Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-11
CITY INTELLIGENCE.


The daily circulation Of the Asssrioaa 0r0an 10
far greater than that Of any paper in wsshington,
with ono exception; and the weekly circulation, which
already reaches snthoussnd, Is increasing at tho
rate Of sevrrsl hundred . week ID has inorsAs-
Cd a this rate with remarkable regularity from tho
rst month Of its publication Advertisers who wish
70 give their Advsrtisemsnts wide circulation. should
bear thsss facts in mind The daily Organ 10 disib-
utsd chiefly in Washington. Georgetown, Alexandria,
Frodricksburg, Richmond, Norfolk. Portsmouth, and
Baltimore. The weekly Organ Is sent 70 every quar-
ter Of the Unicn-
.Tax New CRY CONTROVERSIAL large crowd
were IN attendance at the City Hall this morning,
to view the organization of the two Boards OF the
city government At precisely 10 o'clock the two
Boards were called TO order
Board of Common Council
The members Of the new Board were called TO
order by the Secretary of the old Board, c. Il.
Lowry ESQ, who read the publication Of the
Mayor Of the members elected.
The members then advanced and were qualified
by John 8. Hollingshead, Esq.
TIE first business in order being the election Of
President the Board proceeded to ballot and the
following was the result: for A. Med. Davis, IA |;
for w. Q. Orme, A; j. T. Clements, and Mr..
Davis was declared elected President Of the Fifty
third Council, and took the chair. Mr.. Davis
thanked the Board for the honor In very brief
speech.
The next business was the election Of Secretary,
and motion to dispense with the balloting and de-
clare @. r. Lowry, Esq, Clerk, by Mr.. Walker, was
objected % BY Mr.. Orme.
On the ballot the following was the result: For
G. +. Lowry Is, for r. Barry 8, and the former
was declared elected.
The next business IN order was the election Of
messenger, but the ballotng was dispensed with,
and Jacob Kleiber was declared elected on motion
Of Mr.. Clements.
The usual motion TO inform the Board Of Alder
men Of the organization Of this Board, and readi-
ness to proceed to business was made BY MT Al
Lee; and the latter gentleman, with Mr.. Albert,
were appointed q committee for that purpose.
Mr.. Albert presented the papers of I. w. Hutch
inson and J. w. Meade, contesting seats in this
Council, and asking that they be read.
The Chair decided that the papers could only be
referred to the Committee on Elections, and that II
was net yet time TO receive the papers
Mr.. Orme thought It might be referred to spc-
cial committee, but the Chair decided otherwise
On motion Of Mr.. Walker, the Board took re-
cess. s
A message was received from the upper Board,
stating that they had organised by the election OF
Robert Clark, President, T. j. Middleton, Secre-
tary, and Jacob Kleiber, messenger, and that they
were ready to proceed to business.
Joint Meeting,
The President OF the Board OF Aldermen WAS
elected president Of the joint meeting.
Mr.. Busey Offered resolution that q committee
be appointed to examine and report the returns OF
the commissioners Of Election, Of votes cast for
q Collector, Register, and Surveyor, which was
adopted with the amendment, !" to consist Of one
member from each ward, /" which was moved by
Mr.. Magrudef.
The committee appointed were Messrs. Dove,
Orme, Walker, Clements, Busey, Run, and Smith,
who retired to fulfil their duties.
The Committee, through Mr. Busey, reported that
they had fulfilled their duties, and found the fol-
lowing to be the vote thrown: