Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-07
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS.
Correspondence Of The Star.

GEORGETOWN, Sept. Z, 1857.
Doubtless the scenes which transpired in our
city yesterday will be sufficient TO admonish our
city fathers Of the importance of a speedy and
thorough reorganization Of our police system. and
an increase in the police force IL must be OBJ
vious to every individual in the town that two
police officers, we care not how vigilant they may
be, are wholly inadequate to the performance Of
the duties necessary to the maintenance of good
order, especially on the Sabbath day, so long as
almost every street in the town is provided with
one or more places where reckless persons can be
supplied with that which steals away their
reason and converts them into semi-demons IN.
respective Of the character of the day the de-
mands OF the law or the claims Of decency
FROM reports which we gather from the cap
tains OF vessels lying along the lumber yard
wharves, the scenes which TRANSFERRED in that To-
cality yesterday, to a common expression.
were decidedly rich so much SO, that one of the
captains assured us that, if his business COM
PEELED him to lie over at these wharyes again on
Sunday, that he should prefer getting a permit
to spend the time at the Corporation farm Tn pre-
ference to remaining on board his vessel During
the principal part of the day, the lumber yards,
and parcel OF fishing shallops lying about them,
were infested with parties of lawless characters
playing cards, drinking, swearing, and fighting
While swarms OF Others equally regardless of the
peace ana sanctlty OF the Sabbath day. might be
seen in almost every direction, with gun in hand
en- route to the island, on hunting expeditions
On w alter street, near the bridge, a most dis
graceful fight occurred between an individual
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our city, in which knives were used as well as
fists. All hands, we learn, got a considerable
quantity Of what Paddy gave the drum, especial
Iy the individual from " ashington whose face
was pretty well bruised, bettered and scratched
and one OF his hands considerably cut with a
knife used in the conflict After the fight was
over the individual from the First w ard went to
his home, but soon returned with large party OF
his friends, and pretty thoroughly searched the
lower portion Of the town for the individuals who
had drubbed him. He failed, however, to ascer-
tain their whereabouts, and had to return home
with sound drubbing as the result Of his Sab
bath expedition.
Further up town, on Bridge street, an indi-
vidual by the name Of Sullivan, who had been
indulging rather too freely in bad whisky, armed
himself, and went on cunning expedition, fol
nobody in particular. He took position opposite
boarding house, and fired directly at the door
where parcel of persons were standing, which
caused considerable alarm and scampering among
them. \ one was hurt, however, the charge OF
shot taking effect in the wall Of the house He
was finally arrested by Officer Gross and lodged
In the watch house.
Such scenes we have before described have
been Transporting in city at intervals for several
years past, and we regard them as the results OF
the lnsufciency OF the police force, and the want
OF more stringent and specific laws regulating the
sale of intoxicating liquors With our present
experience we do not think il difficult matter Ia
provide laws in each case which would to some
extent, II not altogether do away with these evils
An old gentleman by the name OF Collins who
came from Delaware few months since and set
tied in the First Ward near the Washington
brewery, left his home on Tuesday morning last
before any of his family Were UP, since which
time nothing has been heard of him. AS he had
become somewhat incorporate in his habits fears
are entertained that some accident has happened
to him. His wife and children returned home to
their friends in Delaware on Saturday.
The Highlanders Of your city left this morning
for the Great Falls on pleasure excursion ac-
cOmpanied by large number of friends They
were conveyed up the canal on two boats owned
by Capt. Moore and Mr.. Thicker
The only arrivals since our last were the schr
Statesman, Rouark, Salisbury, with lumber to
SHINES; and packet Ring Dove, Donoho PhiIa.
delphia, to Hyde Il Davidson, with about 20 tons
Of mere haudise for the two cities =