Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-04-01
GEORGETOWN.
Correspondence Of The Star.

| GEORGETOWN, March %, 1861
AT the meeting Of the Board Of Common Coun
Gil, last evening, a message from the Mayor en-
CLOSING an account of q Nanderwerken for ON
nibus hire (s25) on occasion of the visit Of M
corporate authorities 10 the Loudon and Hamp
shire Railroad; one recommending that an &C
count De made out against the Levy Court 70
| one-half the expense Of repairing paper mil
| bridge; and one In relation to the law passed b,
the last Corporation reducing the Mayof's salary
ana transferring the duties Of commissioner o.
referred, as Were also accounts Of J. w. Byram
Tor repair Of the wharf at the foot Of High street
and OF Robert Boyd for gas-lamps
| A spicy debate which came of on the petitions
| OF property holders asking exemption from the
gaslight tax will be duly reported with other In
teresting matters. :
The following resolutions and bills were re-
ported BY Mr.. Libbey, from the grievance COM
for damage sustained by order Of the late Mayor:
| third reading objected 70 by Mr. Bangs. By Mr.
Marbury, from Inarkethouse COMMITTEE, IAN or
dinance supplemental TO the late market-house
The market-house committee reported on Mr.
Bangs resolution of inquiry that Ii was inexpe-
dient to build new market house at this time,
and asked to be, and were, discharged from its
A report Of Messrs. Shoema ker and King, I'm re-
lation to the building Of houses In the Third and
fSs ss gsossGn ss hose
Mr.. Marbury made report from the street CON-
mittee on the petition Of Mesrs Cook and O'Day
refusing to grant the prayer of the petitioners but
on motion OF Mr.. Bangs the petition was referred
back to the committee
An ordinance in relation to hucksters from Mr.
MarburY of the market house committee and
resolution for flag foot way at intersection Of
Road ana w ashingtOn streets, was referred.
The Board Of Aldermen passed a resolution in
favor Of Basil nj. Burrows
GEORGETOWN, April 1, 1861.
There were go arrivals Of boats by canal in the
month just ended, and the amount of tolls re-
ceived at the Georgetown Office was SIII4I The
amount received on the whole line will probably
be about $4,000. Il, 900 barrels of -four and a
fair quantity of wheat and corn for the season
were received here The canal is in excellent
favorable for heavy coal trade throughout the
season.
MIR. Carman, Of the firm of Carman Il Dobbins
contractors for the masonry Of the Aqueduct
bridge over Rock Creek is I'm town, lookin as
genial as ever. He informs us that he intends to
resume operations on his work as soon as possible
slight delay has occurred at Cabin John
bridge In consequence of an accident to the hoist
Ing apparatus About sixty men employed at
that point, and the contractor has commenced to
set the string course above the arch.
The force at the Distributing Reservoir has
been greatly increased since our last notice. and
we are informed that nearly three hundred men
and about one hundred and fifty horses and carts
are employed there.
We understand that the second semi annual
meeting Of the sabbath School Teachers Union
Association will he held this evening in the Con-
gress street M. p Church, and that an address
will be delivered by DIR Geo w. Samson, Presi-
dent of Columbi an College