Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-06


The Chairman now mounted bench, and, after
repeated calling To order finally succeeded in Oh,
etining quiet enough for his voice to he heard
lie then announced that the teller wished to max,
q statement (Cries Of I" Let's hear him ~ g Go
on &c,) ......
Mr. Phillips, holding his bat (baIlot. boxl ON his
head with some dlfhculty, on account Of its top
heayinexs, crammed as Il was with votes month";
upon a bench, and said % Mr. President in con-
sequence Of the interruption by the ALLEGED pact-
ing Of votes, IL will be Impossible for ms TO pro-
we adjourn.'
Cries of Adjourn to when,, responded to by
cries OF = Until O'Clock tomorrow afternoon:
8 Let's have daytime meeting succeeded Inv
vOciferOus wells Of No. Mo-,
vote was had on the motion of Mr. Pbilljps
but the hair was unable to decide whether II
was passed or not. lie endeavored in vain to i'm
press upon the crowd that il was utterly impos
sble for the tellers to proceed with copn,in ths
votes under the circumstances, as Mr.. p had hst
stated; and therefore, as nothing else could be
done, lle hoped that they would ad journ; but each
mo-; "Notn -
Mr.; John Bowling here rose and stated that he
had just come into the room. and learning that
us name was being used by some Of his friends in
connection with one Of the Offices to be filed he
wished to announce emphatically that Il was with
out his appreciation or consent
After a lapse OF time, in which nothing could
be done on account of the great disorder Mr.
Reese jumped upon a chair and succeeded after
short while, in making himself heard when he
told the chair, addressing himself to the crowd at
the same time, that the Chair had the mower and
he hoped on this occasion he would not fail to
exercise u, OF adjourning the meeting whenever
he should think il to the interest of the body SO to
act.
After some hesitation, a gentleman Standing be-
side the president made motion to al iourD which
the Chair put, and declared carried :
Sothe meeting stands adjourned until y O'Clock
this evening.
Ere the crowd left the Assembly Room. an
other bit Of excitement was created by the an
houncenent made by Mr.. John f. Coylr in
somewhat angry tone, that the friends OF Mr.
Ward would run him anyhow
=. S.-We hear that the votes in Mr. Pbillips's
hat, as lar as received, footed up as follows for
Alderman: WIN. III. Ward, Dc; VIM n Thon,as
10 The other votes Were not counted. but il is
understood that Messrs. Gait. Edmonson and
Mohun lead for the Council, and Thos r.. Bruch
for Assessor.
SEVENTH WARD MEErIHG-The nominating
meeting Of the ''Anti-Know Nothing'' voter, Of
the Seventh Ward was held last evening. at Poto-
mar HALL
Mr.. w u. Flood was called to the Chair and
Messrs Charles Allen and :. Norke Lee elected
Sccreclries The chairman stated the object of
The meeting, and suggested that the peoplc III the
Seventh Ward Were capable Of attending To their
own affairs, and he hoped that in the VOTING that
was abOut tn take place citizens Of other Wards
would not go to the trouble OF volunteering their
assistance. He stated that the mode of VOTING
would be for the secretaries to make list of tbe
nominees and have each OF the voters come for
ward and mark against his candidates.
The vote for delegates resulted as follows. w
u. Flood 81 John L. Cassell ~; Saml Humphrey
VI; Samuel >. Taylor ~; Cornelius Dougherty ~:
r. A. Jackson 10; j. w. Martin g} = 7. Alice
2O John Pettibone II; j Morse II; wherenpon
the hrst 1--WE gentlemen were declared duly elected
The following gentlemen We're then nominated
Tor The Board Of Aldermen John Van RPsyick
Edward vi. Clark, and Major Flood, (declincd):
and the following for the Board Of Common Coun-
Lark A \
Allen. Samuel Pumphrey, (declined,) Mr. Espv
(decltned) Mr.. stephens. declined Jno Wis.
(declined.) John Martin, (declined.) George X
Clarke, ldecilned.) VIM. Wise, (declinedO Ed
Nj. Clarke. withdrawn Oh account Of his being
nominated for Alderman)
The vote having been taken resulted as follows.
For Ald~rman-Edw'd NJ. Clark, CT; John Van
Rcswick. a.: For Common CounciI,nen-D n
Clark, 80; J. T. Cassell, IS; s. Yorke AtI.ee. CT;
Charles Allen. 81; whrreupOn Mr. Edward M
Clark WAS declared duly nominated for the Hoard
Of Aldermen. and Messrs. ID. B. Clark J. T. Cas-
SELL aud ;. Iorke Atl4ee, for the Board of Com
mon Council.
Mr.. Edw'd NJ. Clarke expressed his thanks for
the honor conferred upon him, and said that N
elected, (Which he said he expected to be,) he
would endeavor TO redeem the Ward from its
present msrule. To this end he erhorted har-
mony in the Democratic ranks during the cam
paign-
$ Yorke AtI.ee also thanked the meetino 70,
the nomination conferred upon him. and said that
IL elected he would spare no pains TO Grove him
self faithful and grateful man.
Mr.. Charles Allen submitted the following reso
buttons, which were adopted
ReSotr,d, That this meeting approves of the
able and efficient manner in which the present
Collector, Register, and Surveyor have each dis
charged the responsible duties pertaining to their
several offices.
ResO!vsd, further, That II is tue opinion Of this
meeting that It is unwIse and impOlitiC To make
frequent changes in our municipal officers, and
that such changes should only be made for lust
and weighty reasons. Adjourned.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.-SpSciaI Mseting-A
special meeting OF the Board Of Aldermen was
held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose Of con-
sidering the amendments made by the Board OF
Common Council TO the Aldermen s bill regulating
the distribution Of water throughout the city OF
Washington.
The meeting having been called 10 order, the
Chairman stated that owing to the failure ON the
part Of the Secretary Of the Board OF Common
Council To have the amended bill in readiness for
consideration, the object for which they had met
was frustrated; and the Board had met for thi.
order
Mr.. Brown stated that lie thought, without dis
arrangement TO the Secretary Of the lower Board
that the blll might have been got in form In f w
hours by him. lie felt All interest ia the connie
ton Of the BILL and regrettt To any delay IL
was important to the citizens that final action upon
II be had as soon as practicable.
Mr.. Moore explained. in behalf Of the Secretary
OF tue lower Board, that the bill had been under
consideration every night this week and that i'm
consequence Of this extra legislation the Secretary
had been unable to write out his regular report for
publication until to-day, and In conseq uence had
been thrown back in the work of preparing the
water bill for the Board OF Aldermen He had
learned to-day that the bill had been so much cut
up In the lower Board as 10 almost necessitate a
complete rewriting OF the whole, and that it
could not be properly prepared short Of two DAYS
The Board then adjourned to meet again OH sat
urday night next, at z O'Clock.
WE ARE glad that our fellow-citizen, Professor
Daniel l.. GrouI, favorably known during his
long residence among US has unex peel edly fallen
heir to a large fortune left To him by one of his
brothers, who died lately in South America We
can well say that for many years have observed
the perseverance of the Professor to keep his col
lections together undoubtedly the finest aud most
valuable in the country, particularly the collcc-
ton of American medals and coins numbering