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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

THE CHARLESTON MERCURY VIOLENT ON
GENERAL SooTT.-The Charleston Mercury
has a very severe article on General Scott,
charging him with aspiring to military
dictatorship, and with being willing tool in
the hands of the Abolitionists to effect his
end. The following paragraph will show the
spirit of the article;
He had refused, when challenged, to fight
General jackson, but became his ready tool
to coerce South Carolina in 1888. He came
himself to see the work efficiently done. Un-
fortunately for the South, the contest be-
tween State Rights and Oonsolidation-be-
tween a free government and despotism-
was arrested by the Compromise Tariff of
1888.
General Scott like many who were OPP
posed to him, and prepared to meet his mill
tary enterprises, was disappointed; but he
left behind him a feeling of indignation,
which has burned from that day to this in
the bosoms of the people Of South Carolina,
and which, SO far as his influence is capable,
has brought forth legitimate fruition in the
dissolution of the Union. He will doubtless
remember the guns he fred off in the Bay OF
Charleston, in honor of General Jackson, on
the 9Th of January. The sound of those guns
and their insolent bravado have not yet died
| out of the hearts of South Carolinians.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

A DOMESTIC CALIaULA.-A revolving case
of barbarity has been brought to light near
Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. An old man
named Isaac Bisbing, living in that vicinity,
quarreled with his son Andrew, and in a fit
of rage he seized gun and shot the boy in
the back, from the effects of which It is
feared he can not recover. 1t seems that the
old man was a perfect demon, and some of
his acts of barbarity toward his wife and
children, would have shamed the widest
savage.
He would frequently hang the children up
by the neck until life was almost extinct,
and other times he would hold their heads
under the water until they struggled in the
agonies of death. One Of the boys fed to
the house of a neighbor one day, badly
burned, and stated that his father had thrown
a red-hot poker into the bed in which the
children slept, just to see the frolic they
would have getting out At another time
he nearly drowned his wife by holding bel
head in crock of buttermilk.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

No ADVANTAGE AT ALL.-Tom Hobbs was
a queer fellow in his day. Tom would drink
like fish, and when he had taken his fifth
glass of morning, no man possessed more
shrewdness. When in this condition, and
in his happiest mood, Tom one morning met
a gentleman on horseback, whom he had
never put eyes upon before. As is custo-
mary in the country, Tom immediately ac-
costed him:
"Ah here my good fellow, how dye you
do2 Upon my honor it does my heart good
to see you once more. How's your family,
and the old woman We haven't seen her
this long timel When is she coming down
to see my wife ?"
81 am quite well, thank you" said the
gentleman; shut indeed, sir, you have the
advantage of meW
"Advantage my good fellow, what advant.
age2" inquired Tom.
"Why, really, sir, beg YOU. pardon" re-
piled the gentleman, "but l do not know
youp
"Know mel" exclaimed Tom, swell don ;
know you-and should like TO know where
the deuce is the advantage2"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

DIsAPPEARAEoE OF THE TRUFFLE IN FRANCE.
The truile is said to be disappearing in
France. This curious production has neither
stem, fiber nor root; and no researches have
succeeded in discovering the germs from
which they are developed. The trufle will
not grow in land that has been manured it
loves a wild, uncultivated soil, enriched only
with the rotting leaves of the forest, and
demands both moisture and sun for its de-
velopment. The truffle can only be culti-
waited indirectly, by planting groves of the
peculiar species of oak, among whose roots
il is found. E ...
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02
EDRlnnd's Cotton Relations to the South.
The London Snturdau Repietp observes:

The London Saturday ReUietO observes:
1t must be recollected that it is Just as
necessary for the American slave States to
sell their cotton as for Great Britain to buy
it. Were it conceivable that the Southern
ers should adopt the extraordinary measure
of Withholding their crop for single year,
they would be left with at least as many mill
lions of starving slaves as there would be
starving freemen in England. If American
cotton were for a while neither bought nor
sold, our countrymen would perhaps perish
in crowds but there would perish in the
slave States at least an equal multitude of
persons, who are not only men but property.
Even Southerners are reasonable beings, and
are too wise to sting, like the wasp, at the
cost of existence.
Whatever happens-even in the event
which is 10 be most wished for, of the Amer
ican Union reconstructing itself after n brief
disTuption-it is thoroughly to be hoped that
English statesmen will abandon the languid
indifference with which they have hitherto
listened to troublesome warnings about this
great question of cotton supply. We have
now looked the danger in the eyes. We
have been awakened to the fragrant contra
diction which exists, without any fault of
ours, between our acts and words. We can
now see that it is simply the union of free
with slave States in the same American
Confederaey which has disguised from us
our dependence on slave labor, and enabled
us to demand securities against the prosecu-
tion of the slave-trade from a Government,
one-half of whose subjects pride themselves
above all things on their possession of slaves.
With opportunities at least equal to our dan
gers-with the whole tropical world open
to our influence, and the most populous Of
tropical countries under cur scepter; it will
be national suicide if we do not strain every
nerve to emancipate ourselves from moral
servitude to community of shareholders.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

ARTISTIC AND HISTORICAL OokoUEsTs IN
CHINA-With regard to the booty made in
China, inestimAble conquests in an artistical
and historical point of view, are spoken Of.
The part acquired by France would alone
suffice for the formation of an immense
Chinese museum. Among other things
mentioned is clock ofwonderful workman
ship, with carved figures, representing the
China, &c. There has also fallen TO the lot
of the French an edition of Confucius, which
belonged to the celebrated Emperor Kanghi,
the Napoleon of the Chinese, and having
notes in his handwriting. Among the
other objects found in the summer palace,
and which are in the part reserved for
France, is an elephant of natural size, in gilt
and enameled bronze, and most magnificent.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

The INCONVENIENCE on A SMALL TERRlToRY.
One of the small States of Germany having,
on account of the unsettled appearance of the
European horizon, determined TO put its
army upon a war footing, resolved, as a
means toward that end, TO purchase the most
improved weapons Of war, and accordingly
procured an Armstrong gun upon trial.
Having got the gun, great difficulty arose;
they had no place TO put up the target
Their own space of territory was not large
enough; and as none ofthe neighboring States
were willing to allow 1t to be put up in
| theirs, the trial had to be foregone.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02
ni,treasInr Ancident nt Rostou.

Boston, February IAN accident of a
shocking character occurred at Brooklyn, N.
H., on Wednesday night, by the roof of a
dwelling of Mr.. Gibson being crushed in by
the weight of snow, killing Mr.. Gibson, his
wife and two daughters.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

BRITISH VIEW OF MAJOR ANDERsoE.-The
European Times, in speaking of Major An
dersoD, says; "This gallant and far.seeing
Msjor acting, it is said, on his own responsi-
bility, and without any counsel from Wash
ington, has entitled himself to the gratitude
of every American citizen, and ought TO re-
ceive it. If Anderson had been in the White
House instead of Buchanan, matters would
hardly have come TO their present pass"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

A OHIKEsE ENVOY TO EEGLAND.-An En-
voy from China is to shortly visit the En-
glish Court 1t is said he expects to perform
dis ''kow tow" there, crawling on his knees
and knocking bis head nine times against
the floor before Queen Yictoria's footstool.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02
New York Herald Correspondence I
RI1.terions Death of an Army Omcer.

PORT JERvIs, N. Y, February IA man
who is supposed to be, from letters and pa
pers found in his possession, Lieut.. D. B. For
syth, U. S. A, was found dead in his bed
this morning, at the Delaware House, in this
nlace.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

SINGULAR PROCLAMATION AT OoNsTANTNo-
PLE.-There has been singular proclama-
ton lately, forbidding the Mussulman women
from visiting Frank houses, A Turkish
lady, who ventured TO call on Greek friend,
was seized by the police and kept under
arrest for several days. The Greek has pro-
tested against the implied insult to his
family,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

A GANG OF COMMENTARIES BRoKEN UP.-
A gang of counterfeiters has been broken up
and seven arrests made at Newport, Wayne
County, Indiana. Some Of them are men of
wealth apd influence,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

The workmen at the Portsmouth (Va.)
Navy yard are now receiving their pay.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02
WHEELER & WILSON'S
Sewing Machines
PRICES REDUCEBI


TNHE WHEEI,ER q WILSON sEWs
= 1NG-mAOHINE COMPANY, having esinss
all their suits ct law with infringing manufSs.
turers, propose that the public shall be beneatS1
therebyi and have accordingly REDUCED THW
PRICES Of their Sewing machines.
,heylng made Tor over seven years, the most poR-
ular Family Sewing machine in the country, arf
nov emplying $1,000, 900 in their business, sns
making ONE HUNDRED MACHINES mar dST
they are prepared with such extraordinarT 6soits
tiles and experience to guarantee to the purcheSeT
entire satietactioD. All our Machines are mofn
equally we'll, and are
WARRANTED THREE YEARS,
The difference in price being merely difference n
finish,
21,3O5 Machines sold in 1859, being double ~
sales OF any other company in the linton,
Awarded the First Premium in the
US. FAIRS oF 1885, 1859 AND 1850,
Ana at the Cincinnati Mechauios' Institut. o.
-FOUR SUCCESSIVE YEARS we have taken thF
EiFst Premium over al competitors the best
BEST FAMILY sEwING-MAOHINH
It no Shuttle, makes the lock. stitch alika az
both sides OF the goods, leaving chain or rfdEF
ON the under side of the seam; and uses but hrf
as much thread as the ehain-stitch machines.
Send or call for Circular, containing prizes
testimonials, eto.
WIN. SUMNER & CO., Agents,
~ West Fourth-st.,
PIXIES oPEBA-HoUsE,
dels CINoIEEATI.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY con-
IN OERN.-Notice 10 hereby given, that there are
pending before the City Council of the city of Oin
cinbatf, the following Ordinances, to wit:
To grade and pave, with brick, the sidewalks on
Stone street, from Fifth street TO Sixth. street.
70 grade, repair and pave, with brick, the side
walks on Buckeye-street, from Vine-street to Oak
street.
To grade, repair aud pave. with brick, the side
walks on John-street, from Wade-street to Poplar
street.
10 regrade, repair and pave, with brick, the side
walks Martin street, from Pearl street to Third
street
TO regrade repair and pave, with brick, the side
walks on Third street, from Martin-street to Front
street
TO regrade repair and pave, with brick, the side
walks on Hathaway. street, from Baymiller-street
o Jane.street.
TO regrade, repair and pave, with brick, the side
walks Pearl-street, from Kigourstreet to Front
street.
To repave, with limestone, Blackburn ALLEY, from
Wade. street to a point 200 feet south.
In pursuance of the law, SAID Ordinances were
twice read, laid the table, aud the Clerk in
structed to give four weeks notice of the tendency
of the same.
The law requires all claims for damages, thar may
accrue from said Improvement to be filed in writing
with the City Clerk, setting forth the amount Of
damages claimed, within two weeks after the expir
alton Of the time required for the publication Of
such notice, when the same will be taken up for
6ual action.
ja25-x SAM. u. COBWINE, City CLERK.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

NOTICE TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY
~ COHUERH.-Notice is hereby given that there
are pending before the City Council o: the City Of
Cincinnati the following Ordinances, viz:
To grade and pave with bowlder-stone Front.
street. from Washington. street to the east line Of
the City of Cincinnati.
To grade and pave with bowlder-stone Smith.
street. from Second to the Whitewater Canal.
To grade and pave with boWlder-stS=e Liberty
street, f. ON Pendleton street to Price-street.
To grade, repair and pave with brick the side
walks on Meancthon- street, from Outter-street to
Jones-street.
To grade and pave with brick the sidewalks on
from Linn-street te Cutterstreet.
In pursuance of the law, said ordina1ces were
twice read, laid the table, and the Clerk in
Btructed give four weeks notice of the pendency
of the came.
The law requires all claims for damages that may
accrue from said improvement to be nled In writing
with the City Clerk, setting forth the amount Of
damaged claimed, within two weeks after the ex-
piraton of the time required for the publication Of
such notice, whom the same will be taken up for
final action. -
jSii.dw SAM. L. OoRWINE, City Clerk.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-21

SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
There need be, there should be, no hesitation by
Congress in the disposition of this subject, in
sympathy with the dominant national feeling,
and the principles OF justice and liberty that
are blazoned by the republic. The national cap
ital should be free of the curse of the system Of
human bondage-free of slave pens and slave
auctions-free from such barbarities a. have re.
Gently been exposed by Senator Wilson,-free
from that element in our Institutions that has
periled and broken the Union, and brought the
men and brethren of the republic into hostile
and bloody array against each other. The CAPT
tai should follow and represent the dominant
spirit of the people and the government. Here.
tofore, the interests and the policy Of slavery
have ruled the national councils, and it was pef.
haps meet that the thing itself should exist
there TO illustrate tie spirit that prevailed in
the government. Now, however, the interests
and policy Of freedom and free labor prevail
and conduct the government, and the capital
should be speedily brought into correspondence
and sympathy with them. It is especially q
wrong and reflection upon the government.
that, while it is carrying on q great war that
slavery has brought upon the country, there
should remain 1t the seat of that Government
all the signs. all the machinery, oil the inherent
and connecting cruelty and injustice of the thing
ITSELF There 10 no excuse for delay-no reason
for hesitation in reforming the slave system out
of the District of Columbia. Immediate emsn.
cipation, with recompense to loyal owners Of
slaves, or gradual emancipation without recon-.
pense, are the only alternatives to be consider.
ed. So long as slavery continues in any of eur
States, loyal visitors to the capital must have
the right of transit or temporary residence with
their family servants but beyond this, the
whole accursed thing should be swept clean
from the seat of government before the nation
Is month older. Let this pledge, at least, Of
our sincerity and Of our earnestness be given
70 the country and to the world.-Tspring6eld
Republican. taa
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-21

.
e Gen. Henry q. Lockwood, Who commanded
the expedition into Accomac county, can be
spared from troubling himself further In defense
of this Government. He made failure of the
whole thing, unless IL be excepted that he sue.
ceeded admirably well in showing himself TO be
an unmitigated failure. We have already no.
ticed his anxiety for bis hat. Here is how he
looked out for the turkeys:
Quite ludicrous scene transpired In the
camp of the Michigan Sixth yesterday, In which
our Brigadier General played prominent part
It seems that the General was treating himself
to an airing in his carriage. when he met SOL
der on the road with Q decapitated turkey in
his hand. The General stopped him, inquired
where he belonged, and was particularly anxious
to know all about the turkey. The soldier told
him that he had purchased il, and the General
drove of apparently satisfied. But the turkey
lay heavily on bis mind. He could not imagine
how private could honestly possess turkey;
and if soldier could 60 far forget himself 90 70
'purvey' fowl of such magnificent dimensions.
especially while being furnished by the Govern
ment with 90 rich diet as sweet potatoes, he
ought to be made an example Of 30 the Gen.
drove of to the camp of the Michigan bows,
having in the mesn time worked himself up into
furious rage, swearing, that If found, the col
der should be shot, and ordered an investiga.
ton. The companies were all paraded, and the
search began, the General making the rounds
with the company oficera The Michigan boys
were stupe6ed with astonishment at first, but
finally the General was startled BY the zobbline
Of turkey in his rear. He turned his head to
look for the offender, when another clever imi
tation Of turkey-cock was heard in front, and
then perfect storm of turkey calls, cock a-doo.
dls'doos, the Kissing Of geese, and other speci.
mems Of barn-yard vocalism broke out al over
the camp. The general beat retreat, and, on
going out of the gate, found pole erected, on
which were conspicuously placed fifteen or TWEEN
ty turkey, chicken and geese heads.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-21

MYsrERlous MuRDrR OR Su1clDE.-Last satur.
day morning, Bernard Levy, broker ct 148 Canal
street, New York, was found dead behind his
own counter, with his throat cut from ear to
ear, BY his brother. Who had stepped out for .
few minutes to get cigar. The circumstances Of
the murder battle the most acute Of the detec.
tives: Indeed, there is some dispute Is to
whether deceased was his own murderer or the
victim Of some secret enemiea If murderer,
it was not for money, Is piles of gold and bills
lay untouched in their proper place, an easy
prey for the ASSASSIN. aad yet it seems almost
impossible that il Is suicide. The knife with
which the deed was done il Of the clasp pattern,
new and keen, the point being shaped ike Z
hook: The instrument of death was found
closed. and lay upon the counter, where there
was no blood. The wound was Of q most re.
markable character. The weapon apparently
was thrust into the left aide of the neck, and
protruded on the other side. directly under the
ear; When In, It was seemingly pressed upon
With considerable force, leaving an ugly gash Of
about three inches in length and one in breadth,
but not severing the skin on the throat.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-21

B. johnson l. Co., 400 bbls mess pork. 80 70
60 400 Z" A.
!" 1875 :" as" Q az
Evans, Gaines Co., 900 bbls mees pork Q SO
Cunningham l. Co., 500 . So
VIM. A. Apologize 4 Co., 200 bbls mess
pOIk. -. ............. 623
N. W. Thomas & Co., $1,000 lbs clear
N0es :. ............. y. 62}
N. w. Thomas & Co., $4,000 lbs clear
@des 8 70
J. Rawson Co., 7s, 600 lbs ribbed aides "a
J. q. Fradeiday, $4,000 lbs /" 10
Dubois l. Augur, 10000 lbs IS "a
10000 lbs " 70
Brooks, johnson & Co., loo, 900 lbs clear
sides 80. ............. ......... 81
Brooks, johnson l. Co., $4,000 lbs clear
sides ............ 81
Thomas Sherlock, $4,000 lbs clear sides s5
Burbeck l. Haight 600 bbls -four a 1904 %
J. w. Meal, 1000 bbls -four. 4 24@4 20
Lewis Echelberger, 1910 bbls -four. /. 4 rs
Robert Hosea & Co., 81, 900 lbs rice. /. :. 90
James 4. Frazer Co., Il, 900 lbs rice. ! rs
10000 lbs roasted
and ground coffee. u. 224
James A. Frazer b Co, 2, $50 gals mollases 4of
n. Werk a. Co., $4,000 lbs star candles 1874
B. r. Bsser & Co., &c, 600 lbs Rio coffee ls ~
Geo. d. Will Co, 10000 lbs soap..... AZ
A. W. johnson, 10000 gals vinegar. a
J. A. Fnsser l. Co., 10000 lbs sugar :. 81
t'sH $4,000 lbs 49,. 10
H9a' $1,000 lbs lO4
Robt Hoeea l. Co., LOO, 900 lbs a" ~. lOt
John Battle 4 Co., &c, 900 lbs hard bread 81
p. +. Bryce. 10000 lbs bard bread -. AS
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-21

MEXICAN PRIvArEERs TO BE FITTKD OUT At nv
YoRK.-A startling rumor was heard on Chang
on Friday afternoon. 1t was to the effect that
Letters Of Marque were actually in the hands
Of parties iu this city, designed for vessels to be
purchased and used as privateers in the Mexican
service against the commerce of England and
Spain. Although the rnmor could not he traced
to any direct evidence, IL was credited by many
merchants, and was the subject of considerable
discussion. We do not accept it as true.
The plot Of war thickens on the ocean, as the
English, French and Spanish feet approaches
the shores of Mexico. The Pacific ocean is open
to the free rowing of Mexican privateers, and
there are doubtless, plenty of adventurers in the
word who will take service for the sake of prey.
ing upon the rich commerce of the Indian seas
Buff any such projects are on foot in the Uni
ted States, we have no doubt our Government
will make itself heard in no uncertain way. Il
would afford US IN excellent opportunity to shov
our British friends what America means by ib
solute neutrality. Congress being in session
can adapt our neutr atty laws to the necessiiie:
OF the case, if they are not already ample fG
the purpose, and the Government can enfore
them with vigor that will put to shame tia
Lesituncy of the British ministry in fhe Gaze
the Nashville. Let 10 exhibit our honor %.
strength in this matter.-N. Y. Journal Of Co..
morce. e3 rssa-