Evening star., 1867-06-04

returns that quite change has been made in
the membershiptof OF the City Councils bv the
election yesterday In the lower Board the
Republicans elect sixteen out of the twenty
one members. The Cons or vative m EN- bers
elected to the lower Board are the three from
the Fourth Ward and two from the Sixth
Ward. One Republican Councilman is elect
ed from the Sixth Ward, n. Dalin Tne only
M M ber OF the previous Council elected is
Mr.. Nalley ofthe Fourth Ward.
For the upper Board the Republicans elect
their candidates in all the wards but the Fourth
and Sixth. In the Fourth, two Cons vativss
ale elected, Messrs Asbury Lloyd (re.elected) }
and Capt. ". w. Moore, late President OF the
lower Board, elected to fill the vacancy created
Ward William Taibert Conservative, is
elected.
Oi the newly elected Aldermen Mr.. j. @.
Larmon, of the First WARD, is practical,
energetic, business man. He resided in
Georgetown some years. and while there was
in charge OF the machinery of the Cotton Fac
tory, and was Inspector Of fire apparatus.
He was Afterwards appointed to an i'm por Mt
position ia the Currency Bureau Of the Treas
ury Department in connection with the Me-
chanIcal Department of that Bureau, 4 posi-
tion he still holds. Mr.. Richards Is widely
known in this community in connection with
the educa tional interes IS o; the city. and he is
held i'll universal esteem. He has served in the
lower Board as one OF its most valuable mem.
bers, and was elected to the Presidency of the
Board. He is brother to Major A. y. Rich.
ards, the efficient Superintendent of Police
hr. Elyans is too well known ia this com
munity 10 neeo any NAL introduction. Com
mencing life poor boy. he has by his unald-
ed exertions worked himself up to a position
of aftluence: and by his frankness, integrity
and manliAess of character, has won the re-
spect Of all, even his warmest political oppo-
nents. No man is likely to WELD wider in
f1ueDce in moulding the future Of this city,
beneficially, than Mr.. Elvans. Messrs. AS
bury Lloyd and W. W. Moore, elected from
the Fourth Ward, are experienced and
th,rN Nnch Nv ~ lo horo haxy
for many years IN the two Boards. Both
of them have been compl;mented by being
called to preside over the Lower Board
The new member from the Fifth Ward, Mr.
Grinder, has also been the architect of his
own fortunes. Commencing as brick-maker's
boy, and rising to be proprietor, he has ac-
quired a handsome competency. The citizens
of his ward have heretofore shown their re.
spect for him by sending him TO the lower
Board of the City Councils. Mr.. Talbert,
elected from the Sixth Ward. has represented
his ward efiiciently in the lower Board fer
some years. He is master carpenter at the
navy ward, and is greatly esteemed in his
ward. as shown by the vote given him yester.
DAY. MIR. Wheeler, the Alderman elect from
the Seventh Ward, is in the hard ware busi.
ness on Louisiana avenue, and is known as
an energetic, successful business man. Dur
ing the war he was distinguished as a Jealous
Union man. and he has been firm Republi-
Messrs. John B. Turtop, First Ward: ]. Rus
sell Barr Second Ward J ohm 7. Given Third
Ward: james A. TAFT, F Ffth Ward Donald
McCathran, Sixth Ward. and Crosby 5. Noyes.
Seventh Ward. hold over. " -..'
ELECTION CERTIFICATES About , O'Clock
yesterday Capt. w. FL. Nailey and MIR. S. r.
Sylvester filed at the first precinct of The
Fourth Ward a protest against the reception
OF votes on certificates of the Judges Of Elec-
ton. on the general grounds that they were
issued without any authority of law, and also
because they were issued without the knowi.,
De-
and il is understood that no more votes on
certificates We're received after nat hour. al.
though the judges-Messrs. Bowen. Cleph IN q
and Robbins-lnformad them by nore that If
sueh votes Were refused IL Was at their perifE
Messrs. Bowen, Robbins, and Clephans
We're engaged in giving certificates TO those
whose names were omitted from the lists a :
the precincts which appeared on the original
registry on L street. near 7th from early in
the morning. to nearly seven O'Clock D. m .
and in the course of the day from four 20 i've
hundred were issued. III
1t is reported about the City Hall to-day
that hr. McNerhany. the defeated candidate
for Collector. will contest the election on the
ground OF votes on certificates being received,
and also on the ground that numbers OF ,the
votes cast by the colored people were illeg
SUICIDE OF WOMAN BY HANGING This
morning about 7 O'Clock, the body OF a Wo-
man named Margaret Deltz, alias Parks, alias
Pats, was discovered hanging In tine upper
avenue and Sd street. She was quite dead
Tne deceased had been living as a wife with a
man named DIlkS or DeltZ. who, from letter
found on her person, is believed to have
wife and family in Philadelphia. She has
two children, one in California and the other
in Baltimore. Dilks abandoned her a shor
time since, leaving her in a destitute condi-
ton. Coroner Woodward held an in q uest this
morning, and a verdict was rendered to the
effect that she died from suicide. committed
because of her abandonment by Dilks.
DECREE OF DIyoRcE-This morning, Judge
Olln, sitting in the Equity Court, made de-
cree diyorcing VIM. H. Beckett from the bonds
Of matrimony with Mary Francis Beckett
The petition flied by the late G. Z. h Day
sets forth that the parties were married in
April. 1883. and lived together for three wears
or more; that she conducted herself in an un-
becoming manner, receiving the visits Of other
men, and by her bad conduct forced the petit
tioner 10 leave her; that for the past two or
three years she has cob abited with one Ned
Ross, and claimed TO be married to him. l. L.
Johnson was the counsel in the case for the
petitioner, and Mr.. Ashford, examiner In
chancery, took the testimony. ..-.r
A DELIGHTFUL ExCURsIoS-If there are
any of our readers who wish to spend a day
away from the city, and ENJOY q pleasant trI p
on the Potomac, we recommend them to avail
themselves OF the opportunity offered them
IN. the grand Excursion to Glymont for bene-
fit Of the new Catholic Church. advertised in
our paper to-day. Boats will leave 7th street
wharf at 81 a. m, and a ana 81 p. m. to-
morrow. There will be a dramatic perform
aHce by the children al p. m.
AN EXTRA JoB.-Quite a number OF the
commissioners this morning, on reporting a.
ne City Hall 10 the Register, with the ballot
boxes, discovered that they had not completed d
their work, tnreugh Omitting to make list OF
d he persons voting, and hence they are doing
extra work to-day IN making out these lists
MARTlN-ADAMS. On the 4th inst. at Trinity
Church. Upper Marlboro. Prince George county,
Md. by Rev. Mr.. Kershaw. Mr.. GEORGE II.
MARTIN, Of this city, TO Mrs. SARAH A. l..