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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

A FAsHloEABLE TRAIN THE CAUSE OF A
FATAL DrEL.-A lady was promenading in
the Champs Elysees, at Paris, sweeping the
pavement behind her with press of extra
ordinary-no, of the ordinary fashionable
length. A young man who was walking
near her stepped upon it, thus bringing to a
sudden and ungracefiil pause the queen-like
advance of the lady. A feminine exclama-
tion was followed by an angry remark from
the gentleman on whose arm she was lean
ing. Now, we know, that though lady
may choose to bear train as long as a
comets, it is the duty of any gentleman who
interferes with its majestic sweep, humbly
10 apologize; but the offender in question
either did not know, or did not choose to
perform his duty. High words ensued fol-
lowed by an interchange of cards. A hostile
meeting took place q few days afterward, in
which one of the adyersaries fell rnortalIy
wounded. -Unhappily, 1t was the attendant
Of the lady, who thus paid by his life for the
dress.
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AJapauese Bathing-House-Imm Of
tfl the Women. a.. t.. .,.., .


"A traveller in Japan writes thus: eIn the
course Of one Of my afternoon walks through
the streets Of Simoda, my attention was d.
rected by companion to one Of the public
bathing-houses, peculiar to the country, and
stopping for few moments to look in at
one Of the windows, my nerves were terri
bly,. shocked to see the perfect unconcern
with which men, women and children were
mingled together, in the Adam and Eve
style-minus the fig lesves-and splashing
away in the warm water which they poured
over each other from small pals, with de-
gree of energy and nonchqIaRoe which could
not have been surpassed by our first parents,
before they became aware of the pr0priety
of donning their original slender apparel
There were about twenty persons in the
room, nearly all of whom were females,
some standing and others sitting on the bare
stone floor, which inclined from all sides to-
ward the center, where small gutter was
cut to lead of the waste water. b. -lt4
The room was about fifteen feet square,
and large wooden troughs were placed on
two sides to contain the warm water, sup
piled by boiler In the rear Of the building.
Among the bathers were discerned, by the
keen eye for the beauties of nature which
usually belongs to nautical men, several
finely formed and really handsome young
women, from whom slight evidence of fem-
inine Dodesty might reasonably have been
expected; but they appeared as utterly un-
conscious of any thought Of improperly, in
this indecent exposure Of their persons, as
the infants who were being washed beside
them by their nude and tender mothers.
Strange peoplel thought land not so ugly,
either; as some hare seen in my travels
But such shock to all my preeonceived
ideas on the subject of female delicacy wa
not easily overcome, and walked away
from this extraordinary scene, wiser, but
much disgusted man. ' 'A'
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

SESsATIoNAI. MODE OF LETrER-W afrisG.-
A gentleman in Memphis, Tenn, recently
received letter from his wife, who is So
journing at the Springs, and was immensely
shQeked upon reading tine last words on the
first page, Which were. Cur poor, dear,
sweet little Tommy's neck is broken.s Tho
husband, thunderstruck, was about to rush
ffsntically into the. street and, shrek for a
steam engine TO blow him into atoms, when
he turned over to the second page and read:
H0ut withithe measles.'f A quiet grin diff
fused its joyial spirit over. his relaxing feat
ures, and he inwardly laughed, and won
dered ifit really was his lovely wife's face
tiousness, or an accident In writing, that SO
nearly broke his heart, as well, as Tommy's
neck, at the bottom of the page. - ~, 4
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

EXTRAORDINARY LIcRSroUsNEss OF the
JApAxEsE.-The Rev. V. ID. Collins gives this
sketch of the japanese;
Most writers, if not all, have been exceed
ingly unfair in depicting Japanese social
life-in fact every thing has been overstated.
Now, the simple truth is, that no people in
the world, exhibit in their lives and litera-
ture (chiefy illustrated) such unblushing
licentiousness as the Japanese. OF course
the advent of strangers has increased ani
made it profitable. The ports now omen 1ss ax
hibit, morally speaking, q statc., of tbin9
which no decent pen can desc. ..lbe. Wbv NJ,
very street--a view Of 'Shich Com. PER-,
gives in his book-hecause il IS the best il
Hakodadil ls occnpied cntlroiy by prostitutes
and vet NOT 50 much rs hint isgiven on tht
subject. 'tn"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

REMARKABLE DiMINuTIoS OF CRIME IN IRE-
LANDAU Irish journal states that the
asszes, now nearly over throughout Ireland,
have been remarkable for the small number
of prisoners to be tried. In the county OF
Antrim, one of the largest in Ireland, there
were only three persons in custody. In
Monaghan there were but two prisoners
and these were charged with petty larceny.
At Roscommon there were seven cases, the
most serious being rnanslaughter, arising
out of a drunken fray. In Clare there was
one serious case, but only four prisoners,
In Meath the calendar was Stree from agra
rian crime In Limerick County there
were seven cases. and only one of magnitude
At the city of Limerick, there being no
prisoners for trial, the Judge was presented
with pair of white gloves. At Wexford
there were two mnnslnughter cases, one
being case of furious driving. In the
Kings County there were no new cases, but
four bills were sent up of old cases remsin
ing over. In the county Down there were
three cases, and Wicklow and Leitrim only
furnished four prisoners between them. The
Globe says that this great state of thing
points the moral that the great body of tn,
Irish people is engaged in peaceful industry
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

PRESENTATION OF FIsH IN Ice. The
Rochester Union, the other evening, saw, at
Congress Hall, a cake of solid, transparent
ice, containing three cubic feet, in the center
of which were twenty or more fine speckled
trout. The fish could be distinctly seen, and
they eyattracted the attention of all who passed
by. These fish were taken from Pleasant
Drower, keeper Of the Riverdale House,
Troy, N. Y. .fSMr. b. has applied for a patent
for his process of thus encasing, fish. The
chamber to receive the fish is made in the
block of ice by a chemical process, and the
orifice is sealed in a like manner. Fish thus
put up can be kept for weeks iu summer,
and sent into the tropics If required. frs :
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

DEATu. or A FEMALE CEgTRyAnIAN.-=;Alrs.
Elizabeth Litzedberger died at the Stark
County (0.) Infirmary, recently, aged l02
years, ten months and twenty days. When
a girl, she was q great fayorite Of General
Washington, for whom she cooked, during
his visits to Little York, Pennsylvania,
which so pleased him that he offered her a
permanent situation in his family, whioh.she
declined. During her whole liie,l the de-
ceased was a hard-korldng woman. For
the last quarter of century she has strng-
gled with abject poverty, offen not knowing
where she should find shelter and bed for
her worn-out body. ii .Iu-d fHs,lr bsizs-1 q
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

PRoGREss OF THE RIFLE MOVEMENT IN Es-
GLAND. The london Times strongly adyo-
Gates the establishment Of q county rifle
meeting, in connection with the National
Rifle Association. This would permanently
populariZe the weapon. When the use of the
rifle Is as popular as cricket or boating, there
will be no fear Of volunteer regiments fall
ing into decay. Already beginning has
been made. A meeting of the Berkshire
Volunteers for rifle prizes, for shooting,
combined with other sports, will take place
Every county in England should follow the
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

- New MODE OF PRESERVING SrRAwBRaafEs.
IAN Eastern exchange mentions an ingeni-
Gus method BY which gentleman saved his
strawberries from the daily attacks Of an
army Of robins He killed . worthless cat,
skinned and stuffed her, and having fitted in
giaring glass eyes, he mounted her in the
center of strawberry patch. Although the
robins coBtinued to congregate upon the
fence and trees near by, and scolded inces-
| sanity, none Of them ventured upon the
patch again, Perhaps the same scare-robbin
would save the cherries. 1t is worth a trial,
particularly where cats abound rs they. do
on some premises at night.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

SINGULAR LETTER FROM BoNAPAnTE TO
lTALMA, THE TRAGEDIAN.--A curious auto
graph, written by Gen. Bonoparte to Talma
the actor, at time when the former was
vegetating in poverty in Paris, is published.
II runs thus fantf .f..r
have fought like lion for the Republic,
my good friend Talma, and, as a reward, she
lets me starve. That wretch, Aubry, leaves
me on the pavement, when he might make
something Of me. | feel myself more than
a match for such generals as Santerre and
Rossignoli, and they won't find a corner in
Vendee or elsewhere to employ me. You,
indeed, are fortunate. Two hours on the
boards put you face TO face with the public
that dispehses fame. We soldiers must pur-
chase glory at o higher price, on larger
stage, which we are not always permitted to
ascend. Do not, then, regret your position;
remain on your stage. Who knows whether
shall ever appear ON mine again? l saw
Monvel tanother actorl yesterday He is a
true friend. Barras makes large promises.
Will he keep them? That much doubt. |
am reduced to my last farthing. Have you
a few francs (quelques ecus] at my service?
won't refuse them. And promise repay.
ment out of the first kingdom may CON
quer. My friend, how happy were the
heroes Of Ariostol They. did not depend on
minister of war. Adieu. -. ..,..,. =
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

= ThR FLEFTRsT YACHT IN THE WoRLD.-The
yateht Maria beat the America before the
latter went to Europe, aud took down the
bunting from the fastest yachts in the British
feet, Formerly the Maria was sloop-rigged,
but this year, her owner, Mr.. Stevens, Of
Hoboken, has heightened her, by adding
about six feet to her stern, and altering her
rig TO schooner. Her masts are not round,
but fiat-sided, and it is claimed that by this
form the wind goes direct into the sail.
Each Of these masts is twenty-folfr inches in
diameter; aud the sails, instead Of being at
tached to hoops, as is usual, are secured 10 q
combination OF small rollers, which fit into a
slot and traveller, and by this means the sails
sit closer to the mast .saaGg is-e raiio;'' "a
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= RULE FOR TRAYsFERRING ENGnAvISGs TO
WHITE PApER.-The London Builder gives
the following rule for transferring engrav-
ings to white paper;
Place the engrayings for few seconds
over the vap9r Of iodine. Dip slip of
white paper in weak solution Of starch,
and, when dry, in a weak. solution of oil OF
vitriQl, when dry; lay slip upon the en-
craving, audsplace them for few minutes
under the press. The engraving win thus
be- be Reproduced in all its delcacyi and finish.
the black part of the ink upon the engrav-
pingrand not the white. This important dis
covery is yetAin its infancy. ,,f - II-i
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20
A Jnpnncse FuneraI-PeculIav Burial
Observation-Disclosures Of the 1Tourhers.
a writer in JaDau relates the followin0,

A IJnpnneec Fumerul-Peculiar Burial
!, Custom-Nonchalance Of the 1Tourhers.
A writer in Japan irelates the following;
While here, observed procession, con-
sistine Of about fifty persons headed by two
females in white robes, with cowb OF the
same material covering their heads, ap.
proaching n small graveyard, which we had
passed few moments before. In the center
Of the column, smooth, white box, about
three feet square, was borne ON the shoulders
Of four men, by means of poles passed under
its bottom, and, learning from some. of our,
Dutch companions that this was d Japanese
funeral, / recrossed the bridge, aud reached
the cemetery just ss the box was deposited
near the small excavation, which three stout
laborers in natures costume (relieved by a
narrow stfip OF cotton cloth around the
loins), were making in the hard ground for
its reception. '- lig- ~ ~ ..
There was an air ofHOHohaldnee about the
whole party which diyested the scene Of any
approach to the solemnity usual on such oc-
casions, and as soon as the square yard Of
coffin, with its Haunting paper ornaments,
had been removed from the shoulders of the
"pall-bearers," there was general stampede
OF the mourners, each following the bent OF
his own Inclination, without seeming to
remember the sad occasion which had called
them together. 'i-.f
/ \ walked up to the edge of the hole which
the jolly-looking graye-diggers were making
! to receive the oddly-shaped coffin, and found
they had already reached a depth of five
feet, and were still digging away, as If they
were intent upon ascertaining at least how
far purgatory was from the surface of the
earth, that they might afford their departed
friend reasonable chance of holding on
there, instead of pursuing the downward
course TO warmer region. As may DO pre-.
sumed from the form of the coffin, the ia.
panese dead are buried in sitting posture
the males with their hands clasped in tn,
attitude Of devotion, and the females having
1 them apart, and their faces turned as thougl
4. looking over the left shoulder but for wha
particular reason they are required to look
Tower the left" could not ascertain.
As stood in this little roadside burial
ground, / remarked the neatness and sim
! plicity, as we'll as the uniform character o
the grave-stones erected over every spo
I where the remains of the departed had beer
laid. A square block of granite was em
bedded in the earth, and upon the upper enc
was placed a small shaft of the same ma
'terial, about three feet high, having sculp
tured upon it the name, &C., Of the deceased
AT the base of this were two small ston
vases for the reception of bouquets of flower
4 which are periodically renewed by surviving
friends. Seeing now that my picnic com
b panions were about to resume their journey
hastened to join them, and, mingling agai
with the gay and cheerful living, L left nth
dead to bury their dead"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

=. A CLEVER PoLITIcAL OARIcATURE.--One, of
the best political caricatures out-because Il
is at once very pat, very true, and good
Joke for all parties alilxe--is a picture Of the
Democratic wagon standing right across the
railroad track, with the Lincoln and Ham-
lin locomotive laundering down upon It at
full speed. Hitched to each end OF the wagon
is brace of mules, hauling against each
other with might and main, under the lash
Of their drivers, 10 get out of the way of a
smash up. The mule teams, it is unnecessary
TO add, are BrecSinridge and Lane, and
Douglas and Johnson.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

= DisRunsExKSIs FOR THE SuEz .CAsAL.--.It
is said that, at a late meeting of the share-
holders Of the Suez Canal Company, at
Paris. accounts Of the Company were pro-
duced by which ii appeared that l,OO06o0f.
have been expended in the cost of the direc-
tion; that Of this sum 500, 900 have been
charged for. the journeys of NJ. Lesseps; q
further sum for furnishing his apartments at
Paris, and 100000 for the salaries of the
members Of the direction, consisting of NJ.
Lesseps and enc or two associates.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

10 sExrRAonDISARY CowHmiSd GoNTEsf. "A
couple of stalwart darlkies, In their. shirt
sleeves and each provided with . heavy
horse-whip, went In on their muscle in La
fayette, Ind, the other day, The blows fell
thick and fhst on their tawhy hides, and q
crowd Of people rushed to witness the COM
lashes, the smaller of tbs Two i'shades was
compelled in sheer exhaustion to beat re-
treat, showing his worries as he went The
combat was all carried ON in good huuior,
aud was simply Q trial Of endurance. ~,
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d A PoET OARELEss on HIS SrmTs.--Iesle
relates this aneedote of the author of Christ.

q A PoET OARELEss on HIS SHIRTs.-Leslie
relates this aneedote of the author Of Christ.
ntel; ,'ls- g. -1'
.s Coleridge's tragedy of Ramorse had lust
appeared he was in O cofiee-room OF a
hotel, where, hearing his own name coupled
with acoroner's inquest, he asked to see the
newspaper, which was handed to him, with
the remark, that ut was very extraordinary
that coleridge, the poet should have hanged
himself Just nrtertne sucysss .9s bis Play; but
ne was always strange, mad fellow. - iili Z a
deed, sir, said Coleridge, sit is most extra
ordinary thing that he should have hanged
himself be the subject of an inquest, and yet
that he should at this moment be speaking
to you" The astonished stranger hoped that
he had said nothing to hurt his feeiings, =
and was made easy ON the point. The news
paper related that gentleman in black had
been cut down from tree in Hyde Park,
without money or papers in his pockets, his
shirt being marked rs. I. Coleridge;nn and
Coleridge was at ne loss to understand how
this might have happened, since he seldom
travelled without losing shirt or two. sa.
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GOSSIP ABOUT PRlscE JEROME AND PRIYcEss
CLoTILDE.-The last illness of Prince Jerome
has been the occasion of some Partisan gos-
sip. Prince Napoleon, it is said, rising earlier
one morning than was his wont, to repair to
his fathers bedside, saw q young lad stand
ing waiting in the passage. When asked who
he was, and what he was there for, the lad
replied that he was the choir boy who made
the responses at the mass which the Princess
Clotilde had celebrated every morning
before breakfast in her private chapel. Upon
this the Prince boxed his cars, and called him
cuiotin; where0t the boy, who did not
recognise dignity in rndress, waxed very in
dignant, and protested that he would inform
Her Royal Highness how he had been treated
by one of her servants. ~. NJ h., ~.
The Princess, it appears, who had been
very piously brought up, wished that her
father-in-law should receive the consultations
of the Catholic Church in his last moments,
and sent, on her own, responsibility, for the
Archbishop Of Paris; but when he arrived, the
| Prince sent him away again. This, it is said,
occurred'more than once. The devotion ol
the Princess Clotilde TO the priesthood is the
| more disinterested, as the Pope PERSISTENT,
refused to annul the marriage of Prince Je
rome, with Miss Patterson; of Baltimore, II
consequence ofwhich, Prince Napoleon, NTH
eyes OF every good Catholic, must beregardet
| as illcpitimate. sa I.a 81 g. 1a-lfT fcy Er0
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TRAINS kRRtvn. 8
IuI--3s5O Am, ,S A. M, I1fOA A
PosroFFTCE BULLETIN.

EAsr MAI .-Arrives 1850 A. M. and 4is0 p. NJ;
closes At 4 A. NJ. and 8 p. NJ. IL a. -
BkIfrMoRv. WAsHINaror AND MHEtLrNG.-Ar-
rives ct $3.50 A. NJ; closes at & Y. M. ~ -
ST. LoUIs AMI Arrives at II A. NJ.
and O p. M: closes at A. NJ. and p. N.
CHrcAoo kNp NORTH WEsf.--Arrives ut Z A. n.
and o p. M: closes at ] A. NJ. end P. M.
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MEDICAL AND DENTAL.


,j,HE MOST WONDERFULLY ,pISCOy-
y ERY OF THE AGE--Dr.i CALVIN, formerly
London and Baltimore Hospitals, where he has
many years. practice in the treatment OF ve-
zeal diseases, but more recently Of Mexic0, whore
III diseases are 70 be found In their ranltest tor.
ring his practice there, in connection with DR..
IN ANTONIO DE LAUsYALLUS, one OF the
st eminent physicians in Mexico and SPAIN they
covered remedy in one ot the Mexican plants,
hy magic, all the tenercal taint from the system,
. the primary or secondary form. Syphilis, IN the
rst eta &c permanently cured In very short timo,
d the system thoroughly cleansed and pure, as
I / had never been contaminated by that worst q
\ diseases, Syphilis. ,scrofnlas Lcprosy and al
,ds OF corruption of the blood and diseases OF the
IN removed permanently and quickly by this pow;
nj aqe MT and alder Of nature, Mexican Specific"
one need be reduced to skeleton, and suffer the
tures Of the Inqusition, and robbed Of his last
liar and still not cured. Dr. Calvin also heals all
ads Of chronic diseases with great success; Ned
: charge, except byspecial contract. Persons at a
,tance can be treated by sending, correct state
,nts Of their cases by letter, and ten cents 10
stage stamps. Gall on or address pr; CALVIN
! ncinnati, Ohio. Now Is the time-to-morrow may
rbe Doctor has located permanently In the city
/. d can at all times be fonnd at his Office.
O.. r. IAA
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TwgSTY SQUARE MILEs ,oF GRkyEs AT
SRBAsToPoL.-t appears BY .aletter Of Mr..
Gowan, the American engineer, who is en-
gagged IN raising the sunkep Russian vessels
yards Of the Allies number 800, and cover
twenty square miles OF territory. Consider-
ing that the siege lasted less than two years,
and that these graves comprise the dead, of
but one side, such war, II CONTINUED, would
In time have decimated the nations, ergAged.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

- AN 0LD NEGRO SLAVE FoUsD IN RxsER.
voiR.-The body of a negro was found in
reservoir, at Petersburg, Va, or the l4th
inst. The deceased was a runaway slave
He had been missing since the, Sd Of April
last, when he received a seolding for getting
Intoxicated. When drawn out, a bandage
blind-folded. II is ssupposed that in fit Of
drunkenness he blind-folded himself, aud
walked into the reservoir to get rid Of the
troubles OF life. The man was at least
seventy years.of age. etai 'tsi sis's'.
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RsE.--A traveller mentions as a remarkable
instance of the serupulous honesty which
prevails among even the lower order of Ja-
panese, that one of the party during the ex-
cursion accidentally dropped available note
book in the boat coming from Aba 70 ,MoQae,
and the following day wieD he went on
sshose at Nagasaki, his book, with all rs con-
tents, including considerable sum OF
,mopey, wess handed. to him by the Of the
Dutch officers who said il had been brought
from Mcgee by one Of the boatmen, who
had found il a6er the party left. 80 ~ 80
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NATIONAL EXHIBITION.

txHIBIT0Rs sAREINFORMED THAT
the Entry Books VIII be- opened at the Secrc-
teamIsr' aa No locations can be designated prior to
pplieaiions in writing win be received up 20 the
Ik OF Scptember for licenses to keep an eating.
Use. reffeshment EnlQona,aoda fountains and cigar
h grounds, Each arpiicaRf Will state what lie de.
les to sell, and wlplt he a Will ~ 70 py for fhs
iyilege, without nner-aellinR Or dlapasinr az IN
sense. No permissions 10 seilintoxicoting hev.
hges viii be granted, = -lES n :
,rhe first editlon e the ksgeati2ns end Premium
ady by tho 2pth Of August containing such olI !.
tloIal premiums az may hs added bg the Rxeon..
my. PgRLEY PooAA. eee'y. -. J. .la,Is