
| CITY contemporaries, to very Indignant comments;
| lis brief chapter Of Friday last, on municipal
| legislative "tooling," having evidently disgrun-
tied him NORA little. While maintaining that
Britain's charter granted to the company owning
| the Atlantic cable secures To the English Govern
| ment more control OF IL than this Government
nas-a proposition which no one disputes-he
argues, In effect that that fact justifes interfsr
/ ence on the part OF the Councils OF Washington
with the policy of the Government of the United
| states with reference to the enterprise In the
present condition Of the streets and sewers OF the
| Federal Metropolis, We need hardly remark that
| MS deductions In that connection are non seqxi-
| trrs OF his premises. Mr.. Mohun holds that per-
sons IN ms position may properly concern them
| selves with national as we'll as municipal uues-
tons; view Of municipal legislative duty which
VIII, OF course, find less favor with men Of sense
az municipal stinks grow louder and louder
| Inc puoilc's complaint against Mr.. Mohun, Is
| because ne assumes the right to occupy the time
| Of the Council Board with subject with which
1t has nothing whatever to do, while the Corpo-
the Improvements of the city and other leg Ultimate
| duties OF the Corporation Of Washington are at a
stand-stiil-whlle indeed, the city's condition is
retrograding We shall not argue the point with
hlm, however; Tor the game would not be worth
the candle.
APpropos of his offended official dignity The
staI may not, In these times, call public attention
10 the CONDITION Of the pumps or pig Styes any,
| where In Washington, without being charged
Dy whoever should keep them in order with a
lack OF due devotion to the cause Of g Demo-
| cracy-I 80, IT is by no means wonderful that
| Councilman Mohun essays to wrap the imrnacu-
lacy OF Democracy around his foolish attempt 10
earn notoriety at the expense Of the tax payers of
| washington city. The doctrine that the cause
OF Democracy Is part aud parcel of the cause Of
dirty streets, dry pumps, a loafng police, enor-
nous taxation, municipal reputation, and lack
OF common sense and information as to the legiti.
mate sphere of their duties on the Part of City
| Councllmen, Is, In fact, loading its shoulders
| with burden II should by no means be made To
carry. The fact that Mr.. Mohun's election to the
| Council board has resulted In his having all at
tack Of the "big head - (Which has often proved
| dangerous to patients of Tar more brains than the
share that has been meted out to him. will
hardly pass as ample justification for the condi-
ton OF the city while he occupies the time of the
| Board with the affairs Of the Government and
the Atlantic Cable company
| The only legitimate excuse we can offer for
Mr. Mohun Is, that getting too big for ones
| breeches," seems just now to be epidemic with
corporation employees every where. From the
caleI functlonaries OF our cities-far too many
OF whom owe their Official positions to the vilest
| influences and appliances, rather than to the
| weight Of their individual characters and their
capacity to discharge legitimate duties properly
down TO the smallest employees Of munich pal cor
| Porations, not few Of them hold that aug BIT but
| complimentary comments Of the press on the man
ner In which they acqut themselves of their every
II
| litical party through shouting, spouting or guz-
| cling for which they obtain places. In the mean
| while, municipal stinks grow louder and louder,
| corporations taxes and the number of corporation
| employees increase enormously, and the general
| capacity and efficiency of the latter decrease in
due proPortion-from Maine to California. In
SO important a public functionarv as Council
man MOhun, against the Stars lack Of Z" de-
| mocTacy' as involved in its determination If
| possible to put a stop to municipal legislative
Il rOOleTX when pSsavpd sIIfftci ant
to induce il 10 ''go inn for sinking cutters and
| choaked up sewers and the Legitimacy Of bunkum
| corporation Legislation.
A GHOST. A GHosT,-Not long ago, an Irish
man, named Edw. Dwyer, died on Capitol Hill
In place known as Vandora's Row, cluster of
small and crazy looking shanties on a back street.
In due course Of time, Dwyer's mortal remains
were decently inferred by his friends, and his
family continued to reside in the same place, and
| live there now. portion OF the house (the up
per story) has been occupied by colored man,
named Ready Day, who, ii is alleged by himself
and his friends, has the gin Of second sight In
remarkable degree. A few nights after Dwyer's
| burial, strange noises were heard In and about
the house; knockings at the fdoor, juggling
| OF gla s, and other nocturnal demonstrations
| which naturally led the widow into great terror
she being In dedicate situation" so much so
| that the neighbors became exceedingly anxious
| to have the queer noises accounted for. A watch
| was set, and considerable excitement prevailed
The colored man, Day, came home at a late hour
one night, when the knockings and scratchings
| had been going on for some Time and went into
| the part Of the house occupied by himself and
wife, telling his wife that he had seen Ned
Dwyer at the door, knocking for Ambulance. The
wife, knowing his peculiarly in res pect OF second
sight qualities, thought no more Of the matter
until the next day, when the widow told her that
she had been very much disturbed the preceding
night by the knockngs. Days wife then mem
ton TO her what Day had told her on the previous
night
The widow now became suspicious Of Day, and
one night subsequently, had officers stationed
near by and when the noises became pretty loud
4 and turbulent the officers entered Days room and
found him in bed, apparently asleep. He was
made to get up, and was arrested for malicious
mischief, and taken before a magistrate Here
the facts about Days extraordinary powers were
fully developed by the mouths Of at least dozen
| witnesses Of his own color. Ii was stated that
| Day was so fortunate as 10 have been born with
eaHi, which, according TO the African supersti-
tion gives to the person 80 born the power Of see
ing all sorts Of unearthly things and particularly