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forty Years Ago. A run'was in progress upon every Chicago bank because of the suspension of one institution. The propeller Ogdensburg, which 12 years before on Lake Erie had collided with and sunk the steamer Atlanta with great loss of life, itself was sunk in a collision off Cleveland, O. The citizens of Belleville, III., were preparing to resist a threatened in vasion by a detachment from General Price's Confederate command. Drafting from the city of Chicago was commenced, the Sixth and Eighth Wards being first drawn upon. A sudden movement by Generals Grant, Ord and Birney carried the Union lines to within four miles of Richmond, Va., on the south.
