Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-29

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PoOS,OUO.
A camel express is about to be established
between Los Angeles and Port Mohave.
The steamer Magnolia arrived at New Or
leans on Monday, with 8, lls bales ofcotton--
the largest load of the season. 1
The diptheria is prevalent in Holly
Springs, Miss, and number of persons have
died there of the destructive disease.
In Southern Georgia and Alabama the
weather was, very cold last week, ac-
companied by frost. .ss -. 'tE
Two teaspoonfuls of finely powdered char
coal, drank in half tumbler of water, will
give relief to the sick headache.
1t is said that 81, 100000 changed hands on
the late race between Congaree" and
"Planet," over the Fashion Course.
"John, you seem to gain flesh every day.
What did you weigh last? "Well it strikes
me it was pound of butter"
The deaths in New Orleans last week
numbered l49, only one of which was from
yellow fever.
In August last two miners in California,
near San Andreas. took out 81, 100 in sin
gle week with common pans.
Pine-apples are now successfully raised in
Florida, proving harder and more profitable
than the banana.
John Edwards was instantly killed in Bos-
ton, on Monday, by the falling of cake of
ice, as he was taking it from cart.
Rev. DR.. Ellingwood, of Bath, Maine, has
left splendid library to the Theological
Seminary at Bangor.
Benson ]. Losing, the well-known author
of the Field Book of the Revolution, is ac-
lively engaged in preparing an illustrated
history of the war Of 1872.
The dengue fever is prevailing extensively
in the towns along the Lower Mississippi.
More than 100 cases are reported in Baton
Rouge, La, and sixty in Natchez, Miss.
The custom-house returns from Monrovia,
in Liberia, for the year ending September
30, 1859, show imports, $l43,854; exports,
$3.50, 800 %.
Richard Collins was almost instantly killed
between two cars, which he was coupling at
Boston, recently. He never spoke after he
was struck.
On Tuesday boy, Lewis Simmons, while
at work with some machinery at Ashland,
Penn, was accidentally caught and drawn
in between the rollers, killing him instantly.
1t is alleged that nearly one-fifth of the
army of Garibaldi is composed of Venitians,
who are in training to work out the redemp-
tion of thei ownr country.
The Boston 7rdOeller calculates that New
England will put afoat at least $4,000 tuns
ofshipping in the course of three or four
months. tUat. sai.g .... 4A sIst3
At the recent exhibition of the Provincial
Agricultural Association, at Hamilton, Can
ada, the receipts from the sale of tickets
were $4,000.
A Mr.. Richardson was lately prosecuted
and fined f2 for attempting to get off the cars
of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway when
they were in motion.
Some gentlemen of Buffalo, New York,
have been making investigations, with a
view TO the introduction Of windmills as a
motive power.
A new steamboat has been just completed
at Newark, New Jersey, which is intended
for mail and excursion boat for Beaufort,
North Carolina.
Reggie, lately taken by Garibaldi, is. said
to be the ancient Rhegium where st. Paul
once spent day waiting for the south wind
to blow. ~'a
Two sons of Mr.. Millican, of Texas, got
into fight with each other, few days since.
One was shot dead, the other mortally
wounded with bowie-knife.
The only child of the late Sir John Frank
lp. died suddenly on the 4th inst. She was
the wife of the Rev. j. P. Cell, of st. Johns,
Noting Hill.
The two Arabian horses, presented to
Governor Seward by Ayoub Bey, were at
the Albany IN. " County Fair, on
Wednesday.
Ferguson's Planet, found at Cambridge
Observatory, September 81, is excessively
small, being, according to a rough estimate,
forty miles in diameter. ,. =. -
Strawberries, fresh frem the vine, and
very delicious, were sent to the editor of the
Petersburg Bulletin, last week. from Prince
George County, Va. ~
The canal steamer GOcernor King passed
Syeacuse, N. Y, the other evening, with
four boats in tow, bound from Buffalo 10
New York, carrying over $4,000 bushels Of
grain. rre -.lr.ir -
E The steamship Tennessee is to be put on the
route between New Orleans and Vera Cruz
providing once more direct communication
with Mexico. .s.if
Silk culture is being introduced into Cali
iornia. The climate is warmer and better
suited to the silk worm than that of France,
where they succeed admirably.
The business of the New York Central
kaiiroad for the present month, thus far, has
been unexampled. The increase has taxed
the road to the utmost capacity, working the
employees night and day. - ~ VI
There is an elm tree in Windham, Mass,
nineteen feet in circumference. The tree
has grown from withe, which one of the
early settlers, named Center, had used while
riding, l24 years ago, = n % Z
9 A barn, full Of grain, in a Northern town
was burned, the other day, by the overheati
ing of some small eog-Wheels, which had
been dfenehed with oil, in thfashlnQ ma
chine driven at high speed.