The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-06-02
Bishop Davis episcopal of South Carolina,
has become nearly blind from cataract

! -. L1ne BOlu- u-nunUerS aJ like 8 IeaK now WISH
that the bright visions with which they set
out had been pro-visiofs.
The reason why whales frequent the Arctic
seas is probably because they supply the
"northern lights " with oil.
Men should not be charitable beyond their
means. There are exhausted givers as we'll
as exhausted receivers"
One of our scurrilous editors says he will
no longer suffer himself to be trodden under
foot. Then let him cease to be dirt.
The policy that can strike only while the
iron is hot, will be overcome by the perseye-
rance that can make the iron hot by striking.
The master of magnificent and splendidly
furnished mansion should take care that he
be not the one thing little amidst everything
else that is great. ..'N.,..
Misplaced honors and titles are q splendid
Sign to q wTetched inn; an illuminated FROM
| tispiece TO a contemplate book a lofty arch
overshadowing gutter.
Bishop Otey, of Tennessee, is gradually re-
covering his health, and hopes soon to be able
to resume his official duties from which his ILL
ness has so long debarrcd him.
In the absence of Count Sartiges, M. 10 Wis
count de Freilard, First Secretary Of the
French Legation, will conduct its business,
with the title Of Charge d'Afaires.
1t is said that the Rothschlds have lost
| 10000, 900 francs by the great Viennese house
that has just failed; but this is probably an
exaggeration. %. ..si
Richard Ansdale, the we'll known animal
painter, Of London, proposes to visit this
country during the present season, for the pur-
pose Of studying the buffalo of our western
prairies.
The Prince of Wales, on his recent visit to
Rome, made some few purchases Of works Of
art, and among them Miss Hosmer's spirited
little statue of Puck on Mushroom, which
has attracted so much attention.
Bishop Delaney, of Western New York, the
Bishop of st. Andrews, the Bishop of Edin-
burgh, and other prelates, took part on Easter
| Tuesday in the conservation of the new Bishop
Of Glasgow at st. Paul's Church, Edinburgh.
Commander VIM. L. Porter, of the United
States Navy, has been ordered to the command
OF the United States sloop-of-war st. Marys,
| on the Pacific station, now under flag officer
John G. Long, commanding.
According to the saying of tho Court, the
Emperor of France intends that this campaign
shall be as rapid and brilliant as that Of his
uncle, in 1895. He intends to date his dis
patches from Milan by the end of the present
month, or the beginning of juno at the latest.
Bishop McIlvane, of Ohio, who recently re-
turned from Europe, is still far from well, and
1t is proposed to elect an Assistant Bishop, who,
however, to eke out his salary, would be
obliged also to otficiate as rector of parish, or
fill professors chair at Gambia College.
| The Churchman, of May 26, says: awe
are pleased to learn that the painful accounts
of the unimproved state of the health of Bishop
Potter, of Pennsylvania, now in Europe, are
| incorrect. Recent letters from him speak en-
| couragingly of the almost entire restoration of
his physical energies"
AT Lockport N. Y, there is n person seven
feet five and three-fourths inches in hight,
who claims to be descendant of the huge
Philistine, and says his name is Douet Goshen,
from Charen, Isthmus of Suez, and that he is
an Arabian of high rank. He is described as Of
good proportions and pleasant countenance.
An intoxicated carman, a few days since
drove furiously into crowd of children that
were playing near Madison Square; his horse
knocked down boy some six or eight years
of age, and one Of the cart wheels ran over him
breaking his right arm and injuring him &c
severely in in the chest that his life is des
paired Of.
One recent morning, the clergymen of Mad
ison, Wisconsin, each found a ham on theil
door steps. Each one thinking that tht
ham had been left by some friend, took it in
In day or two it was found that the hams haC
been stolen from the college steward, and dis
tributed by the students, as a good joke, bu
the fact did net come out in time to save thC
bacon.
A Western Editor who went to Pixies Peak
few months ago, writes home to his paper tina
it is the greatest humbug of the day, and tina
thousands of men now in that region are suf
fering indescriably from destituton. A mol
Of the victims lately hung two men who haC
| haan an cod for months I,
writing glowing accounts Of the "diggings" I,
eastern papers, for which letters they were paiG
by heartless speculators. .
A merchant of New York sent his Office boy to
the bank the other day to draw three hundred
and forty dollars in gold, on check. The boy
received the gold, and started for his employer.
office, but had not gone far, when q mar
caught him by the shoulder, and pointing to @
policeman not far off, told the lad he must &c
with him, as he had passed off a forged CHECK
at the bank. The boy, being alarmed, offered
to return the gold, which the man took ant
disappeared. ....
CAN IT BE TRUE.-We have been informed
on good authority, that, on the first heat o
the recent trot between Ethan Allen and Ian
tern, the last half mile was timed by a turf
man well skilled in such nice points, who state
that the last half mile WAS made by Lantern
in the extraordinary time of one minute anC
seven seconds, and the last quarter in the al
most incredible time of thirty secondsl W.
can scarcely believe this possible, and yet Ian
tern showed an unparalleled rate of speed il
the latter part of that heat, when the mile wa
trotted in two minutes twenty -four and hal
seconds!-N. Y. Clipper.
A Western editor recently offered hat for tn
best essay on independence. The following OBJ
tained the prize: National independence
easier managed than described personal in
dependence consists emphatically in being stu
ated in a clean shirt, drawers, socks, and
nicely BACKED pair of boots, with at least
dollar and a half and a clean cambria in you
pocket, on Sunday morning, with your wifi
upon one arm and the baby upon the other
taking your course toward your own preacher
, in the expectation Of doing your own snoozin
, in your own pew, wherein no one does ventur
| to nudge you with their elbow, or tickle yo
with straw.
MURDER by MANIAC AT THE MOYRo
! COUNTY INsAEE ASYLUM. - The Rochestc
, Democrat, May 26, says: A terrible TRACED
} took place yesterday, at the Monroe Count
Insane Asylum, in which one of the inmate
instantly killed another with carving knife
Itspp0ars by the statements made on oath I
Coroner Brown, that boy named Schcnburg
a