The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-08-26
News and (sOssjp.


the Presidency of the Bank of Tennessee.
| Ia- Mr.. Frederick Douglass is making ar
rangements for visit to Great Britain. lie |
to sail about the beginning Of September.
| @- A lady out West is charged with "put
ting on airs" because she refused to 90 TO
ball barefoot. III.
.Es- An exchange intimates that Blondil
will cross the river at Niagara, this week, car
rying with him cook stove and utensils, an,
will, when in the center Of his rope, make ON
elsts for the passengers of the Maid Of the Mist
| Gs- Lieutenant NJ. F. Maury, of tho Ma
tional Observatory, Washington, has accepted
the invitation to deliver the annual addre.
at the State Fair at Nashville, Tenn, on Oc
tober IL.
@g- They have queer way of doing som,
things in Texas. At tho Galveston Theater
with more honesty than delicacy, the Hunch
back has been announced on tho bills witt
Julia BY Mrs. Henry-her first appearance
since her confinement"
AN ENORMOUS SNAPPER. - The Reading
Penn') Gazette says that swapping turtle
the largest over caught in Berks County
weighing twenty-five pounds, and cable t
crawl with man on his back" was secured
few days ago in tho vicinity of Kutztown.
TRAvELING.-Henry Ward Beecher saws
"Trayeling is very much like eating crabs
You have much she'll, many claws and little
meat. But to read Of travels is to have your
crabs served up to you without trouble of open.
ing or extracting.' .,Irsfri.
Eg- The self-propelling steam fre-engines
/ n Nauu Vnrlr 1.n L. l. =
favor. The Journal Of Commerce says 1t has
been found that the larger self-propelling en-
gine will not operate reliably at fires, and it is
now, therefore, comparatively out Of use. A
smaller one is on trial. .-. ..,.. '....
NOVEL MODE or MAMING.-A letter was
yesterday received st the General Land Office,
from Lafayette, Indiana, which, beside having
the usual postmark on the envelope, had also
written on it "uia balloon Jupiter" Tits sup
posed this letter was inclosed with the mail
bag which was dropped by Mr.. Wise from his
balloon during his recent ascension. s
GD-A foot-raoe between two persons adver-
tised as "Oliver Jackson, the American Deer" /"
and "North Star, Of Massachusetts," for a
purse of 5000, took place at the Union Race
course, in Rochester, on the 10th inst. "North
Star" came in ten or fifteen feet ahead, amid
the cheers of the spectators. The time made
was thirty-seven minutes-fve miles.
TIE WAR OF THE WOMEN.-The young wife
Of the Prince Napoleon is genuine Sandman.
She does not like the manner in which the war
with Austria has been concluded and her father
humbuggsd. The London Court Journal,
through its Paris correspondent, tells us that
tnere nave oeen serious feuds between the EN-
press Eugene ana the Princess Clothilde, Vic.
'of Intnanuels daughter. .t.t
G,sy- Tho WASHINGTON g,oteo vors +hot u,ho
health of Secretary Flovd ia mucb ;mnrovsd rT '
and that in very sbort t;ma ho v;ii p.Suuu roSu,
his dutie, at the War Departmeut Thsrs % IL
mo probability of his rat;ramsnt from tha rol
met, and it is doubtful whether Mr.. Buchanan
wouid accept mis- resignation, even If Governor
pioya was 70 press IL strongly upon him; Mr..
pucnanan aesires no change IN his Cabinet
during the remainder of his Presidential
term' .... ....
papers report that Colonel Fremonts family
and household are encamped upon the top of
Mount Bullion, two thousand feet above Bear
Valley, and about four thousand five hundred
feet above tide-water. The atmosphere at this
poihe 10 WY OumAVktttul0 Lu0 hottest
oomOad :. ~. spans Ss wn;cn .nsy are en-
o.ard;nc ths wo,os .n;,os ~ s; anu .... u,sPu.e
10 araa dr.i no "h.e ,h mneses 'S qa''o i'keiy
'A'' 'en'cA' al
MEssRs. WISE AND OuLD.-These two gentle.
men, who exchanged couple of harmless
shots at each other, in theVicinity of Wash
ington, on Saturday, have, it is stated, through
mutual friends, honorably adjusted their diff
Guilty. The friends of the parties are engaged
in preparing the correspondence for publica-
tion. The meeting was occasioned, it is al
legged, by charges Of "untruth" in the Rich.
p;nhnnmd Ea, - e.puu'e ~, " er,lcsurvs Ia .ne
~ Govsrnor W;so 'p'" '''' D'"n'i'y ie''er
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SAD AFrAIR.-A sad affair recently took
place in Pittsford, Monroe County, N. Y. A
father left his son Of seven years in q wagon
while he went into grocery to procure his boy
something to eat. The hggse became fright
ened, and the boy, seizing one of the lines,
drew the horse into the canal. The father at
once plunged into the water to rescue his boy,
but his feet were so caught in the wagon that
he was unable to move, and he saw his boy
sink before his eyes, crying upon him for help.
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GENERAL HousroN's PosITIoN.-During the
late Gubernatoral canvass in Texas, the Hon.
Sam Houston delivered speech at Nacog-
doches, which is reported and published in
full in the papers. In it he distinctly defined
himself to be a Democrat, abjured his Know
Nothingsm, denounced Seward and the Re-
publicans, supported Buchanan and opposed