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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05
Strange Customs in IndIa-A Death Scene
ON the Banka of the Gnngea.

on the Banks OF the GunEeHs
When the men see the sick person breath
ing his last, they plunge his who'e body up
10 his neck, and shout "Gunga Nara onno,
Bfohmo ON Ramo.p But if they be Sudras
they omit the word ON, which is too sacred
for them to utter. The reader will easily
imagine how soon the last remnant of life
flies from the body under such treatment,
and to add to the sufferings of the last hour,
a man pinches very tightly the great toes Of
the sick until he dies. They then erect a
pile of wood, which is nearly six feet long,
three broad and six high, on which they lay
oint the body, and put cross on the fore
head with tile sacred mud. from the Gunga
When the corpse has been laid down on the
wooden pile, the Oldest SON of the deceased
walks seven times round it, with a blazing
torch in his hand, repeating some words after
q Brahmin of low order, who performs the
funeral service. He then touches the mouth
of the dead with the fire of the torehi the
friends help him in this, and in the course of
fVe hours they burn the body to ashes. If
any one should touch person of the funeral
party, he must stay with them until the end
Of the service. They take q piece of the
burned body and inclose in a mud cup, and
throw il into the river. The Hindoos, as a
people, burn the dead bodies of their friends;
but there are some low castles, I'Otto and
Jlgee, who burn or bury their dead es cir
cuinstances permit. Again, the children
under one year Of age, Of any caste what
ever, are buried on the rivers side but no
tablet or monument is erected on tle spot.
The reason why the infants are buried, is
the unwilliugness to put FIRE to their delicate
HuIuet. s.r-- .rr . "... . III ..
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

New YORK, December 4.-Oollector ScheIl
arrived last evening with the Presidents
Message.
The HeTdlds Washington correspondent
says; "The conclusion is really unanimous
among Republicans, that no compromise will
come from their side; also, that Amos Ken
dali may be offered seat in the Cabinet.
The idea of National Convention being
called by Congress is not received fayorably
by either partY.I
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

Of Revolution against tie State Govern
nsent--T The Presidents Message Sent in Ad.
Uanee TO South Carolina 1' F'
MILLEDGEvILLE, GA, December 3.-Tn the
House to-day the preamble and resolutions
proposing conference Of the Southern
States at Atlanta, on the Goth of February,
to counsel and advise as to the mode and
manner OF resistance to the North in the
exciting engency was made the special
order for tomorrow.
The preamble and resolutions take strong
grounds in favor of having all sectional
questions finally settled, and objects to sepa-
rate action.
WASHINGTON, December 3.-Some of the
political friends of Vice-President Breckin-
ridge waited on him on Saturday, and ten
dered him serenade, which he declined.
A consultation is being held tonight, be-
tween the several delegations of the Southern
States. The object seems TO be the co-opera-
tion Of the border slave States in the Seces-
sion movement.
The Treasury to-day, was enabled to pay
only about twenty-five per cent. of the mile
age of Congressman.
The projected meeting tonight, Of the
Union members and Senators, has been in
definitely postponed at the request of Mr..
Crittenden.
NEW YORK, December 4.-The 7Tmes's
Washington correspondent says:
Reliable information from Texas repre-
sents the people on the eve of revolution
against the State Government. Governor
Houston refuses to convene the Legislature
for the purpose Of calling convention.
at is believed that Senator Clingman will
soon offer proposition for peaceable sep
Grafton of the States, and fair division of
the assets and liabilities"
1t is rumored that Secretary Thompson
resigns on Thursday, and will be succeeded
by Governor Pratt, Of Maryland.
The President has dispatched Mr.. Prescott,
Assistant Secretary of State, to South Caro-
lima, with copies of the Message to Governor
| Gist being unwilling to trust to possible
mistakes from telegraphic reports.
CHARLESTON, December 3.-The conviction
that coercion is TO be attempted creates
speculation concerning the strength of the
Government defenses. Forts Moultrie and
Pinckney are considered weak, but Sumpter
place of great strength.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

THREE FORMS OF -DPTHERIA.-Dr. T. H..
Smith, in the British Medical Journal, states
that there are three forms in which diptheria
presents itself, viz: simple ash-colored dip
iberia membrane in patches, with very slight
congestion of the surrounding parts and
without fetor; second, a deeper color and
more widely-spread membranous exudation,
with fptid breath, and intense engagement
of dark hue; thirdly, the membrane with
much tonsilitis, in o few cases resulting in
quinsy; fourth and more formidable state
of things to contend with is an extension of
the membrane in either of the preceding
cases, to the lsrynx and trachea. With ref
erence to the more general symptoms, the
prominent feature is depression of the vital
powers. The pulse is not always quick, but
when so, is that of an irritable circulation.
I More frequently the pulse is slow, waving,
and very compfessible; the skin readily coolE
down--as when q hand is exposed out oi
btd-is moist and soft, almost clammy to the
feel. Where fever has been observed, it il
Of q remittant type. Some cases are ushered
in with slight diarrhes, with discharge Of
blood. Debility remains in marked degree
even in milder cases, after the local symp
toms have disappeared.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05
The Antece,Icnts and Ambitions OF south
Carolina.

A correspondent of the New York Tribune
writes: s l@A lAfN4
There is no. use Of blinking the fact, or
striving to delude ourselves with deceptive
hopes. We have got to confront the naked
issue of disunion, which is already almost
upon us, and can not be put aside by any
small arts or expedients. South Carolina
will declare herself out of the Union, by ordi-
nance, in forty-eight hours after the Gonven-
tion shall meet ON the 18th of December. II
she can not get good partner, she will play
the game alone. So much is certain. 1t is
unnecessary TO go back and inquire how this
condition was brought about, or who is re-
sponsible. Every body knows that the Pierce
and Buchanan Administrations, aided by
Douglas and other reckless leaders, must an
swer for the crime. The question now is,
how are we to meet the crisis at hand, and
how dispose of it with the least shock to our
institutions, and the least injury to all con-
cerned2
The conspiracy to combine the Cotton
States under an independent Government
with the reopening of the African slave.
trade as its leading idea, is not of recent ori.
gin. 1t has been progressing gradually fol
years, and become more compact and united
as the inevitable loss OF the power so long
directed by that influence, approached its
elimination. If Colonel Fremont had been
elected four years ago, demonstration
would have been made. Itwas all planned
here for large portion of the South to re.
tire from the House of Representatives when
the votes of the Electoral Colleges were
to be counted. They only wanted conven-
lent pretext to set the ball in motion. This
has been found in Mr.. Lineolns success
South Carolina has for the third time, in les:
than generation, taken the lead in reVo'
lutionary scheme. Her politicians have al
last, and by persistent effort, succeeded in
misleading the body Of the people, aud in
silencing all opposition--even that which
patriotically mourns tho rashness Of this at
temnt -.a = .. H+.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05
CuaroUs MISUNDERSTANDING in hi

CURIOUS MISUNDERSTANDING in his
Natural History says;
Those who are familiar with cottage life
in the rural districts will often have noticed
a kingfsher suspended by the point of the
beak from the beams of the ceiling, and if
they have asked the object of the custom,
will learn that the bird always turns its
breast toward the quarter from which the
wind is blowing. Some writers in mention
ing this custom have said that the bird is so
suspended as to point with its beak toward
the wind but in every case where l have
seen this curious windvane it has been hung
by the very extremity of the, ,beak, so as to
rotate freely in every direction. The bird is
not stuffed, but various spices are placed in
lis interior, after the viscera have been re-
moved, aud the body is then dried by ex-
posure to the sun.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05
SEWING MACHINES.
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SEWING MACHIN,El
PRIEUIPAL oFFIUz.
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ished, at FIFTY-FIYE DOLLARs. r.-
The elegance speed, noiselessness and simplIoisyut
the Machine the beauty and strength Of stitch, b..
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Send or call for circular containing Gull parties
lars, prices, testimonials, etc.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE AS PULPIT.-A A
locomotive engine is a strange kind of pull.
pit, yet such pulpit was improvised in
England the other day, the preacher being
the Bishop of London, and the congrega-
tion 1000 Of the wOrkmen Of the Midland
Hallway, and the church the Derby railway
station. The sermon was preached by the
request Of the workmen, who heard OF his
lordship presence in Derby; and an English
paper thinks such an auditory, under such
circumstances, must certainly be without a
parallel.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

THR EMPERoR OF AUSTRIA RoRRED.-Th
Emperor of Austria, on proceeding TO
Warsaw, stopped at Sheerniswice to break
fast and change his costume, and while His
Majesty was so engaged a small box contain
ing papers and a large sum Of money was
stolen from the imperial wagon. Some days
later a person went to the 0apuohini church
at Warsaw, and gave to monk, to whom he
confessed, the money to restore, but the
papers were taken away. it .ftpH s-a
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05
Mail Robbery.

CHICAGO, Ill, December 4.--A train-boy
on the @. B. l. @. Railroad, named w. II.
Hudson, was yesterday arrested for robbing
the mails of notes and drafts to the amount
Of $ll ,00O, which we're found in his posses
sion. He was examined before Commits
siener Hoyne, and held for trial
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

A NSw RELIGIOUS BoDY IN ALGRRIA.-A
pew religious corporation has been estab-
lished in Algeria, under the name of "rhe
Flowing Fathers These monks have
imposed on themselves the task of blowing
suceessively and gratuitously all the uncul-
tivated portions Of the soil Of that colony,
which they viii then make over 10 the State
for the use of emigrants.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

NEARLY SIX THousASD PERsoNs KILLED
AND WOUNDED IN PARIS ~ One YEAR
Such is the crowded state Of the Paris
thoroughfares that during the past year
5000 persons have been wounded, and 700
fill the Streets, and render the crossing of
tho latter almost impossible TO pedestrians.
The creation OF underground railways, and
of crossing bridges for foot passengers, is
proposed, and will probably be decided upon.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

GosPoRT, Va, December 3.7-The steamer
PeaSdcola is now on the dock. She will
come out in about ten days, and proceed to
Washington for machinery.
Fifty-two hands were discharged from the
Navy-yard to-day.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

; A CALRORNIA MIsER.--King, the Miser as
he is called, has given the San Francisco Or
phan Asylum $25! He had loaned $40O to q
gentleman on some jewels i'll a case. The
gentleman redeemed them, and found a val
King and told him he would save him $l00
if he would give $50 to the Asylum. The
diamond cross was produced, and King had
10 pay the money.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

SOCRATES MoDE OF EIvTNG.-Living was
cheap enough in the olden time. Socrates is
supposed to have lived Upon an income Of
SIS; but he lived worse Than a slave. His
coat was shabby, and he wore the same gar
ment both winter and summer; he went
barefootedi his chief food was bread and
water; and as he engaged in no business to
mend his estate or income, it is not wonder
full that his wife scolded. Demosthenes, his
sister, and their mother paid for their board
$lO5 a year, and provided the house into
the bargain. f|er
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

ARREST or 0oxFIDExoE MANA conf
denee man, said to be the son of New
York paWnbrOker, went 10 Bridgeport
Conn, last week, and ordered carriages,
harness and whips 70 a large amount, but
Being interfered with, the police took care OF
him.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05
River News.

PITTsBURG, December 4-M.--Riyer six
feet seven inches by the Pier-mark and fall
ing. Weather cold, and showing at inter
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

A GAMRLER CoNyIOTKD By 0KE OF Hn
VIcTIMs-A gambler was convicted In a
Philadelphia Court, s few days ago, upon the
testimony of man who, by losses at cards,
had been reduced from position of afilu-
ence 10 that of a crossing
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05
Texas KIoe,ion.

New ORLEANS, December 4.-Breckin-
ridges majority over Bell and Douglas is
% 100
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05
MUSICAL.

r,OLD-AIEDAI. PIANOS -THH BRsr
NJ IN A NJ ERl g A.--Steck ~ -
GTupe's, Of New YOrki Hansen,s, - Z
Of New York, and Britting Bros, HHMW
Of Observation-Disclosures first clas4 VI ~ ~ W Z
Double Grand Action, Square Grand -. Z
and Concert Pianos pronounced by hastAi rhaA-
berg and other great living artists the best IN ex.
iEtence, EVery Piano warranted for ten years ana
kept in tune for three years Old Planes tAken In
exchange Pianos to let from S6 20 S3 per quarter.
Al halfpriee. Pianos, Meiodeons and other mu-
steal instruments tuned and repaired thOr0uGhly.
Best MelOdeOns In the ctv. Do snt buy sr ront =
Piano or Nicholson until you hase ceiled snd OK a
amined the above. BRIfTlNG BBO,s. .r,l..t.
Plano and Melodeon Makers and Dealsls, and Ila-.
porteFs Of Musical Instruments, Az West litth-
st., south side near Plum. nos
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05
Wn1. Sumner & Go.
ljal7.ayl
SINGER's SEWING -MACHINKs
COMMERCIAL BUILDING,
CINCINNATI OHIO

How is It Singers Sewing machines univeus-
ally used for manufacturing purposesi The plain
reason why, is Because they better, more dura-
BILE, more reliable, capable Of doing much greater
variety ofwork, and earning more money than any
other Machine. .H lf
The public respectfully invited to call aud OK
anime Singers new Transverse shuttle Machine for
family use.
PRICE $3.50.
This Machine is highly ornaUented, easy TO opex-
ate and is the very best and cheapest Machine. Ia
the market JAMES sKARDON,
Western Agent for Singers Sewing -maohinS.
fnnlAl
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT.

The Georgia Legislature on ResistGacs-
Movement TO Include the Border Save
States in the Secession Tezas on The Eve
Of ReVoIation Against tie State Govern
ment---TRe PRESIDENTS Message Sent in Ad.
vance 10 South Carolina. H' FF
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05
DON'T BELIEVE IT!

"HEN YOU HRAR INTERRSTED
w parties say that the WILCOX 4 GIBBS
SEWING-MACHINES make work that will nOt
stand the test Of wear, don't believe them, buf
examine for yourselves, and ask those who, ffon
about them and the work they do, The Machines
are warranted for three years, and the work made
on them Is warranted to last equal to that mede on
any other machine; Price Of Machine, $50. We
will teach every body to operate the Machines free
Of charge, Il they will call at ths General Agency
Office, in the second story of Carlisle Building,
corner Of Fourth and Walnut-sts., Cincinnati
de2-cm v. W. SUHDERLIN, Agent.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

REAARKABLE CALCULATIONS FOR BRDGK.
So accurate were the calculations and plans
for the Victoria Bridge, over the ST. law
renee, that the whole Of the iron work was
prepared at Berkenhead, England, from
specifeatiDns, and we're all successfully put
up, although each tube contaiaed 4,926
pieces.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-05

Phelan, champion of American billiard
players, was beaten the other evening by
Captain John Moran, at the billiard-rooms
of the latter in Boston.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-07
COMPLIMENTARY.

At meeting of the members IF the Clarks
vile Bar, held at the Court House, Satur-
day, April 2lst, 1860, ). O, SHAcKLEFoRD
was called to the Chair and b. A. ROGERS
appoint Secretary. A Committee was
appointed to draft resolutions expressive of
the ohj ct of the meeting. The following
is the report of the Committee adopted:
WHEREAS, By an act OF the last Lcgis-
latuic of T'nnessee, erecting a new Chaucery
District, the Hon. Samuel ID. tIiersun will
cease, on the Adjournment of the pr, sent
term. 10 preside over tue Cnancery Court at
Clurksvilc--
The members Of the GAINESVILLE Bar would
not be doing justice 10 their own feelings 10
suffer the occasion To pass without some ex-
preston Of the high admiration which they
entertain tor Chancellor Frierson as n man
aud rs MagiStrate-and OF the unaffected
regret which they experience in parting
with him: Iberef're,
ResolUea. That in the Hon. Samuel D. Fri
ersun We recognise all those high qualities
of bead and heat which make the able and
upright Judge. and the unObtrusive aud &c
complshed gentleman.
ReSoleed. This his uniform kindness and
courtesy in his social aud prof ssional inter
course with us-lhe ability, learning, and
ness and incorrup'ible integrity, brought To
bear in the drcisiun OF cases arising belnre
him for adjudication-havc won Tor him the
esteem aud respCct Of every member OF this
Bar.
Kssolvei. That we tender TO bin in leaving
us thi, testimonial OF out sincere personal and
professional regard and admiration. with The
assurance that hrwill carr with him, through
all the viessiludes oi coming life, our best
wishes ir his prosperity aud happiness.
ResofUed That tin foregoing preamble and
resolutions be spread upon he minutes OF the
Court, as an enduring record OF the feelings
aud sentiments of this Bar. called forth GA
the occasion OF his retiring from the Bench Of
This District.
Rsssired. That the Clsrksville, Nashville
aud Columbia papers be requested TO publish
the proceedings OF this meeting. aud that the
Secretary furnish copy To The Hon. Samuel
Il. FTiep OF.
J. D. SHACKELFoRD, President.
b. A. RoGEks Secretary.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-07

TT The gallant ZOuaye, CHARLES AR
MAUD De RIvIERE, We learn from the n. Y.
Herald, has deserted both Mars and Venus,
ly resolved to lead an exemplary Christian
life in future. At the latest advices our hero
was buried in the ghostly retirement of a Re-
demptor st monastery in the city of Phila-
delphia, atoning in sackcloth and ashes for
past peccadiIloes. The conversion of st. Au-
gustine, WHO, by the way, was also a soldier
in his youth, was nothing to this OF De RI
WERE, whose fame is as broad as the universe
itself. Only to think of 1.-THE gay lover of
crinoline and fell destroyer of men not only
reformed, but stricken with penitence and hu-
mility amongst the pious Brotherhood of the
ReIeemeI! What a sensation this announce
ment is destined to kick up in the fashion
able circles of which the gallant captain con
stituied a shining light and ornament. And
how narrowing it Will be to contemplate the
timental mammas and susceptible. graminiv-
orous widows. The sad history of Wilkins
aud his Dinah will he cast entirely into obliv-
ion.
But all is not yet rold. Capt. CHARLES AR
MAUD De RVIERE has lawful spouse residing
in the city of Brussels, towards whom he has
long played the part of truant husband.
Sensible of his sins of omission and commits
sion in this respect, he has sought by litter
the forgiveness of his wife, and hunbly
plead.d for reunion. 1t is said that Mrs
Capt. De RIvIERE has been so moved hy tits
proof of the regained aft c;iOn of her licge
lord, and so struck with the goodness of beav-
en-. that she refuses to acc de 10 the wishes of
her husband until she shall have spent yoar
in some quiet convent. engaged i'll prayer and
devotion. This intention. we believe, she has
alread:- seriously putin practice, and in the
..eantme the Captain himself will continue
at his pafer and ares until The expiration of he
self-imposed term of his peniiential labors.
Sic transit Sicriq mWndt. &c, &c.
What will Mrs. BLoUNT say now?
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-07


dent. in its issue OF the ast instant says
The old democratic party has breathed its
last, and to-day we enter upon new era in
national politics. The Convention at Charles
ton bias SPLIT md, whether ID be on men
on measures, the practical result Is the same.
The late proceedings at Charleston prove
that the democratic organization has worn
itself eut. and that party diVisions in the
country have to be ranged hereafter on other
ISSUES than those on which the political bat
ties OF the past have been fought The DIN
ocraIic party has fulfilled its allotted time
Like It's great predecessor, 1t has rua It's cycle,
and buried the entire generation of meH who
founded and led IL. A complete generation
has grown up since. and The new men who
are n1sy On the field find new circumstances
around them, and new nect critics TO meet.
The physician of the Ntrosd has not nista-
ken the condition OF his patient. IL "kas
bTeatbed its last, /" and no efforts Of It's frieBds
Can resasciisIe It. No event could bave hap
pened more OPPORTUNITY for the welfare of
tbe country, Fer years past the democratic
party has been the cause. Immediately or re.
hIotely, Of all the seciiOnaI difEcglti ca which
have iBAsmed the spirit Of sectional hostility,
ard sundered the ties which bound the North
honest masses every where there is desire
TO shake OF the evils Of sectiOnalisrn, and the
death of the democratic party will arOu'e
them to active exertions to attain their de-
sIres> One Of the chief obstacles out Of the
way, they can master the other without diff
Guilty, and before the close of the year we
may see the republican party follow It's pro-
genitor 10 the bourne whence no traveller
rerurps." Now is the time for the cOnserva-
tive elements 10 be brought into the fore
ground If the picture,-for those who retain
love for the constitution and the Union, aud
tor the good old days when the citizens of
the republic knew no sections, TO put forth
the eff5rts necessary to triumph. Surely The
opportunity will not be thrown away.