Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-18
An SORTS of Shorts.

tf~-f AAh BOEt8 Va SsAOA -
q a gavlA Portland paper makes a joke OF the
fact that Lincolns opponents nave given up
the Chase. sgsif aH 1a
AN iron-clad church is to be built in
Charleston, 8. G.
49,. LEAP year parties are In vogue In New
Bedford, and In Maine cities.
IT Is said that Mrs. Lincoln takes to high
lifemore easily than the respected Abraham.
NEW JERSEY has authorized the married
= women to devise their own property by
1i WILL re 9
LADIES disrobing is said to be sweet
~ b s'peel of bellies"
THE theatres of New Orleans are all doing
fiourishing business. ar5
81 CoNGREss is at last through the frye"
The whisky tax bill has passed. -8ds
A RAND of gipseys-ItaIians- roaming
through New Jersey to the terror OF all the
q hen-roosts. ~8 sg t2t'
JssA- Col BASIL DUKE, the notorious guerrilla,
graduated from Yale College in the class Of
1S45. arrt r
Col. STREIGHr has arrived in New York
via the tunnel out of Libby. a
Cassius M. Claws two daughters are among
the reigning bellies and beauties Of WASH
ington.
The Springfield Republican mourns over
the slaughter of Fremont by his injudicious
friends. -
The lie about Gen. McClellan's interview
with Gen. Lee proves TO be "a tale told by
an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying
~ nothing 3~vtgE
The New York public stock board heard
General Hancock make speech Wednes-
day, and then gave him $1,000 for recruiting
= purposes.
- e44 The Washington correspondent Of the N.
Y. Tribune admits that politicians have dis
persed our armies hitherto"
The fee for membership in the New York
Stock Exchange has been raised to $1,000
for clerks, and $4,000 for partners.
A SPRING DAY.-Thunder and wild geese
yesterday, with a robin-perhaps several.
-New Bedford STANDARD. sana
ARTEMAs WARD, having recovered, has
been dancing with the sisters of the Saints
in Salt Lake City.
suHn A FEMALE burglar broke into house in
BROOKLYN, New York, one night last week,
found bottle of oil of whisky, drank it
and died.
EIGHT thousand schoolhouses have been
erected in Russia since the emancipation of
~ the serfs took place.
IF things go on as they are now going,
: the niggers will soon get soyain and proud
that they viii scorn to marry AbOlitionists.
Prentice. IL
THE ladies at the grand receptions, balls,
ETC., in Washington, are exhibiting great
economy. They dress with just as little
clothing as possible.
A MAN cut his throat ina New York hotel
last week. Nobody paid much attention-to
the incident. s.a
AS a consolation to Benedicts Punch says
il is better to be blown up by your wife
- than by steam engine. -rTvfrc .5s
,t1 THE jaw-bone of an ass has done more
destruction in this country than it ever did 4
in the hands of Samson. -io2
The N. Y. Times is very thankful to Mr..
Chase for his recent letters, and tells him
~ he Is comparatively young yet-only fifty
six. .--~....
PENNSYLVANIA boasts of resting on a 1
foundation of oil. That must be the reason
why her politicians are so slippery.
The New York Herald thinks the career
of the female political orators will end in q
a. Government contract. A marriage con-
tract Is much more hkely-SprinQdeld Re
publican. . ssefss aa lol
sbag FoUR hundred thousand dollars were re-
ceived at the Brooklyn Sanitary Fair-one
nss,s hundred thousand at Albany, and million
is estimated for New York city. How would
% It do to send some Of this to East Tennessee?
"a HORSE costs two thousand dollars in
Richmond. A Confederate soldiers pay Is, |
we believe, fifteen dollars per month"; Con- |
fefIerate money. So soldier would hayeto |
cerve only between eleven and twelve years |
uvte get money enough to buy horse.
The Washington theatres are reported as
doing q fine business this Spring. Two first |
class ones, each capable of seating nearly |
80, three thousand persons, are nightly filled, |
while several that 'do' the illegitimate |
drama are equally well patronized. Green |
eos backs and postage currency fill the Golfers.
A Coop JoKE.-A Lieutenant, at the late |
battle Of Olustee, who had lost a leg in an |
engagement in North Carolina, and who
simghad supplied its place with an artificial !
member consisting Of stout wooden peg,
= battle was warm as one could wish to ex- 4
perience, q rebel sharpshooter put bullet |
q through his wooden peg. He felt the blow /
buC escaped the twinge OF pain that gener- |
ally accompanies the passage of a bullet 4
Emrougn genuine flesh and muscle and en- 4
j0ying keen sense Of theludicrous, he for |
en got the battle and its dangers, and gave way
~ 70 the neartiest and most explosive laughter y
N ne pnsneQ along the line, and approached \
the Colonel, 70 whom, after severe effort, |
ne wWapie 70 communicate the cause of his |
ifsn: m .isnd a,@css convulsed with laughter,
.ss s'Colonel BY Georgel The id rebels
have shot me through the wooden leg! Hal i
hal Dcvilish good Joke on the fellowsi' and |
With that ne hobbled hack to his position In |
the line, and chuckled 70 himself Immensely 4
PAsfrz GooDs -Asubscriber to the Glen's
Falls Messenger complains that the price Of |
The paper has been raised, and wants IA con- 1
fIndc lis subscription at the od rate of one
49, dollar pey year, The editor agrees Ia the
Il o|Icr, and proposes to take his nav II, 1ood !
cotton snccfIn& at ten cents ward. ifs old l
price. That editor knows whereof he eneaix- |
efh' ne WI paa9 muster qIl 4: either on cotton