Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-06-18
LOCAL NEWS.
= ssE LATE ~ a. sEaroo.

Hal! are Closed Today Sad the puolic schools
aEsmis~ed-
Special Meeting OF The City Councils
bv -, of ALnLSNsA June Is, iSoo.-The
Boaid met thIs morning az 10 O'Clock pursuant
70 the cali OF 'he Mayor Present: Messrs
llasE, Quick, A. LIoyu, e. s Moves TAFT, I'd
inonsiou. Owen. Iur'on. Given. Gross. Ma
-. v. Moves.
The following message was received from
the Mayor
MAroE's OFFICE, CRY HALL. wAsHrxc-
T"s, ID. q, June =, lSo6.-To the Board of Al
o"5r"H.-esentlemen: IL is NV painful duty 70
Inform YOU OF the death of w w Seaton
WHICH occurred at his residence IN this city on
me morning OF saturday, the 18th instant, n
10 o'clock.
The length OF time he has resided in our m,d.,
the intimate relations OF the deceased 10 this
community as Mayor OF this city for many
years. a3a the fidelity and marked urhanity
with which he DISCHARGED the duties of the Of
flee signa!y endeared him 10 his fellow-cit ii.
zens nafe, therefore. summoned you to-
gtther thst You may give expression to the
great rrgfPt thus event occasions to those Won
n present, and by your action eyiuce vour est
Inaie OF tie loss our city has sustained
NeES respectfully,
RICHARD WALLACE, Mayor
A resolution was received from the lower
Board appointing three IurInberS of the Roard
o: "A Aldermen ana fosr members of he Ros nd ~
common Council 10 draft resolutions expres-
sive of the regrei of the City Councils al the
death of the late W. w. Seatou, which was
concnrred in, and The chair appointed Messrs
Magruder. Barr and A. LLOYD az SAID commit
tee. on The part OF ;hiS Board
Iht Board took a Tecs = and on reaSsembliug
Mr.. Magruder reported fTcm the Joint commit
tee the following resolutions:
II, so'cea. That the members otthe Civ Conn
CHS. IL common with their Constituency have
eal with the most hearted; sorrow OF the
decrease OF william Winston Ssatou An o.
M"H OF, and one of he oldest citizens and truest
trt iIds of thr civ.
R1soired. That we tender our earnest sym-
patty 10 The family and friends OF the de-
c-3Src in the HcUrnsuI addiction which has
over ~ lelmed them with grlet
he>c're3. Thai as 4 testimonial of the higii
appreciation IN which me deceased WAS held
by ms community hat all business in the
C!tf nan y" suspended during this day, ard
thhi be public schools be- closed 10 allow the
pup'S and teachers 10 Unite in the ianerai
UhSel''ieS.
irc5clr,i. THAI The Mayor be reoues,eo n
Tran>rat a copy .. the lore going res solutions To
TIE :ITaity o. The deceased.
h's"'-r'- That he Mayor b. requested TO
MAX II" necessary arrangements 10 enable
the tTo boards and Corporation officers 40 A.
t"no the funeral 40 ~ o clock this afternoon
M. Nagruder, "a submitting tue above said
he could got let IN" occasion pass without :.
lev rmarks IN appreciation OF the worth OF
the dsceased. ana the regret eXpeIien ced at his
loss HIS name WIS q household word al every
mr. de- and his virtues made him loved by all
he growth and prosperity Of this City was due
I" MN more Than 10 aHy other man. and il vas
proper mar We should give expression TO our
grief ~ his death.
IAr. A. Lloyd then delivered an affecting
address, reviewing the private and upbIIc Efe
81 iIe iilustriouS deceasPd
The President. I. T.. Lloyd. then PAID 4 feel
ing Tribute TO me deceased. and said he Gid not
believe any man ever lived with larger naart
Ills charify was never appealed 30 in vain
Mr.. Lloyd then spoke OF the intimate relations
tNIsiing between the deceased and the great
men OF the past history OF Our country. not
Oniy i!iUSt-IOUS statesmen. bat The great can
tam. General Scott. Spe;i Eing of the lpayit OF
deceased, ne sand let us an then take VIM W
Seaton as our guide, ard we may hone that our
end VIII be a peaceful, a. glorious, Is angelic
IL his.
Mr. Moves moved rhat.the addresses ba puh.
lishCd with the proceedings OF the BOARD.
which was agreed 10. Adjourned.
BOARD or CoNMox CoUNcu.-yics pras;.
cent PeUgh took the chair. ana laid before the
Board similar communication 10 that re-
oeiy.d 10y the Board of Aldermen, which was
read.
The President of the Board. ". ". Moore
Esq. then spoke as follows:
MI: President: The message just read from
the chair Will impress with sadness the heart
OF every member of THIS Board
William Winston Seaton. whose death Is
therein announced, has for many years en-.
Joyed the high esteem and even the affection
OF large proportion of the intelligent con-
stiiuencies which II is our privilege to repre
sent. Born in Virginia, in January l7s5. and
having there acquired. i'm youth and earl
man hood, some experience as a printer and
journalist, he emigrated first to North Caro-.
lima, and thence. in 1872 TO this city. and soon
after his settlement here became associated i'm
business with his brother in law, the late 10.
seph Gales, who Tor two or three wears prior
TO that time had been the sole proprietor and
editor of the National TRteHigencer
The files of that journal, now time-honor.d
| bear witness to the able and censcientious
| manner in which it was conduc ted under Thai,
| Joint labors supervision 1t was its good for
| tune soon 10 acquire and ever afterward to
| MAINTAIN reputation for fairness, Justice and
patriotism, which secured for il the confideuc &c
| OF large portion of the people in all parts of
our land. Amid all the mutations of political
| parties, and all the bitterness OF political
| strife, II never permitted the impulses of pas.
| sion or Of prejudice to swerve II from the OBJ
| servance of becoming decorum in the dis.
| cussion of public questions. The advance.
ment of the people in all their social ana ma
terial Interests the prosperity. happiness and
unity OF the country, We're the great ends to
winch BITS columns were devoted; and, as
faithful sentinel at the post of duty, il never
Jailed to sound the alarm whenever danger
In any form, threatened the peace or the Sta.
6ility OF the Republic. No journal
or more forceful arguments the PERM
cions doctrines which eventually cuI
minated IN fragrant rebellion. Its voice
@,n, d' y; pieao ior the lndiysi6ity and the
the same spirit of compromise, federation, and
fraternity which had animated the fathers ~
the Constitution. Maintaining the supremacy
OF the national Government within the sphere
OF Its legitimate authority, 1t regarded with all
horrence the baleful doctrines of nuIlificatiou
and secession, exposing their fallacy from time
10 time, as opportunity offered, and deploring
fhe infafuation which assumed that the nara
mount laws of the Government could be suc.
crssfully resisted by any State or combination
OF States, or that any State or States could
withdraw from the Union without producing
iierce and unrelenting civil war. Adopting
the language employed bv Southern states.
men baif century ago in regard to secession.
when the political heresy was FIRST broached
at the North, hesiated not to characterize II as
treason, and portrayed, as If with the inspira
uon OF prophecy, the awful catastrophe which
would inevitably fellow any attempt to carry
It into practical operation. Ten years before
the rebellion, addressing especially the CHIEF
conspirators h South Carolina, it predicted
that ages wonla not repair to that people the
ruinous desolation Of five years Of Secession.
prescription, confiscation, the loss OF life.
liberty, and property, the breaking mn OF
peaceiui homes, and the general devastation
OF Inc country. were held nm to contsyu.
plation, as among the dread calamities which
would inevitably result from a persis.
tence In their Ubiquitous designs But ad-
monifion, remonstrance and admiration. how
ever calm, sagacous and fraterpal were nm.
awaiting to control the vaulting ambition and
evil passions OF men, or to allay the fell spirit
OF party which fomented and provoked the
Mairicldal strife. Naught but the terrible ~.