The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-05-02
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CINCINNATI, MONDAY,.nIAY ..

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! TIE FARCE ENDED.-Thank Heaven, the
| Sickles trial is ended, and such ending is
disgraceful to the Court and all concerned in
| it. Even before the verdict could be recorded,
our old friend Stanton, who we fear has lost
his wits, is reported to have been ON his feet
making speech, returning thanks to the jury
on behalf Of the defendant. The crowd are
reported to have jumped on tho counsel table,
seats, and every where else, and shouted long
and loud and, worst of all, that the two
| legged asses of Washington City are said to
have made move to take the horses out of his
carriage and have themselves harnessed to it,
| to make an ovation of themselves and Daniel
Sickles We are almost sorry that they did
not succeed, and that the names of all con-
eerned could not have been obtained. The
very thing we feared has now Occurred-that
moral leper is not only acquitted, Ito which we
have no objection but he goes off the stage
firmly impressed with the notion that he is
hero instead of scurvy fellow. This trial,
take it all in all, is the least creditabe one we
have over scanned.-Pitsbwy Journal.
ExcITING.-We read in the Austin (Texas)
State Gazette, of the 10th inst, that on the
l4th the town of Bastrop was in danger of
invasion, and the Sheriff had commanded all
persons able to shoulder a rifle to turn out and
guard the town. 1t appears that some time
eluCb luS DeODlb Vi DdslIOp nu0R u 1ellOW
| named Middleton, who had been suspected of
horso-stealing four of the Judge Lynch exc
cutioners were subsequently, arrested, and on
the day above named one of them named
Toney was brought to trial. To rescue Toney
was the intention of the invading "pensants."
| Judge Hancock and others addressed the peo-
| pie, calling on them to resist, and immediately
| the lawyers were armed for the purpose of pro-
| tecting Judge Terrell and tho records of the
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| dispatch closed and was sent of before the
| " tug of war" was reached.
ANOTHER BALLOON AscENsIoY.-It seems
1 that Mr.. Bannister, the companion of the un-
fortunate Thurston, is not yet satisfied with his
| neronautic experience. Having been the owner
Of too balloons, each of which has taken a
| human being to that bourne from which no
| traveller returns" and suffered not little in
| his own person from ballooning, it might be
supposed that he would be willing to give over
aeronauting to other hands; but it appears to
he otherwise. 1t is stated that Mr.. b. is now
preparing mammoth air-ship for another
| excursion, which he proposes to make from De-
troit or Kalamazoo, some time in May He
| expects to make trip to the Atlantic coast
| from some western city.-IOiedo Blade.
c., W. & q. R. R.-With reference to the
recent decree for the sale of this road, the
| GAINESVILLE Courier has the following:
We may add in this connection that the
amount of the first mortgage is 81 300, 900,
| upon which 1924 900 interest has accrued the
amount of the second mortgage is 5000 900,
with interest accrued of something over $780,
| 900. The decree requires that the amount for
4 which the road must sell to be confirmed,
is 5000, 900 for the first mortgage, and $780,
| 900 for the second, or total Of $725,000.
| 1t is thought that the arrangement now made
l will allow ample time and opportunity for the
1 building of the Glendale Extension. Let us
hope it will be built.
| UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR.-A difficulty took
| place few days since between Messrs. J. NJ.
Vernon and Captain Joseph G. Bossier, o-pro-
| prietors of the Louisiana Courier, in Judge
| Cotton's office, where they had met to discuss
| some business matters. Some high words were
| spoken, Captain Bossier made a blow at Mr..
Vernon, who, avoiding it,, pulled out pistol,
| upon which Captain Bossier shot at him, the
| sall not taking effect. Mr.. Vernon then fred
four shots in quick succession two of the balls
| took effect in the lower regions Of the stomach
| and one in the face. Captain Bossier's wounds
| are considered dangerous. Mr.. Vernon was
arrested; he is unhurt.-N. o. Picoy,me.
"MRs. SIoKLEs' Song. G."-The Philadelphia
| North American says: Some ghoul who is
endeavoring to make a few dirty dollars, by
| dressing in doggerel the story of Mrs. Sickles'
! shame, has published song, which an army
| Of boys are crying for sale all over the city.
| The worst of the matter is that they are pur-
| chased with avidity. The songs are three in
| number set to the tune of "Villikins and his
| Dinah." The verse is execrable, yet is being
| sung by almost every ragged urchin you meet
in the street. A popular degradation like
this must be among the most terrible ingre-
| dients in the cup of misery which is now be-
ing quaffed by this miserable woman.
/
| Pittsburg Commercial Of Thursday q Mrs
| Brunton, residing in Greene Township, Beaver
| County, Pa, met with a shocking death last
| week. She had been on visit to a neighbor,
/ in company with her mother, and after start
| ing for home che discovered that her clothing
was on fire. She called to her mother who was
| in advance on horseback, but before assistance
| came, she was 80 terribly burned that she died
| in twenty eight hours. She leaves three small
| children.
The post-ofice business of Texas is managed
| in the most careless and dishonest manner.
| Complaints are heard from all quarters of the
| losses Of letters, chiefly those of value. One
firm alone-the Bastrop Advertiser--has lost
| 1860 by mail since Nov. lst, 1857, and the
proprietors say they can not enumerate the
letters which they mailed that have not
reached their destination.
| The Washington Constitution says: The
intimations given by the Washington CORES
| pondent Of certain New York journals, that
| The treaties entered into by Commissioner
| Bowlin have arrived at the Department of
| State, are not correct. The Commissioner
| himself will be the bearer of them; and he is
not expected to arrive before the beginning of
May.
On the night of Sunday, the 23d inst, an
aged German, named Budd, committed
suicide by hanging himself upon a cherry
| tree, before the door Of his own dwelling, on
tho farm of Robert Sample, in M'Candless
| Township, near Pittsburg. He had family,
and it is said that of late years his wife and
elder daughter had treated him very badly.
| The Springfield (0.) journal says that a
daughter of Mr.. Matthias Riches, of the town
of Greenwood, steuben County, New York,
| aged about twelve years, died from the effects
of drinking common green tea a few days
since. She drank it very strong, and ate tho
leaves nftorward-causing violent spasms for
twenty-four hours, when she expired.
The Executive Committee of the Illinois
| Central Railroad offer fifteen hundred dollars
| reward as premium for the best steam plow,
for plowing and other work--the award to he
made by the Executive Committee of the State
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