The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-30

BuIhbiSa fMrRoeENEsTs.- The Assistant
Co n q she for
The hi tSrnsf u Filth And Pomsrcy Streets, 10
the southern portion OF the Howard Univer.
\ The lot is $50 feet front on Fifth street, and
the t building Is kept back about is lset from
thus giving free apd open circulation OF air
to the building on all sides.
Tho main building, which contains the
room, &C., is los feet long and sixty feet wide,
and the center portion Of the building is four
stories high, the fourth story being In the
In height above the large and well. ventilated
basement, which extends under the whole
The Vide hall extending from front to rear,
which contains the main stairways, and the
eufoot wall running lengthwise Of the build
Ing from end to end give plentiful supply of
The basement is nine feet high in the clear,
contains the large dining room, kitchen, pam
naes rooms for he four large Rieh,rdso i
Boynton hot.air furnaces, with which the en-.
tire building 10 to he heated.
eight large rooms !, feet BY Il feet, and large
bath room for the use OF the occupants OF the
nrst floor; one OF the large rooms 10 to be used
for the reception parler for visitors to the
The second story is fourteen feet high, and
contains eight large rooms the same size as
those on the first floor, with bath rooms, water
The third story is fourteen fee. high. and
contains nine rooms, besides the large operat-
Ing and lecture room, which 10 90 feet long, 81
feet wide, and q feet high, occupying In height
the third and fourth stories. This room 10
seated semi-cirulsr around, the operating table
standing under large skyltght In the roof
The. fourth story Is ~ feet high, and con.
tains four large rooms. The entire buildings
supplied With gas And water, and a. separate rate
each room, and q separate ventilating hue 10
built from each room, and y to be supplied
when necessary. All The rooms are to have
! closets built In a peculiar style, so that they
can be taken entirely apart and washed and
put together again, so to be kept pure and
clean. The foundation 10 built OF red Seneca
stone, In the most workmanlike manner, and
10 one OF the best specimens OF mason:work In
the city. The supersttucture Of the building
Is Of fhc gray American building block, the
same as used In Howard Univerity and those
beautiful residences 10 the northern suburbs
of the city. The water table, corner blocks,
Ornamental window archers and stills, and all
the trimmings are OF the same material, OF
bright brown tint,
ing block, making the building more substan.
tial and more are-nEoof: The interior walls
wall making hi ani.R Without pisssefias, eS.
cept on the ceiling, which 10 lathed and plas.
tered, and the angle finished with neat cor
nice.
The walls to the building are up to the mid.
die OF the frat story, and the work is being
pushed forward as fast as possible, so as to be
completed by the hrst OF next March.
The building 10 being built according to de-
signs and plans furnished by Henry X. Searle
architect OF this city, and under his personal
Mr.. Searle has had large experience In the
practice Of his profession, and has superin-
tended the erection OF several extensive hos;
pital buildings In the Northern States, and
with the assistance Of the able and efficient
contractors Of the work, Messrs; Evans 4
Entwisle, with Mr.: Hutchings to 90 III. ne
for economical arrangement, architectural
effect, and practical execution he equal to any
In the city.
CHARGE oF FALSE PRETEScRs.-Yesterda
morning Lewis Mundheim was arraigned be-
NJ. Sisgman Co., OF New York, with having,
on or about the 2oth day Of August last, with
felonious intent obtained ribbons and other
millinery goods to the value Of slo5. 1t ap
, pear that Mundheim represented TO the New
+ York firm that he carried on business here,
and gave cheek on the f6s .saRe
, at the bank It was discovered that Mundheim
= Messrs. N. ii. Miller and Michael Thompson
appeared for the defence, and after hearing
4 the testimony the Justice required the &C.
0 eused to give security In VOC TO aw H 4 re-
/, ACAsg OF RgsIsTANcE.-William O. Gross
;, ley, master OF the schooner Margaret anJ
= Lucy, lying at the navy yard, was arraigned
before Justice Plant yesterday, on the com
plant OF John p. Hilton, who charges Gross
Ley with resstng him IN 1ae Of 81
:, toms for the district of Georgetown, and the
port of Washington, in refusi Ing to allow him
y case was resumed In the afternoon, but the
i prosecuting witness falling to appear the Jus
= tice dismissed the case.
Tho nFaRnnt
settled state OF affairs In several OF the south
!. ern States causes much apprehension. inc
l2th U. $; Infantry, stationed here, have oee.
a moments notice, and a special train OF cars 4
n kept in readiness to convey them Southwark
|. Tenn, but the recent troubles In Louisiana
G have directed attention to that quarter, ant
should an exigenoy arise they will be sem
J. where they appear to be most needed
:. FELL PROM A CAR.-On Wednesday after
l. noon, between 2 and O'Clock, boy about Il
year, q sSs named Ene;t Ds1oie, n TEL. rem SIm
g one car to another at the time. oficer strau'
yeyed to his home, on Fourth street west, be
d tween NJ and N streets north, where medica
aid was summoned. This should be a warninl
Q to boys who are In the habit OF jumping oil
and of the cars at the depot.
THE CoNsPIRAcy CASE AND LIBEL CHARoEi
ny WARDEN HUEsTIH,-ln our report yebleF
u day Of this ease by some typogrraphicnl error
/, we were made to misrepresent MIR. J. ii. John
+ son, OF counsel for the United States, and w
s. now make the amend. honorable, That gentle
B. man made = creditable and plausible argumen
in behalf OF hts side of the case, and, consider
l. ing the learned and very eminent array o
). counsel on the other side; he, together viii
!, his associate, Mr.. J. +. Williams, did them
G selves considerable credit In the conduct o
,, the preliminary stage OF the case.
e How DoES 1T HArPEN,-ln July, 1902, tn
Q title Of the United States to lot In the Firs
y ward OF this city was conveyed to respeeta
IT BILE gentleman Tor ais. Since then no i'm
D. provement has been made upon the lot, but 81
e rapid has been the advancement 10 value o
d property In that part of the city that In Jul!
y last one third Of the same lot was sold 70
>, t5T5, and considered cheap at that. The who'll
lot 10 worth, according to good judges, abou
1000. The purchaser in July, 1862, cyidentl!
made good Investment.
re ASTREET CARFIRED ISTo,-About o'clocl
" on Wednesday evening, as car No. 0, on IL
o way to the Navy Yard, was passing Roua
e seau's stone yard, on Il street, near Nortl
I. Capitol street, shot was Cred into the ca
le by some unknown person on the north side o
~ the street. The bullet went through the ca
p windows, smashing two panes OF glass In II
., passage, but fortunately inlurlng no one; IN
10 passengers heard the report, and one OF them
G. lady, saw the hash Of the hresrm. No clu
&c has been obtained to the guilty party,
pr ITO TIM Polls, YE NoHLE SoULs."-Th'
Id trains bound Northward last evening wert
M more than usually filled with passengers, In
r. GLIDING spirits choice and otherwise, bound 4
ia their respective voting precincts In the States
nj | Therefore, for the next several days we will
1 r.. tAna Of n