The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-12-31
PEN AND SCISSORS.

PEN AND SCISSORS.
There was slight fall of snow in New
Orleans on the 22d inst.
NT Where does charity begin? At home.
Not by good deal Lit begins OF sea (C.)
Ns-Patti has been offered, by London
manager, $4,000 for five months.
7 M8-Over one million tuns of coal have been
shipped from Pittsburg during the past year.
Ms-A New York publishing house have
issued q new book, by Julia Kavanaugh, bear
ing the title Of Seven Years.
@B-A man named Burch, overseer for Col.
Winfield, of Bedford, Va, was murdered re-
Gently by a negro. avs fT @
N@- The necessary expenses which will be
incurred for the general census of 1850 will
require the appropriation Of at least 81 0OO, 900.
@4- The Philadelphia census shows popu-
lation of $4,000; an increase Of 27l ,238 since
1850.
M@ Jackson, the sculptor, is molding
most beautiful bust Of Washington Irving. II
Is to be In miniature form. I89#.Is /.
The Richmond (Va Enquirer learns
that the Danville Railroad Company have or
dered 5000 tons of railroad iron, and that the
same is to be imported direct to Richmond.
gAnegro belonging to DR.. J. M. Becketof
Aberdeen, MISS, was killed without any pro.
vocation, by young man, Thomas Pendleton,
on Sunday morning last. .
& NrNine ships are now on the stocks at
Quebec, the tunnage eight thousand and fifty
five hundred and eighty men are employed
on them.
M-Hay is selling in Toronto, yanada, at
$50 per tun, and Is sparingly offered and Of
poor quality. Straw is worth $l4 per tun, and
Is also scarce.
NB-South Carolina is continuing TO build
her railroads to the mountain regions. She
has devoted $3OO,0OO to the Blue Ridge re-
Gently.
Nr Harriet Goodnow aIas Presborn,
keeper Of bagnio, was ohoked to death in
Boston, last Monday night by Charles H.
Goodhue, who was arrested.
Ma- Tho Wash.atreet brewery and several
adjoining buildings were burned down in st.
Louis. on Tuesday evening, causing loss Of
$S,000 or $l0,00O. 7tg -.-r .ar
G8-Joel Turrill, an old and prominent cit-
zen Of 0swego, New York, and Consul to the
Sandwich Islands during Folks Administra-
tion, died in that city on Monday.
@rA young lady by the name of Hart, q
seamstress in the family of f. Yanderveer, Of
Hami ton, O., was so severely burnt recently,
as to cause her death.
GE-The Memphis (TeDn.) appeal says that
Mrs. Morgan, the wife Of Morgan of Masonic
fame, is at present resident of the suburbs
of Memphis, and has resided in that vicinity
for some time. x &gf &6 .A M
Nae- More cider is now made in Connecticut
than in any other State. In tho town of
Cheshire alone, four establishments have made
the past season from fifteen hundred to two
thousand barrels each. 18r.
N4- Smallpox is raging with more or less
severity in many of the cities and towns in
the vicinity of Boston. With better knowl-
edge in regard to its treatment, but few cases,
comparatively, are fatal. 4
B-The long rumored fact that the Empress
Eugenie has determined to abolish crinoline
has BEEN announced in quasi. Official manner
Mode" Of the Paris Patrie, the Viscountess de
Renneville.
gTThe population of Augusta, Georgia,
according TO recent census, is 1924, of
whom 1886 are males, and $3.50 females.
The population is divided as follows: Whites,
1925 slaves, 1886; free negroes, 800.
mpTwo men, named Crux and Gargus
have been arrested in Fairfax County, Vir-
ginia, for circulating Helpers book through
the postofice Crux, who was examined be-
fore a Justice, and held in the sum of $4,000,
forfeited his bail. ..
lB~ The immense product Of the Gloucester
fisheries, amounting to some 15O, 900 quintals
cod fish, and from 10000 to $4,000 barrels Of
maekersI annually, finds its principal market
in New York City.
@-A very prominet young minister has
been discontinued from his connection with
the Alabama Conference, because he processes
to believe that the souls Of the wicked
are annihiIated after death. j,
EB-Ths country residence of W. T. Bur-
den, near Troy, N. T., was entered by bur
glars, few nights since, and robbed Of silver
plate to the value Of 81 400. Areward Of $3.50
Is offered for the arrest Of tho burglars and the
recovery Of the property. 38fyA&4
1BAn exchange remarks: cdr. Maginn
says that no cigar-smoker ever committed su-
icide; but We guess many o Cigar smokers
wife has wished he would" No doubt she
has, not because he smoked, but because he was
her husband.
~Wild game is said to be more plenty In
and about Sandusky County, in this State,
than has been known for many years. About
one hundred deer have been brought to Fre-
mont, with large numbers of wild turkeys,
pheasants and quails.
lT Two men, Joseph Sparks and Oscar
Flint, were assailed in the suburbs Of Balti-
timore, q few nights ago, by gang Of shoul-
der hittes. Flint was knocked down but
his companion escaped by fight. When the
scoundrels hit Flint, Sparks ae,S. $500
b FRArRIorDH IN THNNlssHn. Two brothers
4 L.. IL G. =. A.