Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-16

| Saturday, and disa owed any In ten. .ion 20 be
oisrespectful 70 either the court or The counsel
Judge Leach announced 10 rhe court that in
| asmuch as be had not had opportunity to
4 appear on Saturday, he asked q continuance OF
| The case.
After some consultation. il was fiuaIIy agreed
| to adjourn the case till O'Clock to- MORO "
| Wednesday afternoon.
| MEETING OF THE BOARD or aE.IrRst 4
/ O'Clock yesterday afternoon, an adjourned
| meeting Of the Board CT Health was held in
| the Aldermen's Chamber, a. the CiIy Hall
/ The President, DR.. Bacon. called The rnaa,ip q
| 10 order, and upon n call of the roll IL ap-
peaIed that quorum was present.
| Upon the peutton OF Mr.. Samstag, 20 deodor-
/ ize night soil, DIR. Hagnar chairman OF the
/ committee to whom II had been referred, made
/ q report recommending the adoption of The
I same. The report sets forth that Mr. sam
/ s,ag's petition proposes to dlsinfect night soil
before 1t is removed from the repositories, a
plan which has been adopted in the various
large Europeon cities, and which has proven
80 effcacious in preventing diseases. The re :
port was unanimously adopted.
/ From the committee to whom was referred
the question OF lmpuri'y OF the Potomac water,
DR.. Todd reed letter from Mr.. Theodore Il.
Samo in which il was stated that the water
which is now used in Georgetown and Wash
ingfon was as pure as any that can be sup
piled for several years to come. Not until he
completion Of the distributing reservoir can
there be any Improvement
Itwas further stated hy DIR. Todd that by
2 tDe Iotn OF August the water used IN George
town would come direct from the Great Fails.
He therefore asked that the comm istee be dis
charged; granted.
DR.. Prentiss offered a preamble ana resolu.
/ tons with reference to complaints which had
7 been made of the inattention to duty of ward
contractors for the removal OF garbage, &c
/ which y ere referred to The Mayor for his con-
/ sideration. with the hope that remedy may
be suggested by him.
In connection with this subject it was recon
mended that a bell be used by the driver OF
I each cart notify reAidpnfS pf
1 te remove the same from their premises.
Some other unimportant matters were con-
sidered, after which the Board adjourned.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS UNIoN-The regu-
lar weekly meeting Of the Soldiers and Sail
or's Union was held last evening 81 Union
League Hall, Major Morse IN The chair, and
| Lieut. Young SECRETARY.
capt Callan offered resolution, which
was ADOPTED. returning the thanks of the
| Union to Hon. Z. nj Stanton, Secretary of
| War, for the just and faithful Discrimination
! In favor OF soldiers in reducing the clerical
iorce in the QuaItermaster Generals office,
!! and recognizing In him q true and faithful
| friend OF the loyal soldier.
Major Doughty read an additional resolu-
| tion, which was adopted declaring sthat in
rendering these sentiments OF appreciation of
Hon. E. N. Stanton's course, we regard It a.
| the first step taken towards Just distribution
| OF public patronage, and in accordance with
! the loyal PEOPLE who sustained the late war;
! Lieut.. b. Van Ripper, late Superintendent OF
the Senate Folding Room, was called upon and
addressed the meeting He said that Andrew
johnson had betrayed the party that elected
him. There were men, too il, the senate
whose betrayal OF soldiers and sailors will
enshroud them in a political grave. He spoke
OF Mr.. Brown, Sergeant. at. Arms of the Senate,
who was sy ycophant, and pandered to those
In power for purposes of self. interest. He had
made s10o, GOO, and he cared for neither soldier
or sailor He had purchased the Old Capitol
Prison, and tried to delude the people with the
idea that 1t was tor q New York company to
make hotel OF, but now Mr.. b. was going to
Brown wished the office held by Mr. B. B.
French to be abolished, so that, under the
present arrangement with the Capitol police,
ne (brown) could make some appointments.
And what was the result' He had appon ted
relatives. and not given to any who had been
defenders Of the Union. Adjourned.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE lMPRovRN.NTs-
Mr.. John F. Ellis expects to be able to move
into bis fine new establishments No 3e6 Penn
sy1vanla avenue. about the first of October.
The handsome iron front building OF Mr.. T. NJ
Harvey, corner OF Ilth street and Pennsylva-
MIA avenue, is rapidly approaching corsple-
ton, and will coon be ready for service as the
great Oyster Emporium. The fine new build
ings OF Messre. Shillington and Pilling and
GAIT Bro, on the avenue. between l1th and
18th streets, have been started Oh q carefully
prepared foundation, and when finished will
add materially to the appearance and business
| impol tancs OF that part of thecity. Our neigh
Dor, the Republican,, has moved TO its ha nd
some and convenient new quarters in the
Force building, on 10th street. The avenue
and intersecting streets in the vicinity of 10th
! and 11th streets are now alive with important
| business Improvements.
VISIT OF NAVY YARD WoRKINGMRN TO THE
of fifty of the employees of the Washington
Navy Yard, escorted by Hon. Charles f.
Phelps and Hon. Stevenson Archer, members
Of Congress from Maryland, waitea upon
President johnson for the purpose of asking
his Endorsement OF petition prepared, asking
that the workmen at the Navy Yard should be
be provided for them. The President assured
them Of his desire that they should be retained
as long as the work would admit. The COM
mittee then waited npon Secretary WeIles.
who referred them to Mr.. Ashman. Chief Engi-
neer OF the Bureau of CONSTRUCTION and Re-
pairs. That gentleman received the committee
with favor, and said that there need be no fear
OF sudden dimlnution in the present force,
and that he would do all he could to increase it
ALLrGEDLARCENY.-M Addison F. Brown
and Alex. Reed to move his furniture from
GEORGETOWN to Washington, but ID furniture
not arriving at its destination, he had the
cartmen arrested, charging them with the lar
ceny Of the furniture Upon examination il
vas ascertained that Mr.. Brown had a col
ored woman in his employ directing the re-
thorized the cartmen to place the furniture IN
an adjoining house. Justice Morsell dis
missed the cartmen, while the colored woman
was arrested and brought before Justice
her stewardship.
ATTEMPT AT RoBBKRY.-A soldier named
Thomas Kelley. Of the i4th United States in
fantry. charged by Thomas Myers with an at
tempt at robbery-be having attempted, while
intoxicated, to make way with the money
drawer from Myers store-this morning came
before Justice Thompson, who dismissed the
charge and fined Kelley 81 for disorderly
conduct.
THE NATIONAL b. Il. CLUB IN CINCINNATI
match game OF base ball " as played In Gin
cinnati yesterday afternoon between the Cin-
cinnati Club of that city, and the National, OF
this city. The latter wen bv a score of So TO 10.
The National will play a match with the
Buckeye Club Of Cincinnati, 10 day.
REVIVAL OF RELIGIoN-For few weeks
past spirited revival OF religion has been in
progress among the eolored people at Asbury
Church. on the corner Of 1lth and streets.
THE BRY g GODS FAILUREs.-rheN New York
Express has recorded several OF these within
the few days past. The Journal of Commerce,
(mtney artlcle,) in further reference to the
subject says:
sWuhin the last few days several snspen-
sions have taken place, mostly from losses IN
the sale of imported dry goods, and these have
been used as q text to throw discredit upon q