Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-08

Mr.. NJ. c. Reredell, who for several months
past has been acting as chief clerk and assis-
tant 10 the inspector Of buildings, has been
assigned as clerk TO the superintendent OF
streets, MT Chspin,) in place of Mr.. Deye-
reux, resigned No new appointment has
been made, nor Is any necessary.
THE ROAD To THE CHAIN BRIDGE. Il
-, a p run, Der Of residents in Virginia west Of
the Little Falls bridge have filed An appiica-
tfon with the District Commissioners ask
iEg that The road be repaired. They state
that from the time the road was purchased
for District purposes by national funds In
1888, Until 1873 or until the consolidation OF
he old corporations OF Washington, George
town, and the county into one government,
diton, ard, as by the consolidation the pres
CIT District government acquired all the
lights 10y are ,heIe,ors responsible for al
Georgetown They ask, "if the District
Com nlissioners fail to keep the road In re-
pair TO whom arc the people to resort? No
other corporation, state, county or toun-h hip
has any tights that exterd over the road"
BIDS WE'RE OPENFD TO-DAY
IN he office Of Engineer Hoxie for the fol-
and fifty yards OF brick pavement on Con
gTeSs street, between The canal ard Water
street q; Orgstowr. Ihs bids for this Were
yard; II Murray, 30 do; j. Reynoiii. 81 do;
owen O'HSTe, u do, and J. Desmond S.,L
DO. Also, for putting In iron rods 1.-TWO inCh
ass Tipel in the iron posts now set on 1st ST
between 3 aud G. southeast as follows: p
MalOney. $50; ] Reynolds $40 ~. and Owen
OHaIe, $50. Also, Tor taking up about Il5
thereof Is inch pipe on the south SHE OF r
street, between l0th and l1th northwest: L.
MaloDey. SIS; j. Rey nclds, S34 90; o. O'Hare.
$50, ard J. Desmond, sol 80. Noawards have
bten made for any of the above.
Babens Corpus la the Case of Sena-
ter Patterson.
On Saturday afternoon about four o'clock
II
hat Senator John J. Patterson, of South
Carolina, for whom q requisitiO1 had been
received the cay before from Gov. Wade
Hampton, was at The office of Col. Cook.
Major Williams went to the office named,
Uhere lie found the Senator and placed him
under arrest. Senator Patterson was in
company With his two sons, and Messrs.
Cox, shellacarger snd Pelham, of hts cOun-
&. kimtall. As soon as the warrant was
exc Cuted DT. Patterson served 81 writ Of
hGbeus eof pas on the deputy marshal. coln
nan ding him tO produce the prisoner before
Judge Humphreys forthwith and the party
i'm mediaiely proceeded TO the City Han and
Senator Patterson was produced before Jus
lice Humphreys. The petition for the writ
was read, based on the grOunds-FIrsf. Thar
senator Patterson was regularly elected q
SensiOr OF the United States in 1872. ana
shortly after came to the District OF COlum
biss and has remained here In discharge OF
his duties; that curing the int5rval from that
period 10 the present he has visited South
Carolina several times, ont that he has com
miited no crine in that state, and that he has
continued 10 reside here temporarily as q
SeDator, ard therefore IL cannot be said In
the terms OF requlsltiOn that he is 2 IN gitivs
from justice. Second. The term OF the court
at which the Indictment was found was not
tue ocular tenn OF the court. 1t was no, held
az he time and place authorized by law, and
consequently the finding is of no validity,
al Il the Indictment on which the reouisition
was fOunCeG is void.
Tie writ and return of the marshal that he
bold II r-.,fS,-
sued by Chief Justice Cartier, on a requisi-
ton OF GOV. Hampton, of South Carolina,
setting forth the indictments, Were also read.
Mr.. Cook suggested that a. the ca SO was an
important one. there should be n postpone
ntnt. Mr.. Lowndes, representing the state
OF South Carolina, remarked that the law
should be avoided, and suggested if the case
was TO be postponed it should beuntil Thurs
day, That the attorney general of the state
m CHIT be able To get here.
Justice humphreys said the case was one
in which u reasonable time should he al-
lowed, and continued the hearing until w d.
resday. I7th inst: Bail was fixed at $500,
AVID Mr.. Ivory G.. Kimball, went upon the
boId, and the Senator was released.
rFDICATIoN OF WHITNEY AVENUE
CEAPEL.-ihe chapel recently erected by
tire Whitney A venue Union Mission associ-
srlon Oh the Whitney avenue entrance 10
So,tie.s' Home grounds, was dedicated yes
terday afternoon with appropriate exercises,
Parker, j. j.. Rankin, j. j. Kelley. r. ID.
Power, K. Pey'On Brown and 4. L. Mason,
ard by g ciEoir composed OF members Of dtf-
ftIent church cAoirs in the city. The enter
prise was fnaugUrated in February last by a
few ladies r. siding in the vicinity OF the It'll
street toll gate, representing seven different
de- CmlnaiiOrs, bnt imbp~i with the one
luIpOse Of promoting religious interest in
that vicinity, ignoring ali crCc1s, and tax
ing the Bible alone for their guide. On the
= Ia Of February the following officers were
a riraTe A. r
a. Galley, assistant superintendent; +. l..
Sun my, secretary. Mrs. John Cammack.
treasurer; Miss Julia A. Wineberser, libra
risn, al d frs. G. b. mith, organist.
Tie building is of brick. and is Gothic in
design. B aving q frontage of % feet on WHIT
rey ave ue ard 3 depth OF 30 feet, with an
Ing capacity of bout %S0. Between the FIVE
windows on each side OF the building Scrip
tine texts were hung in neat and tasteful
frames and vases filled with choice flowers
stood on the window sills, while baskets aud
bouquets OF tie choicest description crowded
tie tables on the platform leading to the
to tie Annex the text ~ am the Way, the
Truth aid tie Life" was arranged in letters
Core posed OF evergreens.
There We're over so persons in the chapel,
including the President, Mrs. Hayes, Miss
Fanny Hayes and Mr.. Rogers, the Presi-
dents private secretary. Rev. Il. Psyton
Brown stated that there was an outstanding
lndebts tneks OF about 81 coo, which il was
very de:jrsble should be liquidated as soon
IS Possible, and made an earnest appeal for
aid, which was responded to literally, the
President and Mrs. Hayes and their little
daughter Fanny being among the contrib
uiCrs.
THE WITOwsEI CONSPIRACY CAsP.-To-
dey, in the Criminal Cocrt, Judge Mae
kIthur, the case of Julius J. Witowski,
charged with conspiracy to defraud the gov
eminent was resumed, and Mr.. Wilson, for
the def nee, opened the case, stating that they
expected 10 show that there was no con-
sIiracy, ard that the claim was a just ons,
which should have been paid before. The
AFFIDAVIT OF Ly man Bridges, OF Chicago, that
lie was assistant engineer at Nashville, saw
The CCD'Tact between Captain Motion and
Witovski a To furnishing the logs, rsmem-
beied CaItaiD MortOD giving orders as 10 the
logs TO WiiCwski, and knew that a large
Dc L. Der OF logs were used IN the Notifications;
that The logs came from the lands of Harding
and DINERS, was read. The affidavit OF Jas.
r. Willett, OF Chicago, was also read as to
situation and size OF the forts, the quantity OF
legs used, &c.
"oEKNEN'S MOVEMENT IN MARYLAND
lie WoIkiDenlen's movement Is becom-
iEg guile feature in the political
canvass of the state. In the adjoining county