Zfrt Vrtss, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1865 CRIME IN CHICAGO. A Murder or a SUicide. On Tuesday morning, about s o'clock, the body of an unknown man was found floating in Lake Michigan, Chica go. . The coroner be ing summoned, took the body in charge. On examination, circumstances presented them- Selves which strongly indicate foul play, and. 'which leave little doubt that the man was mur dered. The body was that of a middle-aged man, with light whiskers, and dressed in a be coming suit of black. In Inc pockets were found an empty wallet, a certificate of scho larship front Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, of Chicago, dated in that city, Novem ber t'ik VA drawn in the name of Howard Has kins, and a small bunch of keys. On the little finger of the left hand was a plain gold ring. bearing the initials "IL H." A letter was also sound on the person of the deceased, directed to lloward Haskins, rsO., Janesville, Wis., as 'war as could be deciphered from the letter, which was badly torn and damaged by the - water. It reads as follows: IIIONEO2, May 10,1865.—Cousin Howard Trade is very poor. I have never seen it so dull since the war commenced. If it does not get better, a small boy could run my institution. :Father is no better ; he grows worse all the time. He bad a hard day yesterday, but is feeling easier this morning. The doctors all -say he vault get well. There is not much news tb write, except that. Yours truly, When the body of the unfoftunate man was pulled out of the water, a heavy weight dangled at the feet. This proved to be a tra- Telling satchel, filled with bricks. The rope -which held it to the body was several feet long, and the water being shallow, the corpse floated at anchor along the surface of the Stream. On Wednesday afternoon a post-mor tem examination of the body took place, but no marts of violence whatever could be dis covered. A jury - was then empaneled by the coroner, and the verdict returned, "That the •deceased came to his death in some unknown -manner." Tnr Paseoca nue.—At the chilvalrie banquets of the middle ages, the imaeotik. usually appeared enshrined in a huge crust, his head - protruding from one end, while at the other his train - was extended in all its glory. It was the privilege of the fairest dame to bear the bird to the table, and set it before the victor in the tourney, while the hall resounded with martial strains. In the pre sence of this noble dish, the knights of old