Evening star., 1863-05-01

VINO spoke for some miu u res in denouucipv the
egtd rottennesss, dirt and filth of Washing.
tohans anu Washingt. he had witnesses
.nem .i since be came to this city. At this po,pt
ne tne ponce, VINO mad been notified ofthe riot be-
Ing created In the hall, entered the room. when
NE. II. Richards whispered somethiup tn Mr.
Stoddard, who brought bis comp Iimentary re.
marks to sudden conclusion Taking conr
a,;,G aIom & ,ne Iacl t1at the police seemed in
cIined'te look around them before interfering,
.ome one OF the crowd caileu for a speech
from Ulysses Il. Ward, who having been nom
mated Tor councilman by the Richards meet
Ing at the Medical Hall, " as the acti We leader
In the riotous row dyism of the occasion
Ihe hours p. m.-for the organization of
the regular meeting having arrived, and the
ponce eelhe apparently prepared TO quell any
attempts 10 yell, hOot and screech, so as to
prevent the meeting from organizing as per
the terms OF the call, Mr. Richards declared
his meeting adjourned
ORDER being thus restored for brief period,
Mr. j. w. Clampitt, Unconditional Union
was nominated and elected chairman, and Mr..
j. Spalding, (U. U. / secretary Here the riot
ers, who still remained in the hall commenced
again their game OF yelling and shouting but
the powerful voice of the chairman was dis
tlnctly heard above their din, as he addressed
the meeting i'll explanation of the purposes for
which ii had assembled. Most conspicuous in
the attempts to prevent him from being heard
was Ulysses Is: Ward, ~. for OIL the active
leader OF the riot.
Finding that the array. of orderly citi-
Zens OF the ward, who had come there for q
legitimate end, had at length become too nu-
merous for them, and also that the police had
come TO the front to discharge their outy in ar
resting the most prominent OF the rioters, Mr.
Lewis Clepbane (Who was evidently playing
the part of one OF the directors OF the dis urb-
ance) mounted a chair on the platform aud ad.
vised his companions no longer to interfere
with the meeting, as they had accomplished all
they could do or could wish to do; and asked
them to retire to their own hall, from whence
they had come down in body In obedience
to their direction they then Withdrew from the
hall in a body, yelling, screeching, halloaing as
Order being thus restored, on motion of Mr..
and adopted:
Whereas, in times like the present, it becomes
the paramount duty OF every good citizen to
manifest and evince his answering attach
ment and fidelity to the Union of these States,
ana his firm and unfiinching loyalty to the
Government thereof In order that those who
favor vigorous and successful prosec ution of
this war and suppression of this iniq uitous
and unnatural rebellion, may be known and
distinguished from those who countenance and
give aid and support to those in arms against
the best Government ever established by man.
and whereas, no man Of questioned loyalty
should be selected for trust, profit or ernolu-
ment; therefore, be it
ReSoired, That the voters of the Second Ward
In ward meeting assembled for the purpose of
selecting proper and suitable persons for the
several and respective city offices, do hereby
answering devotion and loyalty to the Gov
eminent of the United States; that we favor 4
hrln, steady and vigorous prosecution of this
war by the Administration for the purpose Of
suppresslng this accursed rebellion; that we
will in no case or event sanction a dissolution
OF this Union, but in the language of the i'm.
mortal jackson, proclaim and affirm, "The
Union must and shall be preserved"
Resotfed That the Constitution of the United
States beng the grand elimination of the dec
iaIatlon OF principles as asserted by our fore
fathers, and icing the grand "Magna Charta:,
OF the rights and liberties of the people, we
hereby pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our
sacred honor to maintain it inviolate
Inc ChaIr announced that the selection of
hVe delegates to an Unconditional Union Con-
Ven'lon for the nomination OF Collector, Reg
lister and Surveyor was next in order
w hereupon Messrs. John ID. Thompson, John
W Ciampet, James w. Spaulding, Geo. K.
and elected (by ballot; each voter walking mn
and depositing his ballot in a hat held by the
teiiers) by the following vote. Viz: For the en-
tire ticket. Isl; blanks,2.
Mr. Geo. II. Plant u. U. was next nomi-
mated and elected to be the andidate for Alder
man, and Messrs. Geo. Raub, j. r. Barr, and
VIM r Sheed, ~: U,l for the Common Coun-
Assessor. ava
After which the meeting quietly adjourned.
THIRD WARD.
In this ward large crowd met at Temner
ance Hall. composed OF friends Of both the candi-
dates, Messrs. Dixon and Richards The room
In the basement in which the meeting was held
on the pre- vious night, was filled at an earIy
hour, mostly by the same persons who attended
the first meeting, but many friends of Mr.
Dixon were also in the crowd
Mr.. Shepherd [Richardsl called the meeting
to order, and stated that MI. Bro wn, the chair
man, was indisposed, and nominated Mr.. T. A.
Connolly, tRichardsl who was elected, and on
for the honor conferred.
Mr.. James A. Wise (U. for W here made his
aVpo 49,
stairs was ready for the friends of Mr.. Dixon,
and several got up to leave, whils there were
calls OF "order," and .let all go WHO want to
co.
Mr.. w. P. Particle (U. for O } was appointed
Secretary in place of Mr.. Harvey, [U. III who
Mr.. G. w. Spencer (U. for o. moved that as
this meeting was composed of Unconditional
Union men, and as meeting had been called
for such up stairs, that this meeting adjourn.
In this meeting clique was at work-lcries OF
order and .'question."] If the other six
wards elected delegates to the convention and
the two meetings took place in this ward, each
electing set OF delegates, there would be sure
to be clash as to who would be recognized
Mr Shepherd said he had Just been informed
that the upper room was at the disposal of the
meeting and moved the meeting adjourn, and
the crowd hastily made their way to the large
upper room, where the number was aug
mented 10 nearly 500 persons, among whom
We're number from the other wards, and after
some effort On the part of the chair, something
like order was obtained.
The chair stated that a motion had been
made to ratify the proceedings OF the previous
neehng and was about putting the question
When--
MIR. Wise said IL he understood the question
at the meeting on the previous evening
Cries of "That's out of order,'' and :. . ues-
tion' "e'-
The ayes were called for, and the Chair de.
cided that the vote was nearly unanimous
Mr.. Wise demanded the negative side h,
taken, but the demand was not recognized,
Inc main interest at this meeting was the
family quarrel among the Richards men as to
the candidate for Alderman, the controversy
having grown to be pretty warm and acrimo.
nlons one between the Shepherd and Hall par
Nominations for Alderman being in order.
Messrs. A. r. Shepherd, 6. A. Hall, and Thos.
Lewis Were nominated; and after some discuss
sion as TO how the ballots should be taken, G. w.
Spencer, DR.. j. B. Keasby, f. A Roach, and
John II. Hodgson were appointed tellers. Mr..
Shepherd named II. B. Curtis as his chalIep ger:
Mr. Hall, F. Reside; and Mr.. Lewis, JOB
Angus. M. Buell., ID. w. Williams, l.. w.
Worthington, q. E. H. Day, T. Rich, and T. H.
Stokes were appointed to keep order about the
ballot-bo1, while the three candidates were to
assist them
The talltrs, guards, &c, at length cot raadv