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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-07
pecially Written for the Cincinnati PRres and
Blue Monday.l
DISM ALIE MS.

= Appropriate name for a cold beauty
Alice.
1t is more difficult to ideaize women
than to idealize them.
When boy steals a pie, does his de-
vouring it ex. plate his offense2
Vanity is the first feeling born in wo>
mans heart, and the last one that dies there.
We have no reason to doubt that the
nose is the scenter Of the face.
The most troubled of the States at pres
ent--the state of the Union.
When a woman kisses you, she does it to
stop an accusation she feels is well founded.
Women rarely insist upon their love
until they feel it has departed.
Flowers are the most appropriate love
offerings, for ere the blossoms fade, the feel
ing dies.
"A trusting wife-one who trusts, when
her husband goes out in the morning, that
he will never return.
"A watching wife-she who watches at
the window for her husband for the purpose
OF letting her lover out at the back door.
1t is evident from the acts of executors
of Lynch law in the Southern States that if
one gives them an inch, they take an l..
Death loves shining mark, it is said
but he contrives, somehow, to kill a marvel
lous number Of fools.
"A sensible man finds it difficult to wit
ness the follies of belle without an instinct
i've desire to ring her-neck.
Very ignorant people, like true Catho-
lies, are compelled to make the sign of the
cross. "a .E
Mercury was once the messenger of the
gods but in Charleston, s. c., it seems to
be the messenger of the devils.
What kind of discourse would prove
effective against the Indian outra ges in
Texas2 A dia-tribe.
When man is thrown out of a second
story window, he must believe the reasons
for his election are well-grounded.
The septimentalists say the softest pillow
is feminine bosom. Perhaps so but it is
not the most quiet nor the safest.
When "Hamlet' harped, as old "Polo-
MUS said, on his daughter, we hope he did
not find her Tyre.
Butler has said in Hudibras, that the
pleasure of being cheated is as great rs to
cheat. This must be the feeling that prompts
many persons to commit matrimony.
"A distinguished actress once told an
ardent lover that the way to her bed-chamber
was through the church. Nova days it
seems, with many women, to be through the
milliners store
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COVINGTON NEWR.

MUNICIPAL ELEcTIoN-The Spirit Mani
Jcsted-1Ae ResuH-On Saturday last the
election for city officers took place in our
city, With the following result:
For President Council-William Ernst,
:, For City Clerk-Wm; L; shrook, l8oj H.
f. Wilson, 800; A. T. Whitteker, 242; John
Lendrum, lO5.
For City Treasurer-John G. Shrock, 1876
r. Broadus, ia.
For City Attorney-wm. B. Phelps. 1881
John NJ. Casey, 972.
For City Physician-James Adams, 694 ;
Ed. II. Jones, l,O3l.
For City Collector--Henry Turner, 1873
Ed. H. Samuel, COO; A. H. Bowen, 95S.
For City Assessor-Wm. Hopkins, 424 !;
Il. F. Bowen, 1,l79; j. G. Peacher, SO.
For Civil Engineer-T. H. Kennedy, l,706.
For Keeper City Poor house and Jail
Wm. Willett, 468; A. H. Herod, 1903; J.
B. Martin, So; W. Crawford, IA.
For Market master B. Waters. l20 B.
Stroud, "a.
For Street Commissioner--M. O'Dea, go;
Isaac Race, l,l2l J. Murphy, 1913; William
Arnold, 81; James Mays, II; W. IL. johnson,
&C. William Frost 18.
Sealer, Inspector and Gauger-J. T. Van
can't, 555; Jake Sellers, go; James Riddle,
lis; Benjamin Williams, l24; ]. D. Lock
wood, ia.
For Wharf master-I. Green, s2O; S. Proc
tor, IS; g. B. Connolly, sO2.
For City Weigher-Jo Joseph Brookshaw,
sr, 556; Benjamin Bgelston, sr, 2s3; J, G..
Reno, Sc; S. H. Stout, ST., 38s, r. Woods, "a;
Hiram Bond 366.
For Wood Measurer-James Wilson, 1,647.
Engineer of Fire Department.. Creigh-
fDn T72. Eraplr Inkas y
The candidates elected are: VIM. Ernst,
President Of Council; John r. Ricke, City
Clerk; John G. Shrock, City Treasurer John
NJ. Casey, City Attorney Ed. II. Jones, City
Physician; A. II. Bowen, City Collector; II.
F. Bowen, City Assessor; Il. H. Kennedy,
Civil Engineer; A. H. Herod, Keeper City
Poor-house and Jail; B. B. Weidler Market
master; Isaac Race, Street Commissioner
Jake Sellers, .Sealer, Inspector and Gauger
|: Green, Wharf master, Jos. Brookshaw,
City Neigher; Jas. Wilson, Wood Measurer;
j. Creighton, Engineer Fire Department.
School Trustees-The School Trustees
elected are: j. W. Farrell in the First Ward;
A. J. Francis in the Second Ward; H. Lauba
in the Third Ward; j. Mccoy in the Fourth
Ward; G. 7. Limbaugh in the Fifth Ward;
II. G. Sergeant in the Sixth Ward, and Peter
Raiben in the Seventh Ward.
Members of Council-The members elected
TO council are: First Ward, Jesse Wilcox;
Second Ward, W. e. Wade; Third Ward, J.
N. Tyrack; Fourth Ward, A. Modena Fifth
Ward, Theodore Won Hoene; Sixth Ward,
Frank Dressman; Seventh Ward, J. E.
Stevenson.
The election passed off very quietly; there
was no party spirit manifested that we could
see, and the result has been that good many
among the candidates and their friends are
disappointed.
FIRE IN CovIEeToN.-Y Yesterday morning,
between eleven and twelve O'clock, fire
was discovered in the roof of two-story
frame building, on Philadelphia-street be-
tween Fourth and Fifth, occupied by family
named Benson but the flames were soon
suppressed by the apparatus Of the Fours."
The fire was communicated from a defective
fue, but fortunately there was but little dam
age done,
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Excessive Excitement In AIabdmu.

A woman writes from Wetumpka, Ala,
of the excitement prevailing in that section:
One would not think from what l write
that we are sporting like butterflies on the
brink Of ruin, yet we are in jeopardy every
day, and every man dances with pistol in
his belt and a Bowie-knife in his bosom
the man Of peace as well as the desperate.
You scarcely see a woman that has not
learned to shoot. Every where the insur-
rectionary movement is going on, aud men
look forward with fearful apprehensions. /
tancied when in New York we heard exag-
gerated accounts of the excitement here,
but it is beyond even my widest conjecture.
Men seem drunk with passion, and women
share their frenzy. "Disunion disunionp
is the watch word, everywhere, without
bloodshed, and peaceably, if possibie-if not,
with bloodshed and ruin as its attendant.
All men cease to speak of cementing the
bond; they are now seeking the most peace
able and best way of sundering it. This
feeling is gaining strength every day.
speak adyisedly when l say it. 1t was COM
menced on board the steamer, and every
where grew wilder and wilder as / came
through Georgia and Alabama. At Savan-
nah q crowd upon the wharf recalled what
had read of the mad populsce in France dur
ing its awtulreyolution. The hand of Provi-
dence seems to be over us still, for the insur-
Iection plans have all been discovered before
their terrible consummation, and it is sim
gular that they are invariably headed by
white men.
In another letter from the same lady it is
stated that between fifteen and twenty ne-
groes were recently hanged near Wetumpka
for alleged completely in insurrectionary
movements.
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RIVER NEWS.

The Ohio opposite this portwas still gradu-
ally on the decline yesterday, and last even
ing was receding so slowly as to be barely
perceptible, with a channel-depth here of
nearly twelve feet. We look for swell
here to-day or tomorrow, as rise is on its
way down, and the water is still going up at
Pittsburg.
The weather was mild and moist yester.
day; melting in the morning and rainy in
the afternoon, though it was clear In the
evening. Considerable ice is floating in the
River here.
Business yesterday at the Landing was as
dull as usual on Sunday, and nothing was
done worthy of mention. The boats at the
Wharf still continue to lie up, despairng of
any improvement in business for some time
to come. ..#
We have nothing later from Louisville than
was published in Sundays issue, and there
is no news ofinterest from st. Louis, where
the river. trade is suspended, the Western
steamers are still blocked up.
The weather at New Orleans on Wednes-
day was cold and cloudy, with occasionally
a thin streak of sunshine. Business was not
SO active on the Levee as we anticipated,
though both Landings were crowded with
steamers. The latest arrivals from the Red
and Ouachta Rivers confirm the reports of
he avy rises coming out of those tributaries
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Mysterious Disappearance of the Captain
md Grow of a French XesaeI

The French schooner Jeune Rose, of Bor-
deaux, was met with abouttWenty miles west
from Sicily, on the morning of the 10Th ult.,
with jib-boOm and fore-y yard gone, by tue pi-
lot-cutter Agnes. II was represented that
four Of the schooners crew had been lost
overheard, and that two men had been sent
on board from the 6Tig 10 assist in navi-
eating her TO the nearest port she could
make, and she was taken in tow by the AZ
nes, and assisted into Sicily the same even
ing.
Captain Dorrigue, of the Marie Adele,
now reports that on the morning of the 9Th
he fell in with the JelRs Rose, about twenty
miles west from Ushant, abandoned and ap-
parently plundered, the cabin being much
broken and ransacked, &c and that he put
part Of his crew on board of her and took
her ia tow for some time, until the rope
broke, and they were driven to the west of
Sicily; and that, as she was found in French
waters, and he thought she might probably
belong to some poor persons, he Intended
taking ber to France for the benefit of the
concerned; and that the misrepresentation
was made to prevent the fact of her being a
derelict, &c, becoming known in Rogland.
She is coal laden, but no papers were found
on board to show where she was from, but
she is supposed to have been from some port
in Wales for France. The masters name is
supposed, from a document found ON board,
to have been Roso. She will now be deliv-
cred into the custody of the Receiver of
Wrecks at Sicily. a .r..I
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HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS IN PARIs.-Life
at the fancy hotels of American tourists is so
miserable that it is now usual TO take lOdg-
ings and eat at the cafes. Hotel de Louvre
is a vast establishment, where you are put
up long, corkscrew stairs, and have no
earthly comfort, at enormous charges Hotel
Meurice is a cold and heartless place. un-
suited to our countrymen, and your large
bills are requited by a stinginess that repels
you in every department; which, however,
is Frenchy, and visible everywhere in Paris.
These establishments make money very fast,
because the charges are enormous, and what
they give you is almost nothing in return.
There seems to be an opening here for an
American hotel--one on the st. Nicholas
principle.
There are no drinking saloons of genteel
class in Paris, where you walk up to a bar
with your friends aud toss off smiler. If
you want drink, even of water, you must
60 through the formality of seating yourself
at table, where waiter takes your order,
for which service you pay him separately
from your LIQUOR bill -
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From Philndelnhin.

PHILADEL PHIA, January 5.-An immense
meeting was held here to. night in National
Hall, to sustain Major Anderson. Five
thousandI persons were present. D. Lewis
presided, assisted by Commodore Stewart,
Major General Robert Patterson and others.
Resolutions were adopted heartily approv-
ing of the conduct of Major Anderson, call
ing onthe President to provide him with all
the force he requires for the defense Of his
position; declaring that all persons who
wage war against the United States, and all
who do counsel and sanction them, public
enemies; and declaring that the American
flag shall be protected to the last extremity.
Speeches were made by ]. Murray Rush,
Democrat, Chas. Gibbons, Republican, and
and Mark Munday, Union. The enthusiasm
was intense.
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Mr.. PHILLIPs's RESERVOIR PRoJRCT.-Since
the publication in the Press, Of Friday morn
ing last, of the communication of Mr..
Phillips, Superintendent of the Water works,
in reference to the construction of reser-
voir in Deer creek Valley, the subject has
attracted the attention of the public in con-
siderable degree, and there is little doubt but
it will be brought before the City Council,
no matter what may be the action of the
Board, next Thursday. Without deciding
with reference to the merits or demerits of
the project, we have collected few facts,
which we propose to present to the public.
The present reservoir covers a little less
than one acre of surface, and will hold about
b,000, 900 gallons of water-about the average
per diem consumption-so thatif the pump
ing machinery were rendered useless for one
day only, the entire supply of the city would
be cut off. Should such a catastrophe occur
now it would be severely felt but if it were
to take place in July, the condition of things
could be better imagined than described.
The proposed reservoir in Deer-creek VAL
ley, if the proposition to establish one only,
of thirty. four acres, be adopted, would be Of
the same elevation of the one we now have,
and at the estimated average depth of fifty
feet would hold about $4,000 900 gallons,
or enough to supply the city for Ito days.
Should two or three reservoirs of different
sizes be constructed, their capacity would be
somewhat greater.
The present pumping apparatus is capable
of supplying 100000 gallons Of water per
day, which would meet the demand Of o
population of 100000, at the present rate of
consumption, and, consequently. would be
sufficient for the next ten years, at least.
The Board of Water works has ordered the
construction Of an additional pumping. ap.
paratus, with seven times the capacity of the
ones now used, which will cost the city
about $l25,000. This order, Mr.. Phillips
thinks, should be rescinded, as the present
pumps can. supply more than twice the de-
mand, and are in good order.
The cost of the new reservoir, as a refer
ence TO the published estimate will show,
will be about 1925 900, exclusive of the land,
estimating all the work at the outside
figures. 1t will extend from Whitaker's
slaughter-heuse, at the end of the tunnel, to
the vicinity of the place where Uourt-street
crosses the old Deer.creek Road, thereby
covering that portion of the valley which is
useless for any other purpose than that to
which it is now devoted. There is no doubt
but the space can be filed with water much
cheaper than with dirt; but it is a question
for economists to determine, which will ulti-
mately be most conducive to the interests of
the city.
With reference to the cost of the ground,
we can form no conjecture, as experience
has proved that parties always ask double
price when they wish to sell property to the
public.
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ST. LOUIS, January Cat Mr.. Coughs
lecture, last night before large audience,
an EXPIRE ssion of strong Union sentiments
was received by tremendous and prolonged
applause.
The friends of VIM. H. Russell, residing
in Lafayette County, Missouri, signed bonds
amounting to 81 100000, which will be ten
dered the judiciary at Washington, for his
release from prison.
A resolution was unanimously adopted in
the Senate, yesterday, instrueting the Com
mittee on Federal Relations to report bill
calling State Convention.
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HESRY CLAY's SEoRET OF ELoouENoE.-
Henry Clay said; 81 owe my success in life
70 one single fact, viz that at the age of
tWenty-seven | commenced, and continued
for years, the process of daily reading and
speaking upon the contents of some his
tOrical and scientific book. These otf-hand
efforts were made sometimes in corn field,
at others in the forest, and not unfrequently
In some distant barn, with the horse and OK
for my auditors. 1t is this early practice in
the great art of all arts that / am in-
debted for the primary and leadingimpulses
that stimulated me forward, and shaped and
nodded my entire subsequent destiny, I'm
prove, then, young gentlemen, the superior
advantages you here enjoy. Let not a day
pass ithouteXercising your power of speech.
There is no power like that of oratory.
Cesar controlled men by exciting their
fears Cicero, by captivating their affections
and swaying their passions. The influence
Of the one perished with its author, that Of
the other continues to this day"
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Imperial ISOrrOws-ABother Reason for the
Emnresa EnRcnIn1s Infa NNnnr

The London correspondent of the Man
chester Guardian says:
/ have heard an account of the reason of
the sudden visit of the graceful and gracious
Eugenie to Scotland, which / believe TO rest
on considerable authority. 1t originated in
her quarrel with Fould. In NJ. Fonld's ca
pacity as Minister of State, the superntend-
ence of the ConservatOire de Musique came
within his functions. The Empress asked
him TO grant the Sale du Conservative TO q
protege of her own, for concert. NJ. FoGld
proceeded to lay the request before the Jury
Of the Conservatoire, which includes the
leading French composers, and returned to
the Empress with the answer that they had
declined to grant the Sale for the purpose
she had at heart. "At the same time, said
the Minister, your Majesty's wishes are my
orders, and if your Majesty insists | will On
my own responsibility, override the decision
of the Jury"
This offer the Empress declned-probably
thinking that it would never have come to
the making of il, if NJ. Fould mad properly
set the Empress's wishes before the jury Of
the Conservatoire. Hence beginning of
irritation, much increased by alleged want of
respect shown by NJ. Fould ia relation to
the arrangements for official mourning at
the funeral of the Duchess of AIva, the be-
loved sister of the Empress. The anger of
the Empress against NJ. Fould is SAID to have
gone so far that, after in vain pressing his
dismissal upon the Emperor, she suddenly
announced her determination toleave France,
and not return SO long as M. Fould contin-
ued minister.
M. Fould has now resigned his portfolio,
so that the Empress is free to return, with
out violating her vow. 1t is characteristic
of Louis Napoleon, that the ostensibIe reason
for the Empress's visit to Scotland-the ur-
gency of distraeting the melancholy caused
by her sisters death--reached this country
that he has since turned the manifestations
of courtesy and admiration to the woman to
account in the Noniteur, as expressions of
cordially toward his dynasty and policy.
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TALLAHASSEE, FLoRrDA, January 6.-Judge
McGhee, Of Madison, was elected permanent
President. The morning session was con-
sumed in effecting an organization. During
the afternoQn resolutions were offered de-
clsriDg the fight OF Florida to secede; de-
claring the cause for its exercise and the
duty d the State to prepare for. it. Discus
diate passage. The resointionsywere finally
made special order for Mondey. Adjourned
till Monday.
Prom the sentiment of prominent mem-
beIs it is unquestionahle that the Legislature
will not act without mature deliberatiou.
There is no excitement here, but all are
looking calmly toward future events.
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DR. THoMPsoN's SERMoN.-The Rev. DR..
Thompson preached last evening on the
state of the country. The sermon was
an able one. Its main drift may be
understood by a simple statement. The
Government was not organized either for
the extension of slavery or for its limitation;
but to demonstrate the great doctrine held
by its founders, that mankind are capable of
selfgoveInment, and do not need the aid of
tyrants to control them. While, therefore,
he would make all necessary concessions to
prevent Secession and the consequent disso-
luton of the Union, he would at the same
time employ all the force of the Government
to crush out rebellion, rather than sacrifice
the fundamental principles of the Govern
ment.
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ltrnm Hnrri.hnrr.

HARRIsBURG, January 5,-A project is dis
eussed tonight, inside of political circles, to
appoint a committee of friends to reconcile
the interests of Messrs. Cowen and Wilmot,
both candidates for the United States Sena-
torship. 1t is recommended that one of the
parties take the long Senatorial term, and
the other the vacancy occasioned by Gen.
Cameron's resignation.
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CoNFLAeRATIoN YESTERDAY MORNING.
Heroic Conduct Of Fgremdn.-Y Yesterday
morning about five o'clock, a fire broke out
in the building adjoining the Law Buildings,
owned by Mr.. Hopple, on Third-street, be-
tween Main and Sycamore, which destroyed
property to the value of about $4,000 in the
space of few minutes. The second and
third stories were occupied for offices of
various descriptions, and the lower floor was
used by the freight agent of the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad. The flames at one
time We're communicated TO the house ad-
joining, but they were extinguished Before
any material damage was done. The losses
were mostly covered by insurance.
Q AT the time the fire was at its maximum,
it was announced that an old man named
Hall was in one Of the upper rooms, and
ladder was Immediately procured, but it was
too short to be of service. At this juncture
one of the firemen seized q short ladder and
ascended the one already raised, and while
be stood on the latter held tn g former on his
feet, thereby enabling Hall to descend in
safety. The act was heroic one, and we
only regret that we were unable to obtain
the name of the man who so gallantly rsked
his life to save that of a stranger.
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ARARR EAGLE SHoT.--An n immature speei-
men Of ihe spotted eagle was shot in a large
covert adjoining the open and extensive
moors near the Cheesewaing and Kilmar, in
England. The wings, wing coyerts, seapu-
laries, and shoulders are marked with oval
shaped spots of different sizes; these spots
denote the bird in the first and second
years plumage, the spots wearing out
with age. IL is nearly one-half the size of
the golden eagle. Weight, four pounds one
ouncei length, twenty-seVen inches width,
fVe feet Eve inches. Dt
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SERIOUS ACCIDENTAL little boy about
four years old whose name we were unable
to learn, was seriously injured by a carriage,
near the corner of Main and Liberty y-streets,
yesterday. The boy was playing in the
street, when the horses attached to the
vehicle became frightened and ran directly
over him
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MALICIOUS CoNDUcT.-A man named John
Moore was yesterday driving down Fifth
street in q carriage, and happening to pass
the Catholic Church, near Smith, Just as the
congregation had been dismissed, drove
furiously into the crowd, knocking down
three persons, one of whom, in endeavoring
to protect some females who were in danger
was badly injured. The crowd Immediately
caught Moore and kept him till policeman
arrived, when he was taken into custody,
and lodged in the Pearl-street Station-house.
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LOST.

II OST-0R STOLEN-A black. and tan English
N Terrier, FIVE months old. The finder will be
well rewarded by leaving him at the south east cor
ner of Third and Lytle-sts. Ja6-bt
OST-A Black tan colored Terrier slut
- pup, with name Of owner on the collar. The
Hinder will please return her to 2dB East Fourth
street, and be rewarded Ii. e. SHAW. ja6-bf
II OST PORTE. MUNNATE Ion New Years
~ Eve, containing a pair of rings. The finder
will be rewarded by leaving the same at PEND cry
CO.'S, northwest corner Fifth and Walnut SITS.
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