Locomotive, Volume 44, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1858 — Page 2

oTthe fair, will be awarded on the last Saturday in November, 1658, at the annual meeting of the Society when the certificates of measurement of land and of produce must be exhibited to the executive comfoth. AU competitors must be residents of the County, and become members of the Society. ' 11th. No animal or article upon which the brst premium was awarded at the fair of 1857, shall receive a first premium for the same entry, but may receive a diploma, as the best exhibited, if so deemed worthy by the awarding committee. . 12th Any person wilfully misrepresenting the age, keeping or pedigree of stock; the manner of manufacture or production of any article, exhibited at the fair, shall forfeit the premium awarded, in the discre- " tion of the executive committee. . 13th. The premiums shall be paid in cash or in silver ware, at the option of the exhibitor. 1 4th. Before the awards are declared, if the procceds of the fair shall not be sufficient after payment of expenses and debt, to pay the premiums , m full, there shall be struck a pro rata dividend, and the premiums paid accordingly, at the time of publishing the awards on the fair grounds.' ' . : ' ... Persons appointed on Awarding Committees will please consider the- reception of this Premium List a sufficient notice of their appointment. ; . By order of the Board of Directors. ,. " ........ THOS. A.' MORRIS, Pres. JOHN Si TaRKLNGTQN, SeC. : : THE LOCOMOTIVE.

s a x P Eif A yTa P E t i 8. TySaturdayisthe day of publication of the Locomotive whoii it will alwaysbereidyforsunsorihera. , In nocasewill welooopyofthepper go, front the office) be fort publica iOtntujU ;, ,y V;'.,,.; ' ' ' tfJCOMOTIVEl STBAM . PRESS"7;.,' BOOK AND JOB POINTING OFFICE. "TT7'Jf would call the attention of Railroad Men, Presiilenuof Vf Colleges unci AciuU'miiM, tlio Medical Profession., and all others, to-oniT-assortruent of NEW 'AND; -BJ3AUTIFUU TYE! ust roclvei (rota Uie best Koundriea iu this. United HtHtos, J mhrachijr H the Medical Signs Accents Fraction French tetters, jjlgrhraieal Sn, uivl all the modern farilUios for doIn)? work Inthobest tvlor - AU our Typo and Machinery is new, and fu good order, including two of .Adami' improved STEAMPRIIMTING PRESSES wiilch onnbles ns to do pur work in as"periorstyle,oirusslior linte.ind as good terms as my other office. We have on 'itaiid a aitporior article of JSoofe and Color ec4 JPaper-Xjjiuil the best of Inks, and as we are practical -workjuoii. w crii.-iranty all work entrusted to us to be done in til" neatest maimer, 'witb. promptness and accuracy, , , Our Job Department is well supplied with all kinds of New and Fashionable Typean.d vearo prepared to do All Kinds of O"o"fc "V7"coi-1il ! on'the'shortestnotiee; and at the Idwest Jiving rates; and RLAKTKb' 4F KVEKY- F,SCIliPT)l! on Cap, Letter, Folio -Post Flat- Cap, French, or Colored Papers, and Cards or.Card boards. .. ' " For tltu character of our work we confidently refer to any Book or Job bearing onrimprint. - , Out prices are ragjilated -at the lowest cash standard, to as to be regular and uniform, and equal to all ; and contracts for work will bo ailhered to. without resortto extra charge. 71 Orders from a listance promptly attended to, and accuracy rmirautied.' , .- ' .-.i . i'-i ' '' '- Tfyoinceofi Meridian streel,itnuieditely pppo-iitethe Post Office. 1 ' . : ' ' , , ,!:: r.Kfi t.' -.' .-I .. KtDER & HARKNESS: Kansas in Congress. The last move in Congres8 on the Kansas question, was the appointment of a Committee of conference. In the House this was a test question, and decided by the casting vote of the speaker. The committee consists of three from each House Green and' Hunter, Lecompton Democrats,' and Seward, Republican, of the Senate, and Englis Anti-Lecompton Democrat, Stephens, Lecompton Democrat, and Hoard, Republican, of the House. It s believed, by both parties, that this committee will agree on a' report' that will be accepted by a majority of both nouses,, and admit Kansas into the Union. Its action will be anxiously looked for. ', "' Iritis to be presumed, of course, that the City Council were chalked to all the exhibitions of Yankee Robinson's Circus, in consideration of omitting the license of $30:00 .a day chargeij, by the. ordinance to Circus companies. . : This may be all ' right of course it is, or the Council would not have done itr but it appears to us if the city must pay the admission Fee of the members of the Council to all circuses that come along, they had better do so by , a direct levy on the Treasury, as it will be much cheaper. .Let all jthat pay taxes, or bold city orders that they can't get cashed, think of this.; ," ut;;',''i'),i. : UJ3T Another handsome improvement is under way on Washington street,, that is worthy of honorable mention.' The -Messrs. Root's .are tearing away the old frame buildings on the south side of Washington street, comer of Delaware street, to build handsome four story business rooms, sixty-seven feet front, and back to the brick houses 'on 'Delaware, filling up the corner. This is' a point that will make a desirable business stand, and we are glad to see it improved with a fine row. It will no doubt stimulate the owners of adjoining property to do. likewise, ! 'T A Difference. The New .York Tribune, with a circulation of daily, semi-weekly and weekly of over 200,000 copies charges $1 00 a line for advertising in all the editions, or one half-cent a line for each 1,000 of circulation. The Daily Journal, with a circulation of less than 1,000, charges S J cents a line more than thirteen times more than the Tribune, in proportion to the circulation. " ; ' ' ' V ",' ' . . , cgaTThe Committee of the 6th Congressional District, have appointed the last Thursday of July as the time to hold the Convention o nominate the Democratic candidate for Congress in this district. . The conven-; tion will be held in the Hall of the House of Eepresen- : ttatives, commencing at 2 o'clock p. m. ' The following vote was fixed for each county, being one for each 100 ' votes cast for Buchanan. . llariou, county 37 ; Shelby . .2 1 ; Johnson . 1 6 ; .Morgan 1 5 j Hancock 13,; Hend-t i ticks 14. -. Messrs.' Hass'elman & Vinton are prepared to furnish 'Threshing Machines, and' Separators this!: .Spring, without delay-. As tlieir maeliiiie has proved Itself the best competing, ait the two last State lairs,,. 1'armers would do well to secure one in time, i They i are also making a small portable engine, suitable fora great variety of Farm work and mechanical work that ' requires bub little power. t See their advertisement in ; this paper. ' . ,., ';. .,. : . O" It is always right and proper to encourage home . industty in preference to sending away, all things being equal. Mr. John Vctter has a Furniture Manufactory in this city, in which he makes a great variety of Furniture, that he warrants as good, and sells as , cheap as any other establishment His ware-room is or Meridian street, a few doors south of the 1 ost Jt, fice.', See his advertisement " ' One of th'e, most complete nut and screw cutters , we ever saw, was patented by Moore, of this State,. And is now at work at the irom railing manufactory of Williamson & Hangh, on Delaware street. It does its work quick, and in the best style.

High Waters. The rain on last Saturday night caused an overflow of all the streams in this vicinity, doing serious damage, and causing heavy loss. On Sunday Pogue's Eun was over all the low lands in the lower part of the city, filling up cellars, running into machine shops, and houses, and covering some places five or six feet with water. The principal loosers were Tie Central Railway Co., by a bridge breaking down with a Locomotive, throwing it into the creek, and Andrew Wallace, who lost a large quantity ol salt. By Sunday evening the run was down, and the water on the low places began to run off and evaporate. On Monday and Tuesday the river was bank full, and in some places over the fields, but by Thursday it began to look a respectable size. The only serious damage the rise in the river done, that we heard of, was breaking away part of the dam at the Bluffs.'' .The loss to our citizens by this rise will prabably amount to from ten to fifteen thousand dollars. ; ; ; ; The Democratic Convention on last Saturday nominated the following candidates for City officers, at the approacliing. election in May For Mayor Nathan B. Palmer. ' ,' For Clerk George" II: West. ' ' '' '' t ' ! For Treasurer George F. McGlNNIS. . For Marshal-AsF-L E.. Catterson. !' For Surveyor- D. B. HosnROOK. For Attorney Byron K. Elliot:' ' ' . For -Street Commissioner James Russell. Fer, Assessor Enos Drumbar. ;.r

iSaT On last Sunday morning the residence of W. M. Gause,' of the Indianapolis PJow Factory, on Delaware street, north of North street, was fjtruck by light, ning.. The lightning struck the chimney , near the centre of the roof, passed round the tin around the chimney, and from that to the tin around a dormer window) then through thq roof to the rafters, breaking and scattering the. plastering, .thence, to the plate, and along that both ways to the corner posts, tearing off weather, boarding in its course to the ground. A lady was sleeping in the' upper room, and was considerably stunned, but jia further. damage done than we named'i.-' in hi ' , ; . . ; ; CSP.The North. Indiana Conference held its annual session at Winchester last week. ' The following are the 'appointments in this district for the coming year : Indianapolis 'D'ist. A. Eddy, P. E. . ., Roberts Chapel C. W. Miller; ...... 7,' ; ,-. Nprth Streets-John Hill; , ,. ,., :: ; Noblesyille O. P, Boyden; , ,., ; i i Carmel Eld, Rammel ; , t r ' Fishersburg M. Black, and one to be supplied. PerkinsvilleW: Blake ; .' ,..., .. :, ' Anderson J. W. T. McMullen ; . ,.' ' : r Anderson Circuit J. M. Mann ; Pendleton J.S:McCarty; ' Castleton V. M. Beamer ; 1 , '" ' "'" LanesvilleC; P. Wright; ' 1 ' " ' " Fortville J.- Black;- ' : ' , '. .'' Greenfield W. Anderson. ' , .. . " ' iO The City Council, wo perceive, is continuinrr its penny-wipe and pound-foolish system of city expenditures. The t erectioi) of a stone arched bridge over Pogue's Run, .on- Meridian street, would have been cheaper than the, wooden, one which has been ordered to be built this year to be washed away the next. " feacn improvements are on a par with the system of grading streets, running through unimproved and unsettled property in the outskirts of the city, to the neglect of the central business thoroughiares. Many of these streets are. coated with, smalf gravel, but little better than sifted sand, When will our . City Fathers learn that, Economy, is. not. Penuriousness and that Patch-work does not give permanency to city improvements ?: Democrat, ;: , n - . . We endorse the above, heartily it is what we have been telling-the Council, and the citizens,' for the last six months. Unless a new system is adopted for the improvement of our city, it will take all the heavy assessment of taxes, each, yearr to keep up the temporary improvements now made. A permanent improvement, of any kind, is of lasting benefit and use to the city, while these mere cheap, make-shift improvements are of little benefit to any one, and cost tout times as much in the end. - -We - do hope the Council will change the policy pursued in past years, in this respect. .' : '.f ,j .Y. ,7'---'-'," '..,.'-,,". i IJaT the Marion Circuit Court convenes on Monday, 26th inst There are already docketed. 412 cases, of which 38 are criminal, . The Grand Jury will add more of the latter to the Docket. , ., ,..,.t .- Of criminal cases 8 are for forgery and counterfeiting, 2 for arsonv 4 for perjury, 12 for grand larceny, 1 for assault and battery with intent to muder, 2 for injury to..tollgates, 1 for murder, 1 for burglary and grand larceny, ,.. .- Of the civil suits, 49 are for divorce,, 2 for bastardy, and one to set aside a divorce. Democrat. 1 ,;t ' . ;-. .'" . . t i ' ' 1 New Hardware Store. Mr Geo. H. Johnson has just opened a new Hardware and Tool store, in the room lately occupied by Mr. T. M. Smith,'on the north side-of Washington street. M.' Johnson has been in the buisiness in this city a long time, understands the wants of our people in his line, and says he has a large and complete stock from which they can select.; See his advertisements, in another column. ' u 11 1 - ' ; ' Public . ScHOOLS.r-By a notice from the School Trustees, the Public Schools were closed yesterday, the end of the quarter.' ' The ' teachers in each of the wards, and in the High School, will continue Schools, as pay schools, the terms of which are fixed by themselves, under certain regulations adopted by the Trustees. '' .' , .' . ' ,: The Magician's own Book, or the whole art of i conjuring,' being a complete hand-book of. Parlor , Magic, with over 500 illustrations. ... : The above work contains the whole subject of legerdemainj in endless variety, for parlor and fireside amusement, and will be a grand auxiliary for the funloving" to spend their evenings pleasantly at home. Price $1.00. It can be obtained of Stewart & Bowen- ; Chesterfield's art of letter-writing simplified, being a guide td friendly, affectionate, polite, and business correspondencCi Price 12J cents, at Steward & Bowens1 How to detect "adulteration in our daily drink and foodyjby frauds .and deceptions practised by tradesmen and manufacturers, Price 12J' cents, at Stewart & Bowens: ' .' .' "' '. ; i The Young Housewife's Book, or how to eke out a small income. . Price 1 2J .cents, at Steward & Bowens. ; Mufdi your stops..'. Punctuation made plainj and composition simplified, for readers, writers and talkers. A very useful little book, for 12J cents, at Steward & Bowen's. i . ; i ' i' : : -i't : ' . " ; Charles the young pretender, a well written novel, by a popular.authoriCan be. had. at Stewart & Bowens. Price 25 cents. ; C$"Thc Deficiency Bill, granting supplies necessa ry for the army in Utah,' has passed both Houses of Congress, and is now the law. This provides ainply tor carrying on the war against the Mormons. : . CsT A man. by the. name of Shearer was arrested and placed in jail on a charge of attempting an outrage on a giid 1 1 years old, last Sunday, in this city 63T On .Monday night a. large loenst tree was blown down, on Pensylvania street north of Washington.

Business Prospects. The commercial editor of the N. Y. Tribune, intimates an opinion on the business prospects of the present season as follows : ' 1 Money is in excessive supply, without change in rates of discount. The range for prime notes in. the open market is nominally from 5 to 7 per cent, and in exceptional transactions 8 J a 4 per cent ; but the applications are insufficient to absorb the large amount of idle capital, even at these low figures. On call, the quotations rule at from 4 to 5 per cent in the open market, with an over supply of capital to borrowers of approved credit and acknowledged responsibility. Judgingfrom present appearances, there can be no material increase in the demand for money until the market begins to feel the opening impulses of the Autumn trade, and many believe that even this period will be too early to expect any marked activity in the movements of capital. The centralization of money has been established in a brief period, by a shock of a crisis -which was felt in the remotest quarters of the world its distribution will be a work of more gradual development. The monetary and commercial affairs of 'a country are thrown into confusion much more easily and in a shorter space of time than it takes to restore order and harmony. The complicated macliinery of trade, once stopped and disarranged, cannot be set fairly in motion again until confidence, that "plant of slow growth," Is to some degree diffused again. , . K3T The Telegraph brought the news of the death of Thomas Hart Benton, of Missouri, on Saturday morning.. . His disease was cancer in the bowels. His remains have been carried to Missouri for interment. The N. Y; Tribune closes a notice of his death with the following testihiony to his moral worth: ,i Mr, Benton's, moral character as a public man is also deserving of very high praise. In his public acts, we believe, ne always followed the dictntes of an honest purpose. . He di.d not legislate for popularity nor for pay, nor for any individual ad vantage in any way. , He advocated and opposed public measures on the ground of what he considered to be their merits. : His judgments may have been clouded by passion or partisan feeling, as, no doubt, at times they were, but we believe he wasalways true to his convictions. Of venality and. corruption in legislation he had an instinctive abhorrence, and during the thirty years of his Senatorial life, we do not think, the perfect integrity of his votes on all subjects,, whether of a public or private character, was ever impugned. In this respect his example is worthy of the attention of all our rising public men, in this budding era of corruption, are likely , to be tested by severer temptations than the statesmen of the past. Whatever else is unatlainable in reputation to a legislator the proud distinction of integrity is beyond no man's reach, and it is a virtue that is not likely to lose any of; its luster by being too common.

SaT The 'Ticket- Agents' Convention has been in session during the present week, and arranged the price of fare and freight for the summer. The following is the fare from Indianapolis to all the points named a useful table that should be preserved, ' '' FROM INDIANAPOLIS ' , , To Clovcland : 8 50 Tolodo. . . . ... ; , : . 7 on Detroit 9 no Chicago 6 70 St. Louis. ,, , s 25 Terre Hutite , ,. , 2 25 Vinceunes;. ,...:. 4 50 Evansviltc ........; 6 25 Chito 9 75 Alton ....:. 1 so Fort Wayne . s. .' 4 25 Lafayette. ... .... ....... :. o 00 Tolono.. :.'... ,.:....., ....u.... i4 70 Mattoon. . ;.- , ....:,' 4 00 Decatur................. 6 00 Pana.. 5 05 Springfield '...'... ' ' v 7 25 Jacksonville : ; R 50 Naples .., ' 9 25 Jolmt.. , rj 9.5 Sandusky ... : .- , 7 .10 Hloomiligton. j 7 30 Peoria and Oquaka Junction.. .. 7 F0 Peoria 8 F0 Boston .-. i.-. 1. ..-. 1 .24 50 New York, ..... .v.. ............. ;.:.21 50 Philadelphia , ,..21 00 Baltimore.-... .'...'.'... .'.!. .;.'.:.' ....18 50 Pittsburgh...... ....11 50 Buffalo.,.., .......13 50 Columbus ......... .i.'.i 5 35 Dayton i.-. i.... :'. . . 3 2--i Niagara Falls and Suspetnion Bridge .....14 00 Crestline ....-....y. 0 25 That Committee The editor of the New York Tribune, of Wednesday, the day before the vote on the Committee on Conference in the House, says: " But there is no half-way house between the two propositions. Either the People of Kansas are. to be allowed a fair vote on the Lecompton Constitution, or they are not. If they are, what need of a conference ? Let ,the -Senate say the word, and the thing is done. If they are not, how can the House recede or concur? Has it not twice distinctly voted, with every seat full .but one, that it would not consent to have the Lecompton instrument recognized as the Constitution of Kansas without a fair submission? If the Senate concedes this point, what need of a conference ? If it does not, what can a conference amount to ? . - We believe this proposition is a part of a scheme to sell put the Huse-1 We believe it is fully -arranged that some nominal anti-Lccompton man is to be put on the Committee on the part of the House who has already bargained to go over to the enemy, and thus betray the House into a seeming compromise . but real surrender. There is for the House no safety, no dignity, but in a rejection, pure and simple, of the Senate's proposition. - We hope this course will be taken, but shall draw a freer breath when we hear that it ha been taken. V I. li . Councilman Vandegrift has been detailed by the Council to the duty of fixing the gates in such a manner as, toi keep the cows out of the Governor's Circle. He is getting fastenings made similar to those used in the Court House gates, and we are satisfied, that after they are fixed, no cow can get in without human agency. We are informed that it has been the practice of some persons to hold the gate of the Circle open and drive their cows in.- We would not believe this, and to show how skeptical we were, we promised to publish the names of all authenticated cases of this kind, after the gates are properly fixed.. Let every citizen keep an eye to-the-circle, and see that it is kept in such a' manner as to be a beautiful ornament to our city.' .' ' , .. ' IJaT; K. AVest has declined being a candidate for councilman in the third ward, on account of the precarious state of health of a member of his family, that will probably require his absence. There is a meet, ing called for this evening, at the Supreme Court roomt to nominate another candidate. . We are under obligations to Prof. Dibble for a bottle of incorrodible writing fluid, that will not corrode steel pens, and resists the action of water and alkalies when dry, and a box of India rubber blacking) that gives a fine polish and preserves the leather. We suppose these are good articles, and will do as represented. '-!..'' KTThe late flood illustrated the necessity of a bridge over the river on the Michigan road. It was next to impossible to get from the north side of the river to the city, for several days. The property holders interested should make a determined effect to get a bridge over the river at this point. ' Fresh arrival of Boots and Shoes. We had the pleasure of looking through the new Spring Stock of Goods at that old established stand of A. Knodle, now A. Knodle & Son, and feel warranted in saying that a better stock of Boots and Shoes were never brought to this city; consisting in part of Ladies', Misses' and Children's Lasting Gaiters with and without heels, also, Morocco, Kid and Calf work of all sorts and sizes, and in addition to the above he is manufacturing very extensively all kinds of work to order, all of which will "be sold as low as any other house that expects to pay for their goods. aprlO 4w

OFFICIAL RETURNS OF MARION COUNTY INDIANA APRIL ELECTION, A. D., 1858. CENTRE TOWNSHIP. For Trustee Weaver,. .1,383 " " .-'. Neiman,.- 1,649 Majority, 246 For Treasurer Knodle, 1,821 " " Hinesley, 1,711 Majority, 890 For Clerk Ilcefgen, 1,254 " " Dennis, 1,724 Majority, 470 For Constables Keeley, 1,337 " " Brinkenmayer, 1,193 " " Davis, 1,274 " " McKinley, 1,235 ."' i ; " ... Loucks, 1,809 " " Barbee, 1,671 " " Lang, 1,683 '" , " . Stopp, 1,634 Supervisors Dist 2 George Weaver. " 3 Wm. R. Shimer. - " " 4 Washington Black. " " 5 Jno. A. Watson. . .' a 7L. Noble. " " 8 F. P. McLaughlin. '' ' " 9 Thomas Poguo. 10 E. J. Howland. " li John Lackey. " " 12 D. B. Fatout. . . ..,-' " 43 John Gresh. No person was voted for in the 1st and 6th Districts, and the Trustees have appointed Jas. Israel Harding for the 1st, and Isaac Wyants for the 6th District. Total vote 8,030. DECATUE TOWNSHIP. . Justices of the Peace Lewis Gregg 61 " , " " ." .Levi Bitter .' 31 Trustee James II. Turner , 89 " Scattering 16 Clerk David Horner. 83 " Abner Mills .; 8 Treasurer Wni. Mendcnhall 84 WAYNE TOWNSHIP. TWO POLLS. Trustee Jesse Pugh 120 50 " . Isaac Myers 72 26 Clerk Lazarus R. Harding 127 . 42 " . Samuel II. Shenk 66 88 Treasurer Isaac Pugh 221 52 " Isaac Hardin 70 25 " , ' Jesse Pugh . ... . ,. ,. 1 PERRY TOWNSHIP. Justices of the Peace Thomas N. Thomas 184 " " " " Thomas J. Todd 167 '. Caleb Bently. 143 Trustee John J. Mann . . . , , 178 ut t Cornelius Jones .141 Clerk James Tharp '. -182 " . Samuel R. Grube , 138 Treasurer Richard Smock 168 " John B. Brewer.... 144 WARREN TOWNSHIP. Justices of the Peace Peleg Hathaway 100 " " " E. H. Corben 75 Trustee A. ' B. Harlan 82 " ; Thomas S. Husted .100 Clerk E. N. Shimer... : .... 87 " James McVey 92 " , G.' W. Askren ...: '. 4 Treasurer Joseph Clinton , 96 " , ' James C. Ferguson. . . . : 84 " . John T. ' Hunter. 1

' ' WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. Justice of the Peace John Essary " '..' '. "" ' ' Wm.'Stipp..... . u D.St. John " - " ' " E. Wright " " " " " J.J. Brunson... " " " " Thomas Sulton. i'1 . D. Grove Trustee William Vance Clerk William Earl, . . " ..Jacob S. .Mustard .. ........ ............ Treasurer-; David Huff i " . . .C. . Dawson . - . . PIKE TQWNSHIP.. Trustee M. Michaels . ....... , " Allen Jennings. Clerk James M. Draper. Treasurer R. Klingensmith , . 122 83 57 . 81 56 4 1 244 139 101 152 98 94 95 98 100 . FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. Trustee Thomas Maze. 83 Clerk-Samuel McCurdy . : . . : 145 Treasurer John H. Ransdale. ;150 LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP.' No returns yet made. WESTERN FIRE COMPANY NO. 4. ; At a stated meeting of the Western Fire Company No. 4, held in their Hall, April 12th, 1858, they were presented with two splendid sets of Horns from C. A. Goodwin, Estj., Terre Haute. The following letter from Mr. Goodwin was read before the meeting : -To the Officers and Members ' ' ' of the Western Fire Company: Gents :-Please accept the -'Horns" which I have entrusted to the care of my friend, Mr. W. L. Ramsay, to place upon your favorite- machine, the "Indiana," and may she long be entitled to wear them as emblematical of the No. 1 , fast company of the West. ' I have the honor to be Yours very respectfully, C. A. Goodwin. This was accepted with three cheers for Mr. Goodwin, and the thanks of the -company tendered him for his magnificent present. The following resolution was also passed unanimously: Resolved. That we hail with pleasure the advent of that new organization, the "Kover iire Company into the rFie Department of the city; while we hope to recognize in them the true type of "Western" brother firemen. J. G. Hanning, Sec'y. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. ' ' " ' ' April 10th, 1858. Mr. Vandegrift presented a remonstrance from proprietors of lots on Illinois Street, between Market and Oltin nrrjimcf imrtrnvinf, crncl arlt. firantoi-1 Mr. Vandegrift presented a petition from G. Norwood, asking permission to improve the street in front of his property on Illinois street. Granted. Mr. McNabb presented a petition from T. Haskell, asking permission to build a temporary framed buildins on the alley on lot 8, in square bo. Alter a spir ited discussion between Messrs. Porter, McNabb, and Greenfield, laid on the table. Mr. Dunlap, from the committee on education, presented a report from the school committee, which was suDmittea. Alter tne recent uecisioii oi us oupreiuu Court, there does not seem to be any reason for the intervention of the City Council. Committee asked to be discharged. Mr. Vandegrift presented plans and specifications for culverts on rogue s itun, at the crossings ot Jrennsylvania, Washington, and Noble streets. Tabled. . Mr. Hadley, from the committee on cisterns, report ed in favor ot letting the contracts tor building certain cisterns to Mr. Krufjrer. Adopted. ' An ordinance for the grading and graveling of Noble Street, between South and Market, was passed. A report from the committee on the Fire department was reatl, recommending the purchase of new Engines for the Relief and Marion Companies. After a lengnty aiscussion the matter was reierrea ro mo judiciary committee, with instructions to report forthwith. ' The Treasurer's report was submitted, showing bal ance in the treasury March 31st, $1,175 39. in account with the school fund balance in hand, $23 94. The Street Commissioner's report was read and re ceived. The Citv Sexton's report showed the whole num ber in the City Cemetry of interments for the month ending April 1st, to have been 30; from the city 22. Tim Citv Engineer submitted a lengthy report. settin" forth, sundry matters, and submitting sundry bids for street improvements. Read, received, so much as related to bids referred, and the accounts allowed. . The Captain of the Watch reported arrests for the

month as follows: For intoxication, 4; prostitution, 1 7; disturbing the peace, 3 ; assault and battery, G; grand larceny, 2. Sundry accounts contained in his report were allowed. Mr. Cottrell offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the Street Commissioner to advertise for proposals for building two stone arched bridges across Pogue's Run on Pennsylvania and on Washington streets. Mr. Locke offered a resolution respecting the construction of cisterns at the crossing of Vermont and California, and St. Clair and the north-west diagonal. Amended by Mr. North, providing for the construction of a cistern at the junction of Delaware and McCarty streets. Lost. A resolution to permit Yankee Robinson to exhibit in this city on Monday and Tuesday next without license, was adopted. Mr. Durham offered a resolution making the salary of the Marshal "equal to cash." Lost. A resolution was adopted instructing the City Engineer to advertise for proposals for building a stone culvert on Virginia Avenue near Noble street, so that the water of the bayou may pass under the Grade of said Avenue. ...

Mr. English offered a resolution directing the Street Commissioner to remove the gates of the Governor's Circle and put stiles in the place of them. Adopted. .Mr. liiiiousli s resolution with reference to gates. was subsequently re-considered. The supervision of the matter was left to the street Commissioner. Several ordinances were introduced with regard to street improvements. Some adopted and some tabled. Mayor Wallace tendered his resignation ot ins otfice, taking effect on the 3d day of May next. Accepted. , Mr. Harvey offered a resolution, which was adopted. that the voters of the city, on the first Tuesday of May next, elect a Mayor to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mayor Wallace. Adopted. An ordinance with reierence to an appropriation for the Relief and Marion Companies, was referred to the r ire Association. Adjourned to meet on Monday night week. Fair Play for Women. Geo. W. Curtis deliv ered one of a series of Lectures in New York last week the design of which are to advocate the legal and social equality of men and women. We make a few extracts from the closing part, which contain some pretty strong hits. We also claim to be a Christian nation ; when a car dinal principle of Christianity is love to God and to our neighbors as ourselves. We all know whether peoile go down town every clay to love their neighbors. Laughter."! We all know whether the universal prin ciple of trade is not " Every man for himself and the devil for the hindmost." We are ex-oflicio Christians, just as a boy is an ex-officio Democrat, because his fath er is a lammany bachem. lhese are simple tacts, and I mention them to show there is a great deal more to be done than has yet been done, and nobody need look for the Millenium before the end of Summer. Is the practical public opinion in this county a just and noble one ? Do we open to women every industrial opportunny, ana aamii ner 10 equal ngni in sociery r When we hear that old Herodotus said there was a place in Babylon where they sold women, we remark, " That was before the Christian era." When we are told that wives are sold in Asia, we sav, " Those are uncivilized lands. But how about this in Pans to-day, when Clotilda is taken from a convent and married to the old roue' of 70, whom she has never seen, or having seen, she hates ? How about this in London, where Ethel Newcome is sold to the Marquis, who bids highest ? Does she not protest, with all her heart, and submit ? How then, about New-York ? But no I put off my shoes. This I am told, in a Christian city this is no Constantinople. Here we marry lor love. This is no London or Paris. Of course it is not 1 rLaurrhte.r.'l Mav we not read irt the mnrnino- nanerfl of those delightful public dinners at which men only are present. When the serious business was disposed ot , when the great speeches were made that complimented women so prettily, and the privileged ladies were behind the sereen ; after the orators had retired, the army and navy were drunk with cheers, and the songs had been sung, the last toast is proposed, " Woman Heaven's last and best sift :" it is received with tremendous cheers, and the gallant editor of the Weekly t lopkocolo responds : manv shed tears : after which those of the company that were able rose, and, hallooing, " We won't go home till morning, hiccuped to their homes, threat L,aughter.J There are hundred of young men in this city saying to hundreds of young women that life is a blank til they will consent to make them happy : and when the long worship is over, they settle down to their sphere and become either a beautiful flower in the parlor, or head cook and superintendent ol breeches buttons 1 Are these pictures unfair ? Do they not occur here continually ? Is not the positipn of woman in this country, after all, somewhat similar to her position in the Turkish harem ? If unmarried, is she not obliged to drudge for a living, and be laughed at if she strives to rise above that position ? If married, does she not become a simple mother of children, a lay figure for milliners, a figure head for her husband's table ? I hope there are women here who are indignant at this description. In painting, sculpture, literature and science, a few women are patronizingly said to be very well for women. And in the iinglish census ot 1851, there are a certain number of women classed as in the learned peofessions ; they are pew-openers. Though women are peculiarly htted to soothe suffering humanity, they are met with stormy troubles when they attempt to obtain a medical education. But, thank God that there are women who fight their way through ; that, within a stone's toss of the place where I am speaking, there are noble women, who, under the ban of public doubt and contumely, have chosen to do what God has given them power to do, and to answer to God and not to Mrs. Grundy. Literary women are still sneered at. But among the industrial classes, where always must be most men and women, there are sadder sights. Thousands of miserable men and women surround us. The men have their work, their votes, and in the last extremity their strong right hands. But the women even their needle is now stolen away from them by the subtle brain of man, and what resource have they ? Pretty girl, they become what you are not expected even to know ; they are not far from here. You shall meet them as you eo home to-night. In the gas light they are very gay ; in the midnight you shall hear them laugh and see them real ; no leper, no outcast, no slave more forsaken. Not more gaily in these April days does the robin and the bluebird flit and sing than in that mother's arms does that little child laugh and crow and now the dark river sweeps her to sea with all its foulness. Might we not as well stop bowing and complimenting, and request the gallant editor to take his seat, and ask ourselves, whether, when we drink with enthusiasm " Heaven's last and best gift," she is most likely to be cared for and elevated by our cups or by wholesome regulations in our laws and workshops. As honorable men we must concede that every human being has a natural right to do what God has given him the power to do witliin the limits of the moral law. We must certainly concede to them the same right to be physicians as we do to any long-haired, dissipated, sallow boy in spectacles. When we see women like Florence Nightingale watching the sick and wounded; women like Grace Darling going upon the stormy sea to save men's lives; when Mr. Patten steering the ship home ; when we see a woman, ignorant and poor, escaping from a land of slavery, and yet going back seven times at the peril of her life after three of her own flesh and blood, we look in vain for greater heroism, and pray that she may be enabled to go back and come again seventy times seven. . . The right of these women to do these things was where Washington's right was. Is a man talking in public foolishly, sophistically or worse, more to be respected than a woman who asks the right to the money she earns to buy bread for her starving children, and that it may not be stolen from them by her drunken husband ? The State must show that women arc incompetent, and by what authority they are determined to be so. If bearing arms be the test, the reply is that many men are excused, and many women, in days of trial, will not be excused. I do not suppose that, if the polls were to be opened tomorrow, many but the ignorant women would avail themselves of itThey would do as men do now. You have to look on the sloth of the parlors and not on the slime of the grog-shops for the cause ot your bad government. Is it improper for a woman to spend halt' an hour at the polls and highly proper to be crowded for hours into lecture-room or a church, to hear prurient poems in a