Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-18

and light local rains.
INDEPENDENT MEETING The room in the
n RI story of Harlow bui ding was about half
fl,i with people last night, 10 pursuance Of
-, call for an Independent candidates met.
inv \ large proportion Of the crowd We're
n",rnrS and of the remainder number were
',1r,aors. dlawu thithcr by curiosity. No
insnc<s was transacted until about half past
o'clock, when
Dr, J. B johnson took the sta"d aud pro-
,r,dcd TO praise the motives of the ludepeu
J,o,s 10 trying to carry out the legitimate re-
suits Of the adoption of the amendments TO
thc charter, the principal part OF which, how
ever, the speaker seemed to think, was the ex
nplsion of all the present officers and the sub
s,r;urion of Independents for them. The Doc
IF ,hen stated that the meeting was intended
among the candidates.
Cul VI. II. Bali next arose aud addressed
the crowd for some five or ten minutes. The
chet ,rtiou OF his time was taken up with
per>ana attacks on different members Of the
Conservative Committee, whom he took up by
name. aud lr ,ceeded to abuse serlatim. His
remarks seemed to be highly appreciated by
the crowd OF negroes in the back OF the hall.
who responded with cries Of go it, Mott
Say il some more" &c.,
Col. Ball was followed by 6. W. Siums,
who commenced by rdiculine the idea that the
prop rty.owners were particularly interested in
municipal affairs, but after continuing 10 this
strain for few minutes and Informing those
pe,en, that he was one OF the people, and
owned no property, he changed his base and
expressed the hope that alter awhile he would
be able to own few brick houses himself.
NJ B. Harlow was then called for, and an
uouaced that he was a candidate for City Treas
urcr. and if elected would discharge the duties
faithfully. He was property owner, and re-
lcltrd the assertion that no property holders
would take part in the Independent move
ment. He promised that he ticket prepared
by them would be equal 10 Intelligence and
alth to any that could be put forward by It's
opponents.
Calls were then made for Mr. George A.
Mushbach (who was present only as spccta-
try, but Mr.. Harlow said that tie caodi
dates wanted to get to business, aud requested
all who were not candidates to retire. where
upon u large portion of the crowd left the
room.
L was announced that ratification meeting
would be held on Monday night
After the 'outsders" had retired, the can
dldaIcs held consultation with the RepubIl-
cans present The latter asked that the Offices
of Clerk ci the Corporation Court, City Scav-
cnger and four OF the policemen be lett open
Tor then, which requ'st was agreed TO.
\ committee Of three was appointed to name
fvc persons from each ward TO meet tough
at the Council chamber and decide who shall
te presented as candidates to the Radical Con
venuon which meets To morrow.
The mas. meeting Of Independents annouuc-
ed TO come of 10 morrow night at Harmonic
Hall was postponed, the whole ticket belog
LETT to be agreed upon by the Radical Conven
ton tomorrow afternoon
The names Of those who wished to be candi
dates on the Independent, Radical ticket were
then taken down by the secretary, and the
meeting adjourned.
far As agreed upon. The rest Of the ticket will
he determined to- pig hit by the committee above
mentioned:
Aayor-J B johnson.
Auditor-F l.. Brockett.
lreasurcr-M b. Harlow.
Guy Selg,ant-R. T. Lucas.
Commissioner If ktvcuu, Geo. Dutey.
Cooperation All,rucy-C. H Stuart.
Coulmouw, alh's Attorney q. W. NJ.
SmmS.
Coil. ctor of Northern Di,trict-Sam'l Gregg.
Collector of Southern Distinctly c>lcy
Avery.
Guaper-J. b. Low, JOY
City Smveyu.-Jnh1 II. Supple
Wcgher of Hay-F NJ. Wcadon.
Keeper of Town { ork-Rrchard Acton.
llarbor Maser-ChaS. II lott.
Lieutenant of Poilcc-W. a. Hammer
dlugcr.
The ALIEN ANDR1A MIDDLE -Tae Alexan-
dra correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun gives
the following acc, uut OF the mudde n, W exist
ing in this city: Al,x4udria seems 10 be rival
ing Chicago 10 the number OF Its municipal lm-
broglioS. To the gu, stions: Has thcclty char
ter been legally amended? aud what does the
amendment mean? has now been added a third
c,uuuudIum, w. who is the President OF the
Common Couuci? Ga Tuesday, the Sth inst,
Geo. r Shnn, the then President, resigned.
Hugh Latham rec wed for that Office six out
OF the eleven votes cast, the whole number OF
the board being slxtcen. Tuc CHAIR d cided
that 1t required uine votes 10 elect, and tbcr :
upon Mr. Latham eectlou Was orally mace
unanimous. Shortly afterwards this vote W S
rcconsldcrcd and another one taken, 10 which
ID Il. Smoot received uinc and was declared
el,c,c1 He called m"'t;ng by request Ia t
Saturday night, aud at that mcetitg tocS II G
oath OF office, Alr Luham being during ali this
tlme absent In Nuitok
Last night meeting Of The Council took
place. Mr.. Latham took the fl ,or at the open
ing of the board and refused to recognize Mr..
Smoot as chairman, aud continued TO speak
through the call of the roll, he reaiitg oil the
minutes and IT," call of committees This du-
pick meth d # proceeding did not facilitate the
transaction If business, aud Mr.. Snoot, the
occupyir & President, remarked that his nppc-
nent was proceeding like rutiau, and The
claiming President replied that he did no, iuteud
to be presided over by dog. Active business
came to a stand still, and fually, just before
eleven O'Clock. MIR. Bcckham was called to the
chair, and the board proceeded to discuss a
resolution declaring Mr.. Smoot the President,
pending w"lch an aujournm ut took place un-
til uext Tuesday night.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES. Rev. Mr. Lindsey,
Of Warrcnton, preached at Christ church last
nipht and Raw M,ssrs RrooIS and E,bhnns