The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-13

But there are reasons o. tne utmoss grayX
as ms,ading thM .ne eny Q, Mshteson ,, sn
10 ms howr maniiest Ns visoh ~ eowvr,
and its seMrespeet,. ~ tne osrs ,w,s,,n
inH,on VA olssh pcnsSes nss "a SNu,suy
WIN .ne Lntes. mHsn2,ns. p,soe sno .. ~
cation ior tsh .Afest no ionrsr esnss, VAL
isgton T. sot now ,moeruse ~ ,skes 10 o. ~. ~.
very ,ne ttown oI 'ne s.sve msss. Ioe esxs nv
The menace hs. no lanser, ether sSpediensy
OF Jusuee LOT w esIh ~ sncvs1 ~ pesm
tea 70 wm ~, =" W. osn n y, sn, IN ~
stsnty repea,ea ~ to proauce semoo,y ~
pIesMns enee.s upos tns m,nus ., W. um..,
sna IN soms aeeree 70 PsrsvtesVs w W"s
a, The presence o. lev tnoussnd ov'en., tssst
sonmsnity, has Sscvcn both power saa =
lot they have n several been nen we woui.
soystnmeat, who would sSoy and ycs disPsr.
sEc every puulsnsj vac would oncn nn VIZ
public schools without sonsrioumng 10 thslr
support, but rstner eepfrsssN tnctf mefitsi
VINO wouIa unIsv2.soy . shs'e, ~
The = len s.ss S.d voiaaisf!iy isf, elsewhere.
The desire o. these people 70 oontiaue ~ me
cspitsl and i've upon the mesgre rewards now
nainins permanently after thsir connection
WIZ me oovetnment rs oenseo-sresny , MI.
lsates tne ,sci,nns os We eusens, VINO ,ui,y
!Ss r!..eTss and the announcement: o. 50 many
M. US ehhsnse o. rpos,.y can ever .,
nsrno,us, " I'm - III, s.s,,,.sn,. " uo'
ppe..hi .ne snmu sp.h' wnGe, NJ 4,
s ssas,a s 80 ~ thougn s, 80 sa,. ., II
mould DC syme,ent 70 a'pei All 'se sppte'
he W. su ~ NJ, u..I,,. hv
a. on'easoe e w Posrions i,.n ~
impIess,ons nave mhas sosuiu e envy"
tom .wy m,oa ~ 40 esn ,, q. .ne s,, y.
Wy anu ppwe. o, out Guy "sem rms e,y h,s
nave heen nlaed IN msting tsternn lmpLote,
mehss W" ~ vnlow'ps senoo, W ~ ~ ~
no Ve ,,,i 'er ,, sn,nu y, ,i..,,.cs
eIhmsnI ~ esn nequW ~, nnns ~, - ~. ~" AZ,
oysuppncsi9n, ny. VIII W ,eApesg' ~ ~ VIZ
h the suspicion: moment.
Of the nstios.i capital a w..hinst.n va.
ter.ely answered BY the dis,iasu,.hed senator
from ohio, MT; Snef =; ,, whs. Re is,s, III,
| ten OF WAshioEton must Know that " the elty
cannot reach forth Its hands to grasp the ad
vantage, q the hour ! must ,iok below
| even Its past condition Of helpiessnes,.
| The boudoun and Hampshire fMlroai 10
vites us to run = lateral track Into W. the Po.
tomsc road VIII give us new rou,e 70 bN,,
more, connecting win TIE YORK anu rennsyl'
vania Central route, and Win the Wimtng
ton And Philsdephia ilnei snort roaa 70 Ihs
Chesapeake bay VIII es an early eonsumms
ioni road through western Mary,nna u
unite with the Pennsyivania system Will ,oos
fsio aud Niagara Falls nearer to washlnstor
than they are TO New York. The Point e
Rocks road 10 10 progress OF consirucilon
other road. have been proposed, the eonstrue
not 2, Wnich may aspenu IPG 20 ss.,,,n" n,
mower OF Inc nation to traverse the States Il
COMMUNICATING nstiossi purposes, and loea
rosds about Washington have been carefully
blannea, ,ne ne, els ,, s .. % W. ,tsnon
~ M citv. q eo.,,v ses Val mu.t ~ piace,
along The river front, Boundary street snt
other important streets are to be opeaed
BRIDGES must HuAn the Timer Al HeverAl pUtuNe
.he ,, n,,,nr,s,, ~ ~ W. nj
sor ii.htIn. he civ Win inc current e.
pen.es thereof, have risen TO sixty-nye thou
sand dollars a j ear, aud will soon reach bur
drsd Thousand; the w,has.~S1 .. w vossl 9,
@ unnn ~. srssy I'm ssslJJ
looleS TO- and no me,ns should 30 omIttc
] that can hasten then or reader the sdv,n
{ tageous to Washington.
a Inc pLoo,em OF tne eans', 700; nnd OF W
n Tras %. r,.t a,s.t .nms If npnsy b,yc bscn q,
I pended upoa grand failures 10 effect this oil
o lect. 1t is believed that efforts upon n nor
Z liberal e,le will now lead 10 success
me nout ,,, h e,, ,n, =. ,c.,,sa.iv m,n
c The civ eoyernment will be found equal
0 the emergency, and the people Of W asi.ingto
will applaud the courage and the deet.ion
i thnt Government, ,,,o,
" he'p'e''u'' Tu"w, n ,,oss,,,x
Il ArrLsToS p UtkEK,
J. Committee.
IS wAsnINaTos, July IL, 1860. a.,
" Mr.. Moore, after criticislng the bill In d
- tall, offered number Of amendments, whic
&c were rejected. -
II Mr.. Moore thought the rate or taxatic
% | too bIph for the necessities of the pcople.
Q Mr. Emery opposed the bill for In
c reason, He Thought, In the present couditIC
C of affairs. II was unjust TO tax the peoplc
muoh Raaides II w,s unnecesaary and
: boped the bin would not be passed to nigh
,, He regretted to differ with his friend, Il
l. chairman OF the Finance Committee, al
10 certainly desired 10 move barmopiously wi
lie the Republican party. Yet he was co
A. s..-i...i - -rr--- ~ lr', e.. .io .ate pr
I posed would certainly prove detrimental
&c the interests OF thc city. Besides, there We
:, large number In the city, who, at q
IL present time, could not stand such rate
a taxation rs was proposed by the BILL
q Business was dnli, and the merchants
Of Washington would lind II burden tn
+ would be very hard to bear. These thin
s. should be considered, and In view OF q
d facts, the rate should not exceed SIPS. +
o this he would vote checrfully. The Rcpub
We can party, while proposing TO Improve al
O. advance the interests OF the city, never d
70 signed to overlap the mark, and In their &c
Id prevent what was intended to be accoI
plished. To make the rate so high wou
V certainly prove detrimental to the pub
u veal, and would surely revert to the inIu
. OF the party proposing II. While he W
always ready to do everything In his pow
,. 20 promote the interests OF the city, he cou
y not justly vote for the bill then under co
!; sideration.
y The bill was discussed FOR some time, al
T. was finally passed-9 voting In the ahrm
tive, In the negative, Messrs. Moore, Nc
y sell, McCathran and Emery) !.
d The amount that Will be realized by =
tax this year, Is as follows-presumi
u that the valuation OF the property assess
NJ ny SoV,vV ~ noo ion i"I ,sa. 400
m ooo. from ~ yes for water nurnoscs. $40 O(
ST Srom iicenscs fines. 40. 5000 OOO Tot
is Al 'Sso. 0oO.
s. NJ. Connollv olso reported fayorably n h
or for Tho onnoiniment al n cornoration Gle,
IN which was nassed. also. n bill appropriati
Sc Al oOo tn nav CORPORATION attorney for 3,
~ ciai services. and regulating his salary
Ile s2 900 per annum; passed.