Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-16
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were 29S.
A few years ago an opal was sold in
] Europe for $4,000.
1t is said that the copyright of Diris $
Land has given to the author $4,000.
Mr.. Lincoln received last week, from an
oflice-seeker petition said to be over hco
miles in len9th --- e..
Capt. Robert JosselyD, who has some repu-
tation as poet, has been appointed Private
Secretary to JEFF. Davis.
Last Thursday night, the old German
Theater, at Blue Island, near Chicago, H.,
was entirely destroyed by fire.
The Lumba-d House was burned, at Henry.
ID, on Monday night, causing loss of
$4,000. .- = y:
Virginia holds an election in May, and
Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina in
August. H
The mansion of George W. johnson, near
Georgetown, Ky, was destroyed by fire on
Friday-loss $4,000. "
| beggar woman sold her child in New
| York City the other day for 81. 1t could not
have been very dear to her at that price.
1t is said that not less than 10000 people
| Joined III the ovation to General Twfggs ct
| New Orleans on the 9th inst.
If had never been born" said a de-
| spondent lrishman, lit would have been
better than $50 in my pocket sure"
A member of the Wilson family has pre-
pared for the press of an Edinburg publish
ing house new life of Christopher North.
President Lincoln intends to preserve the
old-fashioned etiquette of Washington, who
never 2ined out.
F. o. Winnerquist, a German musician,
once connected with the Crisp troop of the.
atrlcals, committed suicide in Norfolk, Va.
VIM. Brockmeier, native of Westphalia,
Holland, lock smith by trade, deliberately
shot himself through the head at st. Louis
on Tuesday. .H.
Eliza Biscaccianti, the once favorite and
beautiful cantratrice, recently attempted to
commit suicide in San Francisco. She is,
a'as! no longer what she was.
Henry Kreigler, convicted and sentenced
to be hanged for the murder of Henry
Boughton, was executed in Freeborn County,
Mimi, few days ago.
An enteIprisiDg individual in Troy. N. Y.
adVertises TO furnish aspirants for Office with
signatures to petitions at the rate of 81 per
100.
The poet Alfred B. Street has been elected
an honorary member of the Literary Union,
IN Nuremberg, Germany, and his poems
translated there.
The Army Register for 1861 has been is
sued. 1t gives the total enlisted force of the
army at T005-aggregate 1922. There
are 1873 companies in the different regiments.
Col. Foley, of Louisiana, recently paid
hardu l. 1 CIT
'Bettie Ward" which is one of the heetest
OF the fleet for TIVE. mile race.
Nicholas Werdell struck John Cowell
violent blow with a stick, during a quarrel,
in Chicago, ILL.,, day or two ago, causing
his death in few hours.
Balzac says woman never can determine
whether man truly loves her; because any
apparent proof he may give her may pro.
coed from his vanity or passion merely.
Ten mercantile establishments in Ottawa.
Canada, are SO glutted with produce that
they are now refusing to receive it, even in
payment of old debts.
Scribe, the deceased French dramatistr
wrote play for every letter in the alphabet
and then kept on writing until he finished
400 plays.
Matthias Leachner was suffocated in
stantiy, on going into malt cistern, at st.
Louis, the other day, and Christian Reincke,
in attempting rescue, shared his fate.
1t is reported that Archibald Campbell,
editor of the Wheeling (Va) InteLligencer,
has been nominated for Postmaster at that
place.
On Saturday night shooting affray oc-
CURED at Wilmington, N. O., during which
Lewis Erambart was dangerously, and A. j.
Costlin slightly wounded.
Harriet Prescott the young and brilliant
magazine writer, is to be married soon, it is
said, to Richard Spofford, Boston lawyer.
Poor girl, she deserves better fate.
The first flag of the Southern Confederacy
was prepared by Com. Ingraham, and hoisted
by the daughter of ex. President Tyler, at
Montgomery, Ala, few days ago.
The rise in the Merrimaek has been SO
great within few days as to cause consid-
cradle trouble to the mills at Lawrence and
Lowell.
A wretched result of intermarriage exists
at Schenectady, New York, an estimable
couple, cousins having eleven children, six
of whom were born blind.
Mrs. Stevens, eighty. eight years old, was
burned to death at Glenville, New York, the
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a red-hot stove.
In one of the Italian translations of Mrs.
Stowesnovel, "Uncle Tom" was represented
as being beaten to death because he refused
to accept the dogma of the Immaculate Con-
ception. ..-
A panorama is exhibited at Liverpool
showing the progress of the Prince OF Wales
in this country, and contains views of the
principal cities and towns through which he
passed.
Upward of 100000 papers of vegetable
al flower seeds have been put up at the Ag-
ricultural Division of the Patent Office within
the past sixty days, and sent to members of
Congress for. distribution.
In North Providence, on Saturday two
children of Daniel Olney set their clothes on
fire by playing with matches, and were
badly burned. One has died and the other
is not expected to live.
A lad, sixteen years old, died from the
effects of drunkenness, at Rochester, New
York, on Saturday. For three weeks pre-
vious to his death he was drunk the whole
time.