Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-26
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powder $l,25 per keg. e-s ot-9 o..
In Jutland,. where one person. dies of
starvation, ninety. nine die Of over-eating.
One gun store, in Boston, sells daily over
100 Tevolvers 10 the soldiers who are ordered
out. FI srIvgry,v gF-rAT
The anxiety to enlist is 50 great in Provi-
denCe, r. L. that a gentleman offered $40 for
a chance to fill uniform in the Cadets.
The women of Providence have offered to
20 10 the aid Of the Rhode Island Regiment
when any hospital service is needed. - ..
The history Of the world is as consistent
with itself as the laws Of nature, and as single
as the soul of man.
Five cases of arms, destined for the South,
were seized at the Michigan Southern Depot
Chicago on Sunday. w. .r ,r
The court. house at Helena, Ark, was
burned to the ground on Thursday night
last. -1r r-.r.E E-frr
James easily, an Irish laborer, was killed
by his wife, German woman, at Galveston,
Texas, some two weeks since.
1t is mentioned as proof of the great ex-
citement in Washington, D. O., that the
gambling houses are nearly all deserted.
A large quantity of chain. shot has been
forwarded from Troy, New York. to Cover
nor's Island. srp.r.r rrr.r..r
A strong FIRE company in Philadelphia has
| volunteered so extensively that there are
only five active members left. r "a
The citizens have presented to the Lynn
| Mass Light Infantry $500, and Dean Pea
body has given each officer a silver mounted
revolver. Ha..4.., a...r .-... .-Haf .rr
|
The German Rifle Corps, at Bridgeport,
! Connecticut, raised the stars and stripes over
! their armoty, on Monday, amid great enthu-
siasm. I.f t... +ffE H.
A large American flag is suspended across
| the street at Haver de Grace, Md, bearing
the motto: "By the eternal, the Union must
and shall be preserved t'
A parrot should be fed on bread, soakedin
water only, hemp seed, hard biscuit, a baked
crust dates, nuts, orange, lemon and apple
pips, with au occasional boiled potatoe.
The allowance of air for a man in prison
should never be less, says DR.. Hutchinson,
than 800 cubic feet. Here is q suggestion
for our City Prison and County Jail. 1 s
The Mobile Gala Advertiser calls the at
tention of the privateers to the "fne pick
ipgs," to be had from the Spring feet of tea
ships arriving from China. - a
A paper in the interest of one of our politi-
clans boasts that he ''can stand upon his in
tellectual capital" We suppose it means
that he can stand upon his head. =.
Many a man thinks it is virtue that keeps
him from turning rascal when it is only a
full stomach. One should be careful and not
mistake potatoes for principles.
Great is the power of words. Words lead
armies, overthrow dynasties, man ships,
separate families, cozen cozeners, and steal
hearts and purses. - tA.-
The New Orleans and jackson Railroad
Company have offered to convey troops and
munitions of war for the Confederacy over
their road free of charge.
George r. Romers had difficulty with
Samuel Bard at Natchez, Miss, few DAYS
ago, and shot him dead after being himself
seriously stabbed.
DR.. Kellogg, of Troy, N, Y, has declared
unteers in case of sickness, day and night,
free of charge. .., =
Boston paper announces to its exchanges
that if they need any war poetry they can
receive any quantity, "some oft very good" /"
as it is over5tocked with the article.
A flsg of the Secession stripe was dis
played across the street in Liverpool, N. Y,
recently, when crowd quickly collected
and tore it down. .'r.-
The girls employed at hoop factory at
Westfeld, Conn.,, "struck" for their pay, the
other day, and paIaded the streets in process
sion. -.. .. ..a .
Kisses between women remind us of two
handsome unmatched gloves charming
things with their proper mates, but good for
nothing that way.
The intended voyage of the Empress Eu-
genie to Palestine has been given up Her
Majesty was fully occupied in the most strict
observance of Lent-thin as a rail.
A letter written few days before the at
tack on Fort Sumter says there is not wife
in Charleston, not a woman, who has slept
easily for the last four days.
The Augusta (Ga ConstitutionaIist saws
General Sam Houston was in Catawba, Ala,
few days ago. The circumstance is re.
| garded as suspicious.
One of the Massachusetts, cargo manufac-
turing corporations has telegraphed to the
agent in New York not to sell cloth for mill
itary purposes in the South.
A number of vessels loading with ice, &C.,
at Boston, bound for Southern ports, have
been countermanded as fear is felt that they
may be seized by the rebels.
The Manchester and Lawrence Railroad
has rendered to Gov. Goodwin, of New
Hampshire, free transportation over the road
of any Government munitions Of war.
John Vanpelt volunteer, was wantonIy
and fatally shot at ShelbyVille, Ind, the
other day, by John Frakes, a secessionist
whose grocery he had entered.
There is difference in the position of Vir-
ginia in the old revolution and the new one.
She was at the head of the former, and she
is at the tail of the latter ll =. ~
The Hartford (Conn Times backs down
from its treason, and, like the New York
Herald, says that it raised the Union flag
voluntarily, and not from any compulsory
hints. ..... s.aFr
There is feeling of eternity in youth
which makes us amends for every thing.
Death, old age, are words without meaning
dream, fiction. To be young is to be as
one Of the immoFtals.
To deep and earnest spirits NatuRe wears
the countenanee of Deity; but gay and joy
Gus hearts think of her only as host at
whose bounteous table they may freely
| feast. + -ta# or
In the company of the woman you love, Il
! Is difficult to avoid two follies,-rhapsody
and silence. Fortunately, the first is never
esteemed by her as folly, and the last is con-
| s;deIed as the stiffness of brooding love.
Jerome B. Corey has recovered $4,000
from the city OF Detroit Mich for damages
sustained by bis wife from falling into an
excavation on Grand RiVer-street, in that
| city. at,- Z ~, ~, tn' =,
The distinction due to the present French
exhibition Of paintings in London is owing
to the admirable works OF Edouard Frere,
some of whose productions have justly been
admired in this country.
Wendell Phillips is announced TO have
changed his opinions on the momentous
questions Of the day, and that he will sup.
port the Presidents policy and the national