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A TRAsEDY IN ACTUAL LIEH.--A young
GIRL Auqusta Grumbrecht, not long since
lived in peace in her native village Of
LiabenburR, Kingdom of Hanover. On
Wednesday last she arrived al st. Louis on
board the steamer DGliel q. ToyIor, and on
Thursday died. The assigned reasons are
that she loved and was betrayed, lefl her
friends and kindred to hide her grief. and
became a neither the day of her arrival
there, suffered a fatal enlargement Of the
beart lew hours AfterWard, apd expired ~
foreign land among strangers, denied all
sympathy, unknown 70 a single friend.
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PR1No1PAL orFIoH,

WE OBFEH TO THE FuGI,UD THR
w Wheeler Wilson Sewing Machine, with fn,s
portant imroVoments, and 10 meet ths dsnand tsr
good, low priced Family Machine, have introdSosd
NEW STYLE, working upon the came principle. anf
making the same stitch, though not 90 highly ~
ished, at FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS. l rrIt
The elegance speed, noseessness and sim plioitg =
the Machine the beauty and strength Of stitch bG-
ing AL1Ez on BOTH SIDES, impossible 10 ravel, ana
leaving no chain or ridge on the under side, ne
economy Of thread and sdsptAbility to the thioksz
or tbinnest fabrics, has rendered this the most
oeesful and popular Famil7 Sewing Machine nov
made.
AT our various oidoea we sell at Now YorR prioess
and give instructions freq Of charge, to enable pl
cbasers to sew ordinary seams, hem, fell, oufIs,
5athsr bind and tnok, all or ths same msohino 500
warrant II for three years. % ...
Send or call for circular containing tul PArtioG-
lars, prices, testimonials, etc.
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SERIOUS AooIpEET TO THE CRoToN WATER.
WORKS IN NEW YoRK.--FFiday's New York
Times says ga s.a.Ea E.' -f ~ n
A serious accident has occurred to the
pipes which supply the Croton water to the
city, which win have the effect of depriying
many of eur citizens of that much-prized
luxury for several days. About eleven
O'clock on Wednesday night, the two large
mains in the .Fifth-avenue were broken by
the enormous weight of materials piled upon
them in grading and paving the avenue
and by the time the Chief Engineer of the
Croton Department had reached the spot, al
half past twelve o'clock, all the water in thI
lower, reservoir was exhausted, II will
probably be three or four days, aud perhap
a week, before the damage can be properly
repaired. Meantime, steps have been takeI
to prevent any undue waste of water. ~
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Extraordinary Phenomena In Boring for
Oil in Cnnada.

Oil in Canada
Truman Smith furnishes the Port Huron
(Mich.) Press with the following particulars
in relation to the recent discovery of an oil
spring in the township of Sombra, Canada:
The location is on the farm of Mr., Jacob
Hitler, on Black Greek. 1t seems that Mr..
Smith and number of other residents of
Michigan went over TO Killers farm in the
early part of October, and commenced boring,
some fifteen OF twenty feet from the creek,
under the belief that oil would be found, and
on the 18th of the month, when they had got
down about ffty-seven feet they struck a
vein Of gas. ;I7 .-.}i
On removing their auger, which was sey-
eral inches in diameter, the gas rushed with
great force from the aperture, and continued
to throw up dry sand for an hour. II then
ceased, and the boring was resumed; but as
soon as this was done, the gas again rushed
up with such violence as to throw the drill
a piece of iron one and half inches in
dismeter, eight feet long and weighing fifty
poupds-clean out of the hole; and it COR
| tinued to discharge gravel, water and stones
some of the latter weighing twenty-five
pounds. up into the air a distance Of 100 feet.
The stream widened out TO the diameter OF
q barrel, after leaving the hole, and the
| quantity was such as to raise the creek con-
| siderable above its ordinary level, though il
| is here twenty-five feet wide. After the
flow of water subsidized, the gas was fired
eand an explosion took place which shook the
| ground for ~ha IA mile, and then continued
| te send up a sheet of flame as high as the
Wuer had re yioUsly gone. This flame cou
be seen for miles, and was ultimately extin.
| auished with great difficulty. Its though
the oil spring, for such it has proved to be
viii be one Of the best in the couaty,
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asserted, was entitled to his sobTiqget Of the
Iron Duke from, Lis stern invulnerability to
pity, compassion or sympathy. Never in
my experience of life had met with a man
more gracious in manner. l was as per-
fectly at my ease while talking to him as if
he had been one of my oldest, most familiar
friends
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-10

TIE, ORARGEI DEMONSTRATORS IN CANADA
The London (England) Press, high tory
organ, says that the circumstances attend-
ing the Orange demonstration In Canada, on
the OCCASION OF the visit Of the Prince Of
Wales, win be brought before Parliament In
the early part of the session.
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DON'T BELIEVE TIT

WHEN YOU HEAR INTEREsTEn
SEWIEG-MACHINES make work that will not
stand the test Of wear. don't you believe them but
examine for yourselves. and ask those who, from
about them and the work they do. The Machiee1
are warranted for three years, and the work made
any other machine. Price of Machine, S35. Ws
will teach every body TO operate the Machines, fes
OfficR, In the second story OF Carlisle Building,
corner Of Fourth and Walnut; So CRciaRats
de2-cm 81 ". W. SUEDERL LIN, Agent
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MIR. Briehrs Opinion of the Working
Classes of America-OOmparisOn With
those of England, if. .I

Mr. Brighrs Opinion of the Working
Glasses of parisOn With
those of England. ir." AZ
In recent speech delivered by Mr.. Bright
at Wakefield, England, he referred TO a letter
he had received about two years ago from
Mr.. Golden, who was at that time in the
United States of America, aud in which the
writer said that, notwithstanding the artisan
and laboriDg class in England had made
greater progress during the last twenty-five
years than they had during any former sini-
lar period of time, those classes in the United
States were much further in advance than
they were in England. This was remark
able fact, and Mr.. Bright had never heard
any man who disputed it. He met, not long
ago, gentleman connected with what was
generally reported the most reputable of the
press in England, who had been spending
some days in the United States, and he gave
the same accounts. He wanted to know
what made the difference. 1t was not neces-
sarily the form of Government. 1t was not a
question of latitude or longitude; and peo-
pie had to work in the United Statesj the
machinery there did more labor, and the
| land was not even as fertile.
How came it then, he asked their public
| writers, he asked their statesmen, he asked
ministers of religion-how came it, then
! this fact was notorious and indisputable-
| that in the United States the great body OF
the artisans and laboring classes were so
much better off than they were in Englandl
| He knew of three causes that would account
for it. In the United States the land was
wholly free from all feudal law and tenures
the people were instructed by an extensive
and thoroughly-working common school
useful to a degree infinitely beyond what the
| people of this country ever dreamed of; anc
/ further that, from some cause or other thai
he could not then inquire into, the Govern
| ment of the United States, although tbs
| population of each country was about 20,
0O6, 900, spent nearly ESQ, ,O00, 900 sterling les
than the Government of this country. HI
only stated facts, and he said they were no
in the least questions of party, not questions
of forms of government, but questions o
principles with regard to our legislation.
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The PoPE on RoME AND THE Kne OF SAR-
DINA. The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Ns'0s says' ss
In the absence of positive news from Italy,
we have letters, one of which, dated from
Turin, alludes to an exchange Of letters be-
tween the King fof Italy and the Holy
Father, having for its object ''an amicable
arrangement of their little differences.
Among the conditions proposed is one that
the Pope should abandon the temporal SOW
eTeignty in favor of the King, receiving a
civil list of 5000, 900 liyres, and 100000
livres for each cardinal with place in the
Senate of the Kingdom of Italy Both Pope
and King would reside In the Eternal City
one at the Capitol the other at the Vatican,
This is probably q mere fancy sketch, ol
which we may expect to have many brought
before the public eye pending the bnetua-
tons Of thism most difficult Roman question
I In Venice, Austria, some weeks ago, an
old man had returned TO him. through the
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-10

ITiah Whiskiss inst re0elved Al fHRaVsoA,s; ooE
| ner Ninth and Vine. -
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MUSICAL.
THE OPERATE 20

ITtOIlD. MEDAL PIANOS = THk BEST
~ IN AMER Y A.Estaek y ..ullyr7s -
Orupe's, Of Now York. Hansen,s, II-7r-'
Of New York, and brittilg 4 Brq.'a, tI,YalI-H.U
Of Oinoinpati- celebra!sd hrst;clA v y w
and Concert Pianos, prQp0anqed n tttSttl II ~
berg and other great living altlsg me osss n - ~.
Tepf IN tune f6r' three years Old Pianos taken "a
exchADge Pianos a leh from " 2 re Res qes,aSsss
~ half nriees Pian6s lhlniOdpons aud oth1r NJ
slcal instrpments tuned And tepAlt2a sn't
Piano or Melodeon until yea haxe cslisq and exr
I s,nin a tho abOEbs - II 1hlftlNl Nhua..
Plano and N elodson y akeFs aRd p9tIsy, ana 8 -.
1nofterS II fulnonts, ny Welt hiAA-
a, Hopth side. peAf rleml ~ 49, -,
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In Venice, Austria, some weeks ago an
old man had returned TO him, through the
postofice, sum Of money equal to $4,000,
which had been stolen from him forty years
before by an unknown person.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-10

The London Times on LineOln's Election
What the Thunderer Thinks Of it.
The London Tines, of the 2l5t ult., OBJ
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-07
Riichelet, the French Historian, ON the
Ill

The following is from a writer whose
works have received much attention in
France. 1t will be seen that English
accounts did not blind his keen appreciation
Of Ireland's state. The inability on the part
of France to aid Ireland is, thank God, no
more:
Singular fate Of the Celtic world OF its
two great divisions, one, although the least
unfortunate, is perishing, wearing away, or,
at all events, losing its language, costume,
and character-I allude to the Highlanders
of Scotland and the people of Wales,
Cornwall, and Brittany. Here we find the
serious and moral element of the race, which
seems dying of sadness and soon to be extin-
guished. The other, filled with inexhaust-
ibleness of life, multiplies and increases de-
spite of every thing; it will be felt that |
speak of Ireland. Ireland poor elder child
ofthe Celtic race, so far from France, her
sister, who can not stretch out her arm to
protect her across the waves.-the Isle of
Saints, the emerald of'the sea, all fertile Ire
land, whose men grow like grass, to the
terror of England, in whose ear is daily
shouted, "they are another million land
of poets, of bold thinkers, of John Scotus
Erigena, of Berkeley, Of Toland-land of
Moore, land of OOonnell-land of the brill
liant speech and lightning sword which, in
the senility of the sword, still preserves the
power of poetry. The English may laugh
when they hear, in some obscure corner of
their towns, the Irish widow improvising
the coronach over the corpse Other husband
pLeurer a PIrLdndaise (wailing after the
manner of the Irish) is with them bye-word
of scorn. Weep, poor Ireland, and may
France weep as well, as she beholds at Paris,
over the gate Of the asylum which receives
your sons, that harp which asks for succor.
Let us weep at our inability to give back the
blood which they have shed for us.
In vain, within less than two centuries
have 100000 Irish fought in our arm
les. We must witness the sufferings
of Ireland without uttering word. In
like manner have we long forgotten and
neglected our ancient allies, the Scotch-and
the Scotch mountaiueer will soon have dis
appeared from the face of the earth. The
Highlands are daily unpeopled. The con-
version of small holdings into large farms
which ruined Rome, has destroyed Scotland,
Estates may be found ninety-six square
miles in extent, others twenty miles long
and three broad: 80 that the Highlander
will soon only exist in history and in Sir
Walter Scott's novels. When the tartan,
plaid and claymore are seen passing, the in
habitants of Edinburg run to the door to
gaze at the unusual sight. The Highlander
expatriates himself and disappears, and the
bagpipe awakens the mountains but with
one air:
''Cha till, cha till, sin tuile"
We return, we return more,
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Tho Mode Of viewing Young widows.


"Oh yes, dare say she ,oouId marry again.
Did you ever know widow in your life,
especially young one, that didn't marry
again, if she had chance2 And they al
ways get chance, too, it seems. For n1y
part l don t see what the men race after
item so forl"
The above remark set me to thinking.
Who is it about2 Oh, as nice little body
as you would want to know. A quiet,
modest little woman, whose only fault Is in
being young iOidop. Poor soul She can't
help that People throw it up TO her,
though, and cast it in her very teeth, with
inhumanity. To be sure, her husband has
been dead these five years; but what differ
ence does that maker She is not so hard
hearted as to expect ever to be happy again
is she2 What does she want to get married
again for, I'd like to know2 One man is
enough for any woman. .-
A man is different. He can do as he
pleases. The oftener he is married the bet
ter. Suppose she is only tweaty-three or
four2 All the more reason why she should
be watched, and pecked at, and shifted at,
by all the cross old women, with grown-up
single daughters; and all the old young
ladies who set up for themselves.
Sometimes the men, even, indulge in q
fling at young widows; but they needn't
mind them, for such are always old fogies or
disappointed lovers who do it. Hug the
assurance to your bosoms, ladies, that, as a
general thing, young widow is an "object
of interest TO the men. And as it is said
of the ladies, that the appreciation and
esteem of the other sex is their chief desire,
why they need not care for the malicious
remarks of the ill-natured of their own;
knowing that every true woman's heart,
whether matren or maid, will sympathize
with you, if you are a young aOidoiO.
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"Cha till, cha till, sin tuile,"
We return, we return no more.

THE EARL AND THE HIGHwAYMAN.-Hesit
tion is sign of weakness-for inasmuch as
the comparative good and evil Of the diff
fsrent modes of action about which we hes
itate are seldom equally balanced, strong
mind should perceive the slightest inclina-
tion of the beam with the glance ofthe eagle,
particularly as there are cases where the
preponderance will be very minute, even
though there should be life in one scale and
death in the other. 1t is recorded of the
late Earl of Berkeley, that he was suddenly
awakened at night in his carriage by a
highwayman, who, forcing pistol through
the window and presenting it close to his
breast demanded his money-exclaiming at
the same time that he had heard his lordship
had boasted he never would be robbed by a
single hignwayman, but that he should now
be taught the contrary. His lordship
putting his hand into his pocket, replied,
"Neither would now be robbed if it were
not for that fellow who is looking over your
shoulder" The highwayman turned his
head, when his lordship, who had drawn a
pistol from his pocket instead of purse,
shot him dead on the spot.-Laeon.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-07

PITTsBURd, PENN, September 6. The
Democratic County Convention nominated
DR.. James Kerr for Congress from the
Twenty-frst District, with full Assembly
and County ticket.
The Convention indorsed Douglas and
johnson.
McIlhenny, one of the County Commits
sioners imprisoned by the Supreme Court,
was nominated for County Clerk.
READING, September 6.-Extensive prepar-
ations are making for the reception of Mr..
Douglas. He will arrive on Saturday, and
leave for Philadelphia the same evening. A
letter has been received by Colonel Mclean
from Mr.. Douglas, accepting the invitation
to be present at the grand barbecue at Jones
Woods, New York, and assuring him that he
and that he intends to make speech.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-07

EXTRAORDINARY SURGICAL OPERATION
A young man in Richmond, Va, having be-
come insane half palsied and utterly worth
less, from severe wounds on the head, the
Enquirer thus relates a skilful surgical OPP
GRAFTON that restored him. Before the or
Grafton commences, imagine the condition of
the patient--the idiotic expression of the
eye, unvarying condition of the pupil the
palsied, nerveless hand the shrunken feat
ures; the pale and hollow cheek--syincing
to the beholder only an intensity of suffer-
ing. The operation hegins. The bone is
laid bare by a crucial incision, and after very
little loss from hemorrhage, the trephne is
it touches the daira mater, and-blessed re-
sutton the withdrawal of the instrument,
reason has again resumed her seat Of empire,
the idiotic stare has fled, the palsied hand re-
sumed its " cunning" and facial expression
its varying but conscious swayP
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The ORIGIN OF SAVINGS BANKs.-The first
was started by Miss Priscilla Wakefield, in
the parish of Nottingham, Middlesex, En-
gland, toward the close of the last century,
mainly to stimulate the frugality of poor
children. But Rev. Henry Duncan, of Ruth
well, England, really established the system.
His parish was the most unlikely place in
the world for success, as there were no man
ufactures, and every body was as poor as
possible. The first years receipts were less
than $1,000, but the fourth year nearly
5000 were deposited; penny Banks"
Weather manufacturing places do not con-
tribute according to expectation. Military
savings banks, for soldiers alone, have been
exceedingly useful. And it is proposed by
the use Of money orders drawing interest,
to make the London Postofice central
savings institution.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-07

A LONDON LITERARY JOURNAL ON SAxE's
PoETRY.-The London Athenes0a, in recent
number, reviews John G. Saxes last volume
of Poems, The Money King, &c., using the
following language;
Throughout the entire book we are Obliged
to say "all but" If Mr.. SAKE, however, be
young, in his future efforts he may bridge
over the chasm-very narrow, but also very
deep-which separates him from excellence.
Many n man who has started as an initiative
versifier in his first volume Ito name poets
no less mighty than Byron and Shelley
has in his second one risen to individuality,
and taken his place among those who are
followed when living, and are crowned after
death
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ANorHER MONSTER BALLOON IN PRoeRpss

ANOTHER MONSTER BALLOON IN PROGRESS
OF CoNsTRUCTIoN.-Mr. @. Coe, of Rome, N.
Y, is now constructing a monster balloon,
with which he hopes to succeed in his pro-
ject of AERIAL navigation. In September last,
while endeavoring to disengage balloon
from tree, he met with an accident, in
consequence of which he subsequently suf-
fered amputation of one of his arms. In
April last he commenced work on his NAM
moth balloon, which will be finished in about
two weeks. There are about 8, 700 yards of
cloth in this arial ship; over this is the net
ting, weighing 900 pounds. The balloon
when inflated is 2Os feet high; its diameter
is lls feet, and to fill it requires 1871, 900
cubic feet of gas. The car and basket are
39H feet in circumference and 13 in diameter,
made of rattan, and to be carpeted with
Brussels carpet, and seats to be on the inside
similar to those in an omnibus. Over twen-
ty-two miles of sewing have been done on
this balloon; its lifting power is over SO, 900
pounds. Mr.. Coe intends to go to st. Louis
or some other Western city, from whence he
will proceed East by means of that easterly
current he is so sanguine of finding,
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A British Review on sOOdwin's History Of

fEaMCbs
The last number of the Westminster Re-
VieW contains an article on this work, from
which we make the following extract:
A competent English historian of the rise
and progress of this impulsive and powerful
nationality has long been wanting. An
American author, Mr.. Parke Goodwin is
doing his best to render the future appear
ance Of the British author super6uous One
volume only of Mr.. Goodwins projected his
tory is published; but if the residuary vol
umes Should resemble the present, the com
pleted work will, we predict, be found an
adequate record, even by an advanced stu
dent, of the resources and development of
the national life of France. ~
For his historical construction Mr.. Good
wins principal reliance has been on the great
collection of Bouquet (Rerum GalLcarum ct
FrGncicdrttm Scriptores, twenty volumes
folio, 1881. He has, in addition, consulted
the more modern writings of Dubois, Montes-
quieu, Sismondi, De Petigny, Fauriel, Guizot,
and others; he is familiar with the Greek
and Roman historians as, indeed, with class
ical literature generally he is acquainted
with various historical, philosophical and
chronological works, published in France,
England Germany and his own country;
and apparently possesses an available knowl-
edge Of some languages which are only ex-
ceptionally studied. The references in the
foot-notes are eopious and punctual. The
narrative portion Of the work is admirably
done. 1t is condensed, yet is sufficiently
circumstantial as to be thoroughly interest
ing. The reflective or expository part is
deserving, perhaps, of equal commentator.
We do not, however, recognize in Mr.. Good
win an original or powerful thinker His
remarks are just and sensible; his historical
judgment generally sound his Interpretation
of the past wise and sympathetic. More than
this we can not find in his pages. The COM
position is animated, often glowing; and the
style, when most rhetorical, seldom over
fine, though we sometimes meet with a
superfuous 'rosy dawn" OF "roseate glory"
or with "silvery rays" that shine with rather
an equiYocal splendor -------- u. L
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A CIrY MISSIONARY NEARLY ROBBED BY A
WoMAN.-"Father Cleveland, well-known
city missionary Of Boston, and a man
stricken in years, gives, in his journal for
the past year, the following account of an
attempted robbery:
A bold, athletic woman came into room
where | was assisting a poor family, de-
manded help, and used all her muscular
strength to detain me-thrust her hand into
my pocket, which, happily, was empty.
Two women saw this, but were afraid to in
terfere for my rescue. At length | sue
ceeded in freeing myself from her grasp.
Praise be to God who gave me strength ade-
quate to the occasion.