AR - - Mr l ,111rP Orri'SßMo:3.H: FEB. 17, 1857. Timer=TtOtrittom held te.nitidal 'meeting on Mea` evening: ' • " Betret , Vonnol —Present er. Melina "Galway,' Milfer ' ?door. headi. Morrow, Pollock, - PhiMps, Reed, Smyth,' Vsesturai.Wade, yin's,. and President. Waite! of last meeting were read and appmed -The President presented etommuniestion:kcm Meyer Wearer; accompanied by a copy of the - lawn IMerdinstnete of St. - Lors, peteented by that citY Read arta 'attempted, rued the Mayor directed to'acknowledge the came. C. C. 0. concurred. Mr.'Smyth, - s petition for the grading 'and peeing Of Paves/re Way; from' Evans alley to Mutely Sheet. . - . -Thefevred to CommitteSon Streets. C. C. ton- The President, a ootommlicatiOn from the Mayor, enclosing a petition from 'the merchant' of Wood and Ehezond streets, relative to the con ditionlor ifinebiddle's lot, center of Wood and Read and referred to committee , on fitreete. - • ' Aise imintnunlestion front Er. Eyster relay tothe plesage.efA... bill now , - before th e `Scoot; in ; to the Pennsylvania Dollen& - :Read and AleiL O. C. concurred. ' Mf. Galway, a petition relittive“o Tackling the canal, and Caking Con:collo to ,take some so lion be the same whilst the legialeture is In Bee lion. - , Bred ud referred to a special committee of Rea, two' from Setetot and three from Common Oonatil, and Blesits Galway and Smyth appoint ed on part of B. 0. 0. C. tonentred, and rip - :prated Messrs Edgar, Wilkinson and Reese' fdr..oiltray, a petition from citizens doing Magnets on Pike street, relative to the condition i d the tea-path on Waehington. et. -• Referred to.Coretraituie on Aqueduct and Canal. C. C. contorted.'' - Mr., Morrow offered the following: Reaolved, That the Committee on City Print tag be Instructed to hare published in the two palate elected to do the city printing the Re . otipts.and Expenditures for the year 1850, OA down by the Treasurer's account as presented to :the Auditing, Comatittee,. together with eo meth of the reports of the Auditing and Water Ciromitteeti-ne the said papers may agree to publish one,fime for 415 each: Read three times r - passed. C. C. con. cured. Mr. Miller the report of a epeeist committee relative toriareese ot taxation. Read and aceepted., Mr. Wade moved that the report be printed. Mr; Reed-. Moved that the motion be Indell nitely: postponed, -.which was carried by s TO° of 14 oyes to 4 nays ; -- The act' for levying of an additional tax was then read; and laid over on third reading. The :Ideation of Feb. 9, anthorinag the Commltteeun Fire Engines and Hose to procure feed, 4int., for the bones of the steam fire engine was concurred • Adjourned. ,•. - Ornamon ConSO—Members prance!: hfessre. AM, Barnhill; Bennett, Berger, - Black, Brown, Edger, Henderson, - Herdman, Hodkinson, • Holmes. Kim, .Layten, fd'Candless, M'Cargo, hi'Colliater; M'Farland, Moore, Meyer, Galan, _Reese, Robb, Sheffer, limper, Taylor, Wilkineon,. President, Errett. The President stated that the meeting had beeacillad'to_hear the report from the epeeist eommitteu,appointed relative to increasing the city tare". - • Mccr - Bavnbill promoted a oommuniCation from EL McCormick, weigh master at the coal states, -in the - Fifth Ward. Rea Ind refereed to the Finance Committee.. lar.Errett,,a petition for grading end paving Logan street from Wylie to Webster streets. Referred to Street Committee. Also a bill of-J. R. Hartley for lee, amount. leg to $5,76; - . • s Referred to , the Committals on Claim and Associate. . • Alec a bill ;or Whitney & Myers for $288,25. Same reference. • • Mr: Bedkirison, e.petition to have Redford etrut rowed. . - ' 2AfffidiOClAtZiAt.COlikidttOO. Ali. ' Kim, a petition for extendlog of Glas main on Penna. Avenue. - • Referred to'Commiltee en Gas Lighting. Mr. Area:Olen, a petition from. members of the Rood latent FL-o Co., asking that the hose carriage atteehmi to the steam fire erg ice be placed;in' their charge. -Referred to Committee en Fire; Ssgitoi and lion , . Mr. liedkirison, a communication relative to an net now before ' the ,Legielalure to Increase Thevizasrieti of doiere;.Commissioners, as , with a mention apposing the postage of laid ant, and directing that the Clerks of Councils be re quoted l .to, forwr.rd a copy of the resolnUen to llartieburg to our Senores:id Representatives. Read and laid over- Mi.'llohnes, a petition for Water on Baptiste Referred to the Water Committee. Mr..M.Vendlerts, a communication relative to outlet for water on Contra All6llllO. Referred to Street Committee. Mr. M'Cargo, 'a. petition relative to etagnant water on Liberty street. - ' Referred to the, Street Committee. Mr. Moore, n report' from the -Committee on City Printieg, with the following resolution. Resotved, That the Stayer be and he le hereby authoriiid to draw his warrant on the City Treasurer4n fever of Foster & Fleeeon for $57,- -60 and charge the tame to appropriation No. 3. The resolattou relative to the Act of Assem i bly to establish high end low water marks on the allegheoy, hionongstals, and Ohio Rivera, which passed S. C. Feb. 9, was taken up, and notion of S. C. concurred in. • The Ordinance reldive to the license on hacks, begglee; &a. . - In S. 0., Feb. 9, - reed three • times and paled; was called up and the yeas 1 and nays Galled on the Gael passage of the Oral- Ls, moos, as follower • - - Ayes—Derail% Bennett, Borger, Black, Ed. ) gar, Henderson," Hodkinson Kim, McCargo, arFarland, Reece, Sheffer, Lyon, President 1 Errett7-4'.' . Nays—al, BrOwn, Hardman, Holmes Lay %'',l ton, M'Cendlese, hi'Clintook, WO:dilater, Moore, Mayer. Quinn, Robb, Taylor, Willrineon-14. .. lUr. Layton, an Ordinance repealing err notteh lof the Ordinance for weighing coal, bey, An., ' as relates to the exemption of manufacturers from th e provielona et said Ordinance. • '"••• ".1 Laid on the table by the following vote: "•`' Ayes—Ahl, Barnhill, Bennett, Berger, Black, Bwn, Edger, liodkinson; Holmee, Kim, M . Car• I ro go; Meyer, Reese, Robb, Shaffer, Smyser, Tay . tor, Wilkinson-18.. Ifiedereon, llerdmen, Loy ton el'Cand less, BrClintook, ht'Collister, /enticed, Moore, Qainn, Presideyt Errett-10. 1 Mr. Robb, Spetition for gas mains sad lamps ' ••• 't en Liberty street from Tfainut to Carson et. I Referred to the Committee on Gas Lighting. '.`• -• Mr. Bennett offered the following: ;, • Received; That the Ordinance Committee be directed 'to - esport - an - Ordleance prohibits g . , members of. Councils from becoming security on ."1 . any land given to the oity. • Read three times and passed. Mr. hi'Clinteek motel to reconsider the vote ;`:'son the =dhoti/Me relative to licensing bloke, pending which; Cannons adjourned. o In all the action of C. C., S. C. coocurred. .Ik 'i •~,~~ y " ''}``~ . MEI 111 RITITILIILT Connuer.L.Acourardly attack was mode on Mr. Logan, who resides In the Fifth `• _, Ward, on Saturday evening, about 8 o'clock; by come unknown scoundrel A men called at hie ‘ • re-Mantle and knocked at the door. Mr. Logan's . • •• ; outside that he wished to see her father. At this Instant he madells appearance, and before ho had time to . speak, was pounced ,upon bg the stranger, and brutally beaten, his left cheek ha. slag considerably bruised; -•Thelvillaintheo. made otY as quick as poesible, has not keen heard ; • of elem.,. BESACIET 611 Cm OliDla#lloll.-4 moo named Zogimith, o Cerman t ovis fined $2 Monday morning for permitting Me peddling wagon to stand In the slant over Sunday. Peter M. iDavis, thEattollancer, AM titled $2 for block lag op the pavement in front of his building on Fifth aired. Merchants and others will take Tan Waren- balyer, in as article on the lum -0 i bar businese,- say,: We hare heard lumbermen mitiinete that about four million feet , of lumber drifted by bete. eines the rise In the river, and ; that abbot thirty million, feet went adrift in the t tat between bare and Pittsburgh. On the Coo -1 orange and Brokenstraw Greeks large quantities of lumber went adrift daring the freshet. NAMOASIOX fins. OPIZIIIIIIIIICCU OD the Alicgueay river la oinked:— The Clara Fieber came down on Sunday . evening, and started op on hfooday afternoon::: "The TheAllegtoini Belle No. 3 also wont ;, up on Monday: ;'_-A god deal of lee was Bost. tog dOWA laprig the northern shore 111 the even- Inv hot = ere It ca m e were m eo not leforrd In regard to I ' wh ere fro. - , - -' • ~ - ''., .; 1 Dnrratar Comm.—Before Jadge Williams. • ,-, ~ •,-: •. • v I& A. Patterson IL Tunny's admr's. Vet ; dlot for plaintiff for $961,00. •- ' • .., 4'. : ' Wm. Etchbaum vs. Johoston& Stockton. Ver '-• I, , ~ :''i, diet fOr defendants.' t I. & A.. Patterson ws. Tassel's adnies. O. , )trial. , , . ,-, Tun lecture which Ids. Kerr was announoed t 1 t - o deliver in Penn Tointahlp last week he was ; • . ;11411/10 to tire, 'owing to , serer° sickness in hie • ' , . family. :-- . - . :. , • , -, . , I Tarr anniversary of ate BUegliany.Bibto Bo 'slaty onniewitiV this eviattig at eenn doloot, fa . ---- "•••• 0 ' ;Dr. Itodser's church. • • ' • • "Taw Feanutares Assoutailon held a meeting on Saturday =min& at'Wlsich the Report of the Committee en, Conferences- and- Inspection wen resd.ami accepted, and the following resolutions passed: . Resolved, - fly the Fireman's Association, that wo earnestly' recommend to the City COllllOll2 the urgent neocittity, of immediately furnishing, for the tee of the several fire companies repro emoted by this Aseociation, at least three thous and Mahn:Wed:feet of good new hose; and that we are fully convinced that is the emellest amount that would enable our fire companies to afford a reasonable protection against the de vouring element. Resolved, That we recommend an appropria tion, to purchase a lot and build a house for the Allegheny fire company, and also an appropria tion for tho'repair or rebuilding of the Du quesne Engine House. On motion the Association passed a resolution recommending Councils to appropriate a stall olenteura to repair the Eagle, Relief, Niagara and Neptune engine house& TIM anniversary Clenb3BB of lho So nday Moot of the Mancheeter Preeb i verian Church took place on fiundiy. The report of the Superintendent wee reed, showing tho eohool to be In a flourishing condi. tion: It was commenced twenty-eight years ago briars. Dr. Campbell, in her own house, and has now an average attendance of about a hun dred loholars. ' After s hymn, Bev. Id. W. Jacobus delivered an address to parents, alter which Bibles were presented to different scholars by Mr. James Behoonmaker. Dr. Plamerthen delivered an Odeon to the children, and the exercises closed with singing beautiful hymn; and the largo audicace periled, muoh gratified with the whole services. Catlin or COMMON PLiC/I.9.—BOZO.Tudges h.rChire, Adams and Parke. Gilchrist et al. re. Lightoor ill.;.*:otintvccr femme and oontersiom 'Joy out.. T. Liggett vs.:Et. Hum:toter. Verdlit for plain tiff for $66,18. - Rebecca Irons ra. Cyrus Illsok'e adm. Ver diot for plaintiff for $67,16. Joshua Stoolfier es. Robert Neely. Cause continued. A. Smith re. James Reno. Plaintiff caked and poneuited. Thomas Sawyer vs. Jacob Whltecell. Plain tiff called and unsuited. Bloherd Shrander va Alexander Holstein and A. Cook. Verdict for plaintiff for $93,09. Etitaater Pirastassurp.—Wo aro in receipt of a pack of cards, written in so elegant a manner as to be a perfect triumph of the art. It is to Mr. Alexander Cowley, Professor of Penman ship at the Iron City Commercial College, that we are Indebted for this handeome present. Af ter looking at the wonderful perfection of each letter In the pack of cards, wo are not astonish ed that he shoal heye received silver medals and other prises for his unrivalled penmanship. The into Pennsylvania State Fair awarded him. the silver medal—the highest premium offered. It is fortunate for the students of the Iron City College that they have each a teacher of writing as Mr. Cowley. dkvi t WErrass Usivaserrr.—A valuable onleotion of minerals Is now being removed to this natl. lotion, situated on the earner of Diamond and Roes Streets, Second Ward, from the Western Pennsylvania flospltsL The collection consists of some extremely rare and valuable minerals, with a fine variety of- preolons stones &0., and formerly belonged to Goorge Rapp, the well known loader of the Puonomltee, and was sold to the Western University by his stecoessor, Mr. Baker.. The collection, when it passed into the hands of the Trustees, was valued at but V 2,000, though the gentlemen who arranged. it after. wads plononnoed it worth 53,000. • poor common cases were before the Mayor on Solidity morning, the majority for drunken. noes and disorderly conduct—the result of Bata torday night's adventures. The more economi cal course for such persons to pursue would be to keep sober and quiet. But it would be al most ae beneficial to preach encdasmy. and good order to the Chootawa so some or out boorish civil:tea There were two commas canes on Monday morning. 141000 DO LLARS —.lBusinass Man intrehleths bait: In Loot' the one. ot Wrestles ntenzikettuinit btuluessee thls ety. and new In =Mehl °Maio.. .ideeselng eta NV mourn.% 114 x 02 Pittabtatth P. o.otith tamse ead fer.3erd 'DIM, AXE AND SADDLE-BAGS, and Ka other tbetnxe, br WWl= 11. Mbar.. with gen • Vortee AutoBlegeeptie et Rae. rater Carte - richt, the Dub. eitatle Preetter, 13th eolltico. %nth eteri portayac, fn. ale by fe9 READ. 78 Yomill Croat. 11DIRODUCE-6 bbls prime Roll Butter. R. Ica bbl. Sztrs Thur. 60 Data ft Y. 00 Tau .. I ltr d i SU ! , .. nrL I ZILIP4 I 6I* LT (41 B. )413180N CO.. .7.15 Lltarts 75 KEGS LARD NO I; bbl. *fib l'sb Butter; 1-MI Ltd. ,Just reed sad for slab by jag 811R1VES t DILVVOItTr, 36 BBLS. RYE FLOUR, red'll this dr Issd ftrr We la 0 IL LEECH. .1.10 Nu. 111 Eeemil Most. ONCENTRATED LYE an hand and fc ' sale 07 L 7 PLEmINti BROS UPPER LEATHER-30 doz. in !alt.° ni to, tale by RICIPDBARD.2IS Llb iy er 14°"-16 kege No. 1 in store and for do by de3o;tr R EUTOILINEO ILJERRING—.W bble No. I pickled herpg 1. In 1 star* aryl for este b 7 D. RUIVIIINBC. g TIERCES RICE dd and fur sai''' . , lilo JO/11 , 131 . 01.1. 214. QPTS. TURPENTINE-15 bbls on bad sod Prr eats by la ILUITNTI 1 HELD. SHOULDERS; 1 DO HAMS; t tut Pine nat. In BID/sand to dm... hg WALLA/WS t GAILDIZEL ARD OID-10 bbls on steamer Laws LA for tile D 7 41'2 ISMAIL DICKEY 0. LOIIISVILLE LIME-134 bbla per sera sr Adriatic. fa. ts.e br IDATAgDICe ET 10. zyk PRS. STEAMBOAT BLANETS /Put reed and for We by A. A. MAMA Co. DKARLASH-40 casks, a prima tido f0r..24 by IS LL Lioarrr. WAG. NO. QUNDRLES —lOO bbl o Eastern Sir. to bbl. 8. IL Efoluvoi. 100 ohl. Yellow oust. 150 laffi 1110 (MU. C 6 do Carolina To • 0 Dal Doan Olt. 100 DIU WropoluS ler. 160 do: Corn Brame. 10 keg's. 6 Tor lec 't oleo. In 1111 r. and for sale b'y 20410 FLOYD 41. I. 1111 173 Wood mad =8 Llterlds. pßoDucui TO ARRIVE— -600 to , . bulk Ilium. 16 keg. Lan!. Co - - rhoolderi, 6 bbla Roil Bone 3 bbls Tallow' , 3 " Mem Por6; . I " Jowl. For sale by Mt SUMER A DIL WOll im AN C Y SILKS, 011EAY.—Maly S Baretaell are law elotloX Cut thalr lara , kak of . ay Dram Mks at tow mice% to mate roan , early t4priog 430015. /Sr North•eset orrokr th and Motet.. fIOOD BUSINESS OR AOOOMDDA- Aft. MON PAPER t> macro: or ES .3.7 , 0 cal* no. 6ntbaod at low Woo of disomm: by cobtr : ina o ON. t• m of toll DI AM jot MAC:IE S, TISSUES AND LAIV now JUP Falllaz at gnat rattan :lon. at iall MURPHY 6 BUltelitLD. grILASS —470 bxe Window 01000. aided to elm for eat., by HENRY U. COLLS. bbli for tell ItEtatlt U.