Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-20
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The system of penny daily papers is max
ing progress.
Sir Charles Fellowes has bequeathed the
watch Of Milton to the British Museum.
The small-p pox is prevalent in Jersey City,
N. j. Fifteen cases have resulted fatally.
Prince Alfred, the second son of Queen
Victoria, will visit Canada the present Sum-
mer. DEf t"HF 0.'f
The Georgia State Convention has adopted
resolutions complimentary to General
Twiggs.
The County Court of Louisa, Va, has
voted $4,000 to arm the military Of the
county. tfr
The number of slaves in one town of South
Carolina, containing 300 white inhabitants,
is 90S.
One of the liberal religious societies at the
West has a Committee on Courtesy to
Strangers"
James P. Regen starved his wife to death
in London, some weeks ago, and then cut
his throat. .H.r-. b
Three men were killed in Paris in one
week of February, by inhaling chloroform
previous to surgical operations.
The Delaware Legislature at its late ses-
sion passed law, imposing fine of 500
for dealing in lottery policies.
Polish Jews are noted for furnishing more
expert and desperate thieves, burglars and
pickpockets, than any other class.
Balzac says when the passions have no
aliment, matrimoDy becomes with the COM
mon people matter of necessity.
Fifteen babies, all less than six months old,
were christenedin the Northampton Mass }
Catholic Church last Sunday.
B An ARRAY occurred in Richmond, KY, on
Monday, between j. Rice Gilbert aud Samuel
Myers, in which the former was killed.
The Dublin Nation publishes letter from
Paris, in which it is stated that NJ. Mires and
John Sadleir are one and the same person.
Connecticut River is now free of ice as
far up as the head of "sloop navigation and
Hartford is once more commercial city.
A daughter of John Levy, of Memphis,
Tenn, aged three years, was found dead in
privy vault, where it had fallen on Monday.
Rev. DIR. Raffles, of Liverpool, has entered
upon the tifLieth year of his pastoral labors
IL connection with the Great George street
Chapel,
Charleston, S. @. A citizen has been pick.
ing them from his vines for three weeks
past.
Providence, R. l., is to have three street
railways, connecting the city with the town;
OF Johnston, North Providence and Smith
field. -
Many miss their mark from lettering OF
the road that leads to it. The day of al
1auc 10 m dau. the hOur Of all hDura the
present. ..r..
Some minds are like almond trees; they
have no foliage, and their thoughts, like tbs
white blossoms, spring from bare and leafes
branches. d..
Politeness is the outward garment of gooC
will. But many are the nut-shells, in which
| if you crack them, nothing like kernel is Il
be found.
A new quarterly magazine is TO be pub
| lished at Edinburg, called The Museum. 1
will be devoted TO education, literature an(
science.
Verdi thus condensed his opinion of Pic
colominii "PiccoLa poce, piccoLd stature, PIC
cola tdteHto," lpaltry voice, paltry stature
paltry talents.)
A man in Bridgeport, Conn, has solt
! three ounces. 1t was an English terrier, anC
sold for 500.
A couple of Indiana farmers are engage,
in a vexatious lawsuit about shutting II
each others cows. They are re enacting tn
bnttle of the Cowpens.
2 Mrs. S. G. Hall publishes prospectus G
her new magazine, which is to be called tn
ST. JONES AGgdSiHe, and is intended for hom
instruction and amusement.
l. Venezuela letters of February 25 represen
the country as more peaceably disposed tina
for some time past. Hostile factions wer
endeayoring 10 traternize.
William H. Russell, the well known CORE
spondent OF the London Times, will, it is saiC
come 10 this country to describe men an
things at the present juncture. 80
The Rev. J. Peres, the late Rabbi of th
Synagogue in Memphis, has sued the cor
gregation Of Israel in that city for libel, lay
ing damages at $4,000. II
The theaters of Paris paid into the hand
of the dramatic authors and composers, fC
works performed during the year 1860, th
munifiCent sum of $4,000 sterling.
The official returns OF the horses in Masss
chusetts in 1860, show that the whole run
ber was 9O,7l2 This is an increase of l6 65
during the past ten years.
In view of the general practice of Goa
dealers, we would respectfully ask if som
means can not be devised to haYe them Sc
the error Of their weighs2 ..
The third volume of GuiEot's translate
Of ShdkSpedre has appeared; it contain
Romeo and juliet, 4imon Of Athens TIC
Gentlemen Of Verona and Midsummer Night
Dream. ,.. t.f..7r ..-.-I s
Gertrude Argyle, beautiful and talente
young lady (of course) made her debut {
the Washington Theater, TIE other evening
as "Biancs," and was, it is said, eminentl
successful. r.9----
Mr.. Lumley, the ex.impressario of He
Majesty's Theater, is now the manager of tn
Theater Royal at Turin, and Titiens, Cas-
loni, Giuglini and Gina are members of HI
company.
The Emperor of the French has contribute
10000 francs toward a prize which II
Academy Of Sciences propose offering for Il
jest essay on the question of the reprodu
don of bone when broken or crushed.
A piece of woodland in Kingston, belon
ing TO Peleg Bryant, was set on FIRE on q
Sth inst. by sparks from locomotive on d