City Officers

The following persons were, on the 3rd Inst., on the nomination of the Mayor, unanimously elected, by the City Council, to the offices annexed to their respective names; to wit:

H. G. SHERWOOD, Marshall;

JAMES SLOAN, Recorder;

R. B. THOMPSON, Treasurer;

JAMES ROBISON, Assessor;

AUSTIN COWLES, Supervisor of Streets.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY.-James Kelly, A. M., an alumnus of Trinity College' Dublin, was on the 9th Inst., on the nomination of the Chancellor, unanimously elected President of the University of the City of Nauvoo, by the Board of Regents. Doctor Kelly is a ripe scholar, and his selection as president of our University, (on the duties of which station he is expected to enter in the Spring,) will, no doubt, greatly advance the cause of education in this section of our state.

CHANGES OF POST ROUTE NO. 2774.-We are informed by a letter from the Hon. Richard M. Young, of the United States Senate, to General John C. Bennett, that the Hon. S. R. Hobbie, of the Contract Office of the Post Office Department, "Has made an order to terminate Route 2774 at Nauvoo." For the accomplishment of this highly important, and much needed, additional mail facility, the gentlemen concerned will accept the warm thanks of our citizens. The contractor has entered upon the discharge of his duties, and the stage has made its first trip.

NAUVOO LEGION.-By a letter from the Hon. S. H. Little, of the State Senate, to Gen. Bennett, it appears that the following additional section in relation to our Legion, recently forwarded to Esq. Little by Gen. Bennett, has become a law, to wit:

"Any citisen [citizen] of Hancock county, may, by voluntary enrollment, attach himself to the Nauvoo Legion, with all the privileges which appertain to that independent military body."

This is quite a privilege; and we say to our friends-come on and enroll yourselves so that there may be a perfect organization by the 4th of July next-which day we wish to celebrate with appropriate military honors. the Legion will be called out, likewise, on the 6th of April.

VOTE OF THANKS.-On the 3rd inst. President Joseph Smith presented to the City Council the following resolution which was unanimously adopted; to wit:

Resolved, By the City Council of the City of Nauvoo, That the unfeigned thanks of this community be respectfully tendered to the Governor, Council of Revision, and Legislature, of the State of Illinois, as a feeble testimonial of their respect and esteem for noble, high-minded, and patriotic statesmen, and as an evidence of gratitude for the signal powers recently conferred-and that the citizens of Quincy be held in everlasting remembrance for their unparallelled [unparalleled] liberality and marked kindness to our people, when in their greatest state of suffering and want.

In consequence of a press of matter we have discontinued the articles on the rise of the church, and the gospel, for the present, but shall continue them again as soon as practicable.

We have numerous letters and communications from the Elders abroad, all giving cheering intelligence of the spread of truth; new doors are opening in all directions, and souls are daily being added to the church, a summary of which we shall publish in our next.