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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22
Conuubinl Customs of the Oldeu Times.

Antiquity has given its weighty sanction
to the penalty incurred by the gentleman
who is kissed by damsel while wrapped in
slumber. The reward of a stolen kiss figured
conspicuously at weddings in the olden time
The brides attendants all presented her with
pair Of gloves, and white gloves were given
to the guests by her father. A pair of gloves
was also part of the fees of the officiating
clergyman. The grossness~of the times is
plainly shown by the gift, on hymeneal occa-
sions of an article of female apparel that it is
not usual for gentlemen to mention in the So
ciety of ladies, except they are connected by
the closest ties. .. %
Not only was the head of the bride gar
landed, but the bridegroom was likewise be-
and myrtle composed the nuptial wreath,
and at other times the happy pair were
crowned with the leaves of medicinal herbs
and cereal plants. An old writer tells us
that "in some countries the bride is covered
by the matrons with garland of prickles
and so delivered unto her husband, that he
might know he had tied himself to thorny
pleasure" We are inclined to think that
this ugly and ominous wreath was only used
when some unfortunate fellow led to the
altar a shrewish woman, and we indulge the
conjecture thatso Of those prickle-crowned
brides tasted the bitterness of the ducking-
| STOOL
In the days of rude sports and unseemly
familiarity there was, we have no doubt,
much less unchastity than, judging the people
by our own high standard of decorum, we
may be disposed to believe existed. There
was, we are generous and consideTate enough
to suppose, more evil in the seeming than in
the heart Of the boistcrous rollicking actors
in the pastimes. Many of the customs of
those vulgar people warrant us in adopting
this charitable opinion. These nuptial Gus
toms would do honor to our refined age, and
we can not bring our hearts to believe that
those who took pleasure in them were as
course and sensual as many of their other
diversions might lead us to suppose. -
Strewing flowers, fragrant herbs and ever
greens on the way from the brides home to
the church was one of the most ancient OF
these simple and beautiful customs Young
maidens, carrying these sweet offerings in
their aprons, went forth in the morning, and
scattered them thickly over the road or street,
and the blushing bride walked to "church on
| Aowers.no1 .1l Z @ I3i
While treading this howery path, leaning
on the arm of her espoused, followed by gay
| train of attendants, the bellpealed tout joy
ously, the bridesmaids and groomsmen sang
some lively songs, and everybody came out
| TO gaze upon the cheerful and lovely specta-
Gle. ar.tll'ufIt CIr .iat.H hN4a.t htni tI-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

TIE STEAMER NIAGARA-THE New CABIN
FOR THE JAPAEEsE.--The new cabin recently
erected ON, the spar deck of the Niagara, for
the accommodation of the Japanese, is
magnificent one, and does much credit to the
employees of the New York Navy-yard II
is situated in the after part of the ship, and
commences at the bullxhead Of the propeller
house, from which it extends some seventy
eight feet; 1t is fifty feet wide, and contains
fourteen state rooms altogether, andis divided
into three apartments. The first apartment
commencing aft, containing four beautiful
state rooms which are intended for the four
Princes, and are fitted up in a magnificent
style, not to be equaled by any hotel in the
city.I The second apartment isi for the re-
naming twenty OFFICIALLY and contains six
state rooms which are fitted very nicely |;
the third apartment Is for the servants; tits
also very neatly fitted, and contains four,
large and spacious state rooms with berths
for seventy. There is no change. in the
officers apartment! The Magdrd' armament
consists at present of eleven Dahlgren shell
guns, each weighing rs, 74l pounds. Her
crew numbers about $50 men all told. She
went in commission on the 14th inst,
as heretofore mentioned. She yesterday
dropped down to the Battery where she will
wait the action of the Government. The
Niagara is now, one, Of the most etiicaeious
meti-of-war ahoat. 1t is suggested that the
steam frigate WGbash recently housed over
will soopbe fitted up and commissioned.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

Projection OF SINGLE RooF FROM FIRE.
The Albany IN. " Knickerbocker says; A
wash composed of lime, salt and fine sand, or
wood-ashes, put on in the ordinary way Of
whitewashing, renders the roof fifty fold
more safe against taking fire from falling
cinders or otherwise in cases of fire in the
vicinity. 1t pays the expense hundred fold
in its preserving influence against the effect
of weather. The older and more weather
beaten the shingles the more benefit derived.
Such shingles generally become more or less
warped, rough and cracked the application
of the wash, by wetting the upper surface,
restores them to their original or first form,
thereby closing the space between the
shingles, and the lime and sand, by filling up
the cracks and pores in the shingle itself,
prevents its warping for years, If not forever.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

SINGULAR AND, INTERESTING SUIT AGAINST
A RAILWAY CoMPANY.--John 7. Mott has
brought suit in the Wayne County Circuit
Court against the Chicago, Detroit and
Canada Grand Trunk junction Railway
Company, and claims damages Of $4,000.
II is said that Mott purchased a ticket of the
Company'sl agent at Port Huron, on the
second of March last, 10 Detroit and back.
Four days afterward, on the sixth of March,
he tOok the cars at Detroit for Port Huron
Upon the conductor making his appearance,
Mott offered him his return ticket, which he
refused to accept, saying that it was out
lawed; and called the holdersattentionto To the
Endorsement on the back Of the ticket, to the
effect that it was good for two days only:
Mr.. Mott refused to pay his fare again, and
the conductor, assisted by other employees of
the company, forced him from the cars at
Utica Station, and he was compelled to walk
from there to Mt. Clemens in the night, in
the rain and mud, by which, it is alleged, he
took q severe cold, and has suffered very
much from IT since. M. fGttN H..
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

TURKISH RIOT ABOUT AN EGG-sHELL.--A
procession, from the lower classes, was re-
Gently passing one Of the streets Of Constan-
Itnople, on its way to the church, when an
Iegg-shell fell either by accident or design,
upon them, from the window of French
house. Constituting this trivial circumstance
into an insult to their religion, the mob at
tackled and broke down the doors, severely
wounded a Frenchman who happened to be
below, rushed up stairs, smashing every
thing they could lay their hands on, and
would have proceeded to violent measures
with the other inmates of the house, had not
a guard arrived in time to arrest their frantic
progress. ..., . ,...... ..js .., %
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

Observation Of Good Friday and Easter
in Constantinople - Extraordinary Pro-
oeedanrsgn. lyd .9rlH Hllm tl-f' AHh "A
The Constantinople correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin writes: 30
Good Friday was devoted to the confession
Of ones sins; to the twirling by the children
Of small toy emitting a harsh crunching
sound, significantly called " cracking Judas
bones;" TO the visiting of his sins upon the
back Of any poor Jew who dares show him
self in the street that day, and TO the over
turning of as many Jewish tombstones as can
be with ease and safety thrown into the
roads. ..-...... 4 f,.,t.
The three days Of Easter are given up to
the eating Of Easter Eggs and Chdrdks,
cake made only at this season Of the year to
surfeiting, drunkenness and dancing. Large
companies OF men, of the lower classes,
parade the streets from morning till night,
moving with uncouth gestures to the wild,
dissonant notes of the tamborine, fageolet
and drum--music,--if it must be so called
which one could well believe had been
caught as IL rushed skrieking and moaning
from the gates of Pandemonium.
The great burying-ground is planted with
gay tents, impremptu cafes, and fruit and
sweet-meat stalls, with rope-swings and
wheel-swings magic-lanterns jugglers, don
KEYS, mules and horses, and throngs upon
throngs of men holding one Rnothers hands
and treading in wide circles their measured,
monotonous dance. Here in the burying-
ground, many of them bivouack all night;
the tombstones, laid fiat on a low foundation
inclosing the sides of the graves, are chalked
out for the games of backgammon, ,draughts
and chess, and here old and young gamble
the whole day long, or climb on the highest
of the monuments, and try who can jump
the fuIthest from one stone to another. Such
Oft tha OF
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

THE STIMULATING EFFECT OF AIR.-The
exciting and stimulating properties of pure
oxygen are well known, and every one has
felt the invigorating influence of fresh air,
yet no practical application has been made
of these beneficial properties of substance
so cheap and universal. When the body is
weak the brain fatigued, and the whole sys-
TEN in state of lassitude, just go into the
and expirations and the effect will be in
stantly perceived. The individual trying the
experiment will feel inyigorated and stimu-
lated, the blood will course with freshness,
the lungs will work with increased rapidity,
the whole frame will feel reviyihed, and
natures stimulent will be found the best.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22
RAILWAY ATTEFs.


ri ThAaN9fNfANhst.L I..N l...
LITTLE MIAmr-i7 minutes faster than City time, !
GA. M. and Ia p. NJ : Columbus Accommodation
n. NJ, Xenia Accommodation, o P, M.
0fsc1xrArr, HAMILTON AND DAYroN--L7 minutes
faster than City.tihe,l o A. NJ, 1910 A. M, 2,sO
p. M. and Q pm Hamilton Accommodation, 8 A.
NJ and iliAO p. M LtLACt A JI.4
Ono AND MIssmsIPPI-Il2 minutes slower than
City tfme,1 Ai25 A. M. and 5,35 P. M. Louisville
Accommodation, 2 p. NJ.
IEDIANAPoLs AND CIScISNATI-(12 minutes slower
than City time,l O A. NJ, $50 A. Nj and % P. NJ.
MARKTTA AND CINCINNArI-t7 minutes faster than
City time,l 5i45 A. n. and $3.50 P. NJ.
CovIEdToN AND LExINaroN-LCity time,l 6,5O A.
NJ. and 2i1OP.M.
.gA Nef1G TRAINS ARRIVE. VIZ W
LITTLE MiAM-3,50 A. NJ, 8 A. M, 11iO4 A. NJ.
ONO AND M1ssIssrPrI-9,55 A. NJ, 1928 P. M.
and $3.50 P. NJ. -
oisCissArr, HlzibroS AND DArrosa AS A. NJ,
1910 A. NJ, 1 P. NJ, $3.50 p. M, 1888 p. M. and
0i15 P. M ry rE AZ TEL
ISDIANAroLIs AND orScrNSArI-7,45 A. NJ, 1
A. N. and 5s30P. M ~ 9 t# NE -s
MAnnrrk AND otSomNGrt-1O,06 A. NJ. and
6t13 p. NJ. er .,.....,-cr
CovINoroN AND LExrNOToNA III A. N. ana 6.35
p. NJ, ear.5 Il atrffhcf~a. ~
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

THE Arr, OF THNKING--How TO IMPROVE
IN THoUGHr,-To think clearly is among the
first requirements of public teacher, The
faculty may be Improved, like other faculties
Of mind and body. 4, One of the best modes of
improving in the art of thinking is to think
over some subject before you read upon it,
and then to observe after what manner it has
occurred to the mind Of some great master;
you viii then observe whether you have ex-
eeeded, and by this process, you will insensi-
bly, catch great manner of viewing ques-
tions., II is right to study, not only to. think,
but from time to time TO review what has
passed; to dwell upon it and to see what
trains of thought Voluntarily present them
selves TO your mind. II is a most superior
habit of some minds to, refer all the particu-
lar truths which, strike, them to other truths
more general, SO that their knowledge is
methodized, and the general truth, at any
time, suggests the particular exemplification
which at once leads to the general truth
This kind of an understanding has an inn
mense and decided superiority over those
confused heads in which-one fact is piled upon
another, without the least attempt al. classiti-
cation and arrangement, Sidney Smith.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

BALL-RooM SKATING PARTTEs.--It is said
that ballroom skating parties are going to
be the rage at the fashionable watering places
this summer, and that preparations have been
made for them at Saratoga and Newport
The ladies' BALLROOM or parlor skate is pro-
vided, instead of runners, with little brass
can glide over a smooth floor with much the
same ease that she can with the ordinary
skate on ice.u .la a.u-lIu ~ lul ~ un1-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

Z A Train ATTACKED BY IsDIANs.--A train
belonging TO Mr., Howard, Of ten or twelve
wagons, was attacked on the 9Th inst, at
Towards Station, (Cal.) by aparty Of forty or
fifty Indians who succeeded in taking OF ak
or eight head Of mules. One Mexican belong
ing % the train was wounded, and . horse
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

An ANTIQUATED BEoaAh.--James Weeden,
living in Grafton, My :, reported to be one
Hundred and twenty years old, died on
Wednesday. He was a.native of Rhode
Island, and for some yeaEshad been beggar,
Poverty and Longevity are often allied. i is
often said that the poor only gan afford 70
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

/ STEALING A RED-HoT STovE.-Recentl in
Washington, D. c., q, downtown tailor hav-
ing occasion to do some pressing, fred up his
little consolidating stove, and when it be-.
came red-hot placed it outside the shop on
the pavement, in order to be rid of the heat
it emitted. In few minutes he went for it.
but some enterprising person had got ahead
of him, and marched off with the seething
concern, "eeese'' and all. ff ~ .h' p"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

DARwIN's Work ON SPEcIEs.--The influ-
ence Of Darwin's book on species is making
itself felt in every branch of science. A new
book by Professor Dresser of the Government
Science and Art Museum, at kensington,
shows its tendencyin botany: Unity in Va
riety, as deduced from the Vegetable King
dom: An attempt at developing that oneness
which is discoverahle in the habits, mode Of
growth, and principle of construction of all
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

p Col. B. r. Higger attempted to cane a
young lawyer, George Munel, in Upsom
County, Geo, on the 18th inst, when the
latter drew q pistol and shot his assailant
twice through the body,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

AT recent cricket match in Mobile Ala,
between o club of eleven of that city and one
of New Orleans, the former was vanquished.
Mrs. Bridget o'Brien was beaten to death
by brutal husband lin New Orleans, last
Thursday.
Eliza Brady, a negress, hanged herself near
Memphis, Tenn, on Wednesday, on account
ofjealousy of a sable rival. {
A ferocious dog attacked boy nine years
old, near Monroe, Mich, last week, and tore
his face so as to disfgure him for life. I
A large bear, one Of the largest ever seen
there, was killed in Western Texas recently,
by james Quigg, after desperate encounter.
Mrs. Caroline Ainsley gave her child pare
goric to such excess, in Dadeville, Ala, q few
days ago, that the little thing died.
The town authorities of Portsmouth, R. l.,
have prohibited the importation of cattle
from Massachusetts, through fear Of the
pleuro-pneumonia. 20"
A milling match came off last Thursday in
New Orleans, in which one Donnelly was
severely beaten by one Bell, in one hundred
and forty-two rounds. qro. 81
A family named Mayer, residing a little
distance from Cleveland, were made so i'll by
eating spoiled oysters, last week, that two Of
them nearly died. ~. 49,. -.,
A valuable negress jumped into pond, in
Halifax County, N. O., on the 18th inst, with
child in her arms, and drowned the baby
and herself. ti @+ - ,.
Thomas Marcy and Joseph Burke drank SO
much liquor, in village in Shelby County,
Mo-, last week, that both of them died two
days after the spree. " ut
A boy, George Harper, nine years old, was
so severely gsred by bull, on the l6thinst.,
in Putnam County, Ind, that he can not re-
cover.
little girl, nine years old, the daughter of
Henry Covert, residing near Jeffersonville,
Illinois, swallowed o pin on, the l4th inst,
and died'from its effects three days after .
A boy, Charles Writ, was wounded by the
fin of a fish in Albany, N. Y, recently, and
the wound became 80 serious that it was
necessary to amputate his arm. " l.AAH
A servant girl, Mary o. Connor, fell through
window, while she was washing it, near
Abbot, Me-, recently, and cut her arm SO
severely that she died from loss Of blood.
A passenger on steamer on the Misssis-
sippi, above Vicksburg, lost overheard while
intoxicated, few days since, q pocket-book
containing $4,000 in bank.notes.
Theodore Wright dangerously stabbed
Murat George, near Montgomery, Alabama
lately, because the latter prevented him from
killing his father. -
Abraham Mcgowan, of Fleming County,
Ky, has given to- the Methodist College, at
Millersburg, in that State, $4,000 toward
the endowment of a professorship. 80.
& n
wealthy planter in Walker County, Ala,
became enamored of and last week eloped
with, a mulatto slave belonging to her father.
A female calling herself Madame Bella
Clayton, cowhided man named Benton,
near Biloxi, Miss, because he had obtained
her love" and refused to marry her.
"A young and intelligent man, Edward
Goodwin, after attempting to destroy himself
with poison and pistol, hanged himself in
a barn, near Estlow, N. j., on account of a
| debt. ~-avfeihT
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22
TO see bride trip to the church so lightly,
As II her new chopineSs would scorn TO bruisc
silly hoWerih fltH ti'f1 'i

No belle or beau, in those simple times,
would have thought of going TO a wedding
without a bouquet, The fagorite flowers on
bushes and yiolets, x nosegay of these
beautiful children Of. spring was presented to
the bride by her dearest friends and by guests
Of distinction, ,l,, D4l- "a .U.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22
Something New.

TWNHE "EROvAPOR COOKING-STOvE,o
n which neither wood nor coal is now on
exhibition and sale at the Sewing machine Estab-
street. where all are invited to call and examine it.
Tho most striking popularity Of this new arrange.
ment consists in It's not heating the apartment
where cooking ironing is done at the same time
tho most intense heat Is produced No smoke, no
dust or dirt arising from 1t, 1t be used IN any
part Of the house without Inconvenience. 1t light
and cheap. The fiat-iron arrangement is very per-
cct and needs but to be by any housekeeper to
hacnm N mar
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22
JOHN xARR,

A ATTORNEY-AT-L.AW, AND oNOTAR.X
N PUBLIO-O. W. MAGILL, Collector. ALI
street mn apl9-am.
4 sTROLOGY. MADAME BELL RE-
IA SPECTFULLY annOuncea that she commences
business again, and be found at her residence,
Linn and Gutter and Liberty and Wade, where she
foretes past, present and future events by planets
palmistry, or by cards TO all those who may wish
to consult her on the luck of business any under
taking, Journeys, lawsuits, love, matrlmoRy, lot
terry Tickets, perfect satisfaction will be given
HQurs from A. M. 10 p. NJ. Prices low. Fifteen
cents for running the letters on the name. ap2bwS
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

NoRTBnRs . EAKE ,N4ytaATIoS, Nearly
1900 steamers and sailing vessels passed in
sight of Detroit during eight days, From
this fact, some idea may be formed OF the
magnitude of commercial interests on the
great Northern Lakes, ''h@N ~ e,,,,o,, x,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

\ RULE OF HpMAa LiFH ---.Man should carry
life like spirited falcon in his hands, aallow-
Ing y TO mountinto the other and being able
to call II back again 70 earth whenever itis
necessary,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22
Cigars and Tobacco.

WYE HAZE ON HAND, AND ARE CON;
w SrANTLY receiving Cigars, &c., oqualied
III qu"h" " NUM- Az AiIBEkr ROSS, Druggist,
Southwest corner Central avenue and Eighth.
FILtt. Ell II ti.4 fap2qI VIM +.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22
vARnErIE s..

At recent cricket match in Mobile, Ala,
between q club of eleven Of that city and one
Of New Orleans, the former was vanquished.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-04-13
Real Estate.
SEERlFF'S SALES.

DY virtue OF sundry wrts Of Nend. Exp.
ID and Al. Fend. Exp. issued out of The
Court OF Common Pleas OF Union county,and
TO me directed. will expose 10 public sale or
outcry, at the public house of l.. ID. Brewer,
10 the borough OF LewIsburg, Saturday, the
2sth day OF April, 1860, at one O'clock =. NJ,
to wit: FIVE CERTAIN TRACTS OF LAND
situate in White Deer Township, IN SAID
county
No.3 bounded north bv other land
Of kaufman N Reber, east by land Of kaui-
man q Reber and J NJ. Ranck, south by land
of Daniel Bennage, Lew keIsier and jacob
Dieiienderter, and west by other land Of kaui-
man 4 Reber, John Hoch and others, contain
mg One Hundred and Seventy -Four Acres
more or less, whcreon are erected Frame
Dwelling House, Bank Barn, Wagon shed,
&c, with the apPur;enances.
No. i, bounded north by land o.
5. l.. Beck, east by land of Jacob Farley, and
other land Of kaufman u Reber, south and
west by other land of Kaufman & Reber, con-
tanning One Hundred and EI2hiy-FUur Acres,
more or less, with the appurtenances.
No. ), bounded north by land of
Jacob Farley, east by land of the heirs Of
Frederick Die.lenderier and Daniel Williams,
:
land of Kaufman y Reber, containing Twen-
Iy-Two Acres, more or less, whereOn are erec-
ted Frame Dwelling House, Frame Barn
and Saw-Mll and other Uu,buldings, with
the appurjenaEces.
No. 6, bounded north by land of
David Sieninger, east by land of Henry Def
ienderier, south by land Of George Beado, and
west by land Of John Da,esman. containing
Sou N loss uh
are erected Log Dwelling House, Bank Barn,
and other oul-buIIdIngs, with The aPpurlenances
No. I. Defendants Interest in Tim
Der Tract bounded north by land Of Hu5ey
Albright, east by land OF Christopher Garrett
sonth by land Of John Baker and west by
land Of 5. l.. Beck, containing Fifty Acres
more or less, with the aPpurlenances-
As The property OF DAVID u. kaufman q
Daniel B. Refer.
ALSO-At the same time and place,
another certain Lot OF Ground situate IN Lau-
reiron. Hartley township, Union county, boun-
ded north by an alley. west by land of T.. &.
Moore, south by public road, and east by lands
Of George BrauCter. Containing One Half
Acre, more or less, wherein are erected
two-srorey Frame Dwelling House, Tanmery.
Tan House, Frame Stable. rIc., with the ap-
PurtenanceS-aS the property of Frederick
MuTman.
At the same time aud place, another certain
liali-Lot OF Ground, more or less. situate IN
the borough OF LewisbGre, Union county, be-
ing the EofIhern half ot Lot numbered, ia the
recorded plan of SAID Borough, number 2l7,
bounced on the north by lot number 2ls, on
the east by Fourth street, on the south by the
south half of sand lot mum ber2is, on the west
by Raspberry Alley. va which II erected
two-s'orey Frame House, Frame Stable, etc.
with the aPpur,euauces-as the property Of
Joseph Vi Fadien.
JOHN CROSSGRONE sheriff
Sheriis Office. Lswi>tufg. hprl :, \ b l>G0