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Shreveport daily news., 1861-08-27
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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
Southern News.


MONTGOMERY, ALA, April 2.--W. H. Wade,
editor of the Key Of the Gulf has arrived
here from Pensacola. He states that on the
25th ult. the steamer General Rusk arrived
at Key West with 200 troops for that place,
and 100 for Tortugas. The CRUSADER had
reached Key West, with sealed orders, uu-
der charge of Captain Craven, with marines,
The Brooklyn was going into Key West on
the 26th ult., and there was no doubt that
she had left troops at Port Pickens.
The Texas Commissioners stipulated that
the troops on the General Rusk should be
landed at New York. The commanders of
three companies on board the General RuSk
had signed document exonerating Captain
Smith, of the Rusk, from all blame for the
deception p .acticed.
By an arrival at Key West on the 26th, it
was reported that the Spanish flag had been
hoisted at San Domingo by the Spanish and
French. The Spanish President had pre-
yiously written 10 Havana, stating that if
Spanish forces we're not sent thither imme-
diately, the SpaniaTds would hoist the Span
ish flag; whereupen five Spanish war YES
sells and l,000 men sailed from Havana, and
took formal possession of San Domingo,
aided by French corvette.
General Miramon, it was reported, was at
Havana, endeavoring 10 raise q force for the
purpose of invading Mexico; and it was said
the Spanish and French sympathized with
the movement.
1t was believed at Havana that those Gov
ernments would, by squadFons, aid in the
landing of such an expedition.
IL YVES also affirmed at Havana that the
English, French and Spanish fleets had sailed
for Vera Cruz, the object Of which was not
known.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
Arrival ofthn Rnrnssin

NEw YORK, April 2.-The BoruSSia arrived
this morning with dates of the 18th alt.
No markets received.
The London Times, in referring to Presi-
dent Lincoln's Inaugural, says his express
sons are studiously cautious, but really
amount TO the fact that he will recapture the
forts, citadels, &C.
Advices from Warsaw announce that
Sweeping reforms are proclaimed by the
Gar for Poland. Every town is to have
elective municipal councils.
The Russian manifesto, prooleiming the
emancipation of the serfs, was published on
the 18th. The proPrietors of landed prop
eIty preserve the tight attached to the same,
but NJ ast conceds to the peasants for perma.
nent use the dwelling, with. ground at
tachsd, which will be allotted them by law,
in consideration Of the payment of duties.
Tho peasants a3e also permitted, by law, TO
puTehase their dwelling and land, the land
lo2a eonsent!ag, and they then become
lesded proprieters.
Sardinia 10 urging Napoleon to withdraw
his troops from Rome. o."
LiVeTpoo1 Monday of Cotton to
day 10000 bales, including 5000 to speeulat
ors and exporters. AdVices per America
caused an advance of1s@1ld. per pound over
Fridays quotations. s -T I-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

A PHILosoPHER's REQUEST 0BEYED-Jeremy
Bentham's Skeleton in Parlor.-A we'll
known authoress, in late letter from Eu-
rope, mentions having become acquainted
with DR.. Southwood Smith, the well. known
philanthropist, and adds:
On visiting him, we saw an object which
had often heard celebrated, and had thought
would be revolving, but found, on the con-
trary, quite an agreeable sight; this is the
skeleton of Jeremy Bentham. 1t was at
Bentham's request that the skeleton, dressed
in the same dress that he habitually wore,
stuffed out to an exact resemblance of life,
and with portrait mask in wax, sits there
as assistant to DR.. Smith, in the entertain
ment of his guests and companion Of his
studies. ..-..
The figure leans a little forward, resting
the hand on a stout stick which Bentham a.
ways carried, and had named "Dapple." The
attitude is quite easy; the expression of the
whole mild, winning, yet highly intellectual
individual.
1t is well-known that Bentham, in order
to oppose, in the most convincing manner,
the prejudice against dissection of the human
subject, willed his body to surgeons and in
a codicil, subsequently written, made final
bequest of his skeleton to his friend, DR..
Smith.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
Macaulay's Description of Peter the
GREATS Visit to England

Peter the Greats person and visitto En-
gland from Russia in 1898, is thus described
in Macaulay's last volume:
The Russian Princes stately form, his in
telectual forehead, his piercing black eyes,
smile, his frown black with all the stormy
rage and hate of barbarian tyrant, and,
above ALL strange nervous convulsion
which sometimes transformed his counte-
nance, during few moments, into an object
on which it was impossible to look without
terror, the immense quantities of meat
which he devoured, the pints of brandy
which he swallowed, and which, it was said,
he had carefully distilled with his own
hands, the fool who jabbered at his feet, the
monkey which grinned at the back of his
chair, were, during some weeks, popular
topics of conversation. He meanwhile
Stunned the public gaze with a naughty
shyness which infamed curiosity. He went
to play but, as soon as he perceived that
pit, boxes and galleries were staring, not at
the play, but at him, he retired 70 b ick
bench, where he was screened from obserVa-
ton by his attendants.
He was desirous to see sitting of the
House of Lords but, as he was determined
not to be seen, he was forced TO climb up the
leads, and to peep through small window.
He heard with great interest the royal assent
given to a bill for raising Fl, 800 600 by land
tax, and learned with amaZemeut that this
sum, though larger by one.half than the
whole revenue which he could wiring from
the population of the immense empire Of
| which he was absolute master, was but q
small part of what the Commons of England
voluntarily granted every year to their con-
stitutional king. a
William judieiously humored the, whims
] af \ - trio IL
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

A RUSSIAN EMPERoR's PASSION FOR NAVAL
AFFAIRs.-Peter the Great, says Macaulay,
from some cause which can not now be
traced, had taste for maritime pursuits
which amountedto passion--inde ID, almost
to monomania. His imagination was full
Of sails, yard arms and rudders. That large
mind, equal to the highest duties of the gem
eral and the statesman, contracted itself to
the most minute details of naval architecture
and naval discipline. The chief ambition of
the great conqueror and legislator was to be
a good boatswain and good ships carpen-
ter. Holland and England therefore had for
him an attraction which was wanting to the
galleries and terraces Of Versailles. B
He repaired to Amsterdam, took lodging
in the dock. yard, assumed the garb of a
pilot, put down his name on the list of work
men, welded with his own hand the calk-
ing-iron and the mallet fixed the pumps,
and twisted the ropes. ambassadors who
came to pay their respects to him were
forced, much against their will, to Chamber
up the rigging of a man of war, and found
him enthroned on the cross. trees.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
LATEST NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
Three Days Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE NEW YORK.

SANDY Hook, April 2-lO A. M.-The
steamship Neto TsTh, from Southampton on
10th, is passing this point. Ber dates are
three days later than per Afrioa and one day
later than per Borussaa, 10
Liverpool Cotton Market = BieerpooL
March 20.-Sales on Monday and Tuesday,
$4,000 bales, including $4,000 to spectators
and exporters e
Jas. Hewitt & Co. report an advance on
active and buoyant. Middling Orleans Is
quoted at I'D; middling Mobile, I'd; mid
ding Uplands, I'd. Some Authorities quote
an advance of A0Id.
Advices from Manchester are favorable.
Yarns advanced I'd and holders demand an
advance on Cloths.
LiUeypoot Market.-Breadstuff quiet but
steady. Richardson, Spence & Co. report
Flour quiet but steady. Wheat quiet and
steady; red, lis. 6d.@l3s,; white, 139l4s.
3D.: Corn steady; mixed, 37s. Sd (93Ts Cd !;
yellow, 3Ss @3Ss. Cd; white, 3Ss. CLOSES.
Provisions generally quiet; Beef and Pork
quiet; Bacon steady, and with better de.
mand; long Middles, 49@49s. Cd. Lard dull,
at 53@54s. for good.
Refining Tallow quiet and steady. Sugar
quiet. Coffee quiet. Rice steady. Resin
dull.
CoDsols closed, on Tuesday, at oIkCa92
for money, and 9215@92N on account.
The steamer Canadian, from Portland, ar
rived at Londonderry on the 10th.
The general news by the NeID York is no
later than the Borussia
PQTis Tuesday -EUe.- The Conference
assembled to. day to sign a convention pro-
longing the French occupation of Syria to
June 5.
The Bourse had declined. Rentes closed
in the afternoon at 6Sf zoe.
IOTiS. Hf0neS10n Tho Cnuvanfior
signed by all the powers.
Rome, March l9.-In the Consistory held
yesterday, the Pope declared that he would
have granted the concessions advised by the
Catholic sovereigns, but he could not re-
ceive the counsels or unjust demands of the
usurping government.
Naples, March l8.-Civitella Del Tronto
capitulated yesterday evening before the
orders from Francis III reached there to sur.
render. To-day the garrison saluted the
proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy.
This city and provinces are tranquil.
A dispatch to the Times, dated Naples, the
10Th, says that all the counsellors were dis
missed. ......
The Council of Lieutenancy is dissolved.
This morning grand and imposing fete
was held in honor of Garibaldi. All is
tranquil. a.
Vienna, Wednesday.-The whole Hezegovia
is in revolution, supported by the Monte
negTiDs. The fighting is general Several
Turkish villages on the frontier have been
reduced TO ashes.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

DIscovERY OF MOUNTAINS IN AFRIoA.-In
Eng land considerable excitement has been
created among naturalists and geographers
in Central Africa by a gentleman now in
London, Mr.. Chayllon, a gentlemen of mixed
French and American blood, who, ayailing
himself of the facilities given by his position
as SON of a consular officer near the Gaboon
River, has penetrated across the African
Continent on the line Of the Equator, and has
there discovered, in a densely Woodedregion
range of lofty mountains Zone peak calcu-
lated by him IL 600 feet) which contain, &C
eording to his conviction, the sources Of the
four great rivers of the African Continent,
the Nile, the Niger, the Zambesi and the
Zaire, OF Congo. $3.50.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
AIunicIsaI Election.

JETFFRsoE CTTY, April 2--At the election
yesterday, Ewing was elected over Miller,
Unconditional Union, by two majority. =
KANSAS OiTT, April ar. t. Van Horn,
Union candidate, was elected Mayor yester-
dey, by a large majority. ga n 1I6g a
T0IKDo, April 2.--At the city election
Yesterday, the Democrats elected Mayor and
Treasurer, and seven out Of ten Oouneil-
men. - A' 's'-l' "a
PORTLAND, Mn, April 2-The Republicans
elected VIM. w. Thomas for Mayor. A
Democratic Mayor was elected last year by
thirty. one majority. ..-..F .....
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A Secession Journals View of the II epub.
ncan Appointments 10 Foreign Mission.


ncan Appointments TO Foreign Mission.
The New Orleans Crescent sees in the
rapidity with which MIR. Lincoln has made
foreign appointments, and in the character
of the appointees, evidence of the purpose
of his Government to defeat the recognition
of the Confederate States by the great
Powers Of Europe, and adds: ta. H.
Thus we see what sort of material has
been chosen to represent the United States
in foreign diplomatic circles. They are
mostly radical Freesoilers, and men espe-
cially offensive to the South. The cunning
hand of the Secretary of State, William H
Seward, is visible in all this. If he can pre-
vent, even for a brief season, our recogni-
ton as an Independent nation, by foreign
Governments, il will be great point game d.
and will strengthen the hands of the Sub
missionisis of the slave States of the border.
We believe he will signally fail. We do not
believe his game will win, although he has
stocked the cards.
We believe the enlightened nations of
Europe will be prompt to acknowledge a
Government which has shown disposition
to a liberal commercial policy, and 3 people
surprising all Others on the globe, of equal
numbers in the elements of wealth, pros
perity and greatness. Still, the anisaNs of
| The Lincoln Administration toward us is
none the less conspicuous. Its disposition
! TO throw every thing in the way of The Coz
| federate States, both openly and iRsidiously,
is none the less apparent. The fact that its
Vaccinations, both at home and abroad, will
| te of no avail, will preserve the equanimity
of the Southern people; but the lesson that
| is taught is that no amount Of vigilance will
be too great, on our part, as against the
hostility, open and secret, Of the Northeru
| Union. ..r -srI. .f.. .4... H
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
TRRPsICHoRBAN.
PARLoR GROVE.

ITO PICNIC RARTIEs AND PLEAS
n URk-SEEKERS,-T Those beautiful and favor
ite grounds, known as the Parlor Grove" are now
being improved for the coming season, In such a
manner a. to render them, beyond all com parison,
the most convenient and attractive summer resort
ia the neighbOrhoOd of Cincinnati, The proprie-
tors are determined to spare no expense in making
the "GroNo" all that the most fastidOus pleasures
seeker can desire splendid platform for dancing,
forty feet by eighty a new orchestra seats aud
tables IN every convenient position handsome
refreshment- room, in which those who do not like
the trouble Of taking baskets with them, can sit
down to a CON Portable meal at a moderate charge
safe place in which TO deposit baskets. Swings,
ETC., are among the Inducements held out to those
who wish to spend summers day in the woods,
and enjoy at the same time such conveniense5 as
can not be obtained elsewhere The proprietors
reserve to- themselves the privilege of selling re-
Treatments on the grounds for which right they will
be willing to pay at the usual rate. No spiritous
liquors will be permitted to be sold the grounds
upOn any pTetense whatever. To religious 81 cetes
and schools who may not require the use Of the
platform, reduction will be made The proprie-
tors will spare pains to secure for Parlor Grove"
q high reputation for respectability and orderly
maaageufnt. Fer terms and all arrangements,
apply, Wednesdays and Saturdays, till p. n, at
SO Main.st,, or By letter to Parlor Grove, Delhi
Hamilton County,. LII E-. VI mills X
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

The ENGLISH KING AND THE WINE MER-
CHAM. .--George the III was very partial to
Oarbonel, the wine merchant, and frequently
admitted him to the Royal Hunt. Return
into conversation with him, and rode aide
by side considerable distance. Lord Wal
siDgham watched an opportunity, and called
Mr.. Carbonel aside, and whispered TO him /;
'What's that2 what has Walsingham been
saying to your inquired His Majesty. 81
find, sire, | have been unintentionally guilty
of disfespect, by not taking OFF my hatwhen
l addressed your Majesty but, yoL will
please to observe, that Whenever hunt, my
hat is fastened TO my wig, and my wig to
spirited horse, If any thing goes of, so must
ell 20 off together The King laughed
heartily at the whimsical apology. = 3,
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Connection Election.

HARTFORD, April 1.-The Republicans
have probably carried their STATE ticket by
an Increased majority. They have both
branches of the Legislature.
Loomis, Republican, is believed to be
elected in the FiSst Congressional District
by 100 majority. = rs
HARTFORD, April 2-1 A. M.-The Repub-
hcans have elecBed their State ticket by an
Increased msiOTity. They have carried both
branches of the Legislature, and the First
and Third Congressional Districts. They
have lost The second. The fourth not fully
! heard from. .ri li 8.T
Hartford County - Buekingham's vote,
s,263; majority against him 65s Last year it
was 2lO 7l' t- 81
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Supernatural Occurrence In Virsinfa =
MIaIerioma RnIIinn nf Pen G h. sInnea

Supernatural occurrence In N1fa1nln -
Mysterious Failing of Peaeh.stones.
A person of the highest respectability and
reliability, residing in Prince George County,
Virginia, sends this communication to the
Petersburg (Va.) Express.
One of nay neighbors called on me to day,
having with him four peach seeds, which,
from their appearance, are evidently The
seed of peaches that grew last year, and fell
10 the ground, where they remained until
the fruit rotted, leaving the seed bare.
After exhibiting the seed my visitor re-
lated the following singular narrative: He
said that two young ladies, his daughter and
a niece, occupied a sleeping apartment in an
upper story of his dwelling, and immedi-
ately over a chamber in which his wife and
himself slept Several nights SINCE after
the girls had retired to bed, they heard some
thing fall upon the floor of their room, the
noise resembling that produced by the fall
OF nuts each dropping separately. Upon
getting up and procuring light, they dis
covered these peach-seeds.
Every night since the first, these seeds
have continued to fall to the floor, unless
third person occupies the room with them.
An aunt slept with them some three or four
nights, to ascertain, if possible, the mys-
terious source from whence the seeds came,
and none fell, but whenever she failed to
sleep in the room, the seeds would fall.
How to account for the mystery, says our
correspondent; we know not. The house is
eompactly built, well plastered, and there
are no apertuTes, through which the seed
could be dropped from the roof. The family
are Industrious, highly respectable aud
deeply pious, and the statement is entitled
to the fullest credit. The gentleman and his
wife went up to the room one night, shook
the bed clothing, removed the bed and mat.
tress from the stead, and examined the
room thoroughly, but they had no sooner
retired than the peach commenced fall
ing. The girls were removed into another
room one night and the same dropping of
the seeds continued =
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

LAscIvIoUs PIErY OF AN ABBE IN FRANCE =
Three Beautiful Sisters Concerted by lSedac-
tion-One Concealed in ConUent and the
Others DgiOen MGd.--A Jewish gentleman,
residing at Cambria, had three beautiful
daug ghters. A dignitary of the Church at
Cambria, the Able Maret, struck with the
beauty of the Hebrew maidens, resolved
upon their conversion. He commenced by
the seduction of one, and after having eff
fccted her ruin, converted her to that spuri-
Gus Christianity which lacks much of the
charity ofJudasm. The same horrible story
may be told of the second and third sister.
Each in turn fell prey to this clerical mis-
creant, who stifled remorse by investing
himself with the right to pardon. One OF
the daughters he has concealed in a convent
of Benedictine nuns.
The Paris correspondent of the Globe
says: "The sentence of the Douay Court on
Chanoine Maret is six years Imprisonment.
The young Jewesses appear to have been en-
trapped into sort of seraglio, of which he
was keeper. Two of the sisters, Sienna and
Elizabeth, have gone mad; Theresa is con-
cealed still in some nunnery, which he will
not disclose; and altogether fouler infringe
ment of father and mothers rights, under
pretext of conversion, has rarely occurred.
Abhe d Rattisbonne has not come out of
this sskr creditably. A letter was fraudu-
lently posted at Alexandria, in Egypt, as il
from Theresa, who reported herself en- route
TO Jerusalem, to her parents, while she has
never been beyond the frontier"
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River News.

ST.. LOUIS, April 2.-Ths river has risen
nine inches in the past twenty-four hours,
and the Illinois is reported to be rising
rapidly.
PITTsBuRG, April 2-M.-Riyer eight feet
four inches by the pier mark, and falling.
Weather cloudy and cool. lom6d y p 4
BLouIsvILLE, April 2--P. N. .1RiVer rising
rapidly, with seven fest six inches in the
Canal. Weather clear mercury 49o.-