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Special Despatch 10 TIE CAledgo 1F76aW.
DzsNo1sEs, Feb. 13-President Grant fecent.
II perdoned and United States Marshal heien9!
yesterday released from the Iowa Psn,ten.an35 ra3
William Il. Carrick, who Was convicted oi ~. vo
bing the pnails, while Route Agent on Tue w. w.
Central Railroad, some two years ago, ana
esiyed sentence Tor ten years at hard labor. =.
vas apparent from the manner in Theh "a. Ga1ss =
carried On his criminal transactions :.nas =
w. T new IN oz1me, and hi, biz vds,s deyo'e33 s.3
wifo and influential friends in Nc" 1olk a. =
thl.!fhi. iediatslz commenced 4ns11s sesz l.
secure his pardon, and were nnaltI atI,ra litt5
oe9f e;sF yes ess bat Dss4 bis sppsa1snes @ ts
fis auirerines have been great. His xits aee e r
panied the Marshal to the prison, and her 1y ~. =.
seeing ber husband free man again "'4
laarr1hahta
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Congressman Buffers legal services are In
Great reouest among those who have litigation
concerning Pacific Railroads. Credit Mobll1er
contracts. and the like matters before Congress-
He testides that hewaa paid St, ,00o BY the UNION
Pacific Railroad for his professional e1ertions IN
arranging tie Ames contract. James Fisk sent
him $1,000 to appear for him against the Com
,,anv. This General Butler was willing to do,
but the Company refused to release him. Butler
ayowed with viy.city that he was proud Of his
performance, and said he would do just so again
!: it he got another chance, all the world to the
contrary notwithstanding
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The State seuate of Illinois did 8 Tery foolish
thing.-it might be called very impudent thing
if it is not more properly to be charged to
tboughtlessnees or Ignorance It passed reso"
luton directing the Supreme Court to hurry up
q decision in tho case 2gaiust the Alton Rail-
road. decided at Bloomington last November,
and taken to the Supreme Court on appeal. Ths
Joint resolution was an insult to the coordinate
branches OF the State Government, because it
arrogated to the Legislature q superiority OF
wisdom and authority, and implied that oil tho
RESPONSIBILITIES Of government rested exclusively
upon the wise men Of the General Assembly The
resolution Was more offensive aud impertlnont
becauee 1t implied to direct the Court which way
it ahonld render its decision. The State Senate
OF Illinois is riding & very high horse just at
present. Not content with its ordinary func-
tons Is part Of the General Assembly, it has as
suned to play tho psrt Of the Executive, and to
bully and browbeat the Governor as II he were
q creaturo Of its Own. Demagogism ls not
only very strong in the State Senate, but there
ia so much OF it that the article is very cheap
| and much Of it Of poor quality, Having noflheo
the Governor Of what the Senate demanded Of
him. it 1sas but natural that it ahould dictate
| to the Supreme Court how it should decide
caea before it, The "legislatiTe farmers :
| having decided whom the Governor should up
noint as Railroad Commissioners, it WIS but {
step further for the same body to inform th'
| snpreme Court what its decision must be, ane
| xhen it should be delivered. Fortunately TO-
the credit of the State, the House "as less un
der the sway of these demagogues, and the reso
1ntion Wis defeated, only four Of the Cook coun
| r. 1nennhera ha!ng cheap enough to vote foF 1t.
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MILEAGE IN COOK COUNTY.

Tho Legislature at the last session, with q
view Of breaking up the business Of professional
jurors, provided that jurors regularly drawn and
summoned shall be paid e1.50 per day, and S
cents per mile each way for necessary travel.
In this county it is very rare that any Of the
original panel Of Jurors serve, and the panel is
made up Of talesmen. The law provided that in
Cook County these should have no compensA-
ton, but when they come from beyond the city
should be entitled to 4'10 cents per mile actual
travel going and coming to the place Of holding
Court The result is, that every man who gets
on the jury, to make it pay must BY some pro-
cess or another obtain residence outside OF the
city. Then, serving on the jurJ. not only pays
but pays well.
Thus, Mr.. L, finding himself summoned as
talesman, Immediately discovers he resides at
Hanover, thirty miles distant. He begins bis
service on Monday, and serves twelve days as
Juror. Each night he has an opportunity to at-
tend the opera, or some theatre, visit the billiard
halls, and in the two weeks " does Chicago
At the end Of that time he applies for his GER
tiacate ct necessary travel, receives ticket
emitting him-60 milea travel to and fro, IL
days, 72o miles, at 10 cents per mile, s72
Pocketing his 96 day, be presents himself next
Monday as talesman at some other Court, and
thus does large business Is juror at IS q day
for constructive mileage.
We have Board OF County Commissioners,
whose pay and mileage are fixed By 10" at -
per day, and cents per mile for all necessary
travel. and no other allowance for any purpose
| whatever,n Our County Commissioners have
voted that thoy are entitled to 25 per day, de-
anite the Law. and most Of them actually dra"
that nav. But these County Commissioners have
divided themselves up into fifteen comm1ttee7'
and some Of them are On st least five commit
! tees. The Board does not meet very often, but
thare are several OF the committees that are IN
| rassion yery often, some Of them on the same
day that the Board sits, and some while othe'
committees are in session. The result is, that
| Commissioner may draw 95 per dayfor attending
4 session Of the Board, $15 for attending ses
aion Of three committees, and dra" ~ cent?
mileage from his home in tho county to-
| attending them all on the same day Assuming
that he lives Is miles out Of town, he gets Per
| diem for attending each OF three committees
per diem for attending the Board, and 80 mile
age or $50 in all, for one dsy's work. 30, b,
having two or moro meetings Of several commit
tees in = week, the per diem and mileage vii
pay very well-pays better than even that Of
Jurors There edfteen Commissioners, and there
are fifteen committees; yet 1T the last meeting
there Was proposition to increase the nnmoe'
of committees so as to increase the chances fo1
ner diem. We believe that there are severa
commissioners Who travel OF draw pay for sev.
eral thousands Of miles each quarter. Al
bills are paid upon the certificate OF the coEn1ne
sioner, who, like Pomeroy, cert'hes " upon tn
honor Of gentleman and a"-comnisaioner.
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so per cent OF the defalcation. An important
item in the history Of this matter is that Rankin,
in 1868, when elected Treasurer by the College
Trustees, executed 3 bond; in 1869 he fled no
bond in 1870 he executed bond for that year,
but executed none in 1871, nor in 1872. He WIS,
lie pomeroy and Harlan, ''a Christian states-
man." and strong Republican, and was, there
fore, trusted year after year with tho pubic
funds, and left at liberty to execute IN official
bond or not.
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Tho Golden Age OF Feb. contributes new
hut not altogether astounding, fact concerning
colfax and his 81 200 deposit. It snys: "At tho
present moment Colfax still asks for suspen-
sion Of Judgment, and we are bound to grant it;
Init va happen to know that ho ia writing prl-
yately to persons in this city or vicinity, asking
them, in suspicious, and inviting. and abjeot
manner, il thoy do not remember sending him
money at the time in question, so that ne can
trace his dannning deposit of 9l,2oo to some
other source than Oakes Ames! II the klndly
earth will refrain from opening under the re-
firing Vice President, and will not swallo" hlno
as false swearer, but will once again make
straight paths for his feet, We shall feel on h'f
account as full Of unexpected happiness as NC
nov are OF mingled pity and scorn for bus appa'
rent apostasy from the ranks OF honest men.
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spin was saved, yesterday, from the fehcltar
ticns of the House Of Representatives only BY
General Butlar's presence of mind and deterni~
nstion that so fine chance Tor sreech-maS1Is
should not be lost. 4 resolution Of congratrla-
1ion upon the establishment OF the Aepuhno
IVES introduced, but went over On General But
1er's objection, who said it was too important to
he rsssad Hithou: dotate.
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The organization OF the Spanish Republic was
continued yesterday by the election OF senof Ala'~
tos as President OF the Assembly. The Prosin-
ca, authorities, SO far =. heard from, will give
their allegiance to the new Government anu
there is no a;gn of disadection. except In the
army, where the Monarchy is favored ny the ai'
4i1ery. the Republic by tho infantry-
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WALL STREET.
Reyfew OF tho Money, BOND, Go1d'
stock, and Produce marketa.

Revfew OF tho Money, bond, GoAds
Stock. and Produce Markets.
gpectal D<spateh to The Chicago Tribune.
NEw Yoax. Feb. 19.-Money continues close:
thonph essier than yesterday. The rates ranged
from I gold to 1-16, declining at the close from
tot. Prime discounts are dull at to 10. Ihe
money market at present is very much under the
control Of speculators, the reserve Of the banks
being yery low, and money in good request all
over the country, and very active th1ougnout
the West. The London markets arc qoies,
With no disturbance as the result OF
the political changes In Spain. Money
in London is easy at 3A@9H.
STOCKS.
The stock market WAS dull and generally low
ar. Speculation in Western Union mas peeu
dampened by the recent sales OF stock BY the
Company. who have stu Vuo s'i1Fes Th ~ Rren;na
Posf gays: "The reports which re noticed as
rnrrent Yesterday to the effect that untavoraoie
scton in regard to tho Union Pacific lH impend.
g referred ss ne NE a9def 7st%el
than the bonds OF the Company. The arst mort
Gaea BONDS :p[ the Company ARD protected IN any
Eserc+ ~. should tie GoverdMent take posses-
- - ~. I'D. 1t would have to assume snese
hnnde' saun a. Erie improved t:Qe 9eios r6ere Bere
srned By the price IN in AohgE1i hf9.ntio 4
ara reports .,, that tne &C. o.naa ~ soon a.
Great Western VII narrom Ists5 H. shange Il its
the Erie makes the eonte"peeSe4
gauge.
aoLp 1o,ro ia IN 1t4M. with
WAS frmer, and renget HI iI to 11435. The i'm
most Of the business q ts .hont ~ tIgee milton
ports for the week VII .u3 p thara ia an artificial
il excess OF last week' h;c1, 5c mny amount to
scarcity q :=sh CON, "ne1 ba III hieheat Tate for
aqueeze before SATURDAY IT, ~ I'M; clique,
use to-day vas ~, pus s1 Iv the he.r combi
which has peen stle ad;ts1 iii, fhc 1noyement
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same right to reject that the Governor has to
appoint, and should exercise tho powers upon LIB
own responsibility. Huggermussering and ofo"-
beating to escape responsibility a-e simply acan-
dalous. Tho Governor cannot "lthoss" tl''
nominations now without giving color to 'ho
charge, which re believe to be utterly 1nlee anu
malicious, that in making those appointments ne
had .:eo1d ont" to the railroads aud warehouses;
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{ It is now reported that Governor BeEerldge
intends to throw upon the Senate the responsi-
tility of rejecting his nominations for Railroad
and # Tarehouse Commissioners. That ia exactly
where the responsibility belongs. The Consti-
tution placed it there, and nobody ought to seek
70 renore or displace it. The SenRte has the
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american merchants engaged in the Cuban
trsde complain that they are treated as paD'io
enemies by the Spanish authorities, VINO oesaln
their Yeaeels end overhaul thoir cnrgoes IL
nost vexstjous manner, The House Conna'''ee
=, roreien Affairs have decided TO ash 'ne
President to gee that the United 9s:-'es Lob -
resnectad in Cuban waters.
, 1873-02-14

Mr. Morton's recent speech in the Senate On
the necessity Of 1amodelling the manner OF elect
ing the President and Vice President OF the
United States received vivid Illustration IN the
counting Of the Electoral votes on Wednesday,
The two Houses Of Congress in Joint Conven-
ton assumed powers, On that occasion, aitoga1ner
unxa1rauted by the Constitution, and merely
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THE Senate Committee On ELECTIONS VIII fe-
port to-day on tie case Of Senator Caldwell. II
:, c;ven out that they will declare nm no'
n-ored to hare resorted to corrupt pract'ces' DUE
o-,v IL hare resorted to practices which the
Committee cannot approve. This is fine DIS
t;nct;on. the humor OF whicl, will be widely ap-
ptcciated; by none more than by senator ealo-
sell and his frendb.
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The House Committee on Mines and Mining
repor. in favor Of loan by the Government TO
the sutro Canal Company Of $4,000, 900. The
conditions of the loan are that the Company
ezpend IN equal amount Of its own funds' anu
secure the Government lean by fresh mortgage
It was by such provisions that the Government
sought to guard itself in its advances to the fa'
x.lfc RniirQads.
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The Wilson Credit MobLior conmlttse "oulo
,;eo IN hear General Dix's version OF tue pay
MONT II him of @50,900 by the Union PACING
Rsilroad Company. The legal advisers OF 'n'
Committee have been instructed to ASCERTAIN
<rhat laws there aro if any, affecting thelf power
.o snmmon the Governor Of Il State
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oe, senate Pensions Committee report 1aVof-
80 z4hs House bill to restore to their pensions
,,,oec soldiers of 1872 who we're dropped 'o1
.xrn1,a+7,v with The Rebellion.
, 1873-02-14

r7a hill to create Board of Commissioners
ra-naorco MAS tabled by the House, after
s,,eech in it's favor by Mr. shel1ebarger.
, 1873-02-14

Tho Senate have amended the Appropriation
~, nv appropriating IS 200 900 for the construc-
<;on of eight ateam vessels-of-war
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Six F1orAe Thieves Shos

A.. I4nn1s- Feb. 13.-The Fort Bnitn Sa1;I Ssn;sI
1ndependnt Of the 9Th inst says tvo coTRas 4S;spss
Of choctaw Indians, in pursuit Of ho1se 's and q
on the Friday previous, captured s'1teen, ahes
sunday morning, after holding q coon'D'
six of them.
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yroHn, Nev., Feb. 1s.-The epizootlo has
anre.red at Battle Mountain, New, and caused
TIC Battle Mountain and Austin Stage Company
to take OF the heavy stages and substitute light
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,1oeaa or,e Of his numerous schemes, IN which no
naed Secretary Robeson, OF the Navy Depart
n7cnt. where he could do him (Ames) most good
r1,rotio Ames. q relative Of Oakes Ames, and an
iron manufacturer, had, after repeated ta1lures'
got from Secretary Welles, at President Llncoins
reouest, permission to submit to the Navy De-
partrnent for trial one specimen cannon OF hls
invention. He made not one, but eleven, al OF
which proved worthless, two OF them blowing
out at the breech. an1cs presented tie Depart
ment bill of S720C0.38 for his guns, ten OF
which had been unauthorized, and ell OF tnem
defective Secretary WelloB refused to pay cen'
Of this sum, and, although the Senate corn'n1s'ee
on Ordnance reported in favor OF the clalna' no
one had the temerity to press it in congress
until after Secretary We1les' retirement. oy
this time. Horatio A1nes had died, anu oales
Ames. Who had learned thing or two ABOUT IN
auencing Congressional action, and had acquired
aomo control of Secretary Robson, espoused
the claim. He got Secretary Robeson to write
Mr.. Dawes, as Chairman OF tie Committee On
Approximations, 1ottor recommending the pay
ment Of the Ames claim, and persuaded Mr.
Robeson to goso far as to appear in person oefore
the Committee and urge payment. What Will
Robcson's eloquencc and Amea' golden silence
Mr. Dawes was persuaded to engineer the clalm
through Congress-. It passed; but Secretary
Robeson, instead Of paying it to Horatio Ames
legal representative, his wife, handed it over to
Oakes and Oliver Ames from whose clutches
the widow, who is administrative, finds it lmpos
chile to rescue it. Robeson is, Of course, legally
liable to Mrs. Ames for the amount OF tht
| claim which he has thus unWarrant
ably paid to the wrong parties; but h'
seeks to escape this liability by IN arrangement
| with tho attorneys, who promise to look to tht
Ames brothers for the recovery Of the mono!
paid them, while Robeson, in return for this re
! lease, is to pay another claim OF $S5, ,ooo Tor
| second lot Of Horatio Amos' unauthorized AM
useless guns. The Suns correspondent fortlhe
his statement with references to dates and ON
cial records, and makes out altogether prett
case for another Congressional Investigation.
, 1873-02-14

The report Of the Senate Committee OF PriVi-
1eces and Elections on the Louisiana case, which
nc publish in full, is careful, impartial, and
eminently judicial document. The COMMITTEE
are unanimous in submitting it, although sena-
tor Morton makes brief addendum alud1ng TO
the recent decision Of the Supreme Court OF
7ouisiana, and Senator Trumbull dissents from
+h.+ nort;on which relates to the belief enter
tanned by the Lynch Board OF CanVassers that
the Republican party, on fair vote, carried the
State. The Committee are unanimously OF the
opinion that the returns OF an election cannot De
canvassed and the result declared without hay
;no +1,e raturns before them-that the Lynch
(Kellogg) Board did not have the RETURNS and
hence could not give valid certificates OF cleo
t;on. They find, on the other hand, that the
Wharton NWarmoth) Board, having been re-
strained by Judge Duren from canvasalng the
returns which we're in their possession. two nn-
derstrappers, named Woodward and Bra yoon,
looked over the returns, and furnished Governor
| Warmoth g statement that eight persons named
had received majority OF the votes for Pres1-
Dental Electors; and that the Governor there
nnon issued them certificates OF election. 1t
appears, therefore, that the returns have never
vet been canvassed, and consequently neither
set Of Presidential Electors are entitled
to cast the vote Of the State. The Com'
mittee express the opinion that neither tho
senata nor the two Houses Of Congress jointly
have the right to CANVASS the returns Of an cleo
ton in order to determine who was fairly elee.eo'
that being a duty @. right expressly ppertan'
ine to the State. The report is confined 10 'ne
question w Of Presidential Electors. The question
whether there is legal State Government II
Louisiana is reserved for further examination:
If the Committee adhere to the line Of arga
ment they have thus far pursued, they Will o'
compelled logically to answer that it is nos 10
the United States Government, in any Of III
branches, to decide what government IN stat:
,e Legal until it's interference is requested oy W.
Lerislature or Governor thereof for aomeooo
having color of authority to oct as saea), ~:
then only in the ray Of protecting the F'a'
scaiust domestic violence.
, 1873-02-14

.rvERs, OPERA HOUSE-3iontoe street, Mea osss,ea
90. .nd na,rborn. Arlington Cotton q kcmo.es
sI.'e pnrlesoue Troupe. Ethiopian Comicanties"
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Cakes Aues has not limited his operations 70
one department. Of the Government a haen"
inetoo correspondent Of the New iork sur DIS
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Tp-DAY'S AMU5EMEhtS. ,.

sv1oKHR's GHEATRE-Madison street: 'a. bet"0 e1 e9
s..te and Dearborn. Italian opeFa' -
F1parp,n
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crnpe eTHEATRE-DcsplaInes street, between a1ao''
oAon .1rt,~n+,n "1ed: OF tho Loet WILL"
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Ul)> Chicago buse,

Friday Morning, February LIZ 1o'''
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC nattea a,st,' nses'' 1s9erco,
A;adixoa. Engagement OF A1S@ eAA0
:. ..Fyomnliou and Ga1etcA-"
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Cod LIVER OIL.
Hszsrd CasHe1l,s Cod Liver OIL y tn@ o's''
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-24
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Report Of the Health Omcer-Nrisan
Ordered 10 be Ahnind-Thn klnnlIpoH


Report OF the benith Omcer-Nnisahees
Ordered TO be Abated-The smallpox.
A regular meeting of the BOARD Of Health vas
,aia a., nIu,,. p,o,a..o, N I.na.,o, IN ~
neiu '@ss ns",, .a',e,so' % ~. L~"s'''" " ''o
chair and Dr. ID. W. bliss secretary.
Mr.. Marbury, from the finance committee,
submitted several hills, which were ordered 70
~, 81
oe pau. 80 /.
,,1Etiil VA, III acting health omcer, presented
sancea which were nroneriy Teferred ""t-
A oon,municatIon Wis reoelyed from one NJ
the sanitary insnectors' STATING that he has 10.
ported nuisances' which nave been nropeSIy re-
Tered INIT no action mas heen taken soma ~
The sad nuissneea have been referred 10 ths
Hoard of Public Woria' INT no action has been
taEen nv maj body' -o"
mr. Rss said n was hIgbly neceassrx that the
most determined sanitsry mess1res .ho,Id ~
adon,eJ AZ mis- lime owing 10 the nrohShis az.
nrohch IN Inc chniera III aiso decIarei ma td-
lowIng nremises nnisancea ami ,hex wsrs
ordered to he abated by The beaith orncsr !,
uonse in ThoS,ro sisy ~ xaan ,h1ssa.n,h y, Z.
FonTteenth and Z and streess narasWsas, nv Ny
ZOOS + street northwest: NOS a0is. sois' saae.
nm Fieyenth street northwest. shSntiss Sornes
Eleyenth and n stSeets northwest. Adsms' ~ =.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-24
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS.

FoHTY-TMo HUNDRED bushels of wheat we're re-
celyed on Water street yesterday.
FIsH SALEs.-Forty thousand herripg sold yes.
terday At the nah market wharf at tfto ti.6O per
thousand. r... r.
CANAL BUsrsEss.--The receipts OF the Chesa-
ending May II, 1873, were 81, 0e9. 10 at Cumber.
land, tl,otD20 az 9eorgctown. f1bi .6s at Han
cock, and sii0. 30 at Wllamspor. Total, S. ID
The MvER.-Arriyed, steamer Express, from
steamer John Gibson, from New York, with sOt
barrels OF hour, the horses and carriage OF Gov,
Sprague, OF Rhode Island, and q statue Of the
late Chief Justice Chase.
Mn. r. Q, BANFoRD, sheriff OF HagerstowD
Nd, yesterday arrived In Washington with 4
requlsition from Governor whyte, OF Maryland
for Henry Bidley, who was arrested In George
town last week on the charge Of stealing a horss
from citizen OF that county. The sheriff, with
the prisoner, left for Hagestown on the one
O'Clock train.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-24
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Proceedings OF the Council. .
The Council yesterday met At o O'Clock; Mr..
VIM. Suckney, president, in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. @. A. Hall.
House bill No. 81, for ths relief Of IT. Johns
Home and Mission House, was read q second
time and referred TO the Committee on Claims.
Mr.. Browne called up Council bill No. 8,
making It unlawful for persons to congregate OF
assemble on the corners Of streets, avenues, 4c.,
and make use OF pTofane and obscene remarks,
within the limits OF the District OF Columbia:
which was read third tune and passed. {
Mr.. Browne, nom the Committee on Police.
reported back Council bill No. Is, for the preseT.
Walton OF shad and herring In the Potomac
river, and to prohibit the sale OF oysters al a
certain season Of the year which was laid over
for future consideration.
Nj, Cross presented the petition OF Mr.. J. b.
Wilson, AAking an appropriation Of SIS 70 TelIn-
burse him for money expended on an unexplred
license. Referred 10 the Committee on Claims,
Mr.. Riley, from the Committee on Rules, pre-
sented concurrent resolution, which was agreed
10, that the Joint rules Of the two Houses be con-
tinued during the present session.
At o O'Clock, on motion OF Mr.. Browne, the
Council adjourned until Monday.
The House OF Delegates was not In session yes =
teTdAy.