, 1864-03-27
Ml)icago @rtbnne.
SUNDAY, MARCH q, 1854.
TIE; T CITY.

.~..- SUNDAY, MARCH q, 1854.
TIE CITY.
stccIAL AssrssoR.-The new Special As.
sc7Gos s.r. Ward. entered on hIs duties On Sa.u..
: day, II placc es Ar. Graham. .
RECRUITS ZOE TIE CoLoREp REGIMENT
S'cc sro1c zecinsts for thc First Illinois Regiment
OF tn!ofsd volunteers were received scttcrday. and
Elll be forwarded to Quincy this ercnfng.
-. NEW nA11s.-1nc PIttsbnrs,~ Fort Wayne
ard G:.sso Railway is replacing It's oldtrack with
1I,c rc:7 compound rail-, making tho road one Of
Ila kn.oothcet In the country,
=, LETTER: L1sr.-Tha publication of the let
Ter list ie deferred It'll Mondays Issue OF the TR1
Ersr-~ cn tho third page OF today's paper will be
found in lis stead large variety Of micollaueous
reading matter.
'TnE CASA1 C1EAn-Thei Ice is ail out Of the
caual at bridgeport. The boats were leaving on
Saturday creuinS. The Illinois and Michigan
Canal may Therefore be considered opened
through for tho season..
F1RE.-Thc cooper shop and commission
housc Of W. T. Ball, Nox. III and 173 South Water
street. were sct Gsc about dark on F1Idny crcn-
Ing. BY the promptncse Of John Klnsella, Of Pin
k1E!on'a Preventive Police, tic drc wna cxun-
Euishre bcfore 1t had done much damage.
P11TsDuRa SANITARY FA1n-Pittsburc
holds great sans.a.J Fair In Nsy, the proceeds to
be divided between the Sanitary and Christian
Commission. This Will be fitting opportunity
for Chi<ngo to recIprocate tue lberalty Of Fits
bE1g at our great Falr Of which VIC hope our citi-
: 1ens Will avail themselves.
PRnsosA1.-Artemus Ward md Lis ipdc-
fatigabc agent, Kingston, who have been doing San
Francisco. Salt Lake City, typhus fever, sn1aecs,
Brigham Young and other unpleasant things, arc
In the city. Artc7aus brings with him the bowie
knife and HlnGetou the boomerang With which
sher fought the '4tayagcss' and nstonIshrd the
Saints The time at which A1temus will sneak
his piece Is not yet announced.
LARcEsy.-Msry Wilson, wrctched look-
Ing creature, YVES charged at tho Armoy on
iutur1sy With the larceny Of shawl valued at
SO, the property Of Mrs McNnsy. Several other
articles supposed TO be stolen were also fonnd in
the possession Of the ptisoncT, who is an old Of
fender. She Was held for trial ut tic Recorders
Court In the SUN Of $500, End removed in default
OF bail.
MEERREo P.1or.-Thc Lexington Obseryer
says that Dr.. L. Herr h.s sold his trotting stallion
for S10,oo0 to II. 4. Harrison, Of Ch1caso. Men-
brino Pilot is Of the finest truins horses ever
raised In Kentucky and Is destined, If no accident
bela11s him, to win an c-s1ted name In the annals
Of the tru,tins tuu. NJ. Harrison has taken him
to Illinois, wnese he intends, after making limit
Cd Season with him, to put him In training Ken
tucly is becoming as famous tor her trottIng as
she always has bcentoz hez raeins stock.
ST. GroneE's soc1Err.-Thc members of
this society Will assemble at a quarter before
10 o'clock shis morning on the corner Of DeE-
plafncs and Randolph streets, whence they will
proceed to tie bishops charch On the corner OF
Pecrsa and WashiEEton strcets, to attend divine
service AT halGpaes o'clock they will assemble
at the Milwaukee depot on Kinzle street, and
thence procecd to Rosekin Cemetery, where the
brral lot. recently purchased By the society, con-
taIniug some 1000 square fees, Will be dedicated by
Bishop Whitchouse.
CAMP rUoCGLAs.-smali,p ,pox still continues
to some extent ut Camp Douglas, and there are
some cases Of measles.
Dr.. Wtclan, Post Surgeon, leaves on Sunday
evening for bis regiment nt Annapolis. Dr.
Grove, .. 8. A., succeeds him.
General Orme has Iesued an order directing the
pest houses Of Camp Douglas to DO removed from
that locality to place distant from any inhabited
= ocauty. The students ofthe University, who hare
been somewhat alarmed at the close proximity Of
these pest houses to their Institution, ELL now
1eel mora comfortable.
NEEDLESS sExPEsE.-Ycstcrdny afternoon
Justice Cuthbertsou held Coruner's inquest at
the Calvary CemeterJ, over the body of Daniel
Mcdonald, mention Of Whoee sudden decease and
nocturnal burial. and the suspicious Of 5oul play
entertained by friend Of the deceased, was made
in the THnuEx few days since. The body was
disinte1red, and Doctors Paoli and Margueral ex.
amined the stomach. They found no traces of
poison In it. but srerrcd that the deceased died Of
malignant email pox. The jury rendered verdict
accordingly. The expense of this lnquest wns not
1ebs than 800, and Was entirely needless, "a the
suspicions entertained had no foundation In the
beginning.
-UK1vERE1TT OF Cn1cAGo-SPnISa TERM
The ne1t term of the University of Chicago opens
On Wednesday ne1t, the 80th inet., and continues
TIL the 1st Of duly.
The friends Of the University tave good reason
to rejoice in 1ta being rid Of nuisance to which
Tor mose than year it has been exposed. The old
small pox hospital, the eontisuity OF which to the
un3Ecrafty he's been source Of exposure, has been
promptly removed By Gen. o1mc SINCE he came In
to command Of this district
The University, VIC are happy to see, is exhibit:
ing gratifying signs Of prosperity. The observato-
r. and naln building are going forward as fast az
the builders can push them. The number Of stn-
dents is larger than any previous year. and every
thing now looks to the speedy completion of this
noble enterprise, with even IN enlargement OF its
original plan.
RAsDo1Pn STREET BR1DGr--The bids for
the contract to erect new bridge to replace the
preeent rotten one at Randolph street, were open
cd on Saturday, In the Office Of the Board Of Public
Works. The following are the offers:
Eo1 g HOWARD ESQ
Newton Chnp1n. '...-..---................. $500
T. b. Boomer. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A,e1n
The contract W8s awarded to L. B. Boomer.
The new bridge will be On the same plan n. the
present one, but somewhat stronger the Efrders,
and from l6 to "A inches wider than than the pres
ent one, giving much better opportunity for cars
and T'agors passInF, A:.out i've weeks will be
occupied in building It.; IL Is expected that the H.
tetupron to t1are1 Will not be OF more than two
weeks du1atioa, N the old bridge will not be
touched till the new one II ready to be put in its
place.
THE WARD MEkz1sGs ON SATURDAY EVEN.
1no.-The Union men of the 18Th Ward were ont In
force at Klunkels old place on Wells street, aear
North avenue, last evening. This WAS the lnrscst
primary political gathering ever held in the Ward
md 1t waA an encouraging feature Of the occasion
TINT many Of the original Co?perheads werc pres
eut There were excellent speeches and capital
music, and determination manifested to over
come the pltiiul majority which sent CoppcEhead
to the Common Council. There is little doubt that
our friends VIII cary the ward
In the 1tth there was q large gathering at tho
Cambridge House, conner Of Deaplatres and Carroll
streets, at which nI those who desire to have
hand IN cleaning out the present Corperhead Ad-
nnin{et1ation struck hands for the coming CAM
palgn. Hon. J. D. Ward, Fred. Kawrlcs A. C,
He4tng and others addressed the meeting. The
11h is as certain to yote right the sun to rise on
the morning Of the third Tuesdastn April.
The Union men Of the I'd Ward, also, met at tho
ealoon OF c. 6chel, No. a0a South Wells etrcct,
Spirited addresses we're made In English by Alder.
men Tittswo.th and shimp, and In German by Col
Sa1ouau, Of the SD Illinois volunteers and 4, c.
Hcslng, Of the Staats Zeitung. There was good
attendance and abundance ofgood feeling.
CHICAGO MEDICAL Soc1ETr.-A meeting OF
the Chlcngo Medical Society was held at Room No.
Sin 1heConrt House, On Friday evening, the Presl.
dent, Dr.. PaolL In the chair.
The name Of Jonathan W. Brooks, Of Jefferson
Medical College, Philadclphia, clec1cd at the Inst
meetfnr yFus added to the list of members