The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-02
General Miscellany.

Mr.. Everett pronounced IN eulogy on Hal
lam, the historian, In Boston, on Friday Inst.
The pulders belonging to the establishments
of Coleman & Shoenberger, Pittsburg, nre on a
strike for higher wages. "'sft r.iUr l
Another attempt to render steam engines
available for common roads is being made in
Patterson, N. j. .t....
Seventy fugitive slaves, from Missouri, passed
through GrinnSIl, Iowa, on the 2lst, on their
way TO Canada.
The potato rot is ascribed to high manuring
and consequent undue forcing of the plant, by
Mr.. Trowbridge, Camden, N. Y.
Senator Sumner will return from Europe
early in the spring, his health being much i'm
proved. r. .f. .. ....
Large quantities of tea seeds are on their
way from tho East to the Commissioner of
Patents, Washington. '.7.tg.i o.. o7
VIM. Smith O'Brien was received In be-
coming manner by the New York Committee
of the Irish Societies on Friday last. ,.,,,.
There are three hundred and thirty orphans
in the Girard College, Philadelphia, at the
present time. Expenses Of the institution last
year amounted to Ss1 ,949 3s. raoa sid alrI d
As'parcel post"-for parcels not exceeding
| two pounds-has been in operation by the Post
| Office Department of Canada since January l.,
| 1859. -s... ..
| Many persons came twenty and twenty five
| miles last week, to hear Rev. Ii. W. Beecher
lecture at Westfeld, and an old lady NINETY
years Of age) actually came thirty miles. b.
The appearance of lOcusts the coming spring,
in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennes-
| see, Georgia and Mississippi, has been pre-
dieted by G. B. Smith, Of Baltimore.
| An encountered estates act" after the mo-
del of the Irish one, is proposed for the relief
| of encountered estates in the British West India
Islands. -' --'-------
| A great billiard match $4,000 points, is to
come off in Detroit on tho 18th April between
Phelan, of New York, and Seereiter, Of the
former city. Stakes $4,000 a side.
A gentleman in Chattanooga, Tenn, has q
cow that "laps" as a dog, instead Of "supping'
as COW, and he is in great distress to know
how the animal can be cured Of its bad habit
The Canadian Parliament have resolved on
petitioning the Queen to come over to open the
first Parliament in Ottawa-the newly ap-
pointed seat of government. m 5F III h.
The old desks from the Indiana Senate Cham,
ber we're sold at public auction, in Indanapo-
lis, on Monday, for the small sum Of $3l 25
They we're purchased for the use Of the Catholi,
Seminary. 1oisat .fsH '4I I.
Mr.. Richard Golden, of English Anti Corr
Law notoriety, is now in this country on bust
ness Of private nature He invested largely
in American enterprises, from which he has re
allied nothing but loss. i,;tHf .g
The effects Of the skating mania of the win
ter of 1859, says the Buffalo "Advertiser," ar,
already visible in the blooming cheeks anC
agle frames of "our" fair mothers and daugh
| ters.l .ri t-.fI .i..f .F. Ia, .t,-.
q In the debate OF the New York State Prisoi
Bill, on Wednesday last, Mr.. Scholeheld re
marked that If the chnplains preached endles
punishment less, and the law Of love more
much of the necessity for corporeal punish
ment would not exist.1g lt.if. bUg .,.i.5. Nh,
/ One Of the extra-vigilant police Of DstrOi
arrested a man, on Saturday, charged wit
having q knife about his personi The knit
bore the inscriptiona-"J Ohm McCabe, true
bern Yankee boy, from Limerick" lie wa
discharged. tinnhd 20 ad al ais11, ih
"a 1t Is said that the surplus Of tannage is .
great that IL q ship was not built for thre
years, and th .Aysrage am aunt Of Losses b
shipments, fres, ETC., to occur during that tint
there would be tunnage enough left for yth
business OF the United States and for thelfor
eigri carrying trade. W. A'''' "'HA Fen
A. New York lady Who was present at III
Napier ball, in Washington, wore such eostl
garments and ornamentsLt the laee alone has
ing cost 81 ,090-that she sat the whole nigf
long at distance, not daring TO enter II
crowd lest her lace should be injured or h'
diamonds stolen from her person.