The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-12-07
PEN AND SCISSORS.


NyAn actress, if pretty, frequently gives
up the stage for a carriage.
Ms-vice versa, is, literally translated,
vicious verse.
gsg~A young lady who awaits impatiently
her wedding day may be suspected Of
man-ia!
&arA oung MILDLY, who was making his
first voyage, had SO severe an attack of sea-
sickness that he hre'o up his commission.
&s- The young man who pays his addresses
to dumb.bslles is in no danger of being dis
carded.
NJ" The most profitable business in Virginia
recently has been the manufacture of rogi-
mentals and uniforms for citizen soldiery.
GS~ Avesselreceutly arrived in England from
Sebastopol, with u cargo Of two hundred and
thirty-seven tuns human bones. There Is glory
for you of the rarest kind.
@S- The November number of the Reuue des
Deus MendeS has an elaborate review of Mrs.
Stoves new noverby NJ. Cucheval Clarigny,
under the title Of La ,foncec du ministre.
&ss- John Dougherty, young man, hung
himaelf in his room in Brook lyn, N. Y, last
Friday, after three attempts, two of which
proved unsuccessful.
Bs-The great work of III. I'hiers, the "His-
tory cf tho Consulate and Empire" which has
come to an apparent stand still for the last two
years, is to be finished this winter.
S-Capt. John Brown was hung in saigy
in front OF the st. Louis Court house last Sat-
urday, by the Same persons, doubtless, who
draped the ofico of the Missouri Democrat with
Grape.
Gs- The Episcopal Church in tho United
States contains 81 doceses The present num-
ber of bishops, provisional bishops and assis-
tant bishops is 43 priests and deacons, 5000;
parishes, 2,l1o.
G1-T The Marquis do GaiAet &C. A. Bries-
ted's antagonist in duel) has married Mile
Laffitte, a grand daughter of the celebrated
banker; tho French Empress negotiated the
marriage.
GE-A AT recent execution in kentucky, the
| clergyman prayed that all present might be
duly impressed with the ''shOrtness of human
life." The man on the platform seemed to be
convinced Of the fact already.
&B~ Prof. Tishendorf has received from the
| Monastery at Sinai an ancient MS. Of the
Bible which has never been published,
or used in the preparation of any printed
| Bible.
G9-At q recent difficulty in Antioch, Tenn,
during q shooting match between Geo. ABB
bott and man by the name of Ward, Abbott
was shot entirely through the body and al
! most Immediately killed.
GS-The sale of "The Minister'S Wooipg"
has already circulation exceeding $4,000
copies. Mrs. Stowe has realized moro than
$4,000 upon it, and will probably receive as
much moro.
N5"A recent letter from Paris states that
the display of jewelry, not emily on full-dress
occasions, but even in the morning, driving
and MONDAY apparel of tho French Empress
and her visitors, is truly magnificent
ex-senator Sumner has been chosen a for
oign associate member Of the French Society
Of Political Economy at Paris. He is the first
American on whom this honor has been con-
ferred.
Gg- A requsition is TO be made, it is said,
upon the Governor Of New York State, under
the Fugitive-slave law, for the surrender Of
H. r. Helper, author of the Impending Crisis,
and Professor Hedrick, expelled from North
Carolina University.
G1-T The two most success full books of the
late London season are declared to be always
after Adam Bede,) Our Farm of -Four Acres, o
two-shilling book by Miss Coulton, and Alpine
fsaks, Passes and Glaciers, a volume Of mixed
science and adventure.
ms At Msssrs. Smith & Elders recent
trade sale in London, $1,000 copies Of their
new half-crown edition Of Miss Brontc's life
were disposed Of, notwithstanding tho large
sale it has already met with at the former price
Of six shllings.
G8-The Warrenton (Va.) Flag, having
been informed that over twenty copies Of the
New York Tribune are taken at the Postoffice
Of Prince William County, suggests that those
receiving them should not only be presented
before the Grand Jury and fined heavily, but
dealt with even more severity.
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