Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-14
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Correspondence of The Star.

Correspondence Of The Star.
GEoRsKTowN, Dec "a 1858
The ordinance passed by one branch OF our city
councils on Friday night, provides for the an
pointment on the first Monday in January. and
annually thereafter. a commissioner of streets AZ
an annual salary Of $500 per annum, whose duty
n, snsI oe 70 snperintend the opening and i'm
ana the street scavenger. IL also reduces the
salary OF the Mayor from and after the ret Mon.
aay In March from $1,000 to 5000 per annum.
This: II will be remembered, was the rate Of
salary paid TO the Mayor OF our town for many
years prior to the election OF our late Mavor ri
addison, Esq. After his installation into ONCE.
upon petition numerouslv signed by our citi.
zens, the councils increased the salary from S6Oo
TO 81 900, and the Mayor consented to dt,charge
the duties OF street commissioner, which service
nao previously been performed by other persons
The ordinance passed on Friday mig bit relieves
the Mayor again from the performan nee Of thI.
we should think, the most onerous duty Of his
once, and upon this fact we presume the reduc-
ton Of the salary in the future was based The
ordinance has yet to go throu2 the Board Of Al.
dermen. But having passed that body at a called
sumo It will meet with no opposition by them
What its Fate may be in the next ordeal IL has TO
pass we are not prepared to say
Ever since Sunday night, the weather has
again been peculiarly gloomy, and attended by
an almost incessant fall Of rain Our streets this
mo- ming, In almost every quarter Of the town,
look more like quagmire than q highway for
q
thing as cleaning them has been almost impos-
sble, on account Of the weather for nearly a
month Business Of kinds is nearly entirely
suspended
A yellow fellow, by the name Of John Robin
son, hand on board the canal boa, Sarah p
Trunnell, and two negro women, were arrested
last night and this morning, by O1icer Gross
detected In stealing quantity OF poultry from
James L ESSEX, Esq. Theyare now being tried
before Justice Reaver. The orhcer recovered a
considerable quantity Of the poultry.
Owing, we presume, 10 the extremely unfavor.
able condition Of the weather, there IL but little
produce OF any kind coming into MARKET conse-
quently, we find il rather difficult matter to
give anything like reliable quotations. Good
canal superfne brands OF -four are held al IS LA
IS IS, and extras higher, as in quality-none
scarcely changing hands. Good qualities OF red
and white wheat would command 81 IsaSI a
for the former, and 81 25ssl 81 for the latter No
old corn Offering; sales Of several thousand bar
res new, in the ear, at 50 lOaS3 IS for white and
yellow. Pork, Sj.75dS6 25 from wagons and
boats, and Sc 5OaS6 IS from stores.
Arrivals NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Caroline Ander-
son. Bogert, from Phladel phia; 200 tons coal to
L. Drurv, Of your citv. Louisa Tucker, Robin
son, and Allegany, Ellet, same place; Pc tons
coal to Myers & son. Joseph Francis. Gala
her, same port; 13O tons coal 20 Boque Il DOnnel-
": TTopic, Hooper, Salisbury; lumber to r.
Wheatley.
The black fellow noticed in the Star OF Satur-
day as having been arrested for shooting a parcel
of white boys, was taken before Justice Reaver,
and by him committed TO Jail