Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1860, Page 3

LOCAL NEWS. _ vee SS IL" Though Tux Stan ss printed om the fastest steam press in use south of Baltimore, its edition te s0 large as to early hour; require it t0 be put to press at an therefore, should be Sent in before Treelvs o'clock, m. otherwise they sy Rot appear until the mext day. — 0 Novies.—Distries of Columbia Advertisements te be inserted in the BaLTIMORE SUN are received @t and forwarded from TER STan office. ex Muwicipat Ncly announced that Dr. M: Avoress of Da. Macuuper Last Eventxc, Pouitics.—it having been pub- jagruder would, last evening, address the citizens of the First Ward ‘at Stott’s Hall. Rront or » at the hour designated —s o'clock, nom persons building, and it was not had assembied in before ‘the gathering had become thousands, occupying the whole of the street. Among the number were & great many ladies, gruder had concl eclock, that yentleman windows of the Hall on being introduced, proceeded to add. ‘concourse assem to be Yegular nomi: had heretofore acted. He woul bled. He binrenen fi tnest painful pel jeal = jon of the temained until Dr. Ma . A few minutes pee aj one of the Frese cn’ Oe ress the vast say! enor it was one of the lions of his Whole life, to what was called the with which he not have been a candidate bad it net been for the solicitation of Col. Berret himself, who had promised him bis warnest su} After Wdteg Sa, the trande—the stuffing of the ballot box with nests of twenty Berret tickets in one, &c..—which were per; men at the meetin; for the election of vention, he said: petrated by the Berret ig held in that (the first) ward delegates to the Mayoralty Con- In the Seventh Ward the same foul practises were not enly And in the May; whee a sworn aifida attempted, but they oralty succeeded. Nominating Convention, | it to that fact was produced. there. the pettifogging lawyer and manager for Mr. Berret put in the special affidavit bed not — plea that that sworn mature to it, though there was the magistrate’s signature that it had been sworn to before him. Now, would that certificate have been better without an oath and with a sig- nature? That lawyer new it would not. But he was determined to take advantage of a little quibbie, which woulg have done ina court of orimi: i jurisprudence, and he thought he wes (Laughter) He thought that he was friend of that conventi and therefore be dence onght ni court (Mr. Berret) and the pretensions ion to a legal and fatr existence, put in the quibble that that evi- jot to be adm Had that testimony been admitted; had the first election been fairl: itted in a ctiminal held in the Sev- eoth Ward, Mr. Bertet’s delegates would have been nowhere. f fairness been course {Laughter} “Had tne same pursued in the other wards, and his police been kept out of the way, [laughter! and the entitled to vote ani ple allowed to vote who are nobody else, the nomination of that convention would have been a unit. It would all have been against him Now, my friends, y ago, alty. lection for a Mayor- aity Convention was about to be heid, that it was held in thie city in one night, and no human being living, not notified thr: h the public papers and interested,—no stranger coming into this city would have known that an election was ging on, everything was so peaceable, so orderly, So quiet, and so becoming a city laws and impartial police. [Cries of cheers } I bold, my tained 4s well heretofore as now, and endeavored to impress those whe were under my control with the fact, that whenever an individual accepts the ition ef policeman, he bec omes an umpire tween his fellow-men, and in doing so he sur. renders all of his political rights, except the same right to vote: that he has no more business bein; @ part’sin than he has of interfertng with the voters; that he has no more business electioneering Openly and interesting his feelings and interfering in the discussions of others, for this or that candidate, tvan be has in an open violation of law in any other way But yet every one of you who hears my voice. and has any knowled, cently transpired in this city, ize of the facts that have re- knows very well that every police officer im this city, not chly on the day of election, but since that primary election and before that primary election, who chose to do 50, Was an active partiza and that they bad been formed into a target company [iaughter] for no other reason than to bring thems closer together, every now and then, that they might have their folttcat daties the more closely instilled into a eir ears been betting [A Voice —“That'sso.”} They have upon elections; they have been bet- ting against this candidate ‘and that candidate; they have been allowed thetr official to talk, when making , about who was likely to be the candidate, and what was likely to be the con- aences of this or that individual's election; and with oue observation I have been particular! impressed, and which seemed to be ‘nlverse] among them, and that was, that if | was elected they were all to be dismissed. (Langbter and ees I They were made to understand that they were working for their bread; (Cries of “That's so,”’ and cheers] and it bas been jncul- cated upon them, as I can Prove, that the Mayor was feeding them, and that it was ungrateful for them to oppose the election of that man from whom they were deriving so many benefits. A great many barsh things have been said about me in this canvass, and amongst them ali | have heard of but one single truth. And that truth was, that if | were elected the police would all be distnissed [Laughter. A voice —‘That’s pretty good, by G—d "} And that truth they hit upon by accident, and thought they were lying when they said it friends, | have come here (Langhter and cheers. ) My perticularly to mai, tain my own reputation, and my own character; and the honor and ini of the affairs of the city. tegrity of my administration in the iret place, it has been claimed by Mayor Berret bemself, and bis friends, that he established the order of ‘the city; that his administration put down rowdyism. Now somebody, (I assure you in all truth and honor I do not know who.) has Prepared a state- ment of the police ex ‘ears, and published you have them. a prosty o the last four t in ‘tar r— time of greater political excitement than bas ever before existed in this city—I believe nobody will gainsay that, whether he is MHtically or peesny. a friend or foe. (A voice —‘That’s so’) it not onl: in this city, but all over this country, a spirit of lawlessness, violence and rioting had been engendered. which had known no parallel in the previous history of this country or an other. A Voice—That’s just what I say. [Laughter } Yet if you will look at that statement you wili find that in the first of my term I spent less money jn the support of a police than any of my predecessors, id five times less than my jimnme- diate successor did in bis first year. And yet that statement is all true. (Laughter q You will fin that in the second year of my Mayoralty a rather larger sam was expended; but it was because it was fon obsti ni rowdyis: ll to he necessary to make a determined, ad cffective resistance, not only to the of our own city, but ted rowdies, who had been bro certain im- bere from altimore to control the elections, | am sorry te sy, upon the Democratic side. Brought here without any knowledge mes pwd of mine—mn t whom It took more to con’ of Washin, an all the people men whom were fostered t> my own certain knowledge by individuals high in authority, not bigh in aut! however. | will city government hed to the hority in the city government now, say—and not in authority in the then at all Democratic party— On my successors’ coming into office, although the jail was full of certain individuals, some of ‘whom are now in the penitentiary; others of whom bave expiated their crimes upon the gallows; al- rtiall: juliet for | thongh the city had been = pat months, the peEteis en ie iblic necess\ty— bel men’s me an inerense of the ice, An individual disinimed Maury, the most amiable- , it is very much large for you to pay for, (laughter, and cries of “‘that’s so.’’) very much. indeed;"’ and if it is conducted on in the manner in which it has been done, it will result in Congress do, as the democratic Legislature of Maryland did. ‘I’ will bave c i ane npn Aa a Le corrupt iti Zan ization 0 ice in the city of Wasbington, and establish a Me- tropolitan one, under the auspices of the General (Cries of * !") That same thing bas been done in all other large cities, and bionigl ed last bapa Lie agp been ap- cond as raj A , more Fipidly, “han any other city of tute thion has ever done. If the police organization is not for political purposes, it seems to be much too small as a body tq maintain law and order in this city, as baton ag iced by its inefficiency on last Saturday alg { well remembet—and you can all bear me out-how I run all the charges that my ingenuity wouid enable me to em; joy, about the outrageous interruption of sov. Wise, of Va, in an pt to address the people when be was serenaded on a visit to this city. How I spoke of the interruption of the Hon. Thos. B. Plerence, Mayor Berret, and somebody else, who tried to speak from Carusi’s Saloon ata Democratic meet ing. How, when I ae whine you to make me heer det I told you ergs were due entirely t» Know Nott ism; but. f am sorry to say, I have to take it bac (Langhter.] To show that Mayor Berret, with his chief of Pelice, with his long arms and bright uniform, “fuss and feathers,” (great laughter,) and his Lieut. McHenry, [renewed laughter,) and his fine ‘ target company,” is totally incompetent or un- willing to perform mie eat Twill cite an instance. On Saturday night a smalf band of Republicans— who have fust as much right to express their sen- timents, to play a tune of Yankee Boodie, or Hail Columbia, and to hear their friends, personal and political, in this metropolis of the United States, as has the American party, no matter what their opinions may be, no matter how thoroughly you all may be willfng to unite with me in denoun- cing those opinions, as | do honestly and from the boitom of my heart, yet they have a ‘ight to pro claim them, and advocate them as 1 am doing here—{ say thete men, ina simple little jubilee ever their Chicago nominations, on Saturday night,were interrup‘<d, stoned, windows broken, aod they driven away and dispersed. And what is the apology? Why, the police say it was “only a parcel of boys.” [Laughter.} Well, now my friends, if all these men could not keep “a parcel of boys’? quiet, what, in the name of od, would | they have done if they had been “a parcel of men?*’ (Laughter, cheers, and cries of ‘Go it, Doctor,’* “Go tt old war horse ”) 1 am free to confess to you, [a voice, “Go abead,”) that] used to have a sort of taste for a rongh and tumble fight; [laugbter,} but | never wanted a boy to fight with. [Laughter.} 1 al- ways wanted somebody that I cou of having whipped him when [ had done so. [Renewed applause} Id put my hands behind me, and say it Ritie boy.” And leest of all would | ever apolo- gize for a dereliction of duty by saying that the party I ought to have put down; that the child that I ought to have thrashed, [laughter,] had commit! been afraid to approach him Now, my friends, this little incident of Satur day night shows you that though the city has been peaceable for the last two vears, it is said, it was because there was no cause of excitement existing amongst its people. [Cries of *That’s so.” and “You have got them there.’’} That there was no exciting city or national election; just es flour lays in your barrel, quiet and dorimaut, until you at the water, the salt, and the yeast Init. t» make t ferment. Just as the powder remains in your gun bi less and inoffensive until the flint strikes the steel, and throws into it a Spark that is to set it in action, so are these people quiet; not because this police, with a long armed captain with bis vilded stars, to lead them on in a parade, with a broad latoon, (I believe the military men call it,) laughter) in front or bebind, or over at the Ar- mory drilling, ss any influence over ti minds of the community, but because the com- munity were dis to be still, and because cer- tain turbulent spirits who had been here breaking the popular peace, were then driven brie by fear of the consequences which had visited, before Mr. Berrett’s time, their comrades; or because they were in jail themselves with their comrades. Now about the finances of the city. This is no proper place for me to look at a paperand read to you exact and specific sums; but I will state to you in round figures that Mr. Berret reports that the debt of the city—that the floating debt of the city—at the time he came into oilice was very nearly $250,000, and that he has reduced it to $55,000. Now, my friends, to make up $250, he charges about $30,000 which was appropr! ated to build an almshouse, a very small portion of which bad been spent. He charges about $5.0 which had been appropriated, or $6.00, | to grade and gravel New York avenue, which ial heen guutensna for, but I believe none of it expended. He charges about the same amount for grading and graveling H_ street, from Fourth street to the boundary, of which less than a thou- sand was spent. He charges several thousand which had been er fated and contracted to be expended for ing Third street on the Island, and for sundry other improvements which were going on. He charges $00,000, a debt con- trac’ veto: We exandria railroad. i take away that $60,000 and sbouse, and $55,000 at tir and about $15,000 before, you bring down this enormous apparent floating debt to about $100,000 And let meteil you what it was when I went ther Exclusive of the Alexandria railroad debt, ex:lu- sive of $50,000 indorsed for the Chesapeake end Ohio Canal, making $110,000; exclusive of every dollar which had not been spent. but for mon: actually spent and due—money which the Corp ration owed to persons from whom it had bor- rowed it, or who had worked for it—the Corpo- ration of Washington was tuen indebted $135,000; and jf you will sda to that $135,000, the #60 You of the Alexandria and Wash ngton Canal, t!¢ $50,000 of indorsement for the Chesapeake nd Onto Canal, yor it, making $215,000, besides little items ran- ning it up actually above where Mr. Berret had the day he found it; and yet hi re make up of all these fictitious sum: which were not appropriated, but expended under him, appropriated under him, and spent by him and by bis agen. New, fet us settle another little aecount. in the term which preceded Mr. Berret’s—in the pre- vious term—very little work upon streets had been done in the fey Meays mouey had been spent | upon Foarteenth street,and some upon Seventh stieet. I believe I have stated to you all that had been done during Mr. Towers’s whole term. I will do him the justice to say that he made an fifort, and spent a great deal of money in that tif ri, to keep the alleysand gutters clear. When I went there I found the book full of bills appro- riating money and contracts for improvements to Eo made. J had been sworn to execute tne law and I did it. [Laughter and cries of ‘That wes rigbt.”) I thought that whenever the people were willing to spend their money to make pavements, the Corporation ought to be aole to make streets I thought that every enterprisi every enterprising man in bi |, was = to incur the debt, if he thought that debt woul pay bima ter interest than for the money he Spent upon it. [A voice—“That’s right”) And erefore for you, my friends. in this ward, I o Tweatieth street, (which cost a good deal of mone: bh I street, way out to the it avery pretty street indeed. ot. n easy ys could come up feel proud | *twant to have to | “only a | a flagrant outrage, and that | had | re mm in an endorsement for the | have the $116.000 added to | many of ; ere ust tudsreement for tho Chesapeake me jo still ‘or| 348,000; at least, Of tHe Indediedness of the Aloe andria and Washi nm Railroad Company. He don’t tell youa of what is due for the laying of Beer, for the watermains. or all the stops—at _ least $50,000. He : jal rt to say ‘a he bas en’ To spend $300,010 to on Pennsylvania and Ninth streets; which is intended to: — vate Se =a which fs bt contett a Other bails, stores, &c. | T know he wiil tell you; everybody else will tell i Srentbedy: cet tear nE up hgeod Mt job ter somebody, that this market-house is going to pay. 's to be an elezant investment of money. That in a certain number of years you will have it, and | have all that it is Rolng to bring you, it will | be for besides. “deers now, bas old ric! market-house you ,! a year, i and with a little fixing u, p it would be xs good a ; Market-house as has any State in the Union. To- day, if you will go Into Philadelphia, you will ; find that the people there have discovered that ‘ge market-bouses @on’t pay, and they are tear- ing them down and leaving that matter to private enterprise, as they ought to do everywhere. But suppose this magnificent market-house does pay, from whose pocket is the money to come? Not ont of mine, because I haven’t much there. (Laughter. But it ts to come out of the pockets of the tax-payers; it is a sort of scheme set on foot by the rich men to make the poor man pay as nearly an equal tax with himself as he can. He then alluded to the establishment of the Washington and Alexandria Railroad ,from which it was said the city was to derive such vast benefi', and said this market-house affair wonld turn out | in like manner. Alluding to the Chesapeake and Obio Canal, the speaker said that when this pro- ject wanted an endorsement of $50,000, Mayor Manry, one of the very best financiers that this city bad ever produced, (and if success in —— a fortune is to be attributed to a man’s wit a: genius in that way, why he made a larger fortune than Mr. Berret has ever done, or any of the three “Bills” who expect to make money out of him— Bill i poor Bill Thomas, and Bill somebody else—[iaughter]—Bill Ward. fam not afraid to mention names ) (Renewed laughter.} I say that Mayor Maury was as firmly convinced that this | Project of the rallroad wonld pay, as some of the , Advocates of this market-house seem to be that it will. But be (thespeaker) icted a like resuit My friends, | need not detain you much longer. {t has been so long since I made a public sperch that I really ain't quite as ready as 1 ‘used to was,” asthe boys say; but I hope before this campaign closes to be as ready as ever. But one thing has come to my knowledge recently. 1 have been called a ‘+ disorganizer;”” and why? Because I didn’t submit to a nomtnation unfair! | made. Before the delegates to the nominating convention were elected, a newspaper of this city (if not the avowed yet the accredited organ of the present Mayor) proclaimed at the head of its col- | umns that if i secured the nomination it would | not su ‘tme. Now, where was the disorgan- | izatio: Where did it start? itstarted in the camp of the present Mayor. It was promulgated by a paper in his avowed interest, and in a paper which bas always been in his interest, ‘‘ that if | got the nomination it would not support me” And this was held out as a sort of menace. Now, the other day | picked up and have in my possession now, or rather it was sent to me by a friend. an article published ina paper that is called “The Advocate,” and which is avowedly |a campaign paper, to exist just as long as t present Mayoraity campaign shall continue in th’ , city. It is intended to peppers Mayor Berret. There it speaks frankly, [ will say, broadly; vituperatively would not be untrue, if | were to characterise its whole editorial from the = ginning to the end as false—utterly false. It says some hard th lntimates that if I continue in this vass itis going to say a good many hard things of me. Now. f prociaim fas that [ have invited Mayor Berret to meet me in these discussions. t notice of that invitatio friends suffer, eithe or any other newspaper in bis interest to descend to per- Sonalities against m I am armed to the teeth with similar weapons, I will use them to the hilt. [Loud and prolonged cheering } This is all. Gentlemen, if 1 have frailties, they are not foul ulcers; and when that paper attempts to do what it says it will do—ex my frailties—I will leave his uicers bare. | have cautiously, as you wiil have perceived, abstained from ail person- alities to-night. Itis my purpose to do 80; my | chief object is to vindicate my own adininistra- tion from the aspersions which have been cast upon it by the advocates of Mayor Berret, and to defend my character. The speaker then proceeded to show how much he had sacrificed for the sake of the party, and how smalithe reward which he had received; and then after a few remarks from Col Irwi the meeting adjourned. He has never Ovn Javanese Visitors. —TheJo expressed a desire to make an exam: Willards’ Hotel—their quarters—the proprietors of that establishment, anxious to have this wish ratitied at an early day. appoiuted Saturday last i the purpose. Accordingly, on that day at ll o'clock, accompanied by Capt. Porter and one of the Mr. Willards’, they started on their tour of the exploration of the building. They first visited the large dining hall, and were much pleased with its length, convenient arrangements, aud its construction in other respects. They closely ex- amined the kitchens, and were much interested in the exhibition of the various inodes of cooking by steam. From the kitchens they proceeded to the engine room, and amused themselves ti e-e for some time in examining the mac hinery. Tie laundry was next visited. “This was particulark a source of surprise and gratitication to them, sn they often said they had never conceived of ‘any. thing of the kind before. The sewing machines attracted a good deal of attention. * hey take a lively interest In the workings of all kinds of ma- cbinery. They were especiaily pleased with the fire apparatus up stairs, and were struck with the asy mode in which a fire in the building could by this means be extinguished. They finally reached the highest room in the building. when they were allowed to go upon the roof and enjoy the beautiful views of Washington everywhere | exhibited from thisquarter, With this they were delighted After this agreeable visit through the hotel, they were waited upon by Mr. Celt, (of revolver renown,) with whom they spent a pleasant hour in examining his arms and iistening to his expla- , nations. They then exbibited to Air, Colt their improvement on Sharpe's carbine, with which Mr Colt expressed himself very much Pleased; and remarked to them that the person who had made that improvement was a man of. great in- enuity, and deserving of a great deal of credit hese arms, he said further, were as well made es any that were manufactured in America. They ‘ seemed very reluctant to op with Mr. Colt, the: bad become so very much interested in the guns In the evening Mr. Willard bad the Cha, lip bted up for their exclusive use, no one but t) emosel ves, with one or two exceptions, being allowed to enter. The organ was performed upon. much of which they were delighted with. After listening to its delicious melodies for some time, the expressed a desire to examine the mechanism; oben everything was shown them, with which they were very much gratified. y jay merning the Japanese Embassidors and suite. numbering about forty persons, and a ~ companied by Capt. Dupont, Lieuts. Porter and Lee, visited the Patent Office, where they, for more than an hour, surveyed the alm: st number. Jess objects of interest with apporent a. On the day before aboat thirty of them wal round | the western section of the city, visiting the Jack- son and Washington statues.’ They were highly pleased with what they saw. ; Forzicx Misston. Socizty oy tie New York AVENUE PRESBYTEKIAN CuvuRcH—The eighteenth anni of this society was held on | Sunday afternoon at Willards’ Hall. After s: ‘g- t by the choir, and fd A TSE Dr. Gurley, } adiremen were made y. r. William Ballantyne | and the Rev. Dr. Stockton, the latter discou 1g ) With bis accustomed uence upon “The Mis- sion.of the Bible.” The rgeneres the following as the operation of society the past vi $12 68 La $128 47 es | Citt Councits, May 21.— Board of Aldermen — President Dove in the chair. A ‘was received from the Mayor pominating J. L. Holmead as trustee of the pub- ed the fourth district, rice Robt. Ged- | Also, one transmi communication from ite Britimoreand Obletailiced in reply toa letter rep ain their attention toa 7 ja- 108 passed by the City Councils req: them to place a guard at the intersection of street the railroad; referred to pelice commit . OfWm Magee for remission of a fine; referred. Cemmunication of J. F Coyle, commissioner of the new Centre Market; read and referred. Of Peter O Riley; referred’ Of J.C. Preston in be- half of Robinson & Lake, Proprietors of a circus and accompanied by a joint resolution granting permission to said proprietors to use a portion of Judic ae square for four days for pur- on of public exhibition; lost on third reading. R. H. Gillett, and others; referred to claims committee. COMMITTEE REPORTS Bill of the lower board to trim and gravel Ver- mont avenue, between H and | streets north, and Fi ith street west, between | and K sts. north; Bill of this bonrd, with an amendment by the lower board, to abate a nuisance in the Fourth Ward; amendment concurred in. Bill of the lower board to mskea gravel foot- walk in the Seventh Ward; Bill to lay a water main in Twelfth street west, from Pennsylvania avenue to H_ street north; Resolution requesting the Surveyor to furnish this board witb a certain estimate; pessed, Resolution of inquiry 2s to the condition of squares 377 and 375 ina sanitary point of view; Resolution requesting the Surveyor to examine New York avenue, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets west, as to facilities for drainage; Mr. Fisher, on leave, introduced a series of resclutions from the lower board in relation tothe disturbance of a political meeting on last Satur- vening, as follows: Nesolved. §c., That we have heard with feel- ings of indignation and regret of the attack on a public meeting, held in this city on aturday evening last, under the auspices of one of the political parties of the country, resulting in the temporary dispersion of the meeting, perilling personal ae and endangering private property Resolved, That recognizing, as we do, to t fullest extent the liberty of speech, we emphati cally rebuke and condemn its infringement ar a lawless mob, regarding all such attempts as in- flicting a blow upon our free institutions, tarnish- ing the fair name and chnracter of this city, and prejudicing its great and growing interests in the estimation of the people of the country Resolved, That while giving due credit to the cit lice for their prompt interference in re- fet ng order and securing the Teassemblage of he meeting on Saturday last, yet in anticipation of like outrages at future political assemblages rior to the next Presidential election, the Mayor he requested to extend the whole power of the city, by a timely disposal of the police for as to prevent and repress all attempts of the kind; oak that every effort be made to arrest and bring to punishment those who were guilty in the present instance. Mr. Miller opposed the suspension of the rules £0 as to allow action upon the resolutions at this stage Some discussion ensued, when finally the sus- pension of the rules was ordered Mr. Dunnington offered the following sutstitute by way of an amendment: “Whereas we have heard with deep regret and mortification that a meeting of citizens for the purpose of serenading some of the leaders of their political party a few nights since was gered or eB thoughtless and disorderly persons, but which was promptly suppressed. by the police: There- fore fo Be it resolved, §c., That it is the duty of all good citizens, as well as the municipal authori- ties, to put down all atteinpts to interfere with the freedom of speech when not of an incendiary character Mr. Price moved to strike out the third resolu- tion in the original series. Finally, several amendments to the section were suggested, and, after discussion, were adopted. The question was then discussed further, when it reenrred upon the adoption of the substitute of- fered by Mr. Dunnington, which was lost by ayes 5, nays 8. “The original resolutions as amended were then adopted 3 ams 10, nays 3 Mr. MeNerhany moved that the resolutions be published with the proceedings of the board. Mr. Miller moved to amend, by adding that protest that might be prepared be of- ally published. Mr. Dove moved to lay the amendment on the table. y stated that he withdrew his jerstood that a full report had red for publication. been Mr. Donoho suggested that it would be in the Baltimore Sun, of course. Mr. Ward —*If it is published in the ‘Sun,’ it will be published In a paper having a larger cir- culation here than any other paper in the Dis- trict (?.) , BILLS PASSED. Bill to grade Vermont avenue from L to Bound- ary street. Bil to pay for extra labor in cleaning the gutters on Pennsyivania avenue in February, 1+60. Bill forthe reliet of F.M_ Doyle Bill for the relief of James Cantwell. Bill for the relief of Peter O'Riley. Bill for the relief of G W. Fridley. Adjourned Common Council —Mr. Jones introduced a bill fo construct a sewer in Tenth st. west, between Second and Third Wards; passed Mr. Morgan introduced a bill to take up and re- jay a portion of the gutter on the north side of G st. north, in front of square Its; A. Also, a bill to trim and gravel Sixteenth street west, from I to K st. north; referred. Mr. Jones submitted a preamble and resolutions in relation to the disturbance of a political meetin: on Saturday evening last; which were adopt and which will be found in the proceedings of the upper board Mr. Edmonston introduced a bill to take up and relay a gutter on the west side of Fourth street, between G and Ai streets north; passed Also, @ bill to antborize the laying of a water mein on Fifth street west, from F to | streets nortb; referred Mr Mead presented the petition of Lewis Hess- ler and others for graveling footwalks; referred. Mr. Turton, from the committee on improve- | ments reported back a bill from the Board of Aldermen, for grading and graveling N street north, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets west, - ‘Also, 2 bill to construct a stench trap in qonnec- tion with the sewer on the south front of square 285; passed. Also, acommunication from the Mayor, trans- mitting a communication from the Commission- ers of the First and Second Wards, accompanied by a bill making an additional appropriation to grade Seventeenth street west froin I to K street north, to Massachusetts someaes omed. Also, a bill to take up and y the gutter on the south front of square 258; passed. Also, a bill to — and gravel | street south, from Fighth to Eleventh streets east; : Also, a bill to rela gutter in aquare 429; comunittee discharged. Also, reported back the petition of James Gins nity and otbers, from which they asked to be discharged; discharged. Also, a bill to grade and gravel D street south, from Fourteenth street west to Maryland avenue; Also, a bill to trim and gravel Sixteenth street west from | to K street 5 . Mr. Mobun introduced a to set curbstone Gnd pave footway on the north front of square 571 seperod EU fe ine cer ara eens the purchase of a water main in G street north; Pipes in nine feet passed. wt exes , a bill Pey das. O'Day for exe yeuary, 1560;"paseed. nsylvania avenue I = from the committee on claims, re- bill for the relief of 8. C. Vears, Jr., re- Mitting a fine; passed. Ao, atl rom the upper board for the rdlet mae bifi for the relief Fey 7 Roache, ask- to be discharged; comm! Ge @ bill a relief of S. A. TO com mittee disc ha: moved Foor on ee eho McCutchen; same committee, reported relief of Daniel Sullivan, and asked to be discharged from its further cousideration; the curb pga Agere iy Teported a bill hype g tong = h . Mr. Morgan, trom the commie oa drainage, of the to H streets main on Tenth street north; A number of bille were received from the Board of Aldermen, and disposed were the foliowing : A bill pro he repait-of the alley ia square B; also, grade ‘west, from Indi aud gravel First street to New Jersey avenues ble ance of the Re amendments the table until the next meeti: passed by this board; agreed to assoc at ported that the committee on sta course of benefit of stra: during th lecturer—Rev. had been chosen sv No 5, Capitol Hill; bad beeu removed to the basement of the theatre: tract distribution had been con- ‘shouse every Sabbath, and that pies of the New Testament had the W.C. Bible Scciety; list of boarding-houses hed been suspended in the Resding Roows that preaching and ducted at the Alm been made b: Mr. Jones moved that the resol: tion beld their r their rooms last evening. ition a church direct istant superinter donatien of co; erence; that the disbursements by the duricg the month en: ed to that institution; that his posit roo! in a the deleg: portant bearin, Or! made his Rev. Joseph A. Proctor then gave an {nteresting ount of his visit to New Orjeana, aa delegate of the Association to the C eration of Young Men’s Christian Assoc North America, held in that city enumerated several pleasant inci with his journey to that city, alluded to ‘ations of the Convention as had an im- g upon the interests of the Confed- erated Associations, and concluded with a glow- ing tribute to the heeprtality of the people of New ic deseription of the trip by the deleza‘es as gi e ts of the Joval Asso- ciation, to the celebrated t leans, and a grap) Jackscn won imperishable renown. Mr. Rhee: ser designated Dr. J. Ha of agreement with th Association. A resolution was a of the committee and The seme Mr. Norton, from the Committee on Devotional pon inembers the importance cf exercises, urged u sustaining the Saturday evening prayer-meeting Messrs. Nicholas Du Bol land were elected Associate Alex. 8. Stewart was desig mons in Association, reported that t ly completed their labors, aud hed 1 Moore to enter into articles ¢ publisher, as trustee of the , that Odd ast week in Ma arrangements. a larger attendance embers ersay at the monthly moral in June i Rey. Mr. Scot , of the Ph was introduced nent remarks © bu eration of mankind The association then spent afew moments in man agency to accemy liek tue devotional exercises, and a ijourned. They g: bu diary, as the to’ —Last night two gentiemen 1 re Market, corner of Massac! ifth street, discovered that the tobacco, , and periodical store of Mr. Thomas W , kept in the building, was on fire inside ‘ave the alarm, and burst in the door, and, with the assistance of the neighbors, succeeded in extinguishing the flames the fancy goods and periodi: als burnt had been entered by the viilain or villeins by @ panel from the door; an y could not Lave been far away when the fire was discovered. The loss of Mr. F smail in amount, is severe on him, the ‘pro stolen and destroyed being all he young man just starting being strong from the wi square bein, ings, had n cu te it ‘ting or break: been very great. This morning Evan an ceeded at once to serv: both the suspected were held to security Justice Donn. MEETING oF THE QP! ue r Beri d attempt at incendiarism. -Oft TrkES aT TEMPER © the delegates save two answered A committee was then appointed to draft a letter Mr. Richard Wallach, tendering bim the nom- to ination After retiring for a few minutes, the committee returned with the form of a letter ado them; which was read to mously adopted After discussion as to the ing the nomination to Mr an Unanimously carried, that the meeti adjourn to the honse of Mr Wallach, and him, verbally, of his heving been by acclamation selected as the choice of the mayoralty in opposition to the present incumbent eerprng f the meeting adjourned to the resi. dence of Mr. W., where the result of the meeting was briefly stated. marks, indicatiog that be tion, and would Mr W. replied ina few dering it to bim, in a few days. Quitz A SENsation.. last one of the proprietors of Willi caused the tine Concert Ha! the establtshment to be Mit up and, procuring a fine organist, treated Japanese to eburch organ, one of the best in tl tropolis, which still for use on occasi It ever heard the, ni or u ‘th agreeable music u; lous American mechanism. propensity is strong indeed. content until they bad really learned more of the pare we phon nstrument than men ever before earned in the course of a single evening. Recovery oF Stovex Goops.—Sur the j tt the e So geaternents of various 8 ted a colored bo; tn the. ¢ boarding-house over the very few minutes recovered watch worth $40, a silver gold rings worth #1, and a gold chain je Was sent to jail for court of. Am The President laid before the board the pream- and jolpt resolutions relative to the disturb- publican meeting on Saturday eve- niog, returned from the upper board with sundry nd printed as Adjourned Younc Men’s Cunistiax Association —This ular moutbly meeting The president re- tistics had in agers visiting the city; that the Satur- day evening Bible lectures bas been discontinued e ry absence from the city of the - Samson; that Mr. Hutchinson rintendent, and JP. Chrse it, of Mission Sunday School that Mission Schoo! Rr ding the 1Sth inst., amount to $193.56; that the committe on the asylum bad been authorized by the Board of Managers Procure tracts for distribution to the inmates of Samuel Ker bad resigned ion as chairman of the committee on and that Jas. B. Munro bad been chosen tead. ‘onvention of the Confed- in April ents connected itle-ground where from the committee on the hooks of purse of preparation under the aus- dopted, ratifying the action confirming the appointment. gentleman. from the Committee on estival, reported that two gentlemen from church had been appointed to co-o| i “ellows’ Hall ha nd that there & meeting to-day of all interested to ind Walter E. Frank- ated to deliver an jadelpbia assoc’ a! id in a few eloquent and perti- ced upon members the neces- sity of persistent and untiring effort to the achiev ment of great results, and impresei upon tueir micds the truth th t Gcd worls Mainly by spiritual regen- One of the gentlemen rning Limself in bis eiforts to save the property it was chores Acs work of a robber and incen- eco and sega-s were stolen, and ‘owler, though bad; be being @ in business. The wind est at the time, and the i closely built up with frame dwell- ‘ot the fire been discovered 2s soon as was the destruction of property would have officer A. R. Allen was deputized by Justice Donn to arrest James Welsh and Chas. Who are suspected of the above robbery e the warrant, and secured rties, who, after a hearing, for a further hearing by sITIoN MayoraLty Com- ALL, LAST NIGHT. — The delegates chosen at meetings in the several vards to select a candidate for t) ve Mayoralty, to in opposition to the reelection of Mr. Jas. G ret, met at Temperance Hall last night After organizing, the roli was called, and all the meeting, an per form of tender- allach, it was moved le to run for the happily-ex, ace; formally reply to the letter ten- On Saturda: jards’ H i recently added to brilliantly w Federal me- continues to grace the hall, ore concerts of sacred music was the first timt'that any of the Japanese had to them, wonderful strains of such an instrument, and they exhibited as much curi- osity to comprehend its causes and effects, as they have yet shown in examin’ remarkably in; which thelr taste but Th ward. itt “Sp ton is . it is » wi vebim a majority on Thursday. a ‘he Young Catholic’s Friend excursion yesterday at the White House was very numerously altended Collyer was chartered for and during the day she made three round e the White House, carrying a large | ime The term of the Circuit Court andria pone | commenced yesterday, Ji ler presidi r Tatobest epee eel be Indies attached to Wentworth Fe male Seminary intend giving their regolar an nual exhibition for the benefit of the Asylum, on Friday evening next. The Misses Daniel, of Washington, have kindly volunteered their services. and something really good may be confidently expected A Carp —The petition handed to the Star for Publication, and which appeared in its columns on the Isth inst , to which the namesof the un dersizned, with others of our citizens is effixed, contains a good deal more than the one did that was presented to us for our sinat which was a petition to Congress, simply ask: of thet body to engraft in the Market-house . then before them, oe ‘opert election their approval. Had It contained what it did, as pubits! in the Star, it would newer have re- ceived our signatures, as we were not sufficiently arquainted with the financial concerus of the Cofporation to express an opinion upon the sub- ject, without having previously satiafied our- Selves as to the correctness of our statements. uno Hancy, Jos. Revrerx, is — F. Scnyeiper, INE A Heericane —Jast night, about ten o'clock, asudden gustof wind sprang OP in the city, which caused much alarm for safety of doors. windows, chimneys, awnings, signs, &c. The rattle and clatter it occasioned, the activity among the servants and attendants at the public jouses who were running and jumping to fro to prevent the ruction they enticipated, and the s; y termination of the squall, seemed to indicate that eld Boreas only designed eames himself by a moment freak. Sofaras we have heard no considerable for a few moments more destructive. Warcn Rervew: F. Whitney, drunk and disorderly; fine and costs, $3.15. Al - son, drunk; do. $2.15. J. Maddox, interfer! with officers; dismissed. W F. Ki > pro- fine and disorderly; fine and costs, $6. Herbert, (colored,) disorderly; dismissed for want = ca Rae ge rome Cg bis —_ » try, disorderly profane; fine nd costs, $2 He Wm. Sittel, do; do. $1.15 Haslinn, vagrant; workhouse 90 days. Gee Bryan, riot; fine and cost, $6.15. Jas. Allison, do.; do. $11.15. Three lodgers Fixe Coutxction or Patrtincs.—The dvertised in our columns by J.C. McGuire & Co are now on exhibition, we would rec- ommend our readers to call and examine them They are not mere daubs, that can be bought at any lime and at any price, but are juine works of art, executed by the best paint of the Old Country, and calculated to adorn the best fur- nished parlors. They are to be sold at auction on Thursday evening next. Exricx does notfa!l, during th's warm weather, to have # good supply of Philadelphia lager. Re isalso prepared at a moment's notice to get up good old julips and smashes. to say nothing about the choice cigars be keeps constantly on band Tue Ayyive ation of the Co Tumbian L takes this eveni Smithsonian. Several and Withers’ brass band The public are invited. Tur Anxvat May Festivar of St. Matthew's Sunday School st Anslostan Island, to-morrow, is expected to be a very pleasant affair, and should ve largely patronized by OUT Citizens. See pro gramme, &c., in another column AERivep at Carter's wharf, (foot of 13}, street) schooner Hero from Pensacola, with a cargo of lumber for F. Covie & Bro. Also, schooner Al- bert Pharo, fom North River, with 214 tons curb stone consigned te N. Acker it ———_. THE LapIes Of Gorsucu Cuapel will give an excursion to-morrow to Fort Washington. They deserve, and will, no doubt, realize, a pleasant time. See their advertisement, in another col amn Ds. Wx. B. Macrvper and otber gentlemen, are announced to address the citizens of the Sev enth Ward this evening at Island Hall, on the subject of municipal politics. Canvsi’s May Festtyat, it should be borne in mind, is to be repeated to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, by particular request, at Wfllard’s Ball [ADV=RTIsEMENT.] Eviror or THE Stax: The result of the « proaching a pg — —— rlance, ic in a financis S the ful welfare of our c} — fei Hints a magn fine hall, offices. &e..” which authority, to the amountof two hundred thousand dollars, about two thirds the amount the proviso the law is not a@er the comi voters of Washi: meg Sec becpmrnn — =) — cils in this matter. in electing a Mayor, mem! of the Boards of Aldermen and Common Council, who will carry out the wishes of their constituents. ‘The issue to be decided, so far 2s the interests af the city is concerned, indebtedn. quarter of sarily pleted, which aggregate to thirty thousand dollars, before any revenue will be derived from the new buflding As to the views of the several candidates upon this subject, J am not to state, neither is it the intention of this communication to reflect (ADVERTISEMENT. a gh bagi 5 NE Bdisor: Toere writer of wi 5 ne to mak: charge Present city atimin- ination tha a pot abe from io ome and tures published by authority ther says, in order tow cure the full confidence of bie readers. that bis business is C and ceunememnn EE