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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-31

The PRNATR TELEGRAPH COMPAYY IN
LoNDoE.-The universal private Telegraph
Company, Of London, has been established
to furnish wires leading into the houses Of
their customers, from any given point. I'M
like the electric telegraph line, whose wireS
per annum, for their use.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-31
-GNOLD.MEDAL PIANOS : THE BEs

Grupes, of Lew York; Hansen's, N+-=-t.Tnlt
!. Of New York, and Drifting q Bros,
Of Cincinnati ebrased hrst-olasa VI " w n
! sDoehls Grand Action, Square Grand
7and Concert Pianos, pronounced BY, List2, Thai
bers and other great living artists the best in
istence Gvep Piano WARRANTED for ten Sears ane
exchange Pianos to let, from S6 to sk per quarter
Eirst-elass Musical Instruments Of all kinda 5ellint
g at half price Pianos, MelodeOns and other mu
gical instruTnents tuned and repaired thoroughly
Best MelodeVnA In the city, Do not buy or rent 8
Piano MelOdeon until you have called and ey
emined the above. BRITTlNG BRO,
Piano and Melodeon Makers and Dealers, and I'm
portars - Musical Instruments, 99T West Fiftb
st. south side near Plum nOf
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-31

NH NOiseless Lock stitch shuttle sewinR.ma.
chimes, of Howe 4 Roper Patent, warranted thS
best in market. Also, Blake a Johnstoo'E Hem.
mers, at Wholesale. 8. T. GARRISON Agent,
- No. 1919 West Fifth st.
R1-Agents wanted in every town. iH2som
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-31

NEW MUSIC. :--"DELTA KAPPA EPsI-.
IN LON MA RCH, y composed by Alfred Il. Pease,
OF the lambda Chapter. Price so cents IS.
JOHN CHURCH, JR,,
Publisher Of Music and I'm porter of Musical Ipstr
mehts. GO West Fourth. st jaT
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MUSICAL.

GUIDE TO MUSICAL COMPOsTTTON.-
VI For those who desire in short time and with
out teacher to acquire the art of inventng melo-
dies, and of providing them with suitable accom-
panimerts, especially Of composing the easier kinds
ofmnsical pieces BY Heinrich Wehifahrt Trans
lated by ]. 3. Dwight. Price 70 cents Published by
- Il -..t.. JOHN CHURCH, JR,,
Jazz sc West Fourth's st
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-31

Uf YOU HAVE LOST ANY THING, AID.
AVERTisE u ID the PRkSa, whore Ysu kdVer.
tigement viii be more likely 70 BE- seen than IN any
ether 1ADoEs - eooount ofth extensive oiEealAsAf
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-31

KDRs4s IN THE MAR Kk T-sOMR
ID THING NEW,--rha Crocodile Coals0O0kin9
sstuEsd i0r The trade tss gssh g eOod
81 : filailhu sa .ofaNo. 30 West 1lAh u,-' .
u a-out Or then m IL >.
store. % ,aaral..1ns1 a. sit1Aflf dl
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-31

SPIOED SALMON, LOBsTRR, ITO
- just receiYed, 100 cans BRced salmon 80 doz.
boI sals ~ JOHN BATEs, Eationi Thsstsf
building. byoAm0re-s jas
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-12

IyFAruArIoS or TESSEssEE-The Louisville
KY, Journal, which cannot be frightened from
its position in favor ofthe Union, notwthstand-
ing secessiondom has forbidden its circulation
in its dominions, says:
"we saw yesterday seven Union men Of Ten.
ncssec, oil fleeing from that State for the pro-
lection Of life and limb. Such Of them as are
the owners Of property have left nearly the
whole Of Il behind, and some Of them, with
scarcely dollar in their pockets, know not
where to 60 or how to obtain for themselves and
families the means of subsistence.
Besides these fugitives, we saw yesterday two
gentlemen, who, being known to contemplate q
visit to Tennessee, have been warned that 1t
would be at the peril Of their lives. Yet one OF
these gentlemen is native Of Tennessee where
his ancestors have lived for sixty or seventy
years, and the step.son ofa distinguished Ten
nessee statesman who recently betrayed the I'm.
ion party; and he knows Of no better ground
Of complaint against himself than that he once
entertained at his house freesoil U. s. Sen
ator.
God has sometimes sent curses upon people
but seldom such fearful ones as the Tennessee
disunionists are plucking down upon their own
heads, All, Tennesseeans, ys have driven forth
your best men to become wanderers In other
lands. ye can exclude from your borders the Lou
isville Journal and all papers that dare thunder
the truth into your ears, but yecannot shut out
the ruin, the misery, the desolation, which by
your deeds of ruthless insanity. ye are Great
ing in your doomed homes"
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Importance of Wholesome Beds.

Sleep to the working man is emphatically
Natures sweet restorer, reinvigoating the
physical system, which through much toll
has become weary, and keeping up that flow
of life and spirits which is necessary to the
performance Of the arduous duties Of farm
life. A comfortable bed, as we are oil aware
conducces greatly to one'srest. On this sub
ject recent writer says:
OF the eight pounds which a man eats and
drinks in day, it is thought that not less
than Eve pounds leaves his body through the
skin. And Of these five pounds consider.
able per centage escapes during the night
while he is in bed. The larger part Of thi,
is water. but in addition there is much effete
and poisonous matter. This, being in great
part gaseous in form, pcrmeates every part oil
tho bed. Thus all parts, mattress, blankets,
rs well as the sheets, soon become foul, and
need publication.
The mattress needs the renovation quite a,
much as sheets. To allow the sheets to be
used without washing or changing three OF
six months. would be regarded as bad house
keeping; but insist il thin sheet can alb
sorb enough OF the poisonous eIcretions Of
the body to make ii unfit for uso in few
days, thick mattress, which can absorb and
retain u thousand times rs much Of these
poisonous excretions, needs to be purified q,
often rs once in three months.
A sheet can be washed. A mattress can.
not be renovated in this way. Indeed ther,
is no other way Of cleansing mattress bu,
by steaming 1t, or picking it to pieces, ant
thus in fragments exposing it to the dircct
rays Of the sun. AS these processes ar,
scarcely practicable with any Of the ordinar,
mattresses, am decidedly Of the opinion
that the good old-tashiored straw bed, which
can every three months be changed for irest
straw, and the tick be washed, is the sweet
est and healthicst Of beds.
II in the winter season, the poroumess o.
Of the straw bed makes II little uncomfori
able. spread over II comforter, or two WOO
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-rol. p. s.. Georro Crooke Of the 9

~ Col. p. st. George Crooke Of the I'd
U. S. Dragons, now in Utah, has sent a let
ter to the National Intelligencer, refusing to
obey the call OF the Virginia Convention on
natives Of the State in the army and navy,
and declining compliance with "other more
pointed appeals" He closes as follows:
al have given the utmcss condensation to
this sketch Of my views and convictions it
is not time for many words. IfIhad been
on the ground might have been tempted to
shoulder muskct in defence of the mother
of dead statesmen, right or wrong but,
alas Imight have been first called upon to
encounter the associates of childhood in the
honest mountains and valleys of her west
What dire complications Of crime! To cut
this gordian knot OF horror my sword had
instinctively turned against the usurping
majesty of cotton. owe Virginia little !;
my country much. She had entrusted me
with distant command and shall remain
under her flag as long as it waves the sign
of the national constitutional government.
In these far distant mountains | could only
offer patriotic prayers for the result on the
22d of May. trust that reason may then
have recovered her sway that the voice of
a majority may not have been restrained by
bayonets; that. sounding above the clamor
of anarchy, and still respected, it may have
pronounced the loyalty and just attitude of
the State"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-12

Y Gen. james Watson Webb, the new
Minister to Brazil, has selected Rev. j. Q.
Fletcher, of Newburyport, the author oi
"Brazil and the Brazilians," for his Sccreta-
~ of legation. This is an admirable selec-
tiOn, and will give unusual efficiency to the
mission. The Newburyport Herald says:
"Mr. Fletcher was for some years chaplain
at RIO, and became acquainted with business
there, with the country, and the leadingmen
in the government. The language also is as
familiar to him as his own. This position OF
Secretary has been rendered to him not as
political gift, but from fitness. While Mr..
Fletcher is moved in this matter to render
service to his country, those who contempla-
ted his departure to Brazil in different ca.
pacity will be glad to learn that he will not
be idle in the high cause which he has advo-
Gated here and elsewhere, but indeed may
from his position be more influential for
good. He will not probably leave for several
weeks, and when he does, the best wishes OF
our community will 90 with him."
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-12

How TIE JAPASEsE RESTORE FADED Flow
ERs.-Aiter boquet is dropping beyond all
remedies Of fresh water, the japanese can
bring it back to all its first glory by simple
and seemingly most destructive oPera,ion.-
A writer at Nagasaki says; | received
some few days ago delightful bunch Of
flowers from japanese acquaintance. They
continued to live in their beauty for nearly
two weeks, when at last they faded. just as
was about to have them thrown away, the
same gentleman Japanese gentleman) came
to see me. showed him the faded flowers,
and told him that, though lasting long
time, they had become useless. 80 no."
said he, "only put the ends OF the stems into
the FIRE, and they will be as good as before"
was incredulous; 50 he took them himself
and held the stems ends in the Ere until
they were completely charred. This was in
the morning. At evening they were again
looking fresh and vigorous, and have contin-
ued 80 for another week. What may be the
true agent in this reviveing process, | am un.
able to determine fully whether it be heat
driving once more the last juices into the very
leatiet and vein, or whether it be the bounti.
fal supply Of carbon furnished by the charr-
ing. | am inclined, however, to the latter
cause, Us the full effect was not produced un-
I'll some eight hours aiterward, and as il seems
that, il the heat was the principal agent, 1t
must have been sooner followed BY visible
changes.
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WESTERN vmoNn.-The Wheeling pa
pers furnish full report Of the speech OF
Governor Pierpont, on taking the oath OF
Office. The governor defines the position Of
the people Of Western Virginia as follows
We have been driven into the position we
occupy to-day by the usurpers at the South,
who have inaugurated this war upon the
soil Of Virginia, and have made it the great
Crimea of this contest. We, representing
the loyal citizens of Virginia, have been
bound to assume the position we have as
sumed to-dav for the protection OF ourselves,
our wives, our children and our property.
We, / repeat, have been driven to assume
this position; and now we are but recurring
to the great fundamental principle Of our ia
theirs, that to the loyal people Of a State be-
longs the law.making power of that State.
The loyal people are entitled to the govern
ment and governmental authority of the
State. And. fellow-citirens. it is the as
sumption OF that authority upon which we
are now about to enter. Ii will be for us
by irmness, and by prudence, by wisdem, by
discretion, in all our acts, to inaugurate ey-
cry step we take for the purpose OF restoring
law and order to this ancient common
wealth to mark well our steps, and to i'm
plore the divine wisdom and direction Of
Him that ruleth above, and who has every
hair Of our heads numbered, and who suffer-
eth not sparrow to fall uunoticed to the
ground, and His guidance and direction in
enabling us to carry out the great work we
have undertaken here, in humility, but with
decision and determination. With these re-
marks thank you again for the honor you
have conferred upon me, and promise you
that will do the best can in administer
ing your wishes, and in tryiugto carry out
the great object we have been working for
here, and for which We expect to work for
some time to come.
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Voice OF tho British Press.
T'YPo

The Manchester Republican, q paper thor
oughly devoted to the cotton spinning inter
ests, expresses the following noble and gyner-
ous observation-disclosures which will no
doubt be so loudly re-echoed by the English
people as to compel more friendly policy
by the English Government:
A rough but sure instinct has already told
this country to which side its sympathy is
due. The very arguments addressed so show
their true character, and to put them IN the
wrong. "England," they said, "cannot do
without our cotton, and therefore cannot a'-
ford to be against us. An embargo on our
ports means for her q rebellion in Lanca-
shire" The mere use of such an argument
is sufficient to show how utterly the Ameri-
can slave owners misunderstood the feelings
oil those whom II most concerned. II is one
Of the class which betray the motives actua-
ting those who use them, by exhibiting their
notion Of the inducements likely to operate
upon others, 1t is supposed that English
men were simply hypocritical in their protcs-
tations against slavery, and would throw
their objections to the winds in order to Sc
cure their own material prosperity. 1t has
already received its answer. This country
proved the sincerity Of its aversion TO- the
horrible system by the price 1t paid for the
emancipation of the slaves in its own colo
mics. But it has never been slow to recog-
nize the difficulties which have opposed q
similar step in the United States. So long
as slavery was there regarded in the light
thrown upon it by the first founders OF the
Union, as great but inseparablo evil, 50
long its existence was treated by Enslishmen
as an occasion rather for pity than reproach.
1t was not till they saw it openly defended
as q blessing, justified by texts Of scripture,
supported by ministers Of the Gospel, that
they began to revolt against the people who
could maintain such outrageous doctrines.
We arc glad to think that political liberty,
as well as moral justice, and the right Of de-
fence against unprovoked aggression, is on
the side Of the North in this great quarrel.
The South is fighting, 1t may bo said, under
the pirates flag. If the usual penalty Is
not inflicted on prisoners taken from the
ranks, 1t will b because humanity. after all.
rcvolts from such Draconian justice, and not
because the sentence would be uudcscrved.
This country must, therefore,
rejoice in tho unanimity with which the
North has arisen to put down these abomin.
ations, to put them down not merely for the
moment, but for once and forever.
The North, slow, perhaps, like English
men, to move, but when moved, acting with
the resolution and energy which have seldom
failed to secure success in the end. have risen
as one man to meet the conflict forced upon
II. We like to read that the colon We our
selves know 20 well, the red, white and blue,
which have been seen in various forus In the
van OF every battle fought for freedom in
modern times, are now conspicuous on every
breast throughout the Northern States.
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For the Union and Journal.
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
Inne o. 1851 {

WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
June %, 1861.
Mr.. CowAN-SR :-Altho' in q journey
from Camp Preble to Washington, there are
not likely to be many incidents of a startling
nature or of character to need recording,
till knowing the interest taken in the Maine
Volunteers generally, and the Biddeiord
Company in particular, by yourself and the
readers of your valuable Journal, take the
liberty Of sending you brief account of it.
Orders were given for the tents at Camp
Preblc to be struck at two o'clock A. NJ, on
Wednesday last. 1t is scarcely necessary to
say the order gave universal satisfaction, for
all were anxious to make tracks for the land
of "Secession. The camp fires were kept
burning, and tho men assembled in groups
around them, indulging in any quantity oi
mplimentary remarks about JEFF. Davis,
remarks which, il that gentleman had heard
them, would not have given him any "aid or
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XXXvI Congress---Extra Session.

WASHINGTON, July 4.
SSArE.-The Senate was called to order
by the Vice President at noon. There were
forty members present.
Mr.. Wilson gave notice that he should to-
morrow offer the following bills,
A bill to ratify and confirm certain acts oi
the President for suppression of insurrec-
ton and rebellion.
A bill to authorize the employment Of VOL
untecrs to aid in enforcing the laws and pro-
tecting the public property.
Bill to increase the present military estab-
lishment of the United States.
A bill providing for the better organiza-
tion Of the military establishment.
A bill for tho organization Of the military
establishment.
A bill for the organization ofa volunteer
military force to be called the National Guard
of the United States. A bill to promote the
efficiency of the army.
HousE.-The clerk called tho roll, includ-
ing names from South Carolina, Arkansas
and Florida, and reported that l59 members
had answered to their names.
Objection was made to the recognition OF
Nlessrs. Blair, Marston and Curtis Of Nilsson.
ri; Daily, of Nebraska; Upton, Pendleton
Brown, Carlisle and Whaley Of Virginia;
Thayer of Oregon. Allhowevcr, were sworn
in, except Mr.. Daley, whose case was post
poned.
Mr.. Stevens, Of Pa, be inserted on the roll
instead of Mr.. Lehman, and called on Mr..
Lehman to produce the proper certificate.
The resolution was laid upon the table.
Galusha A. Grow, of Penn, was elected
Speaker, receiving 90 votes out Of l59; Mr..
Crittcnden received IL; Blair IL; the rest
were scattering.
Mr.. Emerson Etheridgc, Of Tenn, was
elected Clerk, the ballot standing-Eteridgc
%; Forney Al; Dietick 81, and Florence 2.
Mr.. Vallandingham, Of Ohio, gave notice
of q. bill to repeal the Tariff Act Of 1861, and
reviewing that of 1883.
Mr.. Stevens, Of PENN, presented the Pc
tition of Mr.. Butler, contcsting tho scat OF
Lehman.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, July 8.
SESArE.-After tho recess, Mr.. Hale re-
ported that tho President would communicate
forthwith in writing, the Message, which
was received and read. After its reading, It
was ordered to bc printed with the accom-.
panying documents.
Mr.. Hale gave notice that he should in
troducc bill for the temporary increase OF
the Navy.
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IRRErnEssIBLr PRISrERs.--A few days since
we noticed the issue Of paper by the printer
members Of the Pennsylvania Fifth, printed
with the types Of former secessionist journal
in Maryland. A similar performance is now
reported from Missouri. The Iowa troops un-
der Col Bates, who were detailed to guard the
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. in Missouri,
had some printers in their ranks. who seized a
rebel printing office at Macon City, and now
publish the Register under the new title Of Our
Whole Union. +. b. wilkie has been appoint
ed editor
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VOL. XVII.

grave3 Shall the wife and children OF Dong
las 20 forth homeless, houseless wanderers
from the State Of Illinois.
We propose to the American people and
particularly to the people of Illinois, to raise
BY voluntary contribution, fund, to be y
ministered by William A. Richardson Will
lam b. Ogden, John I. Stuart, Zadee Casey
David Davis, Thomas Drummond aud John
ID. Cation, for the redemption OF so much OF
his property US will furnish his widow with
a suitable home at cottage Grove; or, 1t such
selection should, by such trustee, hereafter
be deemed inadviseable, to the purchase OF
suitable homo for them in the State OF Him
ois; and also, to be invested for the support
Of the widow, and the education Of the chill
dren Of Stephen A. Douglas"
Hon. John ID. Cation Of Ottawa, ChietJus-
tice of the Supreme COurtOf Illinois, willact
US receiver Of the fund.