The national Republican., 1861-02-28
GEORGETOWN Correspondence.
GEORGRTowN, D, c., Feb, 27,

Georgetown Correspondence.
GEoRoErowS, D. C., Feb. q, 1861.
A fine day, to-day, invites everybody abroad,
the weather being more like May day than
one Of the usually chilling February.
Capt. Stuart's company of Mounted Guards
turned out for drill this afternoon. Company
A, Of Anderson's Rifles, Capt. Rodier, will
parade tomorrow afternoon, and proceed to
Analostan island for target exercise.
Our townsmen are waiting generally with
good patience the meeting Of our new Council
board on Monday evening next. One of the
first acts Of Mr.. Addison, l hope, will be the
reinstatement Of the late nightpatrol, who were
lately removed by our present temporary Mayor.
When the resolution was passed by the
Council, requesting the Mayor to appoint an
extra police force, Mayor Addison made the
appointments accordingly, and as follows:
Caleb Sebastian, Randall Coleman, J. Robert
son, W. B. Pomeroy J. P. Donaldson, T.
Smart, and A. Brown.
These officers were appointed to serve only
until the 9th of March. To show the invete.
rate, undying, indiscriminate, unappeasable
spirit of prescription which has ever animated
the Democratic party, Of which Mr.. Crawford
was the recognised leader in our town, he, on
his induction into Office, without delay, and
Immediately, discharged the whole of them,
without any exception, from their Offices, and
substituted the following men, whose political
feelings were more in consonance with his
own, viz
John W. Gross, William T. Craig, ]. Clemens,
J. W. Hlleary, J. knight, B. Thorn, and W.
Robinson.
So far even did the extremity Of his pro.
scription go, that he went even to the Office of
night scavenger, and discharged from it its
incumbent, Mr.. E. Hughes, and substituted in
his place Mr.. Hess. Still further, he discharged
the messenger to the Mayor, Mr.. C. c. Bow.
man, and substituted for him Mr.. Slicer Don.
aldson-a little office of $s month-to CRAFTY
the appetite of prescription.
Verify, like the bloody, hump.backed King
Richard, their cry has been, "Of with their
headsl" And all these officers had but four or
FIVE weeks to serve before their terms expired.
Is it not demanded, then, by justice and by
right, that the party now in power, and that,
too, by the overwhelming voice Of the people,
should at once put their own incumbents, their
own choice, their own men, back again into
those Offices from which they we're SO ruthlessly
hurled?
The last, though not least, of their acts, sim.
liar to those of this dying Administration, was
the writ of custer issued by the Trustee Of the
Poor, which reads as follows:
GEORGETOWN, D. c., Feb. 26, 1861.
"DEAR Sir: Your services, as Superintend.
ent of the Poor and Workhouse, will not be
needed after this month. On the lst of March,
you will please deliver up the premises to Mr..
Duffy. THOMAS KNOWLES, Trustee.
"Mr. II. Stevens."
The Superintendent, Mr.. Stevens, has given
general satisfaction since his connection with
that institution, by his faithful, humane, and
efficient discharge of duty. He has also been
the means of large saving Of its expenses in
the course of his two years service, amounting
to near $1,000. Not being so much of an cpl.
cure as his predecessor, his bill of fare was not
by any means so expensive as it had previously
been, as the following schedule will show:
The expenses of the Poor and Workhouse
for the year 1857, under the superintendency
of Mr.. Duffy, was $2,908.la
For 1858 2,792.43
For 1859, (under Mr.. Stevens) 2,267.3C
For 1861 (under Mr. Stevens) 2,23l.8C
Making saving by Mr.. Stevens, in two
years, of $l,20l.46.
For family use Of Superintendent, for 1853
II pounds tea, at 81 sl7.oc
539 pounds ham 90 0(
Fresh fish 8.O(
= | Servants hire ana waShlng oiU'
II barrels flour 600
For Mr.. Stevens, in 1860
IL pounds tea, at 70 cents 500
! IL barrels -four O0'
Hams, (none) 0.O'
Fresh fish, (none) 0.0(
English sauces, (none) DOT
Here is the letter of Mr.. Stevens, in reply t
the notification above, and which will speak fo
itself:
GEORGETOWN, Feb p, 1861.
SIR Your notice Of yesterday, requiring
me to surrender the premises to Mr.. Duffy OF
the lst of March is received.
Now allow me two days to get house fo
my family to live in; when l was elected b.
the late trustees to serve one year, ha'
reason to believe that would be continued m,
year, and be permitted to remain until July, q
was Mr.. Duffy. l trust you will modify you
notice so as to give me until the first OF Apri