, 1862-01-23
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THURSDAY, JANUARY %. 1862
TIE CITY.

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SEE advertisement OF scholarship r.,
sa!c i'll Bryant 4 STATIONS cllsl, Of Comnr,
cial Colleges.
COUNTERFEIT COlN.-Thc city is hc;n
Hooded with counterfeit dimes and quarter,
Business nc1t VIII do well to be on the loo
out.
L*HcEAf OF CLoTu1SG.-Thc house Of Nj
Andrew Smith, No. q West Randolph street
*as robbed Of clothing to the amount OF eigh
or'cn dollars, on Tuesday night, belonging Il
Messrs. II. DaEis and r. Never, boardin.
with him. There is no clue to the deurcd1
tors.
FEBRUARY MAcAz1srs.-ThcA Atlantic, Har
per, Cooley, Continental and Knickerbocke
Magazines for February, and the London Ar
Journal for January, have been received n
McNally & Co.'s, 81 Dearborn street, wher,
subscriptions arc still taken to all ttyxs doll,
magazines at $2.25 per year.
HARPER FOR FEnRrAR1.-Harpcr,s Mari,
zinc, Godey's, Pctersons, Bilious, the Bot
ton' &c, for February; the Pilgrims Of Fash
lon' BY hfnchan Cornwallis, and fresh sup
ply Of songs in suaany keys, by Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, have been received by McNa1ly &
Co., 81 Dearborn street.
READINGS AT THE SHERMAN HoCsE-Pro-
lessor Siddons arrived i; the Sherman House
yesterday morning 1t three o'clock, having
been thirty hours on the road from Cleveland
owing to unavoidable delays on the rai1road
he will give his promised readings at the
Sherman House this evening, commencing
precisely at eight o'clock aud Terminating At
1lalfpast nine.
t1RE--A fire broke out On Tuesday ni.lt at
eleven o clock in The blacksmith shop Of John
waugh, On Clark street, between Polk and
Taylor streets, which was extineuishcd with
out making any considerable damage. The
flames were discovered by officer Adolpl Nil
ler who gave the alarm and assisted in putting
them out. The fire is supposed to have been
the work Of an inccndiar,.
MUSTERED 1N.--All the members OF the Ne
chanic Fnsileer Regiment, lately confined in
the cells at the Armory. on disordcrly charge
and fer refusing to go into tic service as COM
mon Infantry, with the exception Of few who
are to be sent to St. Louis for Court Martial.
returned to Camp Douglas yesterday and were
duly mustered IN as y regiment by Lieut..
Christopher. The command Numbers about
SEQ men.
\ MrtH NEEDED 0nrEE-SoLp1ERs TAKE
NOTICE The frequent arrests by t1c cjty
ftkrS rFe 1x1;.
Who ta'e cot upon spree, and oyer-stavcd
Tic time allowed them to remain in the CITY
on fn-lough for few hours, Lave induced
Colonel Tucker to call upon the Police De-
raFtmcnt to arrest and place in confinement
ail members Of regiments now in Quarters ut
lamp Douglas unable to show PASSES. the
LING OF Which Las not expired Orders have
therefore been given by Superintendent c. P
Bradley to his patrolmen to that effect, and
II Is TO be hoped that hereafter VIC shall hear
OF less drunken braw1s, and less numerous
daily delegations Of the volunteers at the har
of the Police Court.
WAR AND RAILROAD M.ps-In these war
l1Ee times II Stands every man in hand to keep
himself well posted rs to The Topography Of
1he country Such Information can only be oh
tanned by extensive travel and actual obserya
tlon, and the careful study Of ACCURATE mans
and statistical tables. In this connection we
may mention that F. 4 Thomas has LATELY snc-
ceeoed mr. j. H. johnson, so long known as a
dealer IN war and railroad maps, paper, enycl-
opes, pencils etc, ut the corner Of State and
Randolph streets. He supplies agents and
eanyassers with anything needed in their line
at the lowest Wholesale prices His induce
ments to persons desiring to entcr the busi-
ness OF agents or canrasscrs are not to be sur
passed hy any other house Of the kind in the
city.
"A new NEAFoS.-WI have been shown Il
new military weapon, the Invention Of D. 4
Courier Of Bcloit, Wisconsin. which promises
10 l'e very serviceall- and valuable. It con
slss OF sword and pistol combined, The
lilt is like that Of the ordinary sword, with
guards protecting the hand. The front guard
Is OF rectangular form and hollow, into
which slides magazine containiu. five
charges. ihe lock is very simple and is con-
famed entirely within the lilt Tie pistol
barrel lies directly in front Of the guard and
is fitted upon the back Of the blade. When
The hammer is raised the magazine slides IN.
pf1nslhg each charge successfully opposite
1ne oafEel 10 be discharged Any reJuircd
number OF these magazines may bc provided
which may be loaded at leisure, and the EMMY
one can be replaced by one clarsra in 4 f,.w |
seconds Of time,
6en- Lane examined it yesterday at the Tre |
mont House, and was highly pleased with it, |
nc Las also recommended it in strong terms |
10 fhc attention Of Brig. Gen. Ripley, chief of |
1he ordnance department, il letter which wc
A:sse sccn Several members Of Gen. Lanes
s'aH, and other officers present also examined
II aud expressed their approval
AN 1SsASE MANA case was Yesterday
brought before Judge J. B. Bradwcll Of the
County Court, IN which an examination was
asked, into the mental condition Of onc Ricn.
ard Webster, a resident Of thc North Division
The cause was commenced upon tue Affidavit
o' 'eseph henderson, who deposcd that 1lr
believed the said Webster was Of unsounl
mind, and suitably person to recommend rs
an lhna1e OF the State Insane Asylum at Jack
sonvllle- a jury consisting OF Mcssrs. DR.. N.
=. Peterson, E. L. O'Hara, VIM. B. O,le.
Nicholas Barrett, Charles Peacock, George F.
Gerts, D. L. Jacohus, P H. 8. yandcryoort
T. Adams, Vim. Fesseaaen, David saulpaurh.
and j. s. Flcrston, was called, aul the tes,l-
mony Of Dr6. Bray, Braiuard aud A1ax-Myer5
1ahen. The jury retired and in few moments
brought in a verdict setting forth substantial
y, talat BIZ. Webster was Us set forth. 4 III
person for confinement in the lunatic ASYLUM.
1hat his age was fifty y-f.c; for ten weeks bc
bad been insane, and that the disease iu1uc;n~
1unacy had undoubteledl5 resulted from ~
ccszlSc iutempcrance. Insanity is not hcycdi
1azy IN the patients family and lie is 1ut
lsluper, having lately been engaged in bus5-
'css in the North Division.
u1scosso1ATE DIT PERSISTENT LoyFn-
Some two weeks since one Julius Lansber-
lsc lover OF young woman by tho name or
Enma, residing as domestic in the family of
.. E. Goodrich, Esq, No. 247 North LaSa1te
s1fcct, WAS discarded By Lis sweetheart and
ordered by the proprietor of tne house to can
Faocf hls absence better than lis cou,pany in
That particular domicl forever thereafter
But the Romeo Of this little drama was not
thus TO be cast off. He returned repeatedly to
'east his eyes upon the form Of his adorc,,
f'1snla- As a. consequence, he was sent AWAY