The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-24
NEWS AND GOSSIP.


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Ga~U Sam Hawken, a st. Louis pio.
neer, nearly forty years ago, and now Pixies
Peak pioneer, writes an entertaining letter to
the ST. Louis Democrat about his trip to Dem
yer City. Going out he met hundreds of re-
turning miners, and he thus pictures the hap
piest man among the lot:
"Of all those We met, I saw but one really
| happy man, and he was the happiest man that
| have seen since I left st. Louis. lie was
riding on his horse, laughing and highly
pleased, with his violin in hand, playing the
Arkansas Traveller and, on inquiry, he
| said he was going home to see Katy and the
| baby"
f5> 1t is proposed to introduce reform in
the British navy, making retirement obliga-
| tory at a certain age, and thus secure the ad-
vancement of younger men to posts which their
age and physical strength qualify them to fill.
| OF one hundred Admirals at present on the ac-
| tive list, thirty nine are between the ages of
seventy and eighty seven, and only fourteen
are employed. Of three hundred and fifty
| eight Captains, thrty-one are about the age
| Of sixty; ninety are employed, and one hundred
and eighty have never served aloat in their
present rank.
GGs' An aged lady, ,seventy-six years ofage,
named Catharine Henri, who received severe
injuries about the breast in the late railroad
accident near this city, is now lying at the
Exchange Hotel, near the depot, in very
can nos possibly live but few days. She
resides with her grandchildren, about four
miles east of this city, and was returning home
tvhap tho 1coidnpt ooourrad Har sniur;ao
added to tbe infirmaties of age, will doubtless
hasten the termination other long llfe.- Colm-
bus Statesman, 23d inst.
&Er' Mr.. Ward, the United States Minister
to China, was presented to the Imperial Com
missioner on the I'd of June. He was atten ded
by Messrs. W. W. Ward, Secretary of Lega-
ito n; S. Wells Williams, Interpreter Of Lsga-
tioi,; W. A. P. Martin, and W. Atchinson, In
terp refers, and George W. Head and James L..
LurIuan attaches. The party went into the
city of Shanghae in sedan chairs, carried by
liveried Celestials, and escorted by the marines
from the Btuhatan and Mississippi, with very
good band of music.
ny man who, in q state of intoxication,
laid down on the track of the Ohio and Misss-
sippi Railroad, was run over by train and
killed, on Tuesday evening last, at Dunham's
Station. His face was completely cut of-not
feature remaining by which to establish his
identity. Mr.. George Reynolds, Coroner of
Jackson County, held an inquest upon the
bOdy.-lndimapolis Sentinel Of Thursday.
GD- We learn that experiments ale being
made in the Eastern cities on new kind Of
rail adapted for city passenger railways,
Sc
half. The rail is made out of cast metal, in
stead of wrought iron, and it is alleged that
the new rail will answer every purpose ofthe
former, at half the cost.
G1-A novelty was introduced at the Hen
dricks County Fair, last week, which attracted
more attention than anything elsJ. This was
a bull race. A bull, harnessed to n light
draught vehicle, was driven around the race
track in o brisk tr0t, to the great delight Of
thousands of spectators. The race was the
cause of much fun.
Gas~ The North Carolina Christian Aduocate
states that five missionaries from the South
Urn Methodist Church will sail for Japan in
November, including Rev. NJ. L. Wood, Of
the North Carolina Conference Rev. Mr..
| Stewart, of the Tennessee Conference, and two
ministers from the Memphis Conference.
@g-The agricultural department of the
pa tent. office will have one hundred thousand
tribu, ZION within three or four months. 1t is
expected that American grown tea will enter
the marltet within five years.
mg- The French marriage makers (says a
letter from Paris) have found wife for that
disconsolate young widower, the King of Por-
tupal His Majesty, they assert, has been
counselled to demand the hand Of Queen Vic
toria's second daughter.
G@-Captain Harrington, of the schooner
-! G,nsuelo, which arrived at Cleveland q few
t,ays since, from Marquette, reports the forma-
ticn of ice an inch and q quarter thickat Onto
naeDn, o few days ago. Pretty carly, that.
NY The suspension of buildingin London
for one month will occasion loss of f330, ,0OC
to the public---tbe average earnings by the
men being IS. Cd. per day.
aa5-Washington Irving, after life devoted
INCREASINGLY to literary duties, is now for the
drst time resting from his labors, and will nc
more assume the pen Of the author.
Commodore Stewart has resumed biz
command at the Philadelphia Maynard. The
old veteran was warmly welcomed by all those
connected with the yard.
Mas- The clergy of Springfield, Ohio, have
united in publishing aremonstranoo against tht
holding Of lotteries at church and charitable
fairs.
r Ma-Mrs. Stowe is in England, preparing hel
last work, "The Minister'S Wooing," for publ
cation.
Ns- The Cleveland and Buffalo line o
steamers have been taken off the route to-
this season. I.s s.r.