Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-10

ALEGISI.ATfVE ASSEMBLY.
COUNCIL At the meeting yesterday afternoop-
Mr.. Bro~n fresn Judiciary Ccmmittee, reported
for the purpose OF snppressng houses that are
sased and kept for gambling pur pose Laid over ull
MT. Eaton. from Committee on Organization,
ported hin organizing The townshIps OF the sis-
which shah be created thereint and defining the
dniies Of the same. Lsidoyer under the rule. -,
House bull appointing a public prlnfer, was iald
under the rule.
a new market house east Of the Capitol, was taken
up and censurred in.
cfRock Greek Church was laid over.
Mr.. Thompson moved that When the Council sd-
S STaad iG 70 Il arsSSrn over u MONDAY next
GoUsE or BELEGiTEs.-undert the call of dis
BY Mr.. Murray=Bill to refund amount overpati
for ta,ss by Mrs, y; strider;i RefeEred .,.;n,
melit of committee 20 redistriet the election dis
By Mr. Bcswril-Bin in relation to bin posting
Blu in relation g iass s si a., Of FIRE imp9dng
false alarm. Bill to license intelligence offices:
BIZ Rroyding fer the sppontnent Of inspectors Of
BY Mr. HantEBiIl requesting the Board of Public
Works to place Watering TS1ghs a. 81 s.Iegt and
avenue, and on the corner of 9th and c streets.
BY Mr. Hogan-Bin for gas lamps to be erected on
ii street from North Capitol To l5th streets east, and
in North Capitol street, from TO III streets.
BY MT; BursleyaBil. to grsac end gravel Mary
ldiu ~ elltitt III STU 10 hrItTTtu
By Mr.: Moere-Resolni fons 70 publish. appended
.YaIdenburgh, Andrew Gleason and others, in the
Mr.. Campbell raised the point that these printed
letters could not be read.
The Speaker decided that the letters were not a
Mr.. Moore as I'd If that was tie ruling of the ma
lority and if they were ashamed Of the actof their
Mr.. Bcsytn hcped that the letterewquld be real,
oVcrC tnafcd. few bad men had committed out
rages and Inc poor laboring blamed for it.
greater why the letters should be read and pub:
lishcd and reading from Barclay digest, he claimed
iLgt any member could cali for the reading Of the
After some further discussion the resolution was
rowERs OF ms BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS TO ALTER
Mr. Ennis submitted : resolution inouiring Of the
GcyernoT Whist action has been taken By the Board
beween a s,h hG and s sSan oil tine grade OF
NJ. Ennis steted that valuable improvements were
Of reEort tlat change 81 grade was to be made.
Ny: Harkness opposed the resolution On the ground
Rs II Beard III Pubic Srf works to a knd n
ley, Carroll, Cassn, Cox, Ennis, Hail, and Murray
Mr.. Murray, from the Committee on Public W orks.
reported bin for the improvement and epar OF roads
in the county, which was read a second time.
THE Police COURT.
MT Hunt fc m The soInmittee on Police submitted
II cen Wunicat9n q Judge snell as to the amount
in Mr. sL: Mcknight moved to print the communication
m s 2s& that q Rf h 70 the
months about ScOeO0 receipts, when under the old
Ese tyts% Of he city e reoenue derived
Mr. Boswell referred TO the costs Of the court, and
heard that those about Judge Smell did business in a
queer manner such as meeting people an the street
receiving money for SO doing All this he had heard,
end trustcd it would be made made matter Of in
Mr. Brown said he. too, had noticed this fine bust
mes; en- onecccasion fine Of So being imposed,
The resolution wa. ordered to be printed and re-
isrTed TO the Committee on the Indebtedness Of the
=, REGIsTRATIoS AND ELECTION ExPEysEs.
Mems, reported Council bin making an appr0pria-
ion to rsy the expenses Of the registration and cleo
Mr. Moore moved that the committee be instructed
Mr.. Sol mons submitted letter Of the Governor,
that there were @ voting precincts at each Of which
We're three snpernendents and two clerks, and the
he regstration, as estimated by the Board, were
Mr. Moore expressed surprise at this latter sum-
:. MT Lloyd hoEed the information would be furn-
were IN proportion there was no telling where they
Mr; selcmons said he would procure the slforma-
difcnssicn il was laid over. 'N''''
licenses issued Iy the corporations Of Washington
GecgetCNn and TIC Levy Court was after some dis
Mr., Bursley offered a resolution authorizing the
SPEAKER to appoint journal clerk. Referred
The speaker appointed as the committee on the
part Of he HousG 70 select site for the Eastern
market Messrs. Davis and Brown. Also. as the
STANDING Committee on Militia, Messrs. Mcknight,
Dickson, and Hall.
Mr.. Boswell introduced resolution providing that
all bills referred TO committees shall be reported back
Egiihin ten days, with or without recommendation.
Adjourned to Monday.
Law DEPARTMENT COLUMBIAN COLLEGE
AEHBoI Commencement Monday Erening.-The
annual commencement of the law department
of Columbian College will take place on Monday
evening next. at the Congregational Church.
Hon. Edward Perrepont will deliver the annual
address. The address to the graduates win be
delivered by Rev. G. W. Samson, d. D., president
Of the college, and the prizes will be awarded by
Hon. j. e. Bancroft Davis.
TIE DRAW Reconnaissance Tuesday last
workmen have been engaged in repairing the
draw of the Long Bridge, and during that time
no vessels have been able TO get past A consid-
cradle feet has beenly lying both above and below,
and among the former the New York and Phila-
delphia steamers. Yesterday morning the repairs
were completed, the draw opened, and nayiga-
ton Of the river restored.
A BALTIMOHEAN IN TRouBLR-This morn
ing, about 40 O'Clock, officers Homer and
Reed, of the first precinct, found a German
named Henry Weise walking the streets in a
nude state: He was taken to the station house
when he stated he had been robbed of his cloth
ing and s18 in money, but could give no infor-
nation as to where IL happened. He halls from
Baltimore.
GEORGETOWN.