, 1863-07-07

Pos7roEED.-The Gift Concert Of the Great
Western Band, which was to have taken place
Inst night, has been postponed two weeks,
the tickets not being all sold The scale Of
prizes is 80 liberal TINT all Of the tickets must
be sold in order to balaoce the account.
:, a HEAVY Bus1EEss.-One business house
In this city, returned to the Assessor, az the
profits Of his business for the year 1862, the
handsome sum Of s2o0, 600, upon which he
promptly paid his Tux; amounting to S10, 600.
A good business for one individual
UNITED STATES CoUnT.-Judge Davis OF
the Supreme Court will sit in the Circuit
Court this morning 10 hear appeals in adml-
1alty and other causes. There will be jury
In eaid court on Tuesday, the 18th instant, at
which time the call Of the Trial Docket will
commence.
WELDON SrA71oE.-This is the name Of the
Station established ut the Illinois Central Car
Works, which south-side1s find great con
venicnce. Whether the word ism corruption
Of "Wen done," SO applicable to the charac.
ter Of the labor performed by the mechanics
at That locality, or Of "Weld-on," process
Of lengthening md Strengthening metals for
xarious purposes, we are not informed.
TuEArRE-M1ss HosMER's BEkKP1r.-The
Tbeatre will undoubtedly be filled this even
Ing on the occasion Of Miss Hosmer's benefit.
The bill is a fine one, and Chicago's old IA
vorite, Lofty Hough, appears In one OF her
best characters. See advertisement. "1ady
Audley's Secret vas well received on Mon
day evening, and will be repeated tomorrow
evening 1t lis fine play and very exciting.
D1scHAHaD. u. Z. Winchester, q
citizen of Chicago, whose unfortunate
connection with the shooting affray In the
West Division, was related in yesterdays Is
cue, WINS charged In the Police Court, yester-
day morning, by John Murphy, the man who
@as shot, with On assault with intent to kill
The testimony clearly eho wed that the wound
ed man was to blame in the affair, and Justice.
Mcdonnell discharged tile defendant.
AB1a EXCURSION TO CHIcAGo.-An e1cur-
Zion on grand scale has been projected
from Iowa, to this city, and will take
place On the Goth to the 23d instant, Trains
leave Marshall, Iowa, on the morning Of the
10th, Clinton On the 21st, and start from
Chicago on the return the evening Of the I'd.
The peculiar and favorable feature Of this af-
fair is, that people get aboard the train at
way stations In Iowa, and pay excursion rates
only, which are much less than half fare.
D1ssussxD.-The case Of William Luckow,
u German citizen, residing on State street,
charged With the larceny Of a harness from =
livery stable keeper near him, was called at
the A1mory yesterday, and, the evidence be-
ing that the harness was sold to him by two
men whom, at the time, he took to a neigh
boring saloon for Identification, and his char
acter for honesty md integrity being fully
established, he WIS discharged and the case
diAmfssed.
l. AEEGRo oBA1TKRT,-Eugeue H Gilbert, OF
Waukegan, has received from the Secretary
Of War commission as Captain, with author
3ty to recruit battery company Of co1ored
men In Chicago. Nh. Gilbert recently held a
Sesgeautcy in The Mercantile Battery, from
which he has been promoted as above. He
will prove an efficient officer, and If there is
any fight in negroes-nnd 1t has been well
Demonstrated recently that there is any guam
1,tr the w,,, est II mt
ANOTHER BRIDGE AccDEsr,-Last eyen-
3np: the bark II. F. Allen ran into Lake street
br3dce while being toxed m the river. and
had her ;jibboom carried away. Accidents Of
this nature are becoming very frequent,
Aua III I'VE eases Out u eAs ate enl11e4y o"1nEE
to the stupidity aud want Of common sense
on the part Of the bridee-tenders. VIII our
city fathers appoint men Of intelligence to I'LL
1hese nos,t,ons instead Of giving them toindi-
s,1s ~ stufr a b,1,ot.ho1e
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ABAakRAcE.-Last evening, two clipper
barks, named respectively the oueonta and
: Unadnls, while on the upward trip from But
talo, vied with each other, rs to which should
nrr3ye here first. Things went along smoothly
until within a short distance or1he Light house,
when the former vessel, through some mis-.
=, management, 1an ashore. She was tugged of
=, shortly after without having sustained any