Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-05
Georgetown Correspondence.

GEORGETOWN. November ), 1853
Our Board of Common Council was in session
but short while last night and transacted but little
business. Among the bills hassed Was one offered
by Mr.. English directing the Mayor, Recorder, and
President of the Board of Common Council. C. f.
Miy, to prepare n memorial 10 Congress. so TO
amend our city charter az tn ALLOW the CORPORATION
to lay front feel N the property of all resident
O"nefS, In an amount sufficient to dpray the cy-
penScS nj lighting our streets with ras and upOn Il
real estate TO an amount sufficient 10 Weld 81 OD1
per annunl, To meet the interest upon the a27O 600
subscribed To the Metro it;fitan Railroad: and the
privilege III Diahihg a general assessment upOu all
real and personal property, whenever the Corpora-
u"n may deem 1t necessary. Under the mcsent
ti,ittf: III Is MADE once III every five years. The
bill also provides that the memorial when prpared
>haH DC laid before the Councils ftr their aptiroyal
before being Presented 10 Congress This is ali very
well, d. lar as II goes but think il should have
gone little further, and provided for its subnis-
SION to the sovereign people also for their approval
we think there are several other important priv
legcS they would like To have. hrnns ,he, il the
right of every free white iaic citizen to vote in our
munIcipa e'etiS, and the lcvying of poll tax for
educational purposes. r. CruikShank was appoint-
ed Il Commissioner OF the Sinking Fund i'm the Mace
OF X. p. Dodge, who declined to act. A communi
cation from W. Il. Woodward, ESD. was read ten.
dcring his resignation As member pf the Council
he having moved his rssidehte In vOiir city, The
Mayor was requested to order election to fill the
vacancy.
Serious .1ccidem-We regret to learn that Mr.. F.
Jones, one OF the night watch, fell last night off
Platform IN front OF the watclI-house, and injured
himself very seriously. bone in one of his wrists
ana another IN one of his hips being broken besides
receiving severe cut over one ri his eyes ald con
siderable bodily i,H'rH Doctors Macru,er and Sank
were sctt for, who did all for him that medical
skill could do. He was taken to his home on a lit
ter, and this morning ie is as comfortable as couId
b. expected under the circumstances
n 4,
Inc ht'. Dr fcck, ot your city, Is expected to
preach IN our Methodist church TO morrow evening
at O'Clock. The DIR. has become quite favoriic
In our city, among all denominations of christians
The Inspector Of Fire Engines, Mr. Palmer. re-
ports our flrc apparatus all in excellent working
Il Norcl RiJer.-Y estertiv, while The h,inry ot
Dr. r., was slandiig AZ Ills door waiting for the Doe
Tor, who ~ on the point OF leaving to visit some
parents Grove OF cattle passed along, and large
bullock, which had, we presume, become tired q,
Ipof@ VI, very rrc rCOnlou>lv mounted into il and
pretty well smashed it to pieces. Very fortunate for
the Doctor and his patients tina, he was not i'm M the
himself.
We have mcfe than once notified the pubIic tba,
there are Dut two reliable banks in GEORGETOWN the
rarrers and Mechanics, and the Bank of Com
mrrce, neither of which issue anv notes of smaller
denomination than 81 All other paper money hail
ing from our city. except the CORPORATION one and
two dollar bills, are worthless.
The supply Of beef cattle at Drovers Rest for the
Wcek endIfg Today, has amounted all TO 400 cad:
80 ut which were sold to District butchers at 81
% ~ ID T. 100 pounds gross the balance was
driven north Sheep. 81 50 a 81 a. head. Supply
large: Hogs, 50 - a Sc 80. Large stpply.
since the foreign news 81 yesterday the flour and
grain market has been in an unsettled state FIour
held at 81. No sales since the news Dealers seem
disposed to hold off for private dispatches from the
north Owing 10 the supply of wheat in our marker
nclns unusually light the article Is in great demand
al 81 10 "a 81 80 for prime white and 81 40 n
81 ID for red. Corn, 6S cents for white and 20 els
ter yellow; 1000 bushels yellow sold this morning
NJ 20 cents. Sprcr,ron