The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-10-20
NEWS AND GOSSIP.


vile Railroad. IN ' temi9sotEi s'
N@Mr. Broderick's term as Senator would
have expired in 1853. Mr.. Gwin's term ex-
pires in 1861. ~. ...
@9-"Jock," the devil In our printing Of
nee, has discovered o new species Of female
the Santa Fe mail. b.s11I r.1 -
1TA list Of statistics shows that the number
Of suicides throughout the United States aver
age about nine per week.
rForty-eight Indian squaws were ar
rested on Sunday evening last in house Of
ill-famein Montreal b laEll Or
~The crop of Hickory Nutsis unusually
large this year. They ,can be bought for
from twenty-five to thirty cents per bushel.
Good news for Young America. a. aI
Sr The Albany Knicksrbock.r cautions
four black cats that are continually serenading
in the back shed that there ID q sausage store
two doors to the right.
GSr Governor Weller seems to bs tho
strongest candidate for the scat In tho United
States Senate, made vacant by tho death Of
Senator Broderlck, Of California. i7
DHs ouPitof 10 dt pIosout III OHnoory ana
ninety degrees apart from the sun. The old
god will have to call In o doctor II he doesn't
got out Of his osnosrous affection. .- % .i,
Ga-Mr. Henry James, the author, who
took his departure for Europe, Saturday, In
the Vanderbilt, intends remaining some years
in Switzerland, to educate his children. Y
g1-The new stamped envelops adopted by
the Government are out. Only a fraction Of a
mill is charged for each above the price paid
for the old stamped onvelops. A., ri,,..--.'', ~ ..
,Ns"The Buffalo Com.nsrciat tells of an
official Of that city who lost thirteen hundred
dollars by betting on Australian Kelly, tho
ussd-up prize fighter. 1''a7-l - .gar
azsJ- Barrow, the Chinese traveller, computes
that there is more material In the great wall
Of China than in all the houses of England
and Scotland together. sy7 n. - Fr-r+--I ~. i.
MS-An exchange paper says: "Ths best
safety valve to boiler 10 sober engineer.
Congress may legislate till doomsday, but a.
long as tho officers carry too much steam, the
boats will follow their example" .r'a'
NS-An old fashioned English clock was
sold at auction for $40, "a few days sinoe in New
York, In which the owner, after getting 1t
home, found $4,000, in good English bank
notes. Good purchase. r-- -r.r...-. IN .
0The consumption Of snails IL stesdily
increasing in Paris. More than @ million
francs worth Of this exquisite, generous and
nutritious animsl is brought to market
during the year. To-'t on .7r'1.,iga -
Gas-M Mr.. Charles French, an old and re-
speoted citizen, and for many years distin-
guished lawyer In Lexington, Mo-, committed
suicide on the 14th inst, by cutting his throat
with o raEor.-,.- ,7r1r'-r ,rg n-,,- ~. ..,..
GB-An exchange says that Bishop Soule,
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
DR.. Lyman Beecher and the Rev. DR.. Briggs,
of Cincinnati, are now the only survivors Of
the founders Of the American Bible Society
in 1915.
GD>T The value Of the New York Central
Railroad, Its stock, &c., according to the re-
cent report Of the Directors, Is something over
thirty millions, seven hundred and forty-two
thousand dollars; exceeding, by over two
millions, Its estimated value in 1855.
ass-A chap up in'Dearborn County, Ind,
recently welded a pretty girl and plum at
once, and feeling rejoiced in the possession Of
wife and fortune, got drunk, fell out Of q
wagon, was run over and killed before he
had time to enjoy either. ,,r,I T., s-l-a.
Sze- The Mississippi, at St. Louis, Sunday,
was slowly falling, with the departure OF the
Hia,catha and the heavy John Walsh for New
Orleans, each drawing fully elk feet water,
which was all there was in the channel, and
they would assuredly touch bottom before they
reached Cairo. f.5r.' ''Ha7 '9 hHH .
q Ms- Capt. Simpson, who has just reached
Leavenworth from California, via Camp
Floyd, reports that his return route was bet
ter than his outward one, and that both are
$50 miles shorter than the route, by way of
Humboldt River, and ofgreatly superior grade
for railroad. .uo'ifir /, br-,r, ylar
N@-Miss Charlotte Cushman and Miss
Stebbins have left Paris on their way to Rome
pia Switzerland. Miss Stebbins has received
some fattering orders from home, and
also been offered handsome sum by large
porcelain manufacturer in England, for the
privilege of copying her "Miner' on their
work. .'F.rH oil nn .-''H
There is project on foot to make the Big
Sandy River navigable during all seasons Of
the year by locks and dams. This is a scheme
of vast Importance to the people of the Sandy
Valley. If it succeeds they will become the
most formidable rivals to Pittsburg in the
coal trade, as they are $50 miles rearer Gin
cinnati. s'-lrjot 70 hs,re Ind ,e,
M9> Had La Mountain and Haddock 70.
maned in their balloon ten hours, and gone
due north, as they did for the short time
they were up, or until the following morning,
at the same rate Of speed they had travelled,
they would have found themselves near
Hudson's Strait or Baffin's Bay, where they
might have descended among the Esquimaux
and icebergs. roo. N ,dT ,,......, ~ W. .,.
,IJ Major Robt.. Ellis, formerly Of Wash
ington City, was found dead in bed at New
Orleans on the 9Th inst. He was engaged
with Lopez in Cuba, and received a wound
in an engagement that prevented his escape.
He Was pardoned by General Concha. When
Walker was in such straight in Nicaragua
he attempted to reach him with Col. Lock-
ridges party, and led the assault on Fol
Csstillion, where he was struck in the head
by Minnie ball, which made tho circuit of
his head and came out near the spine,l .s1r
\ "A FAST WoNAY.-Abouta week ago, wo-
man who rejoices in tho cognomen Of "Dano-
ing SAIL" stole horse near Rochester, New
York. A reward Of. 500 being offered for her
arrest, she was pursued by q constable, who
overlook hor, and, for safe-keeping, confined
her in the third story of hotel, from whence
she escaped during the night by the aid Of her