Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-08
NEWPORT NEWS.

MEETING OF CouNoIL-Lndugural of the
President-EnStallation of Nep Members.-A
regular meeting Of Council took place at the
Courthouse last evening, on which occasion
the newly-elected members were sworn in
and took their seats. President R, B.
McCracken, after calling the Board to order,
delivered the following:
Gentlemen Of He City Council Of tie city of Neopors:
"Chosen again to the responsible position
of presiding over your deliberations, as well
as executing the laws and ordinances of the
city, | enter upon the discharge of the duties
incumbent upon me with unassumeG diff
dence; and, as in the past, relying to a great
extent upon your liberality and kindness to
sustain me, l assure you that will endeavor
to have an eye single to the best interests of
our common city. Satisfied, from your
known character, that you will be governed
by q like sentiment, my greatest pleasure
will be in cooperating with you far the
common good of our constituents.
THE present distracted state of our couu-
try, brought about, as | firmly believe, by
designing and ambitious men, seeking TO
obtain power and station by striking at a
vital principle of the Constitution, thereby
destroying the security given by that instru-
ment to the weaker section Of the Confed-
eracy, and driving the States in hat section
to the assertion of an undeniable right, has
produced great financial embarrassment
throughout the land, and the city of New
port, in consequence, has for the first time
suffered her paper to be dishonored.
"Our first great care should be to redeem
the credit of the city, both at home and
abroad, and to accomplish this object we
should guard against excessive and unneces.
sary issues of certificates of the city's iu-
debtedDess, and should strive by economy to
curtail the expenses of the city government,
and one of the best ways to do that is to
collect in as rapidly as possible the out
standing debt.
provision has been made during the last
year for a sinking fund to meet the interest
and principal of the funded debts of the city,
l need not express the earnest hope that this
fund will be fostered in such a way as TO
make it available for the purposes for which
it was intended.
II beg leave to repeat that in all things
having for their object the public good, this
Board shall have my cordial cooperation
and concurrence"
There was but little business transacted
during the evening, but among that which
was disposed of was the resignation of Doctor
Foster, as Member from the Fifth Ward, who
resigns on account of absenting himself from
the city. His resignation was accepted and
an election to fill his place appointed for
Thursday next.
The WASHINGTON ARTILLERY ALL RIGHF-
The Guns RH Stay.-It had been stated
to ''the powers that be- in the military line,
that the election for officers of the Washing.
ton Artillery Company in our city, held a
few weeks ago, was not legal, and in conse-
quence, another was ordered for the same
purpose, Wednesday evening last. The cleo
ton was held at the court. house Major s..
X. Hays, of the Licking Battalion, presiding
as commanding officer, forty. three members
of the company being present; the result
being as follows: Geo. D. AllenI was chosen
Captain; John r. Ashton, First Lieutenant
Henry L.. Howe, Second Lieutenant; John
Young, Third Lieutenant; e. A. Mariana,
Orderly Sergeant; Robt. Claiborne, Second
Sergeant; VIM Cook, Third Sergeant, and
Jas. Jackson, Fourth Sergeant. The com
pany is now complete, and the uniforms of
the members will Immediately be ordered.
The above proceedings would indicate that
the gums" the Covington people have been
so c%ovetous of, will hardly go out of our pos
session.
PRoBABILITY OF A MEETING.-Now that we
have had an election and the excitement
about political matters are partially subsid
ing with the President of the School Board,
it is probable that we shall have another
meeting of that body at no distant day-say
next Tuesday. We are glad to see that W.
II. Lape, Esq, has been reelected, for the
reason that he gives, at least, some attention
to the schools.
KNOCKED Down AND RoBBED.-We learn
that Mr.. VIM. ROselle, au old citizen of this
place, now residing at Memphis, one of the
editors of the Memphis Appeal, was knocked
down on Friday night last, and robbed of
$ll. 1t is a rare thing that robbers make
an attack upon editors, but Roselle vas al.
ways a saving man and hence his misfortune.