The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-12-01
PEN AND SCISSORS.

"Around whose 'outskrts' exied man repinss'
w-M. Louis Blanc has Just finished the
eleventh volume Of his history Of the French
Revolution. t.gr8r 4 .eg-r.~-f
@rAs q man drinks he generally grove
reckless |; in his case, the more, drains the
fewer scruples.f 2 V .g- o. gF5 r%
EEThe last Legislature of Texas, II Is said,
contained thirteen "men Of mark" Not one
Of them could write his name.
NS-It may sound like paradox, yet the
breaking Of both an army's wings Is a pretty
sure way to make 1t fly.
Ns-James McMulIen, who. was sent to the
penitsntiary from Louisville for killing Geo.
Kellar, has been pardoned by Gov. Magofin.
Holmes, after telling that dog was
shot for biting woman's leg, said 1t was a
pity to shoot dog with such fipe Taste.
Gsr The Paris theaters have been inter
dicted from performing plays with Italian al
lusions this winter.
lag- A sailor, upon being requested to de-
scribe zebra, said II looked like precious
big jaokass in Guernsey shirt.
GS- The Trenton (Tenn.) Standard says a
man named Robert Cauley murdered his wife
by shooting her with shot gun, recently.
NBr The residence of James A. Street, in
Memphis, was destroyed by FIRE last Friday.
Loss $1,000. Supposed to be the work Of an
incendiary.
NE Captain Stevenson, Of the brig Hannah
A. Campbell, was murdered by negro, Henry
Rimes, on the 9Th inst, at st. Thomas. Ste
venson formerly resided in Baltimore.
@s- The scarlet fevcr is prevailing at Sid.
ney and Bellefontaine. On Tuesday last the
Union School was closed In consequence of itl
prevalence In town.
MT Eve was the first confidence woman
She played the ball game with an apple, on O
gentleman from tho rural districts, named
Adam. f f.tI. ss.4
@rA young sawbones, having courted a
girl for year, and got tho mitten, turned
round and sued her father for "visits" he paid
her.
Gs- Samuel Wilson and son were commit
ted to the jail of Halifax, Va, on Sunday
night last, for killing the wife of Samuel
Wilson. .''
NT"Now do take this medicine, wife, and
III be hanged if it doesn't cure you" "Oh
I will, then, by all means, for 1t is sure to do
good one way or other" TO-
Me- Jacob Atkison was beaten to death
last week near Halifax, Va, by two men
named Foard, who have been arrested and
lodged in jail.
N@The London clergymen are melancholy
over the fact. that Of the population Of three
millions in that city, there are only $50, 900
communicates.
&Sr Coplado, in China, must be delightful
retreat. 1t experienced one hundred and six-
teen shocks of earthquake in twenty four hours
during the late convalsion.
MgsSenator Sumner, It is stated, has been
offered the sum of $4OO to lecture before one Of
the New York Lyceum Associations. Mr.. s.
declined, preferring to reserve his health and
strength for his public duties at Washington
@ A fire occurred in the village of Bow
don, Carroll County, Ga, on Sunday morning
of last week, which destroyed all the business
houses in the piece. The Masonic Hall was
likewise destroyed. The loss is very heavy.
M@A cynical misogynist who Is very Bit
ter upon the subject of female fashions, SAYS
that the people could get out Of church great
deal better II there was not half so much bus
tie at tho door
lag-A noted print publisher in Boston has
In active preparation portrait, taken fror a
photograph, Of Captain Brown, which viii be-
issued on (to-morrow) the day Of the exeou-
ton. ..s
N8-The Emperor Of Russia has approved
and confirmed the statutes Of society, lately
organized in Russia, to afford pecuniary assist
anoe to poor scientiic and literary men and
their families.
NEThe Boston Adosrtiser suggests that
the COW at Charlestown, Va, was killed by the
sentry because she had two po,oder horns on
her head, and because she had been tail bear
ing among the negroes.
M%Irwin and Stephen Ward, two brothers
who murdered Allen Page, of Conouk, Ala,
were hanged by mob near that place q few
days since, in the presence Of three or four
hundred persons.
A8-A day or two since James Quinn, o
hand on board the schooner John M. Clayton,
lying at the foot of Twenty ninth street, East
River, New York, was shot dead by Thomas
Downey.
@-A chap, walking along the street, see-
ing lawyers Office, walked in and inquired:
"What do you keep to sell ?" "Blockheads,' p
replied the lawyer, "Pretty good business,
guess; I see you've got one left"
M@rOwipg to the quantity Of Bolivian sill
YER coin which has been introduced into PAN
anna, the merchants have como to o partial
understanding not to receive the half dollars
for more than thirty cents in future.
MD-For kicking football In one Of the
streets Of Salem, Mass, man has recently
been fined $4 and costs; another has been
mulcted In $5 and costs for smoking cigar,
and third compelled TO pay $40 for address,
Ing. lady in tho street BY mistake.
Ms-A very large planetsrium, (the largest,
Il Is said, in tho country, has been constructed
by N, B. Jewett, Of Haverhill, Mass. II oc-
cupies q space sixteen feet in diameter, and
The center stand Is six feet in diameter, sup
ported by four legs. VIA
M@ The xrestest landscape painter now
living is said to be Calame, Of Geneva, Switz-
erlsnd. None Of his paintings have ever
reached the United States, but the Emperor Of
Russia, Napoleon III, and several other
crowned heads, are tho fortunate possessors
Of some Of his works.