The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-04
NEWS AND GOSSIP.


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N The favorite salutation, just now, Of
our Cincinnati young men 10, elbows your
meerschaum coloring?" while that Of the young
ladies Is, "Havs you smoked your cubaf"
N1- We learn from the True Della that
the Rev. Mr.. Capp, q distinguished and pop
ular preacher, formerly of New Orleans, but
more recently from Chicago, proposes to take
up his residence in Louisville, KY.
HSr The Municipal Council of Paris have
decided on building ten new churches. One
will be erected on the Boulevard des Invalides
another on the Place Laborde, and third on
the Avenue Parmentisr.
gsr The celebrated picture exhibited in the
French Gallery, New York, "The Duel after
the Masquerade" has been sold TO a gentle-
man whosename Is isThompson, and who resides
in Chicago. The price paid was $4,000.
nH-A firm in Portsmouth, Va, has re-
and two tierces Of molasses from Liberia
The sugar was raised by Charles Cooper, q
colored man, who went from Portsmouth in
1856. gF'f1 .,ta.
gEMr. Theodore +. Well, an inventor Of o
fish hook, has recently disposed Of his English
patent for the invention for $25, 900, and re-
turned to his homo in New Orleans. A very
profitable speculation.
GS-Twelve and a-half millions Of railroad
bonds mature during the next year, including
one million Michigan Southern first mortgage,
three millions Illinois Central free land, and
million and a-half Michigan Central eight per
cents 8.f, -sa
G1-The Right Rsv. Andrew Benade, the
oldest Bishop of the Moravian Church in
America, and nearly ninety years Of age, died
at Easton, Penn, on the 8lst ult. He was
much respected for his intelligence and good
qualities. ,.....
G-Long John Wentworth, editor and pro.
prietor of the Chicago Democrat, promises to
get up little book soon, entitled "Twsnty-
five Years Of the Early History Of Chicago"
from his own personal recollections, refreShed
by his newspaper files. 4-th
@S-A day or two since, James Bailey, aged
seventeen years, left his employers house in
Westmoreland County, Penn, and was dis
covered some hours afterward suspended to o
chestnut tree, near the village Of Fairfield,
dead. The cause Of his suicide is unknown.
DAY before yesterday, in Columbus, O.,
q negro, Britton Brown, recently out of the
Penitentiary, made q desperate assault upon
white man, Pat. Martin, outing him with q
razor in such a shocking manner about the
neck, face and hands that his life Is de-
spaired Of. f4'"
g% Gray Of various shades, bay, chestnut
| and brown, are tho ordinary, and 1t may al-
most be said the only colors Of an Arab horse.
The commonest of all colors is dark, uni
form, nutmeg gray. Light gray vsrging upon
white Is neither rare nor peculiar to old horses.
Next to gray in frequency comes bay and
chestnut, both fine and rich in quality.
Gg" The whale-ship Planter, of Nantucket,
was burnt on the railway at that place on Fri
day evening. The Planter was Of the old
fashioned model, Of $40 tuns burden, and one
of the fastest sailers in the Nantucket feet.
She was valued at $4,000, and insured for
$4,000. The fire Is supposed to have beou the
work Of an incendiary. ylg
N8- DR.. Bennett complains that his wife,
whose petition for divorce created such stir
at New Haven some months, since, is about TO
remove, with his children, to place some
1900 miles distant. Mrs. Bennett declares
that 1t won't hurt his feelings much, as he never
has visited them since the separation Of the
parents.
lT Harriet Beecher Stowe says: A woman
must be very insensible, who Is not moved TO
come upon higher plane of being herself, by
seeing how undoubtingly she is insphered in
the heart Of o good and noble man. A good
mans faith in you, fair lady, if you ever have
it, will make you better and nobler, even
hefora ynu know n . ~ =. e,
%A gray segle was shot by Thomas
Rives, jr., of Ballard County, Virginia, few
days since, measuring, from the point of the
bill TO-, the end of the tail, two feet and ton
inches; from tip to tip Of wings, six feet and
ten inches. The claws are three inches in
length, and the head measures eight inches
around. aai t.s5
g@ The Duke of Nassau receives yearly
the sum Of $4,000 forins for the license Of
the gambling saloons of Wiesbaden, but at
the same time prohibits by very severe pen
alties any of his subjects from betting at the
banking games of Wiesbaden. He invites
all foreigners to come and bet and spend
their money freely, but will not permit his
own people to do the same.
NS- The Indian girls at the Usage mission
school have deputcd' the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs to be the bearer Of present to
the President of tho United States. Tho
memento consists Of couple of purses of silk
and buckskin, beautifully worked In beads.
The package is inscribed In The handwriting
Of Victoria White Hair, one Of tho Indian
girls, "from tho Ossge girls to the Great
Father" Father F$ G W.
Tho extensive planning establishment
and carpenter shop Of Messrs. John & George
Gibson, corner Of Sixth and Cary streets, In
Richmond, Va, were entirely destroyed byfre
day or two ago. Loss on machinery $16, 900;
building, $1,000; Lumbar, &c., 10000, archi-
tecturai drawings, $1,000. The disaster throws
some ssventy.fve wofkmsn out Of employ
ment; most Of whom sustain considerable loss
by the destruction Of tools.
lS- Something like revival movement
seems to bs springing up In Bombay and Poonar.
At those two places daily praysr.meetings are
hold. The Bombay Guardian says: owe are
happy to state that We hear Of greatly In.
creased spirit Of prayer In Poonar. Some four
or i've OF moro meetings for prayers are held
weekly among soldiers and civilians. We
know Of four daily prsyer.meetings now held
in Bombay, -a,,,a,,,
N8-A few days ago abright-syed little boy,
about six years old, retired up stairs to bed,
leaving his mother below without the custom
sry goodnight kiss. As he kissed bis father
and bade him goodnight, he naively said,
F"Tsll mamma good might for mo ] forgot to
kiss her, but tell her that kiss her in absence
,Dieh the ips of my heart" That child, though