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

News and Gossip.
HS-Colonol Wellss store, in Aurora, Ind,
was robbed of $500 worth of goods. on Monday
night by some rascals. -''''t 4H
NS-Znc is found in immense quantities
in the south part of Wisconsin and in tho
north part of Illinois. 1t is said that there
is more of the mineral there than in all Eu-
rope. .H1- - tfs lodge. .,.iy o.
1s0- Mr.. Sebastinof, Russian savant, has
discovered IN old manuscript of Ptolemy' 5
Geography in the monastery Of Mount Athos,
and has made Photographic copies Of the maps
for the classic world.
Gs-The President has accepted the resig-
nation of the Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks,
Commissioner of the General Land Office, who
is now candidate for tho Gubernatorial nOmi-
nation in Indiana. r..,.. ,r ..
10 It appears that man named J. J..
Huzzy, New Hampshire man, was the party
who betrayed Doy and his friends into the
hards of the Missourians. One of his accom-
plices, named Whitley, was induced to turn
informer.
GS- Fifteen, American vessels we're lost in
August, making an aggregate loss of property
| of $3.50 600. Of these vesssls--7 were ships, z
barks and six schooners of these--2 were
burnt s wrecked, sunk, abandoned and
missing. ''.@F--' "|'.fnu RI .bJE-
Ns- The eighth volume of Bancrof's History
| cfue United States will be published in few
| weeks; the history, including the period claps-
ing from the battle of Bunker Hill to the final
signing Of tho Declaration of Independence.
Mr.. BancrOft's first volume was published
twenty-five years ago. fa tr ~
ag-A spiritualist' has communicated to Il
cotempOrary tho results of q journey he has
made to the land of the spirits. That land,
according to his account, is in one of the
Pleiades There the maidens are. all very
beautiful, dressing in blue, and have the power
Of turning into bees or birds whenever they
desire to travel. Let's all go to the Pleiadcs.
EU"An English aeronaut ascehded in his
balloon from Newcastle, aud on his descent the
balloon dragged along the ground, splitting out
ballast and causing the balloon to shoot up
suddenly into the air, carrying the aeronaut,
caught by his feet in the ropes, up feet fore
most, to q hight of l2O feet and dropped to the
ground, and, strange to say, notserioushy hurt.
GS~ The election in Maine for Governor
and Legislature takes place on Monday, the
18th. The candidate for Governor on the
Republican ticket is the Hon. Lot M. Nor
riil, the present Executive. The candidate
of the Democrats is Manasseh II. Smith, the
same gentleman who has run for Governor
the last two years on the Democratic ticket
rs Blondin crossed bis rope on Wednesday
night. On first crossing, the lamps on his
balancing pole became extinguished, and he
crossed in darkness. On his return he was
covered with fireworks. When the center Of
the rope was reached he stood on his head, and
performed several other antics until the lights
were out, when he finished his work in total
darkness.
Mg- The Lafayette (Ind.) Journal says that
George Klink, the German whose cruel treat
ment of his little child we have noticed, was
taken from his house on Thursday night, by
O number of men unknown to him, TO an
alley near by, where he was gagged, tied
and given one hundred lashes with q rope't
end. He was then released with warning
that if he misused the child again he would
be hung at once. uuro ~.
4 G8- Hon. Joseph Morton, President of the
Morgan County Agricultural Society, q few
days since rendered to the agent OF The
"Cashmere Shawl Goat Company" Of Ten.
nessee, for one of the pure blood Cashmere
goats, its weight in silver, which was refused
The company will not part with the pure
bloods at any price. The seven-e eighths blood
produces the wool which commands So pei
pound in the market.
Ms-It is estimated that each of the 81,
steamers chartered by the Government, o
private parties, for the Paraguay expedition
has cost it as much as the new steam slool
Pen.acola, ready for sea, one of the mos
complete and splendid steamers as yet con
structed. At the same time these vessels
although outwardly looking we'll enough
are miserable, worthless things, not at al
capable of efficient sea service. Since the.
were purchased they have all been lover
hauled, docked, Surveyed, and almost re
built.
G9- At Old Point Comfort, the party o
United States soldiers stationed there are on
gagged in trying to wear out gun weighin
fifteen thousand six hundred pounds. 1t i
loaded with ten pounds of powder, and carrie
ball of one hundred and wenty-eightpound
weight. 1t has already been fired more thai
thousand times. Near it are two guns whic
we're fred two thousand five bundled time
= at Pittsburg. The object Of the firing is t
test the durability of the iron, and the gun I'll
be, discharged till it becomes useless. 81,
: IT. The Eco dNalia of September 3 pub
lishcs an account Of n conversation betwee
Count dc Reisel, the French Envoy to Centra
Italy, and the King ofSafdinia. Speaking o
> the disposition Of tho Duchies by the Zuric
, Conference, the King said: "If political reason
will not permit the union Of Tuscany an
Piedmont, it will be on the condition, however
that the future government of Tuscany be sue
as the people desire; but if they wish, to kee
from me Parma and Modena, am ready
break with any one, and sec all in flames"
Gs- Madrid, the capital of spaiti, is th
highest of the European capitals; 10000
people dwell at the elevation Of 2,200 fee
, on q naked desert plain. chilled, by q bitin
breeze nine months of the year. and al
baked the remaining three. The highe'
: permanent residence in Europe is in tn
pass of Santa Maria, 0,272 feet. In the Ande
. of South America, man dwelIs much MOI
alolt than in Europe. Potosi, the highe'
city on the globe, s 1850 feet above the se'
{ and penthouse at Bunihunas is 15,54O fee
, ,, which is but trife below the peak of Noun
Blanc, where mortal never staid above tw
hours. ."' tn IN .. f4J g' ~~
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