American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-04-05
GEoRGEToWN.

49, y GEoReErows, April 4th, 1851.
~ tls Editors of the 4maiean Tslegraph.
GENrLEMEN; The citizens of Georgetown
have seen with great pleasure the establishments
Of the Washington Telegraph in our sister city,
and they are in hopes that through its medium
the interests of Georgetown, as well as Wash
ington, .willbe greatly promoted. Our citizens
have long felt the necessity Of such paper, and
we trust and believe that they will give it
liberal encouragement; particularly as it pro-
poses to advocate the interests of the whole
district, and not to be circumscribed by the
limits of Washington.
Our merchants have commenced the spring
trade in good earnest, and their prospects for
large business were never better. The constant
arrival Of boats, with their large cargoes of
-four and other produce, and their speedy de-
parture, heavily laden with all kinds of mer-
chandise, tell well for the future prosperity Of
our people, and plainly indicate that the calcu-
lations based upon the completion Of the canal
to Cumberland have been realized to very con-
siderable extent and with every prospect of
being vastly increased That trade WILL in
very short time, make Georgetown what she
has struggled for years to be, the Commercial
Mart of the District. Washington has -four
ished and improved, and well she might, when
the Treasury of the United States is pouring
into her lap thousands Of dollars of the public
money yearly, to adorn and beautify her.
Georgetown does not envy her, but on the con-
trary her citizens are proud to see the " waste
places Of the National Metropolis built up;
but they complain that the Government refuses
to do any thing for this the "rurap' portion Of
the District; they complain bitterly that the
Government has seriously injured our naviga-
ton, and they only ask such assistance as they
believe Congress is in duty bound to give them.
The Corporation has been in the habit Of expend-
ing vast amounts of money for cleaning out the
channel Of the river, and our citizens declare
that Congress ought, in justice to remove the
distractions which they themselves placed
there, against q solemn protest from the citi-
zens; and give us in proportion to our popula-
ton, as part of the District what they give
Washington, and we will be satisfied George
town has many superior natural advantages.
Her water-power, for milling and factory pur-
poses, will compare with any town of the same
size in the New England States AS a place of
residence, the Heights of Georgetown has not
its superior, in point of health and comfort, in
the Union. She is more prosperous now than she
has ever been before, in her palmiest days. Pass
up Water street and see our large warehouses,
stored with all kinds of merchandise and pro-
duce; stand on the banks Of the canal and see
boat-load after boat-load of -four and produce
landed; and almost as quick as you can walk to
the river, it is shipped for other markets; to say
nothing of her cotton factory, saw-miI, and
vast milling establishments contiguous to these
places. w. A. Bradley, of your city, has in
course Of construction o large iron-rolling MILL
which has already increased the value Of pro-
perty in that section of the town. And besides
all this, Georgetown does not intend to let any
other place have the advantage over her in the
coal trade. Extensive preparations are being
made to secure full share of that important
trade. She has the advantage and will keep it,
and can do it with less expense, by one-half
than any of her competitors. With regard to
convenience for landing coal, and room for
its accommodation, she cannot be excelled
Georgetown is about to be repaid for the deep in
terest she has manifested for years in the canal.
Baltimore, on the one hand, looks with jea-
lous eye to her growing commercial Importance.
Alexandria, upon the other hand begins to see
that Georgetown must command the greater
portion of that trade, and is doing her utmost
to secure part of it for herself. Baltimore,
finding that this cannot be avoided, seeks
through other channels to secure trade that
Georgetown has secured through the canal
Tell your people to come over and see us.
We have many things to interest them. The
cemetery upon the heights, under the patron
age Of William Corcoran, esq, is being made
one of the most beautiful places in the United
States. The church which stands in the centre
of the grounds is almost completed. 1t is built
of stone, in the gothic style, with beautiful
stained windows. The grounds are laid out in
the most tasteful manner and already the grass
and flowers begin to put forth in indication Of
the near approach Of the queen of months.
Es tsEa HEIGHTS.
New WATcH.-It is stated that newspaper
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