Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-06-05
LOCAL NEWS.

THE ELRCTIoN.-Thee election to day for Regis.
ter, Collector, Surveyor Aldermen, sid Uoun-
cilmen is progressing quietly in all the wards
There appears to be little interest manifested.
and the vote will be unusu ally light We have
visited the various precincts 10 ascertain how
the voting is progressing, and the res1i. ap-
pears to be as follows:
FIRST WARD.
In this ward the contest is entirely betwesl
the candidates for the Council and the Sur
yeyorship, there being no regular opposition
votes had been polled, OF which number tns
friends of Messrs. BAKER, Rheem and Kelley.
who are candidates tor the Council, claim 10
have majority, as they do also in the "a pre-
cinct, where 140 votes had been polled mp 10
half past two o'clock. There is considerable
scratching" Of tickets. however, and the
elect on OF all three of the gentlemen named
cannot be looked upon as certain. Forsyth.
for Surveyor, leads DOnegan four to one la
this ward Geary 'ndependent candidate FOR
cinct, but at the I'd it was believed he had re-
ceived none up tQrthe hour at which we left.
In the 1st precinct OF this Ward 81 votes aa1
been poiled up to o'clock. Donegan, for Sur
veyor, leads Fortyth here, but falls far short III
the I'd precinct, where ITO votes has eeen re-
ceiyed at O'Clock. The contest for Alderman
Is close between Plant and Owens. Hardness
has no opposition for Assessor, and stewart.
Raub and Peugh are reported TO lead Oh for
Ceun cilmen, while the friends of Messrs. Pet
tibone and Thomas, for the same positions. are
equally confident of success, ,rhers were NO
printed SIeerY GCkeIS IN bDlS w CT CUI krc Ia
believed to have received few votes at eaea
precinct for Collector. -.
=. 49,. THIRD WARD.
The contest for Alderman in this Ward
quite animated, the candidates being Messrs.
N. d. Larner and Thomas Lewis. At IL o'clock
lao votes had been polled at Is tprecinet. and 1t
Lewis was about 25 votes ahead at that hour.
At half past II O'Clock 10i votes had been peled
at the I'd precinct, the votes being prettyeqpa!-
Ther are see m M from
this Ward for the Council, and as the s'scratch-
ing" process vas adopted to a considerable
extent it is. difficult to arrive at any result
Geary, for Collector, appeared on several OF
the tickets circulated, but he received but few
votes, if any Forsyth, for Surveyor, tad
precincts at the hours named aboye.s
"f FOURTH WARD.
In tn, the first precinct h at2 O'clock AS ysses
lengers reported that the vote tor Alderman
was nearly equally divided between MessFs.
Lloyd and Utermehle The votes for Assessor
nearly divided, In he second precinct $50
votes had been pOlled. Mr.. A Lloyd was
largely in the majority for Alderman. and thu
fayorites for the other positions were the sar,e
as in the first precinct.
!. FIFTH WARD
There was but little interest unaffected In
the election in this ward: In the LIST precsnct
ar2:l0 p. m, 81 votes had been polled. There
appeared to be little or no opposition 10 tbs
presentincumbents of the city offices, or 10 Il
F. Gulck for Alderman. The contest waa
there were five. In this precinct Messrs. ".
H. Hamilton, Ward and Meade appeared 70 he
the fevorites. In the ID precinct 1Uo votes
were polled, and the contest as in the LIST pre-
cinct being between the candidates for the
Council. Here Messrs. Ferguson. Hamilton
and Davis appeared to be the favorites. but nc
one could give 4 reliable statement OF how the
vote stood.
SIXTH WARD.
The candidates for Alderman were Messrs.
Samuel Cross and John H. Peake. In the Is.
precinct at three O'Clock 95 votes had been
polled, and the friends Of Mr. Gross claimed
kept For the Council, Messrs. White, Herrei.
and Marche appeared to be ahead. In tina
I'd precinct the voting was more lively, and
goa votes had been polled. In this precinct
the friends Of both candidates for Alderman
were equally sanguine While for Council ,c
was conceded that Messrs. TaIbert and WhIte
had the majority Of the votes, and for tho THIRD
councilman the contest was between Mess-s.
HerreIl and Marche.
SEVENTH WARD.
At the LIST precinct, tyoting at Island HAIL
at half. past four p. m 81 votes had been cast
There had been considerable scratching o.
votes, and the contest for Alderman, between
Messrs. Lloyd and Mattingiy, was quite AMI
mated, the, friends OF both these genuenea
claiming the majority at that precinct.
At the I'd precinct, (Church's office. 'lta
stIeet,) at the same hour, 135 votes hao oeeS
cast, with Lloyd for Aldermandec decidedly ahead
Thomas f. Lloyd for Alderman and Messrs
Dudley. Wright and Walker for Council-wii
be reelected. -,.
Dopegan, the opposition candidate for Sur
veyor, at the hour above named, hsd soIas
forty-five votes at the two precincts.
A STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL commences TO
|. night at the Church of the Acension. on Il
ments are perfect for insuring delightful err
terta.umeut.