Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-06-02
GATB LOCAL NEWS,

THR ELECTION To-Day, is progressInp with
remarkable quiet, thus far. The Superintendent
the suppression Of any disturbance shouId ,ny
occur, and the Provost Guard had also an eve ~
the preservation Of good order. The restanysnts
are pretty generally closed, In obedience 70 re-
quest OF the Mayor and City Councils. and 4,
consequence but few cases Of drunkeane. are
noticed al the polls.
About the polls of the Second Ward tbi. morn.
Ing, the following handful was dispIsyed
AHft Naturalization National or Dsmoe,atie
IIekSI-See0Hd Ward
=, " An voters who are opposed 20 the present
National Administration and are in favor OF state
hlghts ana particularly OF cihdioattsg tks rigkfs
Of rae Sokfh, are earnestly urged 20 rally 10 the
polls and cast their votes for the following ticke,
For Mayor-James F. Halliday.
For Alderman-Thomas J. Fisher
"FoT Common Council-NichoIss Csll,n c,.,
ton Powell, and John r. Ennis''
This was doubtless the work Of some of the
opponents OF the ticket As an onset, the ''tother
the name OF Richard Wallach for Mayor sur
mounted by the picture Of negro.
Erst Ward.-At one O'Clock p m. lbs votes
had been cast, Of which 81 were Uncondl,ionsl
Union" In the second precinct the vote was
very near tie, Halliday protably little ahead.
SECOND Ward-Up TO noonthe voting was pro-
- fe,ng quietly at The First Precinct no signs
a any disturbance. In the Second Precinct The
voting 10 pretty brisk, although the poll is very
light so far. wallach il is tbo9ght. has received
three -iourths Of the votes cast. A disturbance
X. II: Gillett coming up 20 vote, be was ebsi.
lenged, at which he got angry and called the
challenger and bis friends parcel Of paid scoun-
drels The police immediately arrested him ana
was fined 81. 80
7At,d Ward.-In the first precinct everything
IS going on quietly. AT half. past eight thia
morning the vote stood IS for wsIlsck, and S
ior halliday, and the same proportions had been
kept up 70 III O'Clock, when $50 votes had been
Poueo. In tne second precinct this morning the
vote wa ~ Tor Wsllach, and against him.
was going on quietly up to ten O'CLOCK. whes
some 3OO votes mad been polled, Of which oaly
30 ne oO or oO were for HALLIDAY I'm the second
precinct $50 votes had been cast M 10 u o,cIoch
Up 10 that hour the vote between Wallsch ssd
hanoay appeared 70 be very close at that precinct
thought to be considerably ahead. In The second
precinct the voting was going on quietly, and
was very light up 70 ten O'CLOCK The Hsl,day
nitn Were temporarily put back this morning by
nadlng that their election money was not Of the
right stripe for use, being Msryisnd funds At
polled, OF which about eco were for WsIlach.
Sizh Ward-At the nrst precinct the voting
this morning was proceeding very sluRRishly-
some $50 had been cast 81 10 O'Clock, Of which
MI Halliday had received some % In the secoad
precinct the vote stood this morning, for wsIlach
In each Of these precincts there was much chal-
longing: The voters mostly, however, were well
PREPARED, having brought their certined oaths
and Pspers N their pockets.
Sscsafh WaSd-fhe Seventh warders vere
doing their voting with comnendshls good order,
polled lS3 votes for Wallsch and "a for Hali<
a the second precinct, up to the same hour Ma
day,