Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-13
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A Virginian is to succeed Mr.. Walker as
Secretary of War in Mr.. Davis's Cabinet. Cd
We expect that terrible FIRE will break
out very shortly at Manassas Gap, Va.
Twenty deaths occurred in Memphis, Tenn,
during the week ending Saturday.
None of the Summer hotels at Saratoga, N.
Y, have yet been opened. .-..
The deaths in Chicago in May were one
hundred and thirty four, against one hundred
and two the same month last year.
Quite severe earthquake shock was felt
at Huntington, Vermont and the surround
ing towns, early Sunday morning. r..-.
Government is to station, two armed
schooneIs near Nantucket, Mass, to protect
that distinguished island. &.
The fruit crop in New England, according
to accounts from various quarters, will be
small this year.
R. A, Johuson's horse, "Uucle Vic" Won
the three mile race at Lexington, KY, on
Saturday. s..
There are eight thousand men at work on
the Suez Canal and it is to be opened next
year.
On Tuesday evening Samuel Elwell, at
Waltham, Massachusetts, committed suicide
in his cellar by cutting his throat.
On Tuesday, Randolph Stickney, of East
Lexington, Massachusetts, committed sui
eide. He was deemed insane.
The receipt of specie in New York, from
England, were over $2,250,000 on the 9TH
inst. This is unprecedented.
The municipal government of New York
haa toA e., fha Ar,O 20
celebration of the Fourth of July.
If the Mississippi rises much higher, the
troops at Cairo will not find it easy to keep
their powder dry"
1t is stated that the cannonading at Acquia
| Creek, Va, was heard at the distance of one
hundred and fifty miles. IT ..'
The mother of States, says Geo. D. Prem
| tice, has lost her character. She is mo bet.
ter than she should be-" 1t is to be hoped
that she will have no more children.
Amelia NJ. B. Chisholm, an actress at thu
Howard Atheneum, Boston, died suddenly
the other night, aged seventeen years ant
nine months.
The man jackson, who killed Colonel Ellis
worth, was originally from Washington
County, KY, and resided near Springfield
for some years.
The subscription in Memphis, Tenn, 70
the wife of Jackson, the "hero" martyr o
Alexandria, has reached nearly $1,000. 0
don't!
The United States Court in Philadelphi
has prosecuted a merchant of that city 70
selling worthless coffee, at an exorbitan
price, for the use of volunteers.
The London Critic, in a notice of Mrs. q
r Gtnuaia peorL of OrTis TeJ1nH Saua he
forte is niggers-pious and impossible mig
gers.
The Mobile (Ala.) Register and the AdUe7
4 tiSer of that place have merged into ont
under the name of the Advertiser and Reg
lister.
Benz. Lecine, about fifty. eighty ears of age
committed suicide at the residence of his sor
on Second street, South Boston, on Wednes
day last, by taking laudanum.
Colonel John B. Magruder, who swor
recently that he would never take up arm
against the Union, is in command of th
heaviest battery at Manassas Junction.
The world famed hippopotamus, whic
created such ttroTe in London, at the Zoc
logical Gardens, has been brought to Nor
treal, and will be exhibited there next weel
The Postmaster General remarked, in cor
yersation recently, that the mails would b
carried regularly upon the Baltimore an
Ohio Railroad this week.
1t was announced in the Supreme Cour
at New York, on Tuesday, that the FORE
divorce case had been settled finally on I'll
appeal.
General 10. Lane shot himself seriously
late, in Douglas County, Oregon-the ba
entering the lower part of the breast AT
coming out at the shoulder.
Awriter in the North British ReVie,O {
the American crisis, denounces the Ne
York Herald as Northern journal
blasted reputation and iryinitesinaGI influence
Two drunken men lay down ON heap
straw, on the track, near Edinburg Bridg
= Va, on Saturday, and were run over, i
: stsntly killed, and their bodies dreadful
mengled.
1t is stated that twelve of the friends
Jackson, who was killed at Alexandria, Vi
have bound themselves by oath to slay o.
thousand United States troops to aven
: him.
Il. Motley, one of the most celebrat
historians Of the age, has written splend
letter to the London Tunes, upholding Z
] Government of the United States in t
}, present crisis.
o IL IS sald 70 be an estaOnsneu Iacti Lnat
sorts of brute animals attach themsely
: more readily to men than women.
hardly know to which of the sexes q
1. preference is compliment.
: The first trial by jury ever allowed
: citizens of Naples took place in April la
. Every thing was conducted with the great
decoIum, and the Judges charge was ell
a nently dignifed.
An Influential British journal is earnes
recommending the substitution of tribuu
= of commerce for the ordinary courts of j
tice, in consequences of the excessive fees n
Iaid lawy ers.
The Montgomery (Ala,) Advertiser 81
that Rev. DR.. Pinckney was elected Bish
by the clergy, but that he was not aecepta
to the lAity, and further election was pc
Al poned.
Prudence, Though the ground Of mise
cuts a river OF patience, where the m
swims in boats of tranquility along
.. stream OF life, until she arrives at the ha'
q. Of death. ~
Henry Ward Beeeher was presented, d
> ing his visit to Washington. with a h