The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-30
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

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was married on Tuesday evening to Miss Mat
tie Harris. The bride was apparaled very
simply and tastefully in white, one of her
bridesmaids in blue and tho other in red-to.
gether representing the red, white and blue of
national bunting. ..-qr'a "a =; m n.r,-
@s- The biggest yarn yet is thus told by
the Winsted Herald. During the storm of
Saturday night, the Sd inst, bolt struck
tree In the door-yard of Mr.. Amos Sage, in
Goshen; thence giancing to pig-stye, in which
were a SOW and nine pigs, from the latter of
which it took che nine tails clean of, without
any injury to the animals-Ne,o Hapen Pal
ladium. '''2it ie-' D, 'f-.sf
@- A, w. Semmes, lawyer in Canton,
Miss, killed himself in New Orleans on Sun,
day night, September is, by taking morphine.
lie was insane from excessive drinking. The
next day DR.. r. M. Graham, the murderer Of
Loring at the st. Nicholas Hotel, New York,
held on inquest over the suicide, and o few
hours after was shot dead by Mr., Toledano, q
political opponent upon whom he had hesped
every opprobrious spithet. lr =, d. .o t,., '.'' q
~ mr. The Great Eastern 10 built Of iron, her
sides being only sevsn-eighths Of an inoh
thick, which, as o cannon ball would readily
pierce through, disqualifes her from boiug
used in war; Her length is $50 feet, her
breadth 80 feet. The Persia is only 800 feet
long and 45 feet wide; the Great Britain 1856
by 30, and the Great Wessern 1922 by 54 feet.
G8-In regard to the adulteration of whisky,
the analysis of some of the beverage has de-
veloped the existence in it of the poisonous
constituent Of coculus indicus, in the propor-
tion of two grains to the pint. It is a deadly
poison, and is considered fatal to human life
in quantities Of from five to ten grains. The
death Of man from drinking whisky in Penn
sylvania led to the investigation.
MArA correspondent Of the New York Ec.
prsss, who recently paid visit to the Bank
of England, says: "There was one item which
learned from the bank decidedly gratifying 9
to my national pride. Not a single piece Of
American paper which, laid over during the
late panic now remains unpaid. This, says
Mr.. Elsey, the Governor, can not be said of
any other nation Oh the earth."nn
G@ The Fast's Paris correspondent writes
that an exhibition took place at Lyons of
new apparatus for stopping a locomotive in
the midst of its speed almost instantaneously.
Its power was Acknowledged to be superior
to any machine introduced, and it will prob
ably be employed on all the lines Of France.
@3rTho French Empress has just presented
the dress worn by her aunt at her first appear
ance at church, after the birth of tho Prince
Imperial, the embroidery Of which cost 25, 900
francs, to the statute of the Virgin on the altar
Of Notre Dame do Ia Garde at Marseiles.
es-A young prince Of the ilustrioduss house
of Monaco was asked why he had married a
rich old woman. "Ma joi," was the gay
young princes reply, "let rne'ask you, what
poor man, in q hurry to get an enormous bank
note cashed, troubles himself to look at the
date Of it. ,,, L-l 'ir wv .' -1'j'noD ''a
G1-S. N. Hollingsworth, ESQ.,, was elected
Mayor of Nashville, Tenn, on Saturday,
beating his opponent, John Hugh Smith, ESQ.,,
twenty-five votes. Twenty-three hundred
votes were cast, and the contest was very ex-
citing. .5'ua y .t'i
@-A Mrs. Prescott Lawrence, of Winhall,
Vermont, died o few days since of consump-
tion, and as a member of the family had pre-
viously died Of the same disease, the family
went through the superstiious farce of burn
ing the lungs, heart and liver Of the deceased,
to prevent any more from dying Of the same
disease, ~ 5JgsH lAOl5 ldtilg
M1-It is stated that the French Government
is actively pressing forward the construction Of
iron cased ships, and the armament and i'm
provement of the coast Notifications continue
to be published. l3H aa'a g0I
Ga-On the 10th instant there were thirty
nine vessels in port at the Aourishing little
town Of Indianola, in Matagordo Bay, the ar
rivals from the Sd to the 9th inst. were fifty
one vessels. ng.,t4 r,y,
The aurora borsalis, which was seen at
Paris and In England on the 28th ult., was also
visible In other parts Of Europe, and especially
at Rome. -
Ng-smith Frye, one Of the editors of the
Peoria Democratic Union, he's been appointed
Deputy United States Marshal for the North
ern District of Illinois. - "l
@sThe Australian gold mines have
yielded since their discovery, in 1851, near
q, ,O0O, 900 ounces of the precious. metal. The
yield of the gold fields is now considered to
be decreasing. lii- .InalHW ,q.t
G@-Tho Austin (Texas) State Gazette of the
10th inst. says: We are informed that some
$4,000 have been lost in the mails lately be.
tween Galveston and New Orleans.
@a- During the reign of Napoleon III tho
French mints have coined to tho amount of
2,77O, ,S64,775 francs in gold and III, 6,9Os, ,231
francs in silver. a fI..1 70 seGpb
@-A dispatch from Cairo states that "the
Jesse X. Bell had found ell the bars from Gin
cinnati down." She went on to New Orleans
to hunt more. ., SIM.
@-The failure Of Rev. A. B. Wheeler, Of
North Bridgewater, Mass, is Tor about eighty
thousand dollars, which is tsome" for cler-