, 1864-03-21

Money cent to A. Cowles, Esq, at the TnIEusE
Office, will be ndded to the fund and properly ap-
piled. A few hundred dol}a1s more will complete
the organization Of the regiment VIII not Its
friends at once send In their subscriptions that the
work may be well and efectually done. The resi-
ment ougaa to be In the front lines by the first
May.
The WARD MEETINGS on SATURDAY Meet.
The fires, which In the earlier days OF the North
west were wont to sweep over the lllmltablc p9ai-
ries converting to aahea the grass trees and dead
wood. neYer burned more fercely than do the fires
-of &iriot1s In the vnricus wards Of tho city at
tliH jupcture. We have seen and read Of nothing
like Il, Precincts where the odo1 Of ~ Democratic
politics has for many years been painfully appa-
rent, are becoming Us fragrant as the wild flower
Of the prairies With the aroma Of reuvenated and
enlightened public sentiment.
On Saturday night, in the 15th ward-that ward
which two years ago diSgraced itself By returning
Conlau rs It's representative In the Common coun-
eli, tho man who, like uore-in Sherman never
cultivated the acquaintance Of echoolmarms and
seboplmasters, and who like him has hearty con-
tempt for both-in that ward there was genuine
Union Love Feast. A large numbacof the solid
men Of the w1rd were present, and listened to cap
it'll speeches In English from Messra. Jones, Has-
Tcy, Charleston md Ward, and as able speeches in
German from Mess1E. Hcsing and Fochs.- The en-
thua1asn WAS immense, and indicative Of splendid
rcsnlts- The Union men propose to overcome the
Coppcsbcad majority in this ward, and send m
out-and.out Union man to the Council in place Of
the cipher Conlau.
In the 18th Ward there WAS also n rousing gath
c1iug and great degree Of enthusiasm manifested
Mesgrs, Ward and Heelng delivered eloquent and
spp1opr3ate addresses, and the meeting adjourned
Win manifest determination that the 18th shall
do fts part in redeeming the city from Copperhead
,nisrnle.
The meeting IN the 18th Ward was adjourned to
meet again on Tuesday evening ne1f. Ag'ofaoas
time IL there expected. -.
We neglected to say in its proper place abore
that the meeting in the 18th Ward adjourned with
three roustuC cheers for Grant, and as many for
nrnaide and President Lincoln.
FATA1. RAILROAD ACCIDENT Coroner
held m inquest yesterday forenoon, ovc, the body
OF Simon Fuerftr who Was run oyer by the Chicago
4 Rock 1tland cars. On eaa1k street, between 1eth
and Liberty, last Saturday moruin. From the
evsdepce Of Geo. II. Bank end James Munnne, two
ewitchmen, one OF whom was on the tram, and the
other the west e1ae Of the trnc, at the time OF
Tbs accident, 1t appears that Fuerst ut
q tempted 10 Cross the track Immediately af
ter t.nin had paced from the South not noticing
aot5ss taln Which ~ bsSng Eo the oppoSies
N>A
ing and manelinE it II = horrible manner. Ths
). wstc1man further testified that they both 81 hal
jocd" at him, but he paid no attention to them
= Also that The bell wae ringing hut hslf dozel
other locomotive bells were ringing at Tho SAN,
"a fine he could not kn9w from thst particular clasu
oh Saessesh we5e aa who's tss
r{rnt csre has never been taken At the place u
van passera BY Of the approash o. trainr; m 4, s.
Fue1st came to biz death By being stsae9 By eas
ca1a belonging to railroad train OF the Chaeag
81 md tnat It -. 1a1sd hy n
amDioyipE sufndent number OF men to guard
passage 90 frequently need x ths people h To- osae
~ he iury, mold said C. & r. ]. r. T. Co. refp21
.s3h;c for ihe death Of said bimon Enerst.
sThe fTrnncnt Occurrences Of Incidents like toi
proof ;hst as'r ,fsf;na esf II M nscsss II,
NasIi III M she 1,nnu,atpn WAS not 60 dense Is noH
sse5 @ pssns ss ,hs s tss sot DC i
essei ". n,its ~ fence in the railrosd TRACKS. III
c,t,sa en- them only by means Of bftdses.