, 1859-04-06

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To Be CnSrlSrEp-Thc Hertz Conspiracy
Case was yesterday continued third time to
Thursday next.
PEORIA MARINE AMI FIRE ISsrRAscE CO.
We would call attention to the Peoria Insurance
Co.'S reply I" u. i. Ionnsbury among new
advertisements.
To THE L.p1rs.-J. II. I.amk;n, M. G4 Lake
street, tcornrr State. has Just rrccivcd q new
invoice of these fashionable Button and Con-
grc>s Lasting lIerl l;outs. Remember, NJ. "a
Lake street.
kEcoepEns Cornr.-1u the Recorders Court
Yesterday the somewhat celebrated ''Hur,,in.
Fluid Case was IN trial but no, completed. 1t
is q criminal suit brought to establish obtaining
money under false lretences, against the Faten-
tee If "S"n-Explosive Burning Fluid" so
called, but alleged to b. worthless
RELIG1ors 1STELLlGESce.-lt will he received
with very general satisfaction throughout our
religious community, that tc FIRST Presbyterian
Church aud Society in this city, whose pastor
ate was vacated some months since BY the rcsE~
nation Of tllc Rev Dr. Curtis, Ut their meeting
h!A iliEul, tttSu AH HIA%iLlnHS Gull ~
Rev. z. ~ Humphrey, Of Milwaukee, to become
their pastor. The choice is one fur the iulpor-
tant field cmincntly lit to be made Mr. Hum
phrcy. now Of Milwaukee. formerly If Racine.
has, in the years Of his labors in these fields.
established I'LL cnsiable reputation for traits ol
mind and heart, iu scholarly training, intcl|ec-
tua1 culture, and deep, earnest, picsy, that have
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clergymen Of the Northwest. lie comc $, too, Of
Of good stock, as the son Of the Rev. President
Humphrey formerly of Amherst College, Mass.
VIC learn that there is prospect that Kcv. Mr.,
Humphrey will comply with the call and very
soon assume his 1abors i'll our city, in connec-
tion with the above important clarge-
Snlr-Sxl7ns-CASAL Boar Br1Lp1Sc.-We re-
fcrrcd yesterday to the launch Of the canal boat
Uaion," By Messrs. Akhnrst / Douglnss on
the Soutl. Branch, opposite the Michigan South
ern Freight Depot. Their yard is fitted up aud
furnished with cvery appliance for their bust
ness, and the propric,ors skiltful shipwrights
as their works abundautly prove. Their canal
boats on the Canal take deserved precedence
in faror from their great strength, and such
bearings and model us give them with great
storage extreme liElsncss Of draft. Thus the
U"ion, c.Nn busllcl craft, draws light only
II inches, while she i. enc Of the stauncaest
bouts ever built on our canul The fria Of
similar capacity. from, the same builders, drew
only 1o1 inches light The former bout, rs re
have sud, will tc run 1,y Ne-=rs. \ & j. Il. q
model boat, They harc at thpir yard i novelty
in the way Of apparatus for taking canal boat
out of water in double quick ti':e. fer repairs,
| &c, The canaI lcct opd such Of our lake INA.
riue us need the scrvicrs Of skilIfnl hands mar
| asnl themselves rrotitnbly Of our hint.
FIRE on SorTu CLAn6 SrRKKT.-About four
o'clock yesterday morning n fire broke ont in
| No. 3?3 South Clark street. threc-story wooden
structure, unoecupied, but formerly hotel. It
was destroyed, the next adjoining buildings on
| the north and south being much injured. No.
36S wis owned by II. 1Io1acher; loss 1850, in
sured *lao0 in a foreign Office.
| The building directly north Was owned BY Mr..
Ccheeseman. Of Schenectady, n. r., and Was
damaged about $500 worth.
No. $50 in this block vas occupied as Sec
ond hand clothes and furniture store. The stock
was owned By S. Witkousky, but was only dam.
aged slightly by water.
No. 391 was occupied as q hat and cap store,
By Solomon Fisher Stock badly damaged BY
wafer i. Miehal, jewellcr, also occupied 9
room in this block. His stock was removed
The upper part Of the building va, occupied By
Dr.. Ul1ich, a German physician, whose fnrni
ture WIS somewhat damaged BY water.