The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-10-29
Quill and Scissors.

Andrew Jackson Davis, the "Poughkeepsie
Seer" has taken up his residence at Orange,
New Jersey. Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell, who
is resident Of the same town, has just re-
turned home after an absence of six months at
the West.
schamyl will probably be assigned resi-
dence at KalOuga, in the palace occupied by
the widow Of Alexander I, after her return from
TaganrOg. He will have pension of $4,000
a year, and three Of his wives.
A telegraph dispatOh from Chateaugay, New
York, of the 2lst inst, says that two feet Of
snow had fallen at that place, and it was still
falling. Chateaugay is in the northern part Of
New York. We learn also that an inch Of
snow fell at Calais, Me-, on the night Of the
Goth.
VIM. @. Jones, q promising young citizen Of
Spotsylvania County, Va, who had won liter
ary distinction at the University of Virginia,
and Columbia College, committed suicide on
the 18th inst, by shooting himself. The act
was the result of Gan affair of the heart"
f. G. Stedman having written satire on
the recent great wedding in New York, the
father of the bride, Lieutenant W. A. Bart
lett, sent him challenge few days ago, but
subsequently determined to enter suit for
libel.
Mr.. Burton, the African and Arabian trav-
eler, has written a letter to the London Times,
in which he states that the great lake sup
posed to occupy the center of Equatorial Af-
RIGA is in reality four lakes-the Ujiji, Wis
tied by him in May, 1857; the Nyanza, Wis.,
tied by Captain speke in July, 1857; the
Chama, whose position was fixed by DR.. La
cerda in 1899, and a fourth, the position of
which had just been fixed by DR.. Living
stone. They lie ranged in crescent shape,
with the horns toward the east.
Theodore Parker writes from Switzerland,
September 26; "I intended to pass the win
ter in Rome, from the end of October to the
end of March. In msny respects I an bet
ter than when left New York. have
gained nearly twenty pounds of flesh since
reached Europe, if the scales are correct, GO
ing up from 14O to 1853 n pounds. The in
crease in strength is quite equal to the gain
in weight. But the ugly cough is good
deal worse than when left New England,
and the voice feebler and yet more good for.
nothing. am always cheerful, but do not
run over with animal life as formerly, when
l had rather run than walk, and rather jul mp
than run. | shall never preach again, gu p
pose."
The weather has been very propitious to thu,
vintage in France; the wine of 1859 will be
excellent in quality, and average in quantity.
Large quantities of wel.executed counter
felt gold and silver coin have been in cirouls-
tion at Washington for some time. The police
have just obtained clue leading to the arrest
of j. B. Warder, q wood.dealer, and John
Shaw, butter dealer in Washington. Two
hundred dollars Of counterfeit money were
found upon them. They have each given
$4,000 for their appearance before the Justice
for final examination. 1t ia believed that sey-
eral other business men are implicated in the
affair. An officer received word that q large
amount Of bogus coin would arrive at Wash
ington on Thursday, by Adams & Co.'s Ex-
press, and took measures to intercept it.