The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-05-31
Various Items.

A sailor looking worry serious in Methodist
country church was asked by the minister IL
he felt any changer Nary redl said Jack. r.a
Mrs. Partington thinks that Mother Ocean
is no better than she ought to be, or else she
would not allow the Atlantic cable to lay in her
bosomi l I'D. .s.g
The man who stole the hams worth S4 SO
was fined $40, the costs were SAC; paid his
lawyer $25, and SIS to a neighbor to give Sc
curity-thus Saving his bacon" at q cost Of
S226, and loss of time. ......, .s'rf
The cause of the potato rot has as last been
discovered. Without doubt it is the rot terry
motion of the earth. This problem was solved
by learned convention of commentators. . a.
FIRST NEw WHEAT The first new wheat
of the season was sold in Memphis, Tenn,
Tuesday, for 50 80 per bushel. It wss pur-
chased by Kennedy & Bro, of Pittsburg.
Mr.. Paul Morphy will visit Boston on Fri
day, as the guest of the Boston Chess Club
dinner will be given in his honor at the
Revere House, on Tuesday, May 3Ist, at
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes win preside. Ya1s
suffering Vermonter was asked the way
to Waterbury. With great politeness he strove
to say it was ahead, but in vain; the more he
tried the more he couldn't. At last, red in the
face and furious with unavailing exertion, he
burst forth with, "Gug- g. 'longl hang you,
you'll g-g-get there afore c-c-can tell you'll"
A country editor, speaking of q mNmber of
the New York Assembly, says "The first
year he went to Albany, he was so conscien-
tious as to utterly refuse to receive his allot-
ment Of stealings, in the shape of books and
stationery. The next year he did not hesi-
tate, and finally came home unable to tell the
truth under the most favorable circumstances.
The BEGINNING OF Wars DEsrRucrIoN-
The bridge over the Ticino, at Buffalora, de-
stroyed by the Sardinians by blowing up
with gunpowder, was magnificent structure
of hewn stone, ! 900 feet in length and cost
even in that country Of cheap labor, nearly
100000. 1t rested on eleven arches, and
was calculated TO last forever without requi-
ring any repairs. 3. id'-' % ~ II
LIQUOR STATISTICS IN NNEwYoRK.-TbeTri
une of yesterday states that official reports
disclose the startling fact that $4,000 out of
the 35,l72 persons arrested for crime during
the last year in New York were Incorporate.
They tell us that So per cent. of the sick pau
pers were more or less intemperate, and that
6l per cent. were habitual drunkards. They
tell us that the total of the pauper army in
that city exceeds 100, ,000-larger than the force
of Sardinia when on war footing-and that
it has increased 37,O11 within single year.
Liberal AND SENsIBLE.-The French Empe-
ror, it is stated, has decided that Austrian sub
jects may reside in France and her colonies
during the war, if their conduct furnishes no
ground for complaint. This is liberal and
wise, and will tend to mitigate some of the
evils Of war, which usually bear with severity
upon those not engaged in it, as well as those
in arms. The relations of business will not be
broken up because armies are in the field, and
men, innocent of any offense except their ma
tivity, will not be subjected to personal annoy
ance and losses of PROPERTY on that account
Lafayette Courier. '.i 'ii
The n. Y. Herald of the 26th inst. says.
"The great chess ovation in honor to the genius
Of Paul Morpby, the far-famed champion of
the game, came off at the New York University
last evening with great ecLat. About fifteen
hundred ladies and gentlemen were present.
The presentation of the chess men was made
by Mr.. John Van Buren, aud the watch by Mr..
II. j. A. Fuller. Mr.. Morphy replied in a
neat and graceful manner, acknowledging the
| compliment that was paid him in manner to
elicit much applause and sympathy at the
hands Of the audience. The affair was an ex-
ceedingly pleasant one, and will long be re-
membered by all those who had the pleasure of
| participating in the ceremonies. Speeches
were made by Messrs. Van Buren, Fuller and
Morphy." -.. .. s.an
CosT OF THE UTAH WAR.-we ind In the
| Constitution of the 2lst tabular statement Of
the cost of the Utah expedition to the end Of
! the second quarter of 1858. The figures are
taken from the Quarter Masters Office, and
are consequently, as far as they go, authentic.
They sum up $5, 1872 789 SO. How much this
has been increased by the expenditure up to
this date, is not shown, but two or three mil
lions may be taken as an approximate esti-
mate, without any danger Of exaggerating.
Much Of the supplies which have been sent
| out were not paid for at tho date to which the
returns have been made up. Many trains had
not reached Salt Lake City in time TO be com
prsed in the reports from the bureau In Wash
ington. We have no doubt that the aggregate
expenditure up to the end of the present fsea
year, which terminates in June, will range be.
| tween seven and nine millions. =.
A Bishop OH the Carriage Abuse.
The Catholic Sentinel Of the 21st of May
contains letter from Bishop Timon, in rela.
tion to rule recently promulgated by him re-
specting the number of carriages TO be allowed
in attendance upon funerals among Catholics il
the diocese over which he presides. b He says
"The abuses of funerals often making then
become pastime, a pleasant driVje the frequen
desecrationio Of sacred rite and duty; the un
christian scenses, at times, occurring even II
the graveyardj the outraged feelings of rea
mournersj the widows aud the orphans who
next day, had no food but what charity sup
piled, yet seldom the charity of the friend
who, the day before, so freely spent their none,
to hire twenty or thirty carriages for the almos
Jrotic of funeral; the tyranny of worse thai
pagan custom, forcing the poor man, on pain 0
being called mean, to give his last dollar for
carriage, and leave his family next day withou
breadj the unhonored grave OF the dead, un
marked for months or years even by a cross
after all this friendly displsyj the tumuit ii
the graveyard; the riotOus conduct, whicl
respectable, desecrated the eemstry, deprive
It Of Its prestige for good, and often took ava
. the wish Of again reyisiting IL; all this, an