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pipes to be laid along, to sub5ribe one half OF the
req urel fer the laying of tie same, AMI the
City subscribing the other half and each OF the par
ties to gas to the amount OF such subscriptlofl
With regard to the streets there has been considerable
work thereon, at less e&pense however, IN pro-
portion to the amount Of werk done, than the Irece-
ding year. The work kaying been done under the
PERSONAL srperv ison cf Mr. Smyth, Street Corimis-
iouer who reported weekly the quantity and costs of
the SAM. snd in Instance has there been one dol
lar expended when The same did not actually require
il. rorsiun of the wofr done the streets, say
about T. has been frctu earth taken from the streets
and placed upon private PROPERTY which said property
The Tag deiinqaersA FOR Evansville and Lsrnasco
up to e5I. vhicis "a 10, and there is uncol ected
on this present bieate ell 5s3 81, Of which amount
5000 is IN litieto by lizard Carpenter and James
Jones for hnssf, S.Ds' heirs llornby and others
which dellng9ency, If promptly paid at the time due
would Fave redeemed al orders row in circulation,
aud hare paid ia.o The City Treasury over sioo IN
cash. -" -" -
Your Cormi.tsc Would furthermore state that among
the delinquent payers they regret 10 say that nany
of our most -pruminent citizens in the list who
have not get paid their any portion there
on. t.s4- z. -
In conclusion, your committee heleye that in All the
Transactions Of the Council the present year, and in
the performance Of the duties incumbent upon them
such Cuuncimen they have in each and every in
stance been governed by the best interest Of the City,
and with eye singled alone TO ts future advance
ment and prosperity.
All Of which is respectfully submitted
J. p. ELLIOTT,
z. SHARPE.
Evansville, March sist 1853 ap2-lwd
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The river is falling rapidly, and We may
look for low water and stern-wheelers earlier
in the season than usual. Freights continue
very low, with plenty Of boats.
The NeH Albany Tribune of Saturday
says that the insurance companies which had
risks upon the r. J. Lockwood have refused
to pay the losses. This comes very hard upon
the mechanics of that place, as they had
taken the boats paper for their work and ma
terials. Capt. 1amothe has the sympathies
his effort to force the insurance companies to
a compliance with their contracts. lie will
have to bring suit In distant counts, as none
of the companies have complied with our in
suranee laws. We hope the Auditor of State
will enforce tho observance of the laws by
foreign insurance companies, so that our cit
izens will not be subject to the extra expense
of appealing for their rights to courts beyond
the State.
The New Albany Tribune says that the
steamer Statesman has been sold for the
Evansville and Paducah trade. We hope
this Is mistake. If another boat is put into
the trade it will not DO a month before both
boats viii be in the calaboose. The j. IL.
Done is the regular mail packet, and with all
the business Oh the route barely pays ex-
penses. The Statesman cannot possibly live
in the trade, as she is old and worthless, and
it is folly for her to ruin the business now
being built up by the Done.
| From the Captain Of the steamer Bowling
Green, we learn that navigation in Green
river is interrupted at Rumsey. Tho channel
1T the latter point near the lock, has been
completely filled, and Is impossible for the
smallest boats. The water will be drawn of
and the channel cleared, butsome time must
elapse before this is done. The steamers
Union, Greenville, w. V. Gillum and IL
Bridges are above Rumsey, and will not be
able to get down. This interruption in the
navigation of Green river will be source Of
loss not only to steamboatmen, but to Evans
Vile merchants generally. We hope that the
difficulty Will be removed rs soon as pos
| sible.
The New Orleans correspondent oil The
Cincinnati Commercial says:
We have plenty of steamers but no freight
for Cincinnati or any other points at an,
price. Eileen cents per hundred are the pre-
sent rates to Cincinnati, and boats that hav'
been lying here two weeks are not yet loaded
We find the following "rumorn in the City
of Memphis Reporter:
1t is currently reported that the owners 0
the unfortunate steamer james +. Woodruff
are about purchasing part, or perhaps th'
whole, of the fine Louisville and New Or
leans packet Pacific.
The splendid passenger packet Scioto No.
Is the boat for Louisville this evening at MIN
o'clock. Passengers bound MP stream shoulC
taks the Scioto.
The Fashion will be here ut noon to da,
for St. Louis and Cairo. We commend he
to travellers. Gus Smith, gentleman and
scholar, Presides in the office.
f The Southerncr went upon Sunday nigh
/. and will be down for Memphis to-morrow.
The particulars of the loss of the Sultan
will be found in another column.
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Ne v YORK, April 5-M

Advices from the Utah expedition have
been received to the 10th of February. The
health OF the troops continues good. The
march upon Salt Lake will probably be COM
menced about the Goth of May. The grass
had far advanced. Several hundred recruits
will have reached Fort Leavenworth pre-
viotcs tc'the Goth of April. Preparations arc
making at the latter place for the earlier for
warding of reinforcements. Col. Hoffman's
command had been met On their route, 400
miles west of Fort Leavenworth.- Johnson's
supplies would not last longer than May, but
there were at Fort Laramie sufficient sup.
plies for four months for 5000 men, and q
train would be dispatched from that point tc
Fort Scott
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s5.,Sl5 Ol s57, ,Sa5 o.

will I've by the above aid foregoing reports
that the Liablesarc not large; and II will b the duty
of the next Council to report the probable amount of
revenue W be raised for the years lss and go. Your
Committee viii not refer to that bu connc Themselves
to the Expenditures aid transactions Of the present
The principal, ,and in fact. al thsccit.tsthat have
been let and now under way, has bed dons the
gent olci,stSan Ss s tax AK ye5S mn in ths oPH
required the sane. The largest portion Of these out
and TIE cohnmenci1g of Division culvert- The
cost of caK street culvert has been saOs 81 and was
built with view OF completely draining an that por-
tion OF the Cry above Cherry street, and extending
out TO Eighth street, which will be done efiectualy
when 0aa street Is brought to its proper grade.
DIVISION STREET CULyERT-The first payment of
siOO0 has been made the contractor Mr.. Richie, on
this job, which Is to be completed before Janu
ary ST $50, at a cost Of slO,O00.
The contract for that portion Of said crlvert extend
ing AS feet on Division street. was awarded Messrs.
Gottnan and Arnold, ON the 35th day, Of March fs,
and the first payment OF 200 made said
the probable cost Of said portion will not exceed s3o
This culvert no one can fail 10 see the great neces
sity Of, it completely drains an the North Eastern
portion Of the City, and was made the particular item
the agreement between this City and tamasco at the
/ time of annexation.
Outlays have been made for the benefit of the Fire
Department in the erection OF large and commo-
dous engine houses and the purchase Of additional
apparatus. all OF which was done for the better per
fscon and organization the Fire Departure mt Of the
| City. Z.
new system Of laying gas pipes and erection o.
pots and apps, tnaid requiring the owners of prop
erty lying oa or adjacent 10 any street requiring ga
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New York Market.

New YORK, April 5-PM
Cotton dull; 1900 bales sold. Flour dull,
sales at 30@4 S5 for white, a decline of sc,
4S0@5 90 tor Ohio, decline OF sc. Wheat
quiet. Corn buoyant, sales mt 70@72 for
white Pork firm ut II 05@17 25 for mess,
and IL T5@lS S5 for prime. Lard firm at
Bacon & Mhsiy S.%s y@y stsady Shoulders 3gSs
6%. Tallow lower, sales ut l0A. Freights
on grain TO Liverpool, 41{c on corn in bulk.
stocks higher. Tentessse 6's ss15, Michi-
gan 6's CO.
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Township Election.

The following persons were yesterday
elected township officers:
Trustee-Jas. Il. Walker.
Clerk. G.. Hatchitt.
TreGsuer-Jno. T. Walker.
CJRStdbles-J. Fitzwilliams; Paul Evans;
Jno. Clifford; Thos. Hopkins; Jno. Tribe,
SaPerrisOrs-Geerge Miller; Thos. Young
love; Jacob Hunnell; VIM. Scranton; An
thony IIuberhold.
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fANAL, RECEIPTS.

Per Canal boat Jas. Laughlin jr.-5 hid.
tobacco, Brown & Aikman, 3 hhds, Allis &
Howes; Ga bbls -four, Brown & Aikrnan; Q
bbls eggs, bbls -four, bbls butter, Geo,
Foster & Co.
Keen & Preston; 2 bbls egfs, Wheeler &
Riggs, 5 bbls eggs, lot sudries, Fec Fstssr &
co; whea, Iglehart Bros.
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Cincinnati Nlarkets.

CINciirNA-f, April 5.-M
Receipt large, 1000 bbls sold at s6G3 75
for snperhnc. Whisky unchanged. Pro-
visions firm. Nothing transpirsdyet.
CINcISSATI, April 5.-r'a
Flour unchanged and in fair demand. re-
ceipts of 4,IS0 bbls since Saturday. Whis-
ky l511, receipts large. Mess pork active at
10 90 for country, city held higher. Lard ac-
tive 1t gjI@9%. No change i'm bacon. and
in bulk pork not much done. Money market
Quiet, currency scarce, exchange IN the East
declined 11@M prem and dull.
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RAILROAD RECEIPTS.

April 81 bbls eggs, 2 bgs dried fruit, bx
beans, sack feathers, Orr, Dalzell tS Co.;
s boxs II III goods, j Mcfarland; So bush
wheat, Iglehart Bros; l07 bbls flour, A
Crane box II III goods, w Lowenthall; bx
dry goods, Weir & Bennett; bxs flowers,
Jas Fernlage; POI bbls beef. Martin, Cobb d
Co; lol sacks wheat, Geo Foster & Co; A
Whisky, Allls & Howes; bbls apples, Jas
Selcher.
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THE RIVER.
THE RIVER
Arrivals and Departures.
tFrom p. @. O'Riley & Co.'s Regis.er.l

. APRIL and 4.
HighAyer, st. Louis TO Louisville.
Mars, New Orleans to Cincinnati.
Henry Fitzhugh, st. Louis to Cincinnati.
keystone. Pittsburg to st. Louis.
Hazel Dell, Pittshurg to Dubuque.
Poland, Cincinnati to Nashville.
8. America, Pittsburg 10 st. Louis.
Fanny Bullitt New Orleans to Louisville.
Hickman, Memphis to Cincinnati.
Martha Putnam, st. Louis to Cincinnati.
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WAgrIINGEn.

WAsnIsGToN, Aprit6.-a
Gen. Pcrsifer +. Smith has been otlered to
Ctah, as well as Cen. Harney. The chef
command will devol7e on the former.
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CITY ORDERS.
Amount outstanding March 20, 81. ts,5ec S
Amo, 1t since issued. 2s.ole -
-s3I l46 IL
Amount cancelled since Mar. 30, 81 1856 66
Balance outstanding ................I II ,af951
Amount of Lamasco orders out.... 4o0O
--sli,Si9 81
OF which last mentioned amount -.
there Is i'm the Treisurer's hands $i,i170t
In Collecte . shands......,,....... 1,i2iS
- Ss,5as 90
Balance of City orders in circulat'n 3,O5o5s
Whole amount I'm circulation ............. $3.50 50
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AN ORDINANCE

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Mrs. Haie's Receipts fo. tie Million;
Lif. of Aaron Burr;
Woods Botany,
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n hurgt county for AL THE suKscRIPTIosBooks
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: American BioGdenco, A Collection OF Speeches
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To the Ho rorabIs the Mayor 1:

mid Common CcunciI:
TUyHE Comtittee on Finance, to whom was refer
red the subject ef reporting the Assets and Liabl-
titles OF the City Of Evansville, togethx yih the Re
cept and Expenditures Of said city, ard the amount
Of City Orders outstanding, for the year ending March
3lst iSs would report that they have made cateful
examination Of the condition Of the City, and have
procured Of each OF the principal City officers repot.
as taken from their books which said reports your com.
mttee would respectfully submit, as follows:
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STEAMBOATS,.
o. s. MAIL PASSENGER PACKET

Evansville, ,Paducah s. Cairo Packet,
j. n. DONE,
u. b. HEBRON, Master,
fSI.1 LEAyEs Eyanzyille %a,zTI Is T every
skszes1sE[sszzk4l2 - ssE5sszk4l2 o'clock, NJ, arriving at
Paiucah at o'clock, A. NJ. Cairo at |! o'clock,
NJ, TUESDAY and FRIDAY. Returning, leaves
Cairo every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at O'Clock /.
p. IL, and Paducah every WEDNESDAY and SAT
URDAY, at ? o'clock, A. NJ,
Connecting at Evansville with the Evansville
and Craw for dsviIlc RafirOnd
and Packets for Green River. Also, connecting at
Smth!and with Cumberland River Packets and at
paiucah with Tennessee River Packets at Cairo with
Memphis New Orleans and ST. Louis Packets.
Tickets can be obtained on board the beat for all
Eastern Cities. sd. mr.J-ly
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fhe westhcr

The Weather.
PfrTsBURa, April5.-M
River five feet and falling. Weather clear.
iCiscrNNArI, April 5.-M
Weather clear and windy. River fallen Z
inches since Saturday.
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RECEIPTS.

You will find on examination Of this report and com
paring il with the City Treasurers, difference to
the amount OF Receipts into the Treasury, which
he accounted for by the failure upon the part Of the
persons depostne amounts with the Treasurer to file
receipt for same with the Clerx.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
WELL II. WALKER, Clerk.
To Messrs eharpe and Elliott Committee ON Finance.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
XXXVth Congress..First Session.

rELksRAPHEp ExcLUsIvELY TO TINE EVANSVILLE
DAILY JOURNAL BY Z. W. LINE.
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CITY CLERKS.

The City Clerk herewith submits his Third Annual
Report show ing the condition Of the City OF Evans
vile for the year ending March 3lst, 1858, as taken
from the books OF said City, In his Keeping:
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r ALL r o A
TIME CHANGED.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1853.

@AN and after Wednesday March Sri, the up Mai
" train leaves Evansville at minutes Psst r. NJ;
arrives at Terre Haute minutes past g
The down Mai Train leaves Terre itaute5 minutes
mast p M;ari : at Evansville minutes past 10.
The accommodation Trains leave as heretofore, but
pass vincennes, North at l2a6 South, at ls arrive
al ere Haute 5l9, and Evansville 5:3s p. u:
All Stations, except Princeton. PatoKa, Nncennes,
Ce Isle and Sullivan, made Flag Stations
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Valuable Standard Works.

WyHREE COWS AND CALVES FOR s.Lp.-
u Enquire Of z. II. COOK SON.
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HAGAN L. CO.'S
GIFT BOOK ENTERPRISE.

PLAN.
aSOR Dollars worth of Books, or upwards, bought
u of us, we will give at the time free gift worth
from tw enty We cents TO fifty dollars, besides ticket
which will entitle the holder to chance for
28O Acres Of Land,
In Warrants Of $50 acres;
do do do DO sS ss do; do;
when three thousand tickets are disposed sf.
Gifts consist Of
Gold Watches,
Silver Watches,
Composition Watches,
Gold Pens,
Gold Ear drops,
\ Gold Pencils, and
Gold Rings,
Gold Bracelets,
Gold Shirt Buttons,
Silver Thimbles,
Gold Breastpins,
and Miscellaneous Gifts.
Agents or persons sending us clubs of Fifteen or up
wards will receive Dollar Book Gft, and Ticket
that viii sntitle him TO chance for the Land War
Books Bought and Gifts accompanying them
Deltrcred when the purckdse is made.
to be decided by Threa Thousand Tickets duplicates
out The first drawn will enttle the holder Of smi
lar number to l60 acres Of Land, the second to 80,
Books ordered by mail, IS cents extra, in stamps,
must lie sent 10 pay pos;aSe.
| Catalogues of Books ne supplied when osiered
As sales must he very rapid, expect to sell the
Tickets in four or SIX weeks All orasrs addressed 10
Main street where we have been for fifteen ears will
meet prompt attention
mra6 d3m Louisville, Ky.
NEW BOOKS! NEW BOOKS.
| ~ The Three Beauties;
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The following are the majorities given to
the successful candidates for the offices for
which there was the greatest contest:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-10-08

State OF Iowa, In the District Court OF Lee
Lee County, -. County, at Keokuk.
Isaac X. Cochran ~. William Purnell)
and Mary Purcell his wife, james Foreclosure.
VI. Green aud Jonathan MycoE.
vlStE abovo named defendants are hereby mott
= Ass. .ua. luere m tue once Of
the Clerk OF the District Court Of Lee County, at
keekuk, petition of said Isaac X. Cochras.
claiming Ut the said William PurncIl Eve
hundred and sixty-six 40 100 dollars with the
interest thereon, as money due on two promis-
sarS nstes aud . mortgage on part Of lot four in
block one hundred anu ninety-eight ia said city,
to secure the same, all executed by him to acid
Cochran and Green, and claiming also the fore
closure Of said mortgage and that unless they ap-
pear and answer thereto or before the Tuesdsy
next after the fret Monday Of February, 1859, de-
fault will be entered against them and judsm emit
rendered thereon. Dated the 9th day Of Scptem-
Der, 1858. MI. KELLY.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The plaintiff In the foregoing matter having
obtained nm order Of pubiication against William
Purneli and Mary purnsiI, and James IL. Green
from the District Court 81 sid Leo County, Iowa,
let publication be made In the ssGate City" :
newspaper published In said county, three limos
Per week for four consecutive weeks.
ERIE J. LEIGH, Clerk d.
Sept. -, lSSS-sepsodaw
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-10-08

Such is the heading of the following ad-
vertisement in Mobile paper
One middle-aged Man, goodrough carpen-
ter, excellent character, sound and healthy
fully warranted also, his Wife, IS years,
with their boy Child, aged years, with a
prospect OF increase-the Woman is field
hand and house woman--hll right,
Also, No. Negro Fellow, "a years Of
age, who is No. / Plasterer--h hires for $50
month.
Terms, cash, or good paper on short time.
Apply to iloRArio N. GouLp,
s. Royal-st., opposite Court House.
The Democracy advocate the bred Scott
opinion, which extends and establishes slave
ry in all the territory Of the United States.
And the Democracy of Iowa have made this
opinion plank in their State platform, so
that under their policy, in the Territories Of
Kansas and Nebraska and in oil the region
west, shareholders may advertise "Mechan-
les for eale.o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-10-08
the Leak Ia tae Gable MI ole OF De-
q i N Al 4

The Leak In the Cabic-. MI ole oS he
sermsning as Locailiy.
The statement that the breach in tho cable
10 from two TO three hundred miles from Va.
lentia, has no doubt suggested to many the
question, How can It's locality be determinedY
On this point tile London observer says.
"Strange as II may seem, the electrician
has the power OF ascersnining, by menrfs OF
the electric fluid itself, the locality of the
tiny outlet by which it escapes into the sea
Some time since a most ingenious piece Of
mechanism Was made, by which tho electric
ity could BIO weighed, the fluid being made to
act upon magnet; and this, upon the end
OF nicely poised steelyard, would tell with
accuracy the weight Of the current transmit
ted from the other end Of a wire at a long
distance. Following ont this experiment, we
believe first shown by Professor Faraday, at
the Royal Institution, other electricians have
arranged very sensitive piece Of machinery,
by which the amount OF resistance opposed
to the passage OF the electricity by the con-
Quoting wire may be correctly ascertained.--
The amount OF resistance offered through the
whole length Of the Atlantic cable, or even
one-half Of it, is something very much larger
than any which can be marked by the deli
cate machinery hitherto employed upon short
or distances of wire. The consequence ID
that the electricians have not yet been able
satisfactorily to ascertain the place where
the cable is defective. or one thing, howev-
er, they are certain, that is, that the fault
does not occur within twenty or thirty miles
of the land, and We are informed that within
the first two or three hundred miles the con-
tnuity is still perfect aud complete. Be-
yond this distance all 10 still doubt and uncsr-
tainty, and it is idle ut present to speculate
upon the subject. Should the defect be
found to exist in the deep parts Of the sea,
the public must be content to hear that for
the present the Atlantic Telegraph 10 fail
ure."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-10-08
For Trimming and Matchmaking on johnson st.,
/ between l2th aud lath streets

NOTICE 10 hereby given to the owners Of the
Lets described In the foregoing situated in the
City Of keoknk, Lee county and State Of Iowa,
and ali others interested, that special tar has
been assessed and levied on said lots by tho City
Council Of said city for Matchmaking, uutterins
and Trimming in the Alley through Block No.
ID, and Matchmaking and Trimming on johnson
street, between 18th 18th, ss designated in above
list, and unless payment be made Of the taxes 80
levied. and also all costs, before the 22d day Of
October A. d. 1858, the said lots, or 90 much
thereof as shall be necessary TO discharge said tn
and costs, will be sold the day Aforesaid, ut the
Mayors Office In said City, between the hours Of
clock .. m. and o clock p. IN.
c. g. STEVENS,
Collector Of the City Of Kcokuk.
Oct l. ls5S-dtd