Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-10-04

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l. ,sTtH 8 0EoReErowN, Oct. 4, 1858.
In our wanderines about Georgetown, we hav,
discovered that there Is one kind of public inn
provement which seems 10 have been lost .,o n
Of and neglected by our city authorities IN IN nm
preceoented extent We mean the footways m
many place: parts Of the city. too
street: which are being almost moment,rii,
passed every day, many portions oS tbe
on either one side or the other remain aIrnost ~
tine ssme rude state that they were when the city
in onr inJan more .6an a century ago. Nothing,
IN our Judgment, adds more to the appearance oi
city IMAM clean ;well-improved streets and foot.
ways, TO say nothing Of the public comfort ana
cSSnveaience And we contend that the latter
nIv h.a. no' oe ien 10 suffer, year after year. sim
~ Iecause ths owners Of such property do not
.nlnk proper to remedy the evil without apy in .
.erIerence upon the part of the Corporatjon
nesretoIore, the rule has been for the CITY Coun-
cls 10 walt until majority of the owaers of sue b
property petitioned for such improvements This
we regard q very bad rule, and one that ouy ht no
Longer to be adhered to In many places, such
improvements are ndispensably NECESSARY 10 m a
public comfort, and ought at once to be attended
To- Ii left until the proprietors Of the lots where
they are most needed attend to II themselves we
ucnme 70 tne oeIief that another century will be
hkeiy 10 pass by, and find them still a grazing
place for cattle We have been induced 10 call
public attention to this matter by humber of
complaints which have been lodged with ms re-
centIy, ana IN the hope that when once the stfen
non OF our city authorities is called to the matter
they Will act In the premises, and see that the
evil is remedied "
=, Notwithstanding freight on coal to most of the
Nortnern ana Eastern ports has advanced some
2oc per ton during the last week or two. there
sun Is experienced 10y shippers Of the article from
our port considerable difficulty In obtaining YES.
sells suitable for the purpose
In our letter of Saturday we stated that the D su
Mr.. Easoy was to take the place of the Rev Mr.
Mcguire as President OF the georgetown College
" should save been written the Rev. Mr. Early
we understand that the faculty and students Of
the Seorgetown College contemplate giving To
the Rev. A. Mcguire, this evening an evi.
aence OF their appreciation of his past Sc vices as
PRESIDENT OIL that Institution, by presenting him
with complimentary address and handsome
fidelity. -0' N'' past
The religious revivals at both our Methodist
cnuIches continue steadily to progress In interest
Al the Dumbarton- church, under the Rev MT
Edwards, meetings are to be held every morning
rals week beginning at 6 o'clock, and every eve,
ming at *; and at the West Georpetown cbnrcb
O'Clock "s a. ~
Friend Shoemaker, our excellent -four inspect
oSl-rtPoIts the Following as the result of the la
oors OF himself and deputy. Mr. Daniel McCann.
for the quarte' ending September Both Inspected
In July 1872 whole and % half barrels wheat
nour, and IA barrels rye, 1897 In August Il, 43s
whole and 3S2 half barrels, 1854 bbIs In SEN
tember 25 ,526 whole and $40 half bbIs De los
bbls. Making in the aggregate So. 227 bbls
During the month of September the following
toiis were collected at the Georgetown Office Of
the chesapeake and Ohio Canal: Ascending
toiis, Sl63S 2S; Descending tolls ST., 29S 81 To-
tai tolls for September, SIS $50 So
The following shipments of coal were made
from Rays Dock during the week ending Satur-
Gay schr. George =. Wolf, Russell, 2G3 tons,
for New York; w w. Massey, Buck a33 tons
same place; Gulnair, CrowelI, i64 tons, for Bos
ton; Hamilton, Ogdon, 223, for New York; Lucv
Orcutt, circuit, 279, for Boston; John Compton.
sharp, l5l, for Norwich; J. w. Lindsey, Crow,
ell 253, for New York
The hour market this morning is rather dull;
no material change, however, has occurred i'm
prices. Good Canal superine brands are still
grain f'' VI
AIrlved-packet schooner Fairfax, Mott, New
oTk, to McCobb Dodge; schooners EWbank,
Donoho, Philadelphia, to Hyde l. Davidson:
Abby Weld, Slee, Salem, Mass, plaster to e
Lyons: Anna, Hodges, Plymouth, n c., shingles
to Wheatiey; Mary Ann Hetty, euano to B.
Darby Tropic, Hooper, Salisbury, lumber to J.