Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-05-12
GEORGETOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
GEORGETOWN, May IL, 1855.

GEORGETOWN, May II, 1855.
The following business was before our City
Councils ON Friday night:
A message was received from the Mayor in
relation to public pumps referred
Another in relation to the new road leading
to Little Falls bridge referred.
And another enclosing the report of the
Trustees of the Corcoran Charity Fund or
dered to be fled
Mr.. White presented the account of Walter
Silence for S37 oO for services as extra night
watch referred.
Mr. Pickrell presented communication for
Mr.. A. Barber in reply to the communica alton
OF Capt. De 10 Roche, Of Friday last, com
planning Of nuisance; referred
petition was read from Messrs Rhodes
and Brown, asking that the footways on south
side of Prospect street, between Potomac and
Market streets may be improved referred.
Mr. White, Of the committee on streets, re-.
ported an ordinance providing for the improve
ment of the footways on the north side Of Dunn
barton street; passed both Boards.
The account of Seth Schell, for work done
on market-house, VAS read and referred
Mr.. White, from the committee to whom
was referred communication from MI l.. A.
Morton, asked that the committee be dis
charged from the further consideration of the
subject; granted
| Of John Boothe
They also passed, over the Mayors veto,
| the bill providing for the payment of the sec.
ond installment of the CorpOration's subscrip-
tion to the stock of the Metropolitan Railroad
| Adjourned.
The usual May festival at Mrs General
| Wheeler's Academy, on Wednesday evening,
was certainly a model entertainment of the
| kind. The young ladies were all richly at.
Il tiYad in oroI tal 10 81
presented a galaxy of beauty and lovelnes 81
rarely, if ever, surpassed. Miss Marion Wa.
ters was crowned the Queen of the festival,
and was attended by Miss Magruder and Miss
| Taylor, assisted by a number of maids OF
honor. After the usual ceremonies of crown.
ing the Queen, addresses, &C., had been gone
through, the company repaired to the large
hall, where Professor Fleet was In waiting
| with his band to discourse some of his sweet.
est music. After enjoying themselves awhile
in the may dance they were conducted to
the dining room, whore the tables were spread
| and literally loaded with all the richest
| and most tempting delicacies of the season
After these had been discussed pretty thor
oughly, the company again repaired to the
large hail where the time was spent in various
amussments, until nine o clr ok, at which time
the large company repaired to their homes,
not only pleased but perfectly delighted with
the evenings entertainment The evening
was very unfavorable for such exercises, new.
ertheloss the number of the relatives of the
pupils and invited guests was very large, all
of whom seemed to enter as heartily into the
festivities Of the occasion as the young ladie.
them. And never did merry May, fully clad
in her rich robes Of green, adorned with how
ers Of the richest and most delicate hue, and
crowned with a tiara Of sparkling sunbe ans
look half so lovely as the Queen and her at
tend ants, and the young ladies generally, who
participated in the festivities of this May cele
| bration. SPHcrAToR.