, 1861-02-14
:THE:;CITY.



A DISTINGUISHED SINGER. The acleeate
sent to the Worlds Peace Congress, in London,
1851, by the city Of Boston, Mass, was ossian
E. Dodge, who is to sing III Bryan Hall, Mon
day evening, the 18th. Though Dodge is
peace man, here will be strife to get in to
hear him.
Roeu1sn FISH DEA1EEs- couple Of fish
dealers from the classic region Of tic Calumet
were yesterday before The Police Court
charged with using spring balance for
weighing their merchandise which had a way
Of registering balance III tl,:ir favor Of about
fifty per cent. A scaly transaction.
COMMENCEMENT EzEftt1sEs.-The first an
nual Commencement OF tho Hahnenann Medi-
cal College occurs .: metropolitan Hall at 8"
F. u. to-day. The President, DR.. D. S. Smith,
will confer the degree Of Doctor OF Medicine
npon-twclve young gentlemen graduates, and
Dr. A. E. Small will deliver the Valedictory.
The Light Guard Band will Gc in attendance.
Ladies' and gentlemen are invited to be present
LADIES' CITY N1s~roS.-Ths next lecture
before dhe Ladies.:t ;;.v Mission will be de-
liycred tomorrow ii the Clark Street
Methodist Church, '.,,t3; II. 1'itflny, D. D.
Subject: Washingt;s ing" Mr.. Tiil.,y
treats his theme fro, = ;oye he las for it, and
all should attend wht;; wish to hear very fine
discourse. Tickets may he had iii the Metho-::
dist Book Depository. Washington street, tic ::
bookstores, and at tic door. p:
TIL RopnEp.-Yreterday afternoon the
money drawer Of 1{essrs. Haselline & Co.,
Commission Merchants. No. S Steel's Block,
was entered ty some unknown person anil i
few dollars in bad and broken bills and about
Two dollars wortl, Of U. $. postage stamps cx-
trac:cd from the In,lcy drawer. No clnc tn
the deIreiators. Some newsboys have lately
been seen selling poaayc stamps at i great re.
tluction from usual rates, and it is slrewdly
suspected that they riay know something Of
this and other robbe.tcs of like character.
The ELIZA GRArs. / CAsE.-1n the United
States Court yester.:cy, Judge Drs.mmona
upon the bench, the 'sasc Of Uncsc SAM against
Chancellor L. jerks aud Others, charged Will,
violating the Fugitive SLsye law, by reseuing
the eoloretl girl, Eliza Grayson, sn1ne time
since, came ul', ar! 3fr. t5enEs made AT arg!l-
mint Of someicpg:h AMI great ability, !1ols;ng
that the Indictment s1ronld hc quashcd. The
ease, from its importance, WAS ordered l,y the
Court to be removed from the District to the
United States Circuit Court, where the motion
Of Mr. jerks will be 1nors; fully argued before
Judge Mclean.
ADDITIONS TO ORR MARINE Saycr.,; 1!cw
vessels aud tugs are to be added 10 our ma
rinc list tic coming spring, among which are
4 forc.and-aft schooner now OH the ways Of
A1essrs. Miller & Hood, North Branch, OF
Il, 600 bushel grim capacity, anil l,ew tug for
Mcssrs. Prcndi7ille. Four -vcsssl:-thc Mon
tezunla, Jones, Burns aasl Pilgrim, are being
rebuilt and rcfttct 1t the saint place. Another
new: Ing is building On tllc North Branch fur
Capt. Ozicr, late ls:abor:nlaster: The STEAMER
Traveller is to be gycfhan1cd an.! rebuilt. Near
Eric street britsf taTo hszt-c!ass c's.a! l'osts
are nearly ready to l3naeh:
cosc,11Arlos 30 coScrss,os.-Msscrs.
Peake, Marsh d De:.ong, ii Lake s.rcet and
43 Wabash avenue, The welt known wholesale
dry yools housc, are: early lit tllc field with Ill
immense stock Of .'ry goods, hosiery and no.
tions, to concilia:. every country merchant,
and which they vii: concetlc ut low prices.
Their stock Is u,:w, lrec:. AID will selected,
ami having bccn ins,st tiIyoia3iy purchased,
enables them to utlef it :t extremely low
prizes. TO closv-hlTers VIC wOul.( particularly
recommend L careful :1nd thorough inspection
Of Us complete i s!ork Of everything pertain
ing to first t-c'ass Wholesale dry gool; house,
~ can b i"'.ml w.4:Hl s:n:Yerk. =. :
Recorder,x Court.
This Court, Jn:'=c Rcl'crt S. Wilson pre*itl-
ing, WAS I'LL day yesterday engaged i'll taking
testimony in tbs Rogers eaa''ezzlement case
mentioned III the Tx1rI.,E Of Wednesday. The
Secretary of the Doart' "f Cana! Commission
crs was on the start' II. t: afternoon, ard les
titled to the deficiencies existing iii llr. Kin
zics deposits at il.s i:'nkjng llouse Of Messrs.
George Smith Il Ca, w.i''rt: :!c account Of the
Board WAS kept il, 1850. Il Is supposed that
these deficits . i'e traces: Il, lie door Of Mr.
kinzic's clerk, Rogers, :hc defendant. 4 set
Of resolutions, having relrTenc. 10 these de-
ticiencies, passed iy tic Board anil addressed
to the agent in This city, were also offered in
cvi,1cuce. The case was in rrngrcs7 when the
IDuEt auJQAlutH
+. Tie following gentlemen constitute the jury
before whom Alr. Rogers is heiug tried:
r. Il. siouc II. N. re;svs. \. D. EaScr. n. Wei
di,,:.cr Abraham Hart, II. u. Calvin Adam Am
berg, WIN. \. Calhoun, spencer Allen. Charles l.o~
ding. J. l.. Koet, :. e. Hull.
The rush OF business has hcc:a 50 great that
thu Recorder, wishing 10 forward affairs as
much rs possible, has had {: sislc court organ
izcd, and yesterday John Golden, charged with
larceny Of property At y recent Tire in the
North Division, was tried before c. N. Willard.
The jury returned 4 av4raict Il guilty, fixing
the yalttc Of tlic s!"ltn goods at 1916, and
recommending the defendant to The mercy Of
the Court. 4 motion fora new trial was also
made.
Post Office Robbery.
Il boy by the namc Of Dewitt Hayward
aged about thirteen years, WIS yesterday after
noon brought l'clarc United States CorIr,is-
sioner Phil. i. llsyuc, charged with p,,rloiu-
ing certain letters from tile Chicago Post OF
lice aud robbing them Of their contents. Tic
boy has acted rs - new:boy, known by the
alias of Fortanc, and is the son Of a Fortune
Teller, Mrs Margaret Hayward, alius Marsaret
schricrcr, residing at No. EOS South Clurk
street. lie attempted to obtain letters from,
the department yesterday upon III order, Of
which the following is Il copy:
Please let the bcarcr have all the letters in DOE
2'S1. 1t Il my brothers, who il dead.
GEORGE scnE,E.Er-
The handwriting aud the signature were
compared with other wiring known to be lis,
aud no DOUBT seemed to exist that the boy had
forged the order in addition to the crime Of
robbery.
Another or.!cr, in the sa1nc handwriting, read
| thus:
/ Let the bc,rcr have my mail. Box 1920. ..-
j. II. BRAcKES.
Yesterday forenoon, about eleven o'clock.
detective Asa William, was called by The As
s1stant Postmaster, cnl tue hoy, with the or
ders still in his possession, delivered into his
keeping The former officer, alter an cxaui-
| nation Of Dewitt, went with officer Sugcnt to
No. aaO5 Clark street and searched the premis-
es. Two letters were found there. one In 4
| table drawer, and another in d small paste
board box, One of these letters was directed
to Mcssrs. Kelley & Co., Chicago, the other
| to Mr. 4. E. Il. Mcdonald, box :,024, Chicago.
The officers thcrcupon arrested the mother OF
the boy, ard Miss Emma Turner, the latter
being held at first as witness, and took them,
! with the youthful defendant bcforc Mr..
| Hoyne. After hearing the testimony ot
Mr.. Armstrong, Assistant Postmaster, of Off
GERS Williams aul Nugent, that Of Miss Turner,
| M1. Bllnn, clerk in the Post-ot1ice, and i
plea for the prosecution by James i. Multi.
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