Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-12


al the last meeting, was taken up, and the pro.
possl OF the Board OF Common Coaacsl for 9
/ committee OF conference WAS accepted, al d
"a MT ;, HYDE sppointsd 70 act On said commit5ee
Board Of Comm on Council retative TO an APP
preparation to aid In tho removal OF the Alex
andria Aqueduct. was read, aud Messrs. Ayde
ana oius were appointed as members OF q
committee OF conference with the Board of
thereto.
the Mayor relative to the Chesapeake aud Ohio
canal, the outlet lock, and the aqoau uct was
received and laid upon the table temporarily.
A comm unication from the Mayor. returning
an ordinance relative TO taxing circus end the
0trlcSl companies, that an error might be cor
rected, was received and referred to the COM
mittse on police. Also. communication SUBJ
uniting an account o; the expenses Of the fire
department; referred to the con,nittee on
claims: and petition for pump referred to
the committee on streets. A communication
from the commissioner OF streets, relative to
street improvements, was referred to the COM
mittee on streets. ALSO. one relative to water
Improvement, from the saEne commissioner,
was referred to the committee on water; and q
Foxall's Alley was referred to the committee
on streets Al Invitation from the Board OF
Guardians OF the GEORGETOWN schools. in.
viting the Councils to attend the disrrtbu-
ton OF premlums to the public schools,
at the Market Hall, was received. bjr
Clabaugh, from the COMMITTEES on claims,
reported the bill OF Waiter Cooley, Sl340 for
ice tor STATEN house purposes; passed. Dir.
Shoemaker moved that the comm,ttee on
streets be instructed to bring in 8 bill for the
complete improvement OF Foxalis alley; the
motion was lost Mr.. Clahaugh moved a re-
cess for the purpose Of holding an informa,
meeting to discuss the resolutions submitted
TO the board by the Mayor relative to the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. 1.-THE board here
two boards. which is reported below.
Upon reassembling, Mr.. Clabaugh offered 8
resolution making an appropriation n aid OF
the removal Of the aqueduct: which, upon re.
quest, was referred 70 committee OF confer
ence, consisting Of Messrs. Cragia. Pickrell,
and Davis upon the part OF the Councils. A
resolution in relation to repairs upon the
Upper Falls road was laid over committee
OF conference relative to certain flag footways
was appointed. A resolution providing for
cleaning and lining the streets was passed
The Councils then adjourned.
MEETING IN RELATION TO THE AorRoucr.
The informal meeting OF the Councils. referred
TO in our report OF the proceedings, was organ
lied by electing Mr.. E. Pickrell as president,
and MIR. Parkhursr as secretary. The resolu-
tiens passed by the Board OF Exchange rela-
tive to the Chesapeake and Oaio Canal, and
submitted by the Mayor to the Councils were
then read by Mr.. Wills, who proceeded to ad-
dress the meeting, stating that thirty .one years
ago the Councils OF Georgetown took meas
ures against the erection of the auueduct
bridge, and filed bill in equity against it,
which was decided by the court against them:
tuat tue tOtdl rOllS upon the Alexandra Canal
for the last twenty years had not exceeded
SIS, N0-nor enough to pay expenses; that the
aqueduct stands in its place for no purpose
but for the ruin of the interests of George
town. The lessees Of the Alexandra Canal
know and admit that the canal is worthless:
they want the piers for railroad purposes, for
which they will be worth half a million of
dollars. The lessees OF the Alexandria Canal
were in league with the Baltimore and Ohis
Railroad, The enemy of the whole community
Baltimore. by its scheming, had obtained a
trade tnat iegitimateiy belonged to George
Of Georgetown was that OF unreIenting hos
tllty towards the aQueduct. AS a nuisance it
is capab BILE of beng indicted and abated
either Board who would not fully endorse the
remarks of Mr.Wills. He was not in favor Of
allowing the Aqueduct to remain. Mr. Thos.
Brown was gratifed that the structure-the
bone OF contention"-was now in compare
tive ruins, and he thought the duty of the
Corporation was to see that it is not repaired.
Mr.. Thomas wished the matter TO come up
before the Councils at an early day Mr.. Davis
thought the time to get rid of the structure is
now. He thought action should be taken in
reference to the Long Bridge also. Upon mo-
ton of Mr. Thomas, the meeting adjourned.
CHRIST CHERCH-A meeting of the trustees
Of Christ Church was held last evening, when
it was decided to remove the corner stone to
the northwest corner Of the extension now in
progress, and accordingly the stone was taken
up this morRing. A number Of antique relics
and papers were found, which were after
wards redePosited in the stone, together with
the following articles: Journal of the last
tors last par0chial report: list Of con trbutors
papers Of the day; rector's name; list of vestry,
Wardens, and building committee resolutions
authorizing improvement of church and con-
tract for the same date OF last service held in
old church; time OF beginning OF repairs and
photograph OF the old church; specimens of
fractional currency, &c.
DIsTRIBUTIos TO THE PUPILS OF THE PUB
q - hp,fi0 of AolS
premiums to the pupils OF the public schools
OF GEORGETOWN is in progress At New Market
Hall this afternoon. Quite large number OF
the parents and friends Of the pu pills are pres
ent, and the exercises are very Interesting
After music by the band, prayer was offered
up. Then followed q chorus by all the schol-
aIs; after which Rev. DR.. A. D. Gillette, of
Washington, delivered an address. The dis
tribution then took place in the following Or
der. the exercises being interspersed with m u
sic by the band and singing by the schools:
assisted by Miss Alice Crag.-9th (alphape,j
class, premium to Chande Evans: sth spell
ing) class, John Owens; 7th class, spelling,
Albert Schott; reading. Walter Johnson; 9th
Sammie Turner: 5th class, reading, Frankie
Appleby; spelling, Corban Birch; 4th (speli-
lngl class, Willie Bendetti; reading, Willie
Collins: writing, Charles Easton; Sd (spell-
ing) class, III Lpscomb readiRg. E. Robin
SON; arithmetic. H. Widdey; geography. W.
Craig arithmetic. Geo. Bennett. writing, Geo.
AEStl. u (Speiiiukj CidsS, SC0IOSS. read
ing, V. Stray berger: arithmetic. w. Blncoe:
geography. W. J. Craige: arithmetic, W. Win
son: writing, James E. Hough; LIST (spelIingl
class, 9. Burrows: reading, T. Walker; geog-
raphy, NJ Evans: history, A. Small; grammar,
S. Dellzell arithmetic, W. Shoemaker; arith-
metic, W Reynolds: dlctation. Geo. Burdeth:
writing. j. Allen. For punctuality premiums
were awarded to A. Small, w. Payes, M. Bor.
ward, +. Sebastin, G. Hillara, +. Riclzway,
H Burroughs, 5. Bltned. and W. Burroughs
The premiums given In music were to So
Dellzell; for l eatness, to +. Appleby. The
medal scholar OF the school was Samuel Dell.
zeli.
Primary No. 2, Miss Mary E. Turner,
teacher. NJ. Johnson: I'd, E.
Cunningham Sd, H. Thomas Geography
lst, L. Thomas: I'd, A. Sebastian; Sd, A. Craig
Grammar-M. Cunningham. Speiliug-lst s.
tation-S. Goidstein. Aritbmetic-lst, K. Cum
bingham; I'd, A. Allen; Sd, Lille Robinson; 4th,
Ida Calhoun; 5rh, S. Schott: 9th, Kate Collins
NJ usic-S. Sullivan. Eeatness-A. Collins
Wrifing-1st, q. Chamberlin: I'd, S. Cald WE'LL
Sd, E. Steele; 4th. N. Palmer. Punctuality-
Amelia Hulse, Alice Burdett, J. Robinson, T.
Sherwood and A. Brown. In the reading
classes the premiums were awarded to M.
Schott, J. Coombs, N. Kelley and l.. Robinson.
OF the classes in spelling the premiums were
awarded to A, Blackmon, s. Sparks, NJ
Thomas, ]. Tracy, X. Ogles and J. Turner
The medal was awarded to CLARA Chamserlen.
list OF the premium pupils in this school in
lime for our paper o.day.
Female Primary No. 4, taught by Miss Ed
mohson-Premiums were awarded as follow
5th class in spelling, to J. Williams; 4tb, A
Handling: ID, l.. Davis: I'd, l.. Wood ward; lst.