Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-18
Act 70 Regulate the selecsles Of officer.
SD A rfiAJ the City - Warrington
= TIE foIlov,ng is the bin introduced by Mr..

I 1n4tON ma OF inc bO0TQS OF Alderman and
/ Common Couneil tor the purposes mentionet
in the first section Of this act. the Mayer or he
President OF either of said Boards shall pre-
side, and the secretaries Of said Boards shan
act rs tellers and keep a record OF the proceed
! ings. and the Mayor or any member OF either
| Of said Boards may nominate one or more per-
| sons for the offices required 70 be filled, an d
/ the person having the highest number of votes
| snail BE- publicly declared selected and q GER
tifcate Of his SELECTION shall, within five dayS.
| be m ade ont, and signed by the presiding Off :
persons selected, who shall, within ten days
thereafter, enter on the discharge OF the duty
1 of hts once.
| SIC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all
! questions arising in the Joint con vention au-
thorized by this act shall be determined by a
majority OF the votes Of the mem bers thereof
! present at any OF Its meetings, and itsnaH have
| power to adjourn from time to time uutil all
| the duties imposed upon IT shall be completed, >,
j and to require ct the persons selected for any
| ONCE such security as may be deemed neces-
| sary. H"s.
| SIC. 4. And be it further enaeted, That all
| acts or parts OF acts inconsistent herewith De,
and the same are hereby repealed.
- THE NATIONAL b. b. Club The Nationals
at Cincinnati are winning laarels both for II ne
| playing and Eentlemanly department, though
somewhat provoked by the .msnnerisms" OF
own play ers, and little for their guests How
ever. the Cincinnati Club. one Of the finest in
the West, by their hospitality to our boys more
| than compensate for the bad manners OF the
| spectators during the fine game Of last Mon
| day, played before over fve thousand specta-
tors, a large portion being Of the fair sex. The
| game was called at O'Clock, Fox, Captain OF
the Nationals nine, winning posltion, and
| sending his lively boys to the field, where they
saluted the Cincinnati boys with q around
o." Then the Nationals went to the bat, but
| could get only two home. The next innin gs
| were in the same style, only the winners were
| reserved, the game now standing two and
| two. Third innings closed with q score OF 4
to 3. Nationals but one ahead Fourth innings
| Nationals scored eleven, while their opponents
were cut down to one, in consequence Of
| ing stinger from his Sd base, putting ont
Harry Wright and our "Wrght'' catching
out Rogerson on a foul This innings brought
Of in ahs me
the vociferous applause for their oppo-
nents began gradually to s.simmer down"
Oincinnatiana, they scoring but one run, while
the Nationals put in six. The sixth innings
went still "foul'. for the Cincinnati boys. not
one OF tn them 6 being IN ga able to make base. each
two, three order. The seventh. eighth. and
ninth innings were somewhat diminished in
added % to their score, against for their ad-
versariee, who again suffered two ssround O's -
Total score, National 53 Cincinnati TO- The
latter club entertained the Nationals finely at
the close OF the game. A detachment of the
celebrated "High Tycoons" and .Never Dis
mounts" composed OF chronic ssmuffers'' OF
the National Club, were on the following day
| to play muffin nine'' OF the "Bnckeye
Club with " hat result the telegraph has not
yet informed Us, though special messenger
| with ample details may be hourly expected.
The second grand match of the. National
Club At Cincinnati, and the third Of the series
played Thus far on the tour, took place Tues.
day on the Cincinnati Club grounds, in the
presence Of fully as large an assembage As
witnessed the first match, considerable
curiosity being evinced 10 see how the Back
eyes would play. The weather was exceed
tnO W yxy0r Init q AnnA Hha h,o@ sh1.
not witness the game. The Nationals tork the
lead from the start, and played q finer game
than before. The contest was terminated at
the sixth innings as the Nationals had to Leave
In the boat for Louisville at p. m. the score
stood: National, es; Buckeye. 10. Umpire
MT II. Wright Of the Cincinnati Club. Scorers
Three hours and hve minutes. Fly catches
National, z Buckeyes. g. Ont on fouls
National, seven times; Buckeye, five times.
THE ANTI RAILWAY MONOPOLY LEAGUE
meeting of the Anti railrsad Monopoly
League was held last evening at the rooms OF
the Board OF Trade; there being present the
following named gentlemen: w. H. Olagett,
G. L. Walker, L. Edwin Dudley, Col. Wilson
Millar and Mr.. McNamara.
Mr.. w II. Clagett was called to the chair,
mittee, made q report, stating that the COM
mitee had directed their attention to the ia ell
tiles for transporting goods and merchandise
to and from this city. After referring to ;ns
mittee states that they have learned the Senate
Committee the District OF Columbia was
authorized to SIT during the recess, and they
were impressed that an excellent opportunity
was thereby afforded for the League to bring
to the attention OF the committee any plans
which they may resolve upon for the advan-
After referring to the project for an air
line railroad to New York. and the Po-.
tomac Railroad, both of which they. SPEAK
favoIaoly Of they state that they find that the
lxOn0OH hAmnAhirA rpA hoon -.
pleted and run from Alexandria and Leesourg
and is graded to point 10 miles beyond A
sMan 81 an e1psnaitnrs would complete this roate
tnis city the unrivaled productions OF the
Shenandoah valley and place the coal of that
region IN our possession at about one half the
cost at which it is now obtained from the otn.
er points named; they further learned that
washington was 800 miles nearer to Ciucin-
natl, 81 Leuis and other points in the West,
than New York or any port on this coast ana
they have therefore considered the question of
route from this city through Virginia, West
Virginia. Ohio. kentucky, Tennessee and
this city the productions of the great West for
Shipment to the different ports OF the world.
Tney suggest q route commencing a. the
City OF Washington, and crossing the Potornac
upon structure to be erected, suitable for q
carriage, foot-way, and railroad way, and
thence along near the line of the Orange and
Alexandria railroad. TO Gordopsvllle, and on
to Charlottesville on the Virginia Central: thew
next speak OF q route through the blue ridge
ana around Inc Cumberland Mountain TO get
INTO the fertile valleys of the Western rivers
The report refers TO the many ad vaurages to he
gained from this route and in Conclusion the
committee says: Let the merchants of WasA-
inRton At once arouse themselves 10 the i'm
Dortan CO Of purchasing their goods in Europe,
and let the steamboat and marine men at once
establish line of steamers direct to Europe 10
carry the mail and produce of the country, and
bring back goods direct to Washington and
let Washington become th e port OF embar kasion
and entry OF the European travel. The COM
mftee also state that they believe the railroad
TO Point Lookout from Washington, Will be
constructed as soon as the Baltimore and Po-
tom &C road locate their mum branch from Bal.
timore to AQuia Greek.
The report was received and the meeting ad.
journed.
BLACK EYRs.-About fifteen soldiers, ar
rested for oisorderly conduct and infoxication,
were locked mp in one cell at the Central
Guardhouse, last evening. where they en-
gagged in a general fight, and everal came he
fore the justice this morning with black ewes
THE NATIONALS VICTORIOUS At LopIs.
vILLE.-A match game of base ball was PLAYED
at Cedar Park, Louisville, Ky Yesterday Snd
resulted In q victory for the National Ciub Of
this city over the Lonisyille Clubs, the score
standing So to 21.
ALsxAEDRIA AND VIcrKIrY.-The Gazstte
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