Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-05
The Southern MaryIand Railroad.

signed by large number of prominent citi-
zens, was presented in the House of Repre-
sentatives this morning and referred to the
Committee on the District of Columbia:
The memorial of the undersigned, citi-
zens OF the cities of Washington and George
town. in the District of Columbia. who rep
resent every branch of industrial pursuits in
the said cities, and District. respectfully rep
resent that they are deeply interested in the
completion of the Southern Maryland Rail
road at an early day as practicable. That
/ the said railroad company has been actively
engaged in the construction of said railroad
from the city of Washington To Point Look
out at the confluence of the Potomac river
| with the Chesapeake Bay. That it has com
pieted the greater part of the grading
| bridging and culvertS, that in consequence
| of the recent panic in the money market aud
| the extraordinary stringency which exists
| the company has been unable to press the
work to an Immediate completion. Your
memOrialiSts further represent that the line
VIII furnish a short and expeditions route,
not over TWO hours and-a-half from Wash
lngton, to the deep waters of the harbOrs of
st. Mary'S river and Point Lookout and a
short and convenient outlet to the sea. That
besides very large traffic ii will necessarily
pour into Washington. il will Open three
large and fertile counties for the daily supply
OF 1uXurleS that abound in them 10
the markets of Washington and GEORGETOWN
That to the government Of the United States
IL will afford swift and certain route for the
transportation of coal, and every species of
supplies at all seasons of the year. and in
OF lncalculable value. 1t is calculated that
If this line had been in operation during the
late civil war, ii would have saved the gov
ernment several millions of dollars, and a
large number of lives. Your memOrialiSts
represent that in view OF the immense i'm
pulse II Will give tOevcry description of buSi-
ness within the District of Columbia they
desire To lend their aid to the Immediate com
pletion of this work. They therefore pray
your honorable bodies To pass an act author
lZing and directing the authorities of the Dis
Columbia subscribe In no Sat h
ern Maryland railroad the amount of the
subscription authorized and directed to be
made 10 the Piedmont and Potomac railroad
by an act OF the legislative assembly of the
District of Columbia. approved 18th August,
1S12 and ratified and confirmed by an act OF
COner aSs, approved sd May. 1876 the said
Piedmont and Potomac railroad company
nCt having availed itself of the provisions of
SAID acts, your mcmOrialiSts pray that il may
be diverted to the Southern Maryland rail-
road. And your meInoriaIists will ever Dray
&C.
An AMATEUR THEATRICAL PERFORM
ANCE in aid OF 81. Johns Hospital will be
given at Willard's Hall on the evenings of
saturday, the 9th, and Wednesday the 18th
instant. Many of the ladies and gentlemen
who participated in the plays given last wear
I'm aid of the Childrcn's Hospital will appear.
IL is understood that the tickets are not pub
licly for sale, but friends of the charity may
obtain them from those participating or in-
terested III the entertainment.
NAVAL ORDERs-Lieut. J. +. Moser Or
dered TO special duty connected with the
Inter-Oceanic canal survey. Lieut.. Moser
has served with Capt. Selfridge and Com
mander LulI in the surveys OF the IsthmuS o.
Darlen and Nicaragua, and is a most accom-
pllShed young officer. Lieut.. ThOS. A. De
Blois ordered To- the navy yard Pensacola
18th inst. Midshipman John Farnsworth
detached from the photographic office and
ordered To temporary duty on boarI the
POwhatan, and Onsarrival az the Europe sta
ton 10 report for duty on that station.
IRWIN, THE PACIFIC MAIL WITNESS
Mr.. Dawes, Chairman OF the Ways and
Means Committee, is expected to return To
Washington tonight. In this event Irwin
the recusant witness, will be brought to the
bar OF the House. Irwin says he has regainei
his health to such an extent as TO be able TO
face the speaker and be able to make known
why he should not be committed to the coal
hole for contempt. He is well satisfied with
the result of the Pacific Mail inquiry in New
York, and thinks the evidence taken there
only suDstantlates what he previously testi-
fed to.
THE DEBATE in the Senate this morning
on Senator Thurman's Louisiana resolution
excited more interest in the galleries than
any other event of the present session. As
soon as III was noised through the halls that
>uch "a resolution had been Offered and was
belng discussed, people gathered rapidly and
ule empty galleries soon became well filled
PpreSident constituted himself a Cesar the
people OF America would tear his robes from
MN, brought Mr.. Logan TO his feet, who said
That such utteranceS carried him back TO the
DAYS OF the beginning of the rebellion when
they We're common in the Senate chamber.
The debate was growing In interest as our re-
port closed.
THE RESIGNATION OF COMMISSIONER
BLoW.-The resignation of Hon. Henry #.
Blow, one of the Commissioners to govern
the District, preference TO which was made in
IHE STAR last evening, was received by the
President last evening. His letter of reSio-
nation bears token of the amicabie and pleas
ant relations which have existed in the Conf
mission, ana declares that personal consid-
erations alone induce his retirement, The
President has notified Mr. Blow of the ac-
ceptance of the resignation, in which he
exI resses his kind wishes for his future suc-
cess, and offers hearty expressions OF esteem.
The President to-day nominated Seth I,ed-
yard Phelps to fill the vacancy, as stated
elsewhere.
THE WEST CAPITOL PARK IMPROVEMENT
will be considered by the Senate Committee
on Public Grounds and Buildings on the re-
turn of Senator Stockton, one ofits members,
now absent. Mr. Fred Law Olmstead ac.
companied by his consulting engineer Mr..
George Kent RadfOrd, reached the city yes
terday, and, after consultation with Mr..
John "A. Partridge, the experimenting engi-
neer, the estimates and designs were agreed
upon. The plans, as heretofore published i'm
THE STAR, are not altered materially i'm the
report to be submitted 10 the committee The
engineers in meeting yesterday determined to
submit their report to-day If the committee
should meet. There is now remaining about
$50 600 of the appropriation already made of
$4,000 for the east park. This will not be
sumcient TO complete the improvement.
TAE BALTIMORE NJ. p. CHURCH SUITE
u Bates, solicitor for the president of the
Maryland Conference, Methodist Protestant
church, filed a bill of injunction in the Cir
cult Court of Baltimore city yesterday, re-
straining Rev. Joseph P. Wilson and others
from retaining possession of the Broadway
NJ. +. church, in relation to which SO much
mas been published recently. A large num-
per OF names, representing persons who ad-
mere TO the conference and who claim to be
members OF the Broadway church. are mem
uoned In the bill praying injunction against
nose In possession. They, with the president
OF the conference, claim that under the rules
governing the holding of church property
they are entitled to possession and control Of
The church in dispute.
liking kalakaua presented Oliver wa,-
oeIl Holmes with an original poem, In man
uscript, of decided merit.
The total funded and funded deht os
Boston at the close of the year was sH.7Ie
10, an increase over 1873 of 81, ,2J2 ,s1S
In the court of quarter sessions. in Phil
adeiphia, urman II. Sheppard took the posi-