Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-21
Washington and the Mud Flats.
THE DUTY OF CONGRESS

THE DUTY OF CONGRESS-.
The mud flats in front OF Washington existed
before the city was laid out, but a malignant
ingenuity appears TO have been exercised i'm
providing facilities for the accumulation of the
deDrlS OF the Potomac, and Just in the very
place where il must do the most damage. The
mud flats have been nuiSanceS OF particular
aggravated kind beyond the memory OF the old
est inhabitants OF the capital and all efforts to
induce congress 10 take the proper steps for
llelr abatement and for giving Washington a
pIeSentable and wholesome water front. have
nltnefto amounted TO nothing. The yellow
lever epidemic OF the present season has. how
ever caused some of the WaShingtonians TO
take rather more lively interest than usual i'm
tneSe Hats; and Congress is to be asked TO do
something ehect1Ve. and that right quickly, for
making them less active than they are at pre-
sent as disease breeders. While Congress is
ABOUT IL, ii might Try what il can do I'm the way
OF cleaning out enough OF the river TO give
Washington fairly good harbor. but the main
thlng Is TO get the broad stretches OF Potomac
mud out OF sight and out OF SMELL and il would
u. De % Glucn belter to eNpend considerable sum
OF money for This purpose than il is uo devote il
10 the SO-called Improvement of mountain
streams with unpronounceabie names. that.
Whatever may be done with them. never will be
anything else than mountain streams and of no
use 10 nybody but a few Saw-nill owners and
lrcut iiShefo.-iF Fhitddeti,hjd Telegraph.
GENERAL SHERMAN AND Sr.NLEY.-General
sherman. talking the other day about speech
ne made in the spotted Tal council. at the
North Platle, said 10 reporter of the 8egybij-
Stanley in company with number OF gentle
men. He "aS describing his route in search of
Livingston. when placed the map OF Africa
before him, and asked him 10 point out his
route. commencing at Senegambia. he traced
the route, pointing out the locations OF the diff
erent tribes. He came to a certain tribe that
were Wailike, and calling them together made
threatening speech. That Speech said STAN
ley 10 me- was the very speech in the precise
words, except substitution of nameS which Won
made at North Platte, TO Turkey Leg Cut Nose
and Spotted Tail i was there, General and
never forgot that 81 Nch.' | was surprised
enough at the statement. not imagining for an
IN tant that African Stanley was the same stan
ley VINO accompanied us as a correspondent on
the Indian peace commission OF 1S61r6S.'
NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE TO PROVE THE
REV. MIR. HAYDEN's INNoCENCE-A telegram
from New Haven. Conn.,. Oct. Is. SayS:-A new
phase OF The Mary Stannard murder is the al
ieged discovery OF evidence by the defence TO
The effect that on the day after the murder Mrs
Edgar stevens, a daugnter-in-law OF BENJAMIN
stevens, washed for him a pair OF pantaloonS
which were very bloody ana dirty and she saws
that she tainted away twice while she was
WaShlng them because they We're 50 stained
with blood. The pantaloOns have been secured
ana are In possession OF the state. This diScOv-
cry, With statement made by Ben Stevens the
day after his examination before Justice VIII
cox at the preliminary hearing, may lead to his
arrest. At that time a knife was taken from
him and kept by the state for use. if necessary
Alter he left the court he said he had half a
dozen other knives, which he wouldn't give up
10 any one, though the lawyers might keep the
old one II they wanted il. Counsel for the de-
fence at the preliminary hearing tried TO fix
upon stevens as The principal but failed They
THINK that this newly discovered evidence viii
lasten suspicion upon Stevens and lead 10 his
arrest