The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-10-15


Lieut. Col. ]. B. Magruder toproceed to Fort
Leavenworth without delay. m
ms- Rev. G. s. starks, principal of the
State Female College, at Memphis, Tenn,
died last week.
gs- In Richmond, on Sunday, Rev.
Henry A. Wise, jr., was ordained priest in
the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mgr DR.. Rutland has been convicted at
Clarksville, Tenn, of killing his wife, and
sentenced to three years in the State Prison.
GrThe proposition 10 annex West Florida
to Alabama has been voted down at recent
election.
gs-stsphsn H. Branch, It is rumorsd, has
gone to California to escape prosecution for
libel upon Madame Bagioli.
mrAsa M. Wymsn, Revolutionary veteran,
is still living In Windham County, Vermont,
at tho extraordinary age of one hundred and
six years. His1nsntal faculties are still sound.
ms- II is rumored that the late Senator
Broderick, before the duel, made a will, in
which he leaves all his property to George
Wilkes, of New York City.
MarAn eccentric individual named Henry
D. Thorneau preached in Boston on Sunday
Mr.. Thorneau has lived until within short
time in hut by himself, in the woods, be-
tween Concord and Lincoln.
MS-Colonel Thomas Henry, formerly Of the
United States Army, but more recently Of
Walkers Nicaraguan Army challenged Colonel
Frank Anderson, at New Orleans, last week.
The latter refused to fight on the ground that
he had never injured Colonel Henry.
mg- The Tere Haute (Tnd.) Express says q
chap is there exhibiting rattlesnskes, who
swallows about twenty inches Of one, with its
| fangs and poison in their natural condition.
| Whether he swallows the head or tail It don't
say. He is professor, OF course, and his
name Is Brennan.
Gs- The San Antonio (Texas) papers state
| that James Beardall, soldier who was
stationed at Fort Lancaster, has been tried in
that city for the murder of an old man named
Louis Ware, near Fort Lancaster, in February,
1858, and found guilty Of murder in the first
degree.
rs The divorce docket Of the Supreme
Court, now in session in Providence, r. l.,
contains eighty three petitions for release from
matrimony. The court appears to be deter
mined to keep up with the business, and in q
single hour removed the yoke from the neck OF
twelve disconnected couples.
Ms- The Richmond Enquirer states that
Mr.. Letcher, the Governor elect Of Virginia, Is
| lying at home in a very dangerous condition
from an attack of erysipelas, a disease to which
for some time back he has been subject, but
which now is mora formidable than usual.
MS One of our scientific exchanges says
| Lna In IA
| Academy of Science in Paris, consisting Of
chalk and the residue of coke after the gas has
been exhausted, from which paste is made,
which will completely remove both smell and
infection from wounds and sores.
M9rIt is rumored that new paper Of tn,
funny kind, illustrated, is soon to be estab'
lished, by an entirely new set Of artists
satirists and capitalists. New York now pos.
sesses three men, at least, who are clever
enough for Punch-Bellew, McLennan, and
McNeven. ..,
Ma- eyes," said q kind mother, of one o.
our city churches, helping her little son learn
his Sunday school lesson, "Cain was fugitive
and vagabond on the earth; he was SO bad tina
be thought every man would slay him. Where
could wicked Cain 60 to?" "Why, mother,
replied thoughtful Johnny, "Cain could have
gone to Baltimore"
azs- At tho Erie County IN. Y,,) fair, las
week, there was q young girl, sixteen years o.
age, who had with her box of snakes, com
prising several rattlesnakes, copper-heads
California racers, and others, all of the mos
venomous character. These snakes she handled
in the most fearless manner, winding them
about her NJ I, waist and arms.
Ms-The ship Josiah Quincy, whose loss il
reported, was on the voyage from Leghorn tc
Boston. She had on board a very valuable
collection of works Of art, belonging to oul
citizens, who have recently visited Italy. The
paintings, bronzes, books, photographs, bas.
reliefs, ancient arms and armor, and statuary
that sunk in her, cost many thousands Of dol.
lars.
MrJohn A. Washington has "suspended.'
II was stated, some time since, that he hat
invested $4,000 Of the money he received
for the bones Of his great ancestor in corne
lots in Chicago. The presumption was tina
he had paid over the cash for them; but /
seems that he gave his notes for them, and the,
have gone to protest.
ns-Ths city of New Orleans is ovsrrun a
night, by men in masks, who commit all sort
of outrages. The Bee SAYS Many familie
living in the portion Of the city infested b.
these masked men have become seriousl,
alarmed, add are afraid to walk the street
after dark. Many Of them are afraid to speal
of the matter lest tho msskers should wreal
vengeance upon them.
M-A vigilance committee in Lafayett
!. Parish, La, visited the house Of Bernai
Lacouture, who had been "warned" on tn
night Of the 3Oth ult., and calling him to tn
door, shot him dead. The mother Of the vic
tic attempted to get a warrant for the arres
of his murderers, but the Magistrate refuse
to receive her statement, and the Corone
resigned rather than hold an inquest owe
the body.
narThe London Court Circular has funn
story about q lady, named Colson, residing /
Hyde Park Terrace, who, more than siItee
years ago, resolved "never to see the light
4 day again." from having been disappointed
her matrimonial views with Colonel h
Ever since the year 1S43, this eccentric maide
q has lived and slept in Q chamber from whic
all light is rigidly excluded, save what Is ful
nished to her by the wax chambers Of Picca
dilly.
n mgLetters have been received in Englan
4 from Doctor Livingstone, the African travele
At last accounts he was at Expedition Islant
having witnessed various battles between u
j Portueu and the natives Of the country,
which the latter were badly defeated. In on
case the natives were found in possession I
J: many pieces of bronze cannon. He had o ver
narrow escape from death by drowning, an