Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-08
The District I'm Congress.
THE BELT RAILROAD,

In the Senate yesterday, Mr.. Spencer, from
the Committee on the District of Columbia,
reported favorably, without amendment, the
bill amendatory of the act 10 incorporate the
capitol, North . street and South Washing
ION Railway company. The bill authorizes
The company TO extend its track and run its
cars beyond It's present line on Ith street
west northward TO Boundary street; TO Larch
stIeet, IN the county; 10 Elm street; TO AZ
street; to College street; 10 the valley east Of
howard university; and thence. by the most
practicable route. to the Hardwood eutrlnce
10 me Soldiers Home; also to lay track
ana run lLs cars, as branch of It's present
llne, as follOws:-Frnm the intersection of
ith street and New York avenue along said
avenue TO North Capitol street; thence alo1g
North Capitol street and Lincoln avenue TO
Glenwood cemetery. The company are re
CURED 10 complete the extension first above
named, and run cars thereon at rate of fare
h'texceed1ns five cents per passenger, with
In one year, AID complete the extension and
un cars upon the branch to Glenwooi GENE
cry, az Ike rate Of fare, within two years
rom the passage OF this act; and authorizes
Q company To Increase It's capital stock
100000, 10 be divided In to shares OF $50 each.
ana deemed personal property, trans ferable
10 such manner as the by laws of said COM
any may direct.
THE SOUTHERN MARYLAND RAILROAD TN
THE DISTRICT.
Mr.. Spencer also reported favorably from
the committee, without amendment, the bill
which passed the House on the 18th of NAV
last, to authorize the Southern Maryland
5a ad t;. company to extend g railroad into
DILL authorizes the Southern Maryland rail-
ROAD company TO extend their railroad into
ard within the District Of Columbia, to a
river, between the Anacostia bridge and
bennings bridge, over the said Eastern
olanch OF the said Potomac river. and TO
more and Potomac railroad and the Ralti
more and Ohio railroad, within the District
90 dfo conD as may De determined on by
company to exercise the same powers. rights
and privileges, and be subject to the same
restrictions, in the extension constru ction.
and operation of their said railroad ia ia and
within said District, as are extended To like
corporations urder the existing laws of tie
District OF Columbia.
THE CITIZENS RAILROAD.
d. r. 1862, giving the approval and sane.
ton OF Congress to the route and termini of
the Citizens railroad, and to regulate its
construction and operation, was reported
adversely by Mr.. Ingalls,.
HOLMEAD CEMETERY.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Morrill, VIZ
presented a petition signed by Sarah E.
Cook, Mary E. Taft, 8. H. McCloskey, Mar
isT R,i a CGSK, es charles Rr h Lewis, salie
and others having friends buried in Hol-
mead cemetery, praying the enactment of
an act which Will authorize the District
The Insane Asylum Investigation.
The Committee on the Expenditures of the
Interior Department, investigating the al
legged abuse OF patients and management of
the U. s. Insane Asylum, did not hear any
evidence to-day.
Mrs. NJ. j. Van Kewan made statement
before the committee asking that several
witness be subpPnaed TO deny the evidence
OF Or. Mcfarland, of Jacksonville, Illinois
The committee will hear evidence in re-
gard to the expenditure Of the appropriation
the asylum. So far ffty- nve witnesses have
examined. who gave testimony against, and
seventy i've who gave evidence In favor OF
Mr.. Mufchier, the chairman of the com.
mtttee, said to STAR reporter to-day, that
the committee would not be ready to report
committee desired to W Ait until the evidences
was printed, (which will take several DAYS
YETI before they began on the report.
THE REUNION OF THE Army OF TIE
JANIS was held NJ the Chestnutstreet the
ater, Philadelphia, yesterday. The theater
was handsomely decorated with bunting,
evergreens and flowers. Gen. Samuel a.
s Duncan presided. Among the on,cers pres
Weitzel, Gordon and HaWley. Gen. Joseph
r. Hawley delivered the grafton, and an ID
psoPriaie poem as was as read sy James B. Ever.
and the society went into . business meet
ing.
SALE OF THE BOSTON Posr.-The Boston
Post announces the purchase OF that paper
by George Freeman Emery, E. Goodrich,
and William B. Smart, gentlemen long con-
pected with its management, Many OF the
leading democrats OF New England have
stock In the new corporation, whose organ
izati0n will shortly be announced.
SPOTTED TAIL came into Fort Laramie
yesterday and reported that seventeen hun.
dred lodges Of hostile Indians were enoamped
near The Powder river WAITING he arrival
q the troops. BE says ali his people are at