The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-08
News and Gossip.

Aas- A characteristic anecdote of English
bOmbast relates to an occurrence in Paris, on
August IA, while the army of Italy was pass
ing throuh the Boulevards: "Imagine four
miles of side. walk, thirty feet wide-twenty-
FIVE at least--packed solid with people, and
four miles of houses crowded, in every window
and on roofwith spectators, and the sidewalks
bordered with compact line of National
Guards the whole way, and the entrance to
every side street blocked by company of
cavalry, on splendid steeds, with brazen he'll
NETS flashing in the sun, and every point of
metal on all the troops polished to the last de-
gree of brightness. Then imagine my amuse-
ment when | remarked to an Englishman,
whom was pressing, that this display, both
in extent and magnifcence, surpassed all
my experience, and he replied, you should
have seen the funeral Of the Duke of Yelling
ton, sir. This is nothing to it,"
G9-A correspondent of the London Post
tells Of a japanese girl, who, in spite OF the
laws prohibiting emigration, left by stealth
for Shanghai, under the persuasion of a
Frenchman. The owners of the steamer sent
her back to Japan. On arriving, the vessel
was boarded at once by couple of officials,
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the formalities were completed, and then
took her into custody. The poor thing
struggled against her fate in vaiu. She was
landed, and, as we are informed, condemned
to death, together with all her relatives, and
some officer or officers who ought to have
prevented her escape.
za3"A comparison in the size of British and
American coal fields shows r vast difference
in favor of the latter, The production of tho
English mines is sXty-Gy millions of tuns an
nuuiy, which amOunt could be mined in Ohio
for five hundred years without exhausting more
than one seam, while it is well ascertained that
in thousand feet in depth there are four or
FIVE seams The twelve thousand square miles
of coal in Ohio is scarcely fourth part of the
coal basin of which it is n part, extending
through large portions of Western Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Gss-A fu-length portrait of Edward Ever
EFT has been engraved in Boston from the por.
trait by Hicks, Of this city. The Boston Tran
script announces that Mr.. Everett has relin-
quished his intention of re-visiting Europe. His
youngest SOP, who has been student at Har-
ward College, is about to enter the University
at Cambridge, England, and it was Mr.. Ever
ett's intention to accompany him across the
ocean and personally attend to his admission
to the University. .. ...ts
Gs-A Yankee long-boa "showed tracks"
to an English pinnace, on the 3Oth of JuneJ
at Zanzibar, on the east coast of Africa. For
the first prize, seven boats were entered.
The "sloop-boat' of the Storm King, was six
sixteen minutes in advance. The crew of
the pinnace of A. B. WIS Chod not being
satisfied with one beating, challenged the
Captain of the Storm King to sail against
them for a stake of twenty dollars. The
race, four miles, with dead beat part of the
way, was won by the challenged party.
Mss- The frost on Monday night was quite
severe in some places around Concord, N. H.,
sufficiently SO to kill corn, potatoes and squash
vines. The loss in consequence is said to be
considerable.
Ms- Mr. John s. Thrasher, the well-known
writer on Cuba, is described in the Leader as
Gin the best possible condition and the hearth
est possible humor, looking one of the best
Fed and most nicely cared for fllibusters in
a, 'istence, plump, middle-sized, middle-aged
gen, Ieman with brown hair, brown eyes, rosy
cheeks- framed in fringe of dark drown
whiskers, finely -arched brown eyebrows, in
distinct NJ se, and slightly voluptuous mouth,
showing ty,, excellent rows of white teeth in q
constant smile..'
GS-The public fountain movement, which
has been so succeA vful in England, is not unfelt
in Berlin, but the .Herliners have refined it. On
all the open places legant little structures Of
wood, painted white, and more or less gilded,
have been put up. Th ey are about twelve feet
by eight. Behind ma. ROW counter, adorned
with water plants, two lqadens serve out to
the thirsty public goblets ,'f soda water at the
small charge of half >anny. They have
many customers, and the in, yeniouS speculator
is doing lucrative business.
Ms- Barnum is said actually to have offered
MI. Spurgeon, the celebrated 1fnglish Baptist
preacher, 1000 year to come to America ano
make lecturing tour. Mr.. Spu.-geon replied
by writing simply, "Acts xiii, TO-" and send
| ing it to Barnum. The verse reads thus: 80
full of subtlety and all mischief, thu child o
the devil, wilt thou. not cease to pervert thu
right ways Of the Lord?"
ne From late files of she Salt Lake Vale!
Tan we learn that Mckenzie had been com
mitted to await his trial before the Circui
Court, on charge, of making and issuinl
counterfeit checks On the Sub Treasury, cir
cumstances placing the matter out of the juris
diction of the Court Martial. De'os Gibso
had been found gull ty Of murder in the mrs
degree.
&9-It is officially reported to the Empero
Of the French that chloroform was used |
thirty thousand surgical operations in tn
Crimea, by skilled assis tant surgeons, withou
a single tleath similal' success has followe
its administration at So lferino and Magentf
but in English Hospitals here have been on
hundred deaths in one thir, l Of this number
operations in the Crimea.
Steps are in progress for the organize
ton of land company in London, with
capital of f5O0,OOO sterling, to be d,woted
the purchase and settlement Of lands .'n Ill
nois. The Prairie Land and Emigration Con
pany sttte that q conditional purchase h'
been made Of two hun dred and fifty thous, VI
acres of prairie land, from the Illinois Centr.
Railroad Company htelligencer.
IaF- man in Milwaukee recently took ad
vantage Of bis wife's absence at a picnic, t
absent himself without leave, and has no
since returned. He left his compliments in
letter, in which he politely told his better hal
that he would "as oon live in hell" as wit
her any longer.
1 One of the ol dest locomotive works..i
the country is the Taunton, established il
l847. It has manu- factured TO order nearl