Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-11-19

PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY CouscILs.-Boa,d
Of Aldermen, Monday, November 18Th, 1861 =
communication from the Mayor nornin.tin O
J. C: Wilson for Trustee Of the Public schools
for the First District In place Of r B Ironsfdes.
declined. Ut will be recollected that M, iron,
sides was rejected by the Board Of Aldermen two
RIP
ton to the useless condition Of many OF The A. o.
footways in the city, from the increased tr.vsI
over the streets, and recommending that tbev he
improved, YVES referred. -
A Joint resolution authorizing the w .,s, .o,.
trar to sell for cost to the United States certsJn
ainch water pipes for the use Of the Government
printing office, was passed.
resolution requesting the Mayor to furnish to
the Board statement OF the entire floating debt
Of the corporation on the 26th day Of August, 1861
was passed. '''''
The nominations Of Thos A. Robinson for sn.
Ssrintendent OF Sweeps in the First Ward,
and George Fasnaueht for Scavenger Of the 81
District Of the Third W ard, were confirmed
Mr. Lloyd asked why the Committee on Police
lwhien reported favorably on the above nom ina .
tonsl did not make report On other nomi nstjon.
submitted to them two or three weeks since
Mr. Bsyly Chairman Of the Police COMMITTEE,
said that the nominations laying over were tboss
Of CLERK OF the Center Market, and other officers
or the markets They are Important NOMINATED.
and the COMMITTEES thought ID best 10 inopi,e .;
those buying and selling in the markets al 10 tbe
Illness Of the nominations, and went on 10 saw
that no better Clerk Of the Center Market conId
be nominated than the psesent one. Mr. Iohn
Waters --' 'on"
MIR. Bohrer, as a member Of the committee
saio me nness OF candidates ought to be inquired
Into before report IL made.
Mr.. Lloyd commended in reference to what Mr.
Bayly had said that the committee had no rjybt
TO keep back the nominations because thew dis.
approved OF them. Let them report-fayorablv or
unfavorably-andl let the Board act on the nor,i-
nations His remarks, he wanted 1t understood
applied 10 the other committees holding back
nominations.
Commitiee) said 1t YVES necessary to i5auire into
the fitness Of the candidates nominated before re-
Porting on them
Mr.. Lloyd thought in three or four weeks the
committee might ascertain the character of gen.
Nemen nominated. o.
Mr.. Moore said the nominations referred to bv
NE gentleman had only been in the hands Of the
Communications Of the Mayor NOMINATING
Jonas y Ellis an Trustee Of the Public Schools
for the 4'h District, in place Of Peter Al Psarson
,esigned, Jacob Kleiber as Messenger to the
Mayor and Register, In place OF VIM q Locke
=. w. Ferguson az Police Magistrate TO, the stb
District, in place Of Patrick McKenna. Woodfotd
Stone for Canal Commissioner, IN place Of Will
OF the Asylum, in place Of James :. Holland. and
yno- McDeviu in place of George MsttIngIv
were appropriately referred.
A communication was received from Samuel
n an
swef 70 the resolution adopted bV the Road q,
Aldermen at the last meeting fpouirino yybetho-
any licenses have been issued by this corno,,tjo,
huln we tast SIX years without the money there
ftf having been previously deposited, and n anv-
when and by whose authority they were iHsna33
The Register says he has no information no, b.
there been any Information in his office that anv
licenses have been granted without the nece.s.,yy
law. 0S
He then states that he has no doubt manu-
Pesons nave been doing business In the city with
out Licenses, and says that in consequence Of III.
considerable increase Of business here, great yigi
20 prevent violations OF the law O-4O0
Tne report OF the lntendant of the AsyIun wa.
referred back frsm the Committee and placed on
the files. f-1'e' 0i'
COMMON COUNCIL -Mr. Callan introduced ,
Dill making an appropriation Of SlUO, 10 procure
PnoeogrsPhlc hkenesses Of the ex-Mayors of the
Cify, TO be preserved in the Mayors Once: 70.
ferred to the Ways and Means Committee .
Mr. Lewis introduced bill for the erection OF
Ayres nre plugs at certain points, which waI re-
The petition OF Frank whalen for remission If
q dne, was referred, -
Nj. Murtagh introduced bin to amend an act
toL inc more etncient equalization OF the Public
schools, referred TO the School Committee
Mr.. Lewis, from the Improvements Connie.
tcot reported a bill for making a general foot
walk on Virginia Avenue, between South Cant.
tol Street and 3D. Street, was pssssd A bill e.
taking up and relaying a gutter on soutb sida -
c, between 10th and lIth Streets with an amend.
msnt by the Alderman, was agreed to, and passed
Pill to,aoate nuisance on North n Street, be-
tween 9th and 7th, passed The COMMITTEE ws.
discharged from the consideration of the netItion
Of U. Ward and others relative to archino d
eueet near the junction, with the avenue and n
was referred to the Committee before Congress
also from the bill for repairs Of certain onttsr. E
delegation. 0u
Mr.. Shepherd, from the drainage Comn,,,..
reported a he af - n
and A Boyian, passed. Also the AIderR ems
bill, making appropriation to paw VIM N
Ellis and Bro for certain Castings, was passed
Mr.. McGra.h, from the Fire Departnsnt r.
ported bill authorizing the purchase on two
thousand feet Ct hose for the use Of the Corpora.
ton, passed.
The Mayors Message transmitting.s communi-
cation OF the Commissioners OF the Northern
Market relative to Improvements In progress
was referred to the improvements Committee.
Bills from ths Aldermen. bill authorizing
The erection Of stone " all on the square west
Of square 613 and bill for the Improvement m
North Capitol Sereet, were referred A Joint re-
solution authorizing the Water Registrar to sell
Quantity OF four inch water pipe for The use Of
S1e Goyerament Printing Office, and a concurrent
resolution setting Thursday, the 18th inst an a
daY OF Thanksgiving and prayer, were passed
Mr. Mulloy, from the Conference Committss on
the Police Bill reported, recommending tbe
board to concur In the Aldermen's amendment,
making the salary OF the police $3.50 per annum
instead Of $500 and ten per cent on money col.
leeted. The accumulation was not approved,
yeas y, NAYS lOi on motion Of Mr.. Morgan an.
other Committee was appointed, consisting Of
Messrs. Moran, Wilson and McGratn. The spe-
cial order, the report Of the elections Committee
on the case OF Grafton Powell, contestant for the
seat occuPled.b by u. t. Raub, member from the
second ward, was taken up The Committee
recommended that Geo. II. Raub, who received
. majority Of the legal votes at the election in
June last, be dec Jared duly elected. Mr. Shep-
herd called for the reading of the report and ac-
companying papers, after which the reports was
adopted by yeas Is, nays T. and the board sd-
joufned.
CENTRAL GUARDHousE CAsKs-Bsfors Justice
Walter WIN. Cusick, drunk, dismissed; Mi
chael McHugh, drunk, hne 81 50; WIN Wood