Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-31

1BB NAVY YARD ne Disckarss Of Wort.
men eNd ReductiOa Of Pay-ro day fss meo IN
the Ordnenee ID paFtme Rt notified some fifteen
days since that their services would he no
ger required sftsr this date took their Lave
OF the yard TIE order for their dtscaa-ye
WIS tssusd under toe resoiutioQ OF The HoQss
of Representatives directing the suspsusion OF
new work by mr. John ID. Bran, Care; DleTK
OF the Ordnance Bureau OF the Drpartmsnt IN
'he absence OF Capt Wise, tie chef, 90 &C
count of sickness, and ne, 10 give the
men time 10 look mp other work,
gave them fifteen days notice. Under tue
Equipment BuIeau 81 men were discharged In
the middle OF the month, with but days no.
lice. There have been no orders from the Bu.
reau ef YARDS and Contraction Yet received
because the men NO k.ng under them sre not
employed on the class of work referred TO ia
the resslu ion Of the House; aud none nsvs
J al been received ia the Bureau of SteA m Ma.
chinery and I'm Ire ring, hut ~ ia thought
there VIII be discharge shortly, in conse-
quepce OF want of empioymenL as the only
work the men have now is the re pairipc of the
Nipsic's machinery.
AS sisted by ne yesterday, a ne W schedule
OF pay will go into operation to morrow, at
least in the Ordnance Department for IL has
been approved by the head of the Bureau.
This schedule reduces the pay OF most all the
employ ees of the ysrd about - cents per DAY.
Ii Is usual every other month for q board 70
com pare the prices paid for tabor by priva'e
parties with those paid IN the arr, ana IN axe
them confcrm, 81 BE- is raid thai the ne scne-
dule will mske the wages correspond W tn the
wages outside.
MARRIAGE LICENSES. During the wear
whicu closss with to-day the clerk of the
csErt. Mr.. X. J. Meigs. issued 1915 marriage
itcs nses-l,25l to whites and 685 to colored
people In January lsst the number was l56
Of " icb 10 we're whre and - colored cou-
pies; February, 1872; IS color-d; March, t21; so
colorsd: April, 40; ~ color-d; May, 1872; 81
coloreo; June, III; - colored; July, ts6, 81
colored; August, i2l; 81 eoiored; September
I73; Sc colertd; October, Is6; CO coiored; No
vember, 100; 4s coiored; December, TO noon to-
day, 1875; &c colored
The register shows some interesting "a cts.
On the .6ih of April last license was pro-
cured and returned with the words, .. She
wouldn't have me-" The largest number
Issued on any one day was on December "a,
when there were 10 issued, ana on several
days there r. no entry The number for the
year shows a falling or OF over 100; last year
the nm Der footing up 2,0l5-I,259 whites, and
756 colcred.
lts singular fact that most OF the mar
riaees of colOred people took place in the hot
month of June, when there were seyeniy-two
licenses issued to them. The smallest num-
Der iSsued TO them was IN August. when there
were but thirty. seven. Taking the population
Of the District as gwen by the recent census
1G5,s31. OF which 1887 are whites and 3l,S74
celored-these figures show that during the
year there was one marriage to about every
sixty OF the white population, and one 10
about every fifty three o. the colored popula-
ton, sho wing larger proportion of colored
seekers for connubial happiness than white.
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