Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-04
GEORGETOWN.
Correspondence Of The Stat.

Correspondence Of The Stat.
GxoKsKrowS, January 4, 1850
q, The opening Of the New Year, 1860. doubtless
finds our city In as prosperous a condition as any
city in the Union possessed Of no greater amount
OF facilities In the way Of public Improvements
railroads, &c.) for the accommodation of the
trade Of the surrounding country. For several
years past population has been steadily increas
ing by the settling among M AZ useful and enter
Prising persons from other parts, and steady
progress in all the real substantial elements of
wealth has been visible to the careful observer
During the past year the number Of valuable pri~
vate Improvements which have been made are
LARGELY In excess Of those Of any previous year for
the last quarter Of a century. Most of these i'm
provements consist Of private dwelliEgs every one
OF which has either an occupant In II new, OF one
ready to enter as soon as ready for occupancy. We
have also had constructed during the year two
more pills, viz: the Touring mil! Of John David
making the whole number Of mills of all kinds
now owned aud conducted by our mere hspts nj ne
During the same period we have had com.
pieted, through the public spirit and persever-
ance OF our city councils, more important street
Improvements than Was ever known I'm any one
previous year; and last, though not least by far,
, IN TINS connection nm our citizens generally have,
session OF, 20 u.s. that almost greatest of all bless
ings-pure water, and upon one of the most sen.
sible and economical plans in operation in any
Si'1 IN 'hS uiohy pau WHICH Will IN the enQ
prove much less burdensome to those upon whom
the cost Of the work falls than that adopted by
our sister city, and calculated to render a thou
SIND fold more real benefit to the people gen.
orally. :
The Pecuniary condition Of our merchants gen.
orally, of every class, doubtless never was better
notwithstanding the pinching condition of the
money market, Tor some time past. Their repu-
tation for promptness In meeting their oblis "a
items, in other markets, doubtless stands as high
as that OF any other community in the country
And though we may have no millionaires among
them, we may safely set them down as industrf.
ous- enterprisng. thrifty, and INDEPENDENT set
men as can easily be found anyw here; and our
mechanics, in this particular, are not one whit b,
hind those OF any other city in the country. Our
people generally during tine past year have en-
l''yed uninterrupted good health. The laws of
cur corporation lave been executed as a general
thing in manner that no candid person could
fnd fault with, and upon the whole we have
enjoyed much greater degree of public quiet
ism than We ever had before to our knowledge
Upon the whole we have everything as a commu-
nifty TO Cause us TO feel grateful TO an all wise and
everything Providence, that watches over the af-
fairs Of communities. as well Us individuals
liz our letter Of Yes erday We omitted 10 state
that John T Donaldson was elected CAPTAIN Of
Police and Nigkt-watch
The advertisement of Mr.. Boucher, in another
column. contains good news TO housekeepers W no
neglected to lay in their stock Of fuel in the fall
His prices are, we believe, considerably under
those generally ruling at the present time, and we
can vouch for the good quality of his stock Of
wood We advise those in want of a good article
Of wood to give him call. s.