The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-04-01

long since, says the Sandusky Register, we gave
in this column the curtain lecture one 8Dr.
Roger" who had Joined the Sons of Malta.
had received from his better half. Mrs. Tom
kins has followed her scoldine sisters example.
and gives her husband, also Son, q "blessinp." !"
Mrs. L. is represented to have gone to bed with
tue determination to keep wide awake and wait
patiently for her lesser half, who has zone 10
attend the initiation of a brother. In due time
Iomkins comes home, and creeps quietly into
ped, so as not to disturb his wife, who he hopes
is sound asleep. He is just entering the land
OF dreams, when Mrs. Tomkins commences:
"Sons of Malta, indeed A pretty institution.
I'd like to know what it meansl What 10
you say, the rough andrugged road7' Iguess
I've travelled that pretty well, with you coming
home ut this hour of the night. Condition 7
Oh, OF course, you must be in good condition.
Every Son of Malta is, believe, but I'd like
to know how long they will remain so. What
when they've resigned the Office of G. r. I. A.
X. U. P.2 Oh, of course, of course, any man
who holds an Office with such lot of initials
can't help be in bad condition. Don't talk to
me. What does it all mean? that's what I'd
like to know. Swim p No, sir, CAM swim.
suppose you can, though. You've got along
swimmingly with me, because I'm such fool;
put 1t won't last long, sir, no sir. You can
swim as much as you please, but you shan't
swim with me any longer. You shall not
and shall please myself whether 1 20 to
sleep or not. Why, you've had at least q pail
Iull OF lager bier. Be off and don't touch me.
LII have nothing to do with you or your SOL
emn conclave.' 1 have not Departed nor do
l intend to depart. I'll just live, if its only
to plague you. Do you hear what say, Tom
kins? I'll have nothing to do with you. 'Ex-
pedition I you're smart now, aint you ask if
such set Of fellers as the Sons of Malta ever
aXnp6itinO
gala what do yoa suppose I care for that Z?
Dazzle my eyes, would it? 1 don't know that.
After looking on such a dazzling figure as you
are, it must certainly appear very brilliant
spectacle. What do you say-'oats-oats9' /
aon't know what you mean, sir. No, Mr..
Tomkins, don't want to know, either. Go to
sleep, sir, and let that be recorded"
SHADE-TREEs.-An association, called the
''Shade-tree Association" was formed in In
dianapolis some months since, but it only lived
TO pun and scream for a very brief period.
Inc city Journals are-vainly, we fear-endea-
voring to revivify the defunct carcass by such
effeminate invocations as these "Where is the
snade- tree Association" ais the Shade tree
Association dead?" Can't those all-powerful
editors put their shoulders to the wheeP
FATHER WALKER.-Says the New York Ex
press We have no desire to impugn the state.
ments OF "persons worthy of confdence;" but
u Is duty to say that this statement of the
Propagateur Catholique is in conflict with the
apparently we'll authenticated reports, in other
quarters, that William has gone off to the Pa
cihc, not to enter "religious order" but to
perform some new feat of fllibusterism.
LARGE ORDER.-We saw at Appleton's the
other day, says New York paper, a mountain
of books packed for the State of Ohio. The
superintendent of State Schools, who has charge
OF the purchase of school-bo for the whole
State, and who makes it point, so far as pos
sioie' to secure uniformity in the school-books
used throughout the State, had ordered eiohtv
thousand rohtmes from this firm.
The WAY THE MONEY GoEs.-Mr. Williams,
editor OF the Utica Herald, writing from Tunis,
states that the American Consulate is supported
at Tunis at an expense of 81, 100 per year, and
yet but one American vessel has anchored in
that harbor in five years.
The Henry Clay Festival Association Of New
York intend to celebrate the birthday of their
old Chief on the 18th of this month, and have
invited many venerable politicians to be pres
ent and address them-Fillmore, Bell, Critten-
den, Hunt Winthrop and others.
The last of the tribe of Seminoles, who will
be compelled to emigrate from Florida, passed
up the Arkansas River, two or three weeks
since, in charge of Mr.. r. NJ. johnson, of Fort
Smith. The remnant left in Florida, it is said,
will be permitted to remain.
The Rev. Mr.. Fawcett, Wesleyan Methodist
Missionary among the Indians in the Brant-
ford L trict, was among the injured by the
recent Canada railroad disaster. He died from
his injuries on the 2lst. He was the sixth
victim.
The Grand Junction (Tenn) Quidnunc of
Saturday last says: owe had a real white
robed, hyperborean snow-storm at Grand
junction yesterday morning. Think of that
A snow.storm in the sunny South on the 18th
of March"
The Opposition State Convention of Ten.
nessee was held at Nashville on Tuesday last
The Patriot says that by the speeches of Col
Mosely, W. McConnico, A. NJ. Looney and
others, "the old fires were set to burning
again"
A murderer named George Murray escaped
from the Jail of Petersburg, Perry County,
Penn, last Saturday. The sum of $40 is offered
for his apprehension.