, 1864-05-02
Ql)tca4o qrtbnne.
MONDAY, MAY 2, 1864
THE CITY.

THE CITY.
oNE WAY or MEETING "6rnrgf."-op Iris.v
evening G. II. Dunlap, hsick manufacturer a: fh,s
S1ty; imported into Chicago between titv and si4tv
nrack fna6ef4s whom he had obtained rom Canf1a-
aa. ~ his oldhands have recently "struck."
sATUnnAx's BusKEss m THE COUNTY counr.-
Contested business Will hcrea11er be taken mn hv
Judge Bradwen On Saturday. The Court In future
VII oe wholly occupied ou that day in ordering
admtnistTatorB- 3'SA
PEasoxAE-We notice the appointment of Can't
~. AeClurg, U. s.V., as Assistant Adjutaut Gen.
70 MAJOR General Palmer. 18th army corps. He ID
Wi Known IN this city, and his numerous ftfand,
mention. A'@1 40 Aaeo 'ionofaolc
1m f1z1s8uRa FAm.-The Board OF Trade
nave added to the COMMITTEES appointed to solicst
subscriptions TO the PtttsburR santtarv conr,i.'
sion Fair The following named gentlemen samue,
Eaimst, Allied G. Titus. John &. Weber. Daniel
Meestet, Snmes G. Savage, Thomas II. Jones, Coo
cHAHaEs At CAN'T DorolAs,-co1. stronr n. =
'. H. T., lately In command Of Camp Doucla1 has
neea fuateVed BY Col Sweet, who by seniority
1skee command. A reinforcement of two compa.
41 OF the Veteran Reserve Corps will arrive fro1n
peeted daily.
DMEQrEHT GcAHD1AKs-In the County Court
on Saturday. the following delinquent guardians
tenn, III: FFedesick Dcntsche, Heinrich F Fischer.
!nmes Long Andrew Frnnk, L0uisa N, Falrzuan ,
Martha Fuller, Catherine Il. Franklin, Henry Il.
Fosssth' Andrew F1ndley and Jane Fofsythe.
RunAwAx.-A span Of horses broke loose from q
vehicle on Randolph street, near Ann, yesterday,
and started OF In concert, connected only by the
accident, and then turned north. bringing up about
Fulton street with q round turn. No Injury was
reported.
A1TKRTEp SuIc1pK.-0n FridAT night young
woman named Delta Allen residing on Clark street,
attempted to commit suicide By taking iaudanum
during Gt Of the 81 horrors.' Owing to the small
nees Of the dose, and the interference Of compa1-
iups the des1gn Of the wrctched creature was f.us-
4ratea. Fearing that q repetition OF the act may
he attempted sbe has been placed under surEa1-
aoce ut the &rnory until she thoroughly EecoTets.
SfoIEE.-A lady who arrived In this city On
Saturday morning, by the Galcua Railroad, had her
pocket picked In the cars or depot Of purse con-
taiufng E200 In Creenbacks and certificate Of de-
n;s dsa ss to s
the new city administration T will be a
ElQflQH6 AO& AA4EFtE NVH Alla& LIZ QEt8E44F6
force fs disbauded.
COUNTERFEIT MoxE1.-Darts Smith was on Sat-
urday brought before United States Commissioner
noyne, charged by T. Wilkes With passing upon
hlm a counterfeit twenty dollar grecnb.ck. The
accused, who had plenty Of genuine aud no COM.
tcelt money in his posses tiOn stated that he had
On Friday received the bin which was said to BE-
sSa b o hss ts
parties who forwIrded It were equally ignorant he
desired continuance Of the ease, which was grant.
cd. The defendant In the meantime entered lntc
hall in the sum OF $500.
DEmnruxo VxesEI--Bccore United States
Commissioner Hoync. on Saturday. John Sheshau
aud Jobn Preston were charged By Capt Burke
OF the schooner Mazcppa. with descrtion. nap
pears that the accused signed articles with Captain
Burke for yorce to Buffalo, Int on arriving 1t the
came on ahore aud declined return TO their duty
slleg1ng that they had been adnapped into accept
missioner instructed the deputy United States
Marshal to place the men on board the vessel.
To BE Pnosxcr7Ep.-we understand that the
Inspectors Of the election precinct in the 18th
Ward. who, in violation OF the provisions Of the
charter closed the polls thirty minutes before the
tins hxed By that instrument aud thereby defes,ed
Ward arc to be prosecuted for *l00, the penalty
prescribed BY law. The following 1s the pE3rislon
cation 70 Ssse 5 foaad
"The polls ehall be opened by the inspectors ut
seven o'clock in the evening, and every violation
OF this provision ebal subject the inspectors 20
offending to penalty Of one hundred dollars"
Is HE E1l6BIE !-There Is q certain provision Of
the new charter which rcade as follows:
Sec. :, Chapter 10.-"Sor ehsll any person be
appointed 70 Or hold Office IN the Police force aiore
Who shall not have reaided within the State Of
Illinois two years next preceding his appointment
William Aobott; the newly appointed Celtic epe-
Commissioners has resided in this State iees than
ayesf. VII the three copperhead Commissioners
IpfS.% ppG1 hs1 roqad BE s. et ss
gle otc1al act Of the Board the VALIDITY OF which
depends upon the new Secretary Is worth the pa-
per upon which the record is written. The courts
YIN % decide should The question be b7oussht b.
fore them.
DEATH on TIE CA1s.-0n Friday Of the week be
fore last mother and child from Troy, New York,
were passengers on board the day exprees on the
Great Western Railway On their way to this c,tv,
where the husband and father resides. The child
had been IN illhealth for come time, but the poor
ZION before death would deprive her oi her od.
HpsnG. but shorty attes leaving London the frall
4ss 1 g1s r. s.essnsa is list II hss mothers arms.
tor, III. Nell, went round among the passengers
and collected handsome sum for the mother. He
prepared, and upon the arrival Of the train tbe
6ody WAS enclosed and sent By the sa1ne train to
4 BRr1AL FE11ow.-on Saturday morning
Aichae1 Burns, = disslpated looking fellow, wae
charged before Justice Cuthbeztsou with assaultine
bis wife Mazy: md also with threatening to kill
Of Illinois etreet, and complainant is an honest.
hatuwotkfnE woman, who has By her Own industry
@ s.ssd up h little monsy bat T. tied to dranken
his drnken nie. ho announced bis intention to Xii
chslr At he1 head and otherwise severely assanted
he1. Hle honor administered to the maj scathIpg
rebnke for his brutal conduct, and fned him SIS
LOT the assault, also compelling him to find Epreties
sor his future good behavior In the amouut of SEQ
Rouuar.-pnrins Thurrday night, Patrick
Bradley. private in Mnlhgan's Brigade, vas rob.
bed Of his all, amounting to about SD, at tbs
Wayerly House, on Knzic strect, where he was
lodging, The Suspected thief is . com1aae and
bedfellow named Homer Dunleavs. but be escaped
sued By Justice Cuttbcrtson for his apprehension,
could oe served- a telegram was Immediately dis
PsneS a. oSg S naI hs 1u up t. noon o. ST.
pected. becAuse on Friday morning he handed to
Bradley, before they arose. his Braaley's| purse
ed. Thinking It strange that ano'hcr s13n ehouid
have bis puree, the soldier examined his pockets
fWa sealed envelope containing $500. which, as a
friend and companion.
fatal Aocnrsr.-on Friday evening fatal
Incident occurred at caiumet's Station on the 1ni-
nois Central Railroad, young man named George
Westdeld, aged about twcnty-slx years, being run
over by freight train. The deceased, who form
crly WIFI brakeman on the Chicago and NORTH
wee:eR Ra1lroad, got upon the tram without OBJ
designed to put him down at the next Station At