, 1861-06-11

We arc not disposed to defend this name.
VIC did rot beetow, It. It dates back to Pot:
tawattanie. It Is ancient, If not honpnh1e;
But wsead1y confess IT Is betting ;and appro-'
prfate Bitter is 1t to. ca1l, things by their
right namtes-. though to be sure Chicago River
and Eknnk River are Synonyms: We hayeran
ahundant1y realizing scents Of tho reason. Pot
t&Hattomle knew nothing Of the Gas Compa~
ny. Big Indian and little Indian! had passed
away before the days of the Sewerage Com:
1nieston, and mons mission Don't know,
certainly NO don't, what brought the river in.
to bad odot then: Il il certainly il bid sodor
now. Al the stinks Coletidge found In CO.
logne, tuot the !" Genuine -Fa.1na,.' but ths
Rline.wsshed city Of. that nams) .a44e TO be
found exhaling, from. the wretched csss-pool
disturbed BY our, shipping; and occasionally
We doubt IT. there be not whit or two thst
Coleridge would have found an addition to his
list. It smells. It IL fon1. - ....
:~ The other dey-it was sunday-we stood
upon the brink Of It when the stern.wheel
steam craft from the Rolling Mill passed down.
Viewer to the leeward. Faugh! The pad
dies dipped up the water, carried It over and
threw It ont, In It's swashing style, and We
caught Its rank odors; as NC caught thsm re
parted company with them speedily, but not
before Ne had formed an opinion that some
thing must be done about It. Cross the river
at nightfal and see what M odor Of nastiness
prevails there It will breed pesti1encc, this
huge, filthy ditch, which reeks with tds gar
bage Of distil1e1ies and slaughter houses, eeK-
ers, and cesspools, and the odorous rafuse Of
the Gas Company We,do not remember to
hAye ever before seen 1t as abomiuably uncleau
as nov. The hot season Is at hsnd. What
shan be done? The qnestion1s N easy one to
,answez.. Bet the big pumps st Bridgeport Of
work, and IN tWenty-four hours. time, fresh,
pure water from the. lake will take the p1sce
of this infamous broth concoctea Of al IN"
eleanness and pent under the ,yery uostrils Of
our citizens. Let the river be pumped out;
1t Is high time. -;
The Barrel Mystery Explained.
Coroner James empanneled jury yesterday
on the remains found in -four barrel On the
Lake shore on Thursday morning last Dr.. J..
r. Gore, County Physician, and Dr. Powel1'
who were called upon to examine the remains
hayirg done 80, were 5ToTn aad gave their
evidence that the body Has without doubt that
Of man, used rs . subject for surgical pur-
poses, and finally headed up in the barrel and
sunk by weights IN the lake, which fastenings
wearing loose, the barrel came to tie surface.
This ie, doubtless, the end Of the mystery,
which Is hsppi1y and completely resolved into
"a matter about which there il only the simple
imputatton Of gross careleasnees. When tho
ends Of scientific Investigation are answered,
with subjects that come properly into their
keeping, for such uses 1t Is not too much to
demand that even more than ordinary caution
should be taken to bury them out Of sight for
ever. Twice within very short time past,
hare our community been shocked, and the
respect due the desd outraged by the culpable
negligence Of medical men. Let there be no
more It
Movements Of United States Troops.
= A company Of .. s. troops. Of End infantry,
paeeed through this city yesterday, arriving
by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad at
2. H., and leaving at 8 2. II. by the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne aud Chicago road for Har-
rishurg and Washington. They number 81
rank and file, Capt N. H. Davis commanding.
From the Army Register We learn that c.pt.
Davis waa born in Massachusetts,. His first
lieutenant, Alfred E. Latimer. was born In
South Carolina; his second lieutenant, G. B.
Watson, is native Of Maine ,..r
: On the asme train with these troops came
Col J. ]. Abercrombie, Of the End Infantry,
with bis family. Col. 4. is q Tennesseean.
These troops left Fort Ripley on Wednesday
Of last week. They 60 through to Washing
ten direct.
Sabbath Schools in Chicago.
The second Annual Report Of the Chicago