, 1863-03-12

Grand Rally Of Union Men. I
A meeting Of the Young Mems Union |
Working Club will be held at Lower Bryan |
Hall, Saturday evening, March 18th. It is
hoped that all ward meetings will adjourn to |
this meeting, as the object is to organize the
Union men Of this city, without regard to
former political opinions, to elect true and
reliable Union men to fill the various offices
ofthe coming election.
Let all come. Speeches will be made W
F. A. Eastmnn, Caspar Butz, A. G. Hesins'
L. Brentano, E. C. LaEned, J. D. Ward' Of'
Ernst Schmidt and others.
~ 0'4' F.A. EASTMAN, President.
CLARK GEn, Secretary.
The New Common Council.
The new CITY Charter divides the city into
s;1tecn wards, instead of ten, as heretofore,
thus allowing thirty-two' members for the
Common Council, instead Of twenty, the
present number; and the Charter n1so pro-
yides that one Alderman shall be elected from
each Of the wards this spring-ten Of the
present incumbents holding oVer-thus bene-
fitting some sections Of the city at the ex-
peusc Of others.
By this manifestly unfair measure, there
will be ten Aldermen in the next Council who
do not represent any wards at all In reality
members of the old Council, elected from the
old wards, and by pleasant fiction supposed
to represent new wards. By this proceeding
some wards will be represented By one mem-
hcr, some By two, and possibly even By three.
The injustice of this is palpab1c at first sight.
ell, y1,nIa n deal.
but It las become law, and cannot be al
tered in its reading. In lieu Of amendment,
nc propose to these ten Aldermen to resign
their seats, and in this proposal VIC appeal
simply to their sense Of honor and honesty.
Nhy do they wish to retain seats in the Coun-
ell, imagining that they represent certain
| Wards, when they were neyer elected from
| these Wards: For instance, how can Alder
men Hahn and Schall hold First Ward seats,
the new districting accidentally throwing
them into that ward, when they have never
received the first suffrage from that Ward ?
Will they, looking at the matter MS u point Of
honor to themselves, and courtesy to citi-
gems, insist upon retaining those seats? The
Republican portion Of the ho1d-oyer de!ega-
ton, and Alderman 3himp from the Demo-
/ cratic wing, are willing to give up their
claims and hare new deal Will the balance
come forward and with equal candor and man.
1inces trust themselves to the epeople, or will
they insist on representing wards from which
they were never elected? Speak out, gentle
men! Let the people say whether they want
You OF not.
The Old Folks, Concert.
The Old Folks concert at Bryan Hall las
evening was one Of the most pleasant musica
! entertainments given this winter, and wa
listened to by 4 largc and delighted audience
| The troupe is composed Of three sopranists
three contraltos, two tenors, and three bas
sos, with an orchestra Of first and sccon
! violin, clarinet, cornet, trombone and doubl
bass, the whole under the lead of Fathe
Kemp. AL Of the members Of the troupe ar
L h2bltea in the costumes Of century ago, an
> are in fact living copies Of the old worthie
l Of revolutionary days, looking for all th
world US if they had Just stepped down frot
y the time. e.mellowed old pictures that decorat
/ the walls Of historical and antiquarian socit
y ties. The costumes are exceedingly rich an
y have been prepared with strict accuracy (
= cut and finish.
;; The first part Of the programme was con
!, posed Of the old fugues, anthems md Cont
=. nenta1ers, the sturdy music Of which OF
y grandfathers and grandmotacrs used to pc
= out before and after tenth1y, in the days Whe
, the delicious luxuries and sensual harmonic
/ of the modern opera would haye been rcgar
a. cd In the same light that the old Knieke
- bockers looked upon the innovations Of tt
8, | Inv hnv - ra1fnf
- the musical bon bons and sweetmcats y
= have been feeding upon this Season, to 1istt
e to old Bridgewatcr, Northtcld, Ocean, N
jcsty, the Ode to Science rich in Revolutio
~ airy memories, aud the wailing old minor +
~ gucs with their stately Tythm and sonoro
70 cadenccs. Obi those old tunesi Thout
u driven out By the more artistic and intcllet
Is ual music Of the day, how their rough, u
couth melodies and pon2efous, slcdg
hammer hazmonies haunt usl How they co
IN jure up the sacred bygoncs and defy us
nc laugh ut what the judgment often pronouns
" ridiculous. They come to US, solemn
dirges; speaking eloqucnt1y Of the dead pa
'c'' and we must respect them. In nil the
/. pieces, the chorus was very effective, resi-
u.s. ing largely from the fact that Willie 1t =
powerful, the parts we're very evenly ba1anc
md The second part Of the programme :
composed Of modern ballad music, sol
'es' duoe, quartettcs and choruses. Mrs. Niche
lol- the soprano soloist, is singer Of unusual
cc1lcnce. Her voice is one Of large range {
per very sweet throughout It's entire comps
Her upper register is clear and almost fit
'nls like, and her whole voice very fresh
r. sweet. She was received very enthusia
on, c,lly, and received several encores.
is Mr. Whitney is one OF the best tenors t
ho' has ever sung in this city. Wccan remcm
kes but two voices We prefer to his-Brlgnc
tls' and Perrin's. His upper tones are vocal |
1ne fections, clenr, sweet and sympathetic.
gnu uses lis whole voice in most excellent ta
The male quartette is also we'll trained
composed Of unusually fine voices, blend
into most admirable harmony.
The second concert will occur this event
=. and We advise al Of our readers who VIC
spend most delightful hour, to 60 to Br
the Hall.
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