The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-10-25
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Iag' 1t is stated that the President has ap-
pointed his nephew, James Buchanan, young
lawyer of Philadelphia, his private secretary
sEag~ Mr.. ]. Proctor, the American actor, is
performing at the National Standard Theater,
In London. .... ......
re- Mr.. La Mountains balloon, The Allan
tic, which was abandoned by him in the Canada
woods, has been secured and returned.
&s3- In Hamburg, Germany, out of 2,S43
cases of cholera this summer, ,l94 havo died
and ], ,l49 have recovered.
Gs- A man in Prince William County, Va,
named Holmes, was robbed few days ago ol
81 900 by Gipsies. They were subsequently
arrested, and 1850 found in their possession
Nly- The two California steamers, North
Sta. and Atlantic, sailed from New York on
Thursday for Aspinwall, taking out 800 pas
sengcrs. ...
lay> Tho deaths in New York city during
tho year 1851, was 1885; in the year 1858
23,964; the death reports for eight months OI
this year will show q material decrease in the
mortality.
HSs~ A State exchange says that dilatory
subscriber saw 10 the late ctrora Jorealis, traced
in "Iines ofli7lng light upon the sky, PAY THE
pRINTER and fearing the indignation of
Heaven was about to be visited upon him, paid
tb, bill forthwith.
Ga:s- BY an English experiment, it has boen
proved that sheltered sheep eat one-third lees
Of linseed cake and two pOundo less Of turnips
per day, and yet the increase of those sheltered
as compared with those that were not, yot
consumed moro food, was as So is to SO.
rs The Governor of Vermont, in hi.
annual message to tho Legislature, states thai
the expenses of tho State have, for severa
years, exceeded the revenue. He complains o
encroachments on the executive authority by
| the preceding Senate and House Of Represen
| tatives, and trusts their example will not bt
| followed.
NsS-T The Cleveland Herald notices the arres
in that city Of VIM. II. Hail, late of Syracuse
N. Y, who committed forgeries two years age
to the amount Of $4,000, and made his escape
! to Kansas, spending most of the intermediate
| time at Pixies Peak. He returned from Pike't
Peak on the 18th inst and was immediately
| nabbed.
Zss~Tho Baltimore Sun learns from the CEN
sus that there are not less than twenty thou
sand slaves Of whom probably five thousand
are men, i'm tho counties OF London, Jefferson
| Berkloy anG Frederick, in Virgins, and in the
counties Of Frederick and Washington, Mary
land, or within twenty miles of Harper's
Ferry.
&s- Owing to emigration and demand for la
Dor on railways, the west Of England farmers
have found difficulty this year in getting bar
vest bands. The truth appears to be that
farmers have paid such small wages, and
only employed men when obliged to for a
short time, that they have driven them away
@S-Mr. Fletcher Harper, of the publishing
house of Harper & Brothers, sailed for Europe
in the ship Margaret Eums. He purposes be-
| ing absent three or four months, during which
time ho will visit Constantinople, Alexandria
the Nile, Jerusalem, and other interesting 10.
oalities in that region.
GsrAmong the cricketers who meet the al
| England eleven at Hamilton, is Mr.. Phillips
Of st Catharines, a clergyman. He is said tt
be capital player, and probably forms him
God, and being able to walk thousand mile
in thousand hours"
&as-Here is achancc for Yankee ingenuity
Its to make weighing balance upon a..chea]
plan, so that every beo-keeper can afford Il
attach one to each hive, upon which it hang
suspended, to indicate each day the weight o
the swarm and its stores. Such thing will
provo highly satisfactory, and should at one
be invented.
Gg-In New York, on Thursday, polio
officer was attracted to house by the piteou
cries of children. On entering, he discov
cred the dead body of woman, with he
three helpless offspring weeping around tn,
body because they could not awaken her
She died from intemperancc Her husbant
is now in the penitentiary, as an habitua
drunkard.
Mg-The Angora Goat is being extensivel,
acclimated in Franco. The fleece sells q
from SO to 50 so, and the wool, or rather hair
makes excellent velvet, uniting the luster q
silk to the firmness of wool velvet. A few O
these beautiful animals were imported int
South Carolina in 1s49. They have increases
to onward of so Of the pure breed, besid
many more half-brceda.
Rs-The Messrs. Wuans's, of Baltimore
tho enterprisiug builders of the Winan
steamer, are, we learn, preparing materials 70
another steamer Of the Same model, on NOR
extended scale land combining all tho improve
ments suggested by the frequent experiment
made with the present vessel, which is locke
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