Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-04
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The cotton crop for 1860 81 will fall short
100000 bales.
They are discovering coal oil in England.
1t never rains but it pours." @
The Irish Times estimates the present pop
ulation of Ireland at $3.50, 900 souls. ~ r.
The Burch divorce case cost SIS, ,0OO-a
small sum of money for the noise it t'made.
An exchange speaks of dog that can sing
base easily, and whose "bark is on the G."
The foreign vote of this country is esti.
mated to be about one twelfth Of the whole.
The late Rev. S. Ireneus Prime (Kirwan)
was practical printer, and worked at the
case, many years ago. in New York.
The deaths in st. Louis, No., last week
numbered sixty. eight, of which twenty nine
were children of five years and under.
The jail at Vienna, Ca, was recently de-
stroyed by fire, and negro confined therein
was burned to death. O. q E".
The hotel arrivals at Warrep, in this State,
in consequence of the oil excitement, are
reported at as high as 500 per day. ... ..
"That man." said Edmund Burke, "is most
not live for himself
The deaths in Brooklyn, N. Y, last week
were l23, Of which seven were from dip.
iberia. .r.
NJ. Ymbert is the name of a new composer,
whose opera, Les Deur Cddiz, is in rehearsal
at the Theater Lyrique, Paris.
A comic opera, Junker Habakkuk, in three
acts, by NJ. Schaeffer, has been brought out
at Berlin.
. The Athsneum contradicts the report that
Lord BrOughsm is engaged in writing his
autobiography. -....
Not less than 1000, 900 men are now in
pursuit of the 10000 great and small offices
within the gift Of the Government.
During the sixteen months ending Septen-
ber /, 1860 the emigration from Ireland
amounted to ], 1882 persons. ..-'
The Montgomery (Ala) papers announce
four desertions from the Southern army.
$40 reward is offered for each of them.
Fifteen thousand applications for Post
Office appointments have already been filed
in the Post-office Department.
Allan Pinkerton, the celebrated Chicago
detective, slapped Mayor Wentworth in the
face the other day, in revenge for some news
paper scurrility, it is said.
Professor Loot Lirpa, an Arabiaa horse
tanner, and very celebrated in his own
country, is giving exhibitions of his skill in
Boston.
There are 5,59S boats belonging to the
Erie Canal, of which l,446 are of greater
tunnage than the vessel in which Columbus
discovered America.
The home of Byron, which has been for
some time in the market, has at length
found purchaser in Mr.. VIM. Frederick
Webb.
Several fatal cases of small pox have re-
Gently occurred in England, of persons i'm
perfectly vaccinated in the first place, or
who had not been since childhood.
Mr.. Buchanan is not i'll, but says: "My
health is excellent, thank God and would
be happy were it not for the condition of the
country"
Postmaster. General Blair has decided that
a postmaster must be appointed from the
place where the office is located, and not
from any other section.
Two trappers, by the name of Leighton,
were recently frozen to death along the
banks of the Little Sioux River, in the State
ofIowa.
There are no less than 1000 Union prayer.
meetings in the United States, 800 in En-
gland, 400 in Ireland, and 300 in Scotland
and Wales.
"Did you call me a beast, sir?' "No sir
l said you were a liar and a scoundrel.'
"Ah, l misunderstood. Your apology il
quite sufficient, sir"
1t is said that Governor Wise is preparing
a speech for the Virginia Convention, whost
delivery will occupy four or i've weeks. &c
it, What an. ass am |
A sudden darkness, which lasted an hour
came over Northheet near London, on Ash
Wednesday afternoon. Men lost their way
and cattle became frantic with fear.
During the sleighing Carnival, at Hartford
Conn, on Friday, between l,600 and LOO
sleighs were counted upon one road in on'
hour. -.. ...rr+ ..-..-. Flr.
The Delaware River now yields vast guam
titles of shad-fish which sold at So SO eael
fortnight ago, now are only worth tiftl
cents. .=-a-ssr. .r
Oswego IN. " harbor is now entirely
free from ice, and there has been no-ice il
the lake outside the harbor, near the city
! uuA ihB wv Pt'Se P" AHNSA'
Della Ann Mitchell, eighteen years old, (
few days since was eating some dates, il
Chicago, when she accidentally swallowed
one of the pits, and died from its effects.
Mr.. Buckles second volume of the HistOr,
/ of CiOilisatian ia England will appear thi
month. In it he will contrast the intoler
ance of Papal Spain with the intolerance o
Presbyterian Scotland. fT %
A subscription has been set on foot il
London TO enable M. Kossuth to defend thi
\ action which the Austrian Government ha(
commenced, relative. to the Hungarian note
in preparation in London. I,,4 ,,- -,r
The Belfast (Mass) Age states that III, ,00
bushels of potatoes have been purchased il
that city since last Fall, for shipping. Al
average price Of fOrty-six cents per bushe
has been paid.
Kaulbaeh, the celebrated artist, is painting
a picture of Nero, standing at the top of
staircase, striking Tyre; in one hand b
| holds goblet. Courtiers, parasites, youth
and naked women surround him.
X George Selkirk, tie Buffalo IN. Y, } sculp
tor, has Just completed his bust Of ex Presi
dent Fillmore. and placed it for exhibition il
the Library-roam Of the Young Mems Asso
| ciation there.