The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-04-02

MuRDEa AT CoLuMBUs, 0.--About one o'clock |
on Thursday morning, q murder was perpetra-
ted on the corner of Mound street and the delec |
table locality known ss"Virgin Alley" Colum- !
bus German named Paulus Rupfeoht, in |
company with Frederick Keohzel and r. Drcpt,
went to the house Of ill-fame kept by an old
German woman and her two daughters, and
knocking at the street-doOr demanded admis.
sion. They refused to admit him, and ordered
him to leave the premises; but as he persisted,
the old b6g took pistol, opened tho door and
fred The ball took effect, and Ruprecht fell
dead before her, the ball having entered the
side under the right arm, passing upward
toward the neck. He was speedily removed
to tho residence of his brother, corner Of Mound
and South streets, and an inquest held imme-
diately afterward, which resulted in verdict
agreeing with the facts above narrated. The
police arrested the murdeioss, her husband,
daughter, and with them JOung nyMph named
Martha Butler, and locked them up in the
station house. At two o'clock in the afternoon
An examination occurred before the Mayor,
when Frances Miller, (the wife and mothcr,)
was committed to answer the charge of murder
in the FIRST degree. John Miller, tho husband
the daughter Mary, and Martha Butler were
discharged. - Columbus Fact. '.r......H ....
ACCIDENT AT GRRENvlLLB.--The Dayton
Journal, Of Thursday morning, says: 1--WE
| understand that one of the tubs in Turner'S
distillery, at Greenville, exploded on Monday
afternoon about three o'clock, and that young
man named Wilson was 60 severely sealded
that he died in tho course Of three hours after
the accident. The building was considerably
damaged. Wilson was the only reliance Of a
widowed mother, and when it was rendered
certain that he could not survive, his great
| concern seemed TO be for her welfare, and he
repeatedly exclaimed, 20, what will become Of
my mother when / am gone! And with these
expressions of flial devotion, the young man
passed to his last account" ..
Two MILES OF LITERATuRE.---The New YorI
Tribune says that the pile made on the fool
Of the Appletons, by the books purchased o.
them by School Commissioner Smyth, for thu
school libraries of Ohio, Ito which references
was made in yesterday Pass, measures TWEEN
ty-fvo solid cords, and the books weigh seven.
ty-eight tuns. Placed on a shelf, as usual, ant
as close together as possible, they would reach
two miles These books are to be transported
to Ohio by a special freight train. The bind
ing is uniform and substantial, and the Tribunl
compliments Mr.. Smyth very highly for hi
iudiciOus selections. -..'' J.. -. You'd 80.
"CIsAR STEAMSHIP" ."-Winans' new ciga
steamship was tried on Wednesday Of las
week, for the purpose of ascsrtaining the effec
of the experiment made with the wheel Ono
half the buckets have been removed, and th,
trial gave evidence that her speed had beer
materially increased We believe that on,
peculiarity of the cigar steamship is, that sh
has no smoke pipes. We hope she will no
prove nere-skom. Ht
THE DussELDoRV PIcTuRgs.-A New Yorl
paper says: "Mr. Il. W. Derby, of Cincin
natl, purchased, and paid down for it, tn
whole of the celebrated Dusseldorf collection
of paintings, exhibited for several years pat
at 548 Broadway, New York. The amount G
the whole transaction exceeded one hundre
and eighty thousand dollars This gallery wi
now become the permanent headquarters {
the Cosmopolitan Art Association.
TEE ALBANY MUnpRREss.-The Buffalo Com
mercial says; "There is no doubt that Mr.
Hartung is guilty Of the murder Of her hue
band, but her youth, her beauty and her so
plead for some punishment that will less shoe
The feelings Of the community than the on
which the ministers Of the law were cOmpelie
to pronounce upon her"
MAoNASINouS THE operatives ON the Low
ell corporation, this morning, were thrown int
d state Of violent CONSERVATION by the entirel
unexpected announcement that their pay woul
be raised one mia, on next payment.-Lo,ss
Adrertiser, March %.
The word Anzons--the name Of one of on
territoree--is derived from the Aztec, an
means silver-bearing.