The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-23


"Mr T. 5. Bell, lately appointed Unite,
States Commercial Agent TO San Juan del Norte
arrived here on the Star Of the West. Mr. Bel
10 well known here as having been one Of th0s'
engaged q year ago in the foolish Kinney filli
clustering expedition on San Juan. The neck
of the party were saved, ON that occasion, by
Commander Kennedy, Of the jamestown, who
bumanely interceded for them and sent them
10 Aspinwsll.
''Mr. Bell owes his appointment, not to the
foot Of his having been a hllibuster, but to his
being the nephew Of Senator Bell, Of Texas,
and also of Extra Billy Smith, Of Virginia.
els IL any wonder that tho United States
should be considered a nation Of fllibusters by
the Nioaragusns, and that they should be
averse 10 approve the Cass- Yrissari treaty whom
such men arc sent among them to represent us?
In Nicaragua we have minister whois scarcely
ever In condition to attend TO business---a Con-
sui and 3 Commercial Agent These consti-
tutc our whole diplomatic and semi-dplomatic
force In that country. Consul Priest, at San
Juan del Sur, has for years kept q grog-shop
there. His office is in ono end Of his own
hotel, and the grog-shop and gambling room
in the other. At least such was the case dur
ing the Walker invasion. ST. .H
"What a noble representation and this, too,
in country TO which England sends such
man as Sir William Gore Ousely, and to which
France is about to send one of her most astute
and well-bred diplOmatists and gentlemen"
A STRANGE FISH FOUND.-The body of a
Mississippi 6re-eater was washed ashore a
short time ago from one Of the bayOus. The
stock In trade Of the patriot was as follows:
One dueling pistol; one Bowie knife; one speech
OF Jefferson Davis; one speech Of Senator
Toombs; one copy Of the Mississippian, edited
by Berksdale; thres copies of Old Bucks Le-
H0mninn k.ka Il.
ton of an alligator devouring an eagle--sup-
posed to be the province of Mississippi in the
act OF exterminating the "stars and stripes. {"
The body was said to be in q remarkable state
OF preservation, attributable to the extraordin-
ary amount of gaseous substances which en-
tered into its composition. The negroes ac-
counted for the neglect of the alligators to eat
1t, BY remarking that they must have discov-
cred the pistol in the pocket. f..
MYSTERIOUS MURDER NEAR CoLusI.-On the
morning of the 22d February, according to the
Marysyille Democrat, an old man, named John
Trainor, was found lying dead in q pool of his
own blood, in his fruit store in Colusi. A bull
iet-shot was passed through his breast, and had
evidently killed him Immediately. There was
no sign OF any attempt Mt robbery, and the
probability is that some person murdered him
for revenge, or to prevent his testimony in n
case likely to arise wherein some crime was
involved, or to get possession of property de-
pending on the cancellation of a deed, or for
any OF thousand reasons that might be ina
slned. The old man was well known in Colusi
where he had been vending fruit for some time
past.
NATIONAL MONUNEST.-Five or six years
nnce project was set on foot to erect in Phil
adelphia monument commemorative Of the
Declaration Of Independence. The Legisla-
ture OF New York passed law appointing
commissioners from the other States relative 10
the project, and pledging pecuniary contribu-
ton undor definite contingencies. This pledge
would, 1t now appears, involve an expenditure
OF some 500 ,0OO-a larger sum than the State
can anord to contribute at present, even though
tho monument were necessary, which il is not,
80 long as the venerable Independence Hall
stands to commemorate the sublime event which
constitutes the chief glory Of its history. Gov
ernor Morgan, therefore, suggests the repeal of
the law designating a commission.
BALE OF A SLAvgR.--The schooner Wanderer
was sold by auction, at Savannah, on the 18th.
Mr.. @. A. l.. Lamar claimed the vessel as his
property. The bidding, however, commenced.
$500 being the FIRST bid. Mr.. Lamar was op-
posod by Mr.. Charles Van Horn, who was re-
queeted by several gentleman not to bid against
the owner, but he would not listen. Finally
Lamar bid $4,000, and the vessel was knocked
S"A w n PoApOudl IouCOUuLeT between
Lamar and Van Horn occurred immediately
after, but friends interpOsed and the combatants
were separated. 1t is reported that Van Horn
was put up to this by the Collector of the Port,
and that the officers of the government were
determined, by this means, to make Lamar pay
pretty we'll for the course he has pursued.
"STRIKEs" are becoming pretty general,
chiefly, however, in those places where reduc-
tlon OF wages were enforced at the time of the
panic. The glass blowers, of Pittsburg, are
now out, demanding the rates which they re-
ceived prior to the reduction. All the works
are stopped, except those of Mr.. M'CuIly, who
has number of hands employed by tho year.
We hope, says n Pittsburg paper, that las in
the case of the puddlerS) fair and equitable
Compromise may be agreed upon.
In New York mania for "strikng" seems
to prevail. The carpenters, pianoforte makers
and carvers have struck, and now the sailors,
for higher wages. TIT VIZ
Sr. PATRIck's DAY LEGAL HoLIDAY.-The
Baltimore papers inform US that on the 18th
inst. an exciting discussion took place in the
Central Criminal Court. Judge Stump declared
that he would not hold Court ON the following,
ot. Patriek's Day, while the jury, counsel and
witnesses wished to proceed the knotty case
which had already occupied their attention for
six days. The discussion was finally silenced,
and the examination of witnesses proceeded,
but in the evening the Judge adjourned over
until Saturday, discharging the jury until Mon
day.
A PHILARTHR0rIc EPFORT.-Inhuentia per-
sons in New York are interesting themselves
in the cause Of sewing women Of that city.
The plan is to provide them with sewing ma
chimes and boarding and lodging houses. A
meeting Of the sewing women was convened on
the Sth, work-room was rented, and regula-
tions agreed upon. Applicants to be of good
character, to bring their own work, to pay out
Of their weekly earnings for room rent, use of
sswing machines, etc.
INDIAN REsIGEATIoN.-At Presbyterian
Church recently, in Washington, an Indian
who addressed the audience closed his remarks
in the following words: The white man takes
our land, and makes US move away before him.
By -and-by he will drive us to the Rocky Noun
tains, then the winds will blow us into the sea. |
and the sea will cover us, and we shall find a
homo in heaven, ard the white man shall have
all the land.
tits positively asserted by the Catholics in
Washington, that, beforehis death, Postmaster
General Brown had expressed his conviction
that the Church Of Rome is the true faith, and
that, had he not been unconscious when the
Pastor of st. Patrick's called upon him, he
would have been baptized.
Judge vespasian Ellis died in Washington
city on the 14th inst. He formerly represented
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