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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

A CIRCLE OF THREE MILES OF WooDs IN
FLAMES The other morning the woods
around Fishkill Mountains, in New York,
called the North Beacon, was discovered on
fire. 1t was hardly noticed at the time, but
as the day advanced the fire increased to an
alarming extent; and at night circle of three
miles, comprising over one thousand acres,
were mass of flames. The sight from the
villages of Fishkill, Mattewan, Newburg and
vicinity, is represented as most beautiful,
and the heavens reflected the light for several
miles. About nine o'clock an alarm of fire
was sounded at Mettewan, as it was feared
from the rapid progress of the fire that the
village itself was in considerable danger.
The firemen and citizens rushed to the part
on fire nearest the village, and succeeded in
arresting the flames. Nearly three hundred
cords of cut wood were destroyed
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

Loss OF A FORTUNE ON A SINGLE SALE Oh
Day GooDs.-A sale of $4,000 of British
goods to single house, is reported to have
been made, which netted the loss to the i'm
porter of 100000. The losses upon good
sold by auction, are in many cases very
heavy, and instances are named where large
lines have sold at half the cost of importa
ton. The business of the spring has beer
much cut up, and serious losses made The
importations of dry goods are comparatively
larger than in 1859, but they will not neces
sarily take an equal amount of gold for pay
ment, as the auction rooms prove. In many
cases where merchants have provided fo
their usual trade, they have been so mucl
neglected that very serious losses have beer
inHicted
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07
PRICE ONE CENT.
mnsniGcent Editorial Excursion-The
Most Unique Enjoyments Proposed.


The Buffalo papers announce an invitation
to editors in that region to make an excursion
to st. Louis, over the Lake Shore, Cleveland
and Columbus and Bellefontaine Railroad
lines and have issued this circular:
The celebrated Italian, Donnetti, will ac-
company you with his musical band, consist
ing of one entire organ. Triumphal arches
will be erected at every crossing, and at such
places you are expected to make "evolutions"
from spring-board on top of the rear coach,
for the amusement Of the crowd that will
assemble to greet you. The Buckeye" girls
of Ohio, the "Hoosiers" of Indiana and the
Suckers" of Illinois will stand along the
tack, with flowers in their right hands and
their shoes in their left looking sorrowfully
as you pass. N. P. Willis will not be invited
or allowed to ride on the "cow catcher dur
ing any portion of your journey. You win
be towed across the Mississippi by Screen
Turtles" with soup plates on their backs.
You are expected to return Uid Cairo, where
you will partake of "Hasheesh, Ia Bayard
Taylor, and submit to the necessities of
champagne bath, administered by native of
Damascus. In return for all these attentions
you are expected on your return to give
grand and glowing account of the majestic
scenery, smooth track, safe bridges and gen.
eral politeness of all officials, and advise all
travellers to take the Bellefontaine line to st.
Louis. ... .. ...
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

EXCITING TIMES IN NOBLE .CoUNTY-RIoTs
AND ENCOUNTERS AMONG TEMPERANCE MEN,
A very serious riot took place, Saturday last,
at Sarahsville, Noble County, Ohio. The
Sons of Temperance of that place had ar
raigned, for an alleged violation of his pledge,
a member named @. /. Hardy. During the
trial, a brother-in-law of Hardy, named Bar
ry, gave the "lie" to witness followed up,
soon, by blow. This was the signal for a
general melee, and some dozen men "pitched
in" Fire shovels, pokers, tumblers, chairs,
candlesticks &C., were flying thick and fast
over the house. Two stoves, full of fire and
hot Goals, were thrown over, from which the
house came near being fred. No one, at the
time, was seriously injured. Sunday morn
ing, however, great excitement prevailed.
Barry and Hardy paraded about, armed, and
breathing dreadful threats against the Divis-
ion. Monday collision took place between
Barry and a witness named Capel-the for
mer armed with doctors pestle, the latter
with carving knife. The intervention of
bystanders prevented bad work. A bloody
termination was feared at last accounts.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

CAUSE OF THE INCREASED LIQUOR TRAFFIC OF
CrTIEs.-At recent monthly meeting of the
Massachusetts, State Temperance Alliance, in
sundry incidents of the temperance move
ment, and both agreed that much of the
liquor traffic in Boston was caused by the
discontinuance of the traffic in the country.
Numerous convictions have been obtained,
and others, fearful of prosecution, had fed
from the country to the city. Mr.. Thompson
mentioned two cases from two towns In one
case the man had kept a rum-hole, gambling
saloon and brothel in the same house. Both
men had left precipitately, had taken refuge
in Boston, and had reopened their trade.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

DEATH OF AN AMERICAN CRoEsus IN THE
WEST lNDIEs.-The Trinidad papers mention
the death of Sir William Becker, at the ad-
vanced age Of ofeighty-seveny years. Mr.. Becker
was a native Of Philadelphia, and went to
Trinidad sixty years ago as a journeyman
carpenter, where he worked at his trade fol
many years; married rich quadroon, and
by his own industry and the skillful manage
ment of his wife's fortune, soon acquired Q
princely fortune, and was knighted for 9
large gratuity which he offered to the Span.
ish Government during the Don Carlos civil
war. His fortune amounted to $4,000, 900.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

FIRE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS WooDs.-The
mania for firing woods has commenced in the
Northeast. About twelve hundred acres OF
woodland in the towns of Concord and Acton
were burnt over on Saturday. About fifty
acres of wood and sprout land, between Mill
bury and New England Village, were burnt
over on Sunday. AT Mannville, Leicester
several acres of grass land were burnt over on
Saturday night, and came within a few rods
of Mann & Marshalls factory and the exten-
sive woods adjacent. There was also an ex-
tensive fire, Sunday, in Melrose and Maiden.
We expect to record these affairs for about a
month to come. ..-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

ODD SEDUCTION AND MARRIAGE.--A some
what singular case OF seduction and marriage
A young girl named Henrietta -, not
yet fifteen, was the victim. One W. II. T--y
pledged himself to marry her, and under this
promise succeed in seducing her. To render
the delusion of the girl complete, form of
marriage was enacted, one D. f. lie,
who appears to have confederated with T--y
for the purpose, read the ceremony of mar
riage, and in due form pronounced them man
and wife. Under the impression that T-y
was her husband, the girl cohabited with him
till, by some means, she discovered that she
had been the victim of shameless trick. The
defendants were arrested, and compromise
effected by genuine marriage of the parties.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07
DEATH OF THE DARING NEW YoRK BURGLAR.

DEATH OF THE DARING New York BURGLAR.
Charles Murphy, the burglar who jumped
New York, on the night of February "a, died
at the Hospital on Tuesday morning. For
many days he was considered in hopeless
condition, though he maintained till the last
that he was not to die. His whole system
was poisoned with pus; even the cavities OF
his joints were filled with it, and assesses
were also found in his lungs. The wounds
for which he was sent to the Hospital, strange
as it may seem, were in an apparently favor
able condition.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

A WOMAN AvEYGING HER HONOR WITH A
PIsToL.-In Philadelphia, recently, young
married woman, named Jane Meagher, fired
pistol at one George Bromley of Fort
Miffiin, in revenge for certain improper pro-
posals he had made to her. The ball missed
him, and the woman expressed great regret
that it did not hit. She was committed in
default of 81, 500 bail --- -
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07
Palmerston and Heenan-Does My Lord
WAGER ON the Benicia Boy.
The London HerGld of late date has the fol-

WAGER ON the Benicia Boy.
The London HerGld of late date has the fol-
lowing;
Lord SALISBURY should look to his vener-
able relative. II may be all very well OPEN
ing Sadlers Wells and the Victoria on Sun
days for the spread Of the gospel but surely
another Sabbath gathering might take place
at Cambridge House, of more benign efficacy
than the Cardwell plot We only trust the
noble Premier is not one of the hackers of
the Benicia boy. But really the matter looks
suspicious. The ring has been expelled from
respectable journalism for years; but of late
we have seen, from day to day, brief extracts
from sporting newspapers prominently given
in the London Times about the sayings and
doings of the American hero. Can Lord
Palmerston have influenced the introduction
of these elegant extracts2 If not to the in
huence of the Prime Minister, to- what are we
TO assign them2 Certainly they did not ap-
pear in the London Times for nothing
There was amotive. II may have been polit-
ical; it may have been commercial: it may
have been simply sportive. But design and
plot there was of some kind, far more threat
ening, indeed, than the sale of nobleman's
stud.
Well, the 10th of April is fast approaching,
the day when the fates of England and
America are to be decided by the contests of
their renowned champions, Sayers and
Heenan. We should not wonder II we find
Palmerston proposing the adjournment of
the House, just to have run down the rail
to see the fight and pocket the winnings.
We adjourn on the Derby day, and why not
on day dedicated to the expected victory of
the illustrious individual held up to public
admiration in the columns of-for the nonce
the Prime Minister'S journal. Let Lord
Shaftesbury look to it, It is family affair.
But rumor is rife about Cambridge House and
is only arranging commercial treaty with
America through this most suitable and usual
plenipotentidry, just as Mr.. Golden was
packed off with his wallet to drive bargain
with the French Emperor We are living in
days of strange combinations and coalitions,
and must accustom ourselves to novel incl
dents
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

A DISTINGUISHED PAPAL DISTINCTION
Prince Albert de Broglie, says the Nord,
whose last article on the Roman question
brought down second warning on the Cor
respondant, has just received from the Pope
the wax taper which his Holiness carried in
the ceremonies of Candlemas Day. Such a
distinction is seldom conferred on any but
soyereigns
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07
A Indre Of Zinc Memoir,

OF Judge John B. Clopton, formerly dis
tinguished Virginia jurist who died at the
age of seventy-two, recently, the Richmond
Dispatch says; ,,. -st- Id .-a. ,-fr
II was impossible to touch upon any sub
ject which he did not have at his fingers
ends. He had been personally acquainted
with more men than any person we ever
knew, and it seemed to us that every one of
them, from General Lafayette down to the
eccentric waiter of a hotel had made the
same impression on him. Mention whom
you might, and he could tell you all about
him, let his situation in life have been as high
or as low as it might, and with the same ac-
curaey in either case. Nothing escaped his
notice, or faded from his memory. Of that
memory wonders have been told, but not half
as much as remains TO be told. He delighted
in conversation, and would sit up talking all
night, if he could find any one of the same
inclination with himself.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

EXCITEMENT AT GREYTowN.-Advices from
Greytown report considerable excitement
among the residents of that place, consequent
upon the new transit project of Captain PIN,
Uia Monkey Point (Gorgon Bay to San Me-
were making to build new city at Gorgon
Bay, and large party contemplated leaving
Greytown for that purpose.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

SALE OF RARE CoINs AND AUToGRAPHs.-A
f IN Boston O f Iast week. % cent df i7sS sola DIOR for
SO 25, and a Washington penny of l79l for
81 20. The autograph of John Alden, who
came over in the MagRoWer, was knocked off
at $21 so. The signature of Aaron Burr sold
for 81 80; of James Buchanan, rs cents; EN-
press Josephine, $3 Thomas Jefferson, 50; w.
L. Marcy, 80 cents Napoleon |, SO So Gen,
Joseph Warren, $l2; George Washington, $l4
Daniel Webster 80 cents
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

YANKEE MODE OF SETTLING A VExED CUES
TIoN.-The pro-slayery press are very fond of
asking why a STAKEHOLDER has not the right
to carry 'his property wherever his business
or his pleasure calls him. This question is
answered in the true Yankee fashion, by ask
ing another, and the following, "Why can't
| carry my property where please?" as the
man said, with two polecats in basket and
a pound of assafetida in each pocket, trying
to force his way into a ballroom.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

HEAD.-It is quite true that the penalty of
major excommunication is suspended over
King Victor Emmanuel. The ceremony will
be performed at st. Peters, at Rome, with
great pomp; the cardinals present, the church
hung with black; the figure of Christ on the
cross veiled, and wax tapers, yellow in color,
successfully lighted and extinguished. Ali
the monastic orders will go to the cathedral
in procession, and return to their monaste-
ries chaunting the "Miserere."
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

ADVANCE IN FEMALE WAGEs.-At jubilee
at Bray as factory, in North Adams, Mass,
last week, Mr.. Brayton remarked that when
he opened his mill in 1882, wages for girls
were iorty-cents per week, and calico cost 81
and calico is sold for eight cents yard.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

AN UNGALLANT WREToH.-A wretch named
Gerke, who wrote tender verses to his in
tended wife on her birthday, was divorced
from her year after marriage, recently in
an Eastern village One of the charges
against him was that he ate all the delicacies
her mother-in-law. sent to her sick daughter,
and drank up all the beer that the nurse
bought for herself ..,..-... .
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

The PINE-APPLE CRoP THIs SEAsoN.-Let-
ters from st. Salvador; w. l., state that ten
thousand dozen pine-apples of four different
kinds, including the red, may be reckoned on
this season, the plants being very promising
Last year six thousand dozen were shipped,
leaving half that quantity unsold and wasted,
which proved q heavy loss to the planters.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

AN APRM-FooL JoKE.-0n All-Fool's Day
a conductor upon Western road was sold
very cheap by some youngsters dressing up a
billet of wood in suitable fnery to represent
young lady, and placing it upon the plat
form at the station, where he very politely
offered to help her on We presume he
thought it right pretty danl-seU--LouisUille
Journal
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

LUNAR SPoTs.-The astronomers tell us of
an unusual number of spots on the surface of
the sun, and some cf them attempt to connect
with that fact the recent auroral displays.
These spots, the cause of which has not been
satisfactorily explained, some attributing
their appearance to one cause and some an
other, are often of immense size-50, 900 miles
or more in diameter
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

A LENGTHY DRIvE.-At Brownsville
Texas, Kentucky horse-drover has ,pur.
chased nine hundred horses and mules, which
ho intends driving to Springfield, ILL.,, anG
shipping thence by railroad to New Haven
Conn.,, from whence they are slipped to thu
West Indies. tat t.i
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

Row IN A CHURCH, Elder Knapp, now
preaching in Boston, appears to have excited
against him some feeling in one of his recent
meetings. Some remarks which fell from
him displeased certain people in his audience,
and during prayer these uttered some un-
seemly expressions of disapprobation; there
was prospect of a general tumult, but the
superintendent of the hall shut off the gas
and subdued the crowd by darkness.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

CONSOLATION FOR THE DEvoTEEs TO WEALTH
AND FAsHIoN.-When Cardinal Wolsey was
asked why he did not live in less state and
give more to the poor, he replied that what
was given to the poor was just eaten, drunk
and got rid ofin base manner, with nothing
to show for it, whereas the grandeur of his
and retinue was an ornament
and gain to the world, eleyating and i'm
all beholders. Q -.r ... .....
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

THE CHARLESTON MERCURY ON THE Doua-
LAsITEs.-The Charleston Is. c. Mercury, in
alluding to the Southern friends of Douglas,
says: "From the very bottom of our hearts
we regard, with loathing adherence and
contempt, utterly inexpressible, the base,
selfseeking and treacherous submissionists
of the South who seek to make her its
victim .
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

A SoUTHERN SoLoN.-A contributor of the
Mobile (Ala) Tribune has discovered that
Clay was no orator, and at best poorly edu-
Gated scholar, and that Webster was no
statesman. A casual reader Of the Tribune
has discovered that the contributor is an ass,
and is of the opinion that the Tribune should
not give him the opportunity of exhibiting
himself 10 the public .f trar'
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

EMANCIPATION OF CHINESE WoMEN,--A Pc
kin letter says that the women of Northern
China have been emancipated by their Tartar
rulers from many of the senseless and inju-
rious customs still in force in the southern
portion of the empire, especially in regard to
the cruel contraction of the feet. Their
minds and persons have also been emanci-
pated from much of the despotism of Chinese
usuages and ideas. rr'-'f trI
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

STRANGE ADMINISTRATIONS OF JUSTICE IN
New YoRK.--Some of the decisions of the
New York Police Justices look strangely
side by side. For instance, on Thursday last
Justice Brownell fined man $l5 for going
into neighbor's house and knocking him
down. On Saturday the same Magistrate
sentenced a man to the penitentiary for one
month for stealing fifty cents worth of lead
pipe from a plumbers shop.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

DEATH OF FEMALE MIssIoNARY.-The
wife of the Rev. Edmund W. Syle, Mission
ary from the Protestant Episcopal Church of
the United States, TO Shanghai, China, died
was a native of Alexandria, Va, and sister
of the Hon. II. Winter Davis.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

A DISTRESSING CAsE.-A most distressing
case of small pox has proved fatal in North
field, Mass in the death of Daniel Crosby,
who was buried in silence. His wife lies at
the point of death from consumption, and
his three little daughters, who were removed
from home, pleaded in vain to see their pa
rents
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

MARRIAGE OF A DRAMATIC PHENOMENON.
Miss Ellen Bateman, daughter of Mr.. H. L.
Bateman, and sister of Miss Kate Bateman,
the ''Evangeline' of the Winter Garden,
was married on the goth of March, at Lyons,
France, to Mr.. Gruppo, gentleman of that
place. Ellen, some years since, performed
here and at the other theaters of the princi-
character -,------'- - =
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

of the largest exhibitions of camelias in Eng
land was opened lately in London, and at
tracted large number of visitors. The
plants, between five and six thousand in
number, are nearly all in full bloom, and
present most wonderful appearance, some
Of the flowers measuring more than five
inches in diameter, and of the most beautiful
colors. Many of the largest plants are nearly
ten feet high, and have from sixty. to one
hundred flowers. ff.-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

Cock FIGHTS IN ALABAMA.-The great con-
test between North and South Alabama ter
minated yesterday. There were 81 cocks
shown, Of which l6 were matched, and up to
twelve o'clock yesterday there were IL fights,
South Alabama whipping 8 out of the IL,
when DR.. Gee, on the part of South Alabama,
to desist from further fighting
which was acceded to by the North Alabam-
ians. There was $4,000 on the odd fight, and
$3.50 on each fight, thus showing South Ala
bama triumphant,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

Loss TO A FIRE COMPANY BY THE HUNGARIAN
Engine Company No. II, of Albany, N. Y,
some time ago ordered splendid clock from
foreign firm, to be placed over the door Of
their engine-house. It was shipped on board
the Inflated Hungarian, and Of course went
down with the uessel. The clock was manu-
featured by Tobias, of Liverpool, at cost OF
several hundred dollars.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

DEATH OF A FEMALE SURVIVOR OF THE
WYOMING MAssAoRE.-M Mrs. John Weldon
died in Columbia, Lorain County, the other
evening, aged ninety-three years. Her hus-
band, with whom she lived happily for sixty
two years, is said to be still in the enjoyment
of good health. Mrs. Weldon whose maiden
name was Martin, was taken prisoner at the
battle of Wyoming, Penn, when every male
was put TO death by the tomahawk.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

A VALUABLE FREIGHTAGE.--The ship Com
modore Perry, for whose safety there had been
fears, and which had arrived safely at Ply
mouth, England, after ll6 days passage from
Melbourne, had about million dollars in
gold, and the largest shipment of wool for
the season, being 5,60l bales. t.tI
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

The STYLE OF SPRINa BoNNETs OBJ
server of New York fashions says the most
graceful spring hat worn is the simple straw,
(void of the silk or lace crown,) trimmed
with budding green or violet tints and
clusters of spring flowers. One of the very
prettiest was pure white straw, cacircled
by a heavy, clinging wreath of CLASSY ivy,
and that was all the inside, of course,
crowded with blushing buds, buried in
blonde H...1. HH". ~ .#s.. .. ~
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

JUDGE TERRYs SECOND A CANDIDATE FoR
0FFIoE.-Calhoun NJ. Benham, formerly a
resident of Cincinnati, and Terrys main
second in his fatal duel with Brodericlx, is
regarded for the pSst Of United States Dis
trict Attorney for the State of California.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-07

REMEDY FOR BUGs.-Make a solution OF
alum as strong as water will dissolve and ap-
ply that hot to places infested with bugs OF
any sort, in bedsteads, closets or trees and
plants, taking care not to apply it so as to
kill tender plants, and the bugs will take a
strong dislike to the locality. You may
brush it in cracks and crevices of floors,
ceilings or walls of room, or in holes and
nesting places of these small vermin in
plants and on trees.