Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-07-14

| ectniu'see as more proper under the circum :
stances. He had hoped to hear no more of
this attempt at imposition =.
Mr: Wilson said that he had no objection to
ts Delng referred to a select committee, if the
| commlttee We're instructed to report without
delay He commended that il there was any
| thing wrong about the thing it was not fair to
maze axe the innocent bondholders suffer.
i nut. shepherd said these innocent bond
| holders amounted to two or three capitalists
| Two In washington and party at the North.
| an attempt mad been made, by using fictitious
names, TO induce the belief that the stock was
| scattered amongst various parties, in order to
| get sympathy.
| Alter some further discussion, the motion to
refer to a select committee prevailed, and the
IolloWlng were appointed on said committee:
| Messrs. NOyes, Ruff and N. ID. Larner.
Mr.. Shepherd introduced the following:
:, BE 1t resolred, That a special committee of
three members be appointed by the President,
| who shall inquire into and report to this board
! as early as possible what action is necessary
on the part of this Corporation to enforce the
| coll eetion Of taxes due the CORPORATION of
! Washington by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company; SAID committee shall consult
|. with the Mayor and Corporation Attorney as
| to the proper course to be pursued, and report
to this board at as early a date as possible
The resolution was adopted, and Messrs Shep
herd Ruff and Kelly were appointed on the
/ committee.
| Mr.. Z. Wilson reported back bill imposing
taxes postponed and ordered to be printed in
bill form, as also bill making an appropria-
usn TO defray the general and contingent ex.
| penses OF the Corporation for the year 1868
A bill fixing the compensation of the Register,
imposing additional duties, and providing for
an assessment. was, motion of Mr. Shep-
| herd, postponed one week and ordered to be
| printed.
Mr.. Barr, from the committee on claims re-
ported adversely on the respective petitions of
Christopher Boyle, Samuel Shreeye E. f.
barnes and j. A. Barr, asking remission of
fines, and at their request the committee was
discharged from their further consideration.
Mr.. Donahue, of the committee on unfinished
business, TO whom was referred bill grant
ing permission to property. holders to have
water pipes laid in Ohio avenue in conformity
with recent act OF Congress, reported the same
back and asked that it be referred to the COM
1nlttee on drainage and distribution of water
Referred.
Mr.. Garfield, from .he committee on ,oIice
TO whom was referred the petition OF John
Murphy and others, accompanied by BILL
reported an act amendatory OF an act entitled
an act Tor the establishment OF pounds for ami.
| mails, &c. IN the city OF Washington, approved
Mare Il -, 1865.
After onsiderable discussion the hill was
passed-Neas II: nays /.
Mr.. n. u. Larner, rom the committee on i'm
rroSements, reported back the petition of Col
umous Alexander, asking that II carriage way
be made; also the petition of John Purdy, ask
Ing the corporation to receive the pump situa-
ted at the corner OF First street west, and b
street north, ID the city of Washington: also,
the petition OF Z. b. Clark, and others, asking
that the curbstone BE- set and the footway paved
on the east side of Four-and. Half street be-
tween M and street south, in square No SIS;
a
the north side of street to the north side of MI
street, In the Seventh Ward: also the petition
OF George T. Golf and James Martin, PRAYING
/ for The Improvement of the front of So uare No
3s3; and asked that they all be referred to the
| committee on unfinished business
Mr.. Shepherd moved that they be referred 10
the commlttee on improvements. So referred.
MT n. ID. Iarner asked that the committee
| be discharged from the further consideration OF
| the petition of George z. Golf and James Mar
tin. Committee discharged.
q n in yTrprn
curb-stones 10 be set on the south front OF
| square No. 426; for opening a8d grading q
| street north, from Ninth to Tenth streets west
| in the Third Ward: for the repair of Eighth
street west, from Or TO X north; for the taking
| up and relaying of gutter On south side East
/ Capitol street, between First and Second SITS;
| providing for improvement OF Thirteen and IA
| half street, south of Maryland avenue: appro-
! priating pay for two fire plugs; for taking UP
and relaying gutter on | s rect north, across
/ Twenty second street fixing the compensation
CT the tax clerk; fer relief OF Rachel Wilson:
/ Tor repairing alley in square A; making an ap-
| preparation TO enable the Mayor to have pre-
pared uniform system of sewerage for the
| city; mating appropriation for cleaning and
| grading Center Market grounds: appropriatng
| SloO for the Columbia Fire Company: to sup
| ply the deficiency in the appropriations of the
Washington City Asylum tor the year ending
/ June 80, 1863.
A bill to lay Waterman in Fourth street
| west, from Massach usetts avenue to New York
/ avenue, and in New York avenue, from Fourth
| street west to First street west, was received
| from Board OF Aldermen, and referred to COM
! mittee on drainage and distribution OF water:
| and bill to lay a Waterman in MARYLAND
ayen ue, from Four and "A half To Sixth streets
west, was passed. Adjourned.
! THE EMBARGo.-Paint Branch stillruns riot.
| and several other branches "ain't doing as
they'd orter, consequently Washington con-
| tnues cut of etfectualIy from the Outside world,
causing decidedly odd but not agreeable state
OF fhlngs. Nomalls, no exchanges: the Depart
/ ments letterless, dispatches; markets dried
up cause of the wet, barely SIX quarts of black
| berries at the stalls to-day, and vegetables in
! proper tlon; prices of meat up because Paint
! Brach is up. Nary "HerId," ssTimes,'' "Try-
bune," 'delphy Inquirer s:Sun," or "Clip-
/ peri on the street.
! How many hundreds of thousands of these
| sheets have accumulated in bundle on t'oiher
/ side of Paint Branch we know not, but there
| must be few.
! 1t is q time of great leisure for the penny
/ postmen, and these interchangeable servants of
| the public, who, year in and year out, know
| no rest day or night, now walk the streets like
| other folks by day, and go to the Canterbury
| at night If they list, all because Paint Branch
is up. A Star reporter, who went down. into
Maryland on Saturday, to see his wife, is sup
posed TO be seated on the north bank of Paint
Branch, waiting patiently for the waters of
that turbulant stream to simmer down. MIR.
secretary Harvey, OF the Council Board, and
| other mourners are supposed to be keeping
him company in that phlosophic attitude.
For shame, Paint Branch!
/ DEATHS OF SoLDIERs.-The following have
been reported to Capt. Hartz, (office corner OF
Eighteenth and 6 streets,) since our last at
which place all information relative to de-
/ ceased soldiers may be obtained:
"A A n Cramer, 1aoth Pa John R. Bingham,
Wood, LIST Mass; VIM. T. Morilsy, 122d Ohio;
Clark B. Allen, l57th Pa; John H. Poor, 1st
Del; John =: Lane, l4th Conn; Samuel E.
Williams, 10th U. S. artillery Quslow Gla-
ding, 7th Mich: cavalry; T. K. Williams; p.
Fitzgerald, 3sth N. Y; H. Bruins, 3lst N. Y;
Adam Conrad, sth Ill. cavalry; William Kup-
| pei, SD Ill, Kelso Bicking, 175th Pa; George
/ w. Rogers, 18th Pa. cavalry; Francis Schlot.
terer, I'd Pa; artillery; Thomas Speare 18th Pa.
| cavalry; John L. Tiff, 43d N. Y; John Bunk
er, LIST Mich; Jonathan Smith, 16oth Pa. militia;
| John A Murphy, H9th Pa.
THE CoURTs.-Csrcuit Court, Chief Justice
| Cortter.-In this court yesterday further action
/ in the case OF Mrs. Wiley VS.. Marshall Brown
was postponed, owing to the absence Of one Of
| the counsel Mr.. Brent) in Baltimore.
In the Criminal Court yesterday Judge
Fisher presiding) the jury were unable to agree
| in the case Of Martin Snyder, indicted for the
/ larceny Of a horse from VIM. Morgan, and they
were therefore discharged.