Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-26


admission; 'The active spirits from every
Northern State have hocked to the war.
These are far superior both in bodily
strength and mental culture, to the average
Of European troops"
1t is said that orders have been issued from
Washington not 10 permit the departure of
any American steamer for Europe-perhaps
with a view Of converting them into armed
national vessels.
The famous Ohio White Sulphur Springs,
in Delaware County, have been sold for non
payment of taxes, the amount being 1913 80.
DR.. j. Welch, of Delaware, was the pur'
chaser.
MEMPHIS MARKET December 19-Whest,
81 3o@i rs; corn, 75@S5c rye, 81 70; peas,
$l@l 10; oats, $l sugar, $4,000; molasses,
2bc; no receipts er sales of coffee.
The following note was lately received by
a gentleman from his overseer: please send
me by the boy pair Of trace chains, and two
door hinges. Jane had twins last night
also two padlocks. Yours, &C."
At Camp Nevin, Kentucky, an officers
tent was struck by lightning, recently.
Lieutenant Wishart and Lieutenant West,
Of Pennsylvanis, had their swords melted
by their sides, but escaped serious personal
| injury.
Cotton, which was purchased last week
In Providence, r. l., at thirty five cents per
pound, was again sold on Monday last for
thirty-eight cents.
A Connecticut soldier writes home that
| the COmmissary at Annapolis has given the
| boys SO much mule meat that the ears of the
whole regiment have grown three aud one
half inches since their arrival at the Mary
land Capital,
! A hotel on the European plants to be built
in Washington by Boston man.
Cotton is So dear in Providence, Rhode
| Island, (says the JouTndL.) that some waggish
brokers quote the price per ounce. 1t has
been selling at two and half cents per
ounce.
An exchange says that Bishop Polk, the
Confederate General at Columbus, Ken
lucky, "has learned to swear like trooper"
The following is written as notice on
car running on railroad in the northern
part of New York Passengers are re.
quested not to get off the cars to SNOWFALL
while the train is under full headway."
This month has FIVE Sundays and two
new moons, and has, thus far, had more ad-
mirers than any December in this generation,
for its balmy air, bright sunshine and lovely
moonlit nights.
| Inc IOIOuUO b6uu6T says u luOu-
sand volunteers will be in arms in Canada
before the dawn of spring, and that twenty
Eve thousand regulars will be ready to sup
port them.
1t is asserted that the fire at Charleston
was set by some members of an Irish regi
ment who had mutinied in consequence ol
the harsh treatment of Colonel Corcoran.
The North Bridgewater Gazette says that
&c - 0f ot 4
mandatory in Campbelio, which was sewet
by q Mattapoisett man who is eighty five
: years old. 1t is said that he has been man
ufacturer sixty years, and that he has nevel
failed in business.
In the opinion of Henry Ward Beecher, NJ
) home can be perfectly happy one withou
, | three grand requisites "A family Bible,
grandmother and baby. The same author
r ity says that the finest perspective he know
: is that of a Quaker lady's bonnet. Verify.
4 Vanity Fair asks "Since the successful
exploit Of Captain Wilkes in arresting tn
2 rebel emissaries, Mason and SIidell, upon tn
briny deep, may it not be tIuthfally asserted
: that America rivals England upon tn
seize2
Q John Slidells father was a tallow-c chandler
: and this, probably, is the reason why hi
: son is 60 l0icked.
. He who puts a bad construction upon
! good act, reveals his own wickedness a
a heart.
Keep silence sometimes upon subject
which you are known to be judge Of 81
t your silence where you are ignorant will no
Q discover you.
A short time ago man became so com
Iistely wrapped in thought" that be wa
| id lahala1 and off N tho tfra ~,
= Of IDEAS"
!. A great fuss has been made about "dollar
: jewelry," but if you want to make a reall,
!. cheap present to your, sweetheart give he
!, dime and pin. In whispering this joke t
r friend, care must be taken to hold his hal
r on.
! An exchange comes to US with the motto
that "Truth" is crowded out of this issue
i This is almost as bad as the up country edi
i tor, who said, "For the evil effects of intox
4 icatiDg drinks, see our inside"
a Why is life the riddle of all riddles? Be
a cause we must all "give it up"
Horse chestnuts are used in Switzerland {
}. fatten sheep for mutton, the flavor OF whic
is said to be highly improved by them. The
are there crushed in mills similar to ou
r. cider mills, and fed in measured proportion
If otherwise sheep, in their greediness, will in
IS jure themselves.
= Ex. President Buchanan, according to
4 Washington letter-writer, took with hi
q from the White House the pictures of Qu se
# Victoria, PriHce Albert and other member
T. of the royal family, presented to the, Pres
!. dent by the Prince of Wales. .,
! The London Spectator asks Rev. DIR. Gun
9 ming why he has taken fresh lease of h
i dWelling-house, if, according TO his prediction
u the world is coming to an end in 1867.
Q A WAGaIsH CAPrAIN.-The Captain of IL
n American ship MontmOrency, which WI
q oVerhauled by the SamtsT, ransOmed b
vessel by giving bond for $40, 900, "payab
TO the President of the Southern Confede
5. acy, thirty days after peace is declared"
r reminds us of the traveller, stopped by
It highWayman, who told the thief he had I
9 money, but would give his note for thirt
II days. ..c-i..
3 The ladies of Franklin, Norfolk Count
n Mass, by general consent, brought togeth
v their old dresses, such as Dame Fashion hl
= discarded, and the whole were made in
!. fifty.six bed-quilts for the soldiers. I'll
a quilting lasted three days, in the town hal
: and during q portion ofthe time seventy.til
; ladies were plying the busy needles.
"A
n An amusing bit of gossip is ahoat amor
!, press men in London with reference to di
tiDguished member of the profession. II
proprietor of leading penny paper, in a
a. a Al.