Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-27
Mail Items.

The majority of Governor Morton of India
ma, at the October election, was according to
official count 2O,Ss3.
Forty thousand persons in Montreal or
about one third OF the entire pulation, get
their living directly or indirectly, from the
manufacture of boots and shoes
Some workmen who we're engaged in dig
ging cellar in Somervlle, Massachusetts,,
few days since, exhumed the remains of five
Revolutionary soldiers, identified by colonial
buttons found with the remains.
A Western editor in directing attention TO
an article against the use Of ardent spirits, on
one Of the outside pages of his paper pays
"For the effects of intemperance see our out.
side :"
A post mortem examination OF gentleman
who died few days ago at Waterbury, Con-
Becticut, revealed the fact that he had but
one kidney-a.faet unparalleled on reeoKd
IEIsH PuGNAcITY.- Cornelius ODe-d in
the last Blackwood tells story of an Irish
man, bound over to keep the peace against all
her Majestys subjects; exclaiming, then
heaven help the first foreigner meet"
1@-The first newspaper known to history
was published in London, and dated July 80
1888, called "7'he English Murcuyie" and it
was issued by the Government during the
progress of the Spanish Armada, to prevent
the circulation Of false reports The printers
name was Christopher Barker.
CHARAcTERIsTIc.-0n the day of election
while the voting was proceeding quietly word
came that Governor Medary was dead While
the Democrats generally ex pressed sentiments
of profound sorrow, little crowd of Aboit-
onist manifested feelings OF overlooking ioy,
and one of them called for three cheersi
loud enough to be heard by all the bystanders.
The man who called for the cheers, we under
stand, is a very pious member OF one of our
Christian Churches o, temporal o, mores
Il Mount Vernon Banner.
SoME idea OF the immense amount of tobac.
CO emoked in the world may be formed from
the fact that one of the Brazilian mail steam.
Srs recently brought to England, six million ci-
gars and that an American mail steamer
which left southampton lately, landed, before
her departure, ten thousand bales of nnman-
ufactHred tobacco. She had brought il from
New York, toSk it on to Bremen and without
landing it there brought il to Southampton,
from whence IL was sent TO London TO be shin
ped to the Peninsula.
BRAIn the country between Sacramento
and lone City Reese River, country, there are
great number Of salt plains irom one to
| three miles in diameter, and one that is at
least l5 miles across being unbroksn deposit
oi pure white salt On these salt plains no
sign of vegetation appears neither is there 10
be seen the smallest trace of animal life
There is not hare, bird, or even a lizard to
be seen. All is solltude--a painfully silent
mineral waste.
TAR Italian papers give an aceount of tar.
rible tragedy at Turin Two lovers finding
an obstacle to their union, resolved to saeri.
fee themselves The young man wrote a let.
ter TO his mother, and letter TO his sweet
heart Rosta, and then blew out his brains
Rosita determined to share her lovers fate
Her family entreated her to be calm; she
seemed to yield to their prayer, but a day az.
wards she cOntrv6d to be alone, and thea nut.
ting pistol to her heart she instantly ended
her life Her mother hastened to her daughter
the moment she heard the pistols report A..
the sight OF her bleeding dying child, the
/ poor Womans senses were reii from her by
emotion, and she is now in mad.house. Rosi-
| Ia s young sister was so slrHek by this tragic
scene, she attempted TO leap heAdforer,ost
difficulty retained.
! A 0oNscRiPTED PREAcHER-Preston Viii.
lams, Baptist minister in Kentucky, was
I lately conscriptsd for the federal army. His
congregation were going to buy him substi-
tate, but he told them that he would lead to
the rebel army as many as would follow him
! rather than allow substitute to go into the
federal army for him. He went with 235 fol.
lowers.