Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-19
WASHINGTON NEWS and GOSSIP,

Varl'us public schools Of this city are now in
TO found information as to when and where
those are to come off which are to take place
within day or two. 1t is the duty, not only
of parents and guardians Immediately inter.
ested in the proper conduct and good results
of the different pubic schools of Washington
to attend these examinations, but of all others
interested in the we'll. being of society hero
Oar experience In the history Of the public
schools of the country, teaches Us that the very
best possible insurance of their efficiency and
that they shall be une1ceptionably conducted
is through general and particular interest in
them. While the eyes Of parents and others
in the community who are generally respected,
are constantly fixed on these patriotic and
benevolent institute :ns-for they are both en-.
inently patriotic and benevolent-the public
may rely on it that Excelsior will be the
motto Of all on whom their utility and success
depends. But let the community fail to take
due interest in them, and they will seon com.
mencs to deteriorate, We care not what may
be the salaries paid to the instructors, or what
may be their professional reputation. So far.
our fellow citizens have not failed to attend
to their duty in this respect, and we trust that
| their eyes may always continue to DO upon the
conduct of these Institutions, wherein far more
for good or evil for the future of this commu.
nifty is involved, than in any other institutions
whatever.
The Fourth Ward Polls st Oar queries as to
the letter received by the Commissioners of
election at the Fourth Ward polls ut the late
municipal election, which was supposed to
have induced the act Of defrauding many citi.
sens Of their rights there, have extracted from
one Of the commissioners statement, pub
lished by oar neighbor on Saturday last, where
| in he says:
Tho second ballot box. or hat, was to be
used, provided VIC received the decision Of the
judges of the Circuit Court, and as no decision
was received consequently there was 60 alan
donDlsnt of any design.
communication was received from j II
Bradley, Esq Corporation Attorney, about
the commencement of the balloting, which l
| read TO my colleagues, in the presence and
hearing of the assessor, as veil as believe
the challengers which paper stated in his
opinion, person who had been convicted of
an Infamous crime, and pardOned before the
expiration Of his sentence, was restored to all
tho privileges Of citizen. Being pressed by
the voters to receive their votes, / threw the
paper on the desk, and have never seen IL
since; but / have no doubt read the whole
Of it.
As to there being anything in said commu-
nlcstloR relative to any other class Of citizens
right to vote or with regard to the decision or
expected decision OF the Circait Court, there
was, to my knowledge, not one word My
opinion Is, that the paper is among the certif |
Gates IN the hands OF the assessor; and if so. |
or in the hands Of either Of my colleagues, i
will endeavOr to procure it for tho benefit Of
the public. If the assessor has it among his
papers l wish it to be returned to ne. So
much f0r that communication.
THOMAS c. DOM,
One of the Late Commissioners Fourth Ward |
This statement is worthy of note, as illus.
trating the sOlicitude Of Know Nothingism to
get in the votes Of "penitentiary BIRDS" who,
as matter Of course, voted the Know Nothing
ticket; while no disposition was shown to ac
cord to honest men who, as q class, voted
against Know Nothingism, their rights as ad.
judged by the Circuit Court Up to this cleo
ton the idea Of refusing them their rights was
in this community; to do go was to violate the
election law as it was always before admins
tered here. 1t seems that the commissioners.
with the full knowledge that their votes ad
invariably been received before, awaited posi-
tive directions from the court ere they would
even put in their ballots in separate and So.
coud box. Not go with the vote of the pen.
itcntiary birds" 1t seems that it did not re
Gnire positive directions Of the court to in
duce the lodgmont Of their ballots in ths
main box. But there is now no question as
to the courts opinion as to the rights Of the
defrauded voters, and those who have re
ceived the election certificates through the
deprivation Of those persons Of their rights
are TO be called on to right the wrongs done
in their favor, by submitting their claims to
the places to which they are certified, to be
tested when the ballots of all the defrauded
citizens who offered their votes are also taken
into the estimate. This course will test the
sincerity Of the plea that their votes were re-
jeeted through the mistaken idea Of their
rights.
Dull Times, &e.-Just now business of all
descriptions is very dull in this city, though
not so dull, as far as we can perceive, as usual
at this period Of long congressional recess
This fact may be attributed to the rapid in.
crease Of the population and wealth of Wash.
ingtOn, which is fast coming to take its place
among the large cities of our Union. Very
few of our fellow-citiEsns have az yet left Us
for the watering places, and it soeIas as though
the remarkable temperature Of the season will
be likely to keep hero most of those among US
Who have heretofore made an annual sumner
pleasure trip from home Old Point Oomfo,ti s
destined to be the place resOrted to by most of
those wto intend to fy away for the timo
being. Weenvy them the unalloysd pleasure
which thsy gill enjoy there during July and