Evening star., 1863-04-25
NEWS.
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roEi:iou OF one OF The troupe another opera
vi substituted. This opera is IIaleyy's bast.
UAnTEEBr Ef.-R Rrrnernbar, this is the las;
night. for a season a. last, OF the i'tiii's'y
3ric.' This act continues TO be immensely at
TTacii.ei and The fair pcriermers-Ju.ia Morti-
nltr, KATE Penno. er apd ErDestine Dctaibe--
never Iail to elicit the most nnhounh@d ap
Pianse. altogether, Canterbury is very en-
ioyable place. ...r... s
TAgIETIEs-As usual. the Varieties was
well attended last night, and the performances
went off in Grst-cI style. Ada Tes-
YnGn, Helena Smith, Nellie Scy mour and all the
others appear tonight in an excelcn, bill.
Parker will pack himself in his box again
THE KrssIAS WAR il still On exhibition at
Odd Fellows Hall. Seventh street. 1t is we'll
worth wishing, rs all .iis paintings are admir-
able and they exhibited in such r manner
as 10 convey graphic idea of the scenes they
are intended 10 represent. af H.-..E~ ra =
The JUsB EiEcTIoSLTnE BALL IN Mo-
rIoH.-The campaign for the June election
seems 10 be about to open from various indica-
tions within the last week. The meeting at the
Metropolitan Truck House on Thursday night
brought out the respective friends of two or
more candidates for the Collectorship in the
Fourth Ward, and thi. was followed up yes.
terday by q call In the papers for meetings In
all the wards last night, the object announced
being Ito send delegates to the convention
which is to be held at the Exchange Hotel, G.
StTtct, DctWttn AZ ana Ot0, on mOQQay 2th
inst, at p. m, for the purpose Of nominating
candidate for Surveyor at ths ensuing June
election" The call was made, it seems, by the
friends OF MIR Peter Donnegan, candidate for
thesurYey orShip.
The places designated for holding the meet
lngs. or many OF them, were in localities not
the most accessible in a dry time, but which
such a mud deiuge as that OF last night was
we'll calculated to deter the most enterprising
reporter from seeking. But the Star kno gs no
such word as fail, and SO We wsded in, north,
south, cast, west, and here is the result: @
FIRST Ward. In the First Ward the meeting
was advertised to be held AT Mr.. Hughes
Grocery store, corner of T. and Nine,eenth
streets. Our reporter wadiag through in
knee keep, discovered the locality hnG found no
one there except Mr.. Hughes and few
neighbors Mr.. Hughes seemed TO have no
know ledge OF the fact that the meeting had
been called; and 1t is very probable that those
posted were deferred FROM attending by the
almost inpasaable condition of the walks.
cites" waited uuti! nine o'clock, and then took
up his lihe OF march through the mud and
water toward gas-hghtand the city
Sccona Hdrd.-Mr. Rcnbins' house. corner of
Twelfth streetand Massachusetts avenue, was
The designased Meeting place ioy this ward.
The proprietor D! the house was absent in Bal.
tinore, and the meeting was not held. There
appeared 10 be some misunderstanding here
riiIye TO the time OF meeting. No one was
there, however, and our reporter not being
authorized 10 hold the meeting himself, he ad-
iourned.
stird Ward.-No meeting was held in this
wsrd, on account Of :. misunderstanding with
regard to the time. The meeting will be held
Tonight.
Fourth Wdrd.-In the Fourth Ward the IEee.-
inE was called 10 order a. 6 o'clock by ". W.
Demaine, who nominated Edward O'Connor
rs Chairman, which was carried, and James
+. Sullivan was made Secretary
In answer @ 10 question as to the politics of
She meeting, the Chair stated that they knew
name or politics hot embraced in the term
Unconditional Union Mel'
nir. Crown moved that i've delegates be sent
10 the convention, and that the Chair appoint
them. The motion being carried, the Chair
announced the following: James Fletcher,
Morris Ready, Edward Scanlon, and John
Earmldy; when he was interrupted by q molten
that the Chair be appointed rs the fifth delegate:
and the motion prev allied
The question was here asked if the delegates
would go 10 the convention uuinstructed or
untrammeiled. The Chair replied that as he
understood it the delegates would agree among
themselves.
the Delegates. Agreed TO,
Moved by Mr.. Crown that the delegates be
Instructed TO vote fur Mr.. DonRegan for Sur
vryor. Unanimously carried.
This was followed ~ motion by the same
gentleman to instruct the delegates to vote for
Mr.. Dixon for Collector and Mr. Douglass for
Register, but this was pronounced foreign to
th- objects OF the meeting, on the ground that
noother nomination but that Of Surveyor would
be made by the convention 10 which the dele
gates were appointed.
Il was then moved thai the meeting proceed
TO the nomination of ward officers. Agreed TO;
Snd tbc oaiioting resulted as follows Alder
man-EllJah Edmons ston. Counciimen-Jas.
L. Sullivan. VIM. II. Mohup, BERNARD HAYES.
AhsessOr-Thos Birch.
FVta HGrd.-This meeting was held at Duffy
OMeara's Union House, on New Jersey
avenue near the Depot. About eight o'clock
the meeting was organized by calling Mr.. Mi
chael Duffy TO the chair and appointing Mr.
meNamee secretary. On taking lhs chair, MIR.
nuny expressed the hope that no one would be
w. W WI Ntrl mot
unconditional Union man for the the office OF
City Surveyor.
Mr.. George Brown made a motion 70 ad-
Journ until next Thursday, but the motion was
unanimously voted down.
The meeting then proceeded to elect dele
yates to the convention 10 be held on Tuesday
evening at the Exchange Hotel, and Messrs
John O'Meara and Daniel McFay were elect
ed, and instructed to vote for Mr. Peter Dom
negan, first, last, and all the time, for City
Mr.. McFay pledged himself that II their
candidate should not be nominated, he would
vote Tor no man who was not uRconditionally
loyal and Union, and firm susperter OF the
National Administration. lApplauseI
The meeting then adjourned with three
cheers Tor the nominee, and three more for the
Union. The gathering here seemed to be
''down on Forsyth
.Sieth Ward-The meeting in this ward was
held 81 the grocery store OF Mr.. John Smith,
on l. street near Eighth. Moi kno wing exactly
Whsre mir. John Smiths was, we made dili2ent
inquiry, and after being directed to a number
OF John Smiths ar last came upon the right
John, and found the meeting organized, Mr..
Patrick e. Coleman having been elected pEssi-
dent and Mr. VIM. Causen secretary. They
transacted business here with considerable
despatch, electing John Smith, Jas. q ui2lsy
and Dan'l Kelley delegates to the con yention,
and instrucling them to vote for Peter Dcnne-
gsH for Surveyor.
Ssrenh Ward.-The meeting here was called
TO be held at the store of Mr.. Hugh McCafrey
corner OF Second and ID streets
We endeavOred TO make the apprOach by
way Of Seventh street and Virginia ayenue;
followed in the tracks OF man ahead; como to
'nd OF sidewalk and TO sea OF mud a. the
same time; man ahead disappeared; whether
ht "went up or went down the underS igned
khoweth not, but took warning and the back
u;ick; opened new line OF approach via
Maryland avenue, Four and "A -laif street. ID
sGeet, nor n side, Third street, {kerfiumux III
the mud about here,) ID street, south side, Sec
ond street, McCahreys, Eureka!
Mr. MeCahrey seem ed a little uncertain about
thr meeting, but reference heinz had Sir,.,r