Evening star., 1863-05-13
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
Correspondence Evening Star.l

80 gsGxoRaTowS, ID. q, May 10, 1863.
The boa.naen now arriving from above report
the Potomac to be at high stage, with q rapid
current and consequently give no credence 90
the reported rebel raid into Maryland. They
neither heard or saw anything OF the kind.
Cur coal wharyes are fast filing up, and The
coal companies are not now so anxious for ths
navigation en the canal to be kept open. for
seeing Clearly that unless they can procure
more vessels to ship their coal by river, their
wharves viii soon be so blocked that Ii villa be
impossible 10 find room to land IT, ~ 49, +
Inc. arrivals byriyer since my last are as
follows barge w. +. Moody, Henry, Aqua
Greek, old wagons; barge J: J. Oonaor, Hagan.
dos do; schr. josephus and Ed win, Connolly,
Vienna, Md, wood to Hyde & Davidson; sear
Charter Oak, Baker, Boston, oats to Govern
nent; steamship Empire, Hunter, New York.
Thos. Jefferson, King, Alexandria, merchan-
disc to Fitkin Il Co. and others boat Ocoouan.
Swan, Ocoquan, boards and hcoppoles TO VIM.
q. Eoes; schooner Ben Bandiver, Sturgen.
Baltimore, oats TO Hartley and I Brother;
sehr. Jno. Wilson, Mills, Baltimore, corn to
hoss Raggio; boat Grey Hound, Myers, Wash
ington, light; schr. Colorado, Shepherd, Wash
inston, light; schr. Maggie Bell, .Gilkey, Ban
gor, Me, potatoes and stores to j. w. Nichols:
scnr Dan'l Brown, Heaia, AQUA Lreek. Iirht,
sIo4p Six Brothers, Fort Washington, 5000
r,,, - ~ fso ohnght m, many boats from Little Falls
,Departed.-Schoone Mentezuma, Oyerton
MeW 1ork oysters from Deals Island: schr
aor.sns.a; ,l,s soWier, East Cambridge, coal from
Provi4ence, *. l., coal from Borden Mininr
Coz scnr. e. w. Ferrington, ,Pradmore Newark
j., coal from same; schr. q. M Petit Roston
coal, from Cumberland G. l. Co. schr Fanny
Mitchell, Johnson. Brooklyn, N. Y. coal. from
Rays docks; schr. Virginia, New York, coal.
from sane; schr. A. Sawyer, Portsmouth, n.
H., coal, from same. -
Capt. Hunter Of the steamship Empire and
others, report a vessel on fire YESTERDAY OFF
Matteewoman creek. II is supposed to have
heen suffers vessel, loaded with hay, &c.
from New York.
The boats that were detained by the recent
nigh water, are now arriving by canal. They
are freighted principally with cumberland
coal, and are as follows Rainbow, coal to
John Young; Mrs. L. w. Jackson, coal to Nor
gan Rhinehart Mary Willard, Ambition.
VIM. +. BraShears, coal 70 Rays dock: Clip
per, with f06 ions coal; Arm +. Darby, flour
DC, to Benz. Darby: keystone, coal TO Frost
burg Co.; Anna Reinhart, coal to Agnew's
dock.
Departed-S. E. Mcdonald, Disappointment.
champion, A. ]. Boose, Geo. L. JACQUES, Gem
T. r. Furiow, RAINBOW, Old Dominion, W. F.
Brashears. 80
business quiet. Markets unchanged: with
wholesale quotations as .follows:
flour, super, S7.25; extra, S5; family, Sa.5Oa
S10.50; Darbys Caledonia, $40; Rays, SlO25a
SlO.5G; Welch's, Sl8.50. Wheat, S1.60: white
Si:5aS1.S5; choice, 81 Corn, yellow, Csc:
White, 81. Oats, by measure, 60a65c. Hay, So5
aS3u Mill stuf-middlings, 60a65c.; shorts,
a5c: brown stuff, 40c.; potatoes, 65as5c; ap-
pies, Sias45C; cider, common, ,Sa22c.; do
clarified, 2Oa25c.; Champagne cider, SiaS5 per
case whisky, Acc; salt, G. a., 81 .S7XSI 90 fine
S2.75; bulk, 75c. per bushel. Cumberland coal,
S4.25aS55U anthracite, $3.50. Wood, pine s, sd
ass; oak. $5aS6. Lumber, pine, S25 per M.
Plaster, lump. SO; ground, $3.50. Herring, g,
aS3 per NJ Shad, SO per hundred. NBA