The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-06-17
Various Etenaas.


There are two things very hard-onc, to
talk of yourself without being vain; the other,
to talk of others without slander.
Sewing machines are run by steam in Bridge
port, Conn, at the rate Of 200 stitches por
minute.
The Boston Traveller says with great truth
that sit is easier to get twenty good writers
than one good editor" Tho fact is not, how
ever, generally appreciated.
Years ago the significant letters q. T.-Gono
TO Texas-were used as a means of marking
upon the ledger bad debts. Now tho initials
G. p. P.-Gone to Pixies Peak-are used for
tho same purpose.
Santa Anna has been formally invited back
into the country; his titles and honors and i'm
mense estates restored to him by special de
cree; and an expedition sent to meet him on
the sea coast
The New York Express thinks that the cart
of lying Is probably best learnt in the manu-.
iacture Of War Bulletins. 1t is difficult TO say
which is tho more perfect in the trade-the
French or the Austrians--but VIC conclude they
are about ovon.
1t is stated that man named Clarke living
at jamestown, KY, has had the bydrophobia
for twelve years and still lives. He has
spasm every day, which he relieves by dose
OF lobelia, and in that way keeps himself
along. -...
The Washington Constitution denies that
there is any truth in tho report circulated by
the New York Herald, of frauds in the POST
othce Department, by the use of counterfeit
stamps. Such fraud, to any extent, is an i'm
possibility.
The correspondent of the Daily London
News reports that the Emperor intends to lay
the foundation of largo national italian
army, expected in time to swell to The proper
ton of no less than zoe, 900 men. The Tuscan
army under General Ulloa, is the nucleus al
rcady formed.
While the Grand Duke was receiving freight
at Vicksburg, on Friday last, sad accident
occurred, in which very valuable boy be-
longing to Mr.. McInnis, of New Orleans, lost
one of his hands, by its being caught under n
barrel of molasscs which fell from the deck
into the hold.
On the 9th ult, DR.. Irwin, U. S. A. of Fort
Buchanan, killed two antelopes at a single
shot, with Colts carbine, the distance being
over three hundred yards. The ball passed
through the heart of ono animal and the liver
of the other. A case Of this is sort is very
rare in the annals of sporting.
The Washington States asserts positively
that Senator Slidoll, of Louisiana, goes to
France as U. S. Minister in place of Mason.
The same paper states that Mr.. Faulkner NAV
accept the Sardinian Mission. The President
has tho authority to raise it to a first class
mission.
The day after the whirlwind in Morgan
county, Ill, a half sheet Of n letter written by
lady, Mrs. Route, to her husband, was found
on the farm of Henry Morgan, in Richland
Precinct, thirty-fve miles from the place
where it staTted--having been blown thither by
the storm, which killed Mrs. Routr, and de-
molished her house.
There are four million scholars and one hun
dred and fifty thousand teachers in the public
schools Of this country. There is one scholar
for every five free persons. In Great Britain
there is one scholar to every eight persons; in
France one to every ten persons The policy
OF all despotsms is not to let the masses know
too much.
The Piedmontese papers state that Colonel
Morelii, after being seriously wounded, wrote
to his wife the following lines: ar am covered
with glory and with wounds; 1 have, feel,
only few minutes to live, but wish that nv
last thought should be for you and for my
country"
About twelve years since, Dr. Gregory, then
living in Geneva, New York, lost purse con-
tanning 5000, of which no trace was ever found,
uh'h q low NScho slDce, Wncn Jne heCOruer oil
Geneva advertised the money, stating that the
person who had found it had become religious
and felt that he could no longer keep property
which did not honestly belong to him.
Boston paper states that of 75S clcrgymcn
attending the late anniversaries in that city,
but 73 wore the professional badge, the white
cravat The growth of hair on the faces of
many of the divines, was another sign that
they are willing to stand as men among men,
and to hnd their appropriate distinctions in
something OF more consequence than peculiar
tiles Of costume.
THE EXTENT OF LoNDoN.-London is rapidly
extending its boundaries. 1t covers an area of
one hundred and twenty -one square miles,
equal to square of eleven miles to the side.
The population in this area amounted in 1901
to 1898, and in the year 1850 to 2,362, 1856.
The London of 1858 is equal to three Londons
OF loOI; 1t has now larger population than
the six Now England States.
On Tuesday morning, about threo O'Clock
Major Thomas A. Morgan, a citizen of Louis
vile, died from the effects of arsenic, which he
had taken several hours previous. Mr.. NJ.
was about sixty years Of age, and leaves a
large family tn lament his untimely death. He
was at one time prominent merchant in Lou
isville, but more recently book keeper in a
mercantile establishment.
Mrs. Abigail Center, of Manchester N. H.,
committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon last,
by swallowing strychnine. 1t appears that
just previous TO swallowing the drug she had
quareled with her husband, and when the poi
son commenced its deadly work made frantic
appeals to be saved. Physicians were sont for,
but 1t was too late. Her convulsivo screams
and writings are described as being most ter
rible, and her pleading for life of the most
heartrending character. .. ......
The story going the rounds of the press that
man by the namo of Holden, in New York, A.,
had shot dead the seducer of his daughter, is
thus disposed of by the N. Y. Saratogian:
The Waterviet Democrat of Saturday last
published a communication dated at Saltwater,
in this county, signed Miles IL. Robbens, Civ.
ing an account of the murder of young man
named Hiram d. Case, by man named Hol-
den, whose daughter Case is alleged to have
seduced. The most diligent inquiry has sat
is6ed us that tho whole story is q fabrication.
imposed upon the Democrat by eomo gracoless
scamp.
A letter from Cairo, Egypt, says: The gem
eral subject Of conversation In this CITY is a
discovery Of which has just been made by the
well-known archeologist, M. Mariette. He
has found at Thebes, after long and difficult
researches, the tomb still intact of Pharaoh
Amosis. The King is lying in coffin, com
pletely covered with gold leaf, ornamented