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WAsIHNGToN CORRESPONDENCE.
MlsrIINsrnN. Dec / 1s5

W1suINGToN, Dec. l. 1851
Ma. Ed. TOR - In my ast, mention was made o
the great interest manifesto din Georgetown ON the
subject Of Retrhcessien! ID Maryiand Another
meeting al held Of Forrest Hall on last FRIDAY
night and oFganzed hy the appointment If w ii
Tenhey 10 the chair and ] r. Bangs as Secretary
Henry Addison Egg the Mayor of the town
then arose AID in tie r9urse or an able and elcqnenr
spee}h Of ntatly an Eodr advocated strenuously
The cause ofretraeession. He gave an. account oil
the many enterprises planned and entered into by
the citizens Of that place for the benefit Of her com
mercP, and the large amount OF capital advanced
therefor in rffuation 81 The charge often thrown
up toI her Merchants anil other business men that
they had nevFr made proper effort themselves for
the gPod oi tile town.
In abiding to the Loag Bridge which has SO ef-
fecrualy ruibee the navigation of the Potomac
above ii, he tfurhfuy called ii "a standing monu-
ment pf remor<eIess orrre ssion"
Afltr he had concluded Robert Ould: Esq being
loudly called for, took the stand and delivered one
Of the most qneni and argumentalive addresses
we have everistened ID.
Tha astounding taet was made known by him,
that there were Two thousand fee negroes within
the limits Of the cafparaiioni This humber is
verwhelming,y large @hfn the total population OF
the place Is taken into consideration, viz: only
sevenpr eight thousand.
Tho Tolly Of expecting aid from Congress was re-
peatedy asserted, and proven from past experience
and the only hope heln out retrocessop To thai
good @ State laved hv lid waters of our own Poro-
mac Chesapeake and snsqnehanna. STATE whose
mineral wealth was not more firmly imbeddec. in
her mountains Than the firm and abiding attach
ment DE her citizens to This glorious Union
Theeloqaeaf appeal Of Mr.. Ould scene 10 NEE,
wfh ahearty response irain the crowded auditory,
judging from The demonstrations made upon The
door Nv snndFy gentlemen with big sticks He
was followed by Walter s Cox Esq who made
b ahls sneeSa the negative Of he question ad
mittedH The did baghear Of taxation was faithfully
exhibited s.
TheFe was an election to-day for an alderman 10
tlTfheEaeancy in The Beard occasioned by the
death 4f john Pickrelf. Esq one or the oldestand
fnqst respectable Merchants of The place. VIM H.
Edes was 'ected.
II The ighishngered gentry mentioned in my last
arb sun committing depredations. Owing to the
general waschfulness Of hnusekeepers they meet
With ppor Success. Take care my lords or you1l
get naHbed YET
-Nfit~cr - Nss'sseeSSa 81 82PSdASl was pfelty
well iqrshs one i resulted in the election Of Linn
Bsyd # Kentucky, Union Democrat BY vote
Of ils. Put that down as another triumph for those
good oa principles which ever actaated the heroes
and statesmen q the oden tines principles of law
and order, which are bound 10 succeed
am Hfeditabiv informed that all further agitation
Of the exciting toRie Of slavery viii be dispersed
With-Speh seems % be The diepasiiion Of the ma
lSrity ~ Congress Col Forney Of Pepn., was
elected CLERK OF the House hF a vote 81 100 The
House also elected BY resolution McKrew. door
keeper, GiossbFtnner, sergeant rms. and John
sion. without opposition Postmaster After this
gpod days work they a6Isatned ahont o'clock
The saessagewiil 81 sent % Congress j, noon
,o+da5. Yours, JUNIOR.