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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-22
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The French Police Department publishes
weekly list Of articles which have been
lost and come into its possession; =.
In 1860, the adult women Of England num-
bered six millions; three Of these six mil
lions labored for their subsistence, and two
Of three millions were unmarried, and de-
pendent on their own exertious for subsist-
ence.
The West African Herald states that a
Latin cross of marble with the simple letters
L. e. L., now marks the spot where the ill-
fated and accomplished L. 70. L." reposes
at Cape Coast Castle.
AT recent trial in England, growing out
of the Wakefield bribery cases, IL was proved
that respectable tradesmen received sums
vary from $50 to $500 for voting for members
of Parliament.
A fine fox. chase was had in London re-.
Gently; he was first observed in a church,
yard, when q crowd chased him among the
tomb stones. Reynard soon cleared the
ratings, and distancing his pack Of human
hounds disappeared.
The total number of persons employed
upon all railways open and in course of con-
struction in Ireland, in the year 1860, was
%, ZIG; length of lines open at the end of
June, lse0 1918; length in course of con-
struction, 29l.
News has been received of the German
traveller, Yogel, who has been long missing.
He is understood to be a prisoner in the
Wadai at Wara, and great efforts are being
made to procure his release. He is acting
as counselor of the Sultan Of that country,
but has been unable hitherto to escape.
Telegraphs begin to be looked upon as the
ruin of military strategy, and with their use
KONG, German authority, says it is impos-
sible to exercise real generalship. Under
our own observation we know that tele-
graphic dispatch prevented the Star Of the
West from re enforcing Fort Sumter.
Since 1853 the Austrians have increased
their commercial marine to 327 ships, but in
the same period have lost out Of this num-
Der 225 by shipwrecks. Poor sailors, these
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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-22

IMPORTANT Posi-. OFFICE NoTICE.-The Post
office Department has prepared circular in
structions in relation to the recent passage
of postal laws, &c. 1t is therin explained
that cards, either blank or printed, aud
blanks in packages weighing not less than
eight ounces, and packages of seed and cut
tiDgs, not exceeding eight ounces in weight,
shall be charged in the postage at the rate
of one cent an ounce or fraction of an ounce
to any place in the United States under
1000 miles, and at the rate Of two cents an
ounce or the fraction of an ounce over 1000
miles, to be prepaid by stamps.
All packages, except seeds or cuttings,
must be SO packed and marked that their
true character may be seen. Maps, engrav-
inps; Autographs or Photographic prints on
/ rollers or IN paper covers, Hc3ssSs hheelnd OF
unbound, Photographic paper and letter en-
| velopes, are to be deemed mailable matter
and charged in the postage by the weight o.
the package, not in any case to exceed foul
| pounds, at the rate of one cent an ounce OF
| fraction of an ounce to any place in thu
United States under 1000 miles, and at tn,
rate of two cents an ounce or fraction of ar
ounce over 1900 miles, to be prepaid b.
| stamps.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-22
NEWPORT NE WS.

HONE GUARD AT JAMEsTowN.--At meet.
ing of citizens Of Jamestown, Campbell
County, Kentucky, held at the jamestown
Hotel, on Saturday night, April 20, 1861, for
the purpose of forming Home Guard, the
following resolutions were reported:
I'VE, the undersigned citizens Of Campbell
County, Kentucky, in view of the alarming
condition of our common country, and the
apprehension of danger for the safety of our
homes, property and 6resides, do agree to
form ourselves into military company to
be called the Home Guards, md that
we will cheerfully co operate with each
other in all proper measures for the protec-
ton Of life and property, and for the main
tenance of the laws and the preservation of
the Union, and to this end we invoke the
blessings Of Almighty God, to rest upon rs.
Therefore be il fee
Resolved: That we adopt as our motto,
The. Union, now and forever, one and in-
seperable.'
hR,sOlUed: That we will prove ourselves
true to each other, in times Of danger, and
that the stars and stripes il, and shall be our
banner, and under il we will fight, if fight
me must, to maintain the U nion, the Oonsti-
tuition and the laws under which we live.
"ResOlVsd: That we will be of one mind,
forgetting party and party conflicts, and
unite as one man, to resist any Invasion by
lawless and reckless men, Of our homes and
property.
"ResOIUed; That we appeal to all good
citizens TO join us, prospecting Of party, that
we may be the more able 70 preserve our
homes, our families, and perhaps our liYes."
JOHN SCHWARTZ, President.
J. @. SYMOSDs, Sec. Of Com. ~.
The foregoing preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted, after which they
were signed by eighty-eight citizens.
The following officers were then elected (:
Captain-Harry Harrison, Esq, by acelA-
nation.
First Observation-Disclosures Moore.
Second Lieutenant-Antony Link.
Third observation-disclosures Peters.
Orderly Sergeant. X. Edwards.
Ensign ohm Schwartz.
Secretary---C Chas. Barnes.
Treasurer-JOhn Berkemeire.
The Chair then appointed the following
committee 70 procure a large flag for the
armory John Barnes, Thos. j. Nelson and
Charles Barnes, Esqs. Ha.
After which, on motion of Jas. Peters, the
meeting adjourned to meet again on Monday
night JOHN SCHWARTZ, President,
J. X. EDwAADs, Secretary. sa't .
P1RADH AT EHE BARRAcKs.-YeStsrday
morning, ~ previously announced, there
was parade Of ths soldiers AZ the Barracks
numbering near 400. IL was the finest ex.
hibition Of military drill that has been wit
messed there for q long time. Many speeta
tors were present, including some who arr
engaged in military companies In Cincinnati
Il WoEld 10 well ior ell this class Of vcitizeI
soldieryp who are able to do 50, TO attent
these parades and witness the eyolutions Q
the regulars"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-22

A ROYAL OMEN OF ROYAL DEATH.-
Notes and Queries has the following item
under its head of ''Curious Condolences"
On Wednesday night or rather Thursday
morning, at three o'clock, the inhabitants
of the metropolis were reused by repeated
strokes of the new great bell at Westmin
ster, and many supposed it was a death in
the royal family. There might have been
twenty slow strokes when 1t ceased. 1t
proved, however, to be due to some derange-
ment of the clock, for at four and FIVE
o'clock ten or twelve strokes were struck in
stead of the proper number. On mention
ing this in the morning to friend, who is
deep in London antiquities, he observed that
there is an opinion in the city that any thing
the matter with St. Paups great bell is an
omen of i'll to the royal family; and he
added: 81 hope the opinion will not extend
TO the Westminster bell" This was at
eleven O'Clock on Friday morning. see
this morning that it was not till one A. NJ.
the lamented Duchess of Kent was consid-
cred in the least danger, and, as you are
aware, she expired in less than twenty -four
hours. do not pause to comment on this
curious coincidence, but to ask whether
any one can give me any further particulars
as to this opinion.
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HThere were, said Mr.. Webster, no Sab
baths in the Revolution" There are exi-
eences which take no account Of holy time;
and II II was lawful, even under the Mosaic
dispeDsation, 70 pull ones OK or ones ass out
Of apit into which he had fallen, on the Sab
bath, how much more allowable Is it TO en-
ploy the sacred hours in measures designed
to txtricate the national OK or ass--as the
case may be--ffom the slough in which, if
not already immersed, he is threatened to be
suffocated.
There have been those who permitted
themselves to be slaughtered rather than
fieht on Gods holy day. That species of
faith has nearly If not quite disappeared from
the earth. Perhaps it is Cotton Mather who
records some remarkable instances in which
men who were too conscientious TO take up
arms on the Sabbath were miraculously pre-
served from threatened destruction. At
this day, there may be room for doubt
whether the result Of that species Of reliance
upon Divine Providence would be satisfac-
tory. In war, Providence sometimes seems
to catch the enthusiasm, and go in for the
stronger and braver party.
Il wps the experience Of that energetic
apostle Napoleon Bonsparte, that, he ever
found Providence on the side of the strongest
battalions. Hercules, the Providence of the
ancients resolutely refused to help the man
and his cattle out Of the quagmire, unless he
should at the same time do all that he could
to help himself. The battles Of the Revolu-
tion were many of them fought on the first
day of the week; and the success of that
great movement is sufficient to certify that
Providence has no objections, so the cause is
good and the fighting good, to overlook
little irregularities in the time in which the
latter is performed.
Some of our rigid people were startled
yesterday, to see the streets filed with rudi-
mental military. They thought that these
CANAL demonstrations might better be post
poned to another day. In general, however,
the feeling was the opposite, andas the bands
passed along they were loudly cheered by
crowds of citizens. Our Catholic fellow
citizens-some of them at least-took time
by the forelock, went and did their religious
duties at once, and then put on their fight
ing harness; whether the Protestants were
equally considerste is more than has been
reported. However that may be, when the
time Of fighting comes, we expect they will
all give good account of themselves.
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A PHILADELPHIAN REFUSES TO Answer
SOUTHERN ORDERS FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES.
The Philadelphia Press says:
We are authorized to say that promi-
nent merchant on Market street, whose store
was visited by the mob on Monday after
noon, answered on the morning of that day
an order from one of the seeding States for
goods to equip military company, by stat
ing that, whatever might be his personal
prejudices in reference to the political condi-
ton of the country, he owed to the State Of
| Pennsylvania, which had nurtured him for
forty years, and in whose bosom his chill
| dren had been born, an allegiance that for
bid him from supplying. any. such demand
| for military Supplies, when his State was
responding to the Federal Government, and
that he would do nothing which conficted
with his fidelity to her. He considers it his
imperative duty to stand by her constituted
authorities as long as he is one of her citi-
zens; and while he may have discussed po
liticGl questions with the freedom which
was characteristic of our community be-
fore the present attitude of Pennsylvania wal
assumed, he can not, as one Of her citizens
fail in any of his obligations to her, nor bl
faithless 10 the flag she sustains.
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Such is sbc cordl,ion Of things IN Mary
land and Virginia, that Il Washington is not
already surrenaered and deprived Of The or
dinary means Of communication with the
loyal porions of The Union, she is liable to
be 90 al any moment When this Is done,
the ability Of the National Government TO
direct The military operations of line Of
frontier 1000 miles in length will have
ceased in which case so far as appears, the
duty Of ofeonduetipg such operations will de-
volve upon the local authorities.
The Governors of States collectively, OF
each within his Jurisdiction, will become
responsible for the defense Of this vast ex.
tent Of territory; and the sooner they teach
themselves to contemplate this state Of
things, and to prepare themselves to meet its
requirements the better.
The Southern border Of the States is the
part that win be in danger, and preparations
should be made to concentrate the entire
available force upon any point of the same
at any moment when it shall be required.
What is doing throughout the States south
of Us it is impossible TO know. We know
that whenever State has seeded, she has
been found fully armed and prepared for
active demonstrations. Hereafter there will
be little intimation of the place where, OF
the time when, blow is to be struck. II
will not be long before every State south Of
the Ohio will be out the Union and in arms
with propensity for active hostilities under
the supreme direction of the head Of the
COnfederacy; and when the large bodies o.
men that are now arming and preparing in
Kentucky and Virginia come to be controlled
by one mind, the aspect which they will
present will be truly formidable.
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Movements ana PrsbabIs Msvemsnts at
The sonth.

Movements ana Probable nIsvemsnts ne
the sonth.
The seizure and taking 10 New Orleans Of
the steamer Star Of the West-i7 the report
10 that effect Is reliable--indicatos that up
TO yesterday, there had been no occupation
Of the mouth Of the Mississippi by the war
vessels of the United States. That there
will be such occupation before many days
may taking into consideration the force,
naval and military, which is now, or is
rapidly becoming, available, be nationally
expected. That 1t is the intention Of the
Government besides making the Northern
line Of defense secure, to create a,strong
diversion somewhere upon the coast Of the
Mexican Gulf Is a matter toward which the
facts and the most obvious considerations Of
policy, equally point. The Government has
not sent its vessels Of war and considerable
bodies of troops Southwark, with nothing
but the defense of Fort Pickens in its pro-
grsmme. .t....
We should not be at all surprised to learn
that a part, at least of the Eastern levies
taking water carriage at New York have a
destination quite different from Washing
ton. The comparative destitution of the
South in respect to those facilities for
rapid transportation by land with which
the North is so sbundantly supplied, rem
ders her vulnerable in many points where
blows may be struck without danger of
retaliation. While the North is able, by
means of her lines of railway to place within
few hours, large army at any point along
her frontier, the South, with her few lines
and her seanty supplies of rolling stock
upon them, is open any where to an army
which is at liberty to choose its place of at
tack, and to change it rapidly from one To-
cality to another.
The Government may, in pursuance Of the
pacific line of policy which it has adopted,
deem il advisable to con6ne its operations
at present to the recovery of its forts and
property but any attempt on thepart of the
Confederacy to commence operations in
States that have not seeded, will change
the aspect of things, and we shall hear a
good account Of the Southern forces. Such
an attempt will doubtless soon take place, if
it has not already; when, we venture to say,
Mr.. President Davis will find occupation for
his energies and his forces at some points
nearer home than Washington.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-22

A LIFE Of DR.. Scoresby, the Arctic nayi-
gator, savan and late vicar of Bradford, has
been published by his nephew. We hope it
will be published here for its intrinsic merit,
and for its Illustrating an example of success
attained by a brave, learned, useful aud re-
ligious man. The writer of this paragraph
had much of his society some few years since
during his visit TO the United States The
doctor came over TO purchase and settle a
landed property on a brother, aud the writer
was selected as trustee. While in New
York be delivered q lecture on magnetism at
the old Clinton Hall, which was novel and
interesting. He also preached once in AS
cension Church and once in Trinity. He was
also present when the old Dutch Church
was finally closed for religious worship, and
listened with interest TO the last benediction
given by DIR. Dewitt 10 Dutch before he de-
sctnded from the pulpit His own sermons
have been published in a handsome volume.
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WHIPPED ScoTT ABUSED BY A VIRGINIA
JoURNAL.-T The Petersburg (Ya.) Express
Observes;
There can be no doubt but that Winfield
Scott has been the life and soul of the
Cabinet eounsels, under whose auspices have
been secretly projected and completed the
military and naval preparations now ahoRt
for the subjugation Of the South, aud the es-
tablishment Of an iron despotism over the
whole land.
This once favorite son Of VIRGINIA, whose
gallant deeds in honorable fields placed his
name high on tie roll of fame, is now, in his
old age, tearing all the laurels from his
brow-strippiDg himself of all the honors
he has ever won. If he is guilty of the
charge Of completely with this Administra-
tion in its war upon the South, his own
native land, then will his name aud memory
deserve to go down to posteiity on the
pages of American history alongside of the
Catalines, the Arnolds and all the other con-
spirators against the liberties and peace of
their country, which have been covered with
irredeemable shame.
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TREASURES OF THE YATicAN.-The Vatican
contain 100000 printed books, and $4,000
MSS, $500 OF which are oriental; also a
museum of medallions and other antiquities.
The Casanatensian library consists Of about
100 900 volumes and of MSS, some of which
are of great value. The Angelica library
contains las, 725 volumes, and the Aracaeli-
tana is also richly stored; the Barberina has
10000 printed works, 10000 MSS, and the
original autographs Of Tasso and Petrarch.
The Oorsinian library, consisting of an i'm
mense mass of books, is the best in Rome or
Europe for its collection Of rare prints, en-
cravings, and the editions of works of the
thirteenth century. The Chigian and the
Ysllieellian are both rich in books and
MSS. In all the converts there are large
libraries, but both in these and in the others
above named there is dearth of modern
books especially Of those that treat of social
sciences. AS far as the cause of superior in
struetion is concerned, the deficiency is very
great; but as regards ancient works, the
libraries contain treasures with which those
Of no other city can compete.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-22

The way the rabble in any community
gets the ascendancy, is through the timidity
of those who have an interest in the pre-
servation OF order. 1t is always numerically
in the minority, and when the majority of
the people come up to a sense of their duty
and determination to act accordingly, it
can be eHGectually and speedily put down.
The citizens Of Baltimore have so long been
ruled by the rabble that they have become
accustomed to submit Their civil charac-
ter, as distinctive element, is gone, and the
civil character of the city is represented by
the very dregs of its population. No city in
the world, perhaps, none certainly in
America, bears a worse reputation.
The disorders that have taken place at
Baltimore, on the transit of troops through
the CITY, have made the paramount govern
ment party injured by its chronic rowdy-
ism. They mGy-and there is a general
opinion that they should-be made to feel the
consequences of having thus drawn in one
who is able to administer appropriate chas-
tisement.
It is historical that the mob spirit has, for
nearly three. quarters of century grown
strong in Baltimore through the connivance
| of its respectable inhabitants In 1874 when
the rabble tarred and feathered aman charged
with having reversed the American flag,
and another for having served on board a
British privateer, the Magistrates looked on,
the citizens-"except few proud aristo-
crats"-appauded, and the newspapers stated
that the proceeding was conducted with
great order and decency." In 1908, impelled
by their ardent feelings of loyalty to the
Union, they burned Luther Martin, promi'
nent lawyer, in efigy as a disunionist, be-
cause he had been one of the counsel o.
Aaron Burr-and again the respectability
approved. In the same year they tarred snt
feathered an English shoemaker, accused o
disloyal speeches, the perpetrators of whicl
although sentenced to imprisonment wer
Immediately set at liberty, "with distinc
eulogium on their patriotism" And in 1872
they broke up newspaper establishment
that published articles opposed to the war
with general appreciation.
The people, were they placed unde
durance sufficiently potent, could and woult
take measures to check these outbreaks Q
mob violence; and the Government Of tn
United States has the means to place ther
under such durance. Fort McHenry, a com
mandiDg military position, is within eAs
gun.range of the center of the monuments
City" and distinct intimatiOn on the PAL
, of the commander of that fortress, that an
further obstruction of Government trooI
{ would be instantly followed by the openin
: of its batteries upon it, would bring to bet
a moral influence upon the rabble whic
b would put an effectual stopper upon the
D eccentricities. Such proceeding
i cially if it were necessary to follow IL
threat with a emonstration-would loc
cruel; and the tender Secession heart woul
at once pronounce it the height of barba
' ism; but there are times when surger
rough as it looks, is kindness, and this ma
I be one of them.