, 1864-12-29
IMPORTANT ARRESTS,
Two Adrolt Ptckpockets Caucht-
Their Complete Idcntldcation-Oth-
erN still At Large.

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Iheir Complies IdcntIdcasion.Oth-
ess Still At Large.
For the part month OF more our city has been
infested BY gang Of the most adroit 1nd success
ful picapockcts that ever cursed any community.
The street ears, public halls, places Of amusement
and even our churches, were made the scenes OF
their operations Not day passed but our COL
more important operations. For long time they
pushed their pursuit without molestation, baf-
ninE the officers In every effort to discover their
On konday last, on1eers Webb and Kenny re-
ceived the first hints which led to their arrest On
lint day J. G. Hitchcock, formerly Cashier Of the
the Museum. BE suspected two men Mho were
standing near him, and gave their description to
t5a 3fssE Web Hs @ also asses1bea certain "a. il
" hSSh ssfs &c iSe@ssss aas sasrs T.
soenee6 saSs tae ,e1as t1s ssss ne I'm a.. at ~ once
rent in this locality they concluded that the thief
changed into current }nnds they therefolss ~ Us
fee in the city, and 1na11y 1t the office Of Tyler
U1lnan Co., No. g Clark street. found the bili
they sought The banker'e description Of he per.
with that Of Mr. Hitchcock that the officers we're
convinced they we're on the right tsack and pushed
the investigation with renewed energy. In the
J
lard Saloon, and their eyes at once fell upon a
couple OF fellows who answered the description.
The men were bus,ls engaged at one Of the tables,
left their game unfinished, went up stairs, Chang
ed their coats, and made, a hasty exit from tic
fremont, going down Lake to the European no.
the rear, and vending their way to State street
street cars and started towards Camp Donglas. in
Oficer Kenny had gone for the banker to Identity
them, not wishing to make f.lse azrest and Gre
ate any alarm among the taiestng gentry. Before
The vigilance Of the pursqers, and had apparently
escaped. The officers then disguised themselves,
and continued the search. Late In the afternoon
with third party. Two were at once arrested,
and IN effort made to secure the third,
hut be escaped. The two were taken to the Cen
names Of John c. Like ant Charles Wilkes. They
are strangers IN the city having hut recently came
from Canada. In their possession was fonnd near
i $500: which Is undoubtedly but small part Of
Among tie finds which they had exchanged at
the bank were several bills On the St Alhans
pidon that picking pocEcts not theiz only crime.
They will be examined to-day.
TEE PuunARxos1c CoScEnr.-The largest
audience Of the season assembled at Metropolitan
Hall last evening upon the occasion OF the third
concert Of the Philharmonic series. The pro-
cramme was also decidedly the best Of the season,
embracing the sublime Third symphou-- from
Beethoven, Wagner overture to 4'Rienzi. the last
OF the Tribunes," (not the Chicago TA1nuSE,} the
duo coneerfaate for violin, from kalllwoda,
choral fantasia from the Hugnenoss, arranged BY
Basatka, and an ara from Sonnambula, and ro-
mama from prec1oSa, for the voice
Tho symphony. the great crowning work Of
Beethoven's life, founded on soue Of the most
stirring passages Of history, and worked up with
$HA
meut, passing from gigantic discosds into the
most exquisite harmonies, in the n1arcAt faaebre,
the vail over the victims Of the revolution, the
not . success a. interpreted By the orchestra.
Many portions Of it were done well. but In the
generat effect We were disappointed. It Is, per
ton of The great master;piece ii It's rst perform
ancc, and with the limited opportunities for re-
hearra1 and, perhaps, we should be thsnkful Ior
Is no discredit 10 lie Orchestra tiat they I'D not
give the exact coloring Of the work, but there
were many unnecessary haws which might have
sesn m ~ e
Chest1a did exceedingly well.
The sensation OF the evening WIS the debut Of
Miee Dc Rhode 4 singer fom Cincinnati. she is
v&ted and unusually even voice throughout Its en-
tire register Her execution ts accurate and dis
playe good scAooling. but 1acka case The runs
are are vefy finished aud artistic, bu: accomplished
With m effort that is sometimes painful. Thlsr
coupled with not very pleasing stage manner.
creates an unpleasant sensation. while it mag not
detract from her musical leg1timately. The
aria from sonanmhula especially open 10 these
faulte, while the smoothly flowing melody from
prcciosR was comparatively free from them-a dis
tinctIon observed br the audience In gistng her
hearty encore, to which she replied with some
waltz fiotiture which again did sway with the
charm. Mr.. Drach's iutc and Mr.. Baumbsch' .
piano accompanitlents 10 the romanza were unus.
nuly excellent,
The duo couccrt,nte for y1o!fne. performed by
Meesrs. Lewis and BudcrbacA with orchestral &C.
compartment, wae complete success and we'll
received.
The next concert takes place Monday evening,
Jan. u. ..
Tur OrERA.-Scason seats for the opera are 60
iuc rapidly, and the ea!e will continue until Sat
urday, when single tickets will be offered. The
repertoire for The first week will then be an.
bounced. In the meantime We advise all lovers o
| good music to provide themselves with the season
packugcs, as there lie no opera IN the repertotse
| they can afford to lose.
! IMPORTANT ORDER--The following important
and it is to be regretted necessary order, was is
| sued yesterday by Col. B. ]. Sweet:
General Order No. 125-L- A few soldiers from
Camp Douglas hare Of late brought discredlt upor
| themselves and their command, by unsohierly