Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-10


PORTION OF the building would have been pro-
ceeded with next
But though bsffied for the time being, the
exertion to get the clogs out of the way and set
the machinery in motion for the completion of
the work. They are men OF energy aud public
spirit, and II they cannot accomplish the tas k
who can? 1t is a thankless task, however, at
best. and we presume that ii their personal in
ciinations ard interests were consulted, every
one of these gentlemen would thankfully be re
heYed OF the responsibility.
JoB AGAIN ON THE WAR PATH.
Within few days the market house situation
has been further complicated by movement
on the part of some of the corporators to set up
company on their own hook. Among those
engaged in this movement are several who were
originally the most active III bringing the Bos-
ton parties into the undertaking. Mes.rs. III. :.
DAVIS, Job W. Angus, and nineteen others have
| signed the following document which has been
duly deliveredto the Register of Deeds:
Articles OF iaiion the subscribers
BODY corporate by the name and style of the Wash
Set1n ti1 Hsssrt COMPANY pursuant 70 provisions Of
10 lncoryoIate the W ashiDgton Market Company,
Art. 4. The undersigned, citizens OF Washington,
no hereby ourseyes tGse'he, body cor
Mails Ie9et ne name aud style 81 the Wsfnlns
section Is Of the act Of tongress meStaned aad re-
ARA We hereby undertake and agree to accept.
and do accept the franchise and franz chses conferred
TO perform all and SINGULAR the conditions duties
and oblIgations requr, and imposed by and result
subsequently the following additional articles
were filed
Whereas by the act of Congress approved May %.
$50 entitled IAN act 20 inc porats TIE v ashugt
hHrket company, certain persons therein named
were constituted body corporate and polite by the
nsnle OF the Washington Market Company, with all
.ne powers pTylsses and obligations IN the ,aid act
porators in the said act NAM havng epted the
franchise therein crestedJ have forfeited the
aolation OF the terms and COZ ditions Of the said
Now. therefore, be it known to all when it may
concern that We, the under-iened. Citizens Of ash
ineton, District Of Cu.umoa have associated onr-
1s tGgsIhsr in order 70 bee M me the Msshngton
uons OF the fifteenth section Of the act Of Congress
Ard we do hereby undertake and agree to accept
te iranc hse conferred by the said act and to per
The fifteenth section OF the act referred to
above is as follows:
IF the cOrporators named in this act or = MAJ n
part OF them shail refuse or neglect for sixty days
from and after the passage Of this ~ 10 accept the
they shall have forfeited the same within twa r1
years from and after the Passas of this act, then
citizens CT the city Of washngton TO the number u
twenty or more TO associate themselves together by
they shall undertake and agree to accept the fran
chse conferred by this act, and TO perform all the
sSrdd in the once of The register for th cts Gs re- e.
Nashinston, and thereupon such associates shall
The rights privileges and immunties conferred by
his act upon the coreorators named therein.
Now whatever may be the diidculties in the
way of proceeding with the improvement, il is
evident that they cannot be solved in the WAY
here proposed by the formation of this new
company. As a company il would have no leya.
footing. By the act comforting the franchise a
new company can be formed Only In case the
chartered company refuse to accept the fran
chise, or "forfeit it within tive years after the
passage OF the act. The corporation did accep:
TIE franchise, and though the work has not been
show in court that they have thereby forfeited
tie franchise. IL strikes Us that this pew
movement only adds to tie complications, ana
VIII slmpIy serve TO afford work for the lawyer.
.>e~
CENSUS BUREAU.-The following first class
clerks were to-day appointed in this bureau:-
j. Burroughs, jr., and NJ. l.. Ackerman. of "
j.; Z. Z: Hicks and NJ. j. Kent, of " Y; J.B
Evans, W kenealy, w. w. Eldridge. and l.. l.
Shaw, OF the District of Columbia; q. W. Lee
Washington Territory; j. l.. Count, ir. of Pa
and George j.. Wise, of Mass. Promotion from
hrst TO second class clerkship-A. W. Payne, OF
Wisconsin.
PosTMAsTERs APPoINTED-The President
appointed the following postmasters to-day
Geo. w. Mason, jr., New Berne, y. G.; Gordon
Farmer, Hoboken. \. j.; Luther T. Hand, Eli
zabethport, y. j.; j. A. Slocum, Long Branch,
\. j.; Lewis Reed, Atlantic CITY, N j., Daniel
Mcdonald, Princeton, H.; +. T.. Sperry Ma
Iengo, Iowa; Volney O'Brien. Atlantic, Iowa,
MN VIM, "A; McNIlty, CElpeper, Va; j. ID; White,
Mass; Sam'l K. WOolverton, wenOns Station.
III; james A. Hudson, Saginaw, Mich; j. NJ.
Sheets, Paris, LII.
IHR FENIAN PAIDoNs.-There are poS
twelve persons in this country who were mem
bers OF the Fenian organization, and tried and
convicted as such for violating the neutrality
laws. The pardons for most of them will be
signed this week by the President; Gen. O'NeiII
heading the list In some cases heavy fines were
imposed in addition to Imprisonment, but these
VIII also be remitted. The pardons, it is said,
z a in, cnrsn ncsl
under which the parties were convicted no,
having reached the President.
AN INDIAN CoUNCIL-RKp CLOUD AND HIS
ALLIES PACIEIo.-The Secretary of the Interior
to-day received a dispatch from the Special
Indian Commissioners Felix B. Brunat ana
Robert Campbell, at Fort Laramie. that s'R "A
Cloud, and IN an Afraid of his Horses % o: the
ogallaliahs. and ''ROman Nose" OF the Mime
cOnges, and Medicine Man" of the Northern
Cheyennes, with other principal chiefs aaI
about seven thousand Indians were there AMI
had just finished three davs talk. They insist
on trading post on the Platte, but will agree
10 have it located at " Raw Hide" Buttes and
TO protect IT. No depredations have lately been
committed, and they all seem to desire parms-
nent peace, for which tie influence OF Red
Cloud and all the chiefs will be used effectually
The goods sent for them were distributed on
the 9TH inst, and gave them great satisfaction.
Ihe commissioners left for Cheyenne on the
Sth inst.
HE IENNsfLNANlA ELECrION-4rrest Of
BdltimOre Colored Men ia PhilddeIphia.-On FRI
day the Philadelphia police arrested William
Hall, Thomas Bowen, Frank Washington JAS
Spiddal, Samuel Fisher, Charles Small wool.
(alias John Hall.l jeremiah Highland and
Frank Williams, all colored, on the charge OF
conspiracy to violate the election and registry
laws OF that city. They arrived there FRIDAY
morning in the steamer Henry l.. CAV, and
were arrested through information received
from some Of the police authorities of Balti-
more. On their persons were found re-
sonai property; thus emitting them to regis.
son being asked what they had to saw. sew
eral OF the defendants stepped forward and said
they had been engaged by q white man to come
70 TINS Cay TO work one week in Smoky Hollow,
Tor fifteen dollars. As soon as they got on board
the boat they received five dollars and tickets
which they did not know the meaning of. On
reaching this city the white man ran away and
left them, and they were then arrested. They
also averred that they had no intention OF voting
mere They were committed in default of IS 900
bail each for further hearing on the 10th in
slant" These arrests created much excitement
in Philadelphia, the democrats alleging that IL
was republican attempt at fraud, while the re-
publicans assert that IL was an attempt on the
part OF the democrats to introduce q humber Of
m in hat itv frox,,