Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-30

the District Committee, authorizing the
"Washngton Market House Company 10
erecta building on the present site the rear 20
tie used for market purposes aud the front for
stores and Corporation ofsces, Police Head.
quarters, xc.. &c, This unanimous endorse
meut of the bill by the City Councils seems to
give ii weight with members OF Congress, as
they wished TO be assured that the measure was
Eot ofa character TO be prejudicial to the in
terest of the city. Several members Of the Cor. .
gressfonal Committees have taken the pains TO
examine the different sites proposed for a mar.
ket-house and concluded that the present site
is the best for the proper acccn mediation of the
people CT Washington. All Were agreed, how
ever, that the nuissnces now existing in con-
nection wFh The present market could not be
tolerated, and consequently the bill reported in
Cor gress provides that there shall be no vestige
of market bus ness on the street fronts and that
the building 20 be erected saall be of a char
aeter TO add TO the architectural appearance OF
he Avenue. Also that tee rooms occup ed by
toe ciiy and police Authorities shall he rem
free.
bill proposing TO give the franchise to the
butchers did not meet Wi a favor, "a i: pro-
vided only for the erection of another market
house on the present ste, without benefit to the
city; and il was not deemed advisable 70 give a
market dealers.
Mr.. NICKERs presented IN the Senate this
morring petition 1Dout ten yards in length,
snd signed by several hundred citizens of this
District, asking Congress not to pass the
Dill lately introduced in the Senate cou-
feIrpg additional powers upon the Metro.
politan Police Board OF this District ana
further asking Congress to divest the Police
Board OF all power over the approval or
rejection of applications for license for con.
ductipg any business IN said city. aud to leave
the control Of such questions TO the represen-
tatfves of the people in the City Councils
The petition concludes, 1--WE earnestly protest
against conierring power 10 prohibit he trans
action OF any kind Of business upon a body
who bold their SESSIONS in secret, and from
whsse decisions there is no appeal"
DELEGATION, including Hon. Sim On Gam.
eron- are 10 visit Atlantic City in a few days,
TO examine the beach, with the view of report.
ing TO Congress the necessity Of an appropris.
tion for erecting breakwater the inlet front,
along which the ocean is making serious in :
roads. Over 2,500 feet OF the beach opposite
the lighthouse have been washed away within
the past two years.
THE ALASKA PURCHAsE-NOTR FROM Mr.
TAsIsrRo-- Jan -. 1S69.-To the
EditCr Of the Erenin9 Stdr,-Sir In your issue
Of the 2eth instant there occurs a paragraph,
purporting 10 give an account OF what trans
pred before the House Committee on Public
me great in Justice. / shall say nothing of the
savage and urcalled for slpr which the writer
of that paragraph has thought proper to fling
at me- further than TO que stion the propriety of
admitting such scurrillous attacks into the
columns Of respectable paper. The writer
represents me as having stated that General
Butler was interested in the Perkins claim |
never said anything OF the kind, nor ever IN :
tended 10 convey such an impression. The
whole paragraph, in tact, is a gar bed record OF
incidental remarks which occurred during an
informal conversation between the chairman
of he committee and myself, which were n YER
intended by me for publication. As there we re
no reporters In the room, the q Question natu =
rally suggests itself how came the reporter for
the STAR possessed OF his information
went before the committee very reluctant
ly, after having for some days endea vored to
eyade obedience TO the summons. / frankly
told the committee that L came before them
mcst un willingly. as IL was not in nv power
10 enlighten them on The subject about which
they desired to be informed. All that kne W
had been gathered from the statements of
nation which in a court of law would have
beer considered available. 1 finally agreed
TO appear before the committee because a per-
son To whom had comm upIca ated these state.
ments of others, was using the same for very
improper purposes. As to the assertion of
your reporter, relative to his belief OF nv
having been dismissed, years ago from the De-
partmtnt OF State, l can only saw that il is
wholly destitute OF truth; the cause OF nv re-
sigDation Of the office then held, being such
as TO call forth newspaper comment of which n
anv man might well be proud
Yours, respectfully, L.. r. TAsIsrRo