Evening star., 1877-09-10
LeGislation Asked for the District.

/ lsO doubt be generally sigDed:
| TO Ire HcHOTdJle s. nae AMI House of RrDre-
SeHiU tCeS:
| The undersigned, citizens and tax payers
of the District OF Co umbia respec fully rep.
resent that hey are under the exclu>i, e ia
! rIsdlctlon OF your honorable bolleS and
| have at this time no representa- i've therein;
uiey therefore avail themselves of the right o, ,
| petition, and beg your favorable considerd-
! uon OF the following requests:
| The faith of the government was hy act OF
SOIsttss June ZOtn, 1874, pledged 10 prUEor-
TOTAL appropriations towards the expen>es
OF this strict; such proportion has not yet
! been determined, or APPROPRIATIONS mate,
| although three committees of Congress have
reported on the subject-o.e that the proper
| uon shou u iairly tie fixed AT fifty II cent !;
secoEd commiJtee reported la favor OF the
| COVE rhlHe s psyi'g the entire expense of
Tie DsIrlc ana re;mbursins its If to the
| extent OF InrGeIale tax Ou The property of
| inc citizens there (; the last com nittee re-
| ported bill Involving the payment by the
! general sov"rnment of forty per cent. of the
| expense. In view Of the fact that the streets
sBG avenues are The property of the United
| States see decision of the Supreme Court in
Tie case OF ' all Ness of the exemption from
taNa1lon OF all government properly; of the
| large expense entdiled upoI our tax payers
| III providing public school accommodations
| iOT The children of nOn-residenls and non
| tax payers, ard OF the exhaustion we are
now lahnriIg under from our efforts to i'm
| prove and heantliy The Nstiousl Capital, we
| venture 10 ask that the govern ment's proper
| ton OF the expense b. fixed AZ nifty per cent. ,
| and necessary legislation provided therefor
The condition OF the Potomac river we
humbiy represent Row requires immediate
attention, both Tor the pressrvatiOn OF com
merce atG the ne alJh OF the resident p0puia-
| ton, N which view tn quest ioG becomes
naii0l al one, depending lntreupon the health
o. officers OF the United States aud represent
atives of foreign governments statiOuei here
The well aJls shed policy of the govern
heht mas been 10 preserve the navigation of
Eli lmpol taEt MYERS, and 10 remove there
from such deposits and accreJ1ouS as were
detrimental 10 the public heai.h. Tne POto-
mae river, one OF Tue largest and most inn
portant in the country, has been o ;erIOOKed
until its condition has become alike danger
Gus 70 health and threatening 90 navig alton;
we therefore venture TO ask that an appro-
pratiOn be made at an early date for the i'm
pIOVtmeDt Of the river.
TIE rlie adopted by the government OF dis
tribuiIDg federal patronage through the sew
eTai states has resulted in bringing TO tnis
c'ty large numotr r. OF p rSOns, male and fe-
male, for employ mUnt in the d fferent de
paTinIentS; the frequent charges therein and
freGue mt recent reductions OF force have left
n larst runner OF these persons IN our city
without means of support or of returning TO
the ir respective homes, VINO have become
dep, udent upon the charity of this commu-
nlty, which at this time is scarcely, If at all,
able To take care of It's resident poor. We beg
To urge this as strong reason for beral APP
prOpTiations in behalf OF our charitable in
stitutionS.
IL conclusion, your petitioners would refer
TO tEeir record in the past as Law abiding
and taX-pay ing community, and express an
tdIHUst USsl1e 10 co operate WIN The repre-
sentatives of the general government in
making this the worthy capital OF a great
hxtlOn.
CLERK ADAMS, of the House of Reore.
sentatives, is expected TO arrive here on the
10th to get TO work on the roll of member
ship OF the next House. Ii begins to look as
If lac was going To have some trouble to be
elected, as tx Congressman Cald dHsll, of
Alabama, a candidate for the place, will get
good deal OF southern supper.
NAVAL ORDsR8- Paymaster John IL
stevenson ordered to the navy yard, New
SaIimaker John Martin to ecu. pment duty
a. the navy yard, Washington. PaymaSter
n. j. Clark detached from the New YORK
navy ara on the reporting OF his relief, ana
ordeftd 10 settle accounts. Passed Assistant
Engineer Go. +. Tower from the Naval
Academy and placed on waiting orders.
INTERESTING FROM THE MEXICAN BoR-
DER.-Tbe following telegram has been re
ceived at the War department:
chIGAGo. ILL, Sept s-Gcn: f. d. To,Ca
StHd, Washington The following diSpatcn
Glsiatcu just received from Gen. Ord:
IS antonio, Sept s.-fne folio wing is a
pref OF ttlegram received last nigIt from
brownsville - Fifteen huntrei Mexican
troops really at Vera Cruz to emb ark for
Matamoras, under command OF q Dnzales
Their professed mission is 10 enforce terms
or eXtradition treaty between United States
and Mexico and enforcing order on the bor-
der. The local authorities being under local
Influence, this measure is necessary if the
eXtraditiOn treaty IS TO he enforced aud good
order maintained, as the central government
appears earnestly to desire.
"SIgBed, SwEETZER.
81 shall go and see Gonzales on his arrival
Signed, ORD"
P.H. SHERIDAN, Lieut.. q eneral.
THE PRESIDENT AT CHURCH.-The Re
cel,tton at Louisville President Hayes and
family, accompanied by Gen. Carroll, who is
at present II guest OF the President, attended
services at the Methodist Church in Ffe-
mont yesterday morning. The church was
beautifully aud prOfusely decorated with
nOwers and trailing vines. ~ the cOnclu-
sion of the services many of the Presidents
old friends and ne ghbOrs gathered around To
shake hands with him and Mrs. III ayes, aud
Wish them hearty welcome home. Tue
president and party go TO Dayton, Ohio, to-
day, 10 attend the ceremonies AZ the Diiers'
Home. The President and MessrS. Evar.s
Key, McCrary, and Thompson, and posi- oily
Schurz, will be IN Louisville ol the 18th and
1Sth instantS. Twelve or more Governors
Will also be there during the Presidential
visit among them Hampton and very likely
Nichols. The people are very enthusiastic
0Ner the coming OF the distinguished party
There are thirteen squar from the OHIO aud
NJ 'sslssippl railroad depot to the Gait House.
Zach square Is 10 represent one of the origi-
Eai states, and at each corner there will be
DECORATIONS viii devices symbozing the stat,
al u II VIII be decorated appropriately a. cef
tain corners. Decorations by The coiamiI.
tee, combined " ith those of The citizeus, VIII
make one OF The nuest scenes ever witnessed
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HIGH TIDE IN NEw YoRK.-Thera was
an unusual high tide III New York Saturd ay
mOrnir g, flooding portions of the river front
and delaying ferry passenger tratfic. At
Atlantic City, n. j., during the storm com
mencing Friday night, continuing all Satur-
day, The tide was higher than ever known
The Excursion house was wrecked and car
ried out 10 sea. Trains were delayed, the
tracks being covered with two or three feet
OF water, which put out the fires in the loco
N olives.
THE SAN FRANCISCO ELECrIoN.-Tha
democrats elect their mayor, recorder, pub
lie administrator, sheriff, superintendelt of
schools and both fire commissioners. The
taxpayers elect their tax collector, treasurer
county clerk, district attorney, attorney and
counsellor, chief of police, superintend ,nt of
streets, and re elected the auditor aud sur
veyor. or the supervisors the democrats
elect seven, the taxpayers four, ami one
ward doubtful.
ALLEGED LEGENDARY FIRENE
Samuel Humphrey, alias John Leary, loco
motive fireman, has been arrested at New
Haven, Conn.,. and taken to Reading Pa
charged with firing the bridge at thai point
on the Lebanon Valley railroad during TN,
railroad riots He is one of the three Leaf