Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-03


In the briefs fled many cases are referred to,
among others, those Of Sickles, Foley and Mary
The court awarded new trial. The accused
VIII therefore not suffer the penalty Of the law
on Friday Of next week.
A Fifth Ward Punlit ON Municipal
In what particular is Mayor Bowen unlike a
quaker? because be would not eat with hat-on.
Why 10 Mayor Bowen like Ben. Franklin while
an apprentices Because he does not like his
why j: Mayor Bowen like ehambermaidg
Why is Mayor Bowen like s,s steel e die in pro
cess Of manutacture? Because he is about to be
SrcoND WARD REruBLIcANs-Dr. Pnrvis and
NE Irishmen-H Den;es and Explains and De
cldims-The Second Ward Republican Club
met last evening ut Liberty Hall, on 10th street,
near the boundary, Charles h. Peters, Ward
that there would be three days for general reg
istration, and urged all to register ct that time
who have not yet been registered. Money was
no hoped
then taken up, and nearly $50 raised. A Mr..
Charles q. st. Clair, President of the Second
Ward Irish Republicans, addressed the club in
harangne with bid to be one Of the delegates
70 the nominating convention, by announcing
that II he should 60 to the convention as q
delegate he would vote for Bowen, and all
the gold in the Treasury could not buy
him to vote otherwise. Thomas H. Chase
moved that a committee of five be APP
the kpr mary election on Wednesday; adopted.
pr. q. b. Purvis next entertained the crowd
with q spread-eagle speech. He denied that he
desired to welcome them into the Republican
party with open arms. He pitched into Mr. G.
A. Hall, Of the Second Ward, as not being a
for disagreeing with Mayor Bowen; and thought
The STAR a mischievous journal. He blushed
with shame when he read in that paper, some
lime since, the statement that it had made Mr.
Boswell magistrate, then made him Collector,
and would make him Mayor when he (BosweiD
learned to spell little. Next he abused the
RI uc!iean and every one opposed to Mr.. Bowen,
and 1t was not until frequent calls had been
made for Peters and others, and the crowd
began to thin out on account Of his long winded
harangue, that he subsidized. The Chair an
nounced the committee to select delegates to be
voted for on Wednesday:-WashingtOn Waller,
DIR. j. w. Van Aernam, Walter Nelson, Antho.
ny Banks and A. +. MOulton. Ward Commits
sioner Peters and his assistant, Brooks, made
BOWEN MEETING IN THE SIXTH WARD
Acjcr Aorses Connndrams and TIE AnsUers.-A
at Howard,s Building, in the Sixth Ward, last
evening. Mr.. j. L. Venable was called to the
chair, and Mr.. A. Mckenzie was appointed
men were present he was willing they should
remain, provided they behaved themselves
better than they had been in tho habit OF doing
Andrew Neville were appointed q Committee 10
have tickets printed for the primary election
Major Morse here made his appearance, and
vas Gsso received wed with cheers led on y Charles
egates to be voted for on Wednesday, and they
were Endorsed by the meeting III. L. Venable,
nolds, g. Langley, Andrew Neville, w. Hanna,
Isaac Sinner, Michael Mccormick, Michael
Skinner, Henry Larmon, McGfll Pierce, VIM. B,
Major Morse was them and ssssa
who fought the suffrage bill through the House
OF Representatives? Sayles j. Boweni tAp-
Plsuse. Who followed and puahed the civil
Bowen! tApplause.l Who fought In the School
Trustees for an equal apportionment of the
school fund.- sayies j. Eoweni [Appiause. !
posed Mayor Bowen, when only two years ago
iteupperted Andrew johnson. A motion that
this meeting was in favor Of electing delegates
was adopted. A committee was appointed to see
to the registration of voters, IS follows: james
Marshall, D: Stewart, Mr.. Ross, Pierce, Fletch-
Wilson. The Chair was authorised to appoint a
consulting committee OF fifteen. Messrs. Pierce
and Brosie then addressed the meeting. -
Bowxr MASS. Mrxrrxo IN THE sxvxrrz
WARD mass meeting Of the friends Of Mayor
Bowen was held atSthe Intersection Of az street
and Virginia avenue last evening, but in the
crowd there were . number OF antl-Bowen Re-
publicans. Mark +. Scott was elected presi-
dent, and Robert Gilehrist was chosen secre-
tary. The first speaker was Rev. Anthony
Bowen, who warmly endorsed Mayor Bowen as
having been Q friend Of the colored man in the
dark days OF slavery; and he oautiessd the an
dience not 10 allow the Democrats TO win, fore
II they did, tho eolored man Woald tbo prU.
scribed. The chairman, Mr.. Scott, warmiy de-
Tended the sdministrstion Of Mayor Bowen, and
deAed his enemies to subetsuffate the cheraee
made against him. He offered . resoautim tat
when the meeting adjourn Il be % meet IN
Island Hall on Wednesday Ct O'Clock D. m.:
which was adoptsd. During his REMARKS he
vS frequently interrupted BY cheers fcr Rich
christ followed, urging that Mayor Bowen hsa
him VOL k, and Il WA their duty 10 support him:
and pr: dicted IL his opponents succeeded the
aboring men would Be driven from the city.
Prof Green next addressed the meeting, warmly
endorsing Mayor Bowen, but he was repsatsdiy
Interrupted BY cheer for Richards and crieD 81
Dry up Go heme,' &C.; and the CHAIR
finding Il didncult TO maintain order adjourned