, 1862-02-25

he rooms Of the Board OF 1faGc, to-da3.
ARH1 BREAD CoxTRAcTs--The Louisville |
7oss.aal eays that at the army contract lettings
in that caty, last Wednesday, @. Kendall & Sons,
of this CITY, were awarded the contract for fnrn-
Ishine 3Qo, ,O0 lis. of bread, at $40 per hun
dred, and thatta contract for tu1nishing GOO,0oo
pounds Of bread WAS awarded to T. 3. King,
Of Chicago, also at s4-1u
HAuSEMASN MEDICAL Co1LEGE.-Ikc Will
ter term Of twenty weeks lectures in this in-
etitution having closed. The Commencement
will be held at 5 r, Il On Thursday Of this
week, in tie Lecture Room Of Clark street
Methodist Church. The yaledietory address
viii he delivered b Dr. r. Indian, Of this
city. Ladies' and gentlemen are invited to be
present
A Commemorative error WIS peTpctrated |
in our Monday Mornings issue, in stating that I
] ,5G0 prisoners arrived in the city over the !
Illinois Central road, on Sunday morning, It |
should hare read that the Conicderates came |
1v the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago road, |
which Was the iuct- It was a mere slip of the |
pen, which is likely to occur in the best 1egu-
lated establishments.
CONCERT To-S1euT.-Onr readers who are
levers Of music vii bear the fact in mind that
the mucl,-cxpectea, long g@1alked-of fourth Con-
cert Of the Philharmonic Society takes place
this evening 1t Bryan HALL The programme
embraces The Andante and Finale Of Beetho-
ren's Symphony in C, Overture to Tam
hauEer, etc; and the concert promises to be
mere attractive even than the previous ones.
Rev. Mr. FETE1soS.-Thls gentleman, now
the pastor Of the Lutheran Scandinavian
Church in This city. las been but q few months
from his mother country, yet he preached .
st5mon in the English language to his congre-
cation, on Sunday evening week, which was
characterized By sound doctrine and much cl-
ognence- His new charge recognize him as
man Of excellent capacity, and every way fit
ted 10 be their spiritual teacher. The Scandi-
nayians Of this city viii be glad to know that
one Of their number is settled among them Is
their spiri1ua1 guide, and will doubtless gather
at The above church for religious instruction
PASSING LIQUOR TO SoLD1ERs.-The prac-
tice Of passing liquor to soldiers at Camp
Douglas, and thus making them drunk as we'll
within tho confines Of their barracks as out
side, has become 80 prevalent Of late, as to
expose the head of grand nuisance. Col.
Tucker has already done all that 9 man in
charge of 3 volunteer force could be expected
to dc, to suppress the circulation Of spirits
OF this character, h:t Te learn that he has
row determined to make an example Of the
first man caught in the act OF smuggling the
article into The post. Two men by the name
Of John Quales and John Painc were yester.
day brought before the Police Court charged
with this offence, but they were released will
rcprimand, the act not being within The
Jurisdiction Of 4 magistrate
SWORD PREsENTATIoE.-0nS Saturday even
ing last, Capt c. H. Willard Of Company A
Chicago Light Artillery, who has been fo1
some time disabled by wounded arm, wa.
presented with beautiful and costly sword
by his numerous friends. The object Of th
meeting being stated by a. D. ColEin, Esq.
The presentation speech was made by J. 1
Marsh, ESQ, in neat and appropriate terms
In reply, Capt Willard acknowledged th
value Of the gift, and thanked the donors 70
the kindly sentiments accompanying it. Il
said that had he supposed his battery woul
have taken part in the action at Fort Donel
son, he should certainly have been there Wit
them; and promised that as soon As lis ply
e'caans "oa'o pefnls' ne "ooao fe)o'n III
com1'' no1 s5"'n 20 leave II, even
%ooA 1ess Us "ea as ootn a11ns sno1tlo Ia
n'n"
-: TEE SAsrrARr Coua1sstos.-t is pr,tif
snr tn witness fhe Increased recc;nts If hox,
and 1atlarcs intended tor thc 7,se oF mr.
a;ers Il, The field and hosn;+s1 40 tes+;aaa ;
the 7cnctb IF t1,e ,rect1r r,nort ,,nb,;.,ad !;
anotbcr 7,1acc fb;a ,nor,,;,, Tho ro-,~,;ss;.
5s do;nc 1reu aza ret +hs,c "a ~on1,, ,1o4 H. ~
.tora ho,,so for -nors sn,,,;,;os o,5 .5ar,a.. -
- d, 1,a t,1,od Tha rare,,;esfo,, -.or+a.a,
.eco;~cd an oraar f-oro n nouG1sss - :,
aoo-t - 49, f:7.. a.,,>-,n - -a~ter sau :,
~ ~ .on-,,osean+s ~ +ha aa@,,,,a -.
nromnt1r, f1lea 1,v - sonat;on NJ ton dov,
bottles from N. Kcelcv. Ezo, fn11 cazc
can oysters vas also forwarded Yesterday
the aren't at Mound CITY. snch matters ~
-: .nncar as hardly worthy of mention hr+ ~
$50 eviaences of +he cst;yn,t;o- IN ,rb;c1, =:
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ansr.1.s ~ .:,. . e
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: se0'o ~NAA ~'S~e1'I-.-.--
1fusKEr os rur Ra.r-A conn1e If 81
dic,s named Timothy Sullivan and 4 n r,
croft, belonging to Camp Dourlas came
To tte c3.v m Sunday and ,ara5ea the etr.,