, 1862-04-24


Camp Douglas for the past twenty -four hours.
The deaths among the prisoners for the last
tWenty-fouF hours have been as follows:
" Lewis, CO. 9, sth Te1ss,. 1
p + spcere, Co. B, 18th Miss, ,..--........ /
H. Hamilton, Co: A, 18th Texas, ,.....-...-... 1
Before reported. Observation-Disclosures. e.;
Total deathe as
The sanitary condition Of the prisoners has
not improved during the last two or three
days. There are now nearly 400 in the ho5pi-
tai.
ST. JoHS's CHURCH. Sunday last, Easter
day, WAS the sixth anniversary of the inaucu-
ration Of st. Johns Parish. On the evening
OF that day, the rector, Rev. q. N. Bishop.
delivered his annual pastoral sermon, in
which be gave brief history Of the origin and
progress Of the parish. He stated that since
his ministry il the parish, which in fact COM
menced with its organization, eligible lots had
been secured for both church and recto1y,
commodious church edidce erected, an ex-
cellent organ obtained, Il comfortable parson-
age built, and at this moment the corporation
Of the parish is entirely free from debt,
The records Of the parish show that during
the six years Of its organization there have
been about nine hundred services in the
church, at eEcry one Of which there #as either
d sermon or lecture; the holy communion
has been administered more than 70 times:
81 adults have been baptised; 13S persons
have been confirmed, and more than 800 per-
SONS have been added to the communion of
the church. There are now more than one
hundred families, numbering over five hun
dred individuals, belonging to the parish.
There are about one hundred commandments
in good and regular Standing. In the period
named, fifty-flye marriages and sixty-cight
funerals were sclemnlzed.
Attached to the parish is Sunday School
numbering at present three hundred and three
teachers and schola1s-thc average attendance
abont two hundred. In the sermon alluded
to, the Rector spoke in high praise Of this
brunch Of the church. He gave credit to the
Sunday School Teachers Association for the
high prosperity OF the school.
The Rector also called attention to the ex-
cellent labors Of the Ladies' Benevolent As.
6ociation connected with the church. 1t had
been great help to the parish from the starr.
Their labors had been particularly arduous
during the past fall aud winter, within which
time they had made up and forwarded to
Cairo numerous articles for the comfort of
our sick and wounded soldiers.
The amount raised By subscriptions aud
otherwise In the parish from its organization,
hed reached something over $4,000 con-
siderable portion of which has been bestowed
in works Of charity outside Of the church ex-
penaes. The Rector spoke with deep graft
tude Of the kindness, affection and respect
shown to him from the first day Of his minis
try in the parish till now. He then went on
to show whnt he had been endeayoring to do
ia the way Of preaching the Gospel He said
that above and beyond all else he had preached
"Christ and Him cruci6ed," ;" while at the same
time he had been entirely loyal to the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church. j,
On Easter Monday the election for Wardens
and Vcstrymen resulted in the choice of the
following gentlemen, all but twc Of whom
were old members:
,Seaio7 Hd5desz-Job CARPENTER.
Ju'sior HaTden-FEederick A. Btyan
Ffstryr7en-A. Gzoesbeck, Ii. D., Ell L. Canfcld,
eo9 1se' a sutton; peEton r Chandler, George Fla
K. L. H., j
Gan, u. ". Page, P. Rande1l.
LIE ACCIDENT TO Audrey GRossuAs.-
We made bare statement II The fact that
tho body Of man By the name Of Grossnan
had been found in the vicinity Of the a1ich,-
gan Southern and Reck Island Junction, in
these columns Of yesterday. Coroner James
furnishes the following account Ct the manner
Of the decease af Mr, Gossman: It would
appear that he had been up to the city during
Monday to purchase some small articles, and
1ook Inc Has ?. m. train on the Rock Island
Road, Tor his home, which is about one mile
north Of the Junction. When about one
third OF mile this side Of the Junction It is
supposed that he lcaped from the train, run
ming probably at rate Of about fifteen miles
an hour, and striking heayily upon some ties
lying BY the side Of the track, was seriously
hurt internally. he lay in the rain and storm
where he had fallen, the package of suear and
other articles beneath him, from about twelve
o'clock that night. until six o'clock on Tues
dny morning, when he WAS discovered and
taken to his fathers house in q state of in
sensibility, and expired in the course of abont
three hours. A verdict Of death from inter
nal injuries, received as above set forth Eas
rendered By the Coroner's Jury. Mr.. G ross
man Was young man Of twent5 -four years,
temperate in his habits, and greatly esteemed
oy al who knew him. He resided with his
parents, who are almost inconsolable from
their loss
TfY17kT T7 Tba
Cbanfrau's play, "The Mysteries and Miser-
les Of New York; has induced Mr, McVickcr
to produce it again this evening. Those who
have not already seen the piece should by all
means attend The first act of the play should
be witnessed to the end Of obtaining q correct
estimate Of all its beauties.
The "Octoroon "-by far the best drama
ever written on the subject of slayery-is
shortly 10 be produced here, with Mr. Chan
frau as "Une1e Pete" and Miss Hosmer as
'zoe," which will be great improvement
upon previous casts. We understand tho
new melody, IL Kingdom Coming" will be
introduced In the play.
4 Card OF Thanks,
In consequence Of the immediate and
urgent necessities Of our sick aud wounded
soldiers brought in such numbers from he the
bloody field Of Shiloh, the Ladies' Of The
|, Camp Douglas Aid Society, haye been md
denly called upon By our Sanitary Co1nmis-
sion for an amount Of garments which, under
ordinary circumstances, it would have bsen
utterly impossible for them to supply at SO
short notice. They would have failed, and
much suffering would have been una1leviated,
bad 1t not been for the kindness Of Mr.
Ludlow, Of the Grover <E Baker Sewing
Machine Co., who, for the past ten days, has
enta&eiE surrendered to them the use Of his
rooIhs md machines, md lie assistance Of