Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-30

the City Councils would do well to make a
small Appropriation, recommended by
Mayor Bowen, for the purpose Of making a
survey through the District and out to the
Long Old Fields, to the point that the survey
ors upon the proposed Point Lookout rail-
rosd have reached coming this way. The
parties interested in that road have authority
to survey from Point Lookout to soma point
IN Prince Georges county, to ccpnec. either
with the Potomac and Baltimore, the
Baltimore and Ohio road, or to come direct to
washington. They prefer TO come to Wash.
in gton, and to have nothing to do With the con-
fictiDg roads. We suppose that there is
scarce a railroad route in the country over
which road could be built so easily
ard cheaply rs this to Point Lookout, 1t
runs IN nearly a straight line "a slight bend
occurring at Charlotte Hall) along the divide
between the Potomac aud the Patuxent, and
up 10 the point that it strikes the District line,
there is not a stone to move nor a stream to
cross. involving the construction Of a bridge
Mary land has appropriated sl.5,OOO to Charles
county and S173,O0O to St. Mary's county, to be
devoted to this improvement and the right of
way and much of the material for the road will
be taken in stock by the people on the line OF
the road.
These facts serve to show that the project for
building the road has a solid basis OF operations
The advantage to Washington resulting from
making this rich line Of country tributary to
us instead Of to Baltimore need not be dweIt
upon here. 1t is only necessary to say that
Washington needs to encourage and build up
all enterprises of this sort that will result in
improving our railroad communications, and
money cannobbe more iudiciously spent than
In this way.
TIE FoRTY-FIRsr CONGRESS Although
fho
gress will last but three months, there will, 1t
is stated, be no orowding OF legislation The
Forty first Congress assemblies on the 4th of
March next, as will be seen from the follow
ing, which is the first section of an act passed
at the second session of the Thirty ninth Con-
gress, and approved January ~, 1867. Itis
entitled IAN act providing for the meeting Of
Congress-" and reads as follows:
'Be ii enacted, dc, That in addition to the pre-.
sent regular time Of meeting OF Congress there
shall BE- Il meeting Of the For.ieth Congress of
the United States and of each successive Con-
gress thereafter at I2 o'clock m on the 4th day
VI March, the day on which the term begins Tor
| which the Congress is elected, except that when
the Atm OF March occurs on Sunday the meeting
snail take place at the same hour on the next
succeeding day.
1t is believed. however, that this provision
fer a meeting the 4th OF March VIII be
repealed this winter To meet in March will
involve the necessity Of gong into the election
OF Speaker at that time, and there is a dispo.
sitlon to defer that until Decem Der, 1863
DEPARTURE OF GENERAL GRANT.-Cien
Grant left here this morning al 5 o'clock for
Boston, Mass. He was accompanied by MS
Grant who will stop in Philadelphia a few
days and meet the General in New
York on his return from Boston, Cen
eral Grant will visit Harvard College but
Will not place his son there at present, as has
been stated. On his return he will stop a day
III Providence, and two days In New York
returning home in about ten days.
PAYMAsTBRs MUSTERED OuT.-Under the
provisions OF General Orders No. 20, Nav 1st,
1865 the services Of the following named ad-
ditional Paymasters in tue army being no
longer required, they will re mustered out of
the service from January lst, 1869
Erevet Lient. Colonels Jesse Bowen, ID. H
NcPhail, Frank Bridgman, Owen T. Tnrney
j. W. Drew, David Taylor, N. A. Tucker,
George w. Dyer, A. ID Robinson, Wellington
Frooman, George TruesdelI, and Edwin L.
Moore.
Hon. L. Il. WAsHBURNE, who has been look
ing into the estimates for appropriations next
session. says tie condition Of things Would he
very satisfactory, except for the Indian war;
which greatly increases the necessary expen.
ditures Of the War Department He is of opin-
ion that the next administration can make the
Post Office Department pay its own expenses,
and consic erably diminish tne expenses OF the
Treasury Department.
SECRETARY SCHoFIELD this morning issued
a circular to officers Of the different Western
armies announcing that Gen. Sherman has
made full arrangements for the annual re.
union at Chicago. 1t is expected a larger num-
Der Of officers will be in attendance than at any
former reunion.
THE FOLLOWING Senators are already here:
Messrs. Cole, Corbett, Pomeroy, Harlan, Rice,
Edmunds, Trumbull, Spencer, Morton, Sher.
man, Sumner, Howe, Osborn, and Harris
Senator Sherman leaves tomorrow to be absent
| the remainder Of the week
THE DYER Court OF INoUIRY.-The Court
Of Inquiry in the case Of Brevet Majer General
A. Il. Dyer, resumed Its session this morning,
and after the reading Of the record, Brevet Col.
7. :. Laidley, Of the Ordnance Corps, was
called and examined by the prosecution.
NAVAL LORDERs.-Commande Ralph Chand-
ler has been ordered to ordnance duty at the
New York Navy Yard, and Commander N. p.
Buckner has been detached from ordnance
duty at that yard and placed on waiting or
ders.
INTERNAL RRvENUE.-The receipts to-day
from this source were s78s, ,8304I; for the mouth
| OF November, s9,6il ,3Oi.63; and for the fiscal
year ending this date, s6O,3s4,47l.ss.
DEATH WARRANT.-Bya private letter from
Princess Anne, Md, we lear that the death
warrants for the execution Of the three ne.
grOes concerned In the MURDER of the captain
and the cook of the schooner Braye-Wells,
Wilson and Rounds-was received by the
sheriff Of Somerset county on the 25th instant,
and that the Sth day Of Jan uary next is desig-
mated tor their rexecuti0n.-NeWtOWn Ga zetts.
THR HRIREss SENsATION.-It Is stated that
Mary Hayes, the Louisville courtesan who fell
heir to s6t00OO in gold, is lying in the last sta.
ges Of consumption in that city. Some of the
sharp attorneys of Louisville, from all ac-
counts, are anxious to finger the gold for her,
but the parties having the money in charge do
not propose TO be caught mapping.
MAYOR OF BosroH.-The workingmen's g ror.
ty Of Boston have nominated Isaac w. May for
mayor Of that city. There are now three can.
didates for that Office in the 6eld-Hon. Moses
kimball, representing the republican and peo.
pies parties; Mayor Shurtlef, the democratic,
and Mr.. May, the workinemen's party.
ADJoURNMBHT.-The Annual Conference