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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-21
CONVICTION NEWS

RELIEF OF THE PooR.-Under the authority
vested in him by the City CountiI, William
Ernst, President of that body, has appointed
the following committees, who are now at
tending to the duties to which they were
assigned.
Committee to solicit contributions First
Ward, Mrs. Amos Shinkle and Mrs. R. H.
Ball Second Ward, Mrs; g.. 9; Wade and
Mrs. James Clayton Third Ward, Mrs.
Henry Leuba and Mrs. W. D. Holt; Fourth
Ward, Mrs. John Mackoy and Mrs. j. e.
Brewster; Fifth Ward, Mrs. M. D. Moore
and Mrs. Ada Broaddus; Sixth Ward, Mrs.
Kate Brown and Mrs. j C. Dryer Seventh
Ward, Miss Emma Vandegrift and Miss
Emily Orr.
Committee of Distribution: A. H. Herod,
VIM. Il. Gedge and John G. Shrock.
Thus far the contributions received are:
$50 appropriated by Council, $50 by individ-
ual contributions from members of the same,
and $50, in groceries, presented by a benevO-
lent citizen. The solicitation of the commit
tee have not yet met the response which the
urgency ofthe case demands. They contem-
plate taking measures to secure the employ
ment of all who can thus be made useful to
themselves and others by the farmers of
Kenton and Boone Counties; also to estab-
lish q ware-room for storing all provisions
that may be contributed.
Inc cltlZenS are earnestly requested 10
contribute largely, as the only means to pre-
vent suffering among a large number of the
poor who, in the present hard times, are
driven to the alternative Of receiving aid or
suffering from want.
The ARMs-By Whom Rsceived-T The
members of the Citizens Guards, among
whom the rms recently received at Ooving.
ton, and directed to Colonel J. w. Finnel,
were distributed, are all solemnly pledged to
the following declaration:
ave declare that Kentucky has ever been,
and now is, loyal TO the Union Of the States
under the Constitution. Her people see
nothing in d~isunion but war and ruin and
desolation they deplore the efforts of those
without and within her borders who would,
by violence and fraud, drive or drag Ken
lucky out of the Union and the undersigned
pledge themselves to stand by and vindicate,
by all the means in their power, the present
condition of Kentucky, until a fairly ascer-
tanned majority of her people shall declare
their univ illingness longer to remain in the
Union"
FRED.-Charles Elias and F. s.. Griesmer
were each fined S. yesterday, for selling
IouOr on Sunday.
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Our Southern Brethern n.

"a AVN O0oCA - . H MH
We have heretofore considered Ourselves
one people with our fiery neighbors of the
South. Their ancestors and ours fought to-
gether for the good cause,
"when George the Third was Kins;"
won or lost the same battles, and at last slept
side by side the last sleep of the brave. The
game flag, cur beautiful banner of con-
stellsted stars and auroral stripes, hoated
over them and over US. Under the same
benefcent Government which both created
and shaped (alasl we only dreamed that we
shaped IT'D we became great, glorious and
free, the wonder and enyy of the world, the
paragon of republics. We ate and drank
togetheri married and were given in mar,
riage were friends and brothers. So we
thought, simple minded fools hat we were.
But We were mistaken, it seems. They en-
tertained a contempt for us, which was not
always secret a continually growing hatred.
We were a mean, miserable set intent only
on gain worshipers Of the almighty dollar;
towards and dastards, whom it was safe and
wise to bully and insult. In short, we were
Yankeesl That dreadful shibboleth was their
synonym for all imaginable baseness. They,
on the contrary, were brave, high-minded,,
and chivalrousi the soul Of honor and cour'
tesy--gentlemen and princes. In short
Southernersts 1870
We bore with their grand airs, which for q
time imposed upon US. When we saw
through them, as we did at last webore with
them still. The Southerners are hot headed,
we said, but their hearts are in the right
place; they mean well. We were simPle-
tons. They were cool, headed; their hearts
were In the wrong place; they meant i'll
They were all the while undermining the
Government which supported them, and
which they affected TO support, raising q
new idol in its stead; q clay idol to
which each brought his quota Of earth one
from the swamps Of Louisiana another from
the sand. slopes of Georgia, q third from the
honored dust Of Yirginia-" Mother of
Presidents pa preposterous idol which
they called State Sovereignty. They wor-
shipped the fetish ia secret among themselves,
and plotted TO oYerturn the Federal au-
thority, in order TO raise il on its ruins. No
intrigue was too mean for them, no lie too
black; for were they not working for the
South3 WorkiDgin secret conclave, politi-
cal moles that they were, they were more
than a match for the North, which never
once suspected that there was treachery
under their bluster. They covered their
track wen, but not so well but that we
began to discover the print Of their eleven
I6cl. -H ~. -rH- h a
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School BoARD-Proceedings Last Night
The Board met last night at the usual
hour, President King in the Chair. The
minutes of the previous meeting were read
and approved.
Mr.. Morgan, teacher of the Eleventh Dis
trict, was excused for the remainder of the
school. year.
The Committee on intermediate Schools
was allowed one more week in which to pre-
pare their report.
The election of Trustee for the Seventeenth
Ward was taken up, and after several bollots
John ]. Hooker was elected.
Mr.. Kelly called the attention of the
Board to section sixteen, of the city ordi-
nance passed January IA, 1853, relating to
schools, under which certain fines and penal
ties, when collected, revert to the school
fund. He stated that he had never known
any fund to be derived from that source.
The subject was referred to the Committee
on Funds and Taxes, to report.
The report of the Committee on Funds
and Taxes, presented at the last meeting and
made a special order for this, was taken up.
Mr.. Stratton moved that the scale of sala-
ries reported be made an amendment to the
standing rules of the Board. This motion
was made the special order for the next
meeting.
Mr.. Wilstach offered a resolution empow-
ering the Committee on Public Buildings
to advertise for proposals to furnish steam
beating apparatus for the new school-house,
at a cost Of $4,000.
The Board adjourned.
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The ingredients are first reduced to an i'm
palpable powder in cylinder mills worked by
water-power, or between metallic rollers. 1t
is next weighed, then properly mixed in a
mixing trough with a wooden roller for
three hours, and at some mills it is merely
stirred about in a large tub for a short time;
but when this is the case, more time is al
lowed for incorporating, which is the next
process. The cylinders ofmost incorporating
mills are two in number, and made of a very
tough description of stone: they each weigh
about three tuns.
The bed of the mill on which they revolve
is of the same material; but cylinders and
beds OF iron are also much used. The objec-
ton to iron beds is that they generally wear
hollow in the middle, and it would be out of
the question to rave stone cylinders and
iron beds. b charge which is placed in
the mill at a time is forty-two pounds, and
it is moistened with two pints Of water,
which is placed in the mill with the charge;
but this is varied according to the state of
the atmosphere: At the end Of three hours,
the charge is Withdrawn from the mill to be
pressed either in a hydraulic or a powerful
screw press it is separated at equal distances
by plates of copper so that a uniform pressure
may be applied to the whole, which is about
six hundred tuns. When taken from the
press it is in thin solid cakes or layers, called
'press cake" This is broken in pieces of
about q quarter OF an ounce in weight, and
removed to the corning house, where it is
granulated by placing it in sleeves, having a
rotary shaking motion given to them by
machinery, with two blocks of lignum. vitae
wood which crush the powder between them
and the sides OF the sleeves; two other sleeves
of different degrees Of fneness are placed
under the first, which catch the powder and
separate ii into fine and coarse grain flor
artillery and muskets1 and the dust, or meal
powder, falls into q box placed beneath.
The powder is now glazed, by being placed
in a cask, which reyolyes On an axle through
the center about thirty times In a minute,
which takes off all the corners of the grains
and gives them a polish.
The last process is drying, which is per-
formed by steam, radiation from hot irons,
or solar heat; it is sometimes again sifted
before barrelling, to clean it and prevent it
from cakinR together. The pressing and
glazing process, although they lessen the
effective force Of the powder, are absolutely
necessary First to give the powder dens-
iity, TO prevent its breaking by carriage I;
second, to prevent its absorbing moisture
from the atmosphere, which it is liable to do
from the alkali which is in the charcoal;
third, to prevent the powder losing its power
when kept for any length of tune. The
quality Of the powder produced depends
more on the care taken in its manufacture
than on the exact proportions Of the ingre'
dents.
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LAW REPORT.
HAMILTON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.

HAMILTON COUNT DISTRICT COURT.
BUILDING SoHoOL-BoUsEs.-J. f. Waring
and others as. The School Board of Columbia
Township. The question (arising under the
twenty. third section of the school law was,
whether an assessment of 50, 600 for building
q school house in sub-district No. 8 of said
township was properly levied, or whether it
should not have been assessed on the entire
township.
Judge Collins announced the opinion, and
held that the assessment should have been
on the township, and made the injunction
perpetual restraining the County Treasurer
from collecting the tax off the sub-district.
TRIALS BEFORE Recommendations
Argyle Us. s. Hulings. Held by Judge NAL
Ion: That, under the common law, there was
no right Of trial before a magistrate, and the
right guaranteed in our constitution did not
extend beyond the right of common law. As
plaintiff in error was not entitled to a jury
trial at all, he could not complain of being
deprived of a constitutional right.
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RIVER NEWS.


The Ohio Il sim receding here, having de-
clined during the forty. eight hours ending
last evening about thirty inches, leaving,
according 10 the Water-works report q
Chsnnel-depth at this point Of pwenty and a
half feet. The River at Pittsburg yves
stationary, with Eve feet eight inches water
there. 10
The weather continued very rainy and
disagreeable yesterday, with a low temper
AZURE for the season.
Business on the Landing continued ex-
tremely dull, nothing of consequence being
done there.
Yesterdays Louisville papers say:
The River is falling slowly, with eight feet
water in the Canal lest evening; on the Falls
there were FIVE feet water. The weather
continued clear and pleasant until yesterday,
when several slight showers Of rain fell.
The lower river at Memphis, during the
past week, has been rising with almost un-
exampled rapidity, some five feet, bringing
it within two feet of theprevious high water.
The officers Of the Autocrat, which arrived
at Louisville from New Orleans on Saturday,
reports the river at Lake Providence higher
than it had been since 1859, and fears were
entertained of an overflow.
The New Orleans Crescent says:
The accounts from the mouth of the river
are very unfavorable. Fifteen feet of water
were only reported on the bar yesterday
morning. Twenty-Five vessels are detained
inside, outward bound.
The Louisville, hence for New Orleans, for
being in a hurry to reach Memphis, came
very near being demolished, as will be seen
by the following from the Memphis Apd-
tdnehe:
AS the Louisville was passing Randolph
yesterday, she neglected to blow her whistle
for rounding to, when the gun was fred. A
ball was then fred across her bows, still she
did not blow. 1.-THE boys" believed some
thing was wrong and were just about to FIRE
a third gun, which would nave sent q ball
crashing amidships when the whistle was
heard. The reason of the delay was the
anxiety of the Louisville to reach Memphis
ahead of the Morrison, which boat was Just
ahead of her.
There has been a rise of seven feet in the
Arkansas river.
The AIago, from Arkansas river, has
been seized at Memphis.
Yesterdays st. Louis papers remark:
The river here is falling gradually. In the
twenty-four hours ending at ten o'clock, A.
NJ, Saturday, it fell eight inches, and was
t~wenty-four feet and a half inch above low
water mark of 1860. The Upper rivers are
about the same as last reported.
We received the following dispatch on
Saturday:
CAIRO, May 19.-No provisions or other
freight will be stopped here, destined for
Kentucky, or any other State in the Union,
unless there is good reason to believe that
they are intended for seeded States.
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
Observation-Disclosures Louisville. Mon
day-W. 1 Maclay, Pittsburg; Superior, LouisviIie;
Magnolia, Maysyille; Allen Collier, Kanawhs; For.
est Queen Madison; Lancaster, Neville; Liberty,
Departures Sunday Telegraph, Louisville. Mon
day Superior, Louisville; Magnolia, Maysyille;
Forest Queen, Madison; Lancaster, Neville.
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THIEVES PUSIsHBD.-0n the It'll of May
last, while Henry Shaw and family, who
reside near Camp Washington, were away
from home their house, the door of which
was locked and the shutters fastened, was
broken open and property stolen to the
amount Of$sO value, consisting of eight silver
spoons, male and female wearing apparel,
bed.clOthing, and sundry smaller articles.
A witness standing upon the bridge near
by, saw four men leave the place under sus-
picious circumstances. The same party Of
fered to pawn the goods to Joseph Gabriel,
No. 81 Fifth-street, in this city. The proof
being conclusive against them, Judge Satin
yesterday morning sentenced three of them,
Matthew Freitsh, Joseph Freitsh and John
Wilson, to four months hard labor in the
County Jail. and Charles Freitsh to a similar
term Of three months.
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NEWPORT NEWS.

DoUBLY BoUND.-Mr. p. s. Griesmer, the
individual who was tarred and
feathered a short time ago, has passed from
the tender mercies Of the mob to the scarcely
less tender mercies of the law. He was yes
terday bound over, by Mayor Hawkins, to
keep the peace, in $3.50 bonds, under a war
rant sworn out by George Fennel, one of
the party convicted Of being engaged in the
recent outrage. This is the second bond of
the kind under which he has been placed.
SERIOUS ACCOUNTANTS. Longshore, an
aged lady, residing on Greenup- street. be
tween Fifth and Sixth, was, on Sunday, nurs-
ing q daughter who was i'll, when she acct
dentally fell down some stairs and fractured
an ankle. Medical assistance was speedily
procured, but the injury is still dangerous. Z
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FATAL AuoIDEKT-A Boy Killed By the
Fall of a Bridgs.-on Sunday afternoon,
about four o'clock, the foot-bridge across the
canal at Fourteenth, street broke down, pre-
cipitatinR about fifty persons, who were on
it, into the water. The crowd was a miscel-
laneous one, embracing persons of all ages,
who had assembled there to see the soldiers
who were quartered on the Orphan Asylum
Lot, in its vicinity, and several were injured
by the fall, as the bridge was situated at an
elevation Of about twelve feet. The adults
experienced no difficulty in getting to the
shorei but several children were with diff
fculty rescued and one, a son of Oscar
T~heilmsnn, died from the effects of his in
juries yesterday, about noon, although when
taken out of the water he was not regarded
as in a dangerous condition.
A CoroneFs inquest will be held, when all
the circumstances, including the strength Of
the bridge structure, viii be investigated a
jury composed of practical mechanics having
been summoned, in order that an intelligent
verdict may be rendered.
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PERsoSAL.-AmoDg the arrivals at the
Spencer House we notice the following I:
Colonel Waite and family, United States
Army; Lieutenant Colonel D. s. Chandler
and family, United States Army Major
B. A. Nichols and family, United States
Army; Major James Cakes, United States
Army; Captain j. M. Bonnycastle, and
family, United States Army; Captain R. P,
Howe and family, United States Army;
Lieutenant Mack and lady, United States
Army; Captain L. A. Pelouze and family,
United States Army Lieutenant L. B,
Walker, United States Army; Lieutenant
I'D. Wickliffe, United States Army; Judge
B, R. Meeker, Illinois, DR.. L. H. Stone,
United States Army.
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ORGANIZATION OF THE ARKANSAS YoLUE-
TEERs-ApPointaents By the CoHVeRiOa-
S 100000 AppToPriated-We learn by gem
tlemen just arrived from Little Rock that
the veteran General Thomas Bradley has
been appointed Major General of Arkansas.
He has selected Colonel Bled. d. Hartman as
his aid. The General arrived here Wednes-
day night, and has entered upon ths active
discharge of his duties.
Colonel A. W. johnson has received the
appointment of Quartermaster-Genera and
our friend Kinney, of the Napoleon Planter,
is bis assistant. |
The following dispatch, received last night
from Colonel ]. P. Johnson, informs us of
the appointment of the Military Board, aud
of the appropriation of 80, OOO,O 900 to carry on
the war;
"LITTLE ROCK, May l6, 1861.
"To hs Editors Qftko AUalanoho: zoo
'Ths Military Board created consists Of
Governor B. o. lotion and O. O. Danley.
Two millions Of dollars are appropriated,
and the entire military force at the disposal
Of the Confederate States.
~. P. Johnson
From the foregoing ii will be seen that
our sister State Is in dead earnest, and her
gallant sons now In arms will do her no dis
credit Memphis AVaianehs. y A
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ARRIVAL OF MILITARY FROM FoRT RAN
DALL.-Oompanies E, G and !, of the Fourth
Regiment of Artillery, arrived in this city on
Saturday night, from Fort Randall, which
they left on the Gath of April, on a steam
boat, which carried them to Council Bluffs,
where they disembarked on the Sd of May.
From this place they marched overland to
EddysVille, a distance of two hundred and
three miles, from which place they were con-
veyed to this city, via Chicago, by railroad.
The troops number one hundred and seventy
six men, and are differed by Captain Geo.
W, Getty, commander; Assistant Surgeon,
L. Il. Stonei Lieutenant L. H. Pelouzs,
Adjutant; Lieutenant J.R. Waddy, Captain
A. P. Howe, Lieutenant R. W. Howard,
Lieutenant o. A. Mack, and Lieutenant F.
L.. Guenther. They are qusrtered in the
Orphan Asylum Lot for the present, but will
be ordered to march in a short time. Two
companies Of the same regiment, numbering
one hundred and twenty men, rank and file,
remain at Fort Randall. They are com.
manded by Captain J. A. Brown.
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ADVENTURES OF A "LoCAL."-0n Sunday
afternoon Mr.. Zelinski, local editor of the
VolksbldtL accompanied by the foreman of
the Office, was returning from. Camp DENIM
son in buggy, and had arrived near Plain
vile, when the cars, whistling loudly a few
yards in advance, frightened the horse,
which being held up, backed off an embark
ment of some ten feet high. Just as the party
were expecting to be over. turned, the whip
was applied, and the buggy went spinning
on at a rapid rate until it came in contact
with a fence near by, throwing out the I'M
fortunate 'local' and his companion, and
d~isengaging the fore wheels from the re-
mainder of the vehicle. The horse continued
his way with the portion attached, while the
editor looked on in blank amazement. Re-
covering themselves, they proceeded to
recover the horse, which was found at the
toll-gate, whereof had been stopped. A farm
er's wagon was procured, and the party
renewed their journey to the city, which
they reached without further incidents.
They represent themselves as particularly
indebted to Paul Schoen, of the Farmers
Home, for kind attentions.
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CoRREcTIoN.-In our notice of the release
of Lewis Bents, charged with poisoning his
sister-in-law, we stated that no prosecuting
witness appeared against him. This, we
learn, was a mistake, the testimony of the
Coroner, aud several other parties, having
been taken, but he was released by the JUS
tice, in the face of all this, on the ground
that the testimony did not amount to positive
proof-something thatis not usually required
in an examining court.
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LETTER FRO AN OLD RESIDENT OF KEN
TUCKY.-We were yesterday shown a private
letter from an old resident of ~Elizabethtown,
Hardin County, Kentucky, to his niece in
this city, in which it is asserted that there
are not four hundred Secessionists, men and
boys, in the entire county, although it is one
of the most populous in the State. He thinks
it impossible for the officials to force Ken
lucky out of the Union.
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IKaEsIUs MoDE OF SAVING A SHILLmG.=A
journeyman weaver took 70 his employer a
piece Of cloth he had Just finished. Upon
examination, two holes but half an inch
apaEt were found, for which a ine Of Two
shillings was demanded. .Do you chaIeg
the anne for small as for large holes n asked
the workman. "Yes-a shilling for every
hole, big OF little" Whefeupon the work.
man Immediately tore the two holes into
one, exclaimipg, sThatn save a shilling anys
how" His employees Wa 90 we'll Pleased
with his wit that nc remitfed the whole nae
at ono -
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A JUVENILE LoaIoIAN.-A ~grandchild Of
DR.. Emmons when not more than six years
Of age, came TO him with q trouble weigh
ing IN her mind. "a. B. says tha.the moon
it." 'Donf you believe IL? Why not 70
81 know il IL m" ABut how do you knows
eIs il grandpa n "Don't ask me that ques-
ton, you must find ID out YOURSELF How
can / find il outfn "You must study into
H. She knew enough TO resort TO the first
of Genesis for information, and after q truly
Emmons.like search, she ran into the study:
"l've found out; the moon is not made of
green cheese, for the moon was made before
the COWS were.' saH