Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-07-26
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

TIE LATE ELECTION FRAUDs.-Mr. Ferdi.
nand Jefferson, member Of the lower Board
Of the Washington Councils for the Second
Ward. publishes in this mornings IpteIE.
gereer letter explanatory of the course of
himself and the rest Of the minority of the
Board on Monday afternoon last on the report
of the election committee on the Fourth Ward
election case, from which we make the follow
ing extract:
" When the report and resolution Of the COM
mlttee on elections was read / requested the
consent Of the Board to make a statement;
winch having been allowed, L said that, at the
request Of one of the contestants OF the Fourth
Ward. presented their protests at the first
meeting of the Board; that had, for the most
part, abstained from actively advising them in
relation to their case, since it did not become
me to act as an advocate lii ase in which
would have to act as judge; but that had in
formed one of the contestants that II was re-
quisite to follow up their protests and the lists
of rejected voters, voters alleged to be voted
illegally. &c, with afhdavits that would es-
tablish the fact {; that had taken no further
steps in the matter until heard it was Il mat
ter of newspaper announcement that the com
mittee on elections hal met at the CITY Hall
and the contestants had not appeared, when l
waited on Mr.. Kennedy to inquire if the affi
devits were not before the committee. who in
formed me that they had been loaned to Nj
Gideon TO establish his right to q seat in the
Board of Aldermen, and that he (Mr Kennedy
supposed they were the common property of the
two Boards, and therefore had not deemed any
further action necessary on his part; that [
told him the papers were the property Of the
Board in which they were fled; that tho re-
suit of the conversation was a letter had that
day received from Mr.. Kennedy which, with
the permission of the Board, / would read
1.-The Star of Tuesday last contained this letter
as part of the proceedings Of the Board Ed. /
Il n RI pf y yrbi ph Sad
doubt of justice being done the contestants,
Mr.. Davis objected to the further reading of
the letter as disrespectful to the Board Some
cOllOquy ensued, in which l said 1 did not ap
prove OF endorse that portion Of the letter
and some of the members of the majority
asked that the letter might be read to its con-
elusiOn, which was eventually allowed to be
done. L then moved a resolution directing
the Secretary to request, in behalf of our
Board, from the Board of Aldermen, all the
afhdavits presented in the last named Board
IN relation to the late election in the Fourth
Ward; which resolution was decided to be out
of order. i then moved temporary suspen-
sion of action on the committees report and
resolution with view that my resolution ask
ing for the loan Of the papers might be acted
on. This motion was rejected. Some further
remarks were made, and, Mr.. Abert's motion
to postpone till Monday next having been re-
Jected, the question required on the resolution
offered by the Committee on Elections when
/ proposed, as amendment, to insert after
the word Resolved the following: The con-
testants having failed to come forward with
the necessary Hfidavits to prove their title to
their seats A modification was suggested
of saying .tprOOf" instead of affidayits. 8"
which / accepted. The necessary verbal al
teTatiOn not being made, this change caused
the Pathological reading of the amendment
which appears in your paper. l was not in
favor of the report Of the committee, and am
sure / did not say so. At the close of the de-
bate OF conversation l remarked that | had
been prepared to defend the right Of the coz
testants to their seats if they had produced
evidence before the Board to show that enough
votes of EaturaliZed or other citizen To change
the result had been offered and refused, but
that as they had failed TO do so, had no
alternative but to vote for the resolution offered
by the Committee on Elections. viz, that
Messrs. Davis, Clements and Ball were entitled
70 their seats. This course was pursued by
FIVE Of the minority-one (Nr. OrIneJ not vot-
ing
PLEASURE IN PROsPECT.-The excursion for
the benefit Of the Catholic Friends Society, will
take place on the 9Th of August.
That Of the German HeageTs, to the White
House, on the 18th of that month.
The grand excursion to Cape May on Satur-
The National Guards excursion To Piney
Point On the ID of August and that of the
Franklin Pire Company, during the same
month.
The excursion Of the Montgomery Guards,
On the 23d Of August.
The excursion OF st. Peters Sunday School
on Monday next.
The Merry Bachelors will enjoy them
selves by an excursion to the White House to-
day.
Court OF CLAINs-Among the commission
ers appointed III the several States by the
judges Of the court OF claims, to take depOsi-
tons, &c. are the following:
Maryland.-CharIcs Il Kew. C. Marshall,
J Spencer, b. u. Daniels, Thomas Martin, q
X. Ii. Hughes, W. ii. Hope, all of Baltimore
Virginia.-R. W. Payne, WarrentOn; NJ. W.
Cluskey, Martinsburg; Charles Sharp, Nor
folk; j. NJ. BrickhOuse, DO. j. Young, Ports
mouth; j. Barron Hope, Hampton J. Lyon,
Petersburg; w. Lyons, Richmond; S. T..
Bayly, do. j. B. Donovan, Mathews county
W. II. c. Ellis, Norfolk.
District Of Columbia. w. a. Maury, d. Rat.
elife, {. s. Wallach, A. ii. Smith, and -
Tyson, of Washington.
There was omitted in the official list, a pub
lished, the name Of Arthur c. Waugh, ESQ. ,
Of Mobile, Commissioner of the Court of
Claims for the State Of Alabama.
A MISERABLE FAMILY.-Yesterday after
noon Justice Bates committed to the work hOuse
man ald his wife for disorderly behaviour !;
the love Of whisky being the moving cause of
II They were both under the effects Of the
liquid destroyer Of good morals at the time
The mother had aehild in her arms, the latter
TOO young to be aware Of her parents degra
datIon. They were under the charge of po-
lice officer in his buggy while the father was
accommodated with hack an intelligent,
s0rTowtul looking boy sitting on his knee.
mus the entire family were driven to the work
house 1t was anournful spectacle but many
Of such character We frequently witness.
HE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MONOTONE
Ply COUNTY, MD., will hold their annual fair
~ Rockville, in September next. We have
attended several Of their fairs, and were
pleased, not only with the display of agricu i-
tural products, but with the handiwork of the