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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
The Generous GamesIor-A FOrtane Wa
ReFed against a Flower.

The independence Beige relates the follow
ing story OF dissipated gambler, a young
man who at the watering place had lost on
cards all his fortune, about 800, 900 francs.
Every thing had been staked-paRk chateau,
town. n-house country -house-these only re-
mained to the poor fellow an orangery, by
no means large or pTetentious in appearance
The winDer-for one man alone had profit
ed by his i'll luek-was an Englishnaan,
phlegmatic and stOical in appearance, who
was astonished at seeing him reserve a
small piece of groand with few trees upon
it. r-u ..l .
"What will you do with that?" he asked
"Let US play for it" a... ..r..
"Never That orangery is a Soursnir of
my ehildhoodi ! it, was taere my mother
passed the day with me would die there
and would live there; but would rather
blow out my brains than stake on the cards
one flower from one of those orange trees"
sit is, however, flower I am going to de-
mand of you as stake" said the English
man smiling 'Since yoa have nothing more,
will play with you for simple flower, if
you CONSENT
"But why do you care for siMple flower,
should | consent to play 2n
"Well L have a little sentiment which
will sacrifice to you. Here is an autograph
! will place in the hands Of a third party"
Our gamester smiled and yielded. Despite
his iiial affection, he saw no PROCLAMATION ir
Offering dower to the iGkle goddess For
tune, who used ham so shamefllly. Just as
they were beginning to play, ths English
man said to the young FSenchmGn:
"YOa swear on your honor to accept my
stake, howeYs2- ridiculous it may seam TO
yOl.N rr. a-1uH
4 do, for have csafdenGe in you, my
Isrd."
Cards wers brought, the game commenced
and the young Freachman soon gained the
mysterious autograph. He received with
some emotion the stake agreed upon, which
increased when he found il was donation
in regular form Ct the 100000 francs he had
lost. His face was covered with blush OF
shame he protested and refused. q
/ ~ have yonr wesd of honor" said the
Engllshman. The game was in earnest
had | won should have taken the orange
"But a simple flower against fortune p
"Ypu seem to think more of your orangery
than OF your 100000 francs. The stakes
were equal" a, -g' sg5-- .r.... .Ts Z.
After consultation Of two days, Jury
of bopor declared that the Frenchman
| sborl4 accept the mopey, which he did, on
condition that the Englishmsn shoald re-
main his best friend. raI5I =,
MAJOR YEIyERToS's ANCESTRY ESrosED
A writer to the London Star relates the fol.
lowing anecdote of Major Yelverton's "great
ancestor .
When the illustrious Curran was sum.
moned before the University Board tor wear,
ing dirty shirt he said; 81 pleaded inabil-
ity to wear a clean one, and told them the
story of poor Lord Ayonmore, who was a
that time the plain, untitled, struggling
Barry Yelyerton.' II wish, mother, sait
Barry, ~ had eleven shirts" "Eieven
Barry why eleven 2" because, mother,
Portable, ought to have the Dozen" 'PoC
J, Barry says Curran, 'had but one, and
J made the precedent my justification"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

The Excitement Of n Railway Ensineer's
Life = Possibility of Realizing New
Sensation.
A late number Of the american RailcGy
Review contains an article on locomotive
engineers, in which the duties, perils and
the great responsibilities attached to this
position on railroads, are explained and
commented upon. We make the following
extract; ~
Personally, we know of no sensation in
motion of machinery like that of q locomo-
tive at full speed, and we have spent not a
few midnight and morning watches with
powerful engines, at sea and ashore. On the
rail, an engine, fully up to her work, be-
comes instinct with kind of animal life
and sweeps over the course with a spirit no
race-horse ever felt. And the care which it
requires on the part Of its keeper is Of no
ordinary kind.
There must be the incest attention, in.
board, 10 the feed water, the steam-gauge,
the fTe-box, and the valve notion and,
outboard, to the oil cups, the track and its
structures, the stations and their signals, and
their running time.
Different states of track, different amounts
Of station passengers and baggage, different
kinds of weather, of fuel, and other circum-
stances, rarely make the journey over the
road twice alike and to maintain the time.
table with the greatest economy Of fuel re.
quiTes constant exercise of judgment of no
common order. And much of this is appli-
cable also to freight engines.
The deck of the locomotive is place of
very different experience from the soft cush
ions of o passenger car. The furious whirl
and throbbing of the driving wheels, the
vibratory painting Of the whole machine, the
unobst1ucted view ofthe track ahead, which
shows one that his thirty or forty mile move
ment depends entirely on the holding power
on those slender rails which lay before him,
the roaring fire box, the steam-gauges, the
whistle and bell, combine in an effect which
is calculated to test, very severely, the
nerves of the neophyte, and to make all
other systems oftransit seem tame and dull.
On a long tangent to go through the pro
cess of meeting another train, is what
Coopei's Pdthfndsr would call "circum-
stsnce." Miles ahead you see its small, dark
form, at first without apparent motion. AS
it approaches, it begins to expand, and show
signs of lifei for some time you are in doubt
whether it is not on your track instead of
its own; but, as it comes near enough to
relieve this apprehension, it begins to as
sumo all its majesty of motion, and then,
with the rush of huge thunderbolt carry
ing whirlwind in its path, it swoops past
within few inches of your head, with the
fury of a demon. One must go through this
to understand it. Sitting in the car, you
scarcely feel the hum Of its fight, or notice
the dark form glancing past, until all is over;
but stand on the engine deck and see its
awful coming, and you will have acquired a
new sensation,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

0EE OF THE SUBscRIBERs FOR TIE CRowx
OF FRANCIS THE SECONDS WIFE.-Among the
subscribers to the laurel crown which has
been offered by the German Princesses to
the BaVarian -consort Of Francis IL, Sin
memory Of her heroic conduct ut Gaeta," the
Grand Duchess of Meck cklenburg Slrelitz, nee
Princess Of Great Britain"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
A FINE PRoMENADEAT yIHSNAf7lA Vienna
correspondent writes;

The promenade p0r excellence Of Vienna,
iSthe "Glacis," splendid strip running out
side the ramparts, between the city proper
and suburbs. 1t is quarter of mile wide,
planted with lime and chestnut trees and
shrubbery, and adorned with elegant walks,
drives and avenues. No oiher city in the
world can show such sight as the Glseis
on pleasant afternoon. 1t is continually
crowded, at,er one O'Clock, by a vast con-
course Of people, from every nation under
Heaven almost, with every variety of cos
tune and manner you can conceive of; and
if at any time there should be in Vienna any
one you know, it is there you will meet
them, for everybody goes there, even if nc
other promenade is visited. =
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

g WINE AND 0oBwEBs.--An acquaintance Of
an exchange happening into the wine-cellar
of one of our large liquor dealers, the other
day, found boys employed IN enveloping
bottles of wine with cobwebs, 50 as to con-
vince the customers that their wines were
old, from the webs which had accumulated
upon the bottles. This is the last way Of
. agsiHg wine which has come to our knowl.
edge. II goes far ahead Of the old plan Of
smoking the labels upon the bottles.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

PAwRBsoKEEs' OFFICES IN NEW YORK
There are ffty-four pawnbrokers' shops in
full blast in New York. The largest amount
of money kept on loan, in any one of them,
is $4,000. From ninety to ninety. five per
cent. Of the pledges are redeemed. Most of
the shops charge twenty-five per cent. on all
losnF. The loans Of one concern amount to
men of the city are agitating the question Of
establishment of a Pawnbrokers Bank, as a
protection for the poor against the sxorbi.
tant charges. 81 \ $3.50. 81
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
An Amateur Journalist and His PerpIexI.

The editor of the Nashville Patriot re-
Gently solicited friend-an amateur edi-
tor--to supply the printeru with copy during
his (the editor's) temporary absence from
the office. The success of the arrangement
is thus related: .....
Finding that there was no call for copy at
the end of half an hour, Cobbwebb found
the editorial business dryer than the sort he
had been used to, and went out to get q
drink. When q man of Cobbwebb's tenn
perament and natural tendency to thirst
deliberately goes out to get q drink, he sell
dom thinks Il worth his while TO return to
the post of duty until he has taken several.
Consequently when Cotbwebb got back TO
the Office he wore vail of invisible gauze
over his eyes, his legs were as timber as a
log-chain, and, to tell the truth, he couldn't
tell and ink. stand from a soup. kettle, nor a
pair ofscissors from q saw-horse. In the midst
Of this state of things, there was demand
for copy. Cobbwebb aroused himself to
meet the demand. The printer placed the
scissors and copy of a Cincinnati paper in
his hand. Here" said Cobbwebb chic
here's some poetry, when you (hic) get that
set up, come back and get (hic) some more
Cobbwebb's poetry was as follows;
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.
On Central-avenue
Square l6 Lots 81 and %.
l2, Lot 81 feet front.
On Wettern- avenue.
Square 10, Lots to II, inclusive.
II, Lots | to IL.
H. Lot2
On Dayton street.
Square 10, Lots and %.
8, Lots to %, inclusive.
:, Lots to %.
.. .. On Freeman street.
Square 3, Lots and g.
On Coleman. street
Square 3, Lots to 4, inclusive.
3, Lots to4.
On Dtnman-street.
Square 5, Lots aud 6.
On GaTden-street.
Square 8, Lots "a to %, inclusive. v
When we returned at one o'clock we
found Cobbwebb seated in the coal scuttle,
engaged in dreamy attempt to clip piece
of copy out of the brim of his hat with the
tongs. st
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

yJames Smith, Of Glasgow, Scotland, has
shipped from that port, as a present to the
city Of jackson, Misc, twenty-five rifles, one
sixpounder gun, fifty round shot and twelve
canister shot.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03


Extraordinary Dramatic Resurrection.
The Chnste and SelEsncrIlced "Lucre.
tia" Revives In the Shape OF n Terrified
Hoy.
Some years ago Junius Brutus Booth was
playing the elder "Brutus," at the Mud The
ater, in Baltimore, and the wife of Andrew
Jackson Allen, the American costumer, was
the "Lucretia" of the night. "Brutusp has
to speak long Grafton over the dead body
of the martyred matron, but as the weather
was bitterly cold, Mrs. Allen induced the
manager to place supernumerary body on
the bier. As it was not necessary that any
portion of the body should be seen, except
ing the profile of the face, the deception was
not discovered by Booth. The tragedian
had proceeded few lines in his speech,
when slight shiver was observed to agitate
the dead body.
Booth ascribed this to the cold draught of
air to which the self inundated "Lucretia"
was exposed, and went on-the boy writhed /;
Booth muttered between his teeth-"Lie still,
madame recollect you're dead" Another
violent contortion of the corpse. The orator
became excited, and exclaimed loud enough
to be heard in the pit-"Damnation, mad
anne, if you don't stop that Internal wrig-
ling I'll leave the stagep He proceeded,
however, until he came to the lines
Behold tn at frozen corpse
See where the lost Lucretia sleeps in death,
Here the bier shook as though its burden
had been galvanized, and the body sprang
from the tressel in its winding sheet, and
rushing to the foot. lights, exclaimed: "Blast
me i'll am going to lay on that ere bench, to
be drownded !" 1t is impossible to conceive
the ludicrous figure the boy presented. He
was enveloped in several white sheets, the
ends of which trailed behind him, and his
face was perfectly black. The audience was
cOpvulsad with Iauuhtar which nauar caaead
till the curtain fell.
1t was afterward discovered that Sam
Drake "a comedian of facetious memory, had
obtained from the paint-room pot of liquid
lamp. black, and planted himself in the
"fies" Immediately over the representative
of the defunct Roman matron. At intervals
he poured small quantities of the sable fluid
directly in the face of the unhappy youth,
but at length the whole contents of the yes
sci descending in a shower, it was too much
for flesh and blood to bear, and produced the
ludicrOus catastrophe,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
f,Brom Cleveland,

CLEVELAND, April Ain the city election.
yesterday, Edward G. Flint (DemocratI
Mayor, and entire Democratic ticket prob
ably eleete
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
MUSICAL.

TTRACTIVE M USIC 200 * = Z.
n BONE CircIe-Waltzes, Polkas, Qusdrilles,
Vocal Duets ST. Operate tBouq uot- Duets, Quar-.
tets. ghorpses, etc, from the best operas 81 Home
favorite songs-25 cents. Shilling Song-book-
Words of one hundred and seyenty:hye popular
sODRs-l2 cents. One Hundred Scotch Songs, One
Hundred Irish ,ngs, Ore Hundred Comic Songs
each so cents Sent, pest paid receipt of price.
Pianos and Melsdeons for sale aud TO let at very low
prices by JOHN CHURCH, Jr,
apl GO West Fourth-st.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
THE UNION MANUFAOTURING O0.

No. 63 West Fourth-st.,
NJOW SELL A HANDSOME $40 LOCK.
" STITCH FAMILY SEVF1NG-M NJ AOHINE foE
$40 heavier Macs ines, for eloth and leather WsTf
at $50, S15 and 800.
These Machines work entirely NEW PRIW.
CIPLE, and are highly recommended BY all who
use them, as being much superior TO the old clssS
OF Shuttle Machines. Bemmers and Binders, a.
extra. We aso manufacture and sell the celebrated
"sLOAT ELLIPTIC" sBwING-MACHINEs,
Which make the stitch alike on both sides, ana
which combine every good quality and adyantaao
of all other Machines, without eheir Objectionable
features. Hemmers, turning all widths Of hons
and over-Heams, simple and easily MANAGED, arG
given with each Machine. Prices from $50 -
&125. Warranted for three years, and satisfso.
ton guaranteed in all casee. Also the Sloat Shut.
tie Maohine-price Ss50.
Agents wanted Address
UNION MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
fe19 6:s West Fourth st Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

The best pensnce we can do for envying
anothers merit is to endeaYOr to surpass il.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

IL KIHGSBURY OFRS SOR OF
HEO the Guitar aud Flute.
Residence-443 ThiId-st Cincinnati.
Orders left at the Music. stores Of A. O Peters
Bro, B4 West Fourth ST., and J. Church, jr., No.
90 West Fourth ST., will meet with immediate
atteHtion. milk
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
SNGERs sE ING-mACHINKn
OoMMEROIAL BUILDING.
Corner of Fourth and EIace-s6sz
OINoIENATI, OHIO.

How II it etnser's Sewing-mAchines are unfysvz.
ally used for manufacturing purposesI The plaza
reason why, is Because they better. more durns
bic, more reliable, capable Of doing much Rreasar
variety Of work, and earning more money than nrE
other Machine
The public are respectfully invited to call and o.
anime Singers new Transverss-shutle Machine, tsF
family use
PFICT $50.
This Machine Is highly ornamented, easy TO o1sss
ate, and IL the very best and cheapest Machine q
the market. JAMEs sKARDOH,
Western Agent for Singers sswIng -maehfns.
TnoI41
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
MEDICAL.

n r. NEWTON, M. D,-OFFIQE, NO;
We 90 West seyenth-st., between Vine and
Vine and Race. once hours, ~ 70 81 A. NJ, "
% AZ p M. 10 p. NJ e
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

STILL CATAWBAt STILL OATAW-
- BA fJnst RECEIVED, 30 oasel very supsriOr stin
''- s-'e"'~ W. /" - JOHN BATHS,
mhIs National Theater Building, syoamoTc-Ht.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

Cerebral Developments of DiHerent MAJ
tions-LarReness Of Brain the Proof Of
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03
Law CARDS.

~. Il. BALDWM. .IF.H.'l.. J. y. BALDWIN.
baldwin a. BALDWIN, ,ATTORNRYg
ID AT LAW, Bank Building, No. West Third
street, OinoinnAti. ~ l-e myH
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

When we returned at one o'clock WI
found Cobbwebb seated in the coal l-scuttle
engaged in a dreamy attempt to clip piect
of copy out of the brim of his hat with the
tongs. ..T
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-03

WILLIAMS & or yrs,
Manufacturers Of the Celebrated DSublo.thrsad
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-08-29
County Scrip Called In.

IT IS Ordered by the court that all per- \ sons who hold County Scrip issued, or that may be hereafter issued against the county treasu- ry of Union county, between this and the 3rd day of our next January term hereof, be and they are hereby required to file the same in the clerks of fee on or before the 3rd day of said January term of the county court, A. D., 1862, at court to be holden on the 1st Monday in January, A. D., lo62, for the purpose of cancelling or ressunS the same. It is further ordered by the court that all persons who fail to comply with the acquisitions of this order shall he forever barred from collecting any script that they may hold in violation of this order. Nevertheless, this order shall not be so construed as to prevent any person from using any Script that they may have or hereafter have, be- tween this time and the time of said canceling, in paying their taxes. And that notice issue hereof to the Sheriff of Union county.
 A true copy of the record
 Attest, w. E. MORGAN, Clerk,
 hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original.
 JOHN D. HOLLOWAY, Sh,iE
 By WM. CHANDLER. Deputy
 7Smsdsy, July lsth, 4. B 1861 No, 4, 2w
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-08-29
PUBLIC LAND SALE.

TN pursuance of the Ordinance of the 1 Convention of the State of Arkansas, dated 27th May, 1861, we will offer at public sale all the vacant lands within the odd numbered sections which were reserved to the United States, within the six mile limits of the several railroads within the Little Rock and Helena Land Districts, subject to the minimum of $l 9 per acre, on the 10th day of September, 1861, in the following townships, to-wit:
 NORTH OF THE BASE LINE AND EAST OF THE FIFTH
 PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN.
 Townships three, four, five and six, of range three.
 Townships four, five and six, of ranges four, five and six.
 Townships four, five, six, seven, twenty, tw enty- one and tWenty-two, of range seven
 Townships five, six,* seven and twenty.one ef range eight
 Townships five, six and seven, of range nine. SOUTH OF THE BASE LINE AND WEST OF THE FlfrH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN. Township one, of ranges eleven and twelve. Townships ones and two, of range thirteen Townships one,& two* and three, ot range four teen. Townships one, two, three, four and tive, of ranges fifteen and sixteen.
 Townships three, four five, Six, seven and eight, of range seventeen. NORTH OF THE BASE LINE AND WEST OF THE FIFTH
  Townships one, two* three, six and seven, of range six. Townships one, two,s three, four, five, six@ and seven, of range seven Townships one, two,* three, four, fve,* six and seven, of range eight.
 Townships one, two,a three four,* five and six, of range nine.
 Townships one, two,* three,* four and five, of range ten. Townships one two.s three and four. of range eleven.
 Townships ones two,s three, four and five, of range twelve. Townships one, two, three,s four,s lives and six, of range thirteen. | Townships one, two, three, four, five, sxs and | seven, of range fourteen.
 Townships one, five, six@ and seven, of range l fifteen.
 Townships five, sx* and seven, of ranges six | teen and seventeen.
 The townships designated thus are wholly with | in the limits of the "six sections in width on each side" of said roads and branches, and the remain l ing townships are only partly within said limits, as designated on the diagrams which have been furnished to the respective district land offices by l the commissioner of the general land office. 1 Lands reserved for schools, military and other 1 purposes, will be excluded from the sales.
 The lands will be sold SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY granted by the acts of 10th June, 1852, and 9th of February, lo53, for said railroads ana branches, and the particular tracts cut by the routes will be sold as containing the quantities respec- lively shown onthe official plats, without deduction.
 Each sale will be kept open for time sufficient to admt of offering all the lands, but not exceed ing two weeks, and applications to make private entries at the minimum of Sl 25 per acre of the lands offered under this proclamation will not be received until after the close of the public sales
 II. A. POWERS, Register. | F II MOODY Recpiyer
 Land Offer, Little Rock, June 27, 1861. l2w
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-08-29
PIIRILc LAND SALES.

TN pursuance of an Ordinance of the \ Convention of the State of Arkansas adopted on the 27th day of May, 1861, and by the direction of the Auditor of the State, we, the undersigned, as Register and Receiver, at the Land Office at Carksyille, will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand, all the public lands within the Clarllsvile Land District that reserved by the United States government within the proximity to the Little Rock and Fort Smith branch of the Cairo and Fulton railroad, embraced within the odd numbered sections ill the six mile limits of said railroad survey, and which has heretofore been sold at two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
 The sale will commence on Monday the 2d day of September next, and continue from day to day until ali of said lands sold offered for sale. No land will be sold for less price than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
 Notice to Pre-Emptors.
 All persons having q valid pre-emption claim on any of said lands by settlement, existing prior to the 27th day of May, D. 1861 hereby required to come forward and make proof of the same, and also make payment therefor, at the rate of one dol lar and twenty cents per acre, on or before the day of said sale, they will forever forfeit all the right that they may have to the benefits of pre- eInption on any of said lands.
 VIM. w. FLOYD, Register.
 MOREAU ROSE, Receiver.
 Land Ofceot CidrkSriUe, Ark, June 27, '6l lot
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-08-29
RmaaoaY Negroes.
RANAWAY.

DANAWAY from the plantation off h JOHN GORDON, in Prairie county,K on the Sd inst, a negro man named "shar- -A per- black, about feet, inches high, weighs about 135 or 40 lbs, had on when he left pair of heavy wool pants, much too large for him. an old hat and old brogan shoes. A liberal reward will be paid for his apprehension and delivery ln any iail where I caa get him. Address
 $. SHELDON,
 June 13. 1861. If Plum Bayou, Ark.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-08-29
UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE. MILITARY COLLEGE.

TNHE next session of this Institution will l open. as usual, on the first MONDAY in September next.
 TERMS.-Tuiton, Boarding, Washing, Fuel, Rooms, Servants attendance, and use of Arms, Sl05 per term of twenty weeks. Engineering, French, Spanish, German, Drawing, Book Keep ing and Fencing, $l0 per term. Students are re- quired to furnish their rooms.
 By the aid of Military Discipline, effective go- vernment is established, and health, physical cul- turc, good order and industrious habits promo ted. For additional information apply to
 E. R. JOHNSON, Superintendent. Aur & IG6I AwH