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The readingwas then continued without in

The readingwas then continued without in.
Mr.. Busey, (the member interested,) ad-
dressed the Board in favor of the adoption of
the report of the majority of the election COM
nitteein his favor.
Attic conclusion of the speech of Mr.. Bu-
sey, he was replied to by Mr.. Miller, showing
that Mr.. Busey had rested his case wholly on
reputation of the authority of the Circuit
Court of the United States for the District of
Columbia in the matter, by which, he conclu-
ded, twas the duty Of all good citizens to be
governed.
Mr.. Magruder then reviewed at length the
action of the majority of the election commit.
tee and the speech of Mr.. Busey.
Mr. Dove offered the following resolution
Resoired, That Samuel G. Busey, the sit
ting member in the contested election case of
the Fifth Ward, having been heard in behalf
OF his right to the seat now held BY him, as
member of the Board Aldermen,sit is hereby
ordered that J. c. Fitzpatrick, the claimant
for the said seat, be heard in regard to the
said seat on Monday evening next, at S p. m :,
secretary of the Board be, and he is hereby
directed to notify him to be and appear at the
time aforementioned, if he should desire to do
so.
Not agreed to-yeas 4 (anti-Know Nothings,)
nays know Nothings.)
The question recurring on the resolution
minority reported from the election commit
| tee by Mr.. Miller declaring j. G. Fitzpatrick
and not Samuel c. Busey entitled to the seat
in question; it was not agreed to-yeas4 (anti-
Know Nothings,) nays z (Know Nothingsl.
The question being next put on the adoption
of the resolution of the majority declaring s.
| c. Busey entitled to the seat it was agreed
tO-yeas Z, nays 4-as before.
Mr.. Evans moved to take up the case Of the
| contested election from the Fourth Ward !. =,
Pending the consideration of this motion
Mr.. Miller moved resolution to recommit
| the report in that case for certified and prop
erly authenticated one.
A question arose as to the precedence of these
motions
When MIR. Dove moved to adjourn; not
agreed to-yeas 4, nayss 8.
The motion of Mr.. Evans to take up, was
then agreed to.
The question then arose on Mr.. Miller's mo-
ton to refer the report in the Fourth Ward
case, back, &C.. which was not agreed to
yeas A, nays s.
Mr.. Bayly moved to adjourn not agreed to
yeas 4, nays 8.
Mr.. Bayly moved to postpone the subject for
two weeks; not agreed to-yeas A, nayss.
Proceedings similar tc the above then took
place until after a. m, the minority essaying
to stave off action until the board were in pos
session of a copy of the true record of the COM
mittee in the Fourth Ward contested election
case, and the majority endeayoring to rush
through the resolution of the Know Nothing
majority of the committee affirming the right
] of Matthew G. Emery to the seat in the board
to which he had been returned by the COM
| missioners of election, without the exposure of
the entire disregard Of law and the rights of
the citizen, which would be incident to making
public even the garbled record Of the COM
mittee's proceedings.
Much debate was interspersed with the mo-
tons made and votes that took place, in which
Messrs Magruder, Bayly, Dove and Miller,
exposed the disappointments with reference to
| Office under the Federal Government of some
of the Know Nothing members of the board,
as well as the entire want of principle and
dangerous tendencies Of the Order.
At about half-past one n. m, the anti
| Know Nothing members retired from the
| chamber, when the Know Nothings passed the
resolution in question, Mr.. Emery voting in his
| own case, in the negative, to make quorum.
The Board then adjourned.
DR.. VIM. B. Magruder gentleman
closed the debate in the chamber of the Board
of Aldermen, last night, upon the propositions
of the Know Nothing election committee to
consummate the frauds perpetrated on the 4th
| of June, ultimo. He spoke for an hour in re-
view of the original frauds, and the part of re-
sponsibility for their concOction which rests on
the Attorney of the Corporation of Washing
| ton, commenting, in plain terms and with crush
ing force, on the want of entire integrity of pur
pose manifested in the conduct of that function
| airy, in egging on irresponsible and ignorant
| individuals to set at defiance the decisions
of the Circuit Court for this District, to vio-
| late the rights of their fellow citizens, in
order to carry out the behests of the Know
Nothing lodges, and at the same time endeav-
oring to throw the just responsibility for
such acts on the individuals thus advised,
rather than on himself, who had character
and position to lose by such conduct Dr.
M. based the right Of the contestants on
the decision Of the Court, and eloquently ex-
emplified the tendency Of setting it at naught
for partizan ends; and also criticised, with great
effect and severity, the attempt of DR.. Busey
to strengthen his own case, by seeking to infiu-
ence the action Of the Board through inuen-
does against the integrity and the rights of the
defrauded voters, whom he had not ventured
to question before the election committee of