, 1861-05-24

FRIDAY, MAY "a, 1851.


FRIDAY, MAY "a, 1861
THE. CITY.
NOTARY PCDL1C -JcAn Summerfcld, Eso,,
hae been resprosEted = Notary Public in and
for tie city Of Chicago, By Gov. Yates. His
ctace is a. No. 48 Clark street.
FLAG RA1ssG.-The teachers and scholars
Of Orchard and Willow streets, will raise the
Stars and Stripes 4: half past three o'clock
Friday, aad invite their friends to be present
APPOINTMENT IN TIE NAv1.-Charles
Wefton, Esq, Of this city, formerly Of Maine,
his been appointed Acting Lieutenant in tho
Navy, and 1eaFes tonight for Washington.
ATTENTION PEsNsr1vAs1Ass-4nad adjourned
meeting Of the natives of the " Old Keystone"
resident il Chicago. will BE- held on Saturday
evening, at haltpast seven o'clock in the TEe-
mont House. Apply at the office.
IxrAruAr1os.-AtM Myrick's Lake Shore cat
tie yards, may be ecen heller, weighing $, 800
pounds, \. present undergoing the process Of
fa:tenios for tie fourth Of July dinner Of Con-
g7ss= Sic certainly seems to have got fair
s:ait.
TIE WEA7nrn,-Yestcrdnv WAS fair, mild
and Il zinglile. Every thing hourished but
s:umrli1, which gets more and more Wilted.
"so fades the lovely" Gardening operations
will commence shortly, hut little having been
dcrc IL yet.
CE1cET.-Tbc opening match Of the season
is to be played On the Prairie Cricket ground
on Madison street to-6ay-the birthday Of
Queen Victoria, which has always been kept
IS holiday by the crieketers Of Chicago. The
match is between the married ard single.
CTicktIs 1ill be pitched at ten o'clock.
FLORAL MISSION FROM TIE QUEEN C1TY.-
George Say is in town, and at the basement,
under D. B. Cookies bookstore, Ill Lake street
with supef0 variety Of choice plents and
flowers from the celebrated Nurseries Of Wm.
Heaver Of Cincinnati, Ohio. There the !adies
nill be sure to find rich and rare lctal attrse-
tiops.
CHOICE IITERA1CRE-Loycrs Of select
reading ahoald zot fail to have the Atlantic
Monthly. The Jrre number is one Of unusual
excellence and interest It IL for sale At Nc.
Nally d. Co.'s, Ther3 you can also dud my
thing in the way Of Books, Newspapers, Perl
odicsls, Stationery {plaiu and pstrlot!c), Union
Badges, Stars, Pins &C., in abundance.
A NEW RETREAT.-A little party Of gentle
men, invited guests, sat down to an elegaut
dinner yesterday, given in honor Of the open
Ing Of Edward W1ipple & Co.'S new Restau-
rant and Ice Cream Saloons at No. n South
Clark street. Edward" will be remembered
by I'll latrons Of Andsreon's' in years past,
and his reputation is = guarantee that his ca-
tahlIshment Mill be thoroughly appointed,
and we'll maintained.
CHICAGO MADE ORDSAScE--TAe opcra-
tiyes At tls Illinois Central Railroad machine
shops have just turned out highly creditable
tIeldpiece Of wrought iron, forged from scraps
BY the companJ's steam hammer. It weighs
$50 pounds, with three inch calibre, SO inches
depth Of bore, I feet over ALL and throws
ball weighing four pounds. The cannon was
tested on the lake shore, the balls striking
the water at . distance Of between ona and =
half and two mica.
TEE ARAr NUMBER-The 4tIantie Monthly
for June contains additional chapters of Gag
nes Of Sorrento" "NApoleoa the Third"
"The March Of the New York Seventh to
Washington,"by Fitz James O'Bncn; "The
Pickena' and Steacns' Rebellion" ky James
Russell Lowell; and III article on !" Things
Slowly Learnt" By the famed Country Par-
son." You can get it at the fremont House
News Room, which, by the Wa5, has bean
thoroughly rehtted. It always mas well fur
nifhed,
MEETING or GERMAN C1rzESs.-Therc w1s
quite numerous gathering Of our German
citizens 1t the Military Hall In Lloyd's Block
last evening, to take action On the currency.
At times the debate grew quite excited. 4
proposit on was made to make up common
fnnd to protect the rights Of depositors, By
legal processes to recover the par Talue Of do
poeits. Nothing definite xas arrived al, nor
can there be In any such manner - pnb1io
meeting, either TO to eustain or to destroy The
currency It il taking Its own courscin nhat
is evidently it's "appolnted time" and the
only proper and feasible method is fair and
quiet adjustment Of losses, and then turning
oTer OF s new leaf
TIE Git PoL1cE.-Wlthin the past two or
three days there have been several changes
made In tie city police, Of character that In
dicAtes happily the determination Of the Po.
lice Commissioners, and acting Supefinten-
dent Relm. to hold their patrolmen up to
high standard Of fithfu]ness to duty, and de-
pertinent as officers and men. This is right
and the effect will be excellent. This gives US
IN opportunity to say that the city and the Po-
lice Commissioners are to be congratulated on
the character snd general conduct hitherto Of
the men who rear their stars, and will Wcar
those long delayed uniforms. These recent
instances Of discipline must not be under
stood ~ being otherwise than quiet and ell
cient treatment Of individual cases where on
points trivial bu, important, discipline and ex-
ample was called for.
"THgH RoouEs FALL Our, S;c.'--On
Wednesday evening Charles Brown and Sam
uel Anderson, steamboat hands hailing from
st. Louis, were arrested by the police, charged
with stes]lrg two pairs Of CATERS and pair Of
French shoes from the store Of seclah Reeve,
No. 1S8 Lake street, pair of Congress CATERS
from s. 8. Bunum, No. IS Randolph street,
and pair Of pants from Benjamin F. Whit
man, No. 132 Lake strest. third party, one
Of the gang, named William Palmer, turned
States evidence, and upon the examination
before Justice Akin In yesterdays Police
Court, testified that he went to the stores in
question with Brown and Anderson, and stole