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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-12-27
PictorIaIlzIng Language.

u take my tea 6drtoot," saidoa back
woodsman, when asked if he would have
cream and sugar. Il find 6drfoot by the
way, in the Coventry Plays.) A., speak
ing to me once of'a very rocky clearing,
said, ''StOne's got very heavy mortgage
on that land y and overheard guide in
the woods say to Iris companions who were
urging him to sing, "Wal, did sing once :
but toons got Invented, and that split my
trade.p lgdaGI e.. s.0 L7gaCi grf'..
Whoever has driven over q stream by
bridge made of slabs will feel the pictur-
esque force Of the epithet sld6-6ridge, ap!
| iplitd to fellow of shaky character. Al
most every county has some good die-sinker
| mphrase, whose mintage passes into the cur
rency of the whole neighborhood, Such
one described the county jail (the one
story dwellings are of woody as the house
| whose tinderpinin' come up to the caves,
and called hell ''the place where they didn't
rake up their fires nights" once asked a
stage-driver II the other side Of a hill were
as steep as the one we were climbing
"Steep2p chain llghtnin' couldn't go down
| it 'thout putin the shoe onr' And this
brings me back to the exaggerations of
which l spoke before. 10, me there is
something taking in the, negro, so
black that charcoal made chalk mark on
him" and the shingle ''painted solike mar
BILE tliat 1t sank in wateEp as II its very
consciousness of its vanityohad been over
persuaded by the painter. heard a man,
in order to give a notion of some very cold
weather, say to another that certain Joe,
who had been taking mercury, found a,
lump Of quieksilverin each boot when he
went home to dinner, This power of rap
idly .dramatizing a dry fact into flesh aud
blood, and the vivid conception OF Joe as a
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African ExPIOratiOn-Letter from
Hbr. Livingstone. -nI

At the last meeting of the Royal Geo
graphical Society in London, the secretary
read letter from DR.. Livingstone. dated
from Ngomano. Rovuma river, 18th OF
May. The Doctor had penetrated thirty
miles further than his iurthest point in
1861. and was preparing for his advance to
the unknown northern extremity of Lake
Nyassa. On the arrival of his party at the
mouth OF the ROvuma, it was Impossible 10
discover path for the camels through the
mangrove swamps. The vessel conse-
quently proceeded twenty-five miles
further to the north, and good harbor
and starting point was then found In MIX
indany Bay. The harbor within the bay is
land-lockeil, and has good anchorage in ten
to fourteen flthoms. From this place they
marched overland to the southwest, and on
arriving on the banksof the Rovuma, fol-
lowed its course to the junction Of the
I.eondi, a river coming from the southwest,
and considered by DR.. Livingstone to be a
continuation of the main stream. i.i' ~.
The Chief of Ngomamo, at the junction.
proved most friendly, and the doctor in
tended to make this his headquarters until
he had felt his way round Lake Ntassa.
The RovunIa is flahked on both sides by a
chain of hills IRON tour hundred to six
hundred feet high, covered with dense
entangled jungle. The natives, the Ma
konde tribe, were found to be willing
workers, and aided in clearing path for
themen and animals. Traces of coal were
found on the banks OF the river. Col,
Playfair (Her Majesty's Consul at ZanZi
bar5 stated that the harbor at which Dr.
Livingstonc's expedition disembarked had
only rooontIy- boo,. disooyaHod, lie had - ..
doubt that other harbors existed on the
eastern coast, as it had never yet been
thoroughly surveyed. Opposite the island
of Zanzibar a new harbor had recently
been found, and port established there
by the Sultan" ,.r... s.,.......r ........
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-dnrinn. tnYention.

The Union Medicdle, a French journal,
publishes paper by DR.. Outlay, on a curl
Gus and useful invention, due to the inge-
nuity of a celebrated eXcOnjuror, NJ. Rob-
ert Houdin. The object is to give the
alarm Of fire at the very commencement of
the threatened catastrophe, aud the follow.
ing description will show how this is ac-
complished: Suppose copper lamina and
steel one to be soldered together by their
surfaces, so asto form single blade, cop
per on one side andIsteel on the other. Let
it be fixed vertically, by one of its extreml-
o ties, to board, without, however. quite
touching it, in order to avoid all friction.
The arrangement will be best understood
by supposing knife to be brought close
to the board as if with the intention of cnt.
tiag it through. Now. suppose a metal
knob to be fixed on the board, on the steel
side of the blade, and at short distance
from it. This knob is connected with one
of the poles of voltaic battery, the other
pole of which communicates with the screw
which secures the fixed extremity of the
blade, and with one OF those bells or Alarms
which we see used Ia the telegraph offices
to prepare the clerks for the reception of a
message. Now let the blade be warmed !;
as the dilation Of copper by heat is greater
than that Of steel, it follows that the blade
will be bent, the concave side being the
steel one; and if the heat applied be suffi-
cieht contact will be effected between
= the blade and the knob. No sooner does
this take place than the bell begins to ring,
and continues doing so until the contact Is
interrupted. A very small degree OF heat
will be sufficient to produce the requisite
curvature Of the blade; even a burningci-
gar will do so at distance of about three
inches. This facility might In many cases
prove rather a drawback. were it not that
the sensitiveness of the apparatus may be
diminished at pleasure by increasing the
distance of thekuob from the blade. iir
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-12-27

d The Chicago Times has hung up that
''sword of Damocles" again, suspended by
a single hair" and has let it fall ON Mollie
Trussell, the woman tried on charge OF
manslaughter in that city last week. Here
is the paragraph announcing this interest
ing fact: 1 ." .'. -.
d, '.And thus the sword of Justice, which,
like the sword of Damocles, has been for
months suspended by a single hair, fell,
and Mollie Trussell7 about whom great
deal of mock philanthropy and public
speculation has been exhibited, received
the decree which cOnsigns her to that in-
evitable sequence of career such as hers
the state prison." In Iyi 2gbIy.l ..sl
Itstrikes us we have heard of this sword
ofold Dam once or twice before. Old Dam
was half brother to Sylla and Charyedis
and a second cousin to the fellow who sowed
dragons teeth, which brought forth crop
yot armed men. He was also nearly related
to Gauymede, Hector, Achilles, Agamem-
non, and other NEUROLOGICAL ana heroic
individuals. He appears to have had a
peculiar taste in the way Of hanging a
sword over himself by hair--probably a
rather Thick hair-tO see how near he could
hang it without cutting himself. Since old
Dams death, a good many highfalutin
writer's have had hold of his sword, but
have every one let it fall.d We do not know
whether this sin2u fact is due to heat in
this venerable, weapon, or to some other
cause. BUTT is certain that whenever a
reporter istrbubledE lack of fine things
to say, or wishes to make people believe he
is profound classical scholar, he picks up
old Dams sword, and lets it fall. 1t has
been dropped so often, we think its edge is
considerably dulled. The Times dropped
it last. Perhaps some other, sensational
paper will let it tall just once more. The
people like to know all about itwhen 1t
to Know. Plain Dealer, iIiH7Sf"F, ''f 7
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STATE CUNTENTIONI.
2 .ETtI % ,HUinJV9 FHIT9isJy Ils0I1 0InD
TUESDAY JANUARY Sth, 1861

{ To THE DEMocRAcY OF Ono: H1nfa2 y
9 A State Convention Of the Democracyof OF "
Ohio viii be heldat Columbus, ON Tuesday,
o the sch day Of january next, to homfhate y
candidates for the following ofFlces,aand
for the transaction of such othekbuslhRssld
, as may come before iti irdi wff e. Il iaanT
Governor ;1e9L 9,a0 b9iuiag % jspm q1eW
T, Lieutenant GOvsrn0r;,9 ssw yod ztTru A
, Auditor Of State III Ifj 'os1J. 9 Va 1Jvo nnr
} TrsasH s q Sfats;;ioq,1 ii tn,bisoiq aur
Supreme Judge; s,l,i.,, ,,,,tt....,,, go.
Member Board Or Pablo wotts. 2 a,leh !
The ratio of representation will be as
follows: One delegate for each county an
additional delegate for every 800 votes cast
for TRomas M. Key for Supreme JidgeaHe
the last election; and an additional delesud
gate for every fraction of 250or rnoreFoteE
SO cast..HHoHi or ,gsd91ndJ 9fj -rwoi qu not
, This ratio gives to the counties ,respec-
lively the following number o., delegates, y,
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q IA Modern Le'sPrOSress.

The old proverb' that a fool and his mon
iey are soon parted, has seldom been more
forcibly illustrated than in the case of
johnny Steele," lately the young prince
of the Venango (Pa.) oil region. His aunt
the widow McClintock, owner Of the rich
oil farm which bears her name, died In 1854
leaving her nephew, then twenty years old,
$l00,000 10 greenbacks, $4,000 Ia gold, and
the farm, which yielded an average daily
income of 100000, The young fellow, who
had hitherto been well behaved, was ruined
by his good-we should rather say evil
fortune, and plunged into all kinds of vice
He became ready prey to the gamblers,
John ,Morrissey alone whining from him
100000 Ia two nights, The largest estate
can be exhausted IL its owner Is sufficient-
ly lavish, and Johnny's property proved
no reception to the rule, He squandered
thousands on wine and women; bought
jewelry and carriages only to give them
away, and having spent all, Is now only
door-keeper to q. company Of mlpstrels.-
His rise and fall ought to prove lesson to
other young heirs, but human nature is the
same now as it has ever been. Every prod
igal wants to "see llfe'' for himself, aud
win be pretty sure, IA doing so, to come
to the husks at last.-Cin. Gazette. y
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Ereakn .I,c.u Of q Mndman.

About the middle of the afternoon, Sat-
urday, Third street, between Market and
Jefferson, was thrown into quite a'state of
excitement by madman, armed with a
knife, frantically rushing upon everybody
and everything in his, path. ltwas but the
work Of a few minutes for him to clear the
entire square 'of pedestrians. On inquiry
we ascertained that. his name was Jeptha
X. Brown, and that he was the son of a
popular railway President. 1t Is undeter-
mined whether his remarkable conductwas
the effect of debauch, or the result of I'M
sanity from other causes The first thing
he used his knife upon was q, horse attach
ed to milk wagon, stabbipg it near the
hip, and producing wound that proved
fatal. He next met John Bensinger, and
plunged the knife at him, but fortunately
he was, too, far from him to, inf1tct serious
injury, the knife only penetrating the
clothing AMI puhcturing the skin. Att the
corner ofThird' and JeffersOnhe Tanacross
Samuel WOrleyl and a. fruit vender, both Of
whom he knocked down, He tlen fled up
Jefferson street to the Frankfort depot,
closely followed by Officer. Slater. Near
the depot he met Officer Sweeney, at whom
he stabbed, and who knocked him down
Here he wasua arrested by the two officers
and taken to the First street, station house,
Subsequently he was released on $500 bail
to appear in the City Court this morning to
ans wer any charges that may be preferred
against him. LoW.J OarIDec.24. 3eogabn
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DECEMBER u. 1866.

here" The other, who had OWNED at a
glance his feelings of generous concession
to new country. drawled gravely. "Wal,
we dli, considerin' the number of the inhab-
ltants." This, the more l analyze 1t, the
more humorous does it seem. 4 M. ".
The same man was capable OF wit also,
when he would. He was cabinet maker,
and was once employed to make some con-
mandment tables for the parish meeting
house,. The parson, avery old man, annoy
ed him by looking into his workshop every
morning. and cautioning him to be very
sure to pick out "clear mahogany, without
any knots in IT," At last, wearicd out, he
retorted one day, "Wal, | guess, DIR. B., If
1 was to leave the nOtS out o. some o. the
Commandments, 'twonld SCOT you ez WELL"
-LnareH -----.----------
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Take 10 tender their thanks to the
pleiIS tor Lhs eera patronage bestowed on thelr
sure their patrons that their efforts shall ever be to
render entire satisfaction by making up garments,
WOrkmsn and TO ft accurately. Wea now receive
ing. and shall continue to do so, woeklJ during the
season .fg .
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-12-27

i Total No. Delegates. ...9 ...3d 5IBs1
o tits respectfully suggested that, asfar
fas itmay be practical and dcohveniehf, gthe0b
delegates be chosen on. Saturday, the 20th III
day OfDeeember. 1000 g9n IDS 20 TO, qiiT
r Wv avail VurSrlr~5 yh, cute vOOasfVHI0t u
Grge upon the Democracy an immediate II
organization, and especially township and
4 ward organization. Now is the time, to #,
spread useful information among the peo-.
pie; but this cannot be done without
a thorough and efficient Organization,
That our principles. win ultimately
triumph we do not ,doubt-for to do that 7,
would be to doubt the possibility OF free
government-but we cannot achieve sue
cess, and avert despotism, without labor
and we cannot begin ourlabors toosoOhof %
prosecute them too earnestly and steaa0Iq
lastly. '.ihS!l iedt nj I9jfGm sh1
BY order Of Democratic State Centras
committee, bru6l .jtclu ila iisd -s ani.qsb
.7..i. JOHN 6, THOMPSON, Chm, ,fsd
G. j. BEAM, Sec'y.
November 20.1S66. ''"h'N fiA' bhk sbnen
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-27

Napoleon made significant speech al
AuxeETe, France, on the 9th instant, in
which he said he detested the treaty
of 1919. The Paris Bourge accepted il
as a signal for war. Severe panics set
in aud Rentes fell two per cent.
The following is the speech in full
81 see with pleasure that the memory
of the first empire has not been eff,
fcced from your minds. Believe me,
for my own part l inherited the feel
ings entertained by the chief Of my
family for this energetic and patriotic
population, who sustained the Emperor
in good as in evil fortune
81 have a debt Of gratitude to dis
charge towards Yonne This depart
ment was the first to give me its suC
frage in lS4S, because it knew, with
the majority of the French people, that
it, interests we're my interests, and
that I detested equally with them
those treaties of 1873 which IL is now
sought 10 make the sole basis Of our
foreign policy. thank you for the
sentiments you have expressed towards
me-
Among you ] breathe freely, for it
Is among the working population. both
in town and country, that / find the
real genius of France.
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From Washington.
sperisl Dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquire
WASHINGTON. Nav q

Sperisl Dispatch 70 the Cincinnati Enquire.
WASHINGTON, May q.
Colonel Bdmund Cooper, pri-
vate secretary to the President, left
here this evening for New York city,
AMI is expected to be absent until next
Monday
Mrs. Jefferson Davis arrived here to-
day, and IL the guest of DR.. Miller. 1t
is understood that she comes here to
urge that her husband be transferred
from Fortress Monroe to some prison
or fort further North, where there is
less danger from the peculiar diseases
suggested by the surgeon who made
the report TO the President of Mr. Da
Wis health, as being prevalent at For
tress Monroe.
A telegram from Senator Wrights
son, received here this afternoon, says
that the Senator is much better. The
announcement of yesterday that Mr..
Wright had deceased was not contra
dicted till about noon to-day, and in
the mean time the seli-appOintcd man
ayers of the affairs Of the nation, who
help TO run the Radical machine IN the
Senate, had fixed the succession upon
Mr. Catlctt 1t was deemed certain
that the latter would be appointed to
fill the vacancy of the supposed-tO be-
deceased Senator, and preparations
were being made for the reception Of
Mr.. Cstlett here tom OrrOw.
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| Cooking and dPTeseTying Strawberries.
As we are now in the midst Of the
| strawberry season, the following recipes,
taken from Fuller's Strawberry Cul.
turist," may be Of service to the ladies 4:
Strawberry SI0rI Cakes Into three
! pints of flour rub, dry, two .easpOons
! heaping full of cream tartar and half
a tea cup OF butter, a little salt, one
! teaspoon full Of soda dissolved in q
pint of milk and water Nix quickly
/ and thoroughly, roll to an inch in
thickness, and bake twenty minutes in
a quick oven.
| Take quart of strawberries and add
cream and sugar to make a sauce. For
this purpose small-sized, rather acid
berries, with sprightly flavor are pre-
| ferable.
When the short-c8ke is done, divide
! in three layers, butter them, and spread
the strawberries between. Eat while
warm.
Strawberry Dl,mpLiags-Crust TO be
made the same as directed for short
cake; roll half an inch thick; put
about q gill of strawberries for each
dumping. Bake, steam or boil half
an hour.
Strawberry Pies Lime your pie dish
with crust made in the usual manner
fill the dish with good ripe Strawberries
of medium size; sprinkle on a little
flour, and sugar in proportion to the
acidity of she berries Cover with a
thin crust
,STasojer7y Jam every pound of
strawberries take three-quarters of q
pound of sugar. The berries should be
mashed in preserving kettle, and the
sugar thoroughly mixed with them.
Boil from twenty minutes to half an
hour, stirring constantly.
Strawberry JcAeH-Take strawberries
when fully ripe, strain, and to each
pint of juice add pound of the best
refined sugar. Boil briBkly, skim
ming when necessary, for ten or fifteen
minutes, or until it will Jelly, which
may be known by dropping in little
cold water. If done, it will fall to the
bottom in a mass.
Strawberry Cream-Mash the fruit
gently; drain it on a sieve; strew q little
sugar on it; when well drained with
out being pressod,) add sugar and
cream to the Juice, and, if too thick,
little milk Whisk it in a bowl, and as
the froth rises lay it on q sieve; when
no more will rise put the cream in a
dish and lay tie frJth upon it.
TO PreseyDc Strawberries Without Sayar.
-PuS The fruit in the preserving kettle. /
and, if very dry, add n little water TO
prevent burning. Boil about three
minutes, or just long enough to be sure
the whole mass is thoroughly bpated-
not ,oked Dip in o cans, filing them
completely, seal quickly, and set in
cool place, (Glass Jars containing fruit
should be kept in dark place, or Gov
cred with dark colored paper) Open
and add sugar several hours before us
ing.
Strawberry Vine To one gallon of
Juice, strained, add two and a haIfI
pounds of sugar-no water, let it stand
IN su open vessel twenty four hours,
occasionally skimming Off the skim
that rises. Then fiji the Cask IN which !
1t Is put full, reserying enough to hu
up, as in process Of fermentation it runs
over When the fermentation IS com
pleted stop tightly Let stand three
months, draw off and bottle.
Strawberries and Cbyst-OVer three
quarts of strawberries pour one bottle
Of good claret wine Add sugar to suit
the taste.
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can present nothing better than the
programme of the Committee, am
greatly apprehensive that its days will
be numbered. l trust fellow citizens,
that this will not be the case; that it
will discard its hostility and its at
tempt to continue alienation between
the two sections of country, and that
it will embrace these principles which
look to harmony and to the restoration
of peace. If it should do this it will
still continue to be the great and con-
trolling party of the country, and cover
itself with imperishable glory. If it
does not, its days are numbered, and
the epitaph that will be written will be:
1t knew how to prosecute the war
with vigor, but it lacked the wisdom to
ayll itself of the benefits of victory.
[ Applause.
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By Telegraph
Afternoon DisptChes.
CHOLERA.
Financial Panic Over.
EaiIFTe Of Constitutional Amend
mGnlS.
Afternoon DisptChes.
CHOLERA.
Financial Panic Over.
FGnlan Expenditures.

NEw YORK, May 26.-European advice
n tho l6th are received by the arrival o
tho SaEionia aud America.
Cholera appeared near Bankarn. In Eiy.
erpOol he number Of deaths were increas-
ing. Br. Ross ard three immigrants died
on the steamship llelvet'a.
The European Congress has again moOted
inst France viii join with perfect disintsr-
cstedncss. La France says that many di-
p.omatc notes have been exchanged be-
tween the Cabinets upon the idea that Con
grCss is 70 be limited to the consideration OF
the pending question. L. Opinion saws
that # a formal proposal should be made
by the European Congress, Italy could ac-
cept it on two oond tious, viz: that she
may remain armed, ana the cession of We
Meta be included in the programme Of Con-
Cres5. These conditions are essential, but
Wa. Is imminent.
The military preparations continued.
Darmstadt placed on a war footing. The
Prussian Ambassador announced that he
should leave Immediately in consequence
Of the AUstrians occupying the frontiers Of
Bohemia Siles and Parma, and declined
the settlement proposed by Austria. A re-
summoned Hanover for wRrlike prepara-
ti2ns, and aluounced intentions of occupy
ing her m. .ijtary roads.
Tae latest Berlin dispatches saws: A
treaty Of alliance has been signed between
Italy and Prussia.
GsriJa,dI has accepted command of the
volunteers, declaring the hope to cooperate
with the Elori0ds army Of Italy N accom-
plishng The destiuies of nations
A Trieste telegram says the Italian squad
ron has taken position in the Adriatic,
closing tho Gulf OF Trieste and threatening
Venice, Trieste and other ports.
A garrison from Vienna departed for Bo-
hemia. 200, 900 Austrian troops have been
sent North.
The Austrian Mexican legation has been
disbarded.
The financial panic is over. No moro
failures. The Bank Of England has re-
fused 70 make advances. Consols 81 15aS13z.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-It is stated that
TIE Senate has failed 10 agree on the con-
slitUtiOual amendments IS reported from
tie committee. II is considered practically
as dead.
NEW YORK, May 26.-From January to
the time OF the EasJpoTt free fight, $50,
000 Was received by O'Mahony, of which
ST, goo was sent TO Ireland. The remain
ing $4,000 have been spent here.
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600 daily. This is in consequence of
the great amount of mutilated curren-
cy being redeemed snd cancelled.
In New York and the surrounding
cities the Sunday laws against selling
liquor are now very strictly enforced
Various subterfuges are resOrted to,
however, to evade them. In Brooklyn,
it is said, a barrel of beer is bought 10y
a club and drank at the house of
friend Large numbers of New York
ers also make inroads across New York
Bay into New Jersey, in search of Gov
eted beverages, and it is said that as
many ss 10000 people visited Jersey
City, Hoboken and the adjoining vii
lages on Sunday last.
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following the bombardment they would
be better prepared than at the first 10
resist an attack.
There were two iron.clad vessels on
the side Of the Peruyians-one a moni-
tor, the Loa, with single gun, GS-
FOUNDER, in a turIet and one, the Wit
tOrla, built IN the shape of the Confed
crate iron -clads, covered with railroad
iron and having 63-pounder at each
end. The monitor was struck ten times
but received no damage. / do not know
how the other Jared. There were sev-
eral small mcn-of~war, but their artil-
lery was too light to be used, and they
were secured inside the mole.
/ have the honor to be- sir, your obe-
dent servant, JoHN ROGEEs,
Commodore.