Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-04-02

AND DuhB.-The ele vpnth ann nal report OF tu.
Coium Insfituts0n for the Deaf aud Dum>.
for the year ending June 30, 1865. with An ap.
pendix Containing great deal Of int-Testiae
matter, has just been published. The rep,rG Of
the worthy and efficient President Of tue Insti-
preheDsive, but we nave space to-day for oniy
few extracts. He reports:-"rne pupils re-
naming in the Institution on the FIRST day o:
July, 1867. s.; admitted during the year en- ling
June %, 1865. ~; since admitted. 10; under In
structions since July I, 1867, males 3d. fem lies,
2e-toral, I22. Or these, nine have been dis
die d. The number of United States bsns ciaries
II Sc; paying pupils. ~; supported by the State
of Mary land. IS; supported by the city Of Hal.
more, 49," The Institution was remarkably
The following changes OF officers are report.
ed:-"ln March last, Mr.Wm. l.. Galiaudet,
ton OF family supervisor. Miss Auua A. Pratt.
former assistant matron, has been appointed
matron. Mrs. f. L. Denison,' who has for
come time been a successful teacher Of a class
in the primary department, has been appointed
assistant matron."
In reference to the progress of the buildings,
the President reports:
"The presidents dwelling house alluded to
in our last report as being under roof, Is no "
nearly completed, and will be habitabie IN thr
course of few weeks. The completion of the
main central building, which we nope to eff c.
during 1869, will leave only the college extsn.
sion Indicated on the plans Submitted in our
ninth report 10 he constructed, aud the build
I
partmehts Of the institutlsn will be PROVIDED;
An extension OF the shop, and other yelling.
heusts for the professors, may in iuturs year.
be required, but the cost of these viii b. smu
compared with the expenditures of he las, tn
present, or the next year. We may therefor
point TO a time in the near future when on
demands on the public treasury will be limited
10 provision for current expenses and re-
pairs. Attention has been called IN Congress
and by yourself to the fact that the title to real
estate purchased and buildings erected out of
aatf ions ma 10 49, ~ al ~
ment should be vested in the United States, and
not in an Incorporated body"
For support Of the institution during the
year the receipts were Si2,6Ai2; expenditures,
S43,669.27. Erection OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from
appropria Tod, S54,eS5; expended by the Pres.
ident- S56,6i6.s5. Increased supply of Poto-
Enlargement and Improvement of grounds
receipts, $ll.2S3.24; disbursements, Sll,l6279
The estimates for next year are:
81: For the support Of the institution, in
Guiding SlWe for books ard illustrative appa-
rafus, S3i,5m. ,. For continuing the work on
the buildings In accordance with plans here.
tofore submitted to Congress, s6GOOO. 3. For
continuing the work on the enclosure and i'm.
proyement Of the grounds Of the institution,
Si,L0O."
President Gallaudet says: "In 1865 thar
were twenty .seven United States benefciaries
In the institution, and the amou Mt provided nv
Congress for the support of the Institution wa,
S15,!37.5O, while last year the number of nited
States pupils had risen to forty -one, aud the
amount appropriated was S2O,43i.1l. For the
present year, from the action OF Congress itself
in the act Of July pa. 1862 and ny the regula,
accessions frem the District of Columbia, our
number will be increased to upwards of sky
The number Of sixty Government pupils for
whose support and instruction We are called
upon to provide the present year would, bv
the scale OF allowances proposed in the amend
ment, call for an expenditure Of S35, 200. We.
however, estimate that by the exercise of rigid
economy we shall be able to meet the current
burdens OF the year with S-I0,' OK. Twelve
thousand five hundred dollars having been
appropriated, the sum Of SIT 500 will ba needed
to meet the expenses of the year ending Jrne
submitted: For the support Of the institution
for the year ending June 30, 1869, sl7,5OO."
THE EIGHT HOUR LAw.-Attorney General
Hoar has reversed the decision of Attorney
General Evarts IN. regard TO the law maxim
eignt hours days labor in the navy yards
when this law went into effect the question
arose as 10 whether reduction of the numb.r
ton OF wages, Mr.. Evarts decided that 1t did
rot, Now Attorney General Hoar reverse
that decision and decides that persons working
only e'ent hours IN the navy yards should
receive only eight tenths of the wages paid to
persons outside who work 10 hours per day.
In view of the above decision an order i.
accordance herewith has been promulgated
Yesterday committee from the Washington
Navy Yard and other Government workshops
waited upon the subcommittee on Naval
Affairs. and urged action to prevent the enforce
the eight-hour law, IN answer to questions
stated that when the law passed IT was not con-
tempiated TO reduce the pay while reducing tn.
hours OF labor. There is a law upon thu
stainte-book which provides that the pay of
navy.yard ard Government workshop en-
ployees shall be the same as that paid by pri.
vate establishments IN the neigh borhood 10
view Of this statute, il is claimed that Secretary
OF the Navy has no legal authority to order tn
reduction OF wages. The Committee on Naval
Affairs Will probably consider this subject and
report upon 1t during the present session.
SALES OF REAL EsTATK-W L. Wall Il Co..
auctoneers, have sold east half Of lot 6, in
square 1U1, with improvements, consisting of
q three.story brick house, fronting on street
north, between 18th and 18TH streets, to ). ID.
Castleman, for 1860. Also lot 70 In square
80, on 2ith street west, between f and + SITS,
to The same purchaser, for 6X cents per square
foot.
dreen Williams, auctIoneers have sold 10.
!, In square 5Oi, improved by three-story
brick house, corner Of * and Q street streets
south, to John b. Abel, for $500 Also. ,ot
], in square $50, fronting Sc feet on Georgia av.
epue, corner Of 12th street east. with the i'm.
pioyeInents, consisting Of a two-story frame
house, TO Mrs. Harriet u. Marsh, for Iik cents
per square foot. Also, lots I, =, and IA, in
square 1,l36, to the same purchaser, for y cent
per square foot.
FISH AND OYsTRRs.-About three thousand
shad Were received at Johnson's wharf from
the Potomac fisheries to-day, W hich sold In lots
from ~1D N I'm nd rod and ho,y uaop