Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-10
GEO nGET0wN CORRESPONDENCE.
GEORGETOWN, April 10.

GEORGETOWN, April 10, 1854.
Some exceptions having been taken bv Mr.
Ienny to the phrase, ''little moment" in an
Item of our letter of Friday last, we beg leave
to inform him and lis friends that the phrase
was used wholly in a comparative sense. and
not intended as a reflection upon either Mr..
Jenny or any one else, and we think that
more careful examination of the paragraph in
which the phrase occurs, will satisfy MIR. I.
that no such construction can possibly be
forced upon it. We think the error Mr.. T.
has fallen into. in relation to the article al
luded to, is this: he has given it RETROSPECT
tive application when we intended it to have
prospective application. At his request, we
insert the following from the National Intelli-
gencer: s'This election may be deemed to have
on the subject OF an increase of the rate Of
taxation. Mr.. Tenny represented the 81
party and Mr.. White the 81 so party
The Committee of Congress upon the District
OF Columbia, accompanied by the Mayors of
Washington and Georgetown, several Of the
members of our City Councils, and other gen
tlemen, paid visit on Saturday to the work
going on at the Little Falls, the Three Sisters,
and there examined our channel, as far down
as the Long Bridge. Although the Committee
of Congress expressed no decided opinion in
relation to the bridge, we think they saw suf-
icient to satisfy them that. the repc ate l com
plants and remOnstrances which have from
time to time, been made by the people of
Georgetown against this bridge, were well
founded. AS We have heretofore predicted, We
believe the days of this imposition upon the
rights and interests of Georgetown are num-
bered
We have been requested to call the attention
of the police to the Dractice Of a number of
persons who are in the habit of gathering
about the Methodist burying-groun on Sun
day, and ut other times, for the purpose of
amusing themselves by shooting at a mark to
the great annoyance of the families living
near by.
The following brothers have been elected
officers of Potomac Division of s. of T. for the
ensuing TERM W. P, B. NJ. Burrows; W. A
FL. q. Divine; r. S., B. Hackney; A. R. s., r.
Birch; S., John Garret; r., Joseph Libby;
c., NJ. Garret; A. c., w. II. Calhoun; l. S :,
Arthur Baker; o. s., III. Wagner
About 5000 to 1000 lbs. Of roll butter from
wagons sold this morning at SIS 90 per 100,
and 5000 dozen eggs at I2tc. per dozen
The foreign news by the last steamer has
considerably depressed our flour market; buy
ers nor sellers appear willing to operate until
they receive their private dispatches from the
north. We think however, that holders will
have to submit to decline, but to what extent
We cannot now say. The amount of grain ar
irving IS SO very light that we think it more
than likely that prices will continue up
Matters and things upon oar canal begins to
look much more encouraging and a continual
ton Of the present fine weather will Soon bring
about largely increased amount of trade
Arrtrals.-Barque Vim. Chase, Derry, from
the West Indies, sugars to Messrs. Dodge; SCH
Bar;oi, Collins, Port Deposit, to Jos. Libby &
Son; sch. W. J. Fardy, Hooper, Salisbury, to
DO Sailed sch. Flower, Churchill, for N. Y,
cleared by J. A. Grimes SPECTATOR