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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

Review Of the Scotch Volunteers by Queen
Victoria -Twenty-TwO Thousand Men
Under Arms. .. ALA
On the 7th instant, Queen Victoria re-
viewed the Scotch Volunteers from Holy
rood Palace. From the London TImeSs re-
port we condense the following:
st. Margaret was, as usual, neatly
fitted up for the Queens arrival, with carpet
Of the green Stuart tartan and mat Of
heather on which TO alight on Scottish
ground, the sides Of the staircase and avn
ing being decorated with flowers.
It is believed that the volunteers under
arms considerably exceeded the returns pre-
viously made, and numbered from 2l,000 to
$4,000 men, beside from 1000 TO 1000 that
were present as spectators.
Her Majesty left Holyrood at half-past
three o'clock, attended by most brilliant
retinue. The Duchess Of Kent, at present
residing at Crammond-house, occupied the
carriage with Her Majesty, along with the
Princess Alice and Prince Arthur. The
Prince Consort and the Duke of Buccleuch
rode on either side of the carriage.
Behind the saluting flag was a splendidly-
decorated gallery, containing about 1000
spectators; but it was upon the hills opposite
| that the great concourse took place. The
vast and varied gathering could not be esti-
mated at less than 100000 persons There
were about $50 different corps on the ground,
| marshaed into thirty-five battalions-one
of mounted rifles, six of artillery, one oi
engineers and twenty-seven of rifles.
The marching past of this immense body
of volunteers occupied exactly an hour and
twenty minutes, having commenced at four
o'clock. Toward the close and throughout
the passing of the second division the clouds
of dust continued to increase, and to con.
siderable extent marred the beauty of the
display. The marching past being concluded
heightened pause took place, during which
the whole line was put in order to advance
At length General Wetherall gave the com
mand, which was repeated by the command
ers throughout the line and communicated
still more instantaneously by the sound o
the bugle The whole army then simulta
neously moved forward until the bugle called
halt. The officers then saluted with thei
swords and the whole line presented arms
The final command given was three cheer
for the Queen, and instantaneously was thl
command responded to and echoed from on
end of the line to the other. The cheer
which was caught up with the still loude
acclamation by the spectators on the hill
side, was tremendous and overpowering, anC
continued almost without intermission 70
several minutes. At quarter before si
Her Majesty left the ground.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

SOMETHING MoBE. ABouT THE New Re-
LIGIoUs DAILY IN NEW YoaK.-The New York
correspondent ofthe Boston Post has the fol-
lowing in reference to the recent change of
proprietorship in the San of the former city;
There are two theories aAoat with regard
to this unannounced transposition. One is,
that the change is only one in name, and not
in fact, and that Mr.. Church merely repre-
sents Mr.. Beach, while the latter is the real
power behind the throne. The other theory
Is. that if the change Of ownership IS bona
fde it is the initiative step toward the new
religious penny paper whose advent anoun-
ced some months ago. A Mr.. Morrison, of
Philadelphia, has been for some time anxious
''to go his pile" upon the establishment of a
newspaper here which shall afford to keep a
conscience. He is about to be humored at
last, and either the ,Sun is to send new style
ofbrilliancy upon our benighted public, under
the auspices Of Mr.. Morrison's money, or else
the rays Of. religious journalism will seek
another outlet and the capital awaiting this
kind of investment find its way into the
Daily Messenger as previously intimated.
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New York Items.

New York, August 24.-Counterfeit threes
on the Capital Bank Of Albany, also, on the
Marine Bank of this city, were circulated
here yesterday Several arrests were made.
The heavy rain Thursday morning did
considerable damage in undermining new
buildings, overlooking cellars, and washing
away. roads.
terday, in tenant-house in Twenty-ninth-
street, shattering the building badly, and
injuring six inmates.
Frank Ward, formerly banker at San
Francisco, is arrested on the charge of forg
cry, in connection with Capt. Sureny.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

: CHANGES OF NArIos's FATE.--Lady
Charlotte Pepys, in her recently-published
book of travel, says:
have visited Colmar, which has also beau
tiful cathedral. And here it was that GU
rious record of the chances and changes Of
the natons's fate was lately discovered. In
preparing to color with distemper, for some
fete, the refectory of the Hotel de Vile, 1t
was necessary to pull down the paper-hang.-
ings. These were several, and had followed
each other as follows: Firstly, upon the
plaster, paper representing armor, sur
mounted by the Phrygian cap of the Revo-
luton; secondly, over this green paper,
with gold bees; thirdly, royal blue, dotted
with fleur-de-lis; fourthly, another blue pa
per, with the Gallo cock Of 1880; ffthly, an
ordinary Insignificant modern paper. sup
pose the present one will be the "busy, busy
haen f.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

The Great Thirty -tvd-1file Race Time,
Two Hours and sixteen Minutes-WOn-
derEuI Bottom Of the Winning Horse.
The Leavenworth TX. IT, Dispatch of the
Goth inst, says:
We mentioned, some few weeks ago, that
a race had been agreed upon by Messrs. VIM.
Tbolen and Jep. Rice, of this city, between
horses owned by each, to be run from here
to Lawrence, . distance Of thirty-two miles.
The stakes between these gentlemen were
the horses, but outsiders backed their
opinions with bet of 5000. II was after
ward agreed to test the relative bottom of
the horses upon the st. Joseph race-track, In
a race of thirty-two miles
- At two o'clock, precisely, the race began.
But comparatively little betting was done,
the crowd generally being ignorant of the
merits of either horse, though the delegation
from Leavenworth backed their respective
opinions quite freely with the "rhino."
AT the start, Rice's horse took the lead for
few hundred yards, which he maintained
up to the fifteenth mile, when Tholen's
horse few the track and manifested signs of
weariness. He was sponged and revived by
the use Of liquor, but before he took the
track again, the steady but cautious lope
the other horse had placed him full mile in
advance. They maintained this position,
each stopping occasionally to be sponged,
until the twenty-eighth mile, when Tholen' $
animal gave out, and could go no further.
Rice's horse had it now all his own way, ye'
he showed no signs of WEAKNESS, and still
kept up his steady gallop. II was now de-
termined to put his powers Of endurance to
the utmost test, by making him run the last
half mile against fresh horse, in which
trial he again came out victorious beating
his new competitor easily.
About seven or eight hundred dollar;
changed hands. Mr.. Rice wins nothing bu
the other horse, his object not having beer
10 make money on the race, but only to show
| the bottom of his horse.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

NARROW ESCAPE OF THE GREAT WHERRY
MAN.-Mr. Martin, who is rowing from Bos-
ton to New York, had an exciting accident
at Eastman, the other afternoon. Large
numbers of persons being anxious to see
him afloat, he launched his wherry, although
the wind was blowing gale and the serf
was running very high. He shot out on the
waves in fine style, his boat riding like a
bird. On returning TO the shore, one Of the
heavy rollers struck him astern, and capsized
him in twinkling. Coming to the surface,
he clung to the boat, and righted it, but in
endeavoring to regain his scat, it again cap
sized. Much anxiety was felt by the speeta-
tors, who were unable to render any assist
ance, owing to his distance from. shore, and
the rapid under-tow on the beach. BY
clinging to the wherry, he was carried to and
fro, until he at last touched the sand, when
he was brought ashore, much exhausted,
with his face slightly bruised. The wherry
sustained no damage, and the oars were
for him by those who had witnessed his
periOus adventure.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

A New York MoRMoS.---A singular case
was brought before the Police Court at
Albany, New York, on Monday. A Mrs.
Catherine Glib made complaint against one
Elizabeth Schell for assault, which, it ap1s
Mrs. e.. who ordered Elizabeth from the
house, but instead of going she attempted to
put NJ 8. G. out of doors. On investigation
BY TIE magistrate it appeared that, although
Mr.. Glib had lived with his wife ior twelve
years, and had six children by her they had
only actually been married a few months,
and the children were all illegitimate. II
also turned out that, for the last six years,
whom he had four children-thus giving
him a family of ten illegitimate, children
The Court thought, under such circilm-
stances it had no power to interfere,
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MISERABLE PABsIMoNY OF A TITLED MIL
LIoEAIRE.-The London correspondent ofthe
New York Times writes:
The other day there was Review or In
spection at Windsor, which the Queen
graced with her presence. Among the graft
fed spectators was Lord Overstone, the mil
lionaire. To the astonishment of regiment
Of volunteers, his Lordship asked them all to
dine with him at the Portland Barracks a
few days afterward. A large number of them
went. They found a long table, and upon it
plates containing small portions of cold beef
and mutton alternately set, with tumbler
for every mess of four men, and few let
tuces, by way of salad, placed down the
center of the table. Small beer and porter
in wooden "stoups' completed the enter
tainment. The majority went away in dis
gust at this millionaire display; about fifty
remained to lunch, and agreed, as liberal
recognition, to send Lord Overstone twelve
penny postage stamps each. On the whole
transac ton his lordship is a gamer. This
nobleman is well known for instances Of
generous profusion Of this kind. His fortune
IS something fabulous; but he will not allow
his serva nts meat for supper, and gives them
bread and cheese.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

MuRpERERs SENTENCED - A HARDENED
CRIMINAL.-James Miller, convicted OF the
murder of Henry Guerker, by drowning
him in Cohocksink Creek, was sentenced to
death in the Philadelphia Court, on Satur--
day last. Miller's accomplice in the cruel
convicted of murder in the second degree,
and sentenced to twelve years at hard labor
in the penitentiary.
The prisoner showed but little emotion,
and after taking his seat, turned to his COM
panion, Rheil and laughed: Both Miller
and Rheil are young men. The former i9l-
lowed the sea shortly before his arrest. The
ofiense for which he is to suffer the death
penalty, was committed on the night OF the
2lst OF january last. Henry Guerker, the
victim, wasfollowed from lager-beer saloon
to the Cohocksink Greek, where he was at.
tackled, robbed Of his'watch, and pushed int
the creek. ct.-t
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

The RAGE IN PARIS FOR RESEMBLING THE
EMrERoR.-A gossiping writer in the Liver
pool Albion has the following;
And apropos of noses, it is prominent
feature in the physical and psychological
conformation of French society that every
Frenchman; certainly every French func-
tionary, tries to cast his countenance in the
mold Of the present Bonapartean visage.
And wonderful is the goodness of the fac
SMILES of so bad an original. What with
the imperial tuft under the goat-like chin,
the forked mustache the shorn mahogany
colored Jaws, with the stubbles of blue whis-
kers, as If half blown out with gunpowder,
the semi-shut crocodile eyes, leaden, yet
glimmering, like rose diamonds, and the
stare of mingled furtiveness and point blank
audauity,- there is such a family likeness
among the middle-aged male population,
| that really every third man you meet might
claim couSnhood to the Emperor, and with
much greater reason on the face of it than
| the Emperor claims to be nephew to his
uncle. The initiative capacity of the sime
GUS French has always been remarkable, bu
in this case it is astonishing. 1r7 sTVtC
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

ANOTHER LETTER FROM HENRY A. WISE
ON DIsUNIoN.-Ex-Goyerno Wise recently
wrote as follows to the Young Mems Breck-
inridge Association in Memphis, Tenn;
There is no man would meet with more
pleasure than the Hon. William L. Yancey,
of Alabama. | am lover of "the union of
these States" and it is upon the efforts of
honest, bold and gifted leaders like him that
it must depend for its defense and perpetuity.
1t can't be maintained by a servile submis-
sion of any one section to any attempt at
domination by another section. And it is
cowardly and base now to conceal the fact
that shareholders in the South are called
upon to maintain their self-respect, as we'll
as their rights Of persons and property.
Many may be restrained by their caution
from resorting to decisive measures, but the
few brave men who have purpose and will,
and sense of honor, will see, and feel, and
act upon the wisdom that decisive measures,
in vital and extreme cases, forbid and repel
aggression and revolutions; while indccisive
measures, o patchwork of compromise and
concession, but invite wrong and insult, and
at last will force men to violent resistance
when it will be too late to arrest revolution.
When the conservative element in the North
sees that there are yet men in the South who
can force revolution rather than be degraded
| in the Union, then the Union itself will be
| restored in its true brotherhood. Have we
| purpose, will, sense of honor sufficient tc
arrest revolution? five have, Breckenridge
| and Lane will be elected. If not, God spare
| me the sight of the consequences
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

Reception of the Prince Of Wales at Que
bec-Grand and General illumination of
that City. .nt1
Accounts by mail from Quebec thus refer
TO the reception of the Prince in that city;
Among the features along the route Of the
procession was number Of children, posted
on the vacant space near Prescott Gate, sing
ing God Sace Me Queen, and q number Of
sewing and other machines set in motion on
the top of the Mechanics Arch in st. john
street. In the evening the illumination was
general, although q gentle rain was falling.
The quantity of transparencies put up was
really extraordinary. There are scores of
Queens, Prince Consorts by the dozen, and
of Prince of Wales no end. Then there
are crowns, and stars, and RS and V. AS
without number. In the gas jet line, too,
the preparations have been extensive, and
the display correspondingly effective. jap
anese lanterns are numerous, but not special
favorites wax candles in the window-panes
being preferred. Then the notices, which
are brought out on the windows, are va
rious. The Prince is bid welcome thousand
times, and he is oftener called Prince de
Gales than designated by his English title.
The public offices are, perhaps, the most
brilliantly lit up of any. In front of the
Finance Minister'S there Is a ship.
In front of the Board of Works Office some
brilliant stars are conspicuous. The old
Chateau St. Louis is radiant. The Attorney
Generals offices are covered with lamps and
transparencies, but the finest display Of any
is made before the Receiver Generals. A
huge inscription in the front tells that it was
the residence Of his Royal Highness, the late
Duke of Kent, 1903, and the space between
the building and the street is made fairy
| bower, by means of colored lamps and ever
green's; next the public offices, the Roman
! Catholic edifices deserve notice. The cathe-
dral windows are illuminated by lamps ar
ranged in the form of crosses. The convent:
and Archbishop's Palace all announce Hon
ner du Prince in flaming characters, but the
display is not confined to the stately buildings
In every by-street the houses are lit up, and
even though it be by sticking bill on {
window-pane with lamp behind it. TIL,
French population as we'll as the Irish seen
to desire to testify their content with tn
institutions they possess. The illumination
exceeds that of any place the Prince has ye
visited.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

THEOLOGICAL MANIAcs-ECCENTRIcIT OF
GEoFFRoY VALLEE.-Under the head of
Theological Madmen," French writer
seems inclined to place the authors of those
devotional works, with singularly practical
titles, which were so common in the times of
the Puritans, of which Baxter's Hooks and
Eyes for BetiegerS' Breeches is familiar ex-
ample; and he gives the titles of two French
works of the same class, which are certainly
not less racy and characteristic, and at the
same time are less generally known, La
SerinQue Spirituelle pour lesu constipees,
en- degoGon and La Tdbatiere Spirituetle pour
fair efeYnuer les ames deyotes. A certain
Geoffroy Vallee showed his insanity in a
manner very unusual in the age in which he
lived, by having shirt for every day in the
year, and by always sending his linen to be
washed in Flanders, in a spring famous for
the limpidity of its water. As II this were
not enough, he must needs write an inco-
herent book on theology, which was burned,
together with its author, on February 8, 1874.
Descending to the present century, we find
one J. A. Soubira, who found a mysterious
and irresistible attraction in the number 666
and published, among other works, pamph-
let having this number for its sole title, con
sisting Of eighteen stanzas, of five lines each
the fayorite number being repeated at the
end of each line. GTh4l1Si.A e4I
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A Southern Tartarus-A Marvellous Cave
In Mississippi.


A female correspondent of an Eastern
journal writes from Shubuta, Miss, of a
wonderful cave near there, As follows:
This cave is six miles long, extending from
Eucetta Creek, where we entered, to Chick
asaha River. Atthe river there are air-h0les,
where the air. rushes in with a sound like
thunder Mr.. d. took rope with him and
went to the distance of mile. He says
that there are shelves formed in the rock in
the cave shaped like dog AS the light is
held near It long, it seems covered with
diamonds. There are several snakes formed
in the rock that are enough to scare any
one, they leok so natural.
The cave is from ten to fifteen feet wide,
and is between fifty and seventy-fve feet high
in some of the places, and so dark that you
can't see foot before you. On one side it is
rocky, muddy, and so slippery that you are
obliged to hold on to the rocks on the side
to keep from falling. On the other, there is
beautiful branch running through it.
AT the top of the cavern it is all hard rock,
and little long rocks, like fingers, hang down;
through these the water drops slowly and
constantly. AS the light is carried in, the
rocks sparkle like millions of diamonds. It
is intensely cold within the cave, and, if the
hand be placed on the rocks they feel like ice
! to the touch. If any one should happen to
lose their light in there they would never
| get out. Some of the party went very far in,
and, returning, told us that il was their opin-
| ion that there was human body in there,
| from the suffocatingsmell. They would have
| stopped to look for it, but the torches were
| fast wasting away.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

A RAILWAY AGENCY ROBBED OF ELEVEN
HUNDRED DoLLARs--ARREsT OF THE THIEF.
On Tuesday morning the agent of the Mis-
sissippi Railroad, at Ggenaea, discovered
that the safe had beenIhroken open the night
previous and, rifled of l,lO0l in money.
From circumstances that had previously
transpired, suspicion was directed toward a
the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad,
at Cairo III. Collins was in the act of get
ting his trunk checked for Chicago when he
was arrested Upon searching his trunk
81 900 of the missing money was recovered.
Skeleton keys, pick-pockets' and niscel-
laneous assortment of burglars tools were
found in his possession.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

NAUTICAL RATS MANAGING A RATT.-The
Petersburg (Va.) Express describes the nayi-
on block of wood. Three had taken
position at the shelm,n and with their tails
extended out into the water, acted as steers
men, two stood at the sides of the block
with their anecdotes similarly disposed,
oar fashion, while gray-bearded old Fellow
paced the deck excitedly, occasionally taking
. seat amidships, then making o solar OBJ
servation and giving orders TO the helm.
They would have steered into the shore, but
were bombarded by boys. spP'
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

VERY Polite LIGHFSING IN lLLINoIs.--The
town of Dover, in Illinois, was recently,
visited by an exceedingly polite flash Of
lightning. Henry Hagan and his hired
man were on the point Of taking their mid
day meal in the fields, under large oak tree,
when violent thunder-shower came up.
The lightning descended with the rain, and
fash, striking the tree, shivered several
branches, passed between Mr.. Hagan and the
man, took off the cover Of Mr.. Hagan's din
ner pail for him, and so disappeared, as II
were, with bow, begging the gentlemen to
be seated, and help themselves.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

ACCOUNTS OF THE HARVEST ON THE Con-
T1SEsT--The last European mail furnishes
us with accounts of the crops in those
countries where the harvest is terminated.
II is only in the north of Italy that the wheat
crop is considered satisfactory; in -Lombardy
it is middling, and in the Provinces Of Mo-
dena Parma and Bologna it is Indifferent
In Venetia results differ in various localities;
in Naples the crop is less than was at first
expected. The harvest in the Two CASTLES
and La Mancha, in Spain, has been salts
factory; but in Andalusia the quantity has
not equaled expectation. Accounts from
Odessa say that the wheat crop there will be
excellent. In Ireland the harvest will be
an average crop.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25

GaEAT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT or
NORTH RoLINA.---Thirty years ago, North
Carolina abandoned the growth of cotton,
owing to causes not very clearly defined, but
such as that the season was too short the
nspring too backward soil too thin, etc,
but has returned to II with vastly increased
energy, producing, q greater yieid IN one
merly. And it is making the cotton-gr0w-
ing districts rich, signs Of which are seen In
the Improvement OF lands, Of buildings, and
the general condition Of the population.
There are already planters who make !, ,o0t
bags, which, at $50 per bass Y 30 ooo and
ten years ago, the game men did not produce
q baieI teTsJaIA ,Tk0 slNf