Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-11-23

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L Murdoch, aud repetition Of the play Of
''Wild Oats" Murdoch as ssRover" To-mor-
row night Hamlet" and benefit Of the great
actor.
KrakOa" and LA Boda de Malaga" the eaues-
TRAN burlesQue of SMazeppa-" and the panto-
mime of ''Old Mother Hubbard" and other
performances.
Club Arrangements are perfected for one Of
the most successful affairs Of the season.
BOARD OF TRADE.-The Board of Trade Di-
rectors met last night at the Trade Rooms, cor
ner OF 9th street and Pennsylvania avenue.
MI y Norment was called to the chair In the
absence of the President.
Inc following persons were proposeo ior
membership and elected Amos Kendall, a
Orme & Son, Alexander Gardner, w Suckney,
Joseph Bryan, Baldwin Brothers, III. G N Emo
r. Coyle, David Edes, Q. Wendell, y. Edmon-
stOn, Thomas Lewis, Charles Bradley, 5. J.
Bowen, Martin Connolly, and Mayheld &c
Brown
A communication was received from DIR. r.
Finley Hunt formerly city Surveyor, making
suggestions in relation to the improvement of
the river channel, &c. He recommends as the
only means of preventing the permanent de-
struction of the Washington and GEORGETOWN
channel, and also a sanitary measure, the
building Of a wall or brpakwater whose curve
shall be a reverse of that taken by the current
OF the river in its DETECTION from the shore at
Easby's ship-yard, commencing from some
point at or near the foot of Analostan Island,
and continuing il until its tangent will be a
tangent to the curve which the Washington
shore makes between the Long Bridge and the
Arsenal wharf The effect of building this
wall would be 10 throw the current of the Po-
ionac directly from the foot of Analostan
Island to the Washington shore at the Long
b - &c, and thence along the shore to, and past
the mouth Of the Eastern Branch. All along
TINS line the current would wash out this soft
alluyial deposit, and give us a channel about
thousand feet wide and from fifteen to twen-
ty-five deep. This would meet all wants for
commercial purposes, and would never re-
quire dredging as long as the Potomac con-
tinues 10 flow. The channel of the river being
so much deepened at the mouth of the canal,
the deposit with which the canal is filed
would in the course of time, if left to ITSELF
drift out and be carried down the river or if
once removed by dredging would not be re-
placed
As the interests and negotiations involved
in this plan are such as to be beyond the pro-
vince of any other authority than the Govern
ment of the United States, therefore it is the
duty "a well as the policy of the Government
to take II in hand and carry it out in such
manner as may seem best to them.
The communication was referred to the COM
mittee on routes, &c. with instructions to con-
FER with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on
the subject
MIR. A. X. Shepherd offered the following
Whereas the business interest of the Dis
trict Of Columbia and it's growth and import
ance would be materially augmented by a con-
solIdation of the cities of Washington and
Georgetown and of the county of Washington
INTO one municipality, instead of being, as at
present, under the control of five distinct au-
thorities, viz: the Corporation of Washington,
Corporation of Georgetown, the Levy Court,
the Police Commissioners, and the Commits
siOner of Public Buildings; and
Whereas IL is important that measures should
be taken TO induce Congress to take away the
present charter and regulations, and so consol-
idate the District, that its government may be
efficient and harmonious and
W hereas II Is eminently proper that the Board
of Trade of the District of Columbia, repre-
an mo MT ~ her
trade of the District. should take the lead in
this movement: Therefore be il
ReSOlUSd, That meeting OF the Board of Trade
be held al the City Hall on Wednesday, the 9Th
prOximo, at p. m, to consider the propriety OF
furthering this project, and that the secretary
give public notice of such meeting.
Mr.. Shepherd said the measure proposed in
these resolutions was business necessity, and
should not be mixed up in any degree with
politics, negro suffrage or anything else. We
have nothing TO do with politics in this Dis
trict, and they never should be dragged into
matters of District interest.
Mr.. Elvans, Mr.. ]. F. Brown and Mr.. R. VI.
Hall followed, taking the same view, and the
proposition calling the meeting to take the SUBJ
jeet into consideration was carried unani-
mOusly.
Mr.. Elvans stated that W. ]. Stone, ESD
had in course of preparation for the conside-
ration of the Board Of Trade and presentation
10 Cong ress, If approved by the business COM
munity, a law for the creation OF limited part
nerships in the District of Columbia, and also a
general law for the creation of corporations for
visions OF the laws OF New fork, Pennsylvania
and Maryland.
MIR. r. NJ. Hall presented a communication
from b. B. French, Esq, suggesting the ad-
vantage of uniting the resources of the Masonic
fraternity and the Board of Trade in the cree
ton of building in this city for the use of
both organizations: referred.
messrs. Jos. +. Brown, Geo. F. GuIick,
Asbury Lloyd, and Crosby :. Noyes, of the
Board of Aldermen committee, were present
and a prOtracted conversational discussion
upon the subject of permitting railroad connec-
tons through the city by steam was held, and
the unanimous opinion of the Board of Trade
was ELECTED, 10 the effect that such connection
would be most disastrous TO the business in
terests of " ashington.