, 1861-09-06

third district, yesterday attmnoon, was false.
BoARD or sUrzRV1soRs--The board Of su-
po1visors viii be in eeselon for the September
term on Monday next
4 CHICAGO MUSICIAN ABRoAp.-Thomas
Wade, Esq, young nusiciau Of this cit7 now
IN Minnesota, on account Of his health, is an.
nounced to give pisno concert at Excelsior,
near st, Paul.
4 FIGHTING PARsos.-Rev. ". l. Preston
has been elected Captain Of the Canton Rite
company, now attached to the Doug1as Brig
ade, Two clergymen are now In command Of
companies encamped In this city.
MILITARY Books-Au standard works re-
commended By the Department, including In
xatEy snd Cavalry Tactics, Army Regulations.
for 1851, etc, etc, can always be procured
nom ]. r. Walsh, corner Of Madison street
and Custom House p!ace.
LOFT CHnDREN.-Two little German str,k
one about i've and the other two years Of ace.
were found upon State street, yesterday after.
noon, crying bitterly. The only account thew
could give Of themselves Was that thcy had
lost their way. They were taken to the Gem
tral Station House.
MILITARY MovEAEsTs,-We are informed
that the Lincoln Regiment, Col 1saac G. VII
soa cennaE ding, has been ordered into camp
at Geneva, Kane county, at the BEGINNING OF
next week.
Inc De hslb Horse Artillery, Captain C. ],
stoierand commanding, has received orders to
proceed without delay to Camp Butler,
nEAIH On sH1PBoARD--Captain Iuglis, Of
me schooner Lady Jane, which arrived recent
y a. this port, reports the death OF passen-
ger, named Thomas O'Coaneu, who en-
barked at Benona, Mich, for this city. He
~aa an invalid, end died ea the ID inst. Ow-
ing to the weather, it was necessary to bury
him in the Lake He was native of Ireland,
and abcnt thirty four years Of age
RECRUITS FOE THE S1uRGEs R1F1Es,-Twen-
ty-fve new recruits for the sturges Rifles left
1or Washington last evsning. The squad WAS
composed Of picked men and embraced many
OF tic members Of The old Light Guard. Mel
son 1Icmssson, EE1 whose heroic father was
at tie battle Of Bail Run, was one Of the num-
ber- No frer company of men have left the
city fer the wars T4ey will make valuable
addition &C The raliis OF the Rifles, and will
Prove themselves xcItly 1f the splendii repn.
tation sttacti1g to this corps
The METROPOLITAN HOTEL We recently
referred 10 the extension in their premises
gained h mine host Skinner in the addition
OF the building next south on Wells street,
kno1n as Mays Hctel The change was
greatly needed by the pressure upon the &C.
commceatianE OF the Metropolitan, large as
1t "as of5giHs11y. Il is finely located, capi-
tally managed, and il its class of houses has no
superior in The West. All strangers who visit
Chicago during fair week, and take bad and
ece1d ct the metropolitan, will award it pre-
MUM.
sADDLEKY HARDwARE.-This is the harvest
Of all who have to do with the outfit of our
armies either Of foot, or rnouatcd hos CANAL
u" aEd in the latter connection 1t NAV be
stated that Messrs. Heyder, Kay & Co., the
txtersiye manufacturers Of saddle, harness.
ard carriage materials, are now supplying
hsssrs. Turner d sidaay, who have an i'm.
mense contract from Government, with Sad
olery Hardware, at the rate of one kho4xsa,a7
sctt every ten days. The Turner d Sidway
ho1se aecoafsemcnts have Fide reputation
and "circalatiou," and it is only Justice to
accord to Msssrs. Il E. & Co. S1air share.
SAD ACCIDENT A little hoy five wears
Of sge, nsmed Joseph Rotbgerber, son of Mr.
Rothgerber, proprietor Of millinery estab-
hshment at No. s9s South Clark street, was run !
ever srd ysry seriously ipjG-ed, yesterday at
tarnoon, at the corner Of Van Baren and Clark
stresta- team was passing at the time, load
ed with two sticks Of very heavy timber, fifty
1eet IN length, fastened at one end, be.
meath tie bind sxletree, by means Of a chain.
The little f=low, eager to get ride jumped
upon one of the sticks, between the wheels.
The driver, who has ct Late been much annoy- |
ed By this Practice, ordered the boy off In |
obeylng the injunction, his foot slipped and |
ne fell. the hind wheel passing directly over |
Dis BACK He Was taken to his home and pby.
aicians summoned who pronounce his condi. t
tioh IS most critical. His escape from In |
stant death was almost miraculous. The vag-
On and timber weighed about two tons.
Unpaid Letters.
The following letters, detained in the Chicago
Post odice for Postage, will be forwarded to tho
Dead Letter Office, Oh Monday next, unless the |
postage Is previously paid. Call at the room Of
the Dead Letter Clerk, up stairs:
!: Young Scammon, Chicago. Iii.
=. r. Skinner, IS
z. o. Box 684, !
Il. B. Blake {.
Capt. Dongho1tz
y: A; r, Dawson, !" |
Simeon Corey, beaverton, Ill |
~ f.: %aS SsEs1s; 5sS S$<'ss:? g. Louis. Mo-
Geo. e Walker, New York, N. 7. |
Mm. R, higgins, Buffalo, Il. 7.
rsqS C2aness1sat & Mutual Life Insurance Company,
3. {. Rogers. Boston, Mass.
Letters under old style stamps and slammed en-. |
velopes, not recognized in payment of postage:
Jos Rober, Kankakee, III.
Alonzo NJ Fuller, Highland Park, III,
Peter Whitney, R1chmond, N. |
Re1nrich Krusez, Palatine, In
E. & S. Alexander, Berlin Wis.
SS5a s;ls I.,e GlsRt' MilSsafss. VII "4s |
Mrs' TT Ro,i Helen Aeaullan Minneapolis, MINI.
]. ,cabe. Michigan city, Ind.
SGhn %1a AI AMSIDyInSt, Upper sandusky, ohio.
Mrs' sarah Il Thorp. Raweonv1lle, Ohio. |
NFs; IT.. Lois a We11en, Columbus Station, Ohio.
Patrick Barry, Grafton, Mass.
A1e. 1auDJ Ma5 er, New 10Ik, N, T.
A Captured Standard on Exhibition.
There was On exhibition in this CITY yester.
day, standard which was among the spoils of
batsle in Western Virginia, taken from Geor-
gia regiment, It was sadly changed from its
frst gorgeous estate Of crisp bright silk, and
cleaning gold, and was altogether mehu-
chciy and bedraggled banner, and yet IN this
and other respects very fitting emblem for
the Conthiereracy. For, mark you, an exam
lnation showed II to have been born to do
duty as loyal ensign. oh1y by ripping aud |
reftt11g, had white been Joined to white, and I
red to red, to make the rebel "bars'' out of
The glorious Stripes" And then in the blue
shken field Of the Union, the originally CON-
Plefe number Of the United States were de- |
laced and painted over with blue paint, lcav-
ing cn'y the seven rebel eommonwealths. In
the centre Of this blue field, where before IN
eagle had BONE the alield and emb.ems oe
sovereignty, On yellow ground gas intro.
duced the State motto, II, hoc siguo ,iuces ,,
(How much more aFpropriste to have made /.
Fa@ fAS A<AkA MSrvA,1.