The sun., 1861-12-07
CITY NEWS.
Meeting Of the City Cauvasser"-No has-
canty Discovered Yet
FORENOON SESSION.

FORENOON SESSION.
The Board Of City Canvaseers met at eleven
O'Clock, yesterday morning, Aid Cornell In the
Chair. Only ak members were present, and
Mr.. Dayton, Of the 9Th Aldermanic District, |
made formal protest against the transaction |
cr business in the absence Of q majority Of the |
Board. The chairman received the protest, but
the Board could take no action on 1t, a minority
only being present. All the districts missing
Yesterday, we're reported a. having been rs-
ceiyed. The returns Of the 4th and oh Districts
| of the Ninth Ward were sent back for correction
of errors. The 4th and 9th Districts Of the 10 h
| wagd were also found defective, and the can
yasseis were ordered TO appear before the Board
| for examination and correction Of the errors
On the Mayoralty vote, in the twelve districts
of the 9th and 10Th Wards canvas4ed, an in
crease Of six votes for opdyke over Gunther, on
the figures as heretofore published, was an
nounced.
AID. Brady moved that any returns contain
ing discrepancies 10 the Msyoralty vote be laid
over for future action.
AID. Genet objected. He thought the only
discrepancies that would arise would be that
Gunther would DO found TO DO elected in
place Of Opdyke.
Aid. Brady's motion was, however, adopted.
Aid Genet moved that when any votes were
returned as scattering that the canvassers oil
those election districts be ordered TO appear be-
fore the Board and explain the votes. The mo
ton was adopted.
! Aid. Farley offered preamble and resolution
to the effect that whereas the canyassers Of the
First election district, Nineteenth ward, wer'
a interrupted in csnvs,sing the votes In said dis
trict by two evil disposed persons John Hogai
and John A. Cooley, who threw a quantity o
= tickets upon tho table whore said votes wer
% Icing counted, and whereas the vote for Alder
10 man had bton canvassed before said interuT
tion took place, and whereas the canvass Q
"a said vote is now lying at tho Twcnty-fiit
Ia ward station house.
r, Reselutd That the Sergeant.at Arms be d
g rectcd to procure said canvass and bring 1t b
fore the Board, and that tho attention Of Il
grand jury be called to this gross outrage
Adopted.
AT two o'clock the eth Aldermanic district III
ou been completed, no material discrepancies b
he ing discovered between the published retur
oil and those before the Board.
OIL A recess Of an hour was then taken.
Ill AFTERNOON SESSION.
At half-past two o'clock the Board again go
'95 yened. The Sixteenth Ward, belonging to
'oS 9th Senatorial District, was first taken up
,a9 the first district, a number Of errors aud d
crepancies were discovered and the canvass
were finally ordered to appear before the Boa
at Il o'clock today, to make the necessary c
rectioni. A similar order was issued for
w, w, canyassers Of the second district. The May
I iad atty vote for the Ward stood as follows:
,ers dyks, 2,145; Wood, 1,2s2; Gunther, S5i.
hon Adjourned until IL o'clock this morning.
the
are
hall Tho final revision Of tho election return
re- the Police Headquarters, makes Mr.. OPdyl
Iva nluralitv 5ss The rumors about defective
~. them there was a number of such ballots {
and and they were counted. Tho vote in the N
! is teenth Ward was largely increased, princip
s ss by spurious voters, and helped to decrease
as- Opdyke's plurality. Tho same thing was