Evening star., 1869-11-05
GEORGETOWN.

GEORGEIOWN.
BOARD OF PALpERNxN.-This Board met last
evening. when Council bills for the erection OF
additional lamp-posts; permitting the transfer
OF lcGuse tor branch market; to prevent
cIpely to anfffsals: to pay accounts of Poor and
mac street; for relief Sc b. r. Moxey; for relief %
OF w w. Potter, Cor00er, were passed; also,
resolutions of respect toFhe memory of the late
Z: Nj. iinthicum. CounSil bills for the erection
$500 for relief of the Register of Deeds, were
laid over. Bill &c. C.) roViding for the cleans
ing Of the market-house was amended by striking
vision Of the Market-h0ase Committee and
COMMON CoUScILzMr. simms introduced
Z. M L:nthicumr r<Nhich were adopted n unani- ami
mOusiy. Mr.. Jones presented petition in favor
OF f&~MB<ewer; referred. Also, resolution
OF iavor or OF Key; w: B: Evans; laid over. Also,
charged from the consideration of the petition
Of Joseph L.. Savage; agreed to. Also, intro
duced resolution, which was referred to
special committee consisting OF Messrs. Jones,
Dunlop and Mitchell, requesting the committee
representing the interests of the town before
Congress to urge upon that body legislation
and appropriations for the following Objects
First-For the opening to proper depth and
width of the channel of the Potomac river, be-
tween the Long Bridge and the Georgetown
aa,;o, aaaedue. 30 as 70 nave permanent open nav;
collected by the police court provided tor by the
bill now pending in Congress, for offences COM
mitted in Georgetown, be paid into the treasury
OF this Corporation, inasmuch the costs Of said
court are to be in part borne by this Cor
poratiOn. Thrd-That the bridge across the
Aqueduct be purchased by the United States,
and made free to all passengers, i'm pursuance of
the policy heretofore adopted by Congress, of
making all roads and bridges leading to this
District free. FOurth-FOr the abolishInent Of
the Board of Metropolitan Police Commission
tp
powered to establish their own police system
and appoint their own police officers, and that
the attention Of Congress be directed to the fact
that this Corporation have been called upon to
respond to claims for damages committed by
mobs, which have been rejected, for the
reason that the Corporation, although sup
porting them, still, having no control over
the police, could not prevent mobs, &c.
Fifth-That the proportion of the county
penses now required to be paid by the Corpora
ton be changed to a mere equitable am 1unt,
due regard being paid to the population of the
respective jurisdictions. This Corporation now
pays twO-fifteenths of the expenses for the CorO-
charges, while the population Of Georgetown is
To that OF the District but about onc-twelfth.
Sixth-That the roads i'm the county of Washing
ton be placed under the charge, and be main
tanned and continued by the Levy Court OF said
county at its own expense; and the cities OF
Washington and Georgetown be relieved from
all liability for or on account Of the same.
Seventi-That the limits of Georgetown be en-
larged so as TO embrace within the Corporate
limits all the territory lying north and east of
the FoNhall lane road, and south OF the new
all that territory lying west OF Rock Greek. and
south of a line drawn easterly from the present
most northerly corner OF the town limits, to
Rock Creek. Exempting from taVatiOn the
present educational Institutions within said
territory. Eighth-That such amendments 10
the charter of this town De made as to enable
this Corporation to subscribe in aid OF such
great public improvement as may DC commended
to their Councils, to increase the rate row fixed
flr the general taxation, which is now limited at
I 10 ci gne per centum, and also the special
taxes for ipprQyemsEts, NiisA y 99a limited
a Coroner for this town exclusively, and colsta-
bles, and other peace officers. Ninth-That
Congress be invoked to appropriate hberally in
Fair, to be held in the city Of Washington, re-
Gently projected and now being discussed.
Mr.. Clabaugh presented resolution i'll favor OF
Martin Casey. MI. Hutchins presented a reso-
house for the quarter ending September 80, 1863;
passed. Mr.. Simms introduced the petition of
w. NOrdlinger and Others asking the privilege to
display goods on the sidewalks; referred. Also,
a resolution to pave the fO0tways on the north
side Of 9Th street, between Market and Freder-
lex streets. Mr.. Cox reported resolution i'm
relation to the powder magazine, appointing j.
A. Ritchie keeper, for the term OF five years;
recommitted with instructions, AlsO, asking To
be discharged from the further consideration of
the resolution in regard to wagons standing i'm
the streets; agreed to. Mr.. Wheatley moved
reconsideration Of the vote at the last meeting
postpOning the resolution providing for the pur-
chase of a steam pump for the high-service re-
servOir; agreed to, and the resolution passed.
Resolutions laid over at the kyt meeting, for the
relief Of &. II. Burrell; for re4fef Of b. +. Mox-
ley; to prevent cruelty to animals; providing for
repairs TO Potomac street, between Bridge and
Prospect; for cleaning the market house; in IA
vor OF Coroner w. w. Potter, were passed. b.
A. amendments to bin for cleaning market
house were nOn-cOncHrred i'm anda committee
of conference appointed. Adjourned.
Won't MIx.-The committees appointed by
the two wings OF the Republican party, with
view of haTmOnizing existing differences, held
meeting last evening at Good Samaritan Hall,
and after a lengthy debate, in which both sides
participated, il was not exactly agreed Ito dis
agree, J" but An adjournment was had without
reference to any future meeting.
THE POE MANSION FURNITURE, the sale of
which has been in progress for the past two
days, sold in all for about 81, ,65. Although the
furniture was rather ancient I'm style, the prices
brought were astonishing, and far in excess Of
articles finished after more modern patterns.
MERCHANTS EECHANGE-FOurtee thousand
bushels Of wheat offered on Change this MORN
ing sold follows: $3.50 bushels at sI.31; 1900
at 81. .35; $500 at sl.3S.
RIVER FRONT.-Entered-Stea Express,
Nickle from and to Baltimore.
CoAL.-19,40 tons of coal was shipped from
Cumberland by canal during the week ending
ncfo1,ar nth