POLICE 55 EAGLE FIRE COMPANY 56 WATER-SUPPLY 56 BANKS 57 POST-OFFICE 59 THE SUBURBS 60 COURTS 61 COUNTY ELECTIONS 61 THE STATE LEGISLATURE 62 SLAVERY 63 ADVERTISEMENTS FROM THE NEWSPAPERS OF 1816 64 1816 75 The New City A MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATICK REPUBLICANS OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, will be held at the house of Captain Jacob Carmack, (sign of the _Turk's Head_, Wood-street,) this _evening_ (Tuesday June 25,) at 7 o'clock for the purpose of forming a _ticket_ for the select and common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh. _Commonwealth, June 25, 1816._ City Election A number of respectable citizens, desirous of preserving that harmony which has for several years past, so happily prevailed in the borough councils, and which is so essential to the prosperity of our infant city, have formed the following Ticket. They recommend it to the cool, dispassionate considerations of their fellow citizens; and they flatter themselves, that it will, on the day of the election, meet with a firm and honorable support. It is formed, as tickets of the kind ought to be, without respect to party. There can exist no possible ground for the absurdity, that party feuds and animosity should be called up on occasions like the present. Every consideration of public interest, and of the peace and good order of the city, forbids it.--Our city is as yet in its infancy.--Its government is to be organized, its ordinances framed, its police established, and its general policy devised. In accomplishing these important objects, great prudence, deliberation, forbearance, and the _undivided support of all classes of the citizens_, are essentially necessary. Hence arises the necessity of checking, in the bud, any and every attempt, coming from whatever quarter it may, which would have a tendency to sow disunion and distrust among the people. Actuated by these reasons, the following ticket is recommended to the free and independent voters. Their aid and co-operation is solicited in checking the evils which may arise out of party feuds. The gentlemen composing the ticket here recommended, have been chosen with due regard to their local situations; they are respectable in private life; they are well qualified for discharging the duties which will devolve upon them as members of the councils, and are all deeply interested in the growth, prosperity, and good order of the infant city. SELECT COUNCIL