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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-04
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tg1Tay the Hest Man Win lU


TO he Editors Of fs Daily Pres.
see by the Geographic news Of yesterday
hat "Jeff. Davis" wants to make a sort Of
compromise in the way of fighting. His
offer is to meet the american army in a
pitched battle,n allowing them one teuth
more men than he will bring, and this battle
TO decide the Independence Of the Confed.
Grated Southerners; and this is proposed
upon the basis Of humanity. If they are
whipped they quietly return TO their homes.
This, no doubt is a very humane propo-
sitiOn. But allow me, Nj. Editor, to pro-
pose a still more humane method. / would
suggest that JEFF. Davis, whom, l am told,
weighs one hundred and sixty eight pounds,
meet "Honest Old Abe" who weighs
about the same (perhsps a little less, II SO
JEFF. can reduce himself q littlel to meet at,
say Camp Dennison, as this is a immense
arena, which would accommodate five hun.
bred thousand spectators. Let this eoncourse
efpeoPle form q ring, n let Abe and JEFF.
ego in I would propose Horace Greeley
as second to Abe, and Wigfall for JEFF; Sew.
ard as ~bOttle-hOlder on the one hand, and
Beauregard on the other. They could toss
up a new. coined counterfeit half dollar, fresh
from the New Orleans Mint, for choice OF
position. Let the men strip TO the waist;
American flag in one corner, and the "Ser
rent and South CdroliniGnp in the Other.
We might possibly get Queen Victoria and
Louis Napoleon TO come over As " umpires,"
and for one | would and could say, from the
bottom of my heart, "May the best man
winl' Let the difficulties be amicably set
tied by this battle of fisticuf, not by bullets.
This certainly is the more humane plan,
| Davis's plan would certainly cause q terrible
bloodshed, and many misguided, innocent
hearted men be slaughtered; but by my plan
no life need be sacrificed. JEFF. Davis might
get a (" bunged' eye, a broken nose, or a few
hits in the "left lug and Honest Abe a
sWeIled lip, or a shot under the ear; but,
then, comparatively speaking, "who keersp'
Thousands ofthe would. hsye-been widders'
will bless the name Of JEFF. or Abe, and per-
hapsa grand ovation al Joness Woods. on
the Queen City Tr0tting Course, would be
given 10 the beIlIgsrents, aud they could
travel together and make a heap Of money,
or perhaps get an engagement with Artemul
Ward, or In nay museum.
Yours respectfully, SLABSIDKS,
OF the frm Of Garots 4 Slabsldes.
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M|L""L -. M|"."N.|M"". M".Z.MM
AZ our old eastiron eannon that ne IN
donblY effective for WaIferh They ~ thR-
ctently strong, we beliexa "a withstand
nymmon charrus3 but n 81 n aefrri - rub-
iect them 20 extfAofdidafy charRe4th can
- stfengthehbd ~ any degree b ~thrinkine
wrought iron bands upon Them.
Mr.. Baehly Britieh, of London, has rifed
several csst-lron service guns ssom nine
few broad sreeyes oH~e-sixfeenth ef sH lnch
deep in each, and they have h6ea subjec-
ed TO firing both solid shot and ghcll With
one and three quarter pounds of poWdsri
the thirty-two-pounderB with Eve pounds;
the sixty. eight Founders with seven and a
The conicai shos wss used-the sixtv-
eight. FOUNDER firing Underground shot, The
rihed thiTty-two-poundcfs were tried with
forty-eight-pound shells, tbs elevation being
23No The average range WasRve thousand
FIVE hundred and eighty. FIVE Yards--over
three miles-the average daTistion from
the line Of aim (targatl seven end a half
yards with ten shots. These were again
tried with an elevation Of lOo The average
range was three thousand two hundred and
n~inety-two yards; tAe. deviation, / SO 100.
The unrided smooth bored thirty.two-
FOUNDERS were then tried with solid thirty
~two-pOund shot; charge Of powder ten
pounds double the quantity1 and elevation
1882. The average range was two thousand
seven hundred and tbfrty-eight yards the
average deviation, twenty-five yards.
Il thus appears that by irifinR old cast
iron cannon, their range Is increased one
third, with half the, charge OF powder, while
their accuracy il increased In the ratio Of
fifteen to one.
At q range Of six thousand yards, the old
guns rified had Considerable more precision
than the old guns unri6ed ct three thousand
yards, while, at the same time, they threw
proiectiles about hfty per cent. heavier.
They FIRE shells either with time fuses or
percussion shells which explode whom they
strike.
We have o large number q old cast-iron
cannon 10 our ~arsenals, navy. yards, and
forts. They can be rendered far more effect
i've by yrihing, which can be done at a
moderate expense. Measures should Il once
be taken 20 improve n number Of nine,
twelve. twenty-four NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
for effective service. The most destructive
gun is that which has The greatest range,
the most fat trajectory, and which carries
closest TO the line of aim. According to the
experiments of Mr.. Britten, common cast
iron cannon become triply more destructive
after being rifd. Their range is greater at a
lower elevation, which gives them a fiat
trajectory, and this is effected with smaller
charges Of powder. This is a subject which
deserves the attention Of our military en-
Rineers. There are plenty Of mschiRe-
shops in our country, in which tools could
be adapted, in q very short period of time,
to rifle cannon.-SeieatJfc 4mericaHs
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-04

INDIANA AFFAIRs.-The Indiana Legisla-
ture adjourned sine die on the lst inst, after
adopting a resolution requesting the Cover
nor 10 account for the 100000 Military Con-
tingent Fund, which had been intrusted to
him. The following is the reply:
From the records in my Office, q general
statement cam be given. On the 4th day Of
May last l drew from the Treasury $4,000.
OF this amount, Sc, 700 was Immediately paid
to j. H. Vsjen, Quarter. master General, on
account Of debts already accrued; $6l6 GO
was paid for telegraphing; the balance,
So, 1888 ~, was deposited to the credit of the
State as q reserved contingent fund, and is
still unexpended. Since that time / have
examined and passed vouchers to the amount
of $780, 1T rs. OF this amount, 81, 500 was
paid by a loan made from the bank before
the meeting of the Legislature. The above
sums were all expended for the subsistence,
clothing, equipment and transportation of
the troops raised in this State for State and
Federal purposes, and incidental expenses
connected Herewith. 1t will be seen that
the fund is exhausted. This results from the
fact that the troops were on hand and had TO
be provided for, and that the second apprO-
priAtion was not made until the Both Of May,
two days ago.
The response was altogether satisfactory.
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Law REPORF.


AGRASD JUaY Swoas u ron rHr PRrsurr
MONTH--In che criminal branch Of this
Court, before Judge Garter, a Grand jury,
composed Of the following persons, was
sworn In; II. n. Martin, foreman; II. Camp.
bel, WIN. N. Gibson, WmgM. Orr George
Fox, Hugh 0Donnell, Julius Tassol 81.
Stephens John Ward, J, c. Gano, @. g..
Broadwell, II. Trendorf, ]. LonRshore, j..
Taylor, Wm. Beatty. ~
In his charge TO the Grand Jury Judge
Garter alluded 70 the national troubles. but
informed the Jury that in their position thew
had no duty TO discharge in the m~atter-the
crime Of treason being left TO the United
States Court to deal with.
A number Of witnesses were sworn In
during the day to 20 before the Grand Jury.
Civil BUsINRss.-A motion was heard By
Judge Collins, made in behalf of the 0iucin-
natl, Montgomery and Hopkinsville Turn
pike Company, and others, 10 dissolve an
Injunction, which had been granted on appli-
cation Of 7. 7. Drake, restraining the cree
ton Of a toll-gate. =
Clearwater %. Bryant and others. Petit
ton 70 foreclose a mortgage on land at Pair.
mount. After hearing the evidence, Judge
Mallon intimated that he would prefer coun-
sci to submit their views by btief. q
At q joint session Of Judges, Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Kerr was sworn in,
and the salaries Of Prosecuting aud Assist
ant Prosecuting Attorneys were fixed at the
former rate. a.1sh
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ARMINe OF THE TENEnssRE sEoEss1OxIsrs.-
The LOuisville (Ky.l Narnal says:

The Louisville (Ky.) journal says:
DR.. McOloud, Q highly respectable citizen
of Scott, who came up the river a few days
ago, says that a considerable lot Of guns and
ammunition was put off at Memphis and
placed in the hands of General Pillow. The
munitions were packed in sugar and tobacco
hogsheads and intended to com to Louis
vile for the use of the Secessionists Of Ken
lucky, but it was thought safest to- stop them
at Memphis. There was of curse an appre.
hension as to what might occur at Cairo.
We presume that General Pillow will
keep the guns 70 operate at Cairo, or else at
Columbus, and in other portions Of the First
Congressional District of Kentucky. Our
Secessionists up here are great admirers of
Pillow, but we don't know how they will
like the idea Of being robbed of the arms
consigned to them from New Orleans. No
doubt the attempt to smuggle the weapons,
&c, under the name and guise of tobocco
and sugar was done by their order as il was
done for their benefit.
At any rate the transaction shows that
our Secessionists, not satisfied with having
probably three. fourths Of all the arms now
in our State, are secretly at work obtaining
az many more as they possibly can; aad yet,
If they hear Of a few UnioR mems being
supplied with guns to be used in the defense
Of the country and the Constitution, they
profess to be d~readfully checked nt the hor-
rible crime. II is certainly q very shocking
thing 10 shock such innoeents as they.
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Formidable AFmy-AfrIcah Amaz0Bs-Hu-
man TIGresses In Arms,

man TAGresseB In Arms.
Among the King of Dahomey's army
there is a troop called the Amazon Guards,
whom the West African Herald thus de-
scribes:
The Amazon Guards, as they have some
times been styled, are the most extraordi-
nary troops thai we have ever heard or read
of. They are three thousand in number, all
females, and display such a degree of blood.
thirstiness and hardihood as to bear a
greater resemblance to a host of mad til
crosses than to human creatures. They ut.
terly despise death; they show no mercy to
any living being in war; they are mad after
blood, and seem not to know what fear
means. ~
They are, in fact, a troop of devils, 30 to
speak, whose hideous wildness of manner
and the savage madness of whose demeanor
in times Of excitement is SO appalling and
inhuman as TO have led many well-judging
persons to- opine that these dreadful crea-
lures are periodically subjected to the inlu-
ence of some species of drug, which has this
effect. The dress of the Amazon consists of
a pair of loose trousers, al upper garment
covering the breast and a cap. They are
armed with a gun, knives and daggers
some have blunderbusses, others long ele-
plant guns, while the remainder carry the
ordinary musket. In their military exer-
cises they display good discipline, as well as
wonderful dexterity and agility.
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NEWPORT NEWS,

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE C0vINaToN AND
NEWPORT BRIDGE CoMPANY.-The meeting of
the Directors of the Covington and New
port Bridge Company, was held at the end
of the Bridge yesterday. The following is a
statement of their finances for the past year:
Balance on hand june 4, 1850. ....-.-.......... Ss,6sI 46
Receipts from tolls during the past year,. s,l2i 90
III, SD 10
Expenditures during the year, Including
pay ment OF salaries Of Collectors, loss on
Judgment OF Gray, cu".,..,",....."-".r... sl6, $50 03
Balance on ."".".."a.,.....,... S253 43
The following Directors for the ensuing
year were elected .o-
From ~Newport-J. NJ. Caldwell, King
and Peter Constant.
From Coyington-B. W. Foley and N. B.
Stevens. E
The Board organized for the coming year
by the election OF B.. W. Foley, of COvington,
President, and Charles Southgate, of New
port, Secretary and Treasurer.
PouITIuAL MBETINa.-There will be a
meetings at the Courthouse to morrow night,
for the purpose Of appointing delegates to
the Union District Nominating Convention,
to be held at Oovington On Friday next the
7th instant. - q
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-04

ARRIVALS AT h SPENonR HoUsB.-Among
the many arrivals at the Spencer House, we
notice the following from the Southern
States:
@. Il. Mott, Mrs. ]. N. Mott and servants,
Mrs. Clark, Mrs Robertson, Mrs. Cultree,
Mrs. HigginsOn, Charleston, South Carolina;
J., H. Nugent D. Morris, J.. G. Winter, Col
umbus, Georgia; S. N. Cornell, Mrs, Kelley,
j.. o. Hamilton, D. N. Seymour, Macon,
Georgia. Mrs. Jones, Pensacola Florida;
Mrs. Cady, Fred. Miller, Mr.. spunybers. Mr..
Henrie, Mr.. Kohn, Mr.. ohOisey, Mr.. Butter
worth, D, B. Jordan and family, ]. Pickles,
Miss Robinson and sister, D. Kennedy, and
family, New Orleans, louisiana Henry
Bsa, ]. d. DAnbury, Memphis Tennessee
+. D. Hastings. Nashville, Fcnnessesi H. +,
HsEkins, Arkansas n. D. Perry TeEAs.
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County MATTERs.-The County Commits
s%ioners, at their regular session yesterday,
passed the following orders: Paul Metzler,
brushes, So %; For hauling broken stone,
Harrison,road, s34 40 Henry Lock, meat
for jail, "a co. gas bill, $lO9 so; payroll for
new jail, $77; Waterman of County Jail,
$54 20; Joseph & Bro, clothing for inmates
Jail, $40 Go; Longview Asylum, $l63 IS;
Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., stationery,
$3.50 IS; L. Wyler, clothing for Chain.
gang, $39 IS. Total, $2,407 03.
The contract for building the bridge over
the West fork, near Cumminsville, was
awarded to John Goodrich for 1921, the
work to be completed in ten days.
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,CoRoNER's ISouEsrs.-Coroner Emmert yes
terday held an inquest on the body Of o.P.
Hays, who was killed near Cumminsville,
by being run over by a hand.car on the
Dayton Railroad. The jury returned a vir-
dict of accidental death. -.
Another inquest was held on the body Of
an Irishman, mann unknown, who was found
in the canal, near Twelfth street.
Also, upon the body of Chas. Wright, a
soldier, drowned at Camp Clay on Sunday.
He was from Londen, Madison County, and
unmarried, .
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Singular sOuthera View Of a Cincinnati
Journal

The Memphis CTenn.) E~0eniHgArgHs, Of the
Both ult, remarks;
The Cincinnati Enquirer Of Tuesday
asserts that the Government (Federal) is
about chartering or purchasing thirty boats
at ST. Louis, and remarks that such purchase
indicates a movement South by water;
adding: 1--WE entertain no doubt that Mem
phis is the place aimed at
The editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer Is
at heart q Southern man, so indeed are the
principal proprietors Of the paper. II talks
Union, because, though Southern in every
thing else, said editors and proprietors are
not Southern in courage, and they fear the
mob. KHopiag their wish TO convey 10 as all
possible ilfoTmati0a, agithoHt enddngering
MemselUes zoe attach more importance 10 their
editorial statements than 10 those of any other
otthe spiRisk eitys papers.
The anne editor thinks, or affects TO think,
that Scott will be able TO possess himself Of
Memphis without much trouble through
means Of the forces NOW under command of
General Mcclellan at Cairo and other points
west Of Columbus, o. sla efu
In the same article we find the assertion
that Tennessee, with Memphis in possession
of the United States troops, would be as
quiet as Missouri now is. The reason given
for the coming calmness Of Tennessee is "be-
cause a large majority of her citizens are un-
doubleday true 10 the Union This is false
we should call it a mistake did we not know
that, on this point, the Enquirer is as well
posted as ourself. II is hard, however, to
tell the truth, with a mob bowling threats of
death outside the door Of ones sGAetIm.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-04

A MAN IN FEMALE ATTIRE.-A young man
named Bernhard GiesOn, who is smooth.
faced, and has o light complication, who de-
lights in playing practical jokes, dOnnsd a
hoped skirt, dress, mantilla, bonnet, and
other articles Of female attire, and paraded
the streets. He was arrested, brought into
the Police Court yesterday morning, and
fined 90 and costs which he paid promptly;
and gathering up bonnet and dress, marched
out Of the room apparently well pleased with
bis experiment. The spectators were highly
amused with the proceedings.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-04

A PICKPooKET P~UEIsHED.-The case of
William Wilson came up in the Police Court
yesterday morning on the above charge, and
It was proved that he extracted a pocket
book containing seventy-ive cents from the
pocket of a lady named Mary Murray, while
in a crowd leaving the steamer Hazel Dell,
at the foot of SycAmore street. He was sent
to jail for five months.
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Ma. RUssKLL, o. sHs LosDoN TMns 1t
would appear that the LOndon Times has a
suspicion that the SPECIAL Oorrespondence'
Of Mr.. Russell is not exactly reliable. Il has
sent over \ second correspondent who ID
expected 10 write more satisfactorily. This
Is Mr.. WOODS, the gentleman who aooom~
panied the Prince Of Wales through the
annalist in the Tmes. M. Woods Wrota
with marked ability-one al bis letiefA de-
scribine a prairie then frDf seen BY the
British tourists struck VI q TIE lime as the
most brilliant arCurate and vivid bit Of
word painting ue lad eTsr come acKosa We
reperussd h half al hour ago, ard Sill think
Il : most hlieitoua snd fAlthiai description.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-04

PATRIOTIC OFFICIAL Luke Murrin, ar
ataehs of the Postofice in this city, yester-
day resigned his position, and enlisted as a
private in the Montgomery Regiment.
While we regret to lose Mr.. M., we can not
but commend his patriotic determination.
Although born in Ireland, he is, in the true
sense Of the term, an American.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-04

MORE SOLDIERS FOR THE WARP. Nc
Groarty, Esq was elected last evening Cap
tain of the Faugh-a-B allgghs which was
raised by Captain Kelly. They are a fine lot
of men, Numbering at present eighty. Cap.
tain McGroarty starts this morning to Col
umbus to tender his company to the Gov
srnor for three years. The change of Csptains
was made at the instance of Captain Kelly.
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ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY. To the
Adams Express Company we continue to
be daily indebted for Eastern papers, always
in advance of the mail. We are greatly
obliged to the courtesy of the attaches of the
Company for these ~favors, which are always
fully appreciated.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-04

BUCKEYES BoYs.-The Buckeye Boys have
offered their services for three years, and
many Of their friends are anxious that they
be supplied with some of the necessaries OF
life by voluntary subscription, and the fol-
lowing committee has bean appointed TO
receive donations; w. W. Bowman, Benjar
min Moore, J. B. Moore, Jerry Walls, John
D. Mills F. Funck, Z. A. Towards, W. w.
Andrews Charles Beadlsy, Henry Brink
man. ff ssat Ca1a
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SERIOUS ACCIDENTAL servant girl named
Rosa Kilroy was seriously, and perhaps
fatally, burned yesterday, at No. 273 West
Seventh'street, by the accidental igniting of
a can of burning-Auid. She was attempting
to start a fire, and was using the fluid in
order to make the kindliDg burn, when the
flames followed the stream into the can,
bursted it, and set the holders clothes on
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ARRAY ON FoURTH sTREET.-Mr. Toohy,
Waterman at Pixies Opera house, was last
night brutally assaulted by a man named
Walters and seTeral other persons, while
standing on Fourth-street, near Vine. He
had on the night previous driven a son of
Walters's away from the door of n of the
stores in that vicinity, supposipg it was his
intent to pilfer. Had not several scquaint-
ances of Toohy interfered, he would no doubt
have been beaten severely.
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CHARLES BRoADwELL has been appointed
Quartermaster of the Reserve Militia, by
General Jones, to supply a vacancy &C.
casioned by the temporary appointment of
Captain Phil. Gloon as a member of General
Bates's Staff,
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SOUTHERN FUeITIvEs.-A large number of
gentlemen with their families and servants
from South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana,
Georgia and other seeded States, arrived
yesterday at the Spencer House. They are
mostly Northern people who have sought
safety in the NoppressiYe free Statesn
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-04

QURNE FOR THE SoUTH.-A druggist from
Memphis, named Heidrick, yesterday pur.
chased fifteen hundred dollars worth OF
q%uinine at a drug establishment in this city,
which he carried away with him. He at.
tempted to make purchases elsewhere, but
could NOT, when the destination Of the arti-
Gle became known, Is quinine co~ntrabsnd
Of WARP
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EEvELoPEs.-The patriotic letter.writer
will find an endless variety of envelopes,
appropriately illustrated and noticed, at
james Gates's, south east corner of Fourth
and Hammond streets. He has just issued
one bearing a very correct picture of Major
Anderson
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CoEDrFIoE or TIE sECEssIoE Army AT
PEEsAcoLA.-Tuesday's New Orleans Delta

CONDITION or TIE HEcEssloN ARMY AT
PEEsAcoLA.-Tussday's New Orleans Delta
says:
w. Z. Starke arrived today from Pensa-
cola, and reports our army af that place In
excellent condition, and atfairs 10 sfatu qH0.
Ths dry-doek had been anchored Ia the bay
few days AGO. Colonel jackson, Of the
Georgia troops, had been placed Ia command
at Pensacola and Major Bradford commands
the Volunteer Battalion at that place. The
two companies Of the frsl Louisiana Regi-
ment which left last week, had reched Mont
gomery On their way 10 Pensacola. When
they arrive, Colonel Gladden's Regiment Of
Regulars viii be nine hundred strong. No
change had occurred In the Meet. The
Brooklyn was Still 10 position. and the block
ade rigidly enforced.