Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-06-09
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

Inc Board Was called 10 order by the CLERK
The first business in order being the election Of
President, Messrs Houston and Miller were appoint
ed telers. Mr.. Robert Clarke was elected on the
second ballot who returned his acknowledgements
In a few brief and appropriate remarks.
The Board then proceeded to ballot for Vice
President On the second ballot Mr.. Pearson was
elected, receiving ten out Of the thirteen votes
cast
On motion of Mr.. Evans, Mr.. Middleton was de-
clared elected Clerk, and Mr.. Kleiber Messenger
TO the Board.
The rules of the last Board we're adopted.
Messrs. Smith and Miller were appointed COM
mittee to notify the Board Of Common Council that
they were ready to go into joint meeting for the
purpose OF inauguratng the Mayor.
Mr.. Busey, from the Committee on Police, pre-
sented report on the subject of the admission OF
Washington Nailor to bail which was ordered TO
lie on the table.
A message was received from the lower Board,
through Mr. Lloyd, to the effect that they had or
ganized and were ready TO go into joint meeting.
BOARD OF COMMON CoUScIL.-The Board was
called to order by the Secretary, @. II. Lowrey,
ESQ.,, and the members elect were sworn by Justice
Hollingshead.
On motion, the Board proceeded to ballot for a
President, Messrs Albert and Lloyd being APP
pointed as tellers
The result Of the first ballot was, for Mr.. Alice,
10; Mr.. 0rme s; Mr. Walker, 1; Blank, l. No
election.
On the second ballot Mr.. Alice received III
Mr. Orme, s Blank /.
Whereupon Samuel Yorke Alice was declared
duly elected President and was conducted to his
seat by the tellers
The Board then proceeded to the election of a
Secretary by ballot which resulted in the election
of O. +. Lowrey, Esq, by majority of votes
Mr. DOnOhOo having received bur g.
Mr.. Jacob Kleiber was appointed messenger to
the Board.
Mr.. Lloyd moved that the rules of the last year
be adopted until further action be necessary. Car
ried.
Mr.. Jefferson moved that the Inauguration Of
the Mayor be conducted in the chamber of the
lower Board. Carried.
On being conducted to the chair, Mr. Alice
addressed the Board as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Common Council / accept
the position which you have assigned to me with
unfegned dif6dence. Nothing would justify my
assumption of its responsibilities, but the duty Of
obedience to a majority of your unsolicited votes
We have just passed through the most excited
election in our municipal annals. Until within
these two years past, orr periodical manifestations
OF electoral preference have been mere exhibitions
of personal partiaties. Isolated as are the in
habitants of this District from the questions of
national policy which agitate the people through
out the States Of the Union, they have had no
temptation to sympathize with partisan conflicts
in which they are forbidden to participate.
The affairs Of our city used to be administered
by officers selected rather by personal regard than
bypolitica congeniality. 1t is much to be depored
that our community has been, of late, forced
out of the even tenor of its accustomed way. /
shall not in this place. undertake to individualize
the causes of this alteration. will not point out
the evil influences and wicked agents by which
this amentable revolution has been brought about;
but leave to the finger of retrbutive scorn the de-
signation of those whose malicious interference
with our domestic peace has entitled them to an
Infamous celebrity.
/ would rather on this OCCASION recall the pleas
ant memories of our ancient concord and invoke
such feelings only as may render our intercourse
an this chamber, agreeable to ourselves and bene-
fetal to the city whose welfare has been intrusted
to US.
So far as am concerned, let me assure you that
l shall endeavor to cultivate such spirit of i'm
partially and courtesy rs SHALL with your co-ope-
ration, maintain amongst us selfrespect and har-
mony, and promote efficiency in the discharge Of
our official duties.
cess for the purpose of going into joint meeting.
The President of the Board of Aldermen was
called to the chair
Mr.. Dove moved that committee of one from
each ward be appointed to examine the returns of
the election for Mayor, and for that purpose the
Chair appointed Messrs Dove, Fisher, Evans,
Kennedy, Busey, Gordon, and Pearson.
The joint meeting then took recess.
Mr.. Dove from the committee on counting the
votes, reported as follows:
Gentlerlen The committee appointed to exam
inc the return and count the votes cast, beg leave
TO rep ort that they have performed that duty and
have found the following result:
for VIM. B. Magruder 2,927
Silas II. Hill 2,914
w. Magruder
w. w. Seaton -
Signed by the Committee.
The President of the meeting thereupon declar-
ed VIM. b. Magruder Mayor elect for the ensuing
term.
On motion, Messrs Miller and Lloyd were APP
pointed committee to wait on Mr. Magruder in
form him of his election, and invite him to attend
the joint meeting and take the oath of office. Pass
ed
Mr.. Magruder was then conducted to the hall by
the committee, when after short speech he took
the oath of Office, which was administered by the
President of the Board of Aldermen.
The joint meeting was then dissolved.
Mr., w. HENRY PALMERs first halfyearly exam
ination of piano forte classes took place Wednes-
day night at Caruss Saloon, and was eminently
successful. Too much praise can hardly be award
ed to Mr.. Palmer for bis novel and effective mode
of instruction. We must not particuarize individ-
ua performances of the young ladies where all was
done so well; we may say generally, however, that
the accuracy and precision with which their parts
we're given by the performers was most gratifying
to their friends and satisfactory to the audience at
large.
But we must observe--and thanks to Mr.. P.
for his consideration, viz that the eye as well
as the ear might be grati6ed at the same time
And surely enough he completed his object, by re-
questing that every pupil would appear in SINH
lar costume Nothing could have looked more