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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-09

cANERoS-THE INDUSTRIOUS FLZA.
Hepkisiopheies, (siuSs)
Once Oh time monarch
Possessed splendid f.a
Frosh,
Hark! did you catch the words flea
An odd sort OF guest he needs must be.
NephisicPheles (sugs)
Once OIL u time monarch
Possessed splendid dea,
The which he fondly cherished
As his own son were he!
The tailor then he summoned,
The tailor 20 him goes:
Now measure me the rascal
For breechts and for hose
BranGer
Let him the tailor stictly charge
The strices measurement to tckr,
And, Rs he loves hs bead to make
The brooches smooth and 10! too large.
Neph's,ophclss,
In satin and in velvet.
Behold the rascal dressed;
Bgdzened DER with ribbons
A crcss upon bis breast
Prime Minister they made him.
He wore star OF Stale;
And sl his poor relations
Were ccurtiers, rich aud great.
The gentlemen and ladies
At Court sore distressed;
The Queen and all h,r Eaidens
- Were bitten by The ,cst A.
And yet theg fssn not scratch ts.St
Nor chase tho feas away
Bot wo to death are cracked sll
And bitten every day - Goeths's Faust
DR.. rgsG tsp O11r6s
For his Religion, il was ft
To match his learning and his wit.
For he WAS of that stubborn crew
OF erirant sints whom 81 men grant
To be the true Church Militant;
Such as do build their faith upon
TIE holy taxt Of pike and gun;
Decide all controversies by
Iniai,ble artillery;
And prove their doctrine orthodox
By apostolic blows and knocks;
Call fire aud sword, and desolation,
A godly, thorough reformation.
Compound for sins they are inclnd to,
By danning those they have no mind to;
Sill so perverse aud opposite,
As il they wcrshipped God for spitc.-HHhJra'
GENERAL SCOTT.
-'T have vcnlurcd
Like little wapton boys that swim On bladders,
This many summers on a Tea Of glory;
But far beyond my depth ny high flown pride
Al length broke under me aud now has left me-
Weary and old with service, TO the mercy
OF rude stream, that must forever hide me-"
"Had but served my God with half the zeal
Iseryed my King, he would not in niue age
Have left me naked to mine enemies"
"Ie was man
OF an urboundrd stomach, ever ranking
Himself with princes"
'Hs promises were, as he then was mighty,
But his performance, as he is now, nothing"
ShdkSpears.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-09
THE RICHMOND WHIG.
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yoR THE wHIG.
Portraits from the Poets.
THE CABINET OF TIE UElTsD STATES.
An impious
or men conspiriug to uphold their State
By worse than hostile de eds, violating the ends
For which the country zoos 4 name 20 dear
Not therefore TO be obcyed.- Miltcn
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Dost thou deem
None rebels except subjects? The ruler, who
Neglects or violates his trust, is more
A brigand than the obbeT-chiet-Byron.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
What was the cause OF liberty TO hms
Or what was honor? Let them siuk or swim,
So be may crafty without control
The mean resentmentg OF his selfish soul-Cn.rchW.
HOWARD BATES
Here Is Dominic Pcklock,
Ny man Of law, sOlicits all my csuses, -
Follows my business makes and compounds my quarres
Between my tenants and me; sows all my strifes,
Aud reups them too troubles the country for me,
And vexes any neighbor that pleise.-B:H JOnsOn.
GIN. FREMONT.
" lie was Of great descent and high
For splendo. ard antiquity
Aud from celestial origine
Derived himself in a right lire:
Not, as the ancient heroes til,
Who, that their base births might be hid,
Made Jup ter himself and others
o tn gods gallants TO their own mothers
To get On them a race Of champions,
0f which old Homer first made lsmpoons."
HldiGras.
CANERoy-THE INDUSTRIOUS FLyA
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26
City News.
ADJUSTMENTS TINS EVENING.

PIKB's OPERA. HoUsE.-This evening that
excellent and versatile actress, Susan Denim,
who has given such entire satisfaction to the
habitues Of the 0pera-house during the sea-
son, will have a benefit, when the sensation
drama of Rose Elmer, with the fair Susan as
the heroine and the laughable farce Of The
Widows Victim, 'JaDe Chatterly" being
represented by the benefeidire, will be en-
acted. Between the pieces Miss d. will sing
the "Marseillaise," and we hope she win be
greeted by large audience; for she certainly
deserves one at the hands of the Cincinnati
play-going public, to whom she has afforded
much genuine pleasure. AS a general lead
ing actress, she probably has no equal in the
country, and She merits an oyerfowing
house.
WOoD's THEATER.-This is the opening
night of Woods Theater with fine COM
parry. The programme is LoUe's Detusions.
ard the Star -Spdngled Banner Mr.. Hamblin
Miss Virginia Howard, Mr.. Irwin and Mrs
Edwards taking the principal characters.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26
COVINGTON NEWS.

SHERIFF ROBERTS VISIT TO FRANKFORT.
In his official capacity, Sheriff Roberts paid
visit to Frankfort, a few days ago, and while
there had the curiosity to inquire into some
ofthe prison statistics, with the following re-
suit: He ascertained that the whole number
of white males confined in the Penltentiary
on the goth was 290; of females a; the black
males were 10; black females 3. Total, BIG.
The crimes for which they were convicted
and sentenced, are as follows: For murder,
Z; manslaughter, 36; grand larceny, ll9;
horse stealing, 46; mail robbing, 8; incest, i
counterfeit money, 26; attempt to kill a; en-
ticiDg slaves, 8; burglary, 26i arson, B rape,
8; shooting, 2; counterfeiting, 3; forgery, g.
sodomy, g. false pretenses, 2; perjury, a
cutting, A; abduction, 2 attempt at rape, |;
attempt at poison, l. There are elghty-seVen
convicts whose term will expire during the
present year; SIX having been released on
Monday last.
masonic MATTERs.-On Thursday evening
last, the Masonic fraternity met at their hall,
or those of them known as the Knight
Templars, at which Past Grand Master I. n,
Wise presided, as Commander of the En-
campment. The orders of Knighthood were
conferred upon Hiram Bassett, Of Maysyille
! the present Senior Grand Warden of the
/ Grand Lodge of the State of Kentucky
| Past Grand Master Wilson was present anc
aided in the ceremonies.
The FREE NRaRo LAw.--We learn that thu
special bill introduced into the Kentucky
Legislature, permitting owners and captain
of steamboats, TO employ free negroes livinl
out of the State, has passed both branches
and was signed by the Governor. Tina
makes it law but, according to the pro
visions OF the bill, the free negroes are nc
permitted to leave their boats to go ashor
only by a written permit of the captain
Non-residents are not permitted to go ashor
DIREcroRs MEETISG.-The Directors
the Newport and Covington Bridge Compan
will hold their regular monthly mesting I
the toll house at the end of the bridge 0
Monday next. It is expected that some bn
iness Of importapce will come before Il
| BOARD. ...-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26
LAW REPORT.


IEIFREsTING IEsURANcs sCAsE.-Longwort
"a. the Western Massachusetts, Insurance.
Company. This was the case OF transfer Of
a policy Of insurance 70 trustee for the pur-
pese Of paying, in case Of loss, 81, 100 to
plaintif, and $500 to an assignee who held q
mortgage. 49,.
I 1t Waa held by Judge Siorer that the law
will not allow recovery b. the assignee on
the policy IL the property at risk is not loss
transferred 10 him. The losE Of the thing
insured aloue gives tAe right 70 demand in
demnity. IftAe assignee holds no interest
in the property he has nothing at risk. The
assignment 70 Bloom, hOweyer, was not for
bis own benefit and there could not be a
doubt as to the legal effect OF this transfer,
not only as coDfer'f1g right on those who
are to participate in she fund, in case OF loss,
but ss obligating the insured 10 perform their
contract. By assent of the insurer to the
transfer its terms were adopted, and the de-
fendant becomes responsible to those for
whose benefit it was madS Demurrer over
ruled.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26
The ChirOGraphy OF DistInsuIshed nfeu.

The ChirOgraphy OF DISTINGUISHED Mem
Lord DeIby's handwriting is beautiful
equally elegant and legible. Lord Stanley's
is as legible as large plea, but certainly not
elegant. Lord Palmerstou's is free, pleasant,
and by no means obscure. The Duke OF
Newcastle writes an excellent hand--lOug,
we'll formed letters, and very distinct. Lord
John Russell's penmanship is not unlike the
Colonial Minister'S, but on a smaller scale.
Other instances might be cited, but it is more
to the purport of the present paper to say
that the East India Company, nearly all
through the present century, have been re-
maIkably fortunate in the caligraphy oftheir
chief servant the Governor. General, who
has set an example of penmanship to ths
whole class of writers which ought not to
have been thrown away.
Lord Welesley's handwriting is, perhaps,
the best that we have ever seen. Sir George
BarloW's was little inferior. Lord Mimic
wrote a remarkably firm, solid, legible hand.
Lord Hastings and Lord Amherst were som0-
what stately in their penmanship but every
letter was as clear as type. Lord VIM. Bsn-
timex ran his letters, and sometimes his
words, a little too much into each other but
he wrote good flowing hand that was rarely
otherwise than legible. Lord Auckland g
writing was peculiarly round and distinct
the very reverse of his successors, Lord
Ellenborough's, which was pretty aud LADY
like, and not distinct; but he was always oae
of the honorable Company's naughty boys.
Lord Dalhonsie wrote a beautiful hand@-
flowing and elegant, but very distinct and
| the present Governor. General, Lord Can
ming need not blush to see his handwriting
placed beside that of any of his cotempo-
raries.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

THE ATLANTIC MoNTHLY.-From Messrs.
Ticknor & Fields, publishers, we have re-
ceived the Atlantic Monthly for February-a
more than usually interesting number, con-
tanning articles by Harriet Martineau, Miss
Prescott, James Russell Lowell, John G.
Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes and others.
The contents are; Our Artists in Italy,
Knitting Sale-socks, Scuppaug, Oobbler
Keezar's Vision, (poetry by Whittier The
First Atlantic Cable, Lady Byron, Getting
Home Again, A Dry. goods Jobber in 1861,
The Old Homestead, (poetry also by Wm. d.
Howells,) The Professor's Story, The Great
Lakes and Pluribus Unum.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

In the case of the State Us. .. Lambert,
stated in last report, the jury f7und the de-
fendant guilty on the second count in the
Misunderstanding with intent TO wound.
DIVORCE SUITs-Betors Judge AdttoR.-
Mary Is. Noble Us. Alonzo ]. Noble. Decree
Of divorce on the ground Of gross neglect Of
duty. Custody Of four children awarded to
plaintiff and $500 alimony.
Catherine Fienthal Us. Christian Fienthal.
Decree on the ground of habtual intoxica-
ton, and custody of three children to plaint-
iff
Eleanor E. Lawrence rs. @. s. Lawrence.
Decree on the ground of gross neglect of
duty and adultery. Custody of children ;
81, 200 alimony.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF Cry IMPROVE
MENTs.-At the meeting of the Board, yes
terday, Mayor Bishop presiding, the follow
ing business was transacted:
A communication was received from U.
w. Woolly and B. T. Strader, stating that
they desire to excavate and grade the east
end of Lock-street, to the distance of ninety
feet from Front street, SO as to make the
surface of that part correspond with the
grade of the ordinance. Referred to the
Commissioner of the District and the City
Civil Engineer.
The Board located lamp posts as follows:
Public Landing, from Broadway to Lud-
McAliister.street, from Fourth to Fifth,
River, street, from Main to Walnut, four
A communication was received from
| John Bradley, in regard to the payment of
| his bill. Referred to the Commissioner of
the District, City Civil Engineer, and the
| Mayor.
The Clerk was instructed to advertise for
proposals for the following work;
To grade and pave, with powders, Gran
din.street, from Plum to Central. avenue.
To pave, with brick, the sidewalk on the
south side of Second-street, from Smith to
Race.
To pave with brick the unpaved sidewalk
on Third-street, from butler-stree 10 miami
Canal.
The Clerk was instructed to prepare and
transmit to the City Council an ordinance
to grade and Macadamize Ohio-aYenue, from
Horizons north line to point twenty FEEL
outwardiy.
The Commissioner of the Western Dis
trict was authorized TO have repaired Car
and Mill. streets, so as to correspond will
I'the new bridge erected over the White
water Canal at said street, at cost not Il
exceed $45.
The Clerk presented receipt from the Cit.
/ Treasurer for $2ll So for privilege granite
A. NJ. Taylor 4 Co., for tapping the Vine
street sewer. Ordered to be filed.
The Commissioner of the Northern Distric
! was instructed to have repaired the gate {
the Orphan Asylum Lot, on Elm-street, at
cost not to exceed $l6.
The following is the estimate OF expense
| necessary for this department for the mont
Of February, 1861:
Bridges and ~
Ceaning tsa
Grodlpg t1ty lOt....t.,. AV'S
i, | Blttingup rooms IN PeaTl-steet Market -
house for is9
Salaries a.
I0taLss...''.''s
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

The CLAIMS FOR THE EXTRA CoMPENsA-
TIoN OF TBE ExEcUToBs OF CHAs. MoMlcKEH.
The motion filed in this case on the previous
day, asking an allowance of extra cOmpensa-
tion on behalf Of the executors of Chas.
McMicken, was brought up by Judge Mat
tbtws, but on the suggestion Of Mr.. Hays,
City Solicitor, who remarked that Mr.. King,
the attorney for the Trustees of the McMicken
University was absent, and would be de-
sirous to be present at the investigation,
Judge Hilton laid the case over.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

last. beg Gods pardon for the violation
Of His law, and beg the prayers OF y0u Al
my hearers-all that ! can speak 10. / beg
your prayers from now until Sunday.
wish you all Gods blessings. wish you Al
we'll. Looking toward heaven, he said,
Jssps and Mary receive my soul, Goodbye
ell. bid you an eternal FAREWELL
Soon afterward, seeing an acquaintance,
he said "How are you, Adam" After the
rope was adjusted, he ssid You see greet
you with a smiling face He then an
nounced his readiness by stamping bis foot,
and the Sheriff pslled the string, and the
doomed man was lunched into eternity.
His neck was broken by the fall, and he died
without a struggle.
After having been suspended aboua TWEEN.
ty-fve minutes, the physicians in attendance
pronounced life extinct and he was cut
down. His remains were afterward removed
TO the st. Xavier Church, on Sycamore
street, where the funeral services will take
place to-day.
McHugh emigrated to this country about
twenty years ago, since which time he has
resided mostly in this city. He was accom-
panied by his mother, a widow, and three
sisters, whose singular deaths, about ten
| years ago, are worthy of a record. The
| youngesr, enc day, complained of feeling
| faint, and Immediately threw herself on the
bed, and expired before her mother reached
her side; the next day the second sister felt
| dead at the funeral; and the third sister, in
the same manner, on the day following, fell
| lifeless at the grave of her second sister.
He leaves three children; boy of nineteen,
and two girls, aged twelve and nine years
| respectively. The son was devotedly at
! tached to his mother, and when he had an
interview with his father, his manner was
SO rough that he was taken from the cell. He
is, we learn, industrious and intelligent, and
without the bad habits of his parent. The
girls have been provided with homes.
The Catholic Telegraph thus speaks Of him;
eve hope that confessions made for the
unfortunate McHugb, who has made none
for the public eye, will be received with dis
trust. He dies resigned and penitent, pre-
ferring the gallows, with priest free tC
wait on him, to the Penitentisry where the
consolation was denied him. McHugh wa!
not an ignorant man. He could read, write
and speak the English language as correctly
and huently as any one of those who art
commonly called well educated. His wife
the daughter of publican, or vender o
beer and spirits, be married in Toronto
Canada West, twenty. five years ago. He in
1ulged in the use, and abuse, Of ardent spirits
he had his mind poisoned against his wife b.
O malicious old crone, whose Infamous state
ments be still disbelieved, and he committe,
the offense for which his life is the penalty
half, if not fully, unconscious of what he wa
doipg-another warning to the intemperat
and the wife-whipper, of whom but too man
survive"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

SCHOOL ExHIBITIoN.-The thirty-second
semi-annual exhibition exercises of Herron's
Seminary, took place at Smith Il Nixon's
Hall last night, before crowded audience.
The efforts of the young tyros, at elocutiou,
were highly creditable, and evince the fact
that they have undergone thorough course
perienced instructors.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

AN ARIsTooRATIo RAe-PIcKER.--Le0nD Du-
prat, wretched San Francisco rag-picker,
eking out a miserable existence in a hOYel,
belongs to an ancient and wealthy family in
France. He gambled hiH large patrimony
away in a short time but was rescued from
his degraded position by a wealthy uncle
reinstated in his former position, he was
Tilted by heartless fiirt. Maddened, he be-
came drunkard, and step by step he sank
down till he became the miserable object he
now is; his mind has given way, and death,
with paupers grave on Lone Mountain,
would be happy release from his misery.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

WE CAAL the attention of parents aud fam
lilies generally, to the fact that children are
admitted to the grand gymnastic exhibition
in the Union Hall of the Catholic Institute
this afternoon at half-past two, and this
evening at half. past seven. A cheaper and
better amusement can hardly be found.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

NoT1oE.-We are requested by the carrier
who owns the route bounded by Ninth and
Laurel, Linn, freeman and Carr streets, to
state that on account ofillness, he will have
TO depend upon his "carrier-boy" to collect
W hat is due upon the route to January %.
He trusts they will be prompt.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

THREE MEN ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF
YAGRANcY.-Three men, Thos. Page, De- w.
Morgan, and John 0'Neal were yesterday
arrested by Officer Bloom, on charge of
vagrancy. They had in their possession two
new silver watches, a pair of gold spectacles,
and some money. They will have hearing
to.dov
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

A PARsEE BARoNET's CHARITY-The Par
see Baronet, second of the name, Sir Jsmset-
lee Jeieebboy, TIE Rothschild of Bombay, on
his recent visit to Paris, made magnificent
donation to the well. known institution for
poor English and American children, "rhe
British Free Schools" presided over by
Earls Cowley and Gray.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

CHEAP MoDk OF PAINTING A HoUsH.-
There is a Turkish law that man, for every
falsehood he utters, shall have red mark set
on bis house. IL such a law were in force in
the United States, we fear that some people
who build fine houses might have their
painting done without expense, except TO
their characters and consciences.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

CoScERT OF THE CECILIA Soo1gTY.-The
third concert of this musical association for
this season drew an audience which filled
the hall last night. The musical execution
of the society has given it an established
reputation. The pieces were given last
night without an orchestra, but the vocal
performance gave great qualification to the
audience; and the violin solo, and violin and
piano forte duo were given with excellent
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

NOvRL BUT APT IpEA.-A number Of mar
BILE slabs have Just been fixed up IN the yesti-
bule Of the grand staircase Of the Hotel Dieu,
at Rouen, on which are engraved the names
Of ali the known benefactors to the hospitals
of that city from the twelfth century 70 the
nresent time. AT the head Of the list is the
game Of the Pops Urban III, who filed the
Apostolic Chair from 1856 To 1851, in Whleh
year be died At Fegrsra, e.l arf
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

MEETING OF PRIvATE PoL1CEMEN.-A meet
ing of private policemen will be heldat room
No. 8, Of the .Veranda Building, this after
noon at two o'clock,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-26

THE GRAND OPERA-HoUsE AT PARIs.-The
Paris MoaitetT published a plan of the site
of the new Opera house, which differs from
all those yet issued, together with notice
that the work is thrown open to public COM
petition. The lyric theater is TO stand in
the midst of large space, and will have no
building within sixty feet of any portion of
it. Its facade will be in view of the Boule-
ward, and at not more than fifty or sixty
yards, distance, The theater is to contain
from 1900 to 1000 persons; the length from
the back of the boxes to the proscenium to
be about sixty feet. The stage is to be capa-
BILE of holding about 400 persons, its width
forty.fve feet, and its depth l04.
The total length Of the building, which Is
TO include not only the theater, but all its
accessories, is to be 400 feet by 228. The
grand hotel of the opera is to be built be-
| tween the new theatre and the Boulevard ;
| it will cover aoout 5000 square yards ol
ground, and contain 600 bedrooms, besides
saloons, dining-rooms, audi every other
feature of a hotel. A similar building i:
now nearly completed, as regards the shell
of the construction, on the Boulevard d.
Sebastopol. This latter is to be called thu
Grand Hotel du Commerce, and the tive
will be formidable rivals to the Hotel d.
| Louvre. ..t f.