The national Republican., 1861-01-31
Georgetown Correspondence.
GEoRGETowN, Jan, 81

Georgetown Correspondence.
GEoRGErowN, Jan. 80, 1861.
The four precinct meetings of our town were
held last evening, according to call, and the
following delegates were appointed, viz: aga
First precinct-Messrs. I. A. Lazenby, W.
H. Kurtz, H. b. Walker, Jenkiu Thomas, and
Joseph F. Burch. ..
Second precinct-Messrs. J. 7. Bangs, G..
W. Bohrer, A. B. Baker, L. A. King, and Wal.
ter Cooley.
In the third precinct an adjoarnment was
made, to meet again at the Town Hall on
Thursday.
Fourth precnct-Messrs. Jesse Lipscomb,
L. Clements, b. Magraw, R. Tunnel, and
Jacob Staub.
The delegates will meet at the residence of
Mr.. J. T. Bangs on Thursday evening next,
Immediately after the third precinct shall have
chosen its delegates and proceed at once to
make their nominations.
Tonight, we had glorious Union meeting
at Forrest Hall. The Hall was crowded to its
utmost capacity. The band of Prof. Esputa
discoursed in patriotic strains. The meeting
was organized by appointing, Mr. John Dick.
son as Chairman, and Mr.. William Collins as
Secretary, Among the audience was Captain
Goddard, Of the Home Guards, and large
| delegation OF that company, as well as OF other
Of our Georgetown companies.
Mr.. Dickson made few remarks, explaining
the object for which the meeting had been
called, and announced that the meeting would
| be opened with prayer.
| Rev. Mr.. Morgan, pastor of Dumbarton street
NJ. E. Church, then offered an eloquent and
devout prayer, in which he referred to our glo-
rious history Of the past, and to the dark and
troublous present, and asking the help Of the
Almighty in extricating US from our present
| difficulties.
After a national air by the band, Mr.. J. W.
Deebe moved that committee Of three be ap-
pointed by the Chair, to draft resolutions ex.
pressive of the sense of the meeting.
On motion of Mr.. Jenkin Thomas, the mum.
ber ofthe committee was increased to FIVE mem.
bers and on subsequent motion, to seven.
The following gentlemen were appointed on
the committee: W. II. Tenney, Jenkin Thomas,
James Goddard, James A. Magruder, William
Magee, Esau Pickrell, and DR.. Kidwell.
The committee then retired, and the time
was agreeably filled up by music from the band,
calls for speeches from various individuals,
among whom was the Mayors clerk and others.
After while, the committee entered the hall
and stated that they had agreed upon series
of resolutions, to which only one member OBJ
jeeted, and he only in slight particular.
The resolutions declare that the people o.
Georgetown can never admit the right of Sc
cession that it is coeval with revolution thai
revolution is not to be attempted until all other
means have been tried and failed to accomplish
anything that this meeting approves Of the
Crttenden proposition as basis of settlement
reafirm their unwavering attachment to the
Union assert that the refusal of the seeding
States to submit their acts to the people is revo
lutionary and sntirepublican urge the repre-
sentatives in Congress to sink partisan preju
dice for the sake Of the Uuion and adopt al
their motto the sentiment of Webster, "Liber
ty and Union, now and forever, one and insep
arable."
The resolutions were adopted with som,
slight amendments.
Remarks Of patriotic nature were mad'
by William H. Tenney, James A. Magruder
John Dixon, Captain Goddard, and others, ant
shortly afterwards the meeting adjourned amit
great enthusiasm.
We regret to have to state that the meeting
was greatly Annoyed by number of disunior
rowdies, who did all they could to break it up
We had line display made IN our streets
this afternoon by the Mounted Cavalry, undel
Captain Stuart. They were in their undresl
uniform, and numbered about sixty.
The telegraph report in that secession sheet
the Baltimore Sun, as to a forgery by Henry
on Mr.. William Tenney, was hoax, like mani
other telegraphic dispatches which it is now il
the habit of receiving.
We had another grand military display a
Forrest Hall last night. The Potomac Lgh
Infantry were in their full dress uniform. There
were several officers in attendance, and, among
others l would mention Colonel Cox, of the
Eighth regiment, and Captain Schaeffer, Of the
National Rifles.
James Mitchell, ESQ.,, one Of the Oldest tele
graph operators in the world, died last evening
at his residence. The operators, from Sack
vile to New Orleans formally paid respects t.
the departed. His funeral will take place a
four O'clock p NJ, on Thursday.