, 1861-02-04
THE CITY.
e SEE FOURTH PAGE.

7 T See advertisement Of Richards Iron
Com Shelter in another column
CIRCUIT couHr.-Jadge Maniene opens his
court at waukegan, ID Lake county, today.
Tu1onox.-At Kilgsbury Hall, tonight,
Thiodon opens his Exhibition of Art, which
has been creating such sensation in other
cities.
LARcEsY.-A boy named Thomas E. Hurry
has been held to ball III isooo, for further exam
ination On charge OF Iobbing money drawer
on South Clark street
PHR's PEAk.-A ngw volume on Pixies
Peak has Just been published In this city, By
Dr.. Clark, who has made It an attractive md
Interesting work. Welt illustrated and hand
some]y gottcn'up. ::
SALE or CHURCH.! I've learn that . move
ment Is on foot to sell the property of the
Church of the Atonem1nt to Bishop White
house, without consulting the congregation,
beyond interested parties.
MUSICAL UMoS.-Tha Musical Union have
very neatly fitted up thtl new rooms in Lar
mon Block, and as Important matters n1e to
come before the Society tlig {Afondsy) even
Ing a tull attendance is expected ;: ~,
McNA11r & Co - l;f:@iiiihwaite" l;:iiih, 1or. janu
ary, mud the "EclccticT for February; fresh
supplies ofAbout's " Ro4a Of To-dayf' Levers
"onc Of Them," Autobiography Of Rev.
Alexnndcr Carlyle," +" Personal History Of Lord
Bacon,' and many other new bookB, have been
received by McNally d Co., 81 Dearborn street.
Sr, VALENTINES DAY. grand carnival
season Of the writer's d love epist1es, and
epistles neither loving nor lovely, is coming
round again, rs we are reminded by the news
dcpots. It is an institation much decayed,
however, and generally in ill-rcpute from the
opportunity and uccnsstIt affords for anony~
nous malice and mischief
HIGHLAND GUARDS PUBLIC MEEr1xa.-
There will be q public meeting Of Ill those
desirous of aiding the Highland Guards in
their .endeayor to plaed themselves upon a
proper and efficient footing, ut their armory,
Lind's Block, this (b1onJay) evening. It is
expected that some Of our most distinguished
THE KTSA INSURANCE Co.-Firm as the
hills, is an old expression, and firm as the
Etna, is among Insurance Companies no light
prnise. We call attention to the announce
ment of Messrs. Hubbard d Hunt, its Chicago
| Agents, in another column Tie statement Of
Its affairs andprosperity Is excellent and char
| arteristic, and has comB to be 4 matter OF
course. >;
FRESH HL1TERATuRE.-Seycral attractive new
Dime volumes hayd been received by 3fcssrs.
Norris Is Hyde OF 1o2 Mad ison street, AM. 100
Deaborn street. Also, aFrosh supply of the
Woman in White, now. being played ut tho
theatre. The Constitution Of the United
states for five cents. Life Of Garbaldi in neat
cloth binding for twenty-five cents. Levers
new work =" One Of Them, ! and al1 tho Maga'
zines for February.
| PunHARdoS1c.-The Philharmonic Society
are preparing for grand ttiumrh in the con.
cert line on Saturday evening, 9th inst. Mem
bers Of the Society, who a5e in arrears fordues
up to Feb. LIST, are requested to call at the Of
Icc of the Secretary to ;Pay up AID receive
their tickets. Ala.ile<z n1mber Of tickets, a'
50 cents, will bc sold to Imembers, who car
procure them at the office of 3tr. E. l. Tink
ham d Co., or at the musie storo Of Root &
Cady and Julius Baucr Z:
FREMONT House IMPRovEMESr.-We art
informed that the wood c7r<ing of tho above
improvement has been let to Mr. +. Powers
The designs for this particular branch of ar1
are supplied By the architect, and embrace
magnificent entrance doorway, and seyera
other features Of novel nnd chaste de4crip
tion~ The Chicago public arc familiar with
Mr.. Powers abilities, and may rest assured
that his work on this large improvement vii
not fall short Of the many artistic specimen:
contributed By him to the various large build
ings Of our city.
The WATER QUEsr1ox.-The cider Waecle.
is nowadays congratulating himself that ht
never drinks water. This he says in view o
the very lively condition Of the staple as al
present furnished By the Chicago Water Work:
Company. The animals have advanced in sizt
beyond the purely microscopic. You can III
most count their legs and the joints in thei
tails, and fancy their round, unwinkiug eye
staring at you from glass Of water IS the,
chase one another about their native element
Still, it may be questioned II the venerable
Wasgles did not imagine he saw wo7sc spcci
mems Of the animal creation, the lust time th'
"brain fever" took him. Poor water is bad
but whisky is worse. Besides, the former ma,
be filtered, az 1t certainly should be about nov
IN all well regulated families. There Is n,
foundation for the statement that, in the Yves
Division, ono Of these animAlculae clamberea
out Of the water pail, and WAS only killed aftc
. sharp struggle, by rat terrier; but they d.
offer themselves Of tolcfable size, just abou
now, it is fact
The HEART OF THE ASDEs.-This n1ael,ii]
cent picture continues to draw numbers O
eager and delighted visitors. Tic oftencr it i
seen the more beautiful it appears, and he VIII
neglects Il visit to this wonderful work Of ar
does himself 4 great wrong. We reprint, q
the request Of q friend, the following poetica
description Of the painting, Which ori;,inal
appeared in the Now York Euening Ibs:, from
the pen of Tuckermau. When the pictur
: WAS first completed, flock Of those whit
birds with hlack-upped wings, go common il
South America, were represented midway be
tween the foreground and tue mountains
The artist subsequently, erased them from th
canvass, which explains The anomaly In tt
eleventh line; otherwise the sonnetis literal
correct:
1.-The tropic life Of Nature here o'er1owe,
| And fills with 1adlant hucs the earth and air;
| Above, the Monsoon's breath transformed to snoW
DIX xesans Edsss bare
Tint fringe tho sultEy 1erel; far below
| The yincclAd trees, with bilowy sweep. are seer
And Qver all what depths of azure glow!
Here thdfern-palns their slender arms uplitt:
Slow through the ambient realm pale wild fov
While blight cascades Ger CLASSY lodges p,.y.
WHAT pattea. magic IN the hand Of AT,
That to untzayeled eyes reycals tho Ande:
! hearth
The Opera Mt RrEan Hall.
It will bo received with excellent favor, th
announcement that We are to have Fahbri
full opera at Bryan Hall, where, assisted by
competent troupe, she will giys us Trariat
and the Daughter Of the Regn.ent.
The only needed change in this noble Hall, t
sccurc it the highest praise Of both artist an
audience in Open, is being made by 31r. Br,
an, who has extended the stage forward, giyin
it . present depth which is great improy
ment, and will, We are confident, be receive
as Of large advantage to the general utilities
the HILL. 4 curtain, sliding npon rings, is I
be sdded, which in ordinary uses Of the Ha