, 1861-12-24

kS !" "Aat Ii oettef 1or J. C1f1sfmlS or NcW
Years present than handsome chnir or rich
Set Of furniture, such rs can be obtained OF
Shaw johnson g. Co., 81 Lake street.
CIRCUIT CouRg.-This Court adjourned yes
terdsT forenoon until Thursday, to allow
judgcf, officers and jurors IN opportunity to
engage in Christmas festivities.
CuEIsTskAs EERy1cE-Diyine service aud
usual exercises in st. Ansgarius Church,
corner Of Franklin and 1ndiana streets, at 1011k
O'Clock, "Wednesday morning.
Ho, FOB TEE HoL1pA1s.-The finest assort.
ment Of watches. jewelry, silver w2rc, &c., is
at lie jcwelry store Of ". Fl. C. Miller g. Co.. :
No. s. Clark street, which they offer at manu-.
factnre1s' prices.
OFF FOE Jo1mz.-she1if Hcsing and Dep
uty Lochbuchlcr started for Joliet yesterday
morning With the fourteen prisoners convict
ed and sentenced to the "penitcntiary at the
late term Of the Recorders Court.
W Christmas and New Years gifts, in
great variety, Of the latest styles and most
appropriate description, arc found at 4. H
Mlllcr's, importer and manufacturer Of Jew
clry, Leg Lake street, corner Of Clark
NEW Posi- OrrICE.-A Post Office has been
established at the junction Of the Rock Island
and Southern Michigan Railroad, six miles
south Of Chicago. It Is called Junction Grove
office, and Carlos DUNN has been appointed
Postmaster.
ANOTHER V1c11x.-A drorcr named Taplcy
James, hailing from Milford, Iroluois county,
Ill, Was S1ctimized out Of $21, yesterday, By
Tie confidence game 60 often exposed In these
columns. There arc some people in this
world VINO made grand mistake when they
left thcir mothers apron strings
RARE CHAScE.-A splendid opportunity
10 obtain gift books for the holidays at a mere
t5ife is offered By ]. a. Colby, 19S Randolph
street. He is selling dollar books for forty,
ffty and sixty cents: and dollar and Ea1f
and dollar and 4 quarter books for fifty, sixty
and scfcnty-iTe cents; and i'll other books
in proportion. Sucl, : material reduction of
rates will enahe every one 10 obtain gift and
certainly there is no more appropriate Gift
ti,an book.
LAEtrEy OF MoSET.-A boy thirteen wears
ofage. hci!ing from Eric, Pennsylvania, named
Gcorge El7ecr, was brought before the Police
Court yesterday afternoon, charged with steal
ing purse containing four dollars from man
III the West Division who had kindly taken
him in TO provide for him until better quarters
could ut found. He will go before Mr.. VIII
Ianas, Reform School Commissioner, to-day,
and probably find good home with Superin-
tendant Perkins The boy is an orphan.
PROMOTED TO BR1GAD1ER GESERAsH1p.
A correspondent writing from Boonyille,
Mo-, to the Rock Island Asyus, Dec. 18th,
states that Col. Julius White, Of this city, Of
the 37tI Illinois regiment, Las been appointed
a Brigadier General, and that Lieutenant Col
oncl bfyron s. Barnes las been appointed
Colonel of the regiment. This regiment wa5
still at Boonville on the 18th, aud had just
been paid of. They were under orders for
e forward 1loye1nent'' under Gen. Popc.
BCReLAR1Es- Might before last, the resi-
dencc OF Mr. J. C. Elliott, Desp1aincs street,
was entered by burglars and robbed of small
sum Of money and some silver plate. The
burglars effected an entrance through the
basement window by Introducing knife be-
tween tue sashes and turning back the catch,
an operation which was at once casy aud ef-
fcctive.
On eaturdav night 1he stare of pe+nr r
Huss;nder ,f M o E;nz;o 4rce+ ,r,c co+orad
and ouantitv Of c]o'I,;no carried of mr.
tion of the stolen nroncrfv Vroe fnnnd voe+or-
dov connea1ca 7,od,r . na;oh,,,+;n.- .;5a,--,1,
h,,1 ma t.ao.A -r 4a,. prr::1utz 11zTc ucc1, NJ
covered.
RuMoRED ArFKAT AT CAMP DorGlAs.-
There werc rumors in the city Yesterday that
on Sunday night, while attempting to break
out of the guard house, three soldiers had been
wounded, one Of them severely. As near as
We could learn, The men had pricd Oft board
from the side Of the building, and obtained
possession Of some muskets belonging. to the
sentry, Thus armed, the prisoners became
turbulent and made known their ;ntent;on of
t1c for,e ncr,ssarr In ,,7.ran+ ~. +broo -
tho contestants recciv..d ue1v wounds fr,,,
eabre.bayonets W. rive +his nc tho oro,,.,,,1
tenor of tbc storv s,,rcoa ,,,ont Tho st-oots
Yesterday. trnstino that it ,,,r n,,o,,
ton prove without proper fonndat;on in f,ct
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BURGLARS Fo1LEp.-OnS Saturday mornjno at
about four o'clock IN attculpt was made liz
Two men to enter the icwclry store of Isaac
SIseer & Son, Custom House Place. 7hict hnt
for the forethousiit of the pronr7etors. who
keep their va1uables in a safe, and the care Of
apriyate watchman, who caught the burglars
in the act, might have been more successful.
As it was, the robbers, with diamond. cut q
small hole in 4 pane Of glass, and bv this
means took out the entire light, leaving fair
chance to enter the premises. They had
taken out 4 couple Of small pasteboard boxes,
one filled with steel Screws and the other
empty, when tho Natchmau pounced nnon
looty. and .lc cfFiccr of1cr ya;n1v c,,s7no+tbon,
a block or Two euYe IN md raturnsd n b;z
trat. A aosc of mid ic,d ve1, od,n;n;sto o,oa
el1ould have hem tbc,r dcscr+s
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WE'LL DosE--Bishop Simpson preached
most eloquent sermon to large audience at
thc Wabash Ayenuc N. E, Church, on Sunday
last. at the close Of the services, the pastor.
Rev. Il. Cox, made statement to the cone7c.
CATION that the floating debt Of the chnrrh
amounted to SIS, 600; and t1l.:t he proposed tn
remove entirely the cause of embarrassment.
A few persons with whom be had conycrsca
had pledged themselves fer s2o mn nror;din,
tue cutirc amount c,u1d fc scenr,.3 ,,a ,,a;5