Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-13
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I uppIOpIlhte one nllnOn OF uOllAr5 IOr l0-
creasing the defenses of New York city.
To what does the government owe its sue
cess in money hunting2 Ardor in the
Chase.
A young man, who has heard Of the Nor
gan contracts, wants 10 know if any Of the
Secretaries at Washington have got any
sisters left? He would like to get chance
as brother. in.law down there.
A gun that throws an iron shell Two
miles, is fully entitled to the name Of a cast
iron gun.
The British Minister at Paris receives
10000 per annum.
DR.. A. P. Miller, Postmaster at Chilli
oothe, has been removed, and Theodore
Sherer, Esq, appointed to succeed him.
According to Professor Agassiz and the
Florida reefs, the world is 24,000 years
old.
Herschell gives three hundred and forty
five miles as the greatest known distance to
which sound has been carried in the air.
The car shops of the buffalo and Lake
Huron railway were burned on Sunday.
Loss $4,000.
A Paris tribunal has decided that photo
| graphs are now works of art, and conse-
quently are not protected by law.
The Hon. Richard Stillwell, LII. D., died at
GAINESVILLE on Saturday last, of paralysis.
He had resided in Muskingum County since
1903.
The Rebels considered q bayonet charge
by Federalists as q splendid joke. They
went off at Mill Spring fast enough when
they saw thep point.
Accounts from Europe state that up to
the middle of January the weather in the
south part of France has been quite spring
like. Every thing is green, and thousands
Of orange trees are covered with fruit.
Guy W. Doan, Esq, one of the earliest
settlers and ablest lawyers of Pickaway
County, died at Circleville on the 4th inst,
at the age of more than seventy.
1t is the general opinion in England
that the Warrior could steam past all the
defenses of New York and lombard that
city at its leisure.
The skaters and skateresses got up mas
querade on the Union Skating Club Pond
in New York short time since. The fun
began at six P. NJ, and lasted until mid
night, and is described as brilliant.
Henry Coffin, Esq, formerly Superintend-
tub VI bnO uhu OholA AOSNOh lbdll-
road has taken the Superintendency Of tn o
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad.
Theed, the sculptor took cast of the face
of the Prince Consort after his death. The
Queen wanted only cast Of the hand to be
taken, and it was some time before she
would consent to have the cast of the face
made.
The Duke of Cambridge is about to re-
sign his place as Commander-in-C Chief ofthe
British army, on which occasion he is to be
created a Field Marshal. Henceforth the
office of Commander. inc Chief of the whole
army of England will cease to exist.
The army telegraph now consists Of over
one thousand miles of wire stretched through
the different camps, from the headquarters
of General Hooker on the left, running to-
ward the right wing till it reaches Hancock,
Md.
The Association of Chaplains at Wash
ington have passed q stringent resolution
condemning the conduct of some Army
Chaplains, who. have brought disgrace on
their calling, and who were appointed by
grossly improper means.
The remaining vessels at the Brooklyn
Navy-yard belonging to Commodore Port
er's mortar feet, will sail in few days to
the place of rendezvous. About half of the
fleet has already been dispatched thither
Telegraphic communication to San Fran
cisco, which has been interrupted some
time by floods in California, was resumed
on Thursday.
Late letters from Salt Lake City state
that energetic efforts will at once be made
by the Mermons to be admitted to the Union
under 9 state form of government.
Alfred Fry, the Congressman, speaks en-
couragingly of the exchange of Corcoran,
and says he will have him and his compan-
ions out of prison in ten days, time.
The Grand Jury of Cortland County, N
Y, the other day gave the opinion that
grand juries were entirely useless append
ages of courts, creating heavy expense for
no purpose.
The Montreal Pilot complains that deser.
tions from the English regiment quartered
in that city, have become very frequent Of
late. Nearly all of the deserters on reach.
the United States, join the Union army.
A bill has been introduced into the
New Jersey Legislature providing that me-
chanics and manufacturers shall have q
lien on the goods and chattles of employ,
ers, provided the same shall not exceed one
years wages.