The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-01
NEWS AND GOSSIP.


as-Tbere are eighteen Shaker Societies in
the United States, numbering 1868 members.
&z8- Robert Wells assembled in balloon at
Chsrlestown, S. G., on Tuesday, and "landed"
plump in the river, near Drum Island.
NS- Thousands of wagons arc now on the
route from Missouri, destined for Grayson,
Collin, and the adjoining counties of Texas.
@arLola Montez is residing at Brooklyn,
N. T., with some intimate friends. Lieut..
Heald left her in his will an annuity Of $500
during life.
@-In one of the Methodist Churches at
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,i in England, upward of
nine hundred persons have been admitted into
the church. a. ~rA . .., o.
Ns- Mr.. Alfred Robinson, Of Hartford, has
10 bis possession Hebrew shekel, which is
supposed to be more than 5000 years old.
They are said to be worth 500 each.
@s- Omnibusses, the first seen in Syria,
have begun to run at Beyrout. Crowds of
natives stood gazing at them for hours with
wonder and admiration.
MTAt Warrenton, Fauquior County, Va,
recently, negro girl, about sixteen years of
age, brougt $1,32S; another, about twelve,
brought 81 200; a woman sold for 81 $40, and
q man 81 $50; also another man (privately)
for 81 500.
Gg"Colonel Lewis I. WigfalI, formerly of
South Carolina, is suggested as States Rights
candidate for United States Senator from Texas.
A number of years ago he fought desperate
duel with the late Preston S. Brooks, in which
the lattar was hadlv wnundad
N9- The Now Bedford Mercury notes large
sales of oils. The amount of the sales for the
week ending the Oath was $436,l55, and of
this amount 1854 1858 will be paid in cash in
twenty days from the date Of sale.
@e-The following hit at the water-cure
was made by Charles Lamb, and none but
himself could have made 80 quaint conceit
at is" said he, "nether new nor wonderful
for it is as old as the deluge, which, in my
opinion, killed more than it cured.'
m@- The gentleman who took ffty-nine
premiums at the Lynchburg fair is now at the
Richmond, Va, fair, with his herd of cattle,
numbering some sixty-fou or upwards. His
name is John Grouse, and he halls from Camp
bell County of that State.
GS-A woman was recently indicted at Alb.
beville, S. O., as "common scold," which,
under the old English law Is punishable by
"ducking." The Court, however, quashed the
indictment on the ground that the law is OBJ
solets in South Carolina.
M- The boiler of the steam saw-mill, owned
by Messrs. Walston & Payne, of Edgecomb
County, N, c., situated about three miles from
Sparta, exploded on Monday last with terrible
and fatal effect. Richard Gillian and Nathan
Payne, of Virginia, Charles Oaat, Of Wilson,
N. Y, and George, slave belonging to the
estate of Harman Ward, of Edgecomb County,
were oil instantly killed.
Ma-Ths St. Paul Minnssotidn says that q
physician in that place asserts that 1000 babies
were born last winter, and that the crop the
coming winter will be still heavier. The Mn
nssotian says: owe think these figures rather
steep, but this is certainly a fast country, and
n prolific climate. In few years we shall be
Indifferent whether we have immigration or
not" q.
MS-It seems that Belgian and British YES
sells, as we'll as American, have been fred into
by the Spaniards at Tarifa. The Brussels In
dependence publishes note on the subject
which may explain the mistake that has oo-
CurI6u. Iulb uOto BOoo W pIOVo tudt oil INC
blame falls on the captains Of the vessels, who
had evidently disregarded the maratime laws
and regulations, and shows that the Spanish au :
thorities only acted as they had right to do.
MgThe Courier dee Etas Uni,, in a letter
from Paris, October u, reports rumor to the
effect that General Goyon, commander of the
French troops in Rome, tried to dissuade the
Pope from his projected tour to Castel Con-
dolfo, telling him with military frankness
that if he quilted Rome he ran great risk of
never re-entering it. Nevertheless Plus TX
departed for his chateau escorted by the
General.
N8-The chespness Of coal for locomotives in
comparison with wood is daily demonstrated.
The Hudson River Railroad Company has re-
Gently added six more coal-burning locomotives
to their road during the last four months. The
whole number now In use on this road is thirty
one. Tho burning of coal reduces the current
expenses of a locomotive forty-fve per cent,
an item that adds largely to the profits.
m@- Mr.. Burton, the African and Arabian
traveller, has written letter to the London
Times, in which he states that the great lake
supposed to occupy the center Of Equatorial
Africa, is in reality four lakcs--the Ujiji, Wis
tied by him in May, 1857, the Nyanza, visited
by Capt. Spoke, in July, 1857, the Chama,
whose position was fixed by DR.. Lacerda, in
1900, and fourth, the position Of which had
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