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ton at the approaching municipal election: and
| we further recommend and in vite such con-
| ventton TO meet st Temperance Hall fin E street.
between Ninth and Tenth) on Friday. May ist,
| at p M, 70 make such nominations; and we
! do hereby pledge the nominees of that copyen.
| tion our unqualified and hearty support
Mr.. W. A. Croffut stalled that another call
was published, and asked if there was to be a
| clash OF interests.
Mr.. W. ID. Ellwood offered the following, re-
marking that he wanted them to show their
hands, which was adopted:
BE resoIred. dc, That the Secretary of this
meeting be requested and instructed to solicit
from Messrs. Dixon and Richards, the candi.
dates for the Colieetorship, an immediate reply
10 the following interrogatories First, Will
you abide by the decision of the convention OF
the unconditional Union men of Washington
Second, Will you give the nominees of that
convention your hearty and unqualified sup
port! And that he publish the replies thereto
as soon as practicable after the receipt of them,
or in case Of failure on the part Of either or
both candidates to reply, to make public
statement OF the fact through the press Of the
city.
The meeting proceeded TO ballot Tor delegates
to the convention. (Messrs. T. ElIwood and
Lamb tellers,} and the following were elected.
receiving III votes, the whole number cast
J. A. Graham, W. A. Cook, L. W. Dorsey, A.
s: Dant, and A. ]. 4. Baker.
Nominations for q candidate for Alderman
being in order-Mr. Baker nominated ]. w
Thompson; Mr.. w. d. Eliwood nominated Geo
H; Plant and on bailotng, Mr.. Thompson re-
L,
The following candidates were nominated for
the Common Council, vtca poice S. p Brown,
{Nayy SSn. Agennt2 n 3 g; T Raub, present ineum
L. W. Dorsey was nominated by acclamation
for Assessor.
Mr.. u. NJ. Kelsy offered the following, which
was adopted: Resolved, as An expression of
the views of this meeting, that the policies and
principles Of the present administration are
sound and patriotic, and should be sanctioned
by the nominees and dsiegates Of this meeting.
MY. (NaNhanp hat
called for Wednesday evening, at Medical Col.
lege on F street, to elect delegates to a conyen.
tion to nominate candidates for Collector, Reg.
lister, and Surveyor, but as that call was pub
lished subseq quently to the call for this meeting,
he held that the delegates selected at this meet
Ing should be considered chosen The call
only appeared for city officers, nothing being
stated about ward officers. He did not know
the object and would like to be informed.
MI Baker-It was called to distract the ua-
conditional citizens OF this ward.
Mr. Clephane moved that when the meeting
adjourn, 1t be to meet At the Medical College on
Wednesday evening, to sustain the nominees
selected; carried.
Messrs. Ward, Brown and Dorsey briefly re-
turned their thanks tor the nominations. Mr..
Brown stated that he would have preferred
that some older citizen had been nominated;
that although he had been much in the city for
years past, he had only resided here about two
years.
After short address by the Chairman the
meeting adjourned.
CRIMINAL COURT, Judge eFjSher.-Yesterday
the case OF }. e.. Gibbs, indicted on two counts
for forgery and attempts to defraud the Gov
ernments by means OF fraudulent papers, was
taken up, and two witnesses were examined.
Major Mckeeyer testified that all discharges
of soldiers are signed by himself. or during his
absence by Major Hunt, and that the signature
on the papers purportng to be his, was a for
gerry. Col. l.. &. Baker testified that a few
days after the arrest the prisoner sent for him
and stated to him that he wanted to appeal to
the lenency of the Government and Lord
Lyons, for he was British subject and ais
stated that he had forged the papers without
thinking of the enormity of the crime.
JOHN DE BAPTIs.-Sunday afternoon, at
the " Contraband camp the old colored min
ister who is known by the above name, and
who for long time was the acknowled ged
religious leader among the contrabands, preach
ed in the open air near the camp to a large as
semblage, taking for text his favorite one
land III those dayS came John the Baptist"
from which he delivered original sermon.
During the exercises several hymns were sung
John lining them out, some OF them being OF
extraordinary length.
DESCENT ON PEAR TREE ALLEr-Lastnieht
the patrol made q descent on one of the houses
in Pear Tree Alley, island and captured the
following, who were on high old time: Maria
Woodbeck, Fanny Cook, Mary Cook, Jose
phine Risley, Caroline Snyder, Ellen Davis, A
Jane Pickrell They We're housed last night at
the Central Guardhouse, and this morning
Justice Ferguson fined them each S5 90, which
was paid by their friends.
ZooZoOs.-The city thoroughfares are again
thronged with Zcuaves, the lofh New York
having returned yesterday from the Army of
the Potomac, on their way home; they being
two years regiments and their time having ex-
pired. A great many of them express deter
mination to enlist.
FACT WORTH KyOwIso-That India rubber
goods Of every desert pton can be repaired in the
neatest manner and at the shortest notice at H. A.
Halls Rubber Warehouse. SEQ Pa. avenue. be-
tween 9th and 10th SITS. JD-eOl0t