Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-01-05


versy, so apparent ut previous sessions, had dis
appeared, and the material on the President,
table was not very prolific The Board. a. soop
called 70 order, proceeded to transact business,
and the first that attracted particular attention
was ..- ... = ... l..
BILL FOR RELIEF OF THE UNION FIRE COMPANY
Mr. Edmonston said twas with reluctance that
he should give his consent to this bill Item
after item had been accommodating since 1917. He
should hereafter refuse consent to any bill that 4.
not certified In every item by the chief of the ire
deps1imrns. MT e probably meant the in
sPectoI OF hre apparatus IL is the business OF
that officer to report to the Mayor the Condition
OF the fire department; and If be does not attend
to the business IL would be well to abolish the
Office. 'Ae
Mr.. Parker, who reported the bill. said that n
was only because the vouchers Were all In the
hands OF the committee that favorable report was
MADE. he also was opposed to this loose way Of
doing business But there Is no doubt of the
jus Ice Of this claim and hence the fayorab BILE re-
port.
The bill passed. a.s -
THE HAcKMEN's LICENSE BILL
rms Dill has been lying on the table several
weeks Ii was reported from the police COM
mlttee, and proposes to license all drivers Of
hacks and other vehicles who may be of good
moral character; and place the drivers of the day
and night lines on an equal footing, and give the
police 4 more certain control over them for the
protection Of travellers.
Mr. Orme was strongly in favor of protecting
the rights OF drivers as well as OF travellers
Every man il entitled to an equivalent for his
labor and the use Of his property. He was op-
posed to restricting drivers to certain prices at
night, and thought that any hackman called
upon to hitch up his horses and drive out during
dirk and rainy nights, should have the right 10
III his own prices for such service Ii was
rght that Others enjoyed, and lie could not see
why the hack men should be deprived of IN
Mr.. Mullov explained that the bill proposed To
make every driver take out license and by that
means give The police perfect knowledge of
who are drivers, and thus be enabled to protect
travellers from imposition and robbery We have
an Illustration Of the necessity of such law in
case that happened a few weeks ago. where a
passenger was robbed by the colleague Of the
jIil.
Tie bill was postponed one week.
NIGHT SCHOOL APPROPRIATION
Al the previous meeting bill to establish ad-
ditional night schools In the Second, Third and
Fourth districts passed. An appropriation was
made Tor one district, but the others were over
Iooked. The mistake caused no little annoy
ance 10 the friends Of the measure while its
opponents Were highly delighted at the "green
anIlety,' OF the projectors. On Monday mig bit
OIL making the necessary appropriation was
offered by Mr.. Lloyd, and passed
The RAILROAD AND GEORGETOWN
MI Bohrer offered joint resolution instruct.
Ing the committee before Congr, IS to onnose tb.
grant OF charter to the Mrtropolitan or any
other company to lay q railroad track aIon9
Pennsylvania avenue
MIR. Bohrer explained that the CORPORATION Of
Georgetown seemed determined to act in favor
OF lhls railroad before Congress Notwithstanding
our Pfotesi) and he thought il time to act de,
cidedly against it,
MI OIme said the papers had referred to mem
Ders OF this Council having axes TO grind in this
mater. "Fhank God, the cap don't at me -
Georgetown has been long enough Interfering
with the affairs of this city He was opposed to
this plan, and TO allowing the schemes Of GEORGE.
TO to~ i1 10 remain unnoticed She had interfeTed
q Mt Cd,
ana now she wants to control our avenues
messfs Edmonston, Palmer, and Wilson
thought further legislation on this subject unne-
cessary, as, II Congress granted our request
terfeTe NN ''
On motion of Mr. Parker, it was laid on the
table. W. '-o
After a few minutes spent in dispa,cb,nq nm
important business, the Boa adjourned
SUICIDE By PEUssTc ACID.-A clerk In the NAVY
Department named Louis F. Grant committed
suicide yesterday mo, ming at his boarding house
Mrs. Holmead's, Four-and- a half street,) by
taking prussic acid. Some say that the act was
committed from disappointed affection, Others
from general despondencv. He was about thirty
years OF age, and had at one time held the most
OF colonel In the Mexican service under Com.
onfort's administration. The law approved Sen
tember 80, 1853, requires each apntbecarv 10
keep register, in which the sale of poison
Is recorded, with the date OF sale, the name ace
ana profession OF the purchaser, the kind of poi
son, and the use for which he desires It, THE
register Of the druggist where deceased obtained
the poison shows that the provisions of The Ia,,,
were complied with. The poison was bought
4" Mr. Grant," age, 'thirty;" occupation, "clerk
Navy Department." article, " prussic acid: - use
50 for chemical purposes" twill be seen from
the above that the poison was procured wo days
prior to Its use. His friends on ascsrtainiuo that
he had taken poison made every exertion 10 save
his life, but were only able to protfect his exist
eace couple Of hours.
T.. -On the night previous to his fatal act.
ne induced Mi. Albert Janvier, his friend 10
sleep in his room. Throughout the niobt and
yesterday morning. he appeared collected and
cheerful A they Were dressing he went 10 the
wIsLStand and suddenly swallowed an ounca Of
prussic acid, that Was not visible 10 Mr. Janvier
ere he saw him apply 1t TO his mouth InstaniIv
afterward, Grant asked Mr.. i'm iokinu man
ner WHEELER he had ever seen a na1 die Of moi
son! And, on being answered In the ueUa,jve
he remarked quietly that he had lust taken
poison, and was dying of it, He then fell h,cL
on the bed, and Mr.. Janyier rushed over To ill.,
ONCE OF Dr. Boyle, who, Immediately hurIying
over to where ant was laying, found the roo6
filled with the Odor of prnssic acid and G. too
far gone to save his life. The unfortunate de.
ceased was a man OF intelligence, and bore An
exct client character.
Prov. HENRY, Of the Smithsonian Institution.
has received circular letter from the Secretary
Of the Society for the announcement of AIT
Manufactures and Commerce in London. stating
that repetition Of the renowned Worlds Fair
II London is contemplated for the wear 1861. with
the further view, probably, Of continued decen-
NAL recurrence. The letter suggests that any
exhibition would be shorn OF much of its Interest
aud Importance IL confined to the produce of any
one country, and that Ii j. Of mportapce that the
inhabitants Of every country should BECOME ac
quainted not only with what their fellow coun-
tIymen can supply, but with what thew can
OBTAIN rom foreign counties. Any communal
cations, therefore, which manufacturers or others
NAV think proper 10 address to the society, will
receive the utmost attention, and materially aid
tue object which the society has in view
IL has been resolved by the Society that the first
OF these exhibitions ought not to be repetition
OF the exhibition Of 1851, which must be consid-
cred an exceptional event, but should be an exhi.
lion OF works selected for excellence, Illustrating
especially the progress of industry and art, and
arranged according to classes, and not countrie.
and that 1t should comprehend music and also
painting, which was excluded in 1851 II has
also been resolved that foreigners should be in
Vited to exhibit On the same cond tions as British
exhibitors.
SOMETHING LIKE THK THING The Assemblies
Sabbath School last night presented their pastor,
Rev Mr.. Carothers, with New Years Gift of