The national Republican., 1867-07-27
GEORGETOWN News.

wharf TO the aqueduct, inoluding several steam
ers, and along The wharvss the appearance wa
quite cheerful.
Tho steamer Express, Niekie, from Baltimore
arrived at =. q. Wnters' wharf yesterday morn
ing, with q cargo Of assorted merchandise for
District merchants.
The schooner windward, Captain Cornell, oi
Vienna, 10 loading with -four and limo, by Hart
ley a Bro, for Norfolk, Va.
The schooner Shawnee Tribe, Captain Coving,
ton, from Deals Island, with wood to Petit.
The following vessels have arrived to load
with coal: J. ". Rumsey, Cranmsr, from Prov
idenee; s. II. Mooney, Mooney, from Philadel
phis; Z. J. Pickup, Bower, from PhiladoIpbis.
The schooner Star, Calhoun, from Vienna,
Maryland. with wood to market.
The schooner John 7. Barbour, Bird, from
Chorrystone, Va, with 20, 900 feet Of lumber to
J. j. Z. Libbey.
The schooner George Lewis, Judd, from Ma
thias Point, with wood to market.
Tho schooner -Four Boys, Carroll, from Ma.
thas Point, with wood TO market.
Steamer Guiding Star T. Miller, from Alex.
andria, with wood to J. @. Heiston.
SAILED: steamer James @. Green, Price, for
Now York; steamer Express, Nickel, for Balti-
more; the schooner Susan Duncan, Turner, with
coal, for Bangor, Maine.
A SINGULAR CAsE-A night or two since, q
colored girl, employed in the family Of Mr.. D.
n. Bull, residing on First street, near Market,
retired TO bod at m early hour; but not making
her appearance In the morning at the usual time,
Mrs. Bull went to her room In order to awake
her. Mrs. Bull found the door Of the girls room
locked and the key inside, and after rapping and
banging thereat for some time without resolving
an answer, she informed her husband Oft fact
He ordered the door to be forced open, whom the
room was found to be empty Of any living OBJ.
jeet Tho family, as might be expected, was ex
oeedingly disappointed and puzzled az not find.
ing tho girl In the room, as there was no appa.
rent means to leave the room without passing
through the door, and the family being certain
that she entered tho room at night for the pur.
pose Of retiring. Officer White was apprised Of
the circumstance, and search was at once insti
tuted, whom the girl was found secreted In the
garret-story Of house few doors distant The
mystery Of the girls conduct is not fully solved,
but she states that she oversight herself, and
fearing q scolding, got out Of the window, and
crawling over the roofs, entered the room where
found. What appears strange is that Officer
White saw the girl looking out Of the window Of
the neighboring house. and informed the lady Of
tho house that she was there, which was denied
but the officer persisted, and found her locked in
the room, with the clothes on belonging to the
servant Of the aforementioned house.
New BUILDINGS BEING EREcTED.-In addi
tion to improvements heretofore noticed In the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,, are the following
On Montgomery street, near Stoddard, Mr.. A
Hyde Is having erected q two.story brick house
with basement. 1t Is to be built with all th,
latest improvements, and whom finished will cos,
about Sl2, 900.
On the corner Of West and Montgomery streets
Mr.. Reuben Daw Is having built two two story
brick houses, with Easements, having front o
81 feet and depth Of Al feet, and will cos
about 80, 500 each.
On West street, between Montgomery an,
Green streets, an elegant two.story brick dwell
ing, with bodybuilding, Is being erected for Mr.
]. @. Nichols. Mr.. J. @. Nayior, Of Washing
ton, is the contractor for this building, and II
cost will be about 80, 500.
| On Dunbarton street, near Montgomery,
two-story franc dwelling Is being constructe
for Mr.. John Norris. It will contain four rooms
and cost about 81, 900.
SWINE RUNNING AT LARGE.-At this season o
the year there is nothing so offensive to sigh
and smell as the filthy wallowing Of hogs in th
cutters and mud. .puddles Of a town. A residen
in the eastern section Of Georgetown says
stood In his doorway the other day and counte
on the street, within the limits Of square, n
less than forty.three old hogs and twenty. .Seve
young squealers He suggests that our Gil
fathers enact some law prohibiting the unsmoks
greasers from enjoying their present large Iii
erty, such as ordering owners to pen them !
until cold weather, or let them run the risk
being taken to the poor-house for "reconstru
tion" on tho Hamburg principle.
DIVORCE GRANTED.-It will be seen, by refo
ence to the REPUBLICANS court reports, tht
the case Of Devices vs. Devices for divorce, wa
determined yesterday. The parties resided Il
this town, and they, as we'll as EliE. Rodier, VIII
figures In tho evidence, are we'll known to ou
citizens.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY RY-0ficer Wm. Cur
ningham arrested VIM. Edenborg, colored, Q
the complaint of Sarah J. Lewis, who charg
him with committing an assault and batter
upon her In Washington. Edenborg was d
livered over to Justice Walter to have hearinI
TEMPERANCE MEErSGs.-To.m morrow afte
noon at 3 o'clock, there will be Temperate
meeting in New Market Hall, and at o'cloc
In the evening another meeting will take plat
at the same hall. Both meetings will bo a,
dressed BY prominent members of tho Tempe
ance Order.
FLouR AND GRAIN by Yesterday u
boat Medley, from Whites Ferry, arrived wit
2, 500 bushels wheat and $50 bushels corn, On
tho o. 7. snoufer with 5000 bushels wheat
barrels new wheat extra -four, and $50 bushe
mill feed.
CONDITION OF Mr.. EssEX.-James +. Esse,
osq, an old ana hiBhly-respected citlZen, we n
gret to announce, is now lying very low with il
aammatory rheumatism, at his residence on Hig
street, near Water.
SALE or SToCK.-Yestorday morning Thomi
Bowling, auctioneer, sold forty y-threo shares
the Georgetown Gaslight Company to Mr.. Get
D, Barnard at $26. so per share.
MERCHANTS ExCuAsGE.-The offerings
grain yesterday were fair, and wheat and cor
were In request Sec review Of markets, undt
the head of commercial, In another column.
DIsoRDERLY.-Several arrests were made ye
terday by the police Of drunk and disorder
persons, who were fined by Justice Buckley.
The CANAL Eighteen boats have arrive
from Cumberland, ladon with coal, since OF
last, with an aggregate of about 1000 tons.
The Coal WHARvEs.-0wing to the oontir
,ued scarcity of vessels, coal at the wharves
accumulating.
Alexandria Affairs.
The Gd-stte Of Thursday says
| A MEETING Of the subscribers TO tho Virgini
Land Company was held at the rooms Of the Cor
Exchange this morning at ten O'Clock, 7. A
Brewis, esq, in the chair. majority of tn
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