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Letter from Ohio.
--The following is an extract of a letter written by a gentleman of Tiffin, Ohio, to his cousin, a lady residing in Lewisburg, Greenbrier county, Virginia.
Its perusal has afforded us very great pleasure, and would seem to justify the hope that there are yet remaining in the Northern States more good men than were found by the Lord in Sodom at the departure of Lot from that ill-fated city:
"I am pained, my dear cousin, to think you should form such a poor opinion of me, as to think that I should be recreant to the principles of right and justice, which I have always fought for, and to which I have steadfastly adhered, in defiance of infuriated mobs, thirsting for my heart's blood.
For two weeks my life was in my hand, but, thank God!
I had manhood enough to proudly maintain my position, and boldly proclaim my sympathies.
Not one of the miserable scoundrels dared raise a finger to my injury, but, like a set of cowardly curs, that they were, stood at a
The Daily Dispatch: November 12, 1860., [Electronic resource], Taking time by the Forelock . (search)
Escape of a convict.
--While the penitentiary convicts employed on Capitol Square were taking their dinner on Saturday, one of the number, named Alexander Wright, alias Allen Smith, slipped into the Governor's kitchen, changed his variegated suit for one of more sombre line, and quietly walked off in the presence of the soldiers, who suspected nothing wrong.
By the time the fact was made known, the convict was beyond their reach, and has not been recaptured.
It appears that he had picked up a coat belonging to one of the cart drivers, but how he got the other articles of raiment, nobody seems to know.
Wright evidently thought he was right in making the exchange, since it gave him a chance to snuff the air of liberty for a while.
He was sent to the penitentiary from Greenbrier county, in the month of May last.
The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1860., [Electronic resource], Encouraging. (search)
The sixth anniversary of the promulgation of the dogma of the immaculate conception was celebrated in most of the Catholic churches, on Saturday last.
On Friday, a woman in Boston was arraigned charged with being a common scold.
She was held to bail in the sum of $500 for her appearance at court.
Cardinal Antonella's family have offered for sale all their estates situate in the Command of Rome.
The word "diphtheria" is Greek, and signifies membrane, and was introduced in 1827 by Brettonean, of Paris.
"Washingtonian" is proposed as the name of the Southern Confederacy, by some of the Alabama journals.
The United States brig Dolphin left Buenos Ayres, October 21, for home, via Montevideo and Rio Janeiro.
Berger, the billiard player, is now in Philadelphia.
Andrew Fegus, of Greenbrier county, Va.'
was killed on the 30th ult., by a falling tree.
The Daily Dispatch: November 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ran away--ten dollars reward. (search)