The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-12-23

POPULATION OF MADISON. Mr.. Benyhill,
employed by. the direction of the city couna
Gil, informed us this morning that he has tay
ken the census Of the city proper, excluding
North Madison and the residents on the hill,
and that the number of inhabitants is ati,le
thousand and sirtyjiuc. Including North
Madison and the hill people, we estimate the
number of Inhabitants in this city at about
twelve thousand. Madison is not only the
best built city in the State, but contains more
inhabitants than any other. She is the city
in Naturalization Courier. 49,,
SUSPENSION BRiDGE.-We understand that
John A Roebling, Esq, of Trenton N ], dis
tinguished civil engineer, has been appointed
by the Niagara Fall Suspension Bridge Compa-
ny to enlarge and improve the Suspension Bridge
in such manner as to render it fit any proper
for the passage of railroad cars. Mr.. r. will
commerce the work assigned him, in the coming
spring, and complete it within the year. The
undertaking is in connection whit Roches-
ter, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad the
construction of which is to commence without
loss of time.-ROchester American. b 3aI
THE CENSUS OF New JERsEY.-The census re-
turns shows the population of some of the prn-
Tipal cities in the State of New Jersey, as fol-
lows Trenton 10,766: Camden9, sos: New
Brunswick, 1898: Jersey City, 1000: Burling-
ton 4,536; Mount Holly,2,7s5: Newton, Sussex,
3,279; Pennington. 847: Lambertsville, l,416:
Princeton, 2,440: Salem, 3,054: Somerville, IL
200; Woodbury. 1000: Brdgeton, (Cumber-
land,) S,303: Bordenton, 2,T69: Newark, 49,
1872; Patterson,.ll, 200.
Mrs. Eliza Kobne, of Philadelphia, has re-
Gently paid bequests to the amount of $40l,-
1927 made Of her husband, who gave her
the option of doing SO or Of permitting those
interested to await till the expiration of her
life:-lt seems that she has preferred paying
the sum at once. Nearly all the benevolent
institutions of Philadelphia share in the
bounty 3 g
The America brought encouraging adyices
from the Commissioner sent to enlist the aid Of
the British Government in building tlte' Halifax
and Portland Railroad. si gagi re-,s
POPULATION OF CuYAHoGA CouNTY. The
complete census returns give the population
of this county as, $685. Increase in ten years
23,559; of which increase l0,957 was in the
city of Cleveland. -o..,,,. w,
The Arabs always allowa man TO divorce
himself from wife who does not make good
bread. Were there such law in our country,
half the young married ladies, we fear, would
be in danger of falling back into single blessed
ness. Fnfr .a 0T4.f.,.t.t
! In Louisville five slaughter houses killed g.
0e0 hogs in one day, and hung them up. One
set Of hands at Madison, Ia, killed and cleaned
| ,421 hogs in one day. .E
"A hen-peeked husband says that, instead Of
ne and his wife being one they are ten; for she
is and he is 0. ,l.a';l. I. N,
| The Hon. Daniel F. Miller, whig member Qi
Congress from Iowa, is lying at the point ol
death in Pittsburgh
The fire at Halifax on Wednesday consumed
rorty dwellings exclusive Of the barracks. The
loss Of the citizens is about ninety thousand dol
lars. tgisH #5gf6g tHiHli
FIRE in YAzoo CRY, We learn, says The
Vicksburgh Wing, Of the 3Oth, that d tele
graphic dispatch received in this city yester
day, announces the destruction Of great
portion of the business partof Yazooicity.
AT the late ban1 1uet given by the Mayor 0
! the ancient'city Of York, M Soyer placed rbe
fore Prince Albert a single dmh, the cost 10
which was one hundred guneas.