Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-06

Nuk NV hppluNhlt Nne ViAc1HR temporary
fbotwalks on y street north, for the rsafon that
u his opinion u would be improper 10 entail upon
Vie Corporation the expense Of making footwalkn
which; under iis charter, tho Metropolitan Rail-
The Board Sustained the objection OF the Mayor,
and the bill was thereto o rejected.
BILLS, ITc., IErRuDucED.
Er. Lsrner Introduced bill Increasing the COM
penHation Of the Corporation Attorney to o. 600
per year, to date from the ist OF January next.
Mr.. Larn,r introduced a bill dcsianatipg the
tpaees At the intersection of X street north, Mss
esohuietts avenue, New York avenue, Seventh
sireet west ard Ninth street west, a. "Mount
Also, a bill AUTHORIZING the removal Of tho old
leho9l-house on the corner OF Third street east
and street south. Passed.
aud others, s,kinR that water main be laid in
Eleventh STREET west from q street north TO d
,trset north, and on street north from TsSth to
Mr. Ferguson introduced ATesolutinn requesting
the Mayor to inform the Board what number Of
children are in tho public schools whose parents
reside IN the county Of washington.
mr Dudley moved to amend the resolution by
sddlng land also what number Of children arc in
the public schools, whose parents are non-resi-
dents" which wss agreed TO, and the resolution
wa. parsed a. amended.
Mr.. Ferguson also introduced a resolution. re-
quesiing the Mayor 70 inform the Board whether
there are any psupers At the Washington Asylum
or workbouse, nom the comfy Of Washington.
Agreed to.
Mr.. Moore introduced = bill to lay water mains
10 9th street wOIt from New York avenue 20 X at.
NORTH, and In New York avenue from 9th to 9th
street west and IN an street west from New York
avenue TO nj street north, and In Nj street, north
Mr.. Lsrnsr from the Committee on Improve
m.nts. reported bill for the relief of Charles
Also, AidsrnGn bill to repair D street south,
from New Jersey avenue TO Canal street. Passed
east, from East Capitol street 10 A street north
Parsed.
Also, a bill to grade and gravel Carroll street,
from First TO Second streets east. Passed.
Mr.. Kelly, fron the Committee or Claims, asked
to be dschargeI from the further consideration OF
the petition Of Louisa Noll, asking the remission
Of = nne. Agreed TO.
MIR. Ward, from the Committee on Markets, re-
ported bill to repair and extend the Eastern
Market House. aud appropriAting $1,000 for that
purpose. Passed.
nILLs yRom TIE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
A bill granting additional powers to the Com
nissloners OF the Washington Asylum. Referred.
bill TO license recruiting and tltute sgeuts
and runners in the city OF Warrington, and to
regulate tha same. pAhfed.
A joint resolution in relation to registering
licenses. Referred.
A joint rtsoiutisn repeating the Joint resolution
approved November i, 1854
Mr.. PeuBh moved to refer to tho Committee on
Improvements.
Mr.. Larner hoped that the bill would be passed
st once.
A long discussion enHued on the joint solution,
ali. GeuEn hhheFNUS TnAt inc surveyor nAu chAngfu
tho grade and that the passage OF the resolution
would not relieve the matte hut would Aocumu-
late difficulty on the subject, while Mr. Larner de-
MED that the surveyor had changed the grade, and
argued that tho passage of this JOINT resolution
would Lesson the difficulty.
These gentlemen argued the bill Mt come length,
when Mr. Pough asked that tho bill lie over uotil
the Board could get tho papers, and then he could
MIR. Moore called the attention Of the BOARD 10
the fact that he protested against the bill in the
frst place, hs hasty Liquidation.
The resolution was postponed till next Monday
evening.
assistant clerk OF tho Mayors oiice was returned
with an amendment to date tho salary from tho
lst OF October. Agreed To.
The Aldermen bill ercatins tho ONCE Of secretary
OF the Water Board, amended by the Council, was
returned without Argument.
Ga notion of Mr.. Larner, the Board insisted on
Its amendment, and asked q committee OF confer
enoe.
PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS.
Mr.. Lsrner said he desired to make few re-
mHrEI on privileged questionable, r street i'm
the members Of the Council h,d done their duty TO
their constituents, and had transacted their bust.
resl properly at lesst there had been no word Of
esDsurs from tnem.
Bus msD-a penny.a-liner in the Chroniele-had
made II his business to constantly abuse and mis-
represent the Corporation on all OCCASIONS through
Ignorance. But most YilIRinous article appeared
In the Chronicle OF this tdondayl morning, in
which ho actually charges, In SO many words, that
influence Of the Metropolitan Railroad Company
in D>hing the T. street Improvement.
The artieo referred to wHs read.
This person had been carrying on his stupid
writing for Romo nmei and 1t surprised him that a
msn who hsdbecn in tic city for IS years should
snow 40 little knowledge Of corporation atfairs,
10 the Grst place he charges that the persons who
urged tho passage Of the bill through Congress at
the last session threw sand In the eyes of the Com
mittee on the District oil Columbia. To show that
the Council was sincere In the matter, after the
law was passed authorizing tho city to make i'm.
proyeueats and ss.es. the same on the property
ellis passed dozen bills under that law.
The Corporation Attorney decided that the bill
was detective, and that the improvements could
not be made under that law. The fault was lot
With the Council, but with Congress.
Tho next charge is that the Council has been
hrlhed By tue metropolitan RallIONd Company,
And yet he does not seem TO know the fact that
the Till was passed on petition OF a majority Of
the properly:hoders residing on street, and that
the expense IL RRgetsed on them, This Ia only an
attempt to bring his betteIs Into disrcpute. He
next says that the Centre msrkPt-house should be
rsooved and the reason he assigns 10 that 1t pre-
vents the coo. air rom getting into the Patent
twas mortifyiHs to hIu to see city paper
make the ehHrgo that the "sreat influence Of the
Metropolitan Railroad Company" made the i'm
prove ment. He must mesn that they were bribtd
with money, and no othsr Inference can be drawn
small to dGniiy, BY taking Inotioe OF it, but lest
these things should come TO he continuous libel
on the city some notice seemed to be required.
IL WAA tut nAolt VI bHhuBtrht mcro bpJOuInetb,
who have no interest In the welfare OF the city,
who show moral OK ample for our people to fol-
low, but bring their Poilutians from home, and
not ONLY that, they bring their companions to Join
them IN their iniquities, and then these peuny-a-
liners write to the people Of the country Of the
horrors OF tho city OF Washington
There were decent psperB In this city, and he
sorry to see the paper referred to make itself
q secondary concern by the publication Of theso
infamous articles. He did not know-did not care
10 know-tho msn who wrote them. The Truth
would never suffer from the attacks OF such rap
GcAlliOnb AZ these,
on motion, the Board adjourned.