Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-28
" An TIE y.

By preparing for the worst you may often
compass the best.
Nothing is really troublesome that we do
willingly.
The passions are the only orators who al
ways persuade.
Diptheria is prevailing to an alarming ex-
tent in Dinwiddie County Va.
The population of Prussia in 1868 was
lI793913. .....
Col. Hamilton, of Texas, it is stated, will
refuse to resign his seat in the House.
The tallest woman in England-West-
minister Abbey.
Lord Edward Howard has been appointed
Deputy Earl Marshal of England.
A citizen of Bridgewater, Mass, has hya-
cinths, crocusses and peach trees in bloom at
the present time.
The births in Hartford, Conn.,, last year,
were more than twice the number Of the
previous twelve months.
A boy nineteen years DID, and weighing
only $40 pounds, passed through Louisville,
KY, en- route for the West, the other day.
The recruits from the Newport (Ky.) Bar
racks, introduced the smallpox into the st.
Louis Arsenal, and ten cases have occurred
AT Newark, New Jersey, Mr.. Dobbs has
recoy cred 5000 of dentist named Russell,
for improper dentistry.
The deaths in Brooklyn, N. Y. last week,
numbered log, of which sixty-four were
children. ...-
In ST. Louis, last week, the interments
numbered ninety-seyen, of which forty nine
were children under five years of age.
The imports at Montreal, Canada, in Janu.
aTy, show an increase over the same month
last year, in value and duties.
A great deal of distress from poverty ex-
lists in the town of Marysville, Cal; dozens
of families having no means of support.
A question for lawyers-If the Union is
split asunder will the Boarder States be re-
sponsible for the rent2
What is the proper title for water cure
physician? D. D., because he's Doctor of
Dive nifty.
Sir James Outram, G. @. B., has signified
bis willingness to accept the command of
the artists corps of Rifle Volunteers.
Frank Looney, citizen of Memphis, was
found dead in the suburbs of this city on
Wednesday, having died violent death.
|Iler6 no less Iudu SIX uluSTeuI Dduuo
| of American Ethiopian minstrels now in
England, doing strolling and barn business
only.
The Oldest person in Worcester, Massachu-
| setts is Patrick Quirk, aged l03 years. He
is a native of Ireland and is as active as
many men of half his age.
| An Assumption" ascribed to Poussin was
lately exposed for sale at Paris for 10000
francs, and was eventually sold for 1850
| francs.
The Prince of Monaco has at last found a
purchaser for his sovereignty in the person
of the French Emperor. The price was 4, ,0O0,-
900 francs.
The remainder of the celebrated Massachu-
setts herd of CATTLE Mr.. Chenerys, twenty
two head, were killed recently by order of
the pleuro-pneu monia commissioners
While intoxicated, Horace Hopkins tried
to get on the train at Arctic Village, Rhode
Island, the other evening" he fell under the
| wheels, and was crushed to death.
The Memphis and Charleston and the
| Southern Railroads have rendered Missis-
| sippi the use of the roads for the transporta-
tion of munitions of war, free of charge.
S. N. Hollingsworth, for several years an
esteemed merchant of Memphis, Tenn, and
formerly Mayor of that city, died there day
or two ago.
William Jackson, the renowned "Ameri-
! can Deer" ran and won foot race of ten
miles, at Hackney Wick, England, recently,
against a famous pedestrian.
A Southern fre-eater came off second
best in conflict with Union man, which
! commenced with words and ended in blows,
in W Washington, the other day.
Adalina Patti sang for the first time, last
Monday evening, the role of valentine" in
Mayerbeer's H,genots, at the New Orleans
| OpeTa-hOuse.
Rear Admiral Robert Spencer Robinson
has been appointed successor to Sir Baldwin
Walker, in his Office, as Controller of the
British Navy. ..-.-,. g..--
The Duke of Wellington has given a
piece of ground for new Wesleyan Chapel,
| in Norfolk, England. He has also presented
ESQ to the building fund.
A drunken old Frenchman, who in his
youth was a ehGsseur under the great Napo-
leon, was drowned during an attack of de-
liTitm tTemsns at Buffalo, New York, re-
Gently.
The freshet on Oattaraugus Greek swept
away mother and child at Hidi, New York,
last week. Their cries for help were heard by
the husband, who was clinging to tree for
life.
The police officers of West Troy, N!tYs
have adopted new way 10 gain informa-
ton about crimes oommitted-.they take
prisoners Ou: Of jail, get them drunk, and
then pump them. ID p ~ h i
\ An acre and half of land, at South
Windsor, Conn, produced 3, $40 lbs. of TO-
bacco, last season! The grower used very
little gnano, depending mostly on barnyard