Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-25
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT I'M.
PR0VEHENTS IN THE GROUNDS.
THE NEW GREEN.HOUsEs.
THE P.sRTEsEE OF FAOHERs

THE P.sRTERRE OF FLOWERs
The grounds of this popular Department.
which have so fast come to be a fayorite re-
sort for citizens and strangers who enjoy the
beautiful In nature and i'm art, have been
adorned with many new attractions during the
present season. The concrete work Of the CIR
rage roads and walks has been considerably
sHtehdeu, ana many new roads and walks have
oeen cut In graceful curves, giving access to
which have been planted with due reyard To-
landscape effect and as organic parts Of the
growing
"ARBoRETUM AMERICANUM."
The tasteful parterre OF flowers which forms
the fitting foreground of the main building has
been faced with rustic terrace wall OF Seneca
sandstone sI geo feet In length and four feet in
center, ten feet in length. This wall is sub
stantiauy COPIED, will hereafter be finished with
a. sneavy Lalnstrade. and is thanked 1t both ends
by ornamental projections Of same material and
height, nine feet in length each, composed OF
iusticated quoins and cappings, which are
h h,ea to be surnoHptsd superb opsn pa
lecture OF the main building.
Next greets the eye, in line with and to the
west OF the main building,
MAGNIFICENT ROW
Of glass structures. These lofty erections form
necessary corollary to the "Arboretump
and garden work, and will serve the purposes
Of another important function for which the
and propagating valuable and nseful medicinal
textile and economic plants. These green,
houses Of the Department have a total length OF
go feet, from east to west, With a wing extend
consist Of q center pavilion GO FEET in Length.
81 feet In width, and 80 feet jim extreme height;
further OF two end psvillons of 80 feet square
and 20 feet extreme height; and last, but not
least, Of two connecting wings, each being loo
fett In length, u feet in width, and II feet
extreme height. The connecting wings viii
while the end payillions will be made useful in
addition a. orange houses, and the center
pavilion ~ housing for tropical fruits and
plants. The rear wing is set apart for grapery.
water circulating through iron pipes, which Are
distributed In such Quantities as will give to
each section the required temperature.
THE EXTERNAL And INTERIOR ARcHIrRcruRR
OF THE GRKkNHoUsBs
reminds In its ensemble and details Of the mon
umental art Of ARABIA, the festive land of
flowers and poetry. The characteristic feature
Of this architecture is to decorate the copstitu-
ent elements of the construction, instead of con-
structing superfiuous work for the purpose OF
decoration. The base Of the buildings is thirty
inches in height. and is composed OF a base and
caps Of rubbed North river blue stone with An
intermediate wide course of Seneca sandstone
OF the Complementary red color. The windows
and doors OF the pavIllODe finish with ornament
ed Moresque arches, springing from the caps Of
the light intermediate pilas.ers. These arches
are parted from each other by moulded brack-
nice, behind which glazed cupOla-roofI, SUI
mounted by lanterns, loom up. The main en-
trance has received particular attention. it pro-
s4Sbsd from fs the building With
. graceful Pedipent. The frame Of the
building is painted In different shades OF buzz.
with the sash laid In pearl color.
Mr.. VIM. S9unders with all the work on the
grounds, and Mr.. Adolf Glass has been erltrust-
cd with all the architectural work.
SECRETARY RoBKsoN, Senator Conk!ing.
General Babeock, and others had a lengthy
consultation in New York yesterday with the
object of concerning measures for carrying out
the congressional election law, and to prevent
fraudulent voting and registration.
RRrRENcHMKNT.-TheU U. 3. Treasurer has
prepared statement for publication showing
the receipts and expenditures Of the government
during the past year, which will show a re-
trenchment in the War Departments of 8 4. OOo.-
0t0 each.
THE SINKING FUND.-The following is state
United States $50 stocks, for the Special Fund
and for the Sinking Fund, in the fiscal year
commencing with July LIST, 1869, and ending
with June 80, 1870, and which now constitutes
part Of the Sinking Fund:-For coupon bonds,
81, 093 800; registered stocks, 396Ii 200; pre-
miums paid on same, SIC, 73i ,55l.4o; accrued in.
terest on same 81 ,i25, 1870. Total s132, s94,-
sO4.e9.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRKsIDRNr.-The
President this morning made the following ap-
pointments :-P ostmasters-N. q. Robinson at
Jefferson, Texas, and James l.. Hodge at Little
the district Of Nevada, and Chas.. X. Braytop.
Pension Agent at Providence, II. L.
REPRESENTATIVE CESSNA, of the sixteenth
Pennsylvania district, proposes to contest tho
election Of his district, in which he was besatsn
by Stsen votes, ON the ground Of the colOn!.s-
ton OF q large number Of voters from Franklin
and Somerset counties, who had no legal right
OF suffrage except in their own district
A NAVAL CouRr-MARrIAL Is now being held
at the navy yard in this city for the trial Of de-
liDquent paymasters. Thus far no particular
washington. lately on duty ct Norfolk, Va, has
been summoned to explain an alleges dehcit Of
81, 900. The other paynastsrs Who win be tried
eIp W. ". MBrCy, Fsf8tker,V s D. 9of8ud, II.
Mellach and G. II. Lockwood. The two lstter
are posed assistant and the others full paymas-
tiers. Tho amounts involved in the charoes
pending against these ofhcers II about SEQ 900.
4.f
a Washington politician IL quite sure Il was
Lazarus Who cried out, "Lord, Lord, 1 thanh
thee am not 10 others."-Bostes Post. -
No, it wasn't . Washington politician, Z was
. Washington editor,-which his name ii ID
Counery-ornary Connery-or, q his friends
say, ornarily corued. s,5aa ~
The population Of New York city, according
to the complete census returns, 10 926,9io, q
increase Of liz ,656 over 1850. SIS
11The last returns from South Carolina,
indicate the reelection of Governor Scott BY a
largely reduced majority. Elliott, colored
man and republican, 10 probably elected to
Congress from the third district. Rainey, q
malatto and q republican, certainly succeeds
Whitmore as representative from the first dis
rrict. In the second district the contest be-
tween Bowen and Delar9e, colored republican,