Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-01

the execution Of Powers we hear OF two cohVlcts
being executed in Montreal, Cans onJ
where no execution had taken place LOT twenty
,sars and where IMMUNITY for crime had pro-
duced the same results as are witnessed here ana
everywhere else Leg sse w 49, mue
governor Will nave the S>Si"e" esso y" "
follow suit. -
CONSTRUCTIONS o. AvENuEs, &c.-We
publish the following sections taken from " An
act making appropriations for sundry civil ex-
penses of the Government for the year ending
the Both June, 1852" approved June IL, 1858,
that our readers being appri:sd of the penal
ties attached to making distractions upon the
avenues where public Improvements are being
prosecuted, may not bring themselves within
their scope; for the kind hearted Commissioner
of Public Buildings never takes any plea ure
in causing loss to either the tempers or the
purses of his fellow citizens.
We have not learned that the Secretary of
the Interior has vet thought proper to order
the removal of Ger ;ain iron rails on the line of
First street where it intersects Pennsylvania
avenue, not on the ground Of doubt that that
great avenue is thus occupied, as the minor
street is absorbed by the major one or avenue,
but because it is deemed that other authorities
could have acted long ago. This act goes into
operation, it will be seen, on the LIST of July.
to-day:
Sec. 2. And be 1T further enacted That Il shall
be the duty of the Commissioned of Public Build
ings to cause distinctions of every kind to be re-
moved from such streets, avenues and sidewalks
in the city of Washington as have been or may be
hereafter improved In whole or in part by the
United States, and to keep the same az all times
free from distractions; aud for this purpose he
shall have power to institute suits in any court
having competent jurisdiction in the District of
nj q ~ q no RI
Attorney for said District to prosecute the same;
and whenever any person shall desire to remove
the paving stones, or to displace any other work
done by the authority of The Unit, States, for the
purpose of laying gas p pes or for any other pur-
pose, it shall be tue duty Of such person To obtain
a written permit from the said Commissioner;
and such persons shall obligp themselves to re-
place the said work to the satisfaction of the said
Commissioned, and within such time as he may
prescribe.
Sec Ard be 1t further enacted, That if any
person shall place obstruction on the st :eets ave-
mes or sidewalks aforesaid such person shall
pay the costs Of removing the same, aud shall
moreover be subject TO a penalty of ten dollars.
to be recovered other debts are recovered in
the District OF Columbia, for each and every day
the said obstruction may remain after the Com
missioner shall have given notice for its removal.
And II any person or persons removing the paw
ing stones or other work done by the authority Of
the United States shall fail to replace the same to
the satisfaction of the Commissioner within the
time prescribed by him. he or they shall be sub
ject to a penalty of twenty five dollars for each
and every failure and shall moreover nav the
costs of replacing the same, the Whole to be re-
covered before any court In the District of Co.
lumbia having competent jurisdiction and that
this and the preceding section shall continue In
force until repealed by Congress
The PACIFIC MAIL-We learn that as the
Attorney General has decided that the law pro-
hibiting the Postmaster General from making
any steamship or other contracts for carrying
the mails on sea for longer period than two
years, nor for any other compensation than the
sea and inland hostages on the mails so trans
ported does not apply to the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, the Postmaster General
has succeeded, conjoiEtly with the Secretary
OF War, in making contract with that Com
pany for the semi-monthly transportation of
the mails on the Pacific, from Panama to As
toria.
This Company, through its president, Mr..
Dayidge, has also entered into an arrangement
with the Tehuantepec Company for the con-
veyance of the mails from New Orleans to Pan
anna, and for the entire service between the
latter city and Astoria The sum of S3aS, $50
per annum is to be paid. The contract is more
properly an extension of the former one until
the lst of October, 1859. This matter, which
has excited good deal of interest, is thus
closed for nineteen months to come.
NAVAL 1NTELLrGESCE-The l.. s. frigate
Cumberland which we announced at the Island
Of Madeira some time since, set sail for Santa
Cruz, TeneIiffe islands, on the Sth of May
reaching that port on the IL tn of the same
month The Cumberland remained at Santa
Cruz until the 18th Of May when she left for
Port Grande. in the Cape de Verde islands
and reached there in safety after seven days
sail
We have advices from her, dated the I'D of
May, which announce the health of the officers
and crew excellent, and state that she was to
sail the next day for Porto Praya
APPoINTMENrs.-The following appolntees
have just been commissioned by the President
To be RSceirrrS Of Psl5Iic MoDfys-Chris-
TOPPER Graham, at Henderson, Mimi; Joseph
Hopkins, at Marysvile, California
To he Registers Of Lond OEces-Samuel
M Hawkins, at Grenada, Mississippi; VIM
Moss, at Washington, Arkansas.
To be Smrreyor General Of Ver Merico.-
William Pelham, of that Territory
of the new contractors for carrying the United
States mails in a majority of the States Of the
Union. These contracts embrace several of
the most extensive and Important mail routes
In the Union. On the strength of the adage
that "a new broom sweeps clean, we may now
expect the prompt conveyance of the mails
REruRNED.-Moses Kelly, Esq, Chief Clerk
in the Interior Department, returned to the
city yesterday, after trip of some two weeks
duration to New Hampshire. In his absence
the Chief Clerks duties were ably discharged
by Mr. Lester.
OUT OF TOwN.-The Commissioner of the
General Land Office, Hon. Thos A. Hendricks
has left the city to pay a short visit in the
state Of Indiana; and the chief clerk, John s.
Wilson, Esq is filling his position during his
absence