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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17
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NEW YORK, August l6.--A dispatch TO the
Tribune says; "Talifero Hunter, relative of
Senator, is appointed Fourth Auditor of the
Treasury"
A dispute occurred yesterday in a stable.
on Sullivan-street, between James 0Connor
aud colored man, named George Higgins,
when the former cut the throat Of the latter
with butcher-knife.
Charles Gardner was fatally stabbed last
night, in Madison-street, by an unknown
man. t . 90. t...... ID. ASA d..
Mrs. Holt, wife of the Postmaster-G General,
died at Washington, yesterday. Her re-
mains were forwarded TO Kentucky.
The Great Eastern had about 700 visitors
yesterday. She will take about 100 passen-
gers for Liverpool. I'D, -,
7 A brilliant meteor was seen from this city
last evening. i--1.'T
The SLAYER recently wrecked on, the BAHIA
mas, is supposed TO have been the Sir Peter
IfoTreH, Of Baltimore, Captain Rich. The
crew, il will be remembered, were taken into
Nassau. HTs utH'It. erH
Counterfeit fiyes on the Bulls Head Bank
we're circulated last night, and several ar
rests were made.
Counterfeit photograph fves on the
Leather Manufacturers' Bank, are also in cir
culation. ...+..-. ...... .-lp .-..l 4.
A highway robbery was committed in
Pearl-street, Tuesday evening.
Mary Sullivan was brutally assaulted and
threatened with death, by James Cullum,
unless she gave him twenty-five cents he had
seen in her possession. He was caught in
the act, and committed.
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THE SIsYBIAN Toll OF EDITORIAL LIFE.-
The New Orleans correspondent of the
Charleston Is. C) Courier, noticing the SUBJ
sidence of business during the hot months,
says that the only noticeable exception is
that of the press, which, of course, never
knows relaxation. That is q routine, he re-
Aarks that is always beginning and never
ending. Shops may be closed, stores may
put up their shutters, courts may adjourn,
lawyers may placard their Office doors with
intimations that they are out of town, and
will be "back in the fall" ships and steamers
may lie up in ordinary hotels may close, and
even the Common Council may adjourn It'll
this day four months" the Mayor, in the in
terim, deputing some 'can't-get-away' Al
derman to act in his place while he goes a
pleasuring-but there is no such luxury for
the working editor of the daily press.
The people, though they may submit to
the deprivation of tho usual facilities of litiga-
ton, or legislation, or trade, or pleasure, will
not consent to forego their newspaper, and
80 the mill must still grind on, and, though
the "grinders are few" they must produce
the daily grist. And in these dull times, too!
When there is so little happening, and SC
little to talk or write about The full tale o.
brick must be supplied, though there be nc
straw to make it with. tl-
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A Human Demon Nearly Murders Several
Persons and IL Shot Dead by n Mob.

We have rarely heard, of a more diabolical
outrage than the one perpetrated a few days
since, eight miles above Morristown, Tenn,
and two miles above Russelvile, in Hawkins
County. A man by the name of Joshua Bal
lard armed himself with scythe-blade, and
started from his home with the intention of
numbering some person. The first man he
encountered was a Mr.. Bewley; but il appears
that Bewley escaped without material injury.
He then went TO the house of a Mr.. Horner,
and told him he intended to kill him, and
commenced cutting him with his scythe-
blade. Horner received eight severe wounds
upon the head and other parts Of his person.
We are informed he can not possibly survive.
Ballard then went to the house Of Mrs.
Robinson; she saw him coming and closed
the door. Ballard, however, broke the door
bed, and inflicted several severe wounds
upon her; she, by some means, escaped from
him. Not satisfied, be commenced upon two
of her children, infiicting several gashes
upon their bodies. .
By this time several of the neighbors col
lected to take him; but Ballard swore he
would not be taken, and started in a run for
his home; he was hotly pursued, however,
and barely reached his house, and secreted
himself in the cabin loft, when he was fired
upon through the cracks between the logs
There was baV Of cotton in his loft, which
he used to screen himself from the bullets,
and our informant a gentleman Of veracity,
says, that some seyenty-fve shots were fred
before he was killed. He stood and cursed
his pursuers till he fell dead. His mother
also stood in the yard during the time,
swearing she would send the whole party to
hi before she was done with them.
Ballard was desperate character, addicted
to strong drink and all kinds Of dissipation.
He was the champion Of the neighborhood,
and most men were afraid to encounter him
single handed.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17

SAILING AND SrEAMISa QUALITIEs OF THE
GREAT EAsTERN.-The Great Eastern, ON her
return from Chesapeake Bay, left Annapolis
at seven P. NJ. on Saturday, the llth inst,
past four A. NJ, where she stopped ten min
ntes to land the pilot, and arrived off the
Hook at noon on the 18th. The distaree run
from Annapolis to Cape Henry is l6O nautical
miles; time occupied, nine hours and ten
minutes, or about ia nautical miles an
hour. The distance run from Cape Henry to
her position off the Hook at noon is 253 nau-
teal miles; time occupied, nineteen hours
and forty minutes, or about 1913 nautical
miles an hour. Allowing one knot an hour
for southerly current from Cape Henry up
nearly 1873 nautical miles an hour. She had
head winds all the way.
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PROBABLE EXHAUSTION OF THE SUPPLY OF
PERUvIANBARK.-Ag gentleman long resident
in South America states that there is some
danger that the supplies of that very useful
medical drug Peruvian bark, and the still
more useful sulphate of quinine obtained
from it, may soon be exhausted. The cin-
chona, the tree which yields the bark, grows
Mt liberal hight on the slopes of the Andes,
in various localities from Bolivar to New
Grenada. In the latter country il is found
on the central branch of the Cordillera, and the
two best varieties have hitherto been those
Of Pitayo and Fanagamga, two New Grana-
dian alpine districts. But these are already
exhausted, and both in this country and En-
gland another and poorer kind, known as
Almaguer bark, which was at first totally un-
salable, is now used to very great extent
The price of the best importations in the
London market has gone up, within few
years. from Is. Sd. per pound, to Is. Cd. and
3s., while the Almaguer, fora long time re-
fused by the dealers, is now readily pur-
chased at Is. 4d. A single tree yields from
ten to forty arrobas, and 1t is calculated that
it will take at least fifty years for the shoots
Of the destroyed tree to attain a middling
size. The supplies from Bolivia, however,
continue to maintain the highest rank, both
in regard to quantity and quality.
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THE MrLbrssrum OF FREEDOM IN NAptps.-,

The MILLENNIUM OF FREEDOM IN NAPLEs.--
Naples continues in state of wonderment
at its sudden transformation into new Jeru-
salem. Not only have the police harpiesand
furies disappeared, but the magistracy, the
bench, the functionaries in every department,
have been changed, any alteration being sure
to be boon. The men of l848 are now
sought out for Office, not for torture and inn
prisonment. The dungeons have given up
to daylight captives who have fingered there
ever since Mr.. Gladstones visit dozen years
ago. ....,. ..r, 10.
Fourteen young men (now grown gray
have emerged from sepulchral durance, TO
which the mere fact of having been at coll
lege with Agesilao Milano had consigned
them. Athanasio Drammis, soldier who
had an insignificant note found on his person
In Milsno's writing, had not heard a human
voice, or seen the light of the sun for the last
six years in the vaults of Maria Apparente.
No sooner had he realized the idea of his
freedom, than his first impulse was to start
for Garibaldi, wearing the shaggy beard and
the indellible traces Of the iron that had en-
tered his SOUL" One sufferer was found in
sane, and none could tell his history, save
that he had been seven years entombed in
the Vicaria, and the register indicated his
having been sent hither by Antonelli, after
three years previous incarceration at Rome,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17

PRcULIARITIEs OF THE ENGLISH NATIONAL
ACCOUNTS. - The European Times learns
from the accounts of the past financial year
that the annuities of the Royal Family
amounted to fl43, 788, including the charge
Of f50,000 year to the King Of the Belgians.
Among the political pensions are payments
of $4,000 year TO Mr.. DIsraeli, Sir G. Grey
and Lord Glenleg, on retirement from the
Cabinet. There are five pensions of $4,000
q year to Ex-Lord Chancellors, and six of
E350O to English Ex-Judges and an Ex-Vice-
Chancellor. This is a very long list of COM
pensations charged upon the Consolidated
Fund, some of them remarkable for the
length of time they have been paid, for
among the benefciaries are the door-keeper
and house-maid of the Irish House'of Lords.
Other cases are conspicuous for the amount
charged, for there is round sum of fl30-
900 year for officers of the late Eccesias-
ical and Prerogative Courts. The Earl OF
Peterborough takes f7,7OO year, as having
once been Chief Clerk of the Court Of
Queens Bench; the Rev. 7. Thurlow has
f4,O2s annually for being deprived of the of
fee of Keeper of the Hanaper, and Lord
Avonmore Ga, 200 as retired principal Regis
trar of the Irish Court of Chancery.
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SAVING RAFT FROM THE RAPIDs.-A raft
went over the Lachine Rapids on Friday
night, and arrived at Montreal safe next
morning. The foreman intended passing the
night at Chateauguay Basin, as is usual, but
q strong wind springing up, they were blown
into the channel, and found themselves OPP
posite Caughnawaga at twelve clock. With
coolness and presence Of mind, they sent on
shore, got up the Indian pilots and made
such an organization of their small force as
brought in eleven drains in perfect safety,
not leaving one piece. On every previous
occasion of the kind, the men have left their
RATS to their fate. This is the first instance
on record of a large raft running the Lachine
Rapids by night, without going to pieces.
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Affairs In Syria and Turkey-serious kiot
between n Mob aud Protestant Ameris
cans. f.....
New York, August 16.-The World has
correspondence from Beirut TO July IT,
and Constantinople to the oath. In the lat
ter city serious outbreak had occurred be-
tween Protestant Americans and a mob,
touching the right of the former to the use Of
burying grounds.
The disturbance lasted FIVE days, in spite OF
the efforts of the Minister of War, together
with Armenian patriarchs, assisted by several
thousand troops. This occurred in the Ballat
quarter of the city. rr
Since this disturbance was quelled, the
Protestants have been driven from two other
quarters of the city, and to prevent further
outrages the Government had suspended Pro-
testant worship. The Turkish Government
however, denies that Professionalism was really
at the bottom of the outbreak, but that it was
got up by Russian influence for the purpose
of creating collusion between the soldiers
and the Christian population. fr
A meeting had been held of all Protestant
ambassadors, who sent an earnest and de-
cisve protest to the Porte. On the day fol-
lowing this protest, the American residents
at Constantinople received a formal notice
from their Minister, to move with the greatest
caution, as further disturbance was immi
nent. t'H.~ A.tl
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vNE-GRowrse AND wrsr-RAIslse IN Al

vNE-GRowINe AND WNE-RAIsINe IN Al
ABAMA.-The Mobile (Ala.) Tribune of late
date says: l.a
The yield of the vineyards in the neighbor-
hood of Citronelle, and elsewhere In the
county of Mobile, from all that we can learn,
has been very encouraging. DR.. Borden,
near Citronelle, made 200 gallons of wine
from one acre Of vines. Other private vine
yards, to which less attention had been given,
have been proportionally successful.
The Mobile Wine Company, which was Or
ganized only about a year ago, and, of course,
had only young vines from which nothing
was expected this season, has, nevertheless,
turned out sixteen gallons-enough, as our
informant remarked, to enable the stock
holders, at their next annual meeting, to
drink their own wine. rr
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The Moqui-A New Race Of Men In South
Amertca

Prof Newberry, ia his paper, read before
the American Scientific Association at New
port, r. l., gave vivid description of the
geographical features of the great plateaux
sweeping east and west from the Rocky
Mountains, illustrated by colored drawings
His well-browned, fiercely-bearded face, gave
evidence Of the effects Of the sun and winds
on the vast trceless plains that skirt the
Colorado. He incidentally gave a most in
teresting description Of that strange people,
the Moqui, whose cities he had seen in New
Mexico, and but "a small remnant of whom
now exist. They belong TO hitherto un-
known race. Prof. Newberry thinks they
may be remains of the Aztecs, who ruled
that region on its discovery by the Spaniards
From the characteristics, however, of the
melancholy remnantwho now exist, il seems
more probable that they are TO be referred to
the Toltecs, who were displaced by the
Aztecs. .lr. E
Mr.. Newberry described them as race
apparently entirely distinct from any other
Indians on this continent. They are smaller
have distinct conformation of skull and
face, and are peaceful agriculturists. They
weave cloth, work with implements Of stone,
and build towns of stone and mortar, on the
mountain table-lands which rise eight hum
dred or one thousand feet above the lowland
plateaux. They build walls round their
town, and their only means of ingress and
egress, is by ladders, which they draw after
them when they enter town. There are
seven Of these small towns still inhabited by
this fast-fading race. But their ruins extend
over the whole valley of the San Juan-ap-
parently ruins of race once numbering
millions of men-and many of them (the
towns) five hundred or one thousand years
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HORRIBLE CRIMES IN ENGLAND--A MAN
SERVANT MURDERs HIS MOTHER, Two BROTH
ERs, AND HIS MIsTREss.-Seldom do We re-
ceive our files of English papers without
finding in them the most shocking details Of
crime. The London Times of the lst inst.
comes to us with q report of one of the
bloodiest deeds that ever appeared in the an
nails Of crime. The account is of servant
named John Gridley Youngman, who stands
charged with the murder of Elizabeth
Youngman, his mother, aged forty-six; Tho
mas Youngman, aged eleven; Rayson Young
man, aged six, his brother; and Mary Street.
er, a young woman to whom he was paying
his addresses. When brought into court
Youngman was perfectly self-possessed and
Indifferent. He admits that he killed his
mother, but says that she killed them and
then stabbed at him. but he wrenched the
knife from, her grasp and killed her. He
was remanded for trial. -
The same paper contains an account of a
most shocking child murder by mother,
and another story of the murder Of father
by his son. The English have but little to
boast of in the line of morality. ,.
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A WOMAN MISTAKES HooP SKIRT FOR A
BURGLAR-4The Webster (Penn.) Times says
the neighborhood in the vicinity of its office
was startled Sunday night by the shrill and
piercing cry of somebody in distress, and
thereby hangs tale. It appears that a
young lady had been aroused from her sum-
ber about midnight by noise at her open
window Half inclosing her eyes, she saw
corpulent form apparently struggling to gain
admission to her chamber. Her first thought
was to faint; her second to give the fellow a
push; her third to jump out of the window as
soon as he jumped I'M her fourth to scream
which was Immediately carried into effect.
The old folks and every body else rushed to
the rescue, when they, discovered that the
was really very harmless one, it being no
other than the young lady hoop-skirt on the
windy side of the window, and futter-
ing in the night breeze.
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A MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING IN THE
PREsENcE OF HIS FAnLY.-A few days agoa
negro preacher, John Stout, residing near
Mount Joy, Penn, was struck by lightning
while at work in his garden, and instantly
killed. He was standing almost directly
under the telegraph wire, in the act Of hand
ing money to his wife, who was standing
near him, and who was not affected by the
emitting showers of brilliant sparks and a
succession of sounds similar to those pro-
duced by the explosion of fire-crackers. The
hair was burned off the crown Of his head,
and his body commenced such a rapid decay
that it was found necessary TO bury him the
next day. haf yyGa asaasd ln a'go,q ei
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sansuinary Riot on tho steamer Great


sansuinary Riot on tho steamer Great
,,f'uti+1 io Ii. Eastern.
The Baltimore Sun, of late date, has the
following
Quite riot took place on board the
steamer Great Eastern on Friday morning in
which several of those connected with the
ship were pretty severely handled. From
all the Information that can be obtained, il
appears that q large number Of persons went
down from the city, and there was complaint
that some Of the females we're insulted by
some OF those belonging to the ship. There
we're then some words, but no blows, but all
the indications were that fight would take
place, and many left the ship.
About half an hour after the first collision
Of words female called upon Washington
Goodrich for protection, stating that she had
been insulted, and pointed out the party, who,
il seems, was one of the officers of the ship.
Goodrich asked him what he meant by in-
snlting ladies, to which an unsatisfactory re-
ply was made, and which was followed by a
fight. Goodrich first struck the man, and
then butted him several times. This attracted
the attention of several others belonging to
the ship, and they attempted to protect their
officer, when they too were beaten. The
affair was of but a few minutes duration,
though sanguinary while it continued.
A few minutes after the above affray, an
other female was insulted grossly by another
Of the ships company, when Mr.. John Lutz,
who was standing near, witnessed it, and
knocked the fellow down and administered
TO him severe beating On the ship no par
ticulars could be obtained of the affair, and
the above is the information of those who
were present and witnessed the whole trans.
action tIT-f
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17

MYSTERIOUS BEoUEsr To CoLLEGE--A
SECRET FOR CENTURY.-The Treasurer of
Amherst College, Mass, has lately received
from Daniel Sears, of Boston, heretofore
liberal benefactor of the College, small and
carefully sealed box, with the instruction
that it is not to be opened for 100 years, on
pain of forfeiture of the gift which il con-
tains. Speculation is at fault as TO the con-
tents and the reasons for the accompanying
condition. The shnwdest guess is that the
box holds deeds of real estate in Boston, now
under lease for 100 years, but then TO be
transferred to the College.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17

SINGULAR LITERARY MoNoMAnIA.-For-
merly there lived in London, goldsmith,
Thomas Wirgman, who had a craze for pub
fishing his own writings. He had the paper
made expressly for him, SO that each leaf in
the book should have its own peculiar tint,
and if the color of any sheet did not suit
him when printed, he would destroy the
whole issue and have a new lot of paper
made. In this way he spent his fortune of
S2bO 600
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Resirnat,on Of Gen. Haruey.

WASHINGTON, August l6.-Gen. Harvey,
in compliance with an order issued more
than six months ago, reported himself in
Department of Oregon, at the instance of
Lieutenant General Scott for reasons in
connection with the San Juan affair. 1t is
probable he will be court-martialed.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17

. A KNIFE THROWN ENTIRELY THROUGH A
BUToHER's BoDY.-Two butchers, named
Allen and Mccoy, got into an alteration at
Memphis, Tenn, on Wednesday, when the
latter seized knife and hurled it at his re-
treating antagonist with such force that the
weapon, entering his side beneath the ribs,
went through the body and came out in front
Allen can not recover.
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/ A STEAMBOAT DISASTER TO BE INVESTIGATED.
The Houston (Texas) Telegraph learns that
he President Of the New Orleans and Texas
Railway Company has left there for New
Orleans, to investigate the affair of the blow
ing up of the steamer La Crosse. He thinks
there must have been foul play in the matter.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17

A HuGE BLACK SNAKE KILLED "A few
days ago ablack-snake, eleven feet in length,
was killed in Gwynedd Township, Penn. 1t
had been seen at intervals for several years,
but the statement in regard to its length was
discredited. 1t was shot by person who
was out hunting woodcock, and until he saw
the monster did not believe there was so
large a snake in the State. 1t is said to have
belonged to the anaconda species, and could
easily have destroyed a lamb or young calf
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17

ADJUSTMENTS OF CoLLEGE STUDENTs.-A
party Of students in the Williston Academy,
Easthampton, put aquantity ofpowder under
No outhouse, and blew it up, about five
o'clock on Monday morning, with a terrible
noise, which startled the town and shattered
the windows in the academy building.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17

Mas. MARY GURNEY REPENTs-The New
York Tribune credits the rumor that Mrs.
Gurney has become sick of her wretched in
trigue, has discarded her groom, and is now
living reputably in the family of an English
clergyman in Paris. We presume it is also
ging to be forgiven and received back by her
relatives.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17

THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPHAsIs.-An elderly
gentleman being i'll, one Of his friends sent a
messenger with the usual inquiry, which,
however, he had not pronounced with due
emphasis. :" III thank yen to take my
compliments, and ask hotO OLD Mr.. W. is
The messenger departed on his errand, and
speedily returned, saying, ''He is just sixty
eiQht sir ~ ~
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17

A DWELLING AND THREE CHILDREN De-
srRoYEp BY FIRE.-The house Of G. Spandan
about half mile from Victoria Texas, was
recently destroyed by fire, and three children
consumed in the flames. Mr.. Spandan and
his wife were in the field some distance from
the house when they discovered the conhag-
ration. The children burned were aged one
six, another four years, and the third nine
montha IW,I 1870
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AN ORGANIC DIFFIoULqY.-An Irishman in
Boston pushed an organ-grinder from the
sidewalk A row followed and in a short
time crowd of Irishmen and Italian organ
grinders were fighting. Knives and other
weapons were freely used, and several per-
sons seriously injured.