The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-10-26

BoAap or Trade The fourth quartsri,
meeting Of the Board Of Trade was held at theil
rooms last evening, John T. Mitchell, esq, II
the chair. a-.a
Mr.. Samuel Bacon stated that series Of reso
lutions had beon presented and adopted at tb,
railroad meeting at LeesburR, vs., looking to AZ
extension Of o branch rosd Of the Loudoun and
Hampshire railroad to the District, and that on,
Of said resolutions provided for the appointment
Of q committee to represent the Board Of Trade
| to act in concert with committees appointed By
the Merchants Exchange Of Georgetown and tb,
| corporate authorities Of Georgetown and Wash.
ington. He therefore moved that a committee
Of three be appointed TO carry out the objects oil
| the revolution
Tho motion was seconded and adopted, and
the Chair appointed Msssrs. Samuel Bacon,
Owen Thorn, and James L. Barbour.
Mr.. Oven Thorn moved that the secretary ap.
prise the corporate .uthcritie, Of the appoint.
ment Of committee by this Board, and call q
meeting on Tuesday evening next Of the joint
committee. Adopted. aI
Mr.. r. B. Mohun movsd that members be
notified through the now spspers that the amount
Of $40 Is due In November pay able to the treas.
urer on or before the 18th Of said month.
This motion gave rise to considerable debate,
when Mr.. W. @. MetSerott moved that com.
mittee Of two bc appointed to collect the dues
| VI tno yohf loOos
Tho motion prevailed, and W. @. MetEerott
and VIZ. Wall were appointed said committee
Mr.. Mitchell (Samnel Bacon In the chair said
he had matter to suggest, looking 10 the oonsoli.
dation Of the corporation authorities Of the Dis
trict. When this question was first suggested to
Congress, q few years since, II mot with consid.
cradle opposition; but now q great change has
come over all withdrawing mon. The late visit
to Leesburg had wrought . great change, for
ii .r. IA. yio AZ Waahtn1tan Nd ~
commingied, and no suggested public meeting
10 this city, under the auspices Of the Board q
Trade, to take the matter Of consolidation into
consideration.
Ho thought that would be the best way TO
bring the matter before the people, as Congress
will shortly commence. He therefore suggested
the appointment Of q committee, and the hold.
Ing Of public nesting, /" By this means the
matter, being brought before the Congress. would
meet with respectful son.iderst!on, and, II
favorsbly acted upon, Washington would become
beautiful and growing city. Georgetown no
considered as only . ward Of Washington, and
he knew of petition now In circulation TO arch
kock Creek, which Is perfectly feasible. and II
carried into effect would make that section the
most magnificent portion Of the ristrict.
Mr.. William Wall said this subject was before
tho Board at their last meeting, lie opposed 1t
then, as he did now, because Il was III timed
because a bill was already before Congress hay.
ing tho same object In view. lie desired to wait
until Congress met and then be would do as
much as any one else TO secure the cancellation
proposed. Ho was opposed to debating to Con.
gress In advance. He said this subject was a
grave one, and should be handled carefully, and
suggested that all would wait until the commit.
tees iu Congress reported In the matter.
Mr.. Owen Thorn said that he understood that
the proposition was emily to appoint committee
to held q mass m,eting, In which there was
nothing improper. lie went out among tho Ia.
boring people, and found them heartily In favor
Of change in the municipal government, by ad.
vocating consolidation.
He therefore hoped the committee would be
appointed.
chsil offered the following resOlutioni which wa,
adopted:
Resolved, That committee Of three be ap.
pointed to inquire tito the propriety of holding
a public mte citing to tako into consideration The
expediency Of chansing the form Of government
Of the District Of Columbia
The Chair appoinsd on said committee Messrs
| Mitchell, Metrerott and NJ. W. Gait and, on
motion, the Board adjourned until Friday week
An EXTENSIVE DANA NOTABLE PLACE
ron COws.-Msny are tho cows that have beer
lost within the pas two years at various times by
| our citizen. Maiy ire the quarts of 'cov
Juice" that families have been minus Of In con
| sequence OF the mysterious absence Of 'sukey,
who suddenly straIed away, and notwithstand
ing the advertising aud rewards offered, never ha
returned. "Suks, sukey, " ''Su-koy," has beeI
cried from morn till night in the suburbs of thl
city by the patsr Iamiiias of some household
mourning the loss Of their COW, and waiting II
vain for tho appearance Of the motherly oounto
nance Of tho brown brindle, so familiar TO then
all. How 1t was that so many COWS were lost
and where they vimosed to was q mystery bal
from tho developments OF the past few days
| 1t Is probable that some Of the owners Of the
missing cows may reclaim their property by pc.
rusing this article.
Some few miles above Georgetown, along the
Potomac, and in tho vicinity Of the Chain
| Bridge, there 10 some fine pasturing land; SO
| fne, indeed, that cows wander away from this
| city to locate themselves upon 1t. Once there
| they are 10th to leave, and mono ever find the
returning road to their owners A gentleman
| who had lost a COW some two months since.
heard Of this Gns pasturing country and pro-
ceeded to the locality with the hope of finding
the animal, of which he still had the idea he was
| the owner Sure enough, his own favorite COW
was seen among q group o. nearly fifty Others,
| all Of them swinging their tails In q most com.
Portable manner, and leisurely chewing upon the
grass at their feet The gentleman at once pro-
| ceeded to take possession Of his COW and drive
her away. succeeding IN BottlpB ner outbiuo VI
| the enclosure without interference. From a
house hard by, however, a mau stepped out and
| advised the party to desist from taking the COW
| or he would shoot him Our friend, however,
"knew his rights and dared maintain them u
and drove brindle home without any further hin.
| dIance.
On Sunday last Mr.. W, a gentleman oil
| this city who some months since lost two cows,
went to the same place In search Of the missing
animals, and found tho pair quietly grazing
among herd Of at least hfty. He at once pre-
pared to drive his property homej and letting
down the bars Of tho fence, led the cows out.
| Two women from the same house sung out to the
gentleman to leave them alone but he, also,
| equally as inasxible as our first friend kept on
the even tenor of bis way, and arrived with the
animals safely at homo.
Those who have lost cows might, for exercise,
take q walk, whilst the 6ne weather lasts, to the
Chain Bridge and thereabout and We are salts
fed that some Of them will not be required to
purchase their milk from wagon hereafter
that is, II suksy has not been pumped dry.
TRANSFERS OF REAL EsTATE.-The following
transfers OF real estate were reported yesterday
Sub.lot 81, square 81, at $3.50. so; part Of sub
lot 20, square 81 8 feet, at $ll0i part Of sublot
4, square $3.50, s feet 10 inches, on New Jersey
avenue, at 81, 1885, Part Of lot 10, square All,
81 feet inches, at 5000 part Of lot 10, square
4l9, 20 feet, at 81 1905 part Of lot ., square
237. 81 feet at 81, 0O0i sub'lots X and 8 square
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