Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-04

dsy.. Terms, ia cents per week.
CorScrL BupeEr.-The session OF the Council
IN Monday night was In all respects q business
one. and much work was dispatched.
THE APPROPRIATION ELL.
NJ, ZONES from the wars and means committee,
DI,ted resolution insisting upon the amend
mi. of this Board, and asking conference upon
.bc sppropriatiO bill, which had been returned
by the Aldermen Inc rssoinnon was aooP'ed'
.rhs failure to pass this bill has been source of
,nnovance TO Corporation employees, many Of
whom based their promises to pay upon the prob
ability Of is speedy passage
IMPROVEMENTS.
NJ, Turton reported several bills for minor i'm
,,ovements in various sections Of the city, all the
sprDeuses of which are to be reimbursed by taxa
IN Of the property owners in the vicinity These
,Terc passed without objection.
THE BOOK OF GRADES.
The book If grades prepared for the Corpora
+i,D was accepted he resolution. 10 was prepared
~ sn,vpyor FORSYTH, from the revised grades of
p Coyie. Esq. The resolution also adopts them
~ Ear rs they are the original grades. and makes
them the ley al grades of the city. The book was
ordered to be deposited in the Surveyors office.
THE WATER MAINS
NJ, Moran from the drainage committee re-
rorted several bills providing for the laying of
Tins in various streets Of the city. The work for
tbis committee to accomplish Is very heavy, and
.Dorts are loo ked for with anxi ety by PROPERTY
W
Zach meeting of the Boards.
The hill from the Aldermen, for LAYING the mains
I, q street north, from Twenty-Fourth to Twenty
S.vsnth west was taken up.
Mr. Orme said he thought that those bills should
N. nassed in right shape, and the requirements of
the law fulfilled. Ii is our duty to know, before
we pass those bills, whether the mains laid will
yis!d a revenue Of six per cent.
Mr.. Morgan said he was glad to see his friend
d;snnsed TO start right. 1t is only a short time
since he became 50 strict in observing the letter
Of the law When a bill was up for laying the
mains in Ninth street, he was strenuous in his
F,rt, To pass that bill and did not ask about the
p.r rentun to be refunded annually. Mr.. NJ. had
manfred Of the Corporation Attorney relative to
ms matter and be was of opinion that the respon-
.ibiIitv Of the six per cent was with the officers
\. vras for them TO ascertain If the six per cent
was certain and when they were satisfied, the
mains would be laid; and IL they were not
whether the ordinance was passed or not, the
mains would not be put down. He was satisfied
that the mains would pay eighteen per cent, and
br Il calculation based upon the quantity of water
required in the construction of the gasometer at
The new tias works, il was ascertained that for a
fime il would paw twenty-five per cent
Mr. Orme explained. that he favored the Ninth
street main upon the ground that petition was
before the board asking the mains to De laid as
the street was graded
Nh Powell said that now that IT was asce, :
tanned that the responsibility of the six per cent
proviso rested with the Registrar and Purveyor,
ard not with tue boards he was willing to pass
bills, the work would not proceed till thew
were sure of the per centage.
Mr.. Jones said IL was certain that a petit on
guaranteeing the six per cent is necessary In every
Cass, whether the ordinance was passed or not
The bill was passed.
STREET WASHING.
The bill regulating the use Of street washers,
was taken up.
Mr. Morgan explained It to be a Temporary pro-
vision for the protection Of the eastern section OF
tue city. While the supply is from the small
mains, the use of water must be under restric-
lions When the thirty-inch mains come into
service, the law may be repealed, as they will
afford abundant supply. The law allow.
street washers. hand-hose, &c, to be used be.
tween sunrise and O'Clock, and sunset and ono
hoIr after and only for fifteen minutes at Il time
under penalty Of not les than nor more tina y
I'VE dollars for every offence. The bill was passed
The CENTRE NARKEr.
The bill TO improve the Centre Market Wa.
taken up, and AIR. Jones moved as a test question
tOaSCertain tine sentiments of the mem bers W
they favored the patching Of the old or the con.
strUctiOn of a new market, to postpone the bill
indefinitely discussion ensued, in which the
arguments Of the last discussion were repeated;
and the question being put, it resulted yeas l3,
NAYS D. The bill was postponed indefinitely.
MI. Albert offered a resolution, requesting the
Commi ssiOners to cause an examination OF the
roof ~ be made, and report the repairs necessary
and the costs to this Board. Adopted.
IHE WATER kEeIsrRARs SALARY.
bill from the Aldermen, increasing the Regis
t'as salary to 81 900 and appropriating that sum
anu also Sl,UO lor the PurVeyOr, was Ia ken
Mr. Powell explained that his opposition To the
oil when proposed was from no feeling of oppo.
Sbon to Mr.. COyle. who was entitled to the
respect and esteem Of every man; but for the
reasons lie then stated and which he still regarded
as Sufficient. He made this explanation because
several Of his friends had thought he opposed Mr.
COyle for other reasons.
Mr.. Ednonston said that the explanation a.
given by MI Powell would suit his case exactly
and he need say no more.
Mr.. Morgan said that as the Aldermen had sent
tals bill to the Board in mutilated FORM scarcel
lnteilgl BILE he would move that IL he returned "a
that Board with the request that they would mi
IN an Ineligible form before IL is sent ayai Il
ms Board The motion passed
Afer the transaction of other business and
waiting twenty minutes for the action of tn,
Aldermen on the water bids, the Board adjourned
[CosNuSIcArEp.
OSE OF THE FRUITS OF UNLIMITED SUFFRAGE
Edii9r Star: The Star Of July - contains r.solu
uoa OF the Georget Cooperation, ordering al
CIutsns owning ailanthus trees 70 cut them down
=, Aalufc whereof they are To be removed by the
CCIPordtlOn, and the expense CHARGED To In,
owner besides fine Of Ave dollars fof each tree.
an Amendments 10 the Constitution: The
guy Oh lle people To be secure in their persons
sS,t pe, al ana en.ct against search and sez
AT! .. " or shall private property I've taken 70,
WI YIN use s, without just com Pensation.'
en- Lln uiese nights before me. protest agains,
Ihe act So frivolous and uniux,. and hoIJ - I;
aVHF-
49, CSse emu Tor every tree the CORPORATION i,
tner sa. usaIldges before a court and jury. Fur.
80 consider II the right Of every citizen to de.
S7Ir hs property against all Invasion under such
e''a'iOh. c.
FkAsr-Last night, one Of those social
-, nss peculiar to the Methodist denomination
,Oh,Isa4hs, was held in tile Ninth street Meth.
- rfct"stant Church. Years ago love feaSts
Ie regularly held in the Method 81 Church and
Wy popular with the members; and SO
A-ous Were non-PrOfcssOrs OF religion to be
- ~ tnefn, that il was the custom to issue
49, Vi adInlss on to such, which were cagerl Y
IuSu' Tor We are not aware that the custom,
Las Deea entirely done away with. but we seldom
"a 90 thcin In this section Of the country They
se probably held more privately than heretofore
~ we meeting last evening, we noticed Rev. p
,,'.-Lt li>on, well known to our citizens as a
FORMER very popular pastor Of this church. The
W. ."1es Were conducted by the pastor, Rev L.
the church
AScoUNDREL-Yesterday, a small colored boy
entered the Office of Justice Dom and complained
. IH-treatment His face was skinned and