, 1861-12-28

Advertisements anu spectral notices intended
for the Evening and Night Editions must be
handed in ut the Counting Room before one
O'Clock each day. The Evening Edition az
fords an excellent medium for transient adycr-
tising, US Il circulates 1t all the hotels, depots,
public places, and On all the trains departing
in the afternoon and night, besides being rend
By thousands Of citizens who obtain the paper
from the news boys, at the news stands and at
the Counting Room. The terms for such sd
rcrtising, are made known at the Business OF
fee, 81 Clark street.
TO TEE So1p1Ezs' FAst1IEs-Wc are re-
qucstcd to state that tho County War Com
mittee cannot pay the soldiers families to-day,
the expected funds not llayiug come from
Washington.
RonAnIsK AND PROrEsTAET1sM-The frst
of three discou1ses on the comparative claims
Of these systems delivered last Lord's-Day
evening, will be repeated tomorrow {sabbath)
evening, in the First Baptist Church, corner
OF Washington md Lasalle streets.
A Coon ExAx71B.-On Christmas, Thos,
Nash Esq, the well-known paeker, not only
2AFN LILA cl4t4utNt@ <alH0e W.!
holiday, but presented each man with tuz-
key to enable him to celebrate the day in
style.
FUN AMONG THE SEATERs.-Thc Ogden
Pond has Z splendid sheet Of ice on its sur
face. To-day there will be music at 8 o'clock,
and single tickets Of adnaittance will be sold
at the door Of the skating house. Gentlemen,
50 cents Ladies, Is cents.
HANDSOME PRESENT employees of
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail
road forwarded last night to Mrs. J. N. Du
Barry, the accomplished lady Of the ex~super-
intendent OF the Western Division Of the road,
a magnificent tea-set, comprising seventeen
pieces Of solid silver and valued at $500.
~ The statement in yesterdays issue, that
the fall of the brick wall Of Armour, Dole &
Co.'s warehouse, was occasioned BY the foun-
dation giving way, is :: mistake The founda
tion is as solid as ever, and as the wall whicf
fell was only sheathing, it does not affec'
the structure particle.
F1sH AND THASKs.-We are indebted te
Chief Engineer Harris for his courtesy in sup
plying Us with the use Of hose night before
last to replcnish our boiler, the water pipes o1
which we're choked up with myriads Of small
fish. His prompt Kindness relieved US in {
provoking and curious emergency.
ARRIy4L OF CASSoS.-The battery Of fou
six Founders and two twelve Founders, which
have BEEN long promised for Capt. Water
houses command at Camp Donglas, have
last arrived The guns arc James 1lt1ed can
non, Of tlic most approved pattern and finish
and are accompanied BY caissons aud equip
ments complete.
prpsos,1-Thc fo,,ou;no mr. amono tn
o,.-;-1.1e - +ba cbar,,ar uouso S;p Rrirno1;
"Opera 1ronpe;" Edwin Il Goodrich, Esq
Milwaukee; Rev. c. D. Helmer, Milwaukee
D. Parish. Esq, Philadelphia; Lieut.. Col q
B. Meek; B. Vt. Field; Esq, New York; E
c, Duncan, ESQ. St. Louis; Gen. Tom Thumt
Bridgeport, Conn; T. A. Neal, Esq, Boston
r. j. Gordon, Esq, and family, Cleveland.
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ocspAf eeaoo1 chAhesA1los'-ln lnc Gu
ofen o. 1ae MISSION senoo'' corner :" t"ent
taneo.r., ..a a1reToa7 oh.r,ntor -oztor5,
;@,+n mt,
a. ~ the sincinv of hymns and chornsaa n
~nrs;o., - at+eod;nor ~ t1o rner;ts of fs,,
r. rf,;.1, tha snz,er7n3ondon+ and +n+ors no.,
"A +ho ,,,;1a-on
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aAFE nut DssEN1Ep.-" H. d. orslol III
hcnrs tonnston' We iea1h lron tne lalocr
1ne lat'er. "no Aas 4e.le1 ilo1n nl9 SUI na'
ho1h fetn1ncd 10 Inc N1netcen1h regimen
no" IN camp as oaeon eseeh' n.y. iAss ~
thslr ree1laen1 "1taoue p'lsses. ealue non1e
ri 4,o,r o1,, .oc,r5 ef4or o;cht aoro ohenn
from dn+v ,ooort I'd +o r,nt H,vdon in ,an
as ahoye
WEAPON foc9'p.-ihe weapon WIN VIII
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eion y. Lux eotone. 'A7 - 'oa'''1on :"
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D1sTnIER1 DEsTRoTED.-The large alcol
rcctifying establishment Of Messrs. Merrill
Co., on the corner Of Michigan and Pine 81
North Division, took fire in manner at P
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