Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-01-08

Heroes end Poets. By Grace Greenwood.
Boston; Tielrnor & Fields IHr di .sai lll51
A book for young people, cOntEinihg ahOft
Biographies Of Burns, Bruce Wallace, Mary
Queen of Scots, walter Scott ana other woE-
THEA told in 4 plain and Interesting style, \
Cobb 4 Go. have IT, ,aoiualsv 50 arsgoi
20 aiu9-qlt 90 nt----nalud qiale rUl ssr Il
AaERlCAE HIsToRY. BY Jacob Abbott. X
lustFated with numerous maps and en-
,gravings. Vol, III,,lThe Southern Colo
mics. New York: Sheldon 4 %. 5eston;
Gould + Lincoln. 80
The. author, in his preface, rays That be
ohopeS that the work maybe found useful p
the young in awakening in thsir minds an
interest in the history ofotheiT country, and
tesire for further inst.dctioa in respect to
it." Mr.. Abbott is known Is 4 most success
fal writer Of books for The young, and thers
is little doubt but that the object at which he 1
has aimed will be atiAinea, - .ssdl a.544
HYxss o. TaE AeEs. seeond series, being Sc
Hlecti6ns from W WltheFa, CrashaW, SOuthWell,
Harrington aud other sources. Boston: HiotnOr \
Fields. aos8 bra o3naii-ig 1seorg diaI
iAnOther Of those elegant volumes which /
FioknOr and Fields are nois-asdays gissuing
50 plentifdlly. II is printed on tinted pa
per- in the best style Of the Riverside Press.
These hymns; which have been carefully
culIed from the choicest writings Of the best
authors are classified under such hsads as
Yirtus; oOntentInent; Trust, Death. Heaven
and other, appropriate 70 The subjects treat
ed upon. A large proportion Of the writers
from whom selections have been made -four
ished in the seventeeth and eighteenth CEN
turies, but later days have also furnished
their songs, and We SEQ thenaInes Of Arss II.
B. Stowe, Gerald Massey Whittier and 9TH
era. Crashaw whose name appears upon the
title page, published q volume Of English
posEs in ls4e, but previously had put forth a
collection Of poems in Latin, in one Of which
occurs the fine line, often ascribed TO- Dry
den. .e5lio asoal ,j bslisass sd o. saGaf
',TheS modest water saw lts Goa and Biu.hed.o,
The book can be had Of Cobb 4 Co.
We have also received from cobb Co.,
Part XII Of ToN BaOwE At 0xFoED, being the
first pages of the seeohd volume Of TicknOF's
edition. l.scF asIn elidDe sai lall
EDToRIAL COEYEEHOE.--The Annual Ed
isorial Convention Of Ohio will be held ct
Painesgiils On1ths 10th. The good people Of
that pleasant town are making arrangements
for good social time, and We can promise
to all who ettend a right merry, occasion
On Wednesday evening, after the business
session and the literary exercises have been
hsldyS dance and supper will be ihdulged
in at Wileox's Hall. The music viii be fur
nished by Rogers eaadriile Band, which we
happen 70 know is second 10 none IN the
State, Painesville should be visited BY all
the newspaper men who can be present. that
they may see how hourishing and enter
prising people build up handsome town
upon the ruins Of destructive fires. There
are some business blocks il Painesville thar
would co honor to any city. st.r s5s.a
The following gentlemen compose the
Committee of Invitation and General Ar
rangements; E. d. Howe, ". L. Perkins,
H. C. Gray, J. E. seohsld, b. Steele, s. Rosa,
]. R, French, J. Il. Merrill. All these gen
tlelnen have, at some period, been in the
newspaper business. Mr., Howe started, We
believe, the first paper published in oleTe-
land. @ hiiT 5illaa7 -av
The Room Managers ars Messrs. A. J.
Williams, II. R. Doolittle and Y. E. smalIey.
Loss OF LIFE AND PR0fERTT IN 1sSO.-The |
New York Herald has published some in
teresting statistics of then number of lives lost,
and of persons injured, BY accident upon
steamboats,, railroads, and BY FIRE, during
1850. Also Of property destroyed during the
same period BY fire. Below are the aggre-
gate amounts. III enlsr
Accidents on Railway in 1880 not including
individuals injured by their ownDcarelsss- 4
ness. Number "A; killed 81; wounded s15. |
During 8 years past, Number s77; killed
1,176; wounded 1926.
Accidents on Steamboats, in 1885,, mot includ-
ing st sea. Number 2l; killed 242; wounded
I46. ala l
During years past. Number 242; killed
3,OO1; wounded 1,O9O.
LIVES Losr IN 1850 BY FIRE IN THE o. s.
No. of fires rs; lives lost 1856.
Lives lost by fire in the o. S. during 2
years past. a'4laa -ae l.a
No. fires 400; lives lost I,Oslg i
Property lost BY FIRE in 1850 in sums of
$4,000 and over. Fires 251; Loss $15,5s7,-
900.
In 1859 the loss from 2OS fires was $lO,-
O5s, ,OOO-ths largest amount being in NoYsm-
Der, in both years. s..a-a
The amount lost by fire in the o. s. in
sums over S2O, 900 during last Z yesr is $IlS,- /
764, 900, and by all fires $l4s, 600, ,OOO.
To gH4 Yogsa MEN q GuEAHos4 County,;