The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-04-07

Railways from Mavsyille to Lexington, and
from the latter city south to Danville. The !.
majority in favor of the Maysville road
was 6l2, and of the Danville;road 43l. Thes1,
Observer thinks now that the decision is
made it will be generally acquiesced Inland
the question is settled that these roads are 10
be made. Thatis creditable TO the people
prosecuting those lines. In this connection
Cincinnati should remember two things
first. that no vote was taken to subscribe to
the Covington and Lexington road, and, sec
ond, that the Cleveland and Columbus Rail-
road have got an amendment to their charter |
authorizing them to constructs branch road |
to connect with Maysville. Tie question |
then is, are we 10 remain idle while these |
roads are being made to take trade and travel
away from us, or make new effort to has
ten on the Coyington road?-Cin. Gazttte.
On Monday afternoon. while the work
men were engaged in excavating a cut about
twenty feet deep, for the Hamilton railroad
track, on the Price property. below the city,
the bank slid and covered one of the men
entirely, with the exception of his had.
The force of the falling earth knocked him
down with great violence, injuring him Sc
verely. In the act Of digging him out, his
leg was badly hurt by spade. A Aphysician
dressed his wounds, and pronounced him
not fatally Injured DuU weeks must elupse
before he can resume labor.--Cin. Com
Coon News FROM THE WEsT.--A dispatch
of the 3lst ult., from St. Louis, to the Gin
cinnati Commercial, states that the City
Council of 81. Louis. have, by an unani-
NOUS vote, directed the Mayor to subscribe
S5OO,OOO 10 the Ohio and Mississippi Rail
road company! Itis further stated that the
work will BIZ pushed with great vigor al the
end of the Baltimore, Chillicothe, Cincin-
natl & st. Louis line. Good!
/ SAD AcclDENT.--While two young men,
cousins, Tenney and Whitney, in Marlboro ,
! N. H., were practising at mark with pis-
tolls, on Wednesday last, the pistol Of one
of them accidentally went off, and the ball
passed through the head of the other young
man, named Whitney He fell, and died
instantly. Young Whitney was about to be
married, and was on visit from South
Orange, Mass.
DIPLOMATIC CHANGE,-The Moniteur, Of
dItS, dIlUOullCCo tllub Oulu lC SOllltC,
the present Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
ter Plenipotentiary of France to the United
States, is recalled, and that his successor is
NJ Sartiges, late Minister OF that country to
Sweden. 1t is also stated that M: Gauleree
Boileau is appointed Secretary of Legation in
the place of NJ Bourbouolon, who has been
promoted to be Minister to China.
r SuIc1DE.-Mr. Tobins Ely hung himsel
at Mansfield last week. The MANSFIELD
Herald states that he sold his farm and wen
West, but not finding desirable location
, returned and tired 10 buy back his farm
I The new owner refused to sell. and Mr.. E
S was so disappointed in losing his old farm
h that he became derangpd. He was a kim
. husband atItctionaIe father, and best o
a neghbois. Herald.
!, KANAwHA SALr.-There are in the Ka
G nawha Salines about fifty furnaces, whicl
II produced lag, year about 100000 bushel
+, salt. The wells from which the water j
e obtained, are of various depihs--some bein
/ seventeen hundred feet deep. Formerly tn
}, wa ter was boiled in kettles, with wood on
u ly. Now, salt is made by steam; and Goa
8 only is used for fuel Gallipolis Jour.
"A
There is at present living in our city lad
nine years Of age, who speaks and write
the Hebrew, Latin. French, Spanish ant
a Italian languages with as much ease ant
I Auency as he does the English. Spring
g field Jour.
u OyGreat excitement was produced Oh
. the canal Tuesday, at the Deer Creek Locks
y by numbers of persons dragging Tor youn
o lady who was said TO have thrown herse
!, from Sixth st. bridge. After about two hour
y y of hard labor, somebody followed ':,ApriI
. Fool" from the tow-path. Gin. Com.
IT The Marietta Intelligencer says the DireC
Ig tors of the Marietta and National Road Plan
ID Road Company, have made location of th
E. road from Msrietta to the mouth of Papav
Y. a distance of twelve miles. The work wi
r be Immediately commenced and pushe
y, through.
is The Small Pox is prevailing in dif1e rer
u parts of Jeff rson county, Va, and the Spir
of Jefferson, says "In Pleasant Valley, MI
ryIand, there is hardly family without on
or more cases." 1t is most likely that this
- an exaggerated report.
rs AUToBIoGRAPHY.-It is understood ths
ry Maj Noah has left behind him an autobiC
rk graphy which his sons will publish. II viii
n, no doubt, be very interesting, for it wi
comprise history oil politics and other ma
o ters for nearly half century.
A NEW 0MNIBUs.-A new omnibus has bee
-, introduced iEto london, so arrangd that evel
w passenger has door, seat, and a window f
himself, with gutta percha tube throug
ne which to convey orders 10 the cad. The a
n rangement is IN st ingenious. The only diff
oil Guilty is, that friends getting in have no oppo
ne tunity of saying a ord TO each other until Il
to journey is performed. Connected with eve
of seat, or cell, or box, whichever it may be Gale
a is self acting machine for registering the da
of ly number ofpasengers.
IS, CoPPERDoM Detroit Free Press lear
rs, that the Northwestern Mining Company. nc
,ly Eagle Harbor, have struck new and lar
ed vein, which promises large profits 10 the Co
inf pany. The mines generally ore all doing we
l., and all of the working companies, the Fl
y Press says, have the best assurances of Succt
'r the ccmirg season.-Lleve. Head.
ire BLOWING GLAss.-The secret of blown
4, great glass bubbles, like the ecanter whi
~. the french intend to exhibit al the Worlds Fa
no consists simply in moiStening the mouth with
10 little water before blowing. The water is CO
w verted, in the interior of the drop, into stea
ch which vastly aids the breath in extending I
an dimensions of the "bell." eos