The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-10-01
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

nignt OF sunday, August %, was witnessed
throughout Germany, where, also, as well as
In other parts of Europe, its peculiar freaks
with the electric telegraph were observed.
This was particularly the case at Ollmutz, vi!
emma, Gutenberg, Parduwitz, Cracow and Brus-
seis. The operators at Antwerp were aroused
from their slumbers by the nnging of the sig.
nal bells. AT Paris, London and Berlin, COM
munlcations were interrupted till 1880 A. NJ,
Whlie the submarine line between Dover and
ostend remained undisturSsd. Tho aurora
Italy. M. .',-.'F
GG'In the middle of the road between Nj.
agara and Queenstown there stands an old oak
tree, which pos Aesses considerable historical
interestircm tradition connected with it. 1t
Is, tnat in one. of his pedestrian excursions to
ine talis r.e "Bard of Erin" sat down under
its u.s. e-spreading branches, and composed the
~ 0od' peoker Tapping" II goes by the name
OF Tom Moore's Oak" 1t is gradually yield
l1g 20 the destroyer Of all things, has lost all
appearance of vitality, and is fast becoming o
oare, vordureless ruin.-Bu6alo Esprsss. q 2
G3rThe Boston Pos. is informed by q pri-
.yate letter that Mr.. John E. Gowcn, the con-
tractor for the removal of the sunken vessels
at Sebastopol, has been invited by the Allied
Commissioners on the Danube to raise a large
number of vessels sunk at Seluna, entrance
of the Danube, and to remove some serious
lmpediments. He has also been invited by
the Austrian Government to raise several
ships-of-war and large war steamers sunk in
the harbor of Venice during the late war.
q lGg-t On Monday morning last Mrs. Ham
omu, Mon' & wiie VI torser llainmona' Oh bfightonI
wes e" j., tha' nes Will strange aeate.l lshe
f,on, Eon ~ snv H. catry,ns eSo pans water
IN meai y TIT sne stumbled
TO hroaS ss 'hos aao,s sSa III sucn way as
oxnred hoE"no J0A. Sh HII was ss .shsn up' 1ut
bopao o''oie 'iie 'ou'o We cafrllea pl in0o tne
q n-A curious fraud in iI5 the s.,s II asAtE Of t.
been discovered in Boston, The hp,v was a.
loaded that person could crawl ~. W" bo,s IL
left near the bottom of the CAR and in ts tb;s
place a colored man. in the e,nnIn,, of ~. har
speoulator. was in the habit nf npmc.a,;n 10y
self while The hav was b.;nn ss;mhad g.. -
of The purchasers have na;d sor Er'9 him & d"zan
times over. r~ N'-''.
yums-A book is pnout ~ In. l,,nhGshoa civ.
ing detailed ,ccount ~ tba. ] s,a,;so Of stha
Yacht Wandcr,. ,vbsn An hs~ Tost sIa Vim, o,
nedition. rrh;s hob sa,so AZ" Thsrissston
Mercury will make a. ssnsaf;on n ia h,n,,sht
out bys nersn asJ b taNs hs
turas. md will pive n,innMte M acconnt - mt tbareof he
.,bd will m aIo somo dovainrn,ents ;,,,,oI ~, =
the reputation of many public mon of this
country. El'{iWalJH.f = |H0
80, 1ass.Iet Nsw york f,,h;on,oob,e, ro;o;o.
Their tnrn will .oon co,ne Whst ,v;1i thon
thot vhsn nooS WI ,y
that tbs iad;es .snJ Sress1noLa,s "e $780,, De w.,
nos;tivslv now tat;ns their fash;ons f.nro o
England? The French women are wearing
the red striped 'petticeat of Wales and the
plumed transformation of the wide-awake,
which 50 oharmingly adorns the heads of Lon
don Amazons in Rotton Row.
"a. 4o~A, A.. .ma.t .aE
Edams;s Ernrssp ~ snpIon. ~ ,hra. % ~ ,honasmS o1u;
sau.,, Nv IsIySsss s..is.t s.LaI1.I
has nine hundred and ninety.two agencies.
and that its messengers travel daily, forty
thousand one hundred and ffty-two miles on
railroads and Steamers distance equal to
once around the globe and two-thirds around
it a second time. n 90 va S4aAEAA /
fs-John Wells, FREQ colored man, who is
subject TO the provisions Of the late law OF the
Legislature, obliging to elect q master, OF leave
Louisiana, has taken steps to carry out his
wish to DO the former, 10 has hled q petition
through his attorney, IN tho sixth District
a master. ~ n Z SO. ! ~ 's'e' 80 " ~
aa-m,,o VI
=. u.N ~ tno Newi Yrh SoE[.sr says aassiye ais
%eL 1StJn was .ae Pr.ne Giiarae.eI's!io oi Mr:
nv. wo'sS1i @I piouuIttYn ui,anI peauSy VI
T.,orot,,o h; Tt.;ItL;oa 49,: fL.
iaresint admirable keeping with the different
mental structures of their authors q IEf,i
- - . -. IvH,,lL =, !. .
1 McAiplne, conVictea IN MeW YORK Oh
smS snaOd a sJe sUJerness' =. S "a LESLIE, was sen-
mant % II Ha made = arand;Io9uant ~ @ % anapob prls0a ~
the court, in which he quoted Scripture, and
declared himself as "innocent as an angel;"
but the hard.hearted Judge thought other
wise.
II ma-Dr. stepf,en Sweet. Of Franklin, Conn.
is sixty. three years of age. He has had
three wives and seventeen children. The
youngest is not one year old. He'isia hale,
hearty old man, and presents remarkable
instance OF vigorous Old age.AfN FrF
Jq Mss-Prince Monzikoff, Prime Minister 81
Peter the Great, and, at tho time of his death,
the richest subject in Europe, was originally q
pastry cook, q hawker Of pics and cakes about
the streets Of Moscow, in which situation he
attracted the attention of the Emperor.
/ Fnsx-rb.r. q, . r,r,o- thot q so,,h.r, :, a..
.;.IaJ e. haar,1 al ,,o,T Ina ,oIyI -
Ssr % liisrarv % aob;evements. has beoome snam. =.
ored of the stage, and will make her first ap-
pearance on the boards In New York in a few
months.