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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-01-07
Arrival OF the overland Mail.

OF. LOUIS, Jan. U.
The Overland Mail, with San francisco
dates to the 10th ult,, reached Jefferson City
about clock to day,
d. p. Belknap had been appointed admin,
istrator of the estate Of the late d. G. Brod-
erick.
Gen. Totten arrived at San Francisco on
the 18th by the Golden Age, His mission
was understood to be to report to Washing
ton the condition of the Notifications and
military requirements of the Pacific coast.
+. l.. Horn, tobacco merchant of San
Francisco, had failed for $4,000
The Democratic press of the State were
discussing, with some warmth, the matter Of
tho appointment of Delegates to the Charles
ton Convention. The Administration DEM
ocrats having control of the organization oil
the party appeared disposed to postpone
calling State Convention till after the Leg
islature elects U. s. Senator.
Col. Fremont had obtained possession oil
all the mines adjudged to him by decisions
of the courts, without any violent collision
with adverse claimants.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-01-07
TIme Of ClosinR the Mails.

Posr OFFioE, Dayton, Nov. is, 1859.
Until further notice, Mails will close at this
Office as foliowsi
For New York, Philadelphia; and New England
States, daily, except Sunday, at ll'l5am.
For Cincinnati, o., Eastern, Western, Northern
and Southern States, daily, except Sunday, al
500 a m, and 6.30 p m.
For Columbus and GAINESVILLE, o., daily except
Sunday. At ll.l5 IN,
For Xonia and Yellow Springs Mt Ills a m.
For Miamisburg, Germantown, Franklin, Ham
iiton, Raton, o., and Connersyille, Ind, daily,
except Sunday, at $50 pm.
For Springfield, Urbana, THIN, SRndussy and
Cleveland, o., daily, except Sunday, at $50 m.
For Richmond Cambridge, Ccntreville, Indian
apolis, Ind and New PAris, o., daily at 300 p m.
For Greenville, o., Union City, Winchester,
Munce, and Jay County, Ind, daily, except Sun
day, at so M.
For Troy, Coyington, Piqua, Sidney, 81. Mary :
and RtWayne, Toledo and Michigan, daily, ex-
eept Sunday, at 800 nm.
For Union, West Milton, and Little York, Tues
day and Saturday at 7.SO am.
For townsville, New Lebanon and West Alex
andria, on Tuesday and Saturday, at 7.30 a IN.
For Clayton Centre, and Ludlow, on Friday Of
each week, at coop m.
For Contreyille, Lebanon and Eaton, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, at1200 m.
! For VRndalia and Chamborsburg, l2.06, Tues
day and Saturday.
For Taylorsvilio, Wednesday and Saturday, al
/ 7.30 m.
f. KING Postmaster.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-01-07

NEW YORK; Jan. y.
Senator Seward arrived here to day and pro-
esedsd 10 Washington on the evening train. An-
other writ Of error has been granted 10 the case Of
James 7. stephens, who has been sentenced to
death the third time for poisoning bis wife.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-01-07
From Washington.

WARRINGTON, Jan. y.
The National Union Executive Committee met
last evening, Senator Crittenden in the chair.
Progress was made in enlarging tho Committee
by selections of members from the different States
and the arrangement for q through organization
throughout the country.
The Committee have received what they con-
csivs to be cheering evidence of the ripening Of
the people for this new party. A circular was Or
dered to be issued by the Secretary and an address
Is in the course of preparation.
1t is said thata sharp correspondence has pass
cd between the counsel Of the New Almadan
Mining Company, Of California, and the Attorney
General, Secretary of State and the President
with respect to the instructions issued to the
sell in Mexico, not to take testimony there as no
tary, as authorised by an act Of Oougress.
The counsel claim that the Intention is equiya.
lent to the suspension abrogatoR Of the law anC
without precedent; an invasion OF the rights o
citizens injurious inits effect, and ofa dangeroui
import.
Chief Justice Tansy is still absent from the su
perior Court through sickness, though he gradu
ally improves.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-01-07
NEW WORK, at the OLD STAND
No. 81, jefferson street. q

"Itls now settled that the LASTING health Of Aw
Of their aoLnsiu Ha ga -.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-01-07
.COuN TRY INYALIDS

Personsin an part of the world may be suoeess-
fully treatedby forwarding correct detail of IL
case, with the remittance for medicines ETC.
Address DR.. AMOS and SON, corner Main and
Quay streets, BUFFALO N. Y. iau7-daWIV
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FAMILY GROCERIES!
" New Stand-Fresh Goods
JOHN n. GEBIIART, Agent
NO SO JEFFERSON ST,
FEW DOORS SOUTH OF THE MARKET HOUSE


NO SO JEFFERSON ST,
FEW DOORS SOUTH OF THE MARKET HOUSE,
Dayton, Ohio,
uAS JUST RECEIVED A FRESH AND
IL well assorted stock of fine Family Groceries,
OF every description. They have all been purchas-
with express reference to quality and price He is
prepared to sell them at as low prices as they can
be aforded and resolved that no shall leayej
his store dissatisfied.
The following articles compose part his stock,
viz
N. o. Sugar-Crushed and Pulverized,
Refined Syrups and N. o. Molasses,
MACKEREL,
No. 1, and 81 White Fish, Cod Fish and Herring
Middletown Sugar Cured Hams,
A superior article.
A fine supply of Beef and Mutton,
Hams, Tongues, &c,
TEAS,
OF all grades, and of the very best quality.
Browns Cheese,
Several barrels of first rate Vinegar Cider;
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE
The best quality of Brooms;
Can Tobacco, OF New York brands
Best quality German and other Cigars,
Opal, Star and Tallow Candles,
The best Of Meshannock Potatoes;
CORN MEAL,
The best quality of Family Crackers
Ground and Unground Coffee,
Spices, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves, &C.;
Stone and Orockry Ware, &c.
In short every article usually found in q Family
Grocery of the first character.
He respectfully makes his bow to the citizens oi
Dayton and vicinity, and soliets liberal share Of
their patronage. novIO
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y. II. WScSEOaa

KEEPS, in connection with his supply of
IN Wooden Manufacturers articles, large and
full assortment of India Rubber Betting, PAeking
Packing Hose, &C. Would especially call the Atten-
tion OF Millera, Manufacturers and MachiniRts TO
my stock OF Betting, which Is fifty per cent cheaper
than any other kind Of Betting forpower and dura-
bilitY.
Has also on hand Leolng Leather, Belt Hooks,
WArpR, Machine Cards, ReedB, &e,
3o2 SECOND ST., DAYTON.
ApFs7-lYW
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Nav YoRK, Jan. Q.

Dispatches from Arizona state that a party OF
Rangers had surprised rancho belonging to the
Tent ApRehes, and had killed ten warriors and
wounded five others, and captured number OF
women and children, and large quantity Of bows
and arrows and rstTeated in safely from the cOun-
try.
Col. Reeves, with party of dragons, had al
10 defeated the Apaehes and captured large
quantity of stock and one Apache. Tho war Il
progressing vigorously.
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THE
TEE
One Horse ShOeing shop,

A few doors East of the Posr OFFIoE.
DAYTON, o.
THE Subscriber is now better prepared
Il than ever to accommodate his old customerR. and
the public, in the
HOrsc-ShOetng Business;
In Its various branches. Particular attention
VIII be given to all lame horses, such as
will be cured satfaotory to the owner OF such nor
ses, and II not, money VIII be refunded.
ALsO.-Horses that interfere will be shod to pre-
vent 1t, and warranted, or money refunded
lie VIII personally superintend all work entrustd
to his care Thankfulfor pastfavors he respectfully
asks continuance OF the patronage Of his old GUS
toners, and will be happy to accommodate AZ manv
NEW ones az may favor him with a call
Apr2-dAWIy NATHAN sTEErpNAN
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-02-18


The DECLINE OF THE GALLO
The moral and social condition Of Gaul,
in the latter days Of the empire, confirm
the words of the poet In the shock Of
SO many thiokening calamities, the pagan
mind knew no refuge from the heavy
burden Of its woes but in the illusions Of
the passions. The same vicissitudes
which drove the devotee to the eloister
and the desert, drove the worldling to a
riotous excess. An eminent modern
painter has illustrated this aspect Of the
decline with equal skill and sentiment.
Beneath the blue skies Of Italy, and in
the court of stately temple, through
whose many.columned porticoes CLEAN
the stern and solemn forms of antique
statues, motley group of jewellers is
gathered to holiday of wanton and
t,multuous merriment. On the floor lie
broken vases and trailing vines; their
wan brows are girt with faded chaplets;
their languid bodies intertwine in every
posture Of voluptuous indulgence; and
their looks are, by turn, reckless, haggard,
frantic, oblivious, as they drown the past,
the present, and the future in ever
deepening draughts Of wine. Two noble
figures alone, representatives of the old
adorers Of Jupiter, draw their mantles
closely about them, and, with faces full
Of an inexpressable sorrow, gaze upon
the orgie as IL they felt that the prophecy
Of Romulus was fulfilled, and the last
vulture had tapped his ominous win 6
over twelve centuries Of vanished glory.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-02-18

IA. A HYDRoPHoBIo CASE AT LAw.-The
Civil Tribunal of Tours was recently occu-
pied by a singular case--an action brought
by physician of La Grandiere against
one Of his neighbors of the name of
Sourdie, to obtain 2, $50 francs, as damages
for having been bitten by dog belonging
+, him which he conceived to be mad II
appeared that as the physician was one
day taking walk, NJ. Sourdie's dog
suddenly rushed forward and bit him in
the leg The physician went home in
dismay, crying out that the dog was mad,
and that consequently he himself was
sure to die Of hydrophobia. He then,
with extraordinary resolution, applied
burning irons to the part bitten, and,
according to his account, contemplated
blowing out his brains, in order to avoid
more horrible death. By the advice Of
his friends, he afterwards went to Nizaire,
to take sea bathes, but 80 convinced was
he that he would become insane that he
had himself accompanied by keeper
provided with a strait.waistcoat He
subsequently consulted DR.. Velpeau, and
other eminent physicians, and from~hat
they said he became somewhat calmer,
but he could not for long time free him
self from the idea that he was destined to
become mad, and that idea was strength.
ened by the fact that whom on .Sourdie
assuring him that the dog was d6t mad,
he had required that person to allow
himself to be bitten by the animal in his
presence, Sourdie had declined. For
all this anxiety of mind, and for the
expense Of consulting physicians, the
plaintiff maintained that the sum he de-
manded was reasonable. M. sourdie, in
answer to the action, represented that the
physician is we'll known for his eccen-
tricity, and that the action ought not to
be considered serious. As, however, the
plaintiff had been bitten by his dog, he
offered him 214 francs, which he con-
tended was sufficient. The tribunal
ordered 500 francs to be paid.
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Blue SKI SoHHwHHRE.- Children are
elcquenf teachers. Many . lessor, which
has done our heart good have we learned
from their lisping lips, II was the other
day another took root IN memory. Me
were going to Q Pic MIC, and ofeourse, the
little ones were in ecstacies tor several
days. But the appointed morning broke
with no glad sunshine, no songs OF birds,
no peais OF mirth' There was every
prospect OF rain-eyen nope nid ner iace
ana Wept Z. ,s,l'
.Shan.t we 60 motherf exclaimed q
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-02-18

TIE UNHFALTHINEss OF EARLY RIsINc.
DR.. Hall, in the February number of his
Journal of Health, says: 'One of the very
worst economies Of time is that flched
from necessary sleep. The wholesale
but blind oommendation Of early rising 10
as mischisvous in practice as It is arrant
10 theory. Early rising is crime against
the noblest part Of our physical nature,
unless it is preceded by an early retiring,
Multitudes Of business men in large cities
count it saving of time if they can make
ajourney Of hundred or two miles at
night by steamboat or railroad. 1t is o
ruinous mistake. 1t never fails to be
followed by want ofgeneral well l-feeling
for several days after, if, indeed, the man
does not return home actually sick, or so
near it as to be unfit for full attention
to his business for a week afterward.
When man leaves home on business, il
is always important that he should have
his wits about him; that the mind should
be fresh and vigorous, the spirit lively,
buoyant and cheerful. No man can Gay
that it is thus with him after night on .
railroad or on the shelf Of steamboat
The first great recipe for sound, conneo
ted, and refreshing sleep is pbysical
exercise. Toll is the price Of sleep. W.
caution parents particularely not to allow
their children to be walked up Of morn
ings; let nature wake thsia up, she vii
not do IL prematurely; but have o carr
| that they 70 to bed at an early hour le
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A DEvorHD wIrH-Taoitus relates

HH
A DEVOTED WIFB.--Tacitus relates
this story .... az + ssygg s,iq y - -
@sabinps Ia Gaul who rsvoltsd against
Vespasian and failed) was supposed to
have burned himself in his house, but he
had taken refuge with his wife, Epinona,
in cave Nor has history failed to re-
cord the touching devotion Of this woman,
who, nobly sharing his confinement for
nine long years, supplied his wants,
reared his children, and, finally, sue.
ceeded in getting him to Rome to solicit
his pardon from Vespasian. Knocling
before the emperor, and pointing to her
children, who had been born in the cave,
she sale, ~ have nourished them that
there might be mere supplioants for their
father at thy kness." But neither her
words, her sorrow, her beauty, nor her
heroism could move the too inaexible
magistrate. Sabinus was condemn to
death, and then she prayed to be allowed
to beexeouted with him. stGrant me this
last grace, o Vespasian," she said, "for
continued life under laws such as thine,
would be more intolerable than the old
dreary twilight Of The cave Her wish was
granted and in death and life their
destinies were not divided.
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D.
Admitted TO THE BAR.-It was for.
merly the custom Of those applying for
license to practice law in Mississippi, to be
examined by the presiding Judge Of the
Circuit Court On certain occasion,
Mr. s. applied to Judge c. for
examination, and it SO happened that his
Honor was then in little town where
they had just passed the Maine Law, and
being especially fond Of old rye, was in
quite quandary as to how to obtain it
When S. applied, putting on look of
terrible import and keeping the poor
fellow in agony for half an hour, he asked
Mr.. s. % - 'rP@as 'ed' 1ef
"Do you think you could get me a bot.
tie of whiskey9' tls ja8
"Yes, sir" said s.
"Well, get it." said the Judge. y 4s
The whiskey was brought Walking
up and down the room for sometime.
Judge g. said: sr,tl se IN
vs., will you take drinkf" H.ssz
"Yes, sir. d asisd. ,m7
They drank. The Judge resumed his
walk, s. in horrid suspense. asaa Paas y !.
"Mr. s., will you take another drink2p
"Yes, sir" "a
Again the Judge walked, and, looking
horrors at s., said: I aa nm
49,, l have one question to ask you; if
you answer it, you are passed. Were
you over drunk?
"Yes, Judge, reckon thousand
timesl' Ma ~ s @g' ee9
"You are admitted, sir"
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Thornbury in his Life in Spain speaks
thus Of mo- cigar girlsss:s ~ I x (
The oigsreras, or female Cigar makers,
three or four thousand in number, are the
special curiositiep Of the Seville tobacco
factory. They pass me by twos and
threes, laughing and chatting, barefooted
or grisettishly shod, in every court and
passage. They are the Murillo women,
the city dulcineas, and are sect and
caste in themselves, employed here in
slowly toiling through their annual task
af making two million pounds Of, cigars
These arc the woman whose sires por-
ished in the fires Of the Inquisition, In
the bull-ring, and the Moorish battlefield.
Knife, guitar, and cigar they handle
equally we'll. What a clack and Babel Of
jarring tongues there is as | enter the
chief hall, where some two thousand of
Of these loose clad nations and damsals
are seated in vis-asvis groups OF long, low,
oval tables Their bare arms and necks
seem as Of unbaked clay, moist and yel.
low. One ofthese chattering, quick-eyed,
parrot women, nimble as a lizzard, and
restlessly noisy as gallery, can, it is
said, twiddle up twelve bundles Of cigars
in q day, each atado containing fifty
cigars. ~ s af 3
The nimbleness with which that woman,
with the red handkerchief tied over her
head and under her chin, furls up the
brown leaf into a twisted tube, is some
thing as near miracle as you can well
get, particularly as our quick fingered
friend is mother. "------and is thinking of
home-.-afecting incidents2' Poohl think
ing2--what use in thinking2 Why, there
ia her little brown child in a rude cradle
by her side. The cradle is on, rollers,
and she rolls them with her foot, while
her hands twirl the cigar-leaves. The
little Pedro isfrm asleep in the cradle on
its back, with its little fists catalepsied up
in the air. It has nothing particular on
but little sort of ridiculous dirty white
shirt, and round its fat roll of a neck
bangles an ivory ring, which, ! suppose,
does as well for dental purposes as coral
radish mounted with silver. A bowl of
paste is on our matron's tabley with this
she fastens that little nipple Of the cigar
that smokers bite of as they would a fruit
stalk. ,aI gst r U}s
On shelves above her, are bundles of
unfinished cigars, brown and huted, like
SO many Pandean pipes cut into lengths.
I do not see around them those pleasant
soft, crimson and yellow silk bands which
you see in London tobacconists windows
40 I suppose that these are added as q
finishing off and final bloom. We see NO
more the old mantilla that the ancient
cigarrera wore, and which was an Eastern
sort of disguise, such as the. Scripture
women had, and such as you still see in
The half Moorish town Of Tarifa. II was
crossed over the face and bosom, and was
, provoking, enticing, love making sort of |
disguise, that left only the signal making |
,yes and candid forehead visible. The |
loise is as of the Bable confusion of |
ongues the unruly members buzz like
pinning-wheels. .f
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DRESSING FOR THE DEvIL--A late we'll
known member Of the Scottish bar, whsp
q youth, was somewhat Of Q dandy, and
somewhat short and sharp 10 his temper.
lie was going to pay q visit in the coun-
try, and was making great fuss about
the preparing and the putting up his
habiliments. His old aunt, was, much
annoyed at all this hustle, and stepped
him by the somewhat Fcomtemptuous
question, &Whaur's this ! yon're gaun,
Robby, that yesmak sio a grand wark
about your olaes2 Tbs young man lost
temper, and psttishly replied, afm ID going
to the devil 10 deed, Robby, then,
was the quiet answsrr rssye nesdna be, sac
nice, he'll Just tak ,ye as 70 are" :, ,'''Va
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BETTER TEAM NoNE-A married woma1

BETTER TEAM NoNE.-A married woman
was telling staid single lady somewhat
on the wrong side Of fifty, Of some do.
nestle troubles, which she in great part
attributed to the irregularities Of her
husband. swell" said the old maid, "you
have brought these troubles on yourself
] told you not to marry him I was sure
he would not make you good husband
HE is not a good one to be sure,
madam, replied the woman, "but he is
better than none"
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Capital Enjoyment or the Cola weather
in Paris. ''''' 'PN

The Paris correspondent ofdaths New
Orleans Delta writes as follows in his last
letter. ---
One ofthe aristocratic danes Of the
stately foubourg ST German improved
the opportunity offered BY the descent Of
tho mercury, to give a novel fete just be.
fore Christmas, day. The elegant man.
sion of Madame de b. is one of those few
remaining residences upon which the
spirit of modern economy has not yet
placed its irreverent grasp, to turn the
building itself into apartments at high
rents, and erect rows ofbuildings, for the
same purpose, in the spacious garden.
The hotel stands, as q, lordly dwelling
should, between wide, paved court yard,
and the garden, which lattsris in winter,
simply an ample lawn, with an orna.
mental fountain and basin in the center.
The fountain is supplied from pipes un-
derground, connecting with the immense
conduit in the street outside. In the
midst of the coolest weather, Madame de
B. ordered the silent fountain to be set in
motion, caused the outlets of the basin to
be stopped, Gas they soon would have
been, by the severity Of the temperas
ture, and tl(Uwater thus turned into the
garden ffoze rapidly, and in the space of
few hours the lawn was covered with "a
surface Of transparent ice, nearly a foot
in thickness. ~. ..i,. = = ts.
The further flow was then suspended, !,
and the indoors arrangements having
been completed, the imaginative lady is-I
sued Invitations for a large breakfast
party, being careful to state upon her
cards that the garden had been converted
into frozen lake, and praying her guests
to come prepared for sports in keeping
with the season and circumstances. All
the favored ones took the hint a mer-
veille. The gentleman patronized ex,,
tensively the Russian winter costume,
appearing in close-fttipg jackets, with q
belt drawn tightly around the waist
tight pantaloons, fifred caps and pair
Of elegant skates. Not q few Of the ladies
(the timid reader viii please omit the,
next FIVE linesl) entered; into the spirit of
the affair with equal zest, and made their
debuts in ather Scottish attire, looking
like very charming members Of the corps
de ballet, snugly protected by furs ard
wadding, from the throat to the waist
further, deponent ssith not Sleds were
imEovissd out Of arm chairs, dragged BY.
the practiced skaters, while the inexperi.
enced held on behind, and kept a sharp
lookout for cracked crowns. Servants, /
dressed as Cossacks, passed wine and
hat punch among the guests while those
who were unwilling to trust themselves
upon the slippery element looked at and
enjoyed the scene from the wide windows
of the house, admiring the graceful ex-.
plOits Of the Russians, and jeering at the
misfortunes Of the Parisians determined
to shine in q sport of which the climate
permits them to see q specimen only, at
rare intervals. ,..'....... 81 m ff ss3. .8ss 2
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Mp-A bashful youth was lamenting to
his paternal progenitor the ordeal Of pop
ping the question. "Pooh," said the pa
triarch, show do you suppose I manager"
"You d better talk" responded the hope
full, you married mother and I've got to
marry strange gall" .i B- ]
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DRoLL ORDER 10 AN ExrRRssMAT. =
The following is copy of on order to an
expressman, received a day or two since:
"Send me. 10 gals. Of your best gin
forsl0. want it for my mothers wake
and funeral She is on her last breath.
Sometimes she knows us and sometimes
she don't Send il this evening pre-.
oisely." tS{IiSF Z.