, 1862-01-31

irgress to the upper hall BY one Of the doors
which is usurlly left open for the purposes OF
;l.c various departments occurring the hulld"
ing. Tho attempt was made to enter
tie Cashiers room, Which argued a
rather intimate knowledge Of the transactions
Of This derartment. The burglnr had eyi
IDENTIFY been In the Cashiers room and OBJ
served the deposits Of stamps and specie in d
vault in that apartment, customary daily
proceeding. To effect an entrance he had at
tempted to force The locks Of the two doors
opening into the room, with some instrument
comparatively noiseless in its operation. The
rottA door was slightly started and one Of
TIC hinges sprung little. A more powerful
demonstration had been made upon the south
door, splitting the wood work upoa the in
side, warping the catch and leaving the clasp
hanging by a single screw At this point IN
his efforts The burglar must have become
alarmed By hearing the clerks at work IN Lie
Distributing room below, which is connected
directly with the Cashiers room by an iron
stair case. and deserted his undertaking.
Had hc been successful in Ids efforts ,
N accomplish m entrance he would have |
fonnd nothing to reward him for his !
trouble. Luz AuQ 4u4l4C4 ASlNS- ;
tied during the day with the Cashier arc lodg-
cd in his vault only temporarily, arc always |
under his direct supervision, and at night are !
placed i'll heavy burglar-proof safe in the
Distributing room, which is under the inlmc-
diatc eye Of careful and faithful watchman.
Thus at no time Of the day or night are the
yaluables Of the Office in jeopardy. In an
other respect an entrance would have thwart-
ed his plans, as it would at once have exposed
| him to the gaze Of the night clerks and the
| watctman, who were below, fact which
! could not be known to the burglar unless he
| had trayersed the whole length Of the build
! ing and gained access to the lower floor; so
that while his entrance would have resulted
in no loss to the Post Office, it might
| have secured for him his Just deserts.
Growth of Chicago Churches.
One Of the most interesting and important
teatures Of the expanding prosperity Of the
| Northwestern Metropolis, will be found in the
rapid growth of the individual churches of va
rious denominations The carly residents can
remember when, only thirty years since, the
| earliest church Was organized, tthe First Pres
Iytcrian, New School, at present under the
pastoral care Of Rev. Mr.. Humphrey which
| now occupies 4 noble cdltlcc and has associated
with II some six other churches Of similar
faith, two OF which have also large and costly
houses Of worship. other denominations,
Episcopal, Baptist and Methodist have enjoyed
a like prosperity, and no other city in the
Tnion presents greater inducements to clergy
men to select tas field Of labor. They may
be called to small flock at first, but such is
the growth Of population and wealth, that In
faw years their field will have enlarged to
| their utmost desire.
Ne have been led to these remarks in glanc-
ing at the Manual Of the First Cong cgational
) Church, Rcv. Vim. ". Patton, Pastor) with q
supplement, bringing its history down to the
: 18th Of January, 1861 copy Of which VT
i haze received. It appears that till the sum
: ulcr Of 1851. the Congregationa1ists had moi
organized separate church Of their own OF
, der, but With great Gberality of sentiment ant
action, had gone into the Pre5bytcria,
Churches, because Of the similarity Of cree,
. and worship. But at the date named, the anti
d slavery principle concurred with ecclcsiastic1
i preference to induce the organization Of th
church above named with forty eight members
p: of whom the best known was our honore
q citizen, Philo Carpenter, Esq, who had been
J leader in organizing the original Presbyteria
Church, twenty years before. There arc no'
r six Congregational churches in the city. ltal
pears from the supplement to the manual, tha
during the ten years that have now elapsed
IL there have been received into the First Chnrcl
y G41 members, Of whom go were on profcssio
=. Of their faith, and AL By letter from othe
u churches. OF these there have been remove
= by death, disnission elsewhere, &c, 206, lea
- ing now in the membership 455. The scholal
~ - in the Sabbath schools, Of the church, no
=. =. number 100. During the same time tue co,
= =. gregation, with but three OF four members
- more than moderate means, have paid out G
1e tile building and it, furniture s35, 900, for cu
rent expenses 5000, and to charitable o
;ts jects 81, 900; in lsin ten years, sl09, 90
~. They now have no aoating debt, and but -, o
~ incumbrancc Oh the building, for tic payne
- Of which partial proyisionis is made. And, be
49,. Of all, this property has been secured in &C
e1 ncction with steady adherence to the an
- slavery principles with which 1t started, Il
49, simple application to Christian work.
- Nebclievc there are several vacancies in
60 Congregational and Presbyterian pulpits OF
tne ,,+r md indr;nr from tho facts above relate
tn' wc think able men in other parts Of the col
H. +-. m;.},t rr,o;ee at the opportunity to en-
snch a field IF others Of our local churc]
-. 7,1,,;.,, manuals with a sketch of their =
y. ~ .rcss. We hone to be favored with a copy.
49,
49, a seccsh eattI9 Dosef !" LIZ
!, few days since q cattle drovcr Of II
49, ~ .,,anrn secession nroc1iv;tfcs came to this
49, fro1, O. 1or;c uitt drove of cat
hat. ,vr;,.,, bo 1oarea in shernan's va
! ho nv Thursday morning last he dispc
H. ~ +ho drova IN R]ioh. the wc11-known "a
w. 49,, ~ ,,te. scccse;on az badly ne ,,c
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wv 49, n-,;-,.4 -. c.rooo ,.,,1s f,r ,r,,;ob
49, n.y. -. ,,a,a 3;o,,,o tno;+,r ~,
n,.p, - ,.',o.s+ona +7,o+ thn, hid hean
,onr A. .,,3 .r,.-o a., 9,
shal a check for the amount. purlng the day
Law 1o,r,,ed .h,t the hills had not been set
eforc Determined that o seccshn should not col
ouvt, hin, tn n,x then. p,in}, aisrnised himself
l,e+n. -, -. I