The national Republican., 1869-06-09

been In favor OF any OF the proposed routes
The present proposition had been under
consideration and the ground carefully exam
and ES The sw Of
0eorgetown. He spoke OF the diiiieuIties that
segsTsi Usia H route. ssr.soaore %sos,ooed snS tS
COMMITTEES, after careful confederation Of all
the points, had come back 20 the proPosition
shire railroad. and spoks o. the topography
Of the country through which y would pass.
Speaking for hins.lf, he said he would not
nscticn Win that resd IN A1exaodrisj and
although bs might Be- sharply eritiei.sd for
ss.s .c e. e .'s . ss e = n. .y ss
freight that bsiossed 10 oeorseiown would
come here In spits Of the city Of Ale1a 1andria,
road Is coneerned he thought there sassoms n
to make the eopsrtnership, that Il was al
BE- soSssrusssa foi 40 CO., a % rate e.a Of ' IL,
,srs.. not ssSsssSisas Uss s saSco yssr The .d
tspd that will At no distant day be extended |
| many miles further,D and In view OF the m ag-
nineent prospects for direct eonneetion with |
tween New York and Cincinnati-he would |
say again, In view Of the very great advan.
not for moment be considered by the oiti- |
zens Of georgetown. He deemed u proper to |
make this statement In defence Of the report |
Mr.. Mafbury again reiterated his views, and |
hoped no one would think thathe was op. |
posed TO the scheme. He was In favor OF the
project, but not of ne oopartasrshiP.
when the streets Of Georgetown were crowded
with wagons, and High and Water and Bridge
tee's se s presented bushes, aspect thst might
year the trade had gradually declined, and the
city had lost most OF Its commercial import.
session. The day OF marketing ia wagons
was over, and now Georsetown must seek to
why its Importance by railroad connections.
il was formerly. We must bring bsoE our
| lost trade ny establishing railroad connections
and teyiying our commercial advantages lie
the mel chants Of tieorgetown, fsvoring every
scheme lookisE to tho Increase OF our b1sinsss
psosPsr,y, but somehow All our efforts have
The committee appointed by ths citizens had
dnIy eonsideted The subject, and now offered
He was satisfied the route proposed was the
only practical one for ueorgetown. II was
to join the project unless the road entered that
ehty VIA Long bridge Then II would be OF but
little Importance TO Georgetown. II was true
our means were limited, but Georgetown must
show some enterprise, or our city would never
be released from the burden now resting upon
He spoke Of the proposition Of Messrs Dun.
gan, Quigley h Co. As the most favorable, and
Que In every way feasible. This was turn.
Ing roipi In the history Of asoIgetown, and
ect with AZ the iibsrsliiy the old corporation
Me,.rs hitcSsii and TenSey s,st.d ne sSGassS snsS
8 Goddard thought u would bc well 70 refer the
ioE. snsody st.ssRen. S ne Gsh nsnusi nstGs
e Mr; Esau Pickerill favored the project, but
n furnished the eitIzcns before any definite ae.
e opposed TO the sopartncrship proposition, but
E. Mr.: J. L. simms said he thought the subject
y should be referred back to the committee for
tns,O spsiI9S inIOrns.lon; He wa, opposed to the
" thrown upon the subject. lie was surprised
4. that the report had not been printed, And thu,
o. minority, should also be printed, that that
E. gentleman might have an opportunity to ex.
:6, anime s,.refaliy the oPinions expressed BY the
{, adJourning until some future time.
10 MT. Tehneyw was In favor OF Adjourning until
\. There was some discussion upon the pto.
e prieiy 81 accepting the report or adopting the
b resolutions, when Mr.: Goddard said he hoped
g and obtain all the Information necessary for
me peter understanding OF tho proposition oi
y the bridge company, aud let the citizens take
" acuon At some future meeting.
i Mr.. Mitchell offered the following Tesolu
d tion as substitute for the resolutions OF Mr.
y RsIoirrd, That this meeting recommend ia
i the corporation Of Georgetown the appropria
d tion OF one hundred dollars for the pnrpose o.
With tSe 'hs foS5Osss Sjdss AND and faro.S
e all the property Of the bridge and railroad
II company, At the nearest practical point.
e Without further discussing the subject. the
p hour being late, on motion OF Mr.. Levi Davis
4 the meeting sdlourned until Friday evening
lg MoRE ELECTION TRoUBLEs.-Ou MondA,
re night the house OF Charles Stewart, tho "cIti
fen,. on NJ street, near Thirteenth, was en-
to tered BY n crowd OF scamps, who wantoniy dc
lg sttoyed nearly all the furniture and beddint
~ on S .ns pteIse, MS stewart and his wife wer,
10 guard.house for safety, the other with hel
y friends In the Seventh ward.
La ahGbs n1ssa MT SO,sIEn who keeps the 'tor
ID been been aided by the police TO GET away from III,
IS moo, appeared at the Fifth precinct station
10 be detailed at his premises as he had Tcceiyej
a inloinaiion that his premises were TO be NJ
% lacked; hs several & policemen were ordered Il
A. Al late hour no sign of trouble was seen
10 II was expected that the Third ward Repub
I'd ieAns would be out to sercnade the successful
40 ware candidates, and as threats had beef
NJ made that the stores OF prominent businc.
ir men men 10 the vicinity Of the residence OF tn.
10 Alderman elect, two or three OF them mad
~ application for protection TO the superIntcr
m dent oil police. The reserve force of the Pre-
is siaet was PLACED on duty IN the locality, and
~ hood were on the streets anticipating a seriou
W time.
y A number OF the members of the Third war
eIuo assembled at Wisewcll Barracks expect
~ Ing to participate In the serenade, but at III
~ " earnest request OF = number of the prominen
IN aI aeVes o. 'he elu6 the project WAS aban
"a doned until Aiuture day.
a, RIorisG.-Emanue! Laws, Thomas II.rt
y, James Potter, and Patrick Hawkins, four co
p orel teIidents OF NegIo Hil, with some otk or.
1n Inspired by cheap gin, undertook to teEuiat
lie lhe nnairs OF that heighborhood yestoi day, /
nI aa,sSC Win Their own yews Of propriety
hv Insulting the inmates, aud Creating constern1
Il. li9a gspsrailyi They entered the store OF
70 and helped themselves to boots and shoc,
ne took man OF one Of the Seventh street car.
y ana beat him and assaulted the students COZ
il Johnson, with Sergeant Poole and OliccT
py beil ana MeDermott, not appreciating TIL
sie ,, o., amusement, tn % put q stop to 1t by al
ms tergeant aud officers being mounted, 500
no Jagged their game, but Laws gave the lieu
~ the vicinity OF Twentieth and a street,, whs,
a. he was captured by one of the frat named OH
ie GERS, The parties will have a hearing bcfor
justice WAL ms mornlng.
., No SgGgHADE.-It was rumofed yesterda
that a serenade to the successful candidate
70 would be rendered by the Republicans e
| Ah view u kuC tAclteu state oil teelln
y Ing which exists, however, II was decided Il
postpone the affair, and at the proper time
ie grand Thanksgiving celebration hBi seTenAd
'e wiil be arranged under the auspices Of the Re
% publican General Committee.
10 FHGiGnT Oven TnE LoSU BWiDGE-1'A
il railroad track over the Long Bridge has beeI
g repaired, and the bridge sufficiently strength
e ened to allow freight cars to be run over, AM
l. the carrying OF freight BY cars will be resume,
l. this morning. 1t Is expected that the bridge
9 will be in n condition to allow the passage .
/, passenger cars and engines In u few days,
l. FAIR AND FusTIvAL-The ladies OF the Me
mortal Chapel, Capitol Hill, are now holdinl
j. far and festival on the private grounds, cor
ner Third street east and Pennsy ylYanIa avenue
y \ II viii continue to-day and Tomorrow, and Il
y held for the benefit Of the new chapel.
q A. y, MORRIS, jr., whose reputation as 4
scotsman Is well established, offers, In ouI
q advertising columns, choice list OF fruit and
l. shade trees, vines and roots. lie has some
G new varieties OIL hardy and choice grape,
! EXCURSION PosTPoNRD.-Tho excursion ol
the "Sonb OF ComuBn has been postponed on