Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-15
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Vanity Fair says Ugh water is good for
cataract.
Arrahs are said to be the Irish CONVERSE
tional weapons.
The population of Indiana is 1,347,0OO.
Ten years ago it was $780, ,25S.
Nearly 1000, 900 tumblers of ale are
drank annually in London. ....r..,,
The number of Offices in the gift of the ma
tional Executive is about 10000.
Robert Brown, one of the Oldest merchants
of Charleston, S. O., died last week.
The first ice of the season was found at
Alexandria, D. O., on Monday night.
There was lately sold at auction in Paris,
10Of note of Laws famous bank, for 505f.
An effort is being made to raise $1,000 to
make the Connecticut nayigable to Hartford.
The Prince of Wales had not arrived at
Plymouth, England, on Tuesday, October 80.
There are at the present time in Virginia
3,456 slave owners over twenty-one years
of age. .MIF 4Hs.
The Evansville Qnd.) Daily Enquirer died
soHe weeks ago, and now its weekly has ex-
pired. -,'l III
Robert Brown, an old and much esteemed
merchant of Charleston, s. O., died there on
| the 9Th inst. ~ go J
A sum equal to $500 is yearly paid out
of the royal mint Of England, in exchange
for worn-out silver. nHdr
The new st. James Hotel, on the site of
the old New Orleans Arcade, has been fin
ished and opened. --,
J.B. Waring, President of the Cleveland
and Toledo Railroad, died at Poughkeepsie,
on Saturday morning.
It is stated that the Washington ID. C.)
| Star is for sale. We have never known a
time when il was not.
80 Few persons wish to see their benefac-
tors-they feel too sensibly the difference
existing between them. 80
OF the 5000 people now residents of Dem
yer City, K. T., legs than 600 are females and
less than 200 children.
"A good many of our railroad conductors
seem determined not to bankrupt time; they
very seldom make run upon it.
On Monday, three baby lions were added
to the already extensive collection at the
Boston Geological Garden. .ra.
tits suggested that the torches used by the
Minute-men and Wide-awakes can be used
this winter by skating parties. .,.
Capt. Travis, probably the first pistol-shot
in the world, now residing at Memphis, Ten.
nessee, will shortly visit England. ''- ''.'-
= The Swedish Government has set worthy
example to the qother powers of continenta
Europe by abolishing the passport system.
s. Howard, a New England negro, has i'm
proved q machine for sewing hose, in Cali
fernia, by which he will 1ealizsia fortune.
"A Young monkey, and the only one eve
bsI fr,A n
the Boston Geological Garden, last Saturday
There isga man, who walks so slow tina
they say that he wears pair of spurs +
keep his shadow from treading on his heels
/ Twenty-dollar counterfeit notes on th
Bank Of Tennessee are circulating in Nash
vile. They are tinted andehave red backs
.. Ex-senator Pratt, of Maryland, has had a
interview with Secretary Cass concerning
! conyention Of, ell the States to denounce Sc
cession, ,y ,.4.r-. ..,szvr Il asa.. ..-,. sa.ag
benson, a slave, implicated in the late In
! | suTrecHOnary plot in Princess Anne County
Va, has been sentenced to transportation 70
life. -'ir a-r .l2J yi7f AZ %
! The Lynchburg Virginian ridicules ,Sout
! Carolina, and protests against Virginia haY
ing any thing to do with the secession move
mentT ewNsF fH1 ErF 9.aVgVg1
Aman having been frequently convicted
; in Perth, Scotland, of stealing spades, justl
acquired the soubriquet of the eknave
spades" Y E f...Ia.
: Hon. Charles Sumner gave the openin
: lecture of the Lyceum course at WooI
! Eocket Mass. the other evening, on Lafi
yette. 1.'aH aE'-.-f H-5. %
"A ''Home for Dogsp having been estaV
lished at Islington, Punch thinks KEN
: worth would have been more appropria
J locality. q ei-.a
A man, calling himself Richard SaFag
was arrested, in Port Tobacco, Md, on SUI
day, on suspicion Of being an Abolition II
, cendiary. Ha Efa.C'
The Great Eastern will remain open
: visitors during the winter. Some 800
: persons had visited her during her stay
u Milford Haven. Ifl
! The French army now in Italy kill hors
: unfit for further service, by injecting a
into an open vein, which produces instan
aneous and painless death. = tl.if
= The indebtedness of, the suspended Pasil
r Knitting Company, at Manchester, Conn,
about $3.50, 600, for which the stockholde
are individually liable. sl .,a
At ore time greater amount of shippiI
. was owned at Hudson than at New Yor
!. In l776 the city became q port of entry, al
2 her commerce extended to Europe. y
:. The company singing in Italian opera
Her Majesty's Theater, London, is as pol
, glOt as that which not long ago delectati
> theea Of musically-inclined New forkeI
The Jews in Philadelphia are about ereC
ing magnificent building for Hebre
Orphan Asylum, at anaexpense of fro
; ssysnty.fve to one hundred thousal
y MooreIs Lalia Rookh has just been pu
~ lished by the Longinans, ofLondon, Ia
as moEeselaborate style than any nEeYioQl *
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