Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-15

XARIETIEH.


Words are but poor fg-leaves to cover the
nakedness of deeds.
A farmer of Fremont, in this State, lately
dug up birch root llS feet in length.
What is it that you break if you name2
Silence.
The police of Memphis, Tenn, appeared in
uniform, few days ago, for the first time.
The deaths in Chicago during the month
of August numbered 308.
The entire population of Richmond, Va.
by the new census, is 37,968, an increase of
10,398 since 1850.
Rev. W. W. Hammersley, minister of
the o. S. Presbyterian Church, died in Char
lotte County, Va, on the 18th inst.
Out of 500 sailors now on the United
States frigate Niagara, only thirty-four take
their grog ration.
Alexandra Dumas has Just established
newspaper at Palermo, called the Iude-
pendent.
There are no fewer than seventeen persons
now confined in the New York Tombs upon
charges of murder.
Geo. W. Grist, shot by the Lathams, at
Washington, N. c., on the 4th inst, in po-
litical quarrel, has since died.
The contributions for the relief of the suf-
ferers in Syria in New York has reached
little more than $4,000.
The city Of Portland, Me-, was left in dark
ness the other evening, an hour or two, in
consequence of break in the gas pipe.
J. W. Ball, white man, convicted of
stealing horse at Raleigh, N. c., was SEN
fenced on the Sth inst, to receive thirty-nine
lashes.
We absolve a man from gratitude to us
when we remind him of favor; the obli-
cation from that moment becomes simply
dopt-to be paid on US soon as possible.
The top of Lincoln POLE 2O5 feet high,
in Henderson, ILL.,, having blown off, Charles
Clark climbed to the top, 180 feet, and spiked
on flagstaff
A parent in Jersey City, N. j., who threw
pot of hot tea on his son, few days since
has been sent to the county jail for thirty
days.
The Columbus (O.) EVeniag Bulletin after
a wretched existence of seven weeks, has
ceased to appear. Cause-lack of brains
and money.
The life elegant, according to Balzae, is
the perfection of the exterior and material
life, or the art of spending an income like a
man of spirit.
A tin box, containing $4,000 in counterfeit
notes on the Northwestern Bank of Vir-
ginia, was found concealed in q stable at
Wheeling, a few days since.
The Chicago and Milwaukee papers have
every day notices of the finding of more
bodies washed ashore from the wreck of the
Lady Elgin.
Gerard Fournet having had difficulty
with Mr.. Carrere, in st. Martinville, La,
recently, was shot in the groin by the latter
and died.
Fanny Stephens was last week arrested at
Memphis Tenn, for kidnapping little girl
from St. Louis. The mother had been for q
long time in pursuit Of her child.
A box containing twelve hundred dollars
worth of jewelFy, was stolen at Niagara
Falls, on Monday, from q peddler, who, in
an unguarded moment, had left it upon q
hotel table. ''' A- r-
Jacob Milan, of st. Louis, tried to save
snuff into the eonstables eyes, but did not
succeed.
The other night negro, in Lynchburg,
Va, in attempting to escape with some stolen
bacon, jumped down preeipice thirty feet
high, and was instantly Killed. .
In Milford, Mass, on Friday, couple Of
drunken men quarreled, and were separated
by friends: Soon after, the assailants pistol
accidentally went on, leaving three balls in
-'S "" ~
During thunderstorm last week, at La
crosse, Wis, the lightning shattered a gate
post only four feet high, and only few feet
'iViH q A 'n'n = W.
An Iowa farmer who failed to sell his land
last spring at $40 per acre, netted $23 per
acre, from the prolific crop he has just har-
Louis Napoleon's agent was at the Spring
field Mass horse-show, and bought horse
for his Imperial employer. The price paid
was 81 200. .... f... g. %. ~ r.. .. g.. - 4 .