Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-09-20
LOCAL ITEMS.

terlocked "We greet friends Boston, lo3o-boson,
1881. Our march 10 onward"
.t1 sa
ALITEMs.
melancholy occurrence took place on Wednesday
ing, nearly opposite the Washington Navy Yard by which
worthy family involved in deep grief the sudden and
violent death Of an interesting
appears that party, consisting Of three and two
boys all attached the Marine Garrison proceeded gum
ming excursion. There but three guns William Wells
private in the Marine Corp, extremely DESTROYS 10 OBJ
tain from Samuel Munde the deceased his owlng piece,
which repeatedly refused On their arrival the grounds
Of Mr. Atchinson, alteration ensued between Wells and
young Mundell, during which the latter raised his gun in
menacing position when Wells sprung towards him, seized
the piece with hand raised if he intended to knock
the boy down, then fell back short distance cooked it, took
Deliberate aim and fred lodging the contents Of the gun in
the left side Of young Mundels neck breaking the collar
bone severng the arteries and cutting the wndpipe in
The boy died instantly.
The party returned to the Barracks, and Wells
ddy confessed the commission Of the deed which
certainly reflected credit upon human The body
Of the unfortunate boy brought in and laid in the
Garrison Hospital
Justice Cranda the Garrison, and after brief
hearing committed Wells to Jail.
Young Mundel is a Of Orderly Sergeant Joseph Mum
| citizen.
CENTENNIAL ANNIvERsARY THE FoUNDINe
GEoReETows, D. C.-By act Of Assembly Of Maryland,
sitting Annapolis, 18th May, ISL, Commissioners
authorized to survey and lay town. consist Of eighty
lots, in Frederick county the Potomac river, above the
mouth of Rock Creek These commissioners Henry
Wright Crabb, John Needham, John Clagett, Samuel Ma
gruder James Perry, and David Lynn. The land const
tung the site Of the projected town the property partly
OF George Gordon and Of George Bea On the eighteenth
of September l75l the aforesaid commissioners Samuel
Magruder alone absent according law and chose for
their clerk Alexander Bea who before John
Needham to register in wellbound book the certificate of
survey Of Georgetown the price Of each respective lot the
Of its owner and time Of its being paid for Of the
refusal of the proprietor propeo and the other
transactions and proceedings Of the commissioners in and
| about the town aforesaid.
The town was to be called GEoRGErowN, a title va
riously derived but believed be the result Of compo
between the propreors individuals and loyal subjects
time the Of possible town there likely
be Beasvie but that appearing perhaps somewhat two
egotstica for those sober and modest times agreed
that the proprcors of the site of the intended place
eoed in the pr.nomen George, and that also the
Of their then sovereign ege the King of Great Britain,
the unexceptonabe title should be that which, by act Of
Assembly and succeeding custom, il has borne.
Alexander Bea the clerk, also appointed surveyor,
and how competent he for both functions the neat and
welkept record and plots well attest The of the
plot TO be sixty acres comprising twentysx
and eleven-sixeenths Of George Godons land, and the
mainde of thiryhree and fvesxteenths Of George
Beaps. 1t was surveyed and laid by the appointed
surveyor according the provision Of the the nineteenth
day Of September l75l this day hundred years ago.
When application made to these propetors to sell
their land surveyed and laid out they refused to do
reasonable TERMS leaving it incumbent the commissioners
to issue their summonng seventeen good and lawful
of the county Frederick to be at the Inspection House,
to meet the 18th day Of September for the purpose of
assessing and returning what damages recomense should
be allowed the for their land The instrument
summoning these seventeen directed to Josiah Bea
coroner of Frederick county.
On meeting of this Jury, the 9th February, 52 the
the Of 99sO currency (S74666) was adudged a fair
and just equivalent for the land, about $l27 6hs per
acre. By the act Of Assembly i gaciously permitted
that the proprieors should have first choice of any
lots apiece they might prefer and, when the proposition
made them by the commissioners, George Gordon, wisely
submitting to what inevitable, made choice of two lots
did his incorporating neghbor and coproprieto
but not before making thoroughgong protest in which he
notifies the commissioners of his intention appeal
higher law" His letter the commissioners we deem
worthy literal transcription retaining his spelling and
punctuation 7rH Marco, l752
If mus, part with my property by force had better save
little than be totally demolished rather than have none
cept Of them lots said be Mr. Hendersons and Mr. Ed
monsons Bu, do hereby protest and declare that my
cepance Of the said lots, which by force, shall debar
from future redress from the Commissioners or Others
have the right Of British subject ask no more God
save King George. GEoReK BKALL.
Witnesses present. Archd. Henderson, Nchs Raymond,
Clemt Davis, and Thomas Lamar.
The lots Mr.. Besl took among the valuable
in the town, being situated about where the cotton factories
now stand The purchaser of the first lot Elizabeth
Bea who gave Ell 10 for it, but paid down only Sixty
nine lots were sod coming to fl9l, of which only fl75
actually paid in at the sale. Messs Bes & Gordon
purchase moneys however, and thus acknowledge
cd the validity Of the proceedings, thus releasing the Com
missione from all future litigation in respect to the title
A SERMON IN A QUATRAIN.
There Is Of the teaching of christianity in these
four little lines than contained in many elaborate
mon preached in pulpit:
!" IL thy neghbor should sin, old Christoval said,
Never never, unmercifu be
For remember it is by the mercy OF God
art nota vic keda M he