, 1863-08-20

| ting. HastIDgs' horse Is to 20 to harness
AID PaticL's to wngon. Among those who
know tie horses and the men, this race is an-
hctpatcd With great deal Of interest. With
tie maEirg up Of this match, Of course, the
Association Ind nothing to do; but the par
ties making It agreed it shon1d takesplace in
this Park; hence It must be subject to the
rules Of the Association and under the con.
troll OF the Directors. We are informed that
the Directors hare reso1Ted not to charge any
admission fee for teams at the gate. Each
person Will pay fifty cents, and the teams will
be admitted without charge. .
Great Northwestern Fair to AID the
Sanitary Commission.
The continued need Of money for the pur.
poses OF the Sanitary Commission has sug-
gested to many Of the active and patriotic
women Of the Northwest the necessity of
holding grand Northwestern Fair in the tll,
Tor their benefit Alter correspondence Of
nearly two,montes with some Of the princl.
pal Aid Societies and Union Leagues Of the
Northwest, aided in many instances by Der.
sonal interviews, 1t has been decided to hold
Northwestern Fair in Chicago during the
last week Of October and the first of Noyem-
ber. Assurances hare been received that the
States Of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin. Iowa
and Minnesota will generally join in this uro.
5ect, ana substantial offers Of aid have been
proffe1ed BY leading persons in these States,
a mass meeting Of ladies has already been
held In Chicago at Bryan Hall, when an Ex-
ecuttve Committee Of sixteen ladies was m.
pointed, to make such arrangements tor. the
the holding Of the Fair In this city as might
be necessary. It was also decided TO caII a
convention Of delegates from the Aid So:Ie.
ties and Unicn Leagues Of the above men
TONED States, which shall meet In Chicago, at
Bryan Hall. September 1st ut 10 o'clock Il.
m, to make necessary arrangements for the
Fair. The Order Of Good Templars, an ex-
tersiye Temperance Organization, which has
rendered very efficient help to the Sanitary
Commission, by donatons Of money and sup.
plies, generously volunteer their aid in this
enterprise, ard are Included in This call, Ey-
cry Aid Society and Union League, and
every Lodge OF Good Tcmplars In the North
west Is, therefore, hereby requested TO repre-.
sent tsef IN that Convention, to be hold Sep.
tenber LIST, By at least one lady delegate,
elected from Its members. As there are over
two thousand Ct these organizations, It will
be necessary for each one to par the expenses
: OF It's own delegate, which will be bnt small
tax on each single society, but in the aggrc-
gate would be heavy for my one organization,
On Wednesday, September ID, at 8 o'clock p.
m, public meeting Of the ladies Of Chicago
will be held at the same place, when tho pro.
grnmme Of the Fair, as decided upon by the
Convention, will be announced, and such
committees as arc necessary to the successful
progress oftle Fair, will then be chosen. Va.
rions plans for the Fair have already been
proposed and discussed, but nothing can def
rite1y be agreed upon until the session Of the
approaching Convention.
1t is hoped that SCI, 600 Will be the ret re-
ceIpts Of this great festa1 occason. Is this
expecting too muchs Not ii the united
NcrhFest lend willing and active hands and
generous hearts to tie work At simple
ice-cream and strawberry festival given re-
Gently, almost impromptu, by few ladies Of
Chicago, for tie benefit Of the Soldiers Home,
over 81 ,0C0 WIS made, where there was al
most nothing to sell, and only the cause to
attract- Is 1t induIglng extravagant and un-
Earantable expectations to hope that twenty
fire times flat amount will be realized By
Fair Of the Gnat Northwest. which will be
enriched By the ofie1irge Of five States, and |
viii lave accessory to 1t all that art, talent, !
taste, Ekil, Ingenuity and patriotism can de-
wise In the matter Of attraction? We cannot |
think 60, and knowing That liberal things are |
being devised, NC believe that liberal results |
will be realized.
The Movement In mIc1,igan Southern
Stock. 1
Our commercial readers have doubtless no.
dced the extraordinary advance that has taken /
place in the quotations Of Michigan Southern |
stock during the past week, at the New York
Stock Board. The prime cause Of this up
ward tendency is a subject Of vital import
ance to the business interests, and to the fu- |
tu1e, Ct thia great ard growing city. It Is q. |
well understood fact in railroad circles, that !
from the moment when the completion of the |
Atlantic and Great Western Railway from Sal |
a1nanca Station, On tho Erie Railway, to It's |
junction With tho Cleveland and Maho1inc |
Railroad at Warren, Ohio, and the further ex- |
teneio1 Of the line, by means Of third rail, !
into Cleyeland, was announced, 1t has been the !
wish Of the Eric z.anas;ers to have an unbro-
,seu 1ail, Of the six-foot guage, into Chicago. |
and to the accomplishment Of this object thelr |
nest energies nave been turned. The original !
1dea was ey Inc flttsnn1gh and Fort Wayne |
haA"a5s oy "ng OF ofT1llc, but here the op- !
poe11on OF 1ne 91eaI Trunk Ane east OF Pitts |
hurgh, was aroused, aud this project FIGS
abandoned. ihe south Shore line, composed
o. Inc Cleveland and Toledo and Mtchi-
gan Southern roads, presented the next
host teaslb1c route, and control having been
obtained Of the Cleveland and Toledo stock,
n ,;1a t,a-,, .- ,,,.,,o,-.- os.,xas.:Sr
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~ '11aeuse ~ Lug suAtee o1
ue 1.m souAue1a' Ano 10 tnis enc 1ne1r
uie.''oeo ol1enuoa Is no" directed. About
one nunofeo ana nity thousand ehares OF the
stock nave changed hands within the past
eight or ten days, and rs o natural conse-
quence' INC Guo1alaons haTe very greatly ad-
saneeu II nan s1feet.
Should the designs Of the Erie managers
frd a successful termination It. nav nnt ha
..a... ~ ~ .~s~.,.a - , ~ w, ~ nlas no' 10
ts Anoa'ns oe4oto lne ca'izens o1 Cn1cago
WILL Lave presented to them six-foot guage
from New York to the Garden CITY. The In
nense interests involved In this scheme can
not helm hut exercfse NJ, 1,nnnr+ort f,a,an,a
nnon ,ne hns,ness n,os.,.ata ~ 49, 1n,. ' Gs'
upou LIE pus1uess prospects OF not only CHI
coto. but of the entire Nortbxrcst r. NOV
ha@ra,o, =. ,,.-.,.--,.I
however, oe queston With the stockholders
Of the companies included In the pronosed
cone o13dotfon. whether or mt +ba r,aza-o,,s