Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-24

FErNrED IN The DIsrRIcr or COLUMBIA.
CoUxcIL BrDGEI-The last meeting Of the Com
mon Council was a rather protracted session and
in the coutSe Of the evening number Of topics
were pretty thoroughly ventillted
RAILROADS AGAIN
The main debate was upon the bill before Con
Er,ss TO give the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Co npGny the right If way through the city to ma kc
asonthern connection The absence Of any refer
induced the Council ways and means committee
10 introduce joint resolution protesting against
the privilege Of the BILL and claiming for the Cor
pnrdfOn the right TO grant the privilege asked of
Congress especially to the company applying.
Mr. Jones, in reporting the resolution, com
Tllined that the bill makes no more reference to
this Corporation than IL IL had rights or no exis
tlnce. when. in fact that company particularly
should ask the privilege Of this Corporation in
which Congress has vested this identical power
This railroad company, though il owns consider
able property in this CITY, and by its existence has
tended To cut up the streets, for number of years
has refused to pay for the repair of those streets by
TIE reSulr t1xatlon Of their property. This refusal
has gone so far that the Mayor and collector have
come to the determination to test the right of the
Corporation to tax the company property Con-
sgquently, the property has been advertised for
safe in the tax list.
MIR. BOhrcr said that the portion of the CITY
which he represented, is anxious that the priv
lrtc should be granted as il would be of great
advantage to the residents there. The construc-
tinn OF the rad. upon the rorite proposed: would
add greatly to the health of that section of the
CITY 1t is through what is called Stepper's Gulf
deep, damp ravine. where much of the sickness
and disease of the eastern part Of the CITY is pener
dted. In its present condition. il is great dis
advantage and hindrance To the improvement Of
tue GIty. II improved, as proposed by the Rail
moved, and the general Improvement of the Ward
would certainly follow. As to pecuniary advan-
tage. could not be disputed that in commercial
point the city would reap Immense benefits
Nr. Wallace was with the gentleman from the
sixth Ward, (AtT. Bohrer) The Corporation has
by the charter the right to tax all hut United
states property II is the policy OF the city To have
the Southern connection here, and nal this CITY
depot for the Southern trade But if this i
refused they will make a connection elsewhere.
and the benefits will be lost TO us. Already we
know of a proposition strongly urged, TO carry a
branch by wav of Marlboro. to affect connection
II Aqua Creek. " such a scheme should be Der
fected, the injury to the city would be immense
Mr. LLOYD Thought that gentlemen did not nm
derStlud the resolution. II is not question where
she road Is to run or whether the privilege should
's granted. Tint is an after consideration II is
s'tnPlF have we the power to grant this privilege
vested IN this Cooperation by act of Congress IL
we have, would not the passage of such a bill he
IN enc lchmeht upon our rights In favor of
t1s resolution. he would sly that the bill offers an
ndSnlty to this city, and il is duty to protest
against such an indignity, and how could we pro
oeed IN more respectful and moderate manner
tndn by calling the attention of Congress to the
faet that to grant this privilege is a right belong
in- to this Corporation and vested in it BY their
OWE act. As tn the route, that is for consideration
hereafter. but the best. cheapest most practicable
ard nearest Southern connection would be by tine
Long Bridge, which he hoped would be the one
chosen.
Mr. Jones said the Councils had the ripht To
lefsSlate on this subject vested in them by Con-
grcSs Mr.. Wallace, he said, asks. :. Do YOU want
them to give you 4 bOnus!' WHY should they
not pay city bonus as well as TO the State Of
Maryland? That State derives the ordinary ben
EFT of the road, and also receives a bonus; but
this city, whose streets are cut up by the road,
causing heavy expense to the city, which de-
nveS little benefit from the road not only receives
40 bonus but is Obliged to repair the streets with
out the aid Of the property tax, the company abso-
lutely refusing to pay it.
Mr.. Albert (president) addressing the Council.
took up the last law of Congress in relation to this
railroad company, and read the sections expIain-
Ing the powers vested by Congress in this CorpO-
ration under it. He arg ued that the Corporation
had the perfect right to- grant refuse the appli-
cation.
Mr.. Wallace. . Has the Corporation the right
to grant this company the right Of way along the
Mr-Abert. Undoubtedly, for the power is
specifically granted in the act referred to i'm the
RESOLUTION. and the distinction between reserva-
of the Corporations right"
Mr.. Bohrcr slid he would be glad to see the
powers of the Corporation firmly established. but
he had no idea Of keeping the North and South
divided. gs il were by refusing to grant the ripht
Of way to make the connection
Mr. OIiuc complained of the action of Congress
ebu Shu II ue city asked Congress % improve
street or avenue the reply Was oh you have all
the right over the Streets; but when this railroad
monopoly comes. We find Congress assuming those
tights {" give them 10 the railroad company.
Under the operation of the previous question the
resolution passed, by yeas 10, nays6.
number Of other bills of minor importance
were disposed IF, and the Board adjourned The
hlckney coach and market-house bills were not
taken up.
MR. HAckETT.-This eminent American actor
who resides upon one of the most beautiful
mounds IN the midst of some thirteen hundred
acres Of rolling prairie in Illinois only a short
distance from the city Of st Louis. is now on a
visit To the Metropolis, and though of late wears
MI Hackctt can seldom be persuaded to aprear
upon the stage he has consented TO perform his
world-renowned Falstaff. in Shakspeare,s Ming
Henry "" ON Thursday; and also. on Friday
ar ar Psrtinax MacSycoPhant, (the Politcian.l in
Macklins Man Of the World. :" and as an after
piece, his own dramatic sketch. entitled Mon
sleur Mallet the eXiled General of the great
NsPoleon-the character which Queen Victoria
lew years ago, when Mr.. IIackctt sojourn-
ing IN England. requested him to play before her
Court. The press reported that =. the Queen wrpt
and laughed alternately, and was delighted and
the Prince, her cOnsort, presented Mr. Hackett the
breaStpin which he wore on the OCCASION
I. OF the comedy OF The Man Of the World :;
Dunlap, IN his History Of the American stage.
says. e IL was Macklin's chef d'axrrs and so Px-
csllent was his performance Of the hero Sir Per
tnlE MacSycophant. the politician. that at his
deIth the public despairrd Of ever seeing his
Frederick Cooke appeared before a London audi
ence, and was admitted o. be MackIin's superior
lnthe dellnedtIon cf this dticUlt character Cooke
Clne over 10 America in I-lp. aud produced an
iHInenSe sensation in the theatrical world as Rich
ard Ill, Ilgo, Shylock, Falstaff and other Shaks
Perian parts; hut his Sir Pertinax proved more
attractive and consequently oftcner acted than
any other IN his range of Characters
After Cookies death in 1s12, THE Man of the
World was seldom acted by any performer Of
snhpence until about ffteen years ago, when Mr..
HI kctt studied and proved highly successful i'm
>r PertinaN. and made il for years one of his reg
uar star parts Dunlap remarks 1t is surprising
=" reflect that though this comedy was written
ncirlF eighty years ago many Of its sentiments
are 81 applicable tn the Of people i'm the
present day; proving how little the hearts Of man
kiHd change with their habits and manners
SMITHSONIAN LEcTUREs.-Prof. Cook s last lee
tnre on Chemistry, at the Smithsonian was. as
usual, extremely interesting and instructive He
took mp the subject Of carbon, illustrating it by
the simple burning Of a wax candle of which
caroon was the chief constituent He explaincd
That The Wax was nalyZed, according TO the same