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The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-05-10
THE PR E S s.
CINCINNATI, TUESDAY, MAY 10.
THINGS co BY TURNS.
ny RoBERr souriIwELL.

ny ROBERT souTiIwELI.
Tho Topped tree in time may grow again,
Most naked plants renew both fruit aud nOwefi
Tho surriest wight may find release OF pain,
The driest soil sucks in some nOistening shower
Time oes by turns, and chances change by course,
From foul to fair, from better hap to worse.
The sea Of Fortune doth not ever flow:
She draws her faNOrs to the lowest ebb;
Her tides have equal times TO come and go;
Her loom doth weave the fine and coarsest wob,
No JOY so great but runneth to an end,
No hap SO hard but may in time amend
Not always fall of loaf, nor ever Spring,
Not endless night, yet not eternal day
The saddest birds season mud to stngi .
The toughest storm tim may soon allay.
Thus, with succeeding turns, God tempereth oil,
That man may hope ~ rise, yet fear to fall.
A chance may win that by mischance was lost;
That net that holds no great, takes little FISH;
In some things all in all things none are cross'd,
Few all they need, but none have all they wish.
Unmingled Joys hero 10 no man betall;
Who least hath some; who most hath never all.
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Seat of Government.

There WAS much popular excitement be-
fore the present District OF Columbia was Sc
lected and accepted as the scat of the Fele-
raj Government. On the 21st of October,
1883, Congress was insulted at Philadelphia
by band of mntincers which the State au-
thoritics could not subduc. This occasioned
the several resolutions to locate at different
points on the future sttngs of Congress.
From 1888 to 1890, the debate was active
and exciting. Almost all were agreed that
New York was not suitable place, rs not
being sufficiently central. There was much
division Of sentiment as 10 the relative ad-
vantages of Philadelphia and Germantown,
in Pennsylvania llavre de Grace, and a
place called Wright's Ferry, on the Susquc-
hanna; Baltimore, on the Patapsco; and
Conccogeaguc, on the Potomac. The two
last were about equally balanced for some
time in the number of supporters. The
South Caroinians offered an pparcntlywhim-
sical objection to Philadc,phia-to wit the
number of Quakers, who they said, were G.
ternaly doGging the Southern members with
their schemes OF emancipation. Others rid-
cucd the idea Of building palaces in the
woods. Finally, Maryland and Virginia do
mated the requisite ten miles square, and on
the 10th Of July, 1880, the necessary act he
came a law. 1t was can act establishing the
temporary and permanent seat Of govern
mcnt of the United States" the first section
of which provides that district Of terri
tory, not exceeding ten miles square, to be
located, as hereafter directed, on the river
Potomac, at some place between the mouth
Of the Eastern Branch and COnecogeaguc,
he, and the same is hereby accepted for the
permanent seat of government of the United
States" The Conecogeaguc is a stream in
Washington county, Maryland.
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Can't BE nm Old Maid.

Il can bear misfortune and poverty, and
all the other ills of life, but TO be an old
maid, TO droop and wither, and wilt and die
like single pink. can't endure it. and
what's more, ! won't"
Now there's an appeal that ought to touch
lone spinstcr. in "a nicely furnished room
sofa big enough for fco: two arm-char's, hco
bureaus, hco looking GLASSES, everything hunt
ing in couples, except herSdE ! don't Won
der she's frantic. She read in her childhood
that "matchcs were made in heaven" and al
though she's well aware there are some Luci-
fer matches, yet she has never had a chance
10 try either sort. She has heard that shere
never was Il soul created, but its Mi1t was
made SOmewheye," and she's a melancholy
proof that It's II mocking lie. She gets tired
sewing, she can't knit .forecer on that eternal.
was going to say fnteJWal) stocking, tbc-
sides that has Il ,ftiioc to it, and is only an
aggravation to her leelings.) She has read
till her eyes are half blinded, there's nobody
to agree with likes the book or argue the
point with her if she doni If she goes out
to walk, every woman sic meets has her hus-
bands arm. To be sure they are half Of
'cm ready to scratch each Others eyes out,
but that's little business matter between
themselves. Supposing she feels devotional
and goes to evening lectures, some ruilianly
coward is sure to scare her to death on the
way. If she takes a journey, she gets hustled
and boxed around among cab-drivers, and
portcrs, and baggagc-masters her handbook
gets knocked IN, her trunk gets knocked oB,
II
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Miss Vincent and Her Horn.

Miss Vincent, trance medium, had beer
astonishing the people of Sandusliy (O.) fol
some time with her oracular demonstrations
but her glory was recently nipped in the
bud by the simultaneous production Of scvc-
raj lights by the audience, revealing her with
Il horn to her mouth in the act of delivering
Il communication. The following is from
the official statement sworn to by those who
witnessed the exposure:
"Alter sitting some time in the dark, the
horns commenced vibrating on the table, as
ccndcd tie wall, went along the ceiling, came
down and went round touching many in the
circle, after which sound as if of mighty
rushing wind came from the horn, with sun
dry hard knocks on the table, when a voice
proceeding from the horn. purporting to be
that CT person who died four thousand
years ago proceeded to instruct the person
by blowing them up and telling them that
some Of their minds were far too grovclling
to be members of any circle, and requested
them to ask for the information that lie tthe
spirit Of the horn) received from his teacher
in the sphere that he was in. An agree
mcnt had been made by three members of
the circle, that when a certain question was
asked the light should be struck while the
answer was given. The question was, Was
Jesus Christ Il legitimate or an illcgitimatc
child p The horn answered, lie was le-
gitnate CHI when the light was struck.
and there &t0od He me9ium ore,' Tie taJie.
hoidiag tie ho,n to her month and f,ushing
the sentence. Or being detected she immedi-
ately dropped the horn on the table, and
fell back in her chair"
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Margaret After Old Buck.

We find the following in the Police De-
partmcnt Of the Washington city States
Margaret Ieslin was arrested by officer
Ward, at the White House, yeterday after
noon, on a charge made against her by the
door-kceper, that she was in the house kick
ing up row, claiming that James Buchanan
was her bctrothed husband, and insisted on
being admitted to his presence, that she might
fold him TO hcr bosom as her lawful spouse
She says that the Presidents father and her
father lived nishbors together in Ireland
and that her parents had made a marriage
contract between herself and James, when
they were yet young-an agreement having
been come TO that the first female born O.
her family was to be welded TO the first male
/ born of Mr.. Buchanan's family. The Presi
dent denies the soft impeachment, but Mar
garet insists. Margaret is decidedly hand
some and intelligent, aged &c, and lived las
at Piney Woods, Elk Ridge, Howard Dis
trict, Maryland. Poor Margaret was put OF
the half past four train for Baltimore, thi
morning, and Is utterly disconsolste
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nearly al! the Southern Senators, that Con-
gross canno: protect slave property in the
Territory that slave-owncrs have right TO
take their slaves there, and hold them as
slaves that the Legislature cannot abolish
or prohibit Slavery because il is recognized as
u form Of property by the Constitution but
thlt the Legislature may make, or refuse to
make, laws for its protection, may tax sla ycs
and nay treat them precisely as it may treat
any other property The blavc-owncr, he in
sists, can have no other legislation for his prop
erty than others have for theirs,-which is
precisely such as the Legislature may see fit
ocrats hold that Congress may, and must, leg
islate directly for the protection of slave prop
erty in the Territories. The organ Of the EX
ccItiyc, the Constitution, has decroed COM
promise by which it is hoped all differences
may be healed. 1t holds that though Con-
GrcsS may not intervene for this purpose, the
J"diciaty must protect salvc property under
the Constitution against any action of the Ter
ritorial Legislature Governor WISE, on this
point goes what is commonly called the
''wholc figure" He insists that iGs the duty
OF Congress not only to protect Slavery in the
Territories, but evcrywher. "Intervcntion
for Protection." says Governor WISE, ''by the
United States through Congress is all pervad-
Ing 1t penetratcs into States, Territories,
Districts and other places throughout the T.
niled States No doctrine could be more re-
pugnant than this new light of non-interven-
ton to protect all and everything in the juris-
diction of the United States" And this view
is pressed at various points throughout his
ponderous letter.
Asa Presidential candidate this letter places
Gov. WISE upon the platform of the extreme
Southern Pro-Slavery Democracy. II sewers
whatever apparent alliance may have seemed
I t1 exist between him and Dougl IS, and ends
all hope of support to his standard from the
Democracy of the North His opposition TO
lccompton loses all its substantial weight be-
cause itdid not spring out Of any fundamen-
tai principle connected with the sovereignty
of the people, but mcr!y from the accident of
fraud at an election. lie scouts Popular Sow
ereignty, Non-interventon, and the Whole
Cincinnati Platform He has denounced the
Administration, and repudatcs the position Of
the Northen Democracy. He takes the same
ground with Senators Slidell, Mason and JEFF
ierson Davis, in regard to the duty of Con-
grcss to intervene for the protection ofSlavery
We do not very clearly see how his chances of
a nomination and election to the Presidency
are very greatly improved by this erstlr. The
only thing that can save him isits tremendous
length, Which will eflectually prevent its being
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Mystery of kissing.

| Depend upon it, kiss is great mystery.
There is many n thing we know that we can't
explain, still we are sure it is fact for all
that. Why should there be a sort of magic
| in shaking hands, which seems only n mere
form, and sometimes painful one too for
some folks wiring your fingers off almost, and
make you fairly dance with pain, they hurt
you so. 1t don't give much pleasure ut any
time. What the magic of it is VIC can't tell,
but so it is for all that. 1t seems only n CHS
tom, like bowling, and nothing else; still
there is more in it than meets the eye. But
Il kiss fairly elcctrilies you; it warns your
blood, and sets your heart beating like brass
drum, and makes your eyes twinkle like
stars in a frosty night. 1t is thing never
to be forgotten. No language can express
it no letters will give the sound. Then,
what in nature is equal to the flavor of it q?
What an aroma it has How spiritual it is
1t is not gross for you can't feed on it. II
is neither 7isible, nor tangible, nor portable,
nor transferable 1t is not q substance, nor
IA liquid, nor n vapor. 1t has neither color
nor form Imagination can't conceive it.
1t cant he initiated or forged. 1t is confined
TO no cline or country but is ubiquitous.
1t is discmbodicd when completed but is in
stantly reproduced, ard so is immortal. 1t
is as old as the creation, and yet is as yonng
and fresh as ever. 1t pre-cxisted still cX
lists, and always will exist. 1t pcrvadcs all
nature. The breeze as it passes kisses the
rose, and the pendant vine stoops down and
hides with its tcEdrls its blushcs, as it kisses
the lmpd stream that waits in an eddy to
meet it, and raises its tiny waves like anx-
ious lips to receive 1t. Depend upon it, Eve
learned it in Paradise, and was taught its
beauties, virtues, and varieties by an angel +;
there is something so transccndent in it.
How it is adapted to all circumstances !
There is the kiss cf welcome and of parting,
the long-lingerng, loving, present one the
stolen or the mutual one the kiss of love, of
joy, and of sorrow; the seal of promise, and
the receipt Of fulfllmcnt Is it strange
therefore, that woman is invincblc whose
armory consists of kisses. smiles, sighs, and
tears ?
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Religious Services.

ITeSoJ:eFtdn-La street. services IN
me morning at lo5 O'Clock, ana evening at
D. Iast9r-heV- D. II: nymmes'
E1'9ttSh hAutHeTdn-oorhero OF baltimore ana
eeh're streets services IN the morning NJ
Io4 CLOCK ana IN tne n, eVen,nSat O'CLOCK
fastor-hev. a: j. Neddell.
het"oot@ Ep'ScoPdt-Centre street. Ser
wees III the morning at lo5 O'CLOCK, and IN
tne evening at O'CLOCK. fastor-heV' d.
H. oreVcr.
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NEW BOOKS! NEW BOOKS!
NEW BOOKS!!!

lust published ard for sale by ANDREWS
lfb 4 SWARTZWELDER, BALTIC. st.. under
the St. Nicholas Hotel
Harper's Magazine, for April, price .,
Godey's Lady's Book. .!
Great Republic New Monthly 9!
Peterson's Magazine, i
The Young Duchess, by G. W. Reynolds, 81
| lvanhoe, by Sir W. Scott, ..
Wavcrly Novels, complete in volumes,
Pamphlet form, 2.5(
Household Edition Of Waverly Novels,
Ticknor Co., 9 volumes, l.jC
Guy Mannering, Household Edition,
Ticknor & Co., 2 vol, r.
| Sybil Grey, Romance Of the Opera, -
What will he do with it? by Sir i. Lyt-
| ton Bulwer. Z;
MARY Glentworth, by Geo ". u. Rcy-
nods, Sc
Lady OF Albnronc, by Geo. Lppnrd, I.
Life of Douglas Jerrold. by his Son. Lot
Thirty Years Out Of the Senate, by Ma
jor Jack Downing. LOO
The Future Life, or Scenes in Another
World by Geo. Wood. 100
Anecdotes of Love. by Lola Montoz, 100
Empire of Austria, by j. $. C. Abbott. I.jO
The Laird of Norlaw, by the Author of
Margaret Maitland, Ice
Sylvan Holts Daughter, Novel, Loo
The Old Plantations and what Gathered
There, by Iungerford, Loo
The Afternoon Of Unmarried Life, by the
Author OF Jno. Halifax, Loo
Lady of the Isle, by Emma d. l.. n.
Southworth, l.2l
The Bordeaux-.WiEe and Liquor by
Dealers Guide, l.JC
Southwold, by Mr.. Lizzie Devcrcnu1
Umstead, loo
Tressilian und his Friends, by DR.. R.
Shelton Mackenzie, LES
Pictures of Country Life nv Alice Carey 90
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abit mn a5umur.

a MAN boasting in company of ladies
that he had a very luxurious head of hair, Il
lady present remarked that it vas altogether
owing to the melowness of the soil
GENTLY the dues are ,er INC stealing" as
the man said when he had five bills presented
to him at the same time.
DIFEiCULT TO COMPLY WITH.-A ootem-
porary contains the following: Wanted at
this printing-ofiicc, a derd OF good moral char
acter.
Bs3" presume you won't charge aynthing
| for just remembering me- said a one-leggcd
sailor to a cork-leg manufacturer.
A MoNG the advertisement in late Londou
paper. We read that, Two sisters want wash
Ing.
A PRINTER al dinner table, being asked
ii he would take s,ne pudding replied Own
ing to n crowd of other matter ] am unable
tn make room for it. llisoinsipe" was already
| full
Labor lost-an organ grinder pla$iRs Al
the dooI o! Il deaf and dumb ASYLUM.
gs7y' Power is always the more immoder-
ate and Jealous when it 5 s out Of the usurpa
ton but those who contend for liberty of
any Kind, should in no instance be its abet-
| tors.
"EsgThe latest case Of absence Of mind
is that Of a ship carpenter who bit of the
end ofa copper spike and drove plug of to-
bacco into the vessels bottom. He did not
discover his mistake till the vessel spit in
his face.
HANS IN THE AsCEHDANT- "A few evenings
ago a party of Young Americans were stand
ing in tlcnt Of an ancient looking sadderS
shop, kebt by one Hans. n Dutchmar. Mis-
chief regned supreme among their number.
and thinking to have some sport with our
German friend, one of them opened the door
and thus addressed him.
81 say, Germany, have yer got any saddles
70 dogs?'
Now Young America no doubt, expected
Hans to land IL stick of wood in the immedi-
ate nciuty Of the door: but no looking W
from his work, quite composelly, he replied :.
'Nawi COON in INT try Won on y
Young America soped.
"IIow beautiful said u lady who rouged
';docs the face Of nature look after ashower
Yes replied n fair friend, putcould not say
the same Of all taccs'
What .nc can make every one g.ad.--
Ans.-Fortune
gS5" The world should have its docket
called, and sluggasds all deiaulted, and those
should be the upper ten whom labor hath
exalted
4 discovery has been made by modern
writer. that, without mouth, man could
neither eat, drink, kiss. the girls, nor chew
any tobacco.
Whose best works are most trampled up
on? a shoemal;ors because good shocs
last longer than bed ones.
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NUMBER 10.
Terrible sentences i'm China.

A letter from Whampoa to the New Yorl;
Herald says:
"a short time ago n woman was convlctrd
before tle Imperial Court for the murder OF
her husband she was sentenced to be cut
six times, and then be bcheaded. which SEN
tencc was carried into effect The unfortu-
nate woman was taken to the execution
ground near the above temple here she was
stripped naked, then seven executioners car
ricd the sentence of the law into effect two
Of them cut off her breasts, two more cut of
the fleshy part of her hips, two more cut OFF
the thick part of her ancles, the parts cut of
being thrown in front Of her to look at this
done her head was severed from her body,
and her horrible suflerings were put an end
to. If criminal happens to be female,
her Sex seems not TO gain sympathy from her
male companions. am informed that in most
cases the laws are more severe against females
than males however, it gives me pleasure to
state that General Stranbengine has lately in
tcrpused, and issued his proclamation prohibit
ing the mandarins from intlicting any more of
their severe punishments, at least white the al
lies hold possession of the place. He says,
however, they may behead their criminals or
hang chem"
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HnpcrisI,nbility Of Great Exana-
pies.
The following eloquent passage occurs in
;ycrctt's great Grafton on Warren

The following eloquent passage occurs in
Everett's great Grafton on Warren:
"To be cold and breathlcss-to feel and
speak not--this is not the end of existence
to the men who have breathcd their spirit
into the institutions of the country, who have
stamped their characters on the pillars Of the
age, who have poured their hearts blood
into the channels of the public prosperity
Tell me, yc who tread the sod on yon sacred
height, is Warren dead? Can you not still
see him, not pale and PROSTATE, the blood of
his gallant heart pouring out Of bis ghastly
wound. but moving rcsplendcnt over the
field of honor with the rose of heaven upon
his check and the fire of liberty in his eye ?
Tell me. yc who make your pious pilgrimage
to the shades of Vernon, is Washingto indeed,
shut up in that cold and narrow house >
That which made these men and men like
these cannot die. The hand that traced the
charter of Independence is, indeed, notion
less, the eloquent lips TINT sustained it are
hushcd; but the lofty spirits that conceived,
resolved and maintained it. and which. alone,
to such men, make it life to live, they can
not expire:
These shall resist the empire Of dccay,
When time is DER, and worlds have passed
away
Cold in the dust the pcrished heart may lie
But that which warmed it once can never
die "
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a RAT-SEIN SUIT.-An ingenious indi-
vdual, Of Liskeard Cornwall, England, has,
for some time past, been exhibiting himself
in dress composed from top to toe Of rat
skins, which he has been collecting for three
years and a half The dress was made en-
tirely by himself it consists of hat, necl;er-
chief, coat, waistcoat trousers, tippet, gaiters
and shoes The number Of rats required tc
omplete the suit was six hundred and sew
enty; and the individual, when thus dressed
appears exactly like one of the Esquimaux
described in the travels of Parry and Ross
The tppet or boa is composed of the piece:
of skin Immediately round the tail Of tht
rats, and is very curious part of the dress
containing about six hundred tsiIt--and thog'
none of tbc shortest
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35aetitnI.


by BISHOP poANE.
Stand like an anvil when the strokes
of stalwart strength fall fierce and fast;
Storms but more deeply root the oaks,
Whose hrawny arms embrace the blast
Stand like an anvil" when the sparks
Fly far and wide, fiery shower;
Virtue and truth must still be marks
Where malice proves its want Of power
"Stand like an anvil" when The bar
Lies red and glowing on its breast
Duty shall be life's leading star.
And conscious innocence is rest
"Stand like an anvil !" when the sound
OF ponderous hammers pains the ear
Thine but the still and stern rebound
OF the great heart that cannot fear
Stand like an anvill' noise and heat
Are born Of Garth and die with time
The soul, like God, its source and scat,
Is solemn, still, serene, sublime
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THE Law OF NEWSPAPERS.

lfiubscribers order lie d:sconlInlance OF
their newspapers, the publisher may continne
10 send them until all arrearages are paid
Ifsubscribers neglect or refuse to take their
newspapers from the Office to which they are
directed, they are held responsible until they
have settled the bills and ordered them discon-
tinued.
If Subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher, and the newspapers are
sent to the former direction, they are held re-
sponsible.
The courts have decided that refusing 10
tkat newspapers from the Office, or removing.
and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facia
evidence of Intentional fraud.
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FACULTY.

FACULTY.
L. X. LOSER, Principal-Lecturer on the
Science of Accounts, Business, Customs, etc.
j. NJ. PHILLIPS, Professor of Book Keeping
and Commercial Calculations.
II. II. DAVIES, Associate Prof. Of Book Keep
ing.
N. Q. JoHssoN, Professor of Penn nanship.
S. I. WILLIAMS, ESQ.,. Mercantile Law.
REV. L. I. REESE, d. D., Commercial Ethics.
TRUSTEES.
Hon. John P. Kennedy, Hon. Joshua vensant,
Hon. Thomas Swami, VIM. H. Keighler, Esu.
Jacob Trust, ESQ, William Knabe. Esa
The time usually required to complete the
full course, from to IL weeks.
A DIPLOMA is awarded to all Graduates.
Large Circulars and Catalogues stating terms
ac., sent by mail free Of charge. Address
X. =: LosIER,
Jan. .f,..lss9--Iy. Fsltimore,Md.
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Larger space for short periods, as per agree
ment.
Advertisements before Marriages and Deaths,
10 cents per line for first tinsertion-sucsequent
insertions, 5 cents per line. Nine words are
counted as n line in advertising.
Merchants and Others advertising by the
year, will be charged Sl2 90.
Procee 'dings of meetings not of n general
character, charged at cents per line for each
insertion.
Yearly advertisers must confne their adver-
tisng to their own business.
ALL TRANSIENT ADVERTISING, outside the city
ofCumberland, cash in advance.
Persons ordering the insertion oflegal adver-
tisements will be held responsible for payment
for the same when the time for which they were
ordered to be inserted shall have expired.
ISsoLvENT NOTICES, cash in advance.
PATENT MEDICINES, one half in advance and
the balance in six months.
ALL jon Work, cash.
The losses we have sustained compel us 10
adopt this course. 1t will be strictly adhered
to in all cases, and no advertisement from n
distance will be inserted unless accompanied
by the cash