rim MMII CITY AND SUBIIIMAN. T ir e G A zEriz is furnished in the east the eft dciys of the week for 16 cents per week; by ma t 118 per annum : 8 mos., pi. *Our readers should bear in mind that after to-morrow a per cestaxe will be , added to their income tax if not paid. Allegheny Count,ils.—A regular semi monthly meeting of Allegheny Coun cils will•he held to-morrow (Thursday) evening. The. Tax Payera of Allegheny City.— Attention is called to the advertisement -of D. Mackferron; City Treasurer, ist to day's paper. By 'referring to our advertising col. mains it will be seen that our ,worthy Superintendent of Water Works adver lses for proposals for laying wrter pipe. As we go to press, three o'clock at.. the air is very chilly, and we 1/110121d BO; be =prised. if *beavy frost - visits the country districts this morning. . . _ Arm Brallea,—,Tohn Deer, a boy ten or twelve years of age, residing in the 17th ward, had his arm broken in two - places yesterday, by falling tram . * tree: Jimmy Hamill will row Coulter first, audaftteßwaxds Brown or another-man, a five mile race; for'any sum that may be agreed upon. Finally, he intends - to give all corners &chance. W , , anted:—Situation by, a young man as Ro(*.keeper or assistant .d3ookkeeper, good peaulan and several years experi ence in store and bank, can give good referenda: - Addreas box "A," Glazers Office, or call ac GA r.Errz Counting Room. Another Insane Man.—Francis O'Hara yesterday made informalioti before Jus tice Barker, of South Pittsburgh, against his son James O'Hara,- aged eighteen years, whq for.ayear past has been Insane, with a view of having him sent to the hospital. He was arrested and commit ted to jail. • • - 111c1Ilwalne's Stock Sale.—The follow Ingetwks were sold last evening on sec+ end floor of Commercial Sales Rooms, 108 Smithfield street, by. A. M'llwaine, Auctioneer: Bank of Pittsburgh Citizens National Bank • , Exchinste National Bank . Ike have just purchased, a copy of Mitchell's New-Atitta Map of the world, Containing one hundred beautiful maps from official surveys and other authentic sources. it is the best work of the char acter ever published.. The agent will call cn our citizens during the week, and. we earnestly advise all our friends to secure a copy. Killed on the Ranread.—The body of Aidernum James L.i Irwin, of the 17th wai.d; who left Imam mysterlouly on ' Friday last, was found on the track of the Pennsylvania railroad yesterday morning near Lilly Station, it having been run over by a passenger train. The body was identified by a pin worn by the demised upon which his named was engraved. Lay Delegation —At the'rifth avenue M. E. Church. Rev. 3..1. Jones, the , ques tion of , lay delegation was voted upon on 'Monday evening. The congregation rintilbera one hundred and fifty, but the vote polled was only thirty-fotir, twenty seven for and seven against the innova tion. The feeling in the congregation is almost unanimous on the subject. At Christ Church the vote stood one Intidred and sixty-nine_ for and two. against the measure. • Meeting of the Street' Committee.—A meeting of the Street Committee was held in the Committee rooms, City Build ing, last evening. A number of ordi nances for the grading and paving of streets were considered favorably. A contract for the construction of a board walk on• Elm street was let to Mr. Mc -Dowell.' The Committee are awake to the necessity and importance of ;trading and paving streets, and a large amount of work of that character will be done the present season. Trinity Chapel—Laying of the Corner • stone. Immediately after the adjournment o f the Epic opal Convention yesterday 'af." tampon, the members and visitors en gaged in the ceremonies attending the laying of the corner stone of the new chapel now in course of erection for the use of the Trinity Church congregation. the new structure is located on the rear portion of the lot occupied by the main Church building, and when completed will be an ornament to the city and a monument to the liberality and zeal of Its builders. The exercises were of a highly interesting character and attracted a very large attendance of the triends and members of the congregation i under whose auspices the _ building is being erected. The corner stone contained no ,deposits, being perfectly solid, and with out an inscription. This was left for the corner stone of the new church building, to be erected as soon as the .chapel is completed and the old one removed. The clergy in their robes headed the procession from the church. the Bishop repeating at they walked the one hun. Bred and twenty-second Psalm. When all had gathered Around the designated spot the Bishop led in Prayer, after which the stone was placed in position with the usual ceremonies. The one hundred and second Selection was then sang, commencing We baba w th fruitless east, nniess The Lord the pue s*statn; Unless the Lord the e.ty ken). The watchman wakes in Vain. The Bishop next delivered a brief and appropriate address, which was followed by remarks from Rev. S. P. Spaulding, of St. John's, Erie, and Rev. J. R. Edgar, of St. Peter's, Pittsburgh. The company agaiti.jolued in singing the 101st hymn, commencing And wilt then. 0 Eferbill God I On earth establish tbine atmde? Then look propltien • from thy tWrons And taletista temple for thine Gion. which was followed with an address by Rev,,Vir:P. Ten Brown, of En. Johns; Pitta burgh. At.the ooncltudon of _Rev. Ten Broach's remarks,' the choir chanted "Gloria in excels*" when the Bishop (skated the exercises with prayer, and dis missed the company with the benedic• Qty. It gave us great pleasure, yesterday, to greet Gem Geo. S. Gallup, now in the city; _ . enjoying a brief respite from hie army duties on the frontier of the north-west ern peninsula of Michigan, where be bitebeeh stationed with a portion of his - regiment, the Ist Infantry, for a mid& emote time.. Be is in the enjoyment of perfect health, if a `superb physique. be onY. , ..indication,, the northern= militate _o74cminglo ha l ve well suited his vigortito - satpperament - Se la ~accompanied by, Ina sopqmplished wlfe, and will for tetrdaYsr mingle with his dishy - frillnits JD all locality. 4 . 4;^0A - . A . . • - =MEI =Mtn. Joan vti iamTunr. I Nentlat—deportaot CIO dr s6r . lutendant and Priaelpalof _ te e jh - 1 1 Schools. - A regular meeting ur the Central Board of Education was bold at two o'clock yes. terday. The meetinf; organized by calling Mr. Nobba to the chair. Members present; Messrs. Thomas Aiken, George H. Anderson, Jared M. Brush, Samuel Chadwick, Thomas . J. Craig, James, Cuddy, James A. Duncan, Adams Getty, John Harrison , Joseph. Hartman, P. H. Laufm'an, William Mays, Jacob H. Miller,Josepti Mitchell, Joseph H. Nobbs, John A. gergeant Litchi J. Fleming and Thomas W. Shaw: The minutes of the proceeding meeting were •read and approved. HIGH SCHOOL RICPORT. Philoins Dean, Principal of the High School, presented his report for the month From May Bd to the 28th inclusive, the school was in session twenty days. Following is a recapitulation of the at tendance: High.Bohool Normil Commerolal.:: Total, 189 147 286 w The report as received. Mr, Sergeant, Secretary, then read his monthly report, stating that the warrants d lB rawn l64 95. during the month amounted td 1, I " The sub.distriots not having' at the previous steeling were reported' as baying levied a tax for building littr poses, as follows: Grant, 2 mills; Rale ton, 3 mills; Moorhead, 8 mills, and lO mills special; O'Hara, Washington,, Lib erty, Colfax and Minersville, 10 - mills each: Lincoln, 20 mills; Peebles, 8 mills. The report wee received. .. ' ETIPERINTENDENT'S REPOR* Mr. G..,J.. Luckey, Superintendent . of the tublio Schools of the city, submitted the following report: GENTLEMEN : '- In' my last monthly report for the year endingJnne Ist, 1869, I beg leave to most re3peotfally tender to.yoar honorable body my Kin -cereliisnks for your unitbrin kindness, and your hearty co operation with me in all my efforts to,advance the interests of public education in our • city, and I earn estly hope that I may, bye 3 dicions ad ministration of school affairs; during the. present term, continue to merit your ap -1 proval anti retain your co deuce, for without your entire support uch of the labor performed in building p and ex tending our educational system would, indeed, be fruitless. , As I am now preparing my annual re port which will contain au extended so count of the edunational interests of the city, I will omit for the preseat any gen eral report for the last month and give entirely the statistics as returned to this of They are, however, not so Pallas might be desired, as so e ie of the blanks authorized by you ha e not been filled. This is to be regrett as it in terferes greatly with the harmonious workings of the system. Total enrollment, 8,459; avlirage atten dance, 6,909; percentage of 'attendance, 82. $69.75 69.00 69.75 PURLS El MEINTS. , The corporal punishments have been reduced since last report over 38 per cent., and since January. 65 per cent. 'Thisbe-11 very creditable showing, and certainly ,entitles oar teachers to mmendation for their ellorts at goveruMnt outside of the, out time rule of brutality. All this has been accomplished and yet the' discip. line of our schools are greatly improved over that of other years. The report was received. Mr. Craig, from the C mmittee on. Teachers and salaries, utunitted a verbal report, which was eived. ; HIGIZ scnoon BUILD No. Mr. Hanna, from the minittee .on -High School Building, sub l imed the re port of the Comiuittee t 'as f low,: The Committee appointed to proccire plans and solicit bids for the igh School Building, respectfully re t: That In pursuance .of the instructions given them, your Committee advertised for proposals, for the masonry and excava. Lion of the basement, and having met on the second of June, proceeded to open the bids—flve in number, for the atone work, and the same number for the ex cavation. Your Committee recommend that the masonry and cut stone work be awarded to Mr. Patrick Brough, he being the lowest and best bidder. Your Commit. tee also recommend that the excavation be awarded ' to Messrs. Flinn and Noonan, they being the lowest and best bidders for that department of the work. Your Committee after careful exami nation of the stone from several quarries have unanimoualyagreed to recommend the stone known as the Clarion stone for the whole outer surface of the walla. The estimated cost of masonry of the base ment butt of Clarion stone will be $15,875. The report was received and adopted, and the Committee continued and con stituted the Building Committee. . On motion Mr. Nobbs and Mr. Hart man were added to the Committee. The Secretary then read a communica- - tion from Mr. Darling inviting,the mem bers of the Central Board to attend .the musical exhibition at the Fourth watd schools, Thursday next, at half past one o'clock. Received• Mr. Anderson read a communication from the tax collector of Peebles District asking for an exoneration of 192, for lost taxes. Received and 'allowed. Mr. Shaw preiented a bimilar commu nication from the Collector of the Fourth ward for $321.20. Referred to the member from the Fourth ward. On motion. the Collector of Liberty was allowed an exoneration of •1192. , The report from the Moorhead was re , ferred to the member from that district for examination. The'Collector of Ossland dittrict was allowed an exoneration of ;198.40. A number of other applications for ex oneration were presented, and referred to the members from the several districts. The application of the Collector from the Fifth ward was taken up, and on motion of Mr. Craig, •that portion of it referring to the exonerations on behalf of the Pennsylvania Railroad cbmpany , was referred to a special committee. The Chair appointed Meson& Craig, Mil ler, Hann:tan, Getty and Landman. The Collector of the old ;final ward was. allowed exoneration amounting tO OLIN& Mr ' MeYst from the Committee on col lendSchools, presented the report of the Committee: .• I The Committee reported in favor of leasing the basement, of. the C l ured building to the Colored PresbcF rian congregation as a place or • wets ip, and inflater reeomtneede the establish anent of a school for the almiumod s tio n 'of colored children in the oier:::::docent On motion of Mr., Craig that portlier' of the report relative to the of a new or branch school for. eet o r e d 'children, was referred 'back to the cim n .