The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-12
LOCAL MI A T r f II S.

ssFRE" AND "WArER THE following para
graph is going the round of the press:
tsThe Mayor of Washington city recommends
the paid fire system as the only remedy against
the rowdyism and disturbances incident to the vol
unteer system. He says it is idle to attempt any
thing less radical and reformatory'
This is Washington ,sc,os not heretofore known
in this city, no such recommendation having been
maae,by the Mayor in his official capacity, al
though we believe he is in favor of paid fire sys-
tenn, and is now engaged in collecting information
upon the subject. However, when tho city shall
be supplied with water from the Great Falls of
the Potomac, which can be done in the course of
two or three years, if Congress will appropriate
the necessary funds, there will be occasion for
any but hose companies, as the water will of itself
rise in the leathern tubes higher than the Capt.
toll There will then be no cries of "down with
the suction'' but son with the hose!'' Or every
man may be his own fireman, always having the
necessary appliances at hand. A revolution will,
by the means of the Great Falls water, be wrought
in the fire MISUNDERSTANDING the system to
machines.
ATTEMPTED ABANDONMENT OF A CHILD.--On
Wednesday night white woman went to the
house of Colonel Fremont, under some pretence,
and while there quietly laid down her infant child,
emily ten days old, with an intention to abandon it.
As she was retreating, she was pursued and
caught by servant, who detained her until the
police could be sent for to take her into custody
She was brought to the watch-house, and kept
there until yesterday morning. On an investiga-
ton of the affair before Justice Morsell the woman
cbo he'd boo Tho ir(,n Mt NH h
latter she wished to leave with Colonel Fremont,
he having more money than she had to take care
of it; and further, that on the morning after she
attempted to abandon it, she intended to leave
this city. The babe was restored to her, and she
was committed to Jail to await further judicial
proceedings. But we learn that the grand jury
have dismissed the case, conceiving they have no
jurisdiction in the premises; and she is again at
liberty.
bton, yesterday, over the store of Messrs Clagett
and Dodson, embraced choice vegetable products.
Grapes, several varieties, large and sweet, were
deposited by Mr.. Thomas Blagden; bunch of
beautiful, blushing Siberian crab apples, by Mr..
John Murphy; French pears and imperial violet
plums, by Mr.. Joshua Pierce; mammoth Per-
sian melon, by Mr.. John Hogan, which was sold
for fifty cents; Bolmar plums, delicious and large,
| by Captain Peter F. Bacon Bartlett pears and
several varieties of plums, by MIR. Joseph L..
Smith; seven varieties of pears, by Mr.. A. Jardn.
| MIR. VIM. Cammack and others were likewise
among the contributors. The display of flowers
was lovely, the depositors being Messrs. VIM. d..
Breckenridge, Jardin, c. G. Page, E. Foreman,
Joshua Pierce, Favier, and d. McClelland. The
last named showed much taste and ingenuity in
his floral arrangements, which consisted of a bed,
in circular form, FIVE six feet in circumference,
sloping from the centre to the edge, which was
fringed all round with delicate and many -hued
flowers. The surface was covered with moss, and
the dedicative word FLORA and the figures 1853,
formed of small white flowers, afforded hand
some relief. A pot, sunk in the CENTRE contained
many rich flowers which branched over with fine
effect. We have seldom seen such collection of
beauties so tastefully arranged
now so general, here and everywhere, that the
question is frequently asked, how is it possible to
procure SO many cod livers out of which to extract
the oil to supply the excessive demand' We pre-
sumo that there is much of the spurious article
manufactured; the swallowcrs of it being uncon-
scious of the fraud But it may be Just as efficient
as the genuine and equally unpnlatable.
| Cod liver oil is, we are told, an aliment which