, , age oniallrtiad iron, while lying on the wharves awaiting shipment to other ports: Referred, to the Finance Com mittee. , _ Mr. Weldon "called up the ordinance granting Hussey, Wells & Co. the right to erect an addition to their mill, laid over under the rules in Select Council at the. last meeting. On motion, the action of Select Coun cil was concurred in.' Also the ordinance increasing the salary of the Street Commissioner in the Third district.. The ordinance was lost by a vote of twenty-nine to nineteen. Mr. McCarthy - mov edthat the hosPi tallties of th e city be ten dered His Excel lency, Andrew John n, while passing through on: his way home in his exit from office. ~ A The . motion was decided in the nega tive. • Mr. McCarthy' , called for a division, A vote being taken, the motion was lost by a vote of three for to sixty-one spinet. The ordinance relative to the re-loca tion of - Ridge street, in Select, Connell, February 13th, referred to the Survey Committee, was laid on the table. The.pettlon for the• re-survey of the Lawrenceville and Shexpsburg _Plank Road, February 13th, in Select Council, ',referred to the Road Committee, was re-. - ferred to Committee on Surveys. The proposed act relative to the estab lishment of a City Park, and the issue of bonds to pay for the same, which had been_ approved in Select Council, Febru ary 13th, was taken up. After consider able discussion. , Mr. Reed moved to 'non-concnr in the action of Select Council, and lay the paper on the table. Carred. In all business not otherwise . noted, Select Council-concurred. On. giotloeadjourned. - Amusements. OPERA Horrez.—A large and brilliant audience assembled at the Opera House last evening, which was the opening nightof Yankee Robinson's engagement. The comedy of "Naval Engagements" was presented, after which Madame San yeah, whose daring feats on the trapeze have excited the wonder and admiration of the world, entertained the audience by the performance of some of the most hazardous feats ever attempted by any one of her profession. The entertain ' ment concluded with "A Wife for a Day," with Yankee Robinson in the role of Matthew Tucker.. Tne same bill will be presented to-night. PITTSBURGH THEATRE.—Dr. Thayer's Cirdus is the great centre of attraction" for amusement lovers at present. The Old Theatre is crowded nightly, and the entertainments are of a most excellent character and fally worthy of the patron= age of the public. SMYTHE'S AMERICAN THEATRE.—The excitement at this establishment, conse quent upon the appearance of Miss Nel lie Taylor, Gurr, the man-fish, Gus Wil liams and the many other brilliant at tractions, is unabated. The house is crowded, nightly. Go early if you want • a seat. EXCELSIOR HALL.—A large and select audience assembled at Excelsior Hall, •• - Allegheny city, last evening, to witness the astounding performances upon the piano of that wonderful musical prodigy Blind Tom. The entertainment was of courseva most excellent one, and the au dience were delighted with it. The con cert will be repeated this eventng, with a change of programme. - United States District Court—Judge Mc Candless. On Monday forenoon the Court deny , ered an;opinion in the case of 'United States vs. J. B. Finlay, charged with making false returns of woolen manu factures, with intent to cheat and de fraud, quashing the indictment. —The-letter book of General HaUeck, containing all the correspondence on the subject ol.the removal of Gen. Grant when at Vicksburg, including the order for his removal, has been found. The order wan signed by Gen. Halleck, but was inspired by Secretary Stanton, who, at that time, directed the correspondence of Gen. Halleck. Generalßanks' friends are urging him to give all the papers in his possession on the subject to the public; bat he still refuses to do so. —Two men were killed, and three se riously injured yesterday morning, at Fonda, N. Y., by the explosion of a last on the Fonda, Johnstown it Cloverstrille Railroad. • • - PRESCRIBING . FOR THE PEOPLE , , We have disnensarles, hospitals.'noble insti tutions of all kinds tor the relief of human ills. Every though fel citizen appreciates the vane of these estabpshments for the amelioration of suf fering. But thay do not cover the whole ground; indeed, it is imtiossiblean the nature of things, that the amount of good they do should be at all in proportion to the popular need, Theyare con fined.. principally * to large eittell, To the sick man in the remote west, forexample. of what use) is the New York City Ho:TIMM, or the N York Dispensary, But. although asy.uma for invalids are nut to be found . everywhere, an un equaled tonic and alterative is within the reach of all. There Is no settlem.nt that bears a name, within the limits of the United N.ates, 'refire HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTER . ; is not pro curable. It Is a medicine for the whole commu nity, easily obtaleahle by all its members. AA this period of the year, when the ...limit son of Yeti nary" is beginning to evoke unwhole some vapors from the earth, and the "fever and ague season" Is c o'e at band, this excellent we ttable preparationshould be taken as a 7011.7gilta OW TUB SYSTLIK. All. complaints proc.eding from indigestion are rampant when the winter breaks lip In a "ground thaw:" almoly because no sensible. precantioos are, as a rule, taken to prevent them. forestall the evils that lie Verdo in many a marsh. and swam°, and pool, ready 'o trounce upon the neglertfol as soon as toe sun shall have licerated the firming miasma from the r. eking Escape bLlous attuks. colic, sad utalarloos endeinics and ep- ening and mniating„ :the idemi digestive,secretive . and discharging, organs with tne MOOT SITICA- V.INIS AND nat.easfre Or Ala. ITOZTABLE /N . DiSiWPSI* fe alw ayssagravated by the damps of early Boring, and Shakspeare tells to that "the sun In March (loth nourish agues." Against both these. complainte, HOSTkT rEIVS STOMACH are the be,at possible pro tection. THE SOISND OF THE LUNGS. One of the most accurate "ways of determining whether the Innis are in a healtny or diseased con dition. is by means of listening to the respiration. To those experienced in this practice it becomes as plain aninaex to the state of the lungs. and b as well known to the operator ae are the Yokes of his most intimate acqaaintancea. The belief that -. long standing c o ughs, and diseases of the lungs upon Which they are dependent, are incurable, are tsstbecontind ohrsolote. One great advantage to be gained from thusadvance in medical knowlo edge is tte earlier . appliastion of those whd be iborne afflicted With thote dbseases to some one competent to afford relief. 'I he error which had • taken hold of the public mind in regard to the 'csrabilityofcoilsumptiou, or rather non-curabil . ity, hi that becoming obliterated, and .it is well that it shoukl be so, not that persons shoal lose - that sanatory 'fear which would make them apply • ter a timely remedy,