The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-28
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

NND
GS-The steam sloop.of.war B,ooLl,o
lately attached to the Home Squadron. Is
now at anchor at the Broollyn Nayv-vard,
whittier she has been ordered for repai rs.
She will be Immediately overhaued, as The
dry-dock is ready for her reception. After
the repairs are completed she Will be again
rea' y for sea. 1t is expected that she will
convey Mr.. McLane, the United States Min
iH,ter to Mexico, back to Vera Cruz. Her
last cruise was in the Gulf of Mexico. On
her way home she fell in with the brig Va
bash, wrecked in the gale of the 10th instant,
rescued her passengers from probable starva-
tion, and towed the vessel safely into Key
West.
N- Gr. BewIey, wishing to kill a NANCY
cur, and having read in Magondio's "Report
on Strychnia" that the sixteenth of grain
will kill the largest dog, determined to m AXE
sure of this very little animal by giving it
about half grain. But either Magend les
f,tatement was incorrect, or the drug wes adul-
terated, for at the end Of ten minutes the dog
though suffering frightMlly, was not dead. Dr..
Bewley resolved to put him out of his misery
at once, and accordingly mixed half drachm
Of prussic acid with little milk, and put it
under the dogs snout. lie Tapped the milk
with avidity, End in less than minute vom-
ited, got Upon his logs, ran away and recov-
ered.--Licrary Gazette,
5s- A suttee has recently taken place at
I hoonghur, near Hans, in India. Tho villa gers
resisted tho Widows desire to burn, but her
curse availed to turn them, and they eventually
made the pile, and the poor creature peris he'd.
Those most actively engaged have been i'm
prlsoned for ten years, nineteen others for five
years, and another for two years. and q ine of
500 rupees has been laid on the village. The
thauGdar and the police have been dismissed,
by order Of the Lieutenant Governor, for not
having found out and prevented the crime.
Koonghur is not likely to indulge in another
suttee in hurry.
ts"Thc election in Kansas for the adop-
ton Of the Wyandot Constitution takes place
on Tuesday, October 4. Each elector may
vote written or printed ballot, labeled -'Fcr
The Constitution" or "Aganst the Constitu-
tion," and one labeled "For Homestead"
or "Against Homestead" The Board of
| Canvassers under the Constitution arc Sam.
Ntedary, Govurnor of Tho Territory, J, NJ.
| Winchell, President, and John A. Martin,
Secretary, of the Constitutional Convention.
Rs-Tho now suspension bridge now in
course OF erection over the Ohio, at Wheeling,
/ will have span of over one thousand ieet.
II will be composed of four new cables, two
on each side, each cable being Ia inches in
diameter and containing 1850 strands OF
wire, making single strand of 9,275,6OO . feet,
or l,745 miles in length. The estimated cost
of finishing and completing the whole struc-
ture is $4,000. .."~
NS@We learn that the store and warehouse
of Mr. Parker, at Elizabethtown, on the line
of the Madison and indianapolis Raj ilroad
was destroyed by fire Oh Friday night last
The building was large, three stories high
and one story was used by the Odd-F elbow!
as a place of meeting. There was consid
erable quantity of grain, &c, in the bu ildine
at the time, the greater part of which was
lost. The total loss we have not ascertained
il is, however, said to have been severe.-
Madison (Ind) Courier.
Rss- About fifteen hundred persons Assem-
bled at the Cooper Institute, New / ork, t
welcome the delegation from Ireland who hav'
come here to raise money to aid in the grea
Irish revival. Rev. DR.. De Witt presided, ant
remarks were made by Rev. DR.. Edgar ant
Rev. Messrs. Dill and Wilson, the delegates
Rev. DR.. De Witt, Rev. DR.. Murray, Rev. DR.
Adams, Rev. Mr.. Pratt, Rev. Mr.. Cookmar
; and Rev. Mr.. Stewart. The latter gen tlemal
pledged himself that the delegates should hav
fifty thousand dollars before their depar ture OF
their return home.
My> The Scientific American says the Erics
son engine, which Mr.. Lowe proposes to us
in his huge airship, for the purpose Of work
ing some sort Of machinery to elevate or de
press the balloon without letting out the gas
will accomplish that object as soon as it i
able to lift itself by its own power, as o mai
might lift himself over a fence by the strap
of his boots, and no sooner.
MH- The Virginia planters state that tn
tobacco crop now standing has beeh almos
entirely exempt from the ravages of the horn
worm, and Mess an early frost shall haste
the cuttings, an average yield of the fin
grades will be produced.
Ms-Mr. S. Clifford has left with us a sam
pie of mushrooms raised on his own premises
from spawn of his own planting. Th
spawn was brought from Ireland, and th
experiment is probably the first mad Q in tn
section of the country.-AshtabuIa Sentinel.
@ss-During funeral in Roxbury, Mass, o
Saturday, o fight occurred between the frienG
| OF the WIDOW ana tne lrlends OF tne dead maj
In which the coffin was knocked on the aot
and broken, and the interference Of the polio
was required to enable the corpse to be gotint
the grave ct all.
@H-In consequence of the great scarcit
of brandy for wine purposes in Portuga
considerable quantity of British brandy hi
been shipped to that country.
! ns"The Shah of Persia has sent to Franz
forty young men, belonging to the first fam
lies Of the country, to study the institution
of France and acquire instruction in dilferel
branches of useful knowledge.
aa- A sailor recently killed a man in
dance house in Boston. The iutelli gent jul
found that the deceased came to his death fro
fellow de see.
& Gas-A statistical publication Just issue
states that the cost OF keeping up permane
armies on the continent amounts to eight
millions sterling.
ES-Every man thinks that Cirsar's wi
ought to be above suspicion, but ho is far le
particular as to what Caesar ought to be.
GY- Hon. John Cochrane, Of New York,
Just married. lie has long been known as Il