Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-02

CorpOTaiiOn, in Joint meeting OF ihs Bosrd, -,
AlocImen and Common Council, on the fr,t
met IN their respective chambers yesterday
evening at seven o'clock.
Beard II fAIdermea--Present: Aldermen Ber-
~, Cooley, Shinn, and King; Alderman Bean
"A message was received from the Common
SS.unSll proposing 10 hpfd JOINT meeting for
ilviiing he BOerd Of Aldermen 70 the Council
ShaHher Tor that purpose The Board ac-
kheNPoEso ne reception Of the meeeaee, ana
nnhounosd 70 the Council its readiness 10 CON
piY with the invitation OF hat BODY. A com
nlt'te Nas appointed by the Common Council
te erndne rhe board OF Aldermen to the Coun.
lcint convention
Cesimon COvnetl.--President Jenkin Thona,
in the chair. All the members present
a CCnm muniCation was sent TO the Alderusn
n hVitlng Ibt m TO point meetin an this CLIMBER
ior he election Of corporation efioers.
message from the Aldermen, announcing
Messr. stake and Kelly were aprointet 70
conduct them 10 the chamber
JorNT MEETIxG.
Mr. Beall. President OF the Aldermen took
ne ne 81 air, Mr, Laird, clcrk OF Ihe Aldermen,
Mr.. Stake made point OF order. ol,i.,tins n
the rr'Etnce OF an Alderman Who, thuuEh
elected, had not been present AZ many meetings
OF Tie Con- IoTation, attending 10 the Interests
OF the PEOPLE.
The Char decided hat the matter was hs-
Nond the province OF this meeting, ana tas
point OF order was withdrawn.
number of communications were submt'ts,i
irSm applicants for the various Offices. which
wele read by tie Recorder the Offices were
in order a
The frstbusiness in order was the elec,,on
Of Rees1d'r Sessrs, Berry and Hsiston were
Mr.. Towler noslibsted MIR. c. NJ. Mathews
Mr.. BTonaUgh nCminaied. W. =. Cox There
were sixteen votes cast: for Mr.. Cox :, Mr.
Mathews 9. Mr.. Mathews wak declared
elected.
Mr.. Stake moved that one member from each
Fcard be appointed 10 conduct the Recorder
elect 10 The chamber; agreed tC. and Msssrs
Messrs. Sfake and q odey Were appointed
MIR. Mathews appeared, and the oath OF Of
flee was then administered nv A. HYDE, Esq
Mr. Mathews took the char. thanksd the
Joint meeting for this New Years token of their
regard, and proce, ded TO the election Of Cl.rk
On motion, The Clerk Of the Council was d.
rected 10 cast the vote OF the loint meeting for
W. Laird, who v as declared unanimousIy
elected
For Flour Inspector-Messrs Daniel Nc
CSnn. John Drill, !. ID. Robertson, and y
Baker were nominated. Mr.. Robertson re-
CeIyed eleven votes, and was DECLARED elsctrd
For Gaugor of Spirituous Liquors and In
speetoT OF Sailed Provisicns-J. G. johnson,
For Collector Of Taxes-Chas. D. welch, Is,
and Il. NJ. Ofuft, l.
For Market Master and SeaIer OF Weights
aud MeaEures-H. ID. Walker, Robt McPher-
son, Jas. II. Ball, L. l.. Clements, and w. VI.
Applehy.
Inspector ana Marker OF l.Un bpr-H
Wineate, /; ". II. Simms, I3.
For WciGher of Hay, Straw and FodG.r-
Nm. h. Craig, +: II. q. Rtter,g
For WoodcoIder and Measurer-E. 3. Bar
rett. g. Henry Burrows. II.
For Trustee of the Poor-Thos. knowles, ,:
f. ]. Shoemaker, 3; NJ. '. Bnckry. TO-
For Inspector OF Fire Engines-Wm. Tan
ner was unanimously elected.
For Harbor Master-S II. Sherman, 5: John
II. DarBes, I; Eben G. Brown, II.
For Chimney Sweep-Samuel p. Trexler, n;
IA h. r1f z.
For Suryeyor-The election was postponed,
on motion OF Mr.. Stake.
Commission of Streets and Water Engineer
Mr.. Stake nominated the Mayor, Henry Addi-
son, who received votes; John II. Newman,
:; blank, ].
For judges Of Election-1st precinct-J =.
Birch, IS; q. W. Stroud, 10; John Darnes, n;
Daniel Mccain, 2; II. Wingate, 3; B. +. Mox-
ley, l. I'd precinct-J. /. barrett IA; W. IA.
Craig, IL B. 7: Browns !; w. J.. Shoemaker,
3; blank. ]. Sd precinct-w. G. Magee, IS;
samuel Cropley, II; Jas. A. Donnelly, -; "a.
O. Ritter, .; Jos. Nicholson, .: blank, l. 4th
precinci-J. Ramsburg, IS; T.. q. Brown, IS;
Il. Petit, "a: A. Beale, 1. There are three
judges 20 each precinct.
Guardians OF Georgetowp Schools
Board consists OF seven members, elected as
follows: W. q. Magee, IS; Hyde, IS; W. l..
Dunlop. u; J. L. Kelley, u; T. A. Newman,
II; q. w. Beall. u; ]. III. Wilson, II; J. l..
,Smms. 5; w. II. Craig, G,
For Messenger TO the Boards, Mayor, and
Clerk-Mr. Isaac Birch was unanimously re-
elected.
For Physician for Smallpox Cases-East
Medical WaTd-Dr. A. Peters, 13: Dr. Mathews.
3. West Medical Ward-1h he contest was for
DIR. Lewis Richie, A. Sheckles, Mccormick,
and Mathews, and after the sixth ballOting Dr.
Mccormick was declared elected.
Police agistrate-I ustice NJ. v. Buckley
was unanimously elected.
The Joint meeting then adjourned. and the
Common Council resumed its session and ad-
Ourned.
RoEBERY, ARRESTS AND RECOVERY or
GcoDs Last Efday night, the clothing store
OF a. Schmidt Co, on Bridge street. corner
Of Washington. was entered by burglars, and
goods 10 the value Of about $40 were stolen
The store was opened by means OF false KEYS
or lockpieks. The complainant had no sus-
plclon, and could give no clue 10 the robbers
Saturday, Sergeant Essex having heard that
man named Lewis White, alias Dutchpy. who
lives on 23d street, between r and y, Wash
Ington, on The street at q late hour, went
to the house last night with officers Harper,
Pa1son and Sherwood, and secured all the
places OF cgTess, entered, and found White and
his wife in bed, James Hicks, of Georgetown,
lying on the floor, and VIM. Smith, alias Lock-
erty, was sitting up, having been aroused by
the officers. Smith tried 10 escape ny the back
door, but was halted by an officer, WHO put a
pistol TO his head. The Sergeant searched the
house, and found three trunks, and the goods
stolen were closely packed in these, except a
suit for each Of the thieves, winch they had
been wearing. In one OF the trunks were a lot
OF skeleton keys, filed keys, a vial OF chloro-
form, and augurs, chisels and files, and cold
chlse'-a very rough but useful kit Of tools for
burglarious gang. They were all taken 20
Georgetown with the prisoners, the Sergeant
remaining 10 see who would come IN. About
an hour after, Jonathan II. Paxton came 20 the
door, and as soon as ne saw the Sergeant he
ran. The Sergeant pursued him, and fired
pistol al him, and Paxton fell without being
struck, and was arrested. He also was sent TO
Georgetown. he was clad in some Of the sto-
len goods. Yesterday morning the prisoners
bad preliminary hearing, and was held for
further hearing by Justice Buckley. The goods
are all Identified by Mr.. Schmidt. This case
was very skillfully managed by Sergeant Is
sex and his officers. White is the Oldest and
only twenty-four years Of age; his wife and
the other parties are OILY twenty each They
are all well known to the police, and several
have been arrested on previous occasions for
various offences.
ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL
RoAD.-Col. BraXton, no is at present ngaged