Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-09-20

hereby requested to invite, on behalf Of the Cor
poration and citizens Of the city Of Washington,
bis royal highness the Prince Of ales to visit the
Federal metropolis during his contemp plated jour
nev through the United States
An act directing the publication of the names Of
/ water takers
Be IL Enacted, &c That the Water Registrar be,
and be Is hereby, directed to prepare and publish.
| In pamphlet form, complete alphabetical list of
all persons who have paid for and are entitled to
1 be supplied with the Potomac water upon their
respective premises, stating In each case the To-
| cality Of the house entitled to be supplied and
that the mayor be requested to place copies Of the
lists so published In possession Of the different
police officers, with view to enable them more
effectively to enforce the penalties prescribed for
an unauthorized use Of the water or Of the water
pipes by the acts Of Congress and the ordinances
| Of this Corporation.
An act for repairing the ssea-wall on the Poto-
mac ;" and authorizing the Commissioner of I'm
| wharfage therefrom.
Bs itesuetsd, &C., That the sum of one hun
dred dollars, or SO much thereof may be neces-
sary, be and the same is hereby appropriated, out
OF the general fund, for the purpose OF repairing
the "sea-wall' on the Potomac river between
Eleventh and Thirteen-and -a-half streets west;
the work to be awarded by the Mayor, In accord
| ance with existing laws, after ten days public
4 ders. 's- -.
Sec 9. That it shall be the duty of the Com
all PARTIES wharfng thereon such rates of toll as
wharfage as are usually charged 10y the owners
! OF the adjacent wharf property; in all other re-
| spects the laws regulating wharves and wharfng
on the city canal Gas far as the same may be con.
sistent) shall be and the same Is hereby made ap-
plicdble to these wharves.
| Sec. 3. That IL shall be the duty of said Com
| missioner to deposit all money received by him
/ In such bank as may be designated by the Mayor,
once In each quarter, to the credit Of the general
| fund Of the Corporation of Washington, and to
a RoHyia nf ~.
cate OF such deposit from the proper bank officer
| aud to render an account every quarter TO the
Register OF the amount Of money received, for
what, from whom, and the quantity Of such
missioner shall be allowed and receive a COM
pensation In addition to his regular salary of ten
per cent. on all money SO collected.
| An Act relating to the inclosing of Judiciary
4 Square.
whereas the sixth sertOn Of the act of Congress
| approved the Sd March. 1857, entitled San Act
| making appropriation for certain civil expenses
OF the Government for the year ending Both une,
less" provides that whenever the railing coping
! ana Inoble stone In use on the Capitol grounds
/ shall De superseded the Secretary of the Interior
shall use so much thereof as may be necessary in
mclOsing Judiciary Square," and whereas Ii has
been officially made known to this Corporation
| that portion Of the said railing. COPING and
| hubble stone has been displaced and no longer
1 forms any part Of the Enclosure Of the CAPITOL
/ grounds, thus rendering the same available for
1 Juulcldry square Aforesaid: and
whereas no appropriation has been made by Con-
gress to enable the Secretary of the Interior to
carry into effect that part Of its act Of 1857 direct.
ing the use Of this material in the inclosure Of
Judiciary Square: Therefore
BE enacted, &c, That the Mayor be, and he 10
hereby, authorized and requested, SO soon as he
| snali obtain the consent Of the Secretary Of the
Interior to do, to cause the railing COPING and
rubble stone displaced at the CapitoI grounds to
| be conveyed to Judiciary Square and there used
IN inclosing the said square, establishing gates at
appropriate places on its several sides and erecting
| the railing ON stone foundation, with a suitable
and substantial stone coping.
| Sec 2 That relying upon the liberality and
justice OF Congress to reimburse this Corporation
Tor any reasonable expenditure that NAV be in
Cured in carrying into effect Its enactment In re-
| lation to this improvement, the sum of two
thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, be- and the same is hsreby.
| appropriated out Of the general fund. The work
| to be done under the direction Of the Mayor and
let to the lowest practical and responsible bidder:
Prorfdsd, That the cost of the work shall not
| exceed the amount appropriated.
sec: That the Mayor be, and Is hereby au-
thorized and requested TO cause the said railing 10
be erected upon blocks Of stone upon plan SINH.
| OF removing the railing from the Capitol grounds
| and erecting the same at Judiciary square be
awarded to the lowest bidder, after inviting com.
petition for the work by public advertisement for
ten days
THAT FIeHI AT THAT FUNERAL IN THE SEVENTH
WARD LAST SuNDAY.-In publishing, Yesterday,
| an account of disgraceful fight, instigated by d
drunken young Irishman, at colored funeral in
| the Seventh Ward last Sunday, our reporter un-
Intentionally did the police Of this city grave
injustice In stating that there not an officer
| on the spot at the time. Actuated by a desire &c
render full justice TO all, he takes this method OF
calling attention to his own fault, and embraces
the opportunity thus presented to tender to the
municipal nstabulary an unqualified apology
Thsre toas a policeman present when the nght
begun ito the credit of the ssmodel forcen be n
spoken), who evinced no little bravery In main.
tainlng his dangerous post-exposed as he wa.
Il behind the corner OF house-until the fight be
came pretty general, when on being called upon
TO interfere and stop the dsgracefui proceedings
he exhibited justification FOR his Office which
cannot De too highly estimated ghost-lik e
quality, by means Of which he was enabled te
In that curious state until the ..ften was fought
Whether the maneuver was taught him during
the prevalence Of the politico-mfitary police tar
&c, piael ,S o. lsit spring or I. new police
tual protection, our reporter IL unable to deter
| mine. =
After the fight was over at the church, an ami
| mated skirmsh followed between a number O
the contestants, which assumed the form of a run
ming tight, and lasted until one crowd had chased
| the other across the commons to Carroll's Spring
ronlng each other furiously all the way and com
pelling street passengers to perform some activ,
| lodging In order TO avoid broken heads. At tn.
spring they fell Into am bush Of two Fifth ard
policemen, who captured three Of them, named
L
renee and marched them of to the eastern Toe kup
where they were furnished with lodgings for ia,
night. The next morning Justice McKenna fined
them 50 and costs each for disorderly behavior
and for throwing stones In the streets Lawrence
In default OF security and costs, was sent to th,
| workhOuss for thirty days y = -
| The officers of the Fifth Ward display not ;
little activity At times in breaking up the resort
Of worthless, loatng drunken persons, white ant
| colored, I'm their beats. Yesterday, they made
descent upon a locality known as frogtown. ant
captured two free colored lads Of gang of idle
card playing, profane and disorderly colored Der
! | sons who infest that neighborhood, named Chas
Colean John Lennon, who Were taken befor
Justice McKenna and severally fined SO aud costs
) for Profsne language and disorderly behavior il
| the streets. ~ 81 '.--
II REVIVAL MEETINGS The heavy rains las
night did not prevent the holding OF the reviva
| meetings In progress at the various Methods
I Churches OF course the congregations wer
small, but the meetings spirited and interesting
J Mthe Ninth street Methodist Protestant Church
Rev. w. Roby. of Georgetown, preached from
| the text Of Philippians, Sd, 1914. After shor
time spent In singing and prayer, the announce
} ment was made that Rev W.T.. DUNN would
preach tonight. Much interest Is apparent Ii
this congregation. 49,