The national Republican., 1867-05-24
,I,jI ,sI,,jrIoRG;ETOwN MATTERs.

A contamination was received from the Mayor
enclosing shs names Of thu, following gentlemen
as the besrd Of bealth: fflhH.y a. L
First prscinet-Dr.A. Pstsr. Jsnkin Thomss,
VIM. J. DnnIop.
s.oen4 prssiast- --pr. elTyl.t. Anthony Hyde
Third prscinct-Dr. c. Mccormick, WIN. cls.
Fourth pr.cinot-Dr H. Msgrudsr, Essu
Piekrsll, J. J. Kane. s1-ls-..s-1
The Communication was accepted, ,.r.r-,.,
| A rssoiution In rslstiOu TO grsspgroesrs, al
| lowing them 10 sell butter, eggs, and potatoes,
A rs.olutiop, granting The pse Of .Msrkst
House Hsllto Rev. D. nangst, for religious ser
vices on Sunday sfternOons, from to6 o'olosk,
was passed.
| A resolution directing the trustees Of the poor
and work house to return TO the owners hogs In
their possession, taken up sstrny, provided own
ers pay all charges, was adoptsd.
A resolution sppropriatins $3.50 fcr ths repair
| Of Little Falls road was paced NJ
| The petition in favor Of p. W. Lowe was
passed. Ee -sl-.gs
use Of The Orphans Court and the Register Of
Wills va adopted.
4 : Mr.. Hvds offered q suhstituts 70 an amanda
tory ordlnsnee relating "a party walls tnd parti.
lion fsnoes, providing that hereafter they shall
be erected at the joint expense Of parties inter
sstsd, and ths fences 70 bs q u hight not lss'
than I've Get; which was passed.
A rssolusien appropristins O. 900 for the 70
moya Of ssndbars from ths river channel wa
laid over. .HlHIlIG nIt,R
The resolution sbolishing certain waller closets
In The new -nnksthouss was pssssdI a iah d
III Tho bflI In favor Of WIN. i. fistohef, for cor
poration paving, was passsd. { 8uGW 2 ~
The resolution appropris.ing 500 for The r
i pair Of Water street, from the Aqueduct TO The
bridge, was passed. u .A - :" -
An ordinance for the improvement Of Seventh
street, from Fayette TO High, and levying tai
Of 65 cents per front foot on property holders on
Seventh street, was adopted. Adjourned j.
Common Connoi-The Board met at thu
usual hour last evening. ...i.J,,.LLI.
The Mayors message inclosing . petition o
sundry citizens for the repair Of pump OF
HiRh, near Seventh street. P Il
A communicable from the street commissions
in relation to the necessity for flag footways OF
the streets Of the town. ~ a y - =
A communication from H. Addison, water en-
gineer, with proposal Of VIM. Whelan d Co. To-
keeping in repair the public hydrants Of th'
town.
Mr. PickeriIl presented the bill OF W. 'whslsi
4 Co., for keeping in repair the fre-plugs, stop
cocks, 10, Of the town. .r..-.
All Of the above were referred.
Mr.. ClAbaugh, from the Claims Committee
reported a resolution for paying the bill Of tn
Evening Star. Adopted. ;.
Also, a bill to pay the claim Of J. q. hatioek
MI. Darby, from the Police Committee, 70
ported adversely on the resolution to repeal th
act in relation to bill posting. Report accepte'
and the committee discharged.
Mr.. Davidson, from the Commerce Committee
reported upon the resolution In relation to
steam ferry over tho Potomac. Tho subject wa
. 1 L. 10 h. natttaa
, Mr.. Pickrell, from the Ways and Means Com
mittee, asked to be discharged from the consider
alton Of resolution relative to the collectio
and codfcation Of the laws Of the town, and u
D reference to the Aldermen The committee wa
3 discharged; but the Board refused to refer, an
4 Mr.. DARBY, from the Police Committee, r,
ported an ordinance authoriIing a contract wit
. Moses Samstag for the removal Of night soil.
Also, reported back the petition Of W Ii. Ca
houn. t ? -
Mr.. Davis moved TO instruct the Committee {
Streets to report bill amsndatory OF the &C
relative to the opening Of streets. Agreed TO.
Mr. Shoemaker, from Streets COMMITTEES
reported Q resolution instruoting the Street Com
missioner In reference To repair Of streets.
Mr.. Shoemaker offered q resolution iLquirip
Of the Street Commissioner In relation TO Ii
improvement Of Lingan street, and the cause
. Its delay. Agreed TO.
/ n TooOiutOu III EoihbOu W hVbet eueuAse v
!, tho Aldermen, was taken up, and the amendmsr
! was ooncurrsd In.
The Aldermen's resolution In favor Of th
Female Union Benevolent Society was taken u
and read first time. Adjourned
AQUKER REQuEsr.-A message was receive
at Justice Bucksy's yesterday for . policeman
TO bs dispatched TO the residence Of . Well-know
lady In the town. An officer being present .
the time, hsstsned with all possible speed to th
lsdys house, suppOsins that |. robbery; murdsl
or hrs was occurring. On arriving st the desie
mated place he was blandly and politely rt
csivsd, and on inquirins the object Of the sum
mons was informed BY tho lady that oolore
woman was indebted to her to tho amount q
$3.50, and she wished him to collect 1t for heI
The policeman stated that such matters properl
{ belonged TO county constables. and went on hi
"beat, !" satisfed that there Is no rest for th
: wicked, rs we'll n the conssrvators Of the peace
THE BANJO CHANPIossHIP.-As previousl
announced, the trial between the District ban
Joists, for . silver medal and the ohampionshiT
took place at Q o'clock yesterday afternoon, .
AnalostAn Island There were but two oompe
titors, Mr.. o. D. Chsmond and Mr.. r. W. Buci
Icy. Five disintsrestsd judges were seleote'
from those present, and the arrangement wa
that each performer was to play two tunes OF
his respective banjo. The result was that tn
prize was unanimously awarded to Mr.. Buckley
A challenge for $500 was then made by Mr.. NJ
Hurts to beat the winner, which was accepted
but We did not Isarn when the interesting tria
Of picking on the banjo" would transpire.
i PueILIsrIo.-Two sailors, named Robt. Hean
esey and Geo. W. Knowles, doubtless hearing o
the "miIl' shortly to come of between Aarol
and Collier, took It into their heads to quarre
the result Of which was q mutual agreement l.
repair to 0'Leary restaurant, on Water street
TO take smile, after which brush" occurred
For this pleasant pastimo odioer Swindell
cesd to the ofiee Of Justice Buckley, who, afts
each, which was '1orked over" and the partis
shook hands took q chew Of tobacco, and Dc
) parted. u
MERcHASrs' EXCHANGE The -four marke
was again dull yesterday, and no sales were Of
fsctsd at the close Of Change, but the offering
were 500 bbls.
wheat-There were 45O bushels offered, an
sales Of 150 bushels fair red were made at S3j 8
: bushels do. at $3.U5i and $50 bushels good do
at $315 per bushel. -.
!. Corn.-The market still rules sluggish, an
the receipts yesterday were 2, 150 bushels. Sale
Of 40 bushels damaged yellow we're made ut 81
1900 bushels inferior at .o2i and 100 bushel
!. prime at 81. .06 per bushsl. -r
0 Oats and Rye-None offered.
PROPERTY SALEs.-Thomas Bowling
auctionser, has sold the following real estate .
public auction during the past week:
J A tuo.story brick house and lot on Fourt
street, between Market and Frederick, to JacO
Staub, for $500.
The residence Of M. De BodiscO, late Russia