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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20
appearances ora Duslpess strest In chin,

Appearance of n Business street In China.
Lawrence 0hphant, in his late work on
! China and Japan, has the following descrip-
! ton: rY.-aa
The "Avcnue of Bcneyolence and Love-
was more frequented, and the already narrow
streets were still further diminished in
breadth by large tubs full Of live fish, baskets
of greens, sea chestnuts, vans and bamboo
root. Cooking stoves were erected, and
deliberately cooked viands bissed and sput-
tered on the heated iron, titillating with
their savory odor the nostril of the hungry
passenger. Open coppers steamed and bub-
beled, and delicate morsels danced on the
surface; round tables were daintily set out
with pastry of diverse patterns, and presided
over by croupiers, who jerked reeds in abox,
or spun bail something after the fashion of
roulette, thus enabling the dinner-seeker to
combine the exhiarating excitement of the
gambler with the epicurean enjoyment ofthe
gourmand the consideration that they had
cost him nothing, adding additional zcst to
his gastronOmic pleasures. II might so hap
pen, on the other hand, that one unkind
turn of the wheel of fortune sent him supper
less to bed.
Notwithstanding the apparent gradual
restoration of confidence, people for some
time continued to pour out Of the West Gate,
without, however making any pcrceptble
diminution in the amount Of the population.
1t was singular to stand here and watch this
exodus, to observe the miscellaneous property
which was being conveyed by patient coolies,
followed by anxious owners. Now a man
passed with tables and chairs at one end of
his stick and two babies at the other; cofiins
balanced pots ofmanure; and men transported
articles which we should consider worthless,
as carefully as their wives; nor, considering
the general aspect of the female part Of the
population, was this wonderful, when TO their
natural ugliness is added the deformity of
feet and apparent entire absence of arms
for Chinese woman seldom makes use of
the sleeves of her jacket: any thing more
unpreposscssing than the lady part of the
community could not be well conceived. In
fact, after the first novelty has worn off, there
is nothing TO make promenade in the streets
of "a Chinese town attractive. The toulest
Odors assail the olfhctories. The most dis
gusting sights meet the eye-objects of dis
case more loathsome than any thing to be
sucn in any other part of the world, jostle
against you. Coolies staggering under cof-
fms, or something worse, recklessly dash
their loads against your shins; you suspect
every man that touches you of contagious
disease; and the streets themselves are wet,
slippery, narrow, tortuous, and crowded.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20
Familiarity.

you are race ofpokers I" say the French.
"You are race of puppiesW replies the
assailable Englishman; and certainly there is
nothing more sublimely ridiculous than the
British lion shaking his name and muttcring
a growl when the continental poodle asks
him in friendly manner to shakes his paw.
Dignity has its limits as well us ease, and
dignity is eXtravagant in Spain, and often
melodramatic in England. Charles | never
laughed, and his contemporary, Philip of
Spain, never smiled. But it must not be
supposed that the English have always been
rs dignihed as the modern towers bristling
with cannon, and bearing the motto Nolimet-
angere, who are seen moving in Pail Mall in
the afternoon. Stiffness perhaps came in
with Brummel's starched cravat, a yard in
height, which took him quarter of an hour
10 crease down to that of his neck.
In the reigns of the Tudors, familiarity was
the order of the day Mt court. There was
nothing shocking in Bluff Harry stretching
his huge equity leg upon Catherine PARIS
lap and Queen Elizabeth thought herself
only witty when Sir Roger Williams,
presenting petition which she disliked, she
exclaimed, "Williams, how your boots smelll'
"Tut, Madame" replied the Welshman, sit
is my suit, not my boots that SMELL
In Ben Johnson's day it was the hight of
gallantry to chuck lady under the chin,
and make not a very refined compliment to
her rosy lips. Even the cavaliers of fCharle IS
court had freedom of speech and manner
that disgusted the Puritans; and, if Milton 5
report be true, the sovereign that never
laughed saw no harm in making indelicate
remarks before, ifnot to the queens ladies.
Habits of Good Society.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20
A Sentimental Fossil.

What is your name2
"My name is Norval, on the Grampian
Hills"
Where did you come from?
II come from happy land where care is
unknown"
Where are you lodging now?
81 dremp't that | dwelt in marble halls"
Where are you going TOT
"Far, far, DER hill and dell
What is your occupation?
''Some love to roam?'
Are you married?
"Long time ago"
How many children have you?
There's Doll and Bet, and Kate and
What's your wife's name?
90 no, never mention her"
Did your wife oppose your leaving her?
"She wept not when we parted
In what condition did you leave her?
"a rose tree in full bearing"
Is your family well provided or not!
"a little farm well titled"
Did your wife drive you off?
ooh, sublime was the warning
What did your wife say to you that induced
you to stop?
"Come rest in this BOSOM"
Was your wife very good looking!
''She wore wreath of roses.'
Did your wife treat you badly?
"Oft in the stilly night"
When you announced your intention of
cmgrating, what did she say to you?
'Oh dear what can the matter be?'
And what did you reply?
Sweet Kitty Clover you bother me so?
Where did you see her last?
"Near the Lake, where dropped the will
low"
What did she say to you when you left?
A plara in thy memory dparpstpN
Did you love her?
''Tis said that absence conquers love-
What are your possessions?
THE harp that once through Tara's halls"
What do you propose to do with it?
III hang my harp on willow tree
Where do you expect to make living?
''Over the water with Charley
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20

n, BGttger, an eminent German chemist,
has Just discovered curious property of car
buretted hydrogen, or Illuminating gas--viz.,
that being brought into contact with certain
saline solutions, and especially with nitrate
Of silver, IL will, by chemical combinations,
form substances Of a highly explosive nature.
A few particles of that obtained with nitrate
Of silver, will, when subjected to friction, ex-
plode with as much violence as the illuminate
Of mercury. This will in some measure nc
count for certain instances of explosion hith-
erto unexplained. DIR. j. Torrey, of New
York, some time ago discovered that illumin-
ating gas, when conveyed through copper
pipes, would in time produce an explosive de-
posit on the inner surface. In 1888 II gus
litter at New York, while engaged in taking
down some copper pipes in house, happened
to blow through one Of them, in order to try
whether II was stopped up or not. This in
stantly caused a violent explosion: the mans
whole fhce was frightfully lacerated, and he
died of his wounds few hours afterward.
DIR. Torrey who has paid so much attention
to the subject, states that the substance
which causes the explosion has the appear
ance Of n black crust, and that if scraped
with bit Of wire, however slightly, it will
detonate, ejecting quantity of dust and
smoke from the pipe. DIR Torrey, neverthe-
less, by dint Of great perseverance, succeeded
in collecting a teaspoonful of this dangerous
compound, which appeared under the form
of n dark brown shiny scales, reducible TO a
red powder by trituration. When struck
with hammer on an anvil, Il would explode,
producing luminous sparks, and if touched
with red-hot iron, it would go off like gum
powder. The temperature necessary to make
II detonate was about 200 degrees centigrade,
1892 Fahr.) This substance seems to have
been of the same nature as those discovered
by NJ, Bnttger and which he describes as
being combinations of copper with carbu-
retted hydrogen, the latter acting therein the
same part as cyanogen in other well-known
Eliminates. Gaspipes are never made of cop
per now, and neither iron nor lead is liable
to nroduce onv Illuminating command
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20

Down in Egypt, H., Deacon Smith one
day, was called upon to marry an old couple
not less than sixty years of age. The crowd
assembled at the old log school-house to see
the happy couple Joined together. The dea-
con and the martial candidate rose.
"Mr Jones'" said the deacon, "and Sarah
Long stand up. Do you, Mr.. Jones, take
Sarah Long, whom you hold by the right
hand, to be your lawful and welded wife as
long as you both shall liver
''No sir, Deacon Smith," said Jones, $50
long as we both shall agree
This matter being understood, the Deacon
proceeded
'Do you Sarah Long, take Mr.. Jones, whom
you hold by the right, to be your lawful hus-
band so long as you both shall live?'
''NO Sir, Deacon Smith: so long as Mr..
Jones shall vote the Democratic ticket" re-
piled the patriotic female.
The happy couple were Joined together and
went on their way rejoicing.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20
Classification of California BuiIs.

California says the San Juan Press, is Il
great country for public dances, otherwise
called balls. They are the prominent social
characteristic of the State, and in the mining
districts take the place of those rational pri-
vate reunions which are common in the old
States. The people dance upon all occasions,
and ut all seasons; dance when new hotel
or saloon is opened; when the church needs
money; when the Legislature meets-with
more reason when it adjourns; when fire
company is formed or needs help; when Inde-
pendence day, Thanksgiving day, Christmas
and New Years day arrives; when II mining
canal is completed; when public edifice has
been built; when wedding takes place;
when it rains; when it freezes; when the
thermometer is ll5 deg. in the shade; dance,
dance, dance, from seven Oclock in the even
ing to four or FIVE o'clock in the morning,
with untiring zest and perseverance as
though life depended upon it, or eternal sal
vation, till the arms of the musicians refuse
duty, their cheeks are sore with blowing, and
the lights pale their intellectual fires" These
public balls are thus classified by the Tehama
Gazette: Scrub balls are impromptu parties,
got up AT moments warning. Quarter balls
are select private parties, where only those on
the giver's visiting list are invited. Single
dashes are surprise parties in which notice
is given TO a certain individual that his house
will be taken possession ofby outsiders on
certain night. Sweepstakes are the kind
where all are free TO come, and no price
charged for admission-though each one is
expected TO put n fve-dOllar piece into the
hat at the end of the entertainment. 'Regu-
lars are those balls which are advertised for
weeks beforehand, and at which every one is
forced to pungle before being admitted"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20
A Chinese CheaIerGcIL.

Chaou was the best specimen of u Chinese
gentlemen had yet seen in China nothing
could be more dignihed or courteous than
his manner, and this at a time when most
disagreeable commission had been confided to
him. But Chinaman has wonderful com
mand of feature; he generally looks most
pleased when he has least reason to be So
and maintains an expression of imperturable
politeness and amiability when he is secret
iy regretting devoutly that he cannot
bastinado you TO death. On this occasion our
accomplished host overwhelmed us with
civilities, constructed pyramids Of deicacies
on our plates and insisted ON our drinking a
quantity of hot wine, obliging us to turn over
our glasses each time as security against
heel-taps.
Chaou's yamum was a far handsomer
residence than any similar official abode in
Canton. The interior was invested with an
air of comfort unusual in China, the walls
nicely .papered, and the floors carpeted. The
whole establishment had been recently put
in good order, and was altogether fit resi-
dence for so elevated interchangeable
Governor of Province containingi thirty.
eight millions Of inhabitants. .-zs -r
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20
THE DAILY PRESS.
THE PRAYER OF THE SPIRIT.

MARCH 30


Gro,F dark in deaths eclipse
The uoldcn ringlct lie unstirrcd
Vpon the brcathless lips
" sfaraiike eyes o golden hair!
o iips that showercd kisses
nine for wnnt Of tenderness,
And faint for your carcsscs.
Nv spirits ceascless yrarning-
To Law Tho ghosts of murdered hopes
For eycrinore rcturninp2
q death nv last, my only boy
Wcicntlegsly yoil'vc taken,
And once again the cry goes mn,
WlIy God am firsaken."
The words which thon hast spoken
s,nitc lightly with Thy chast' ming rod
4 heart nirrniy broken.
Pnrgive mo f,otl III In my paiu
NJ reason was suspcnded-
That IN the reyings Of my grief
have Thy CTacc offended.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20

PREACHING IN THE LONDON THEATERs.- Re
ligious exercises are now held in Il number of
by crowds. The following, among other
theaters, have been regularly opened:
The Garrick Theater, Leman-street White
chapel
Effingham Theater White-chapel Road.
New Concert Hall, Limehouse.
Winchester Hall, Minor Theater, South
wark Bridge Road.
Astleys Horsemanship Circusand Theater
Westminster Road.
Royal Albion Theater, Qate Rotunda, J
Black -friars Road.
Saddler's Wells Theater, Clerkenwell.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20

Carries OF THE DEAD.-Men shrink with
horror from the thought ofhaving their bod
les exposed to dissection, after the breath has
left them. This is natural; for is not this
wonderful frame OF ours the great miracle of
creation? lfsuch anticipation is SO painful,
can it be less to a sensitive person, that his
mind, his character, and life, in fact, which
constitutes him man, should be cut and
or tongue, after he has departed from the
company of the world and become no longer
able to explain or reply.-Nerdrk Adver-
Hser
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20
Lnndon in the ycnr 1850.

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oHo voAO,ms r,orcha yUO Thn bro1d y'i1H %
& 49, "iHs .i, nmnrrons onamtitv oF socl %'I, u
,i'S T.. 5o% hIqrl q' TSo ~ ,lon 10 10
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i, 'uT n,,'neoSs ooo tno' 5nainu imIog '"e PorN
%Tc aoo cofso hons house % taoncrS ] nSariv 5doJ"ir,
oUo coii'I 5sn Eo"se neoPris, ne"' h'oOu"'I9
iiSi,, g 'nu iS'u .Io'LooniS'S ~. L,I,i' s,.,;,, -
@ ,ouH "tLC, H. ,',v ,1pu too u.
;moIpS Te rartitioners T smpaeors " ond nbrs
,,yuusGu XIV ,;I.,t "nI pn! 81
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20

Marriage ought always to be question not
of necessity, but of choice. Every girl ought
to be taught that a hasty, loveless union
stamps upon her as foul dishonor as one of
those connections which omit the ceremony
altogether, and that however pale, dreary
and toilsomc single life may be, unhappy
married life must be ten-fold worse, an ever
haunting temptation, an incurable regret a
torment from which there 10 no escape but
death.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20

A FORTUNATE BLAcKsMITH.-0ne Of the
oil-wells in Pennsylvania is owned by Mr..
Evans, a blacksmith, and poor man. He
prosecuted the work of boring himself and
struck vein of oil at the distance of seventy
feet. He has been offered, it is said, $4,000
for his well, but has declined selling on thsss
terms,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20

WALTER SCOTT's YOUTHFUL NEGLECT
Walter Scott, in II narrative of his personal
history, gives the following caution to youth
"lf it should ever fall to the lot of youth to
peruse these pages, let such readers remember
It is with the deapest regret that | recollect
in my manhood the opportunities oflearning
which neglected in my youth; that, through
every part of my literary career | have felt
pinehed and hampered by my own ignorance;
and would this moment give halfthe reputa-
tion have had the good fortune to acquire,
If, by so doing | could rest the remaining
part upon sound foundation oflearning and
SCIENCE
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20

A HEART IN THE RIGHT PLAcE.-"I am
welded, Coleridge, to the fortunes of my sis
ter and my poor old father. Oh, my friend,
| think sometimes could l recall the
days that were past, which among them
should choose? Not those 'merrier days
not the pleasant days of hope not those
wandering with Il fair-haired maid, which |
have so often and so fellingly regretted-but
the days, Coleridge, of mothers fondness
for her schoolboy. What would | give TO
call her back to earth for one day, that |
might, on my knees, ask her pardon for all
these little asperities of temper, which, from
time to time have given her gentle spirit
pain! And the day, my friend, | trust, will
come, when there will be time enough for
kind Offices of love- If heavens eternal year
be ours. Oh, my friend, cultivate the flial
feelngs And let no man think himself re-
leased from the kind Charities ofrelationship!
These are the best foundations for every spe-
cies of benevolence." 20 Charles Lamb.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20
INDIANAPOLIS AND CINCINNATI
lEg Esss,;:l:.;:s;
SHORT LINE RAILROAD.
Shortest Route by 40 Miles.
Shortest Route by 80 Miles.

MO CHANGE OF. CARS TO INDIANAP-
~ OILS, at which place 1t mnites with railroads
for and from all points in the West and North
THREE PASSENGER TRAINS
Leave Cincinnati daily from the foot of Mill and
FrOnt-streets.
$3.50 A. M.-CHICAGO MAIL.-Arriyes at III
dianapOlis at 1910 ?. Nj Chicago at 1890 p. M:
19i15 p. M.-Tcrre Hautc and Lafayette Accom-
modation-Grrivcs at Indianapolis at d:5 p. NJ.
7I10 =. M.-CHICAGO EXPRESS-Arriye ut
indianapolis ut l2:lj A. Nj Chicago at 1890 A. NJ.
Sleeping Cars are attached to all might-trains on
this line, and run through to Chicago without
change of cars.
HS BE you In the right ticket -oticc before
purchase your tickets, and ask for tickets via
Lawrenceburg and Indianapolis
Fare the same, and time shorter than by any other
route.
Baggage checked through.
THROUGH TICKETS, good until used, can be OBJ
tanned at the ticket offices, at Spencer House corner
Northwest corner Of Broadway and Front; No |
Burnet House corners at the Walnut-street House;
No. East Third-street, and ut Depot Office foot Of
MILL on Front; street where all necessary informa-
tiOn can be had.
Omnibuses run to and from each train, and will
call for passengers at all hotels, aud all parts of the
city, by leaving address ut either office.
jalT IL. q. LORD, President.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-20
RAILROADS.

The $40 p. NJ. Train makes. direct connection ut
Logansport with BOgansport, Peoria and Burlington
Railroad, for Gilman, FL Paso, Pepria Burlington,
lat
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-20
For the Mississippiarl
Virginia Springs.

Mr.. EDITOR AS many Of our citizens are
about leaving for the Virginia Springs, with
the hope of improving their health, l have
thought few suggestions derived from ex-
perience might be of some benefit to them
1t is well known fact that an improper use
of mineral waters results frequently if not
fatally, at least greatly to the injury of pa
tients and it is of the greatest importance to
invalids that they use the water intellige1,ay
and | feel that am subscribing the cause Of
humanity by referring them to DIR. Moorlnan,
resident physician nc the White Sulphur
Springs He has spent twenty years in OBJ
serving the effect of various mineral waters,
and he is known 70 be eminent and
scientific physician, invalids would materially
benefit themselves by consulting him. The
Doctor has recently completed work on
"The Virginia Springs and the Springs of the
South and South West" in which he has
given view of them all-the manner and
extent of entertainment at each--a table of
distances-the best way to get TO them-a
correct analysys of their waters-this work is
handsomely illustrated and would be val
liable acquisition to the library of every ply
sician as it would enable each one to intelli-
gently advise his patients to what Springs togo
Dr. Norman has added to his information
by making personal observations of the va
rious celebrated Europeon watering pla 'es; and
is doubtless the best informed physician on
minera, waters in the Union, and kno.0 that
his ir,iormation is valuable to the travelling
and invalid portion Of the community. 1have
no motive in the foregoing observations ex-
cept the bono puJlico and in the hope they
may be of some service. / respectfully ask
their insertion in your valuable journal.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-20

The Irish Exodus.

The following is a passage from remark
able statement in the Cork Examiner OF May
1a, bearing upon the continued flight of the
population from that part alone to the newly
adopted land Of the Irish Celtic race
Each week sees the departure on an aver
age of 600 persons, the majority of whom are
young men and women between 20 and 80
years of age. To imagine the effect of this
drain upon the community, we might instance
that il these GOO were drawn from a town
line that of Bautry, there would hardly be
Young man or woman left in it. The actual
numbers are greater than the population of
many large villages and foItnight's draught
at that rate would utterly depopulate SO con-
siderable town as Millstreet. Remembering
that almost every one Of these persons is of
condition to be OF actual value TO the commu-
nity-the men as farm laborers or mechanics );
the women, either in agricultural labor, as
servants or still more important, as the
healthy mothers of strong children, it is easy
to conceive how terrible is the loss to the
country.
Nothing can impress this factupon the mind
so strongly as actually witnessing the crown
preparing for their departure. Among the en-
tire crowd there is not an indication of squalor
or misery Hot d SllSiC idS Oll 'AS oa>n VI ITO
owner indicates that he or she is flying from
poverty, not weak limb or a pale cheek
scarcely wrinkled face indicates that the
country is getting rid of a burden. Sturdy,
athletic young men, healthy and strong girls
often of extraordinary beauty-form Che
great bulk of this departing crowd. On
Thursday week we witnessed no less than
four hundred such preparing to take their de-
parture in the Edinburg, Capt. Kennedy, one
Of the vessels of the Liverpool, New York,
and Philadelphia line. A rumor had spread
shortly before the arrival of the ship that a
certain number would be excluded for want
of accommodation, and the despair evinced by
those who thought themselves shut out was
as great as if they were told they had lost
every hope When the tenders came to bear
away the passengers, there wasa frantic rush
even on the part of those whose places were
secured, as if they fancied that some uulucky
interposition would shut them out. The news
that all could be taken was received as if some
precious gifts had been showered among