Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-08
eEoRaETowN AFFAIRS

THH CouEoiE met Last evening, With the
fol 10 wing mombcTa pTeaeEt' MoaaTG. Thomas,
Hyde, Kelly, stake, Fowler, Craig, Hector,
hiteheiI, and Bramaugh, ... :.
been read aud approved,
The ohsiSnAn read . Communication from
the Mayor traDhmittinR = paper from the
Medical Soaiety Of the District OF Columbla,
urging the passage OF an ordinance requiring
all citizens 10 be vaoelnAtsd for the ~ even
ton Of small.poxi and It was referred 10 the
Board OF AldsImep.
Another comm uhte alton was received from
the Mayor maklag known the suspension Of
work on the market, As direotsd by the c run.
ctlai also, from tbs Water COmmiGsiOnera,
tranamlt inG accounts OF ]. II. DoL Ahus and
W. n caanoerlain for repair OF fire plugs.
Of the Georgetown school, asSing euFbst 1nes
to be set AMI lOotwAya paved In the immedi-
ate vicinity OF the soho dollhouse. Petition OF
s. Wsie,s sa ns!i many sthsr,' s.kins .ttsntion
msnt OF the canal bridges near the Market.
house, OF the Nlgilabt Y 70 Company, asking
an adiItional appropriation for the repair OF
their engine hod r olJ y Es,sts, and others,
be am ended 90 as to limit the price TO that
paid By the citizens Of WAahlD gton, and OF
several citizens Aakl & the repair OF certain
pumps, wert Presented and referred 70 their
BiIls Tor raising The canal bridges next east
and west oGthe mATke'-house TO repeal he set
authorizing the lease u The old mLIkst-house
south Of the canal extending the tine ior thu
81 1000 for the repair OF gsaveled streets lew.
| ing q special tax OF 70 cents per foot on ali
property on the wsst aida Of Frederick street,
be,Wten Fourth aud sixth streets, and east
tide Of the same street, between SIKH and
seventh, for Improvement OF said street Tor
AppropriAtipE 81 $50 for the pay meat Of COZ O.
nsf's ICES, due .. H. Woodward, OorOnSr, wsrs
Nj. Craig Iubm tied the following rssoiu.
lions In relation ~ the capture Of Hiehmond
which were unanimously Adopted
| Whereas the Corpora ion Of Georgetown
/ believing that the present rebellion In the
south against the con ,titutlonSi GuthSTit.sS
i OF the United States has been Temors eleusly
waged for the destruction and overthrow Of
the oOvsEamsnt on the face Of the earth, an
/ II Gueoeasful, would be the death nell 20 pub
lie liberty, II not the entire rehabilitation O.
eveIything sacred And good, and Tor which the
patrioth OF the revolution freely gave thelI
blood and Treasure TO secure 70 pGsterity susi
= & iyeInmont A. no other patton ever en-
loyed In the hiItory Of the worlds Therefor,
be II
Rss0lped BY tie Board OF Aldermen and Con
mon CyuHel cfihe "oTPOrsiIOR Of Gso,Ssiocn
and seStimTntS OF Iheir coos tItuents whsn lie,
| declare that BY the late ehesTinE news OF IN.
| capture o the city Of kiehmond--the sobas
tOpOl Of the REBELLION he reb Hon tS Wiz
tually At an ead, and hat p SAGE add Tie te-ss
tAbliShhI mt OF the hatiopai authority over al
The 81 ties mu,t inevitably iOllowi therefore,
Be HJtfrther resolved, That the thanKsO OF nj
Corporation and the eitiL sns are due, aEd ~,
hereby rendered, To the President, his oonsti
tutio1al advisers, the Army and the Navy, 10
their untiring exeTtions 70 save our nAtionA
existence, which eKsrions have been erowne
30 glorious.
and 10 hereby, Pq eSted TO present copy o
these rsi oluliOns 20 thu President Of the Uni
ted States.