Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-17
LEGISLATIVE AssEunLY.


COCNCIL.-Cosncilb bill No. =, Tor tn protection
5 e.s read .seooS tune am re
HOUSE Ills t. rsdncc he wsser ta..e.ss Of thu
Sapso &c one ha hs =: sl ss s1d 2
Mr. Browne ntr, need a bin author ixipa ,the an
eSIe, rnn said 70 s D'ssae 1 taIes
1icer ses and the reoEtroller IL authorized TO draw
his warrants therefor payable oat of III general
fund; laid over ADJOURNED.
Hoo sE OF DsLBG aTEs The unfinished bus.
ticers and employees Of the District, with am End
N RS Of The Coopcil1was taken up. and Ar Camp
nsnts; carries Yeas q; nays-hss@s. hall Hark.
Mr.. tsssin presented the petition of b. Cassin,
aiming thar the assessment his property ia
Ge.rge,own is xcessive: referred.
eus,ion sne spread II choisr.; referred.
appointment of q special committee OF three to
siSer and report to the next Legislative assembly
What ehas necessary in the Laws relating to
Mr.. Moore proposed to amend by providing that
Is'ric!, which was accepted and the solution was
adopted.
CCuI ell concur resolution, declaring the oh
tce; Of the Legislature in passing the four million
Mr. Campbell said the cencnrrent resolution had
0" legal signifcspce, and the voting on l. wou.d bs
Iiace themselves on the record as in avrr VI four ar
e.ehi niiii1ns HEIDI not know the legal status of
z
bad the nrst loan and had expressed mis-
aei, IN nation not to negotiate the secoP1 lpsn
De-, favor resolution he regarded as buncomte.
Mr. Csssin urged that as the Governor had ex-
proper for the h. gisIaiufe put itself record by
corcuIIing in his views.
loan had bee neg tiated aud ina uired il was 500
Mr CsmIbtll answered that he knew nothing IF it
Nj, NJ ore said it was an important question. .s
he " provided that one part OF the lnsn should be
all teen goisted. and injustice had been done the
pegpe, 81 The District in an additional s5
Fairly in he session be introduced bill proposing
e h %SeIs saf i ss s.sR
Mr.. Davis said Mr.: hoore's bill xpuld be reported
to day by the committee, SO that the House might
MI Ssssn said i was nov too la:s to base 4
would spect the opinion q the Gesisa
tnTe he ,hsIeirTs urged the House to adopt the
Agreed. to. Yeas--Messrs. Burgess. Cassin,
s@on .n1 an5 HE Syd
rel, ssrds and Hunt% MN 'a'seS' oAA'oei' Gar
TPENoRIHHRN MARKET HOUSE QUESTION.
Mr.. Burgess, FRI m the select committee Council
bill requesting the vermont 20 purchase the Corco
niited sminority report urging the passage Of the
bill for the reasons: lst That square No 515 lSav
any fair construction, and the Corceyan square is
near the center OF the northern section the
c6ran iquarei high and dry and will afford cellars,
willie tie Savage property is1ow, and cellars cann.t
arc within dSe Of
Center market. while in Few years the Core oran
Of sssa
square is removed from the 9Th street railroad ard
is directly on those lines 5th. That the price of
SAVAGE square is exorbi.ant. 9th. That at least
four hfhs OF the people interested favor the Corco
Mr. Burgess represented that the committee Cor
majority Of it, had refused to report the bin, and he
hey ad gOua relv
MIR Ennis said that the majority OF the committee
had studOu ly avoided the general merits of The two
.ies until the eSal question vhich had met them
&c had o. ts to the
the question which had arisen, and asked that it
Un that - decded he did not
10 go on with the examination, unless ordered 10
Mr.. Csssin claimed that it was the duty of the
special Committee TO act in The matter and if the
ted the District let the respOnsibiy rest t %hepe f
Mr.. Campbell urged tina. if the house adjourned
at once be commenced; he did not favor any, of
was built on the savage site il Would result di.a,
tr.usly: financially and every other way.
judiciary committee. asked that the legal question
be refeIIe 70 the C. nmttee selected by the house
mittee were only chosen for their fInowiedss s Of
market house, sites. If the house should decide to
direct the select committee under those circum-
stances TO go with the Investigate ln Including
the legal quest they wsuld accept the compliment
and go on with their investigation.
MT burgess advocated the purchase Of tho Corco-
re- IN site at some length.
Mr.. Cassin urged that the whole matter be left
with the Governor, on whom the responsibility
table.
Agreed to: Yeas-Messrs. Bursley, Carroll, Ca q
Bnnt .nd the pes asds
MMr0 ,, Bn5Tgess, Campbell Hall, Lloyd, Moore,
Mr. Solomons fro nm the Committee On 1xavs and
ueans, reported adversely on Council bill to pur-
chase the turn pike road from Georgetown to Rock
vn!e; report adopted.
reported bill providing for payment OF salaries of
the commissioners to eyise the laws and their
clerks; adopted Adjourned:
SUIT FOR ScANDAL.-Lena FOntenan has, bv
MesIs. Darlington and Darlington, brought
suit against John Campbell, claiming damages
at 1000 for Islander, in charging that the de-
PENDANT. on the 9Th of August, 1871, did speak of
stolen food from her employers, and was a thief
The FIRE.-It was not the store of Mr. John
Owens, on Bridge street, near Congress, in
Ir,scr oetOwp, which was destroyed by fire night
before lasr, pu. he store Of Mr.. Jesse Owens, at
Falls Church, Va.
have quite an attractive sale OF books, paintings,
guns and swords at their auction rooms this
evening.
FROM j. Shllington, Odeon building, we have
Democrats Mirror Of Fashions for February, and
from the National News Company Godey's Lddy's
Book for the same month.
Affairs Over the River.
MARKET SUPPLIES FOR wAsHINGTON-PIED-