The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-16
News Items.

+ : SclotO.H
+ 0s- Edwin R. Campbell, formerly OF tht
Cincinnati Dispatch, has become associated
with Col. Medary in editing the Statesman
OE The gentlemanly officers Of the Gin
cinnati have again placed us under obliga
tipns for late Pittsburgh papers,
TAR AND FEATHERs!--A Mr.. Tayv in
Newport has married widow by the name
of Fcatherst
OT A well knowncotton buyer OF New
Orleans has disappeared, defaulter to the
tune Of $4,000. The loss falls principally
upon three large cotton houses.
OTMr. F. FosDlcK drew half of the
$4,000 capital prize in the Kentucky State
lottery at Louisville. The Democrat SAYS
he frequently does that thing!
The !" HUTCHINSON FAMILY" are now on
their way out west, to give series of con.
certs. The crazy one is represented as sane
enough in his songs.
The population of Limerick numbers only
10000 males to no less than $4,000 females.
There has been decrease in the population
of 1000 since l84l .
The WEATHER is in state Of betwixt-
Iand-betweenity of winter and summer
Such cool days and nights are unworthy of
this season of the year at any rate.
OT The young man who attempted to
kiss his sweetheart with a cigar in his mouth,
has left town. Before he went he conclu-
ded to quit smoking.
0s- A rusty old bachelor of our acquain-
tance says the reason he does not get mar
ried is because the house is not big enough
to hold the consequences.
m- A western writer thinks that if the
proper way Of spelling tho, is though and
ate, "eight" and DO, beaux" then the prop
er way Of spelling potatoes, ispoughteigh-
tcauT.
OTA Pennsylvania paper says, the three
cent pieces have made their appearance and
no doubt will supercede the haIf-dime as
church contribution and as an equivalent
for Mercer County Redeye."
0 A female writer says: "nothing
looks worse on lady thar darned stock
ings."
A bachelor friend at Our elbow is deci-
dedly of the opinion that those which need
darning look great deal worse.
OTThos. Hunt, a worthy farmer of Knox
county in this State, was instantly killed last
week by tree falling upon him which he
was chopping down.
Oy 1t is said that Kossuth and his COM
panions will be released shortly, at the reit-
Grated request of England, on condition
that they Immediately leave Europe.
Os- The Steamer Pacific made her late
passage from Liverpool to New York in pre-
cisely ten days, the quickest passage ever
made to this country, and the third trip in
which she has beaten all her competitors.
Os The Lafayette, which sailed for Liv-
erpool on the 10th of May, and the City of
Glasgow, which sailed on the 18th, both
from Philadelphia, had not arrived at Liver
pool at last dates
OY A friend Of ours, whose domicil has
been sorely infested with rats informs us
that he obtained large trap in the hope of
taking some of them prisoners. He has
thus far met with very Indifferent success.
The only thing the trap caught was the ba-
by's leg.
Cs- We have received the fourth number
of the "0regon Statesman" from Oregon
City, o. T., edited and published by Asahel
Bush. We observe the card of our old
townSman E. Hamilton, placed in conspic-
uouS position among the advertisements.
0CY In the suit of Mrs. Forrest against
her husband, at New York, in regard to the
request for farther allowances, the Court
thought that $1,000 year, the amount al
lowed to Mrs. L. by Mr.. F., is ample not
only to provide for her support, but for ex
traordinary charges.
ELopEMENT. wife of DR.. Sell, of
Beaver, Pa, the Pittsburgh Dispatch states,
eloped with one Ira Ransom. The lady in
order TO sell the Doctor more effectually,
disguised herself in mans clothes, and start
ed off with the gay Lothario in the stage
from Bridgewater. DR.. Sell Immediately
sold out and started in pursuit with six
shooters, Arkansas tooth-picks &c. in his
pockets.
OT There is baker in Buffalo, named
Spencer, who would be the very one to make
"bread for the million" He prepared four
loaves for the late barbecue at Dunkirk, one
of which weighed two hundred and ninety
three pounds, measuring nine feet long, twen-
ty-two inches wide, and ten inches deep, and
containing one and half barrels of -four
The three others weighed two hundred and
eighty pounds each, measuring nine feet
long, twenty-five inches deep, and contain
-, -, aa oh Loaf ona 1,,ho1a bo rrol of Aoor