The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-09-26
GEORGETOWN CORRESPONDENTS.

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Mr., EDITOR: Our wseacre has been engaged in
playing "puss IN the corlcr" SO long, that large
majority OF the people have become compile teiy
dsgusted, and now there seems to be determine.
ton to hold some body accountable for trt fling with
interests committed TO them. ~ PHI.
sincerely pity our ainiable mayor, his position
has not been upon bed of roses For the want
OF common sense, he has unfortunately placed him.
SER In the hands OF an unprincipled clique, which
mas nearly, II not entirely destroyed him. The pub
nc interests are entirely neglected, and everybody
seems to do pretty much az they please This re-
form party have carried out to the letter the old
story Of the Kilkenny cats for having ousted all
Americans from office, they are now engaged eat
ing each other up What beautiful spectacle
Georget0wn now presents in her police force and
watch In the former, you will find one who has
beencelebrated only bully, and in the lat
ter, another no less celebrated as u convict from
the penitentiary. Who would have thought it |?
lis enough to disgust any one Our old friend
Keayer, even, has become Disguised on that account
Or some other, and has actually refused to try
any corporation cases, leaving us entirely with
out police magistrate Now, when such man
Mr.. Editor, as Chief Justice Reayer, refuses to
make his costs out of the Corporation, you must
know there is something rotten in Denmark, smell,
ing worse to him than spoiled Potomac her
ring. l
SAS VI Wi PohSc OluCtTb HIS very muCn uecelveG
bis enemies, and we feel constrained to give him
great credit for the impartality with which he has
discharged his duty--he has since been taken into
the Mayors Cabinet, and is now, we believe, his
principal adviser. Indeed it is whispered around
that he alone was consulted in reference to the
last yetoes to the gross injustice of the Recorder
Whilst we are willing to accord to our Mayor
everything which is due him, we simply tell the
truth, when we assert that he is totally unfit for
his present position. His veto OF the resolutions
passed by the Corporation to get the sense of the
people upon making connection from Georgetown
10 the Alexandria, Loudon, and Hampshire Rail.
road, was SO supremey ridiculous that he was laugh
edat by his own personal friends, and the resolutions
passed unanimously over the veto, was enough to
overwhelm him. In trying to retrace his steps, he
made bad worse, by confessing that he had no time
to investigate the matter, and that was the reason
why ne vetoed the resolutions. Now, for the Mayor
OF city to give such an excuse is, am aware
100 absurd TO discuss-yet we should cheerfully
accept OF it when We remember his advisers but
why, the aforementioned police officer (who we
know by the twinkling of his eye to be possessed
Of some eunning) didn't get him out Of the scrape
better, is more than we can tell.
There has been proposition here lately to
create the office of commissioner of streets, which
understand the Mayor heartily approves.
Should the Corporation conclude to create the
office there is no danger of his vetoing it, he, no
doubt wishing TO devote more of his time to literary
and scientific pursuits. st