Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-05-05
Our New Government.


Our New Government.
cfeers q he House Of Observation-Disclosures by
the Republican Caucus.
The republican members elect of the House OF
eelegaSes OF the Legislative Assembly OF the
Bttrict Of Columbia, met in caucus last even
ing all present except Solomon q. Brown, of
TIE flrst district. John r. Cox, of the Fourth
Sstrlct, was elected chairman, and Lemuel
Bursley, OF the Twenty first district, secretary
1he chair announced the object of the caucus
70 be the nominal Of on GERS for the House OF
Delegates, when the bslloting commsnced At
once, with the following result: First ballot
Charles l.. Hulse, !, +. A. Boswell, 4; George
Burgess, !; A. ). Solomons, 1; j. T. III. Hall, i.
ballot was taken, with the following result
Charles L. Hulse, 9; +. A. Boswell, 1: George
Burgess, j. Upon motion of MIR. Boswell Mr.
HUE was declared the unanimous choice Of the
caucus.
A ballot was then taken for the choice of Chief
Clerk. Three candidates were placed in tue
held: Mr.. p. h. Khinehart, W. H. Pope and
George >. Gideon. After two ballots had been
taken Mr., RhinehaIt received votes. and was
declared elected. The other officers elected
were a. follows: ASSISTANT Clerk, John L. John
SOD, Engrossing Clerk, Richard W. Thompkins:
Enrolling Clerk, Gustavus Kuhn; Sergeant-at-
Arms, Maurice j. Hurley.
TIE CANDIDATES.
MI. Hulse, the candidate for Speaker was
born in the state Of New York and j. about 81
years OF age. Under the 6rst call for troops by
President Lincoln, be responded, and enlisted
State militia, commonly known as the 18th
BROOKLYN regiment in April, 1861, and served
WITH mat command until the suppression of the
IeoelEon. he then, in 1855, took up his resi-.
dence N the First Ward of this CITY, and has
been ever since consistent republican. In
lstS BE was appointed a United States assistant
assessor Tor this city, position which he now
bOl,s, and which he has filled with ability
tpon the assembling of the Sixty-seyenth Coun-
ca ne was elected secretary of the Board of
Aldermen, and was again chosen to MI that
trust oy the members OF the present (Sixtv-
eighth Council. NN'
Or the other candidates IL nav be said tba,
MI hhlnehardt came 70 this city in 1851 from
pennsylvania, and has recently filled position
IN the Bureau of Statistics OF the Treasury da-
pHtmeh,; sir. johnson is resident of the
Iwenty-trst district, has been EMPLOYED in the
capitol for number of years, In now the pro-
prlet0r or the reiectory OF the House OF Repres-
entatlves and was Reading Clerk for the g. tn
tative of the republicans Of the Seventeenth
Glsulct, II AZ present employed in the once OF
=. a. Boswell, Collector of Taxes, and has filed
Councils with ability; Mr.. Kuhn is q resident Of
The Fourteenth district, and at present clerk to
the Warrington Asylum; and Mr.. Hurley IL
reedeDs OF the Eighth district, and il known As
leading Irish republican.
BROTHER GORDON AND HIS BArp-gKApKp
BABY.festerdsy morning, Sergeant Kneae
arrested John Gordon and took him before
Justice ID. X. Smith, on a charge preferred bv
Alice Miles that he Is the father OF her iilegiti-
mate male child, born on the 10th Of February,
Ill. Mr.. +. II. Day appeared for plaintiff.
The parties to this case are colored, and both
claim 20 be members OF q church in the First
Ward. The complainant is quite a good look
rig yellow woman, and says she is widow, her
husband having died in November, 1859. and
ehe lost child about two weeks AFTER Gordon
aIPess 10 De nearly 40 years Of age, and il
~ ~ az ne mas married very recently. u
I'm In being the father Of the child until he
married, about eight weeks since. She testified
that she Kept company with Gordon; that he
wanted to marry her, but she put him of, say
ing that he must wait three years; that he Sc
uuced her last summer, This he denied. saw
ing that u was not until July he went with
her. and asserted that he knew who the
father OF the child was, but not his name
She was questioned at length in reference
20 the affair, and in answering she generally
used the term "brother" towards Gordon. She
also said that she had taken her card from
Shiloh Church and joined another. Gordon
Pleaded for apostponement OF the case and asked
NJ he could not see the child. Alice answered
well, brother Gordon, if had the child here
you would not say a word" The ,Justice-fsIs
II Like him ~ AHce.-"Oh, yes il is the very
spit OF him, even TO having a bald head Ike
see IT." The case was postponed to O'Clock in
the afternoon, and. notwi: hstanding the heavy
rain which was falling at that hour the mother
procGeed the child at the office of the squire for
is alleged papa TO see. Quite a lumber of
PERSONS were In the ONCE at the time, and, with
the exception of the accused, all saw in the
cniu sulking likeness 10 "BrOther' Cor
don-even TO the bald head-aDd the Justice
being satisfied that he was the father REQUIRED
him TO give bonds to support the child.
THE CHAMPIoN CANE OF BASE BALL-Red
ct0ckINgs, 81 Boston, rs. Blue Stockings. of this
Guy The great game between these clubs
which was to have come OF yesterday, COM
mences this afternoon at O'Clock, on the Olym.
pic grounds. The Red Stockings will play the
came nine ~ with the Nationals, and the Blue
stockings viii play short Of their captain
Sweazy. who IL sick. and in whose place George
Hall, formerly OF the Atlantics, will play Hay-
hurst, Of the Athletics, has been eeSraphed
for 70 act as umpire but in case he fails to come
IN time, Beardsley, OF the Union, will officiate,
iBRs.
The Western Union Telegraph Company have
a wire running out 70 the grounds from whence
they Will telegraph each inning direct to Boston
and Cincinnati.
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