The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-03-17
Items,
u~s- Mr.. Bull has introduced bill in
the Legislature for the protection of the rights
of married women.

the Legislature lOr the prOleCuol VI tiic ilSu'S
of married women.
UTThe people Of Nicholas county, KY,
last week voted aga inst having their county
take $4,000 stock in the Maysville and
LtxingtSn n Railroad enterprise.
OFThe Swiss government has made
provision for having block Of marble from
the Alps placed in the Washington monu-
ment
Neither colored nor black cravats are now
admissible on full-dress occasions. Black
lace mittens are only half-dress.
White rats are noticed by the Baltimore
Sun as having been found on farm in that
county. This variety has a soft and downy
fur, much finer than that Of the ordinary
rat. ns .Ff
During the year 1850 $65,000 was raised
and spent in ,Lberian Colonization by the
American Colonization Society, being more
than in any previous year.
Brass Egg Cups have been made in enor-
nous quantities at Birmingham, England,
within the last five years. The principal
market is Turkey where they are used to hand
round cups Of coffee.
The Pope claims from the British Cabinet,
for the use Of his church, l 900 square miles
of territory in Canada, heretofore the estate
of the Jesuits.
The first commencement of the Homo
pathic College at Cleveland, o., took place
on the 10Th inst. The degree of M, d was
conferred upon II young men, 3 of whom
are New Workers.
Judge Townsend Dickinson, lawyer of
great eminence, and formerly Judge of the
Supreme Court of Arkansas, was recently
drowned in fresh water lake, about 60
miles from Corpus Christi.
During the first week in February, six hun.
dred and ten newly arrived AT ican slaves
were landed east Of Cardenas They were
sold at the rate of thirty ounces each, reali-
zing an aggregate sum Of 1890 ounces, or
$3ll 100.
One reason given why the Londoners omit
ted the use of wood in constructing the
building for the Worlds Fair, is that there
would be so many Yankees there they were
afraid they would auhittle ii dotun.
The hemp crop in Missouri has fallen off
from last year, from 20 to 25 per cent, and
it is said that the crop gathered will be of
dark leaden color, consequent upon the fall
rains and the absence of snow.
Mathilde Demidoff, cousin 10 Louis Napo-
leon, year ago sent the President large
cake with the single word "Dare' worked on
the top in sugar. This year she repeated the
present, with the words "Will you never
dare ?" worked in the same agreeable man
ner.
SINGULAR EXPLOSION large water
tank at Pensacola, Fa., exploited last week,
about 100000 gallons of water pressing
through the structure, and demolished a
large three story brick building belonging to
the navy yard.
SHORT OF FUNDs.-The Richmond Wing
states that there was but $40 in the treasu-
ry Of that State on Thursday last, and calls
on the banks to assist the commonwealth in
her present difficulties.
Q3-A Prussian sailor was picked up on
The 28th, twenty miles off the Cuban coast,
and taken on board the bark Oregon, who
had fallen ovelboord the previous eveni,. g
from the Ocean Star, and had sustained him
ell on the surface for six hours.
ANOTHER SHARP SHAvE-The sale OF
three and half millions Of dollars in Erie
railroad bonds, at New York on Thursday,
which went off in the space an hour, in
volved depreciation OF 10 per cent, conse-
M ~ n @ ChG &c In ha .Nc
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
A great Cathedral is projected by the Ro-
man Catholics in Washington City. 1t is
estimated to cost 81 100000, and is to be
paid for by contributions from all the Cath
olics in the Union, and by donations from
; Europe. A lot of ground 300 feet square
has been secured for il.
The National lntelligencer publishes the
translation of letter. to the President from
Gov. Ujhazy. He states that he has estab-
lished himself, with some of his countrymen,
on the banks of the Crooked River in Deca-
: tur Co., Iowa, and has named his settlement
New Buda.
We learn from the Kanawha (Va.) Repub-
lican, that Messrs. Howland & Aspinwall,
representatives of the Atlantic and Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, have purchased
large amount Of coal land on the Kanawha,
for the purpose of mining coal for the use
of their steamers.
Mr.. Golden in the course ofa recent speech
at Stockport said: If the spirit of America
were once aroused, and her resentment excl
ted, by her mercantile marine alone, the
growth of commerce, the result of low tax
alton, and prosperous people--her mercan-
tile marine alone would be more than a
match for any war navy that exists on the
continent Of Europe.
The Mobile Advertiser says friend from
one Of the interior river counties, informs
them that distinguished gentleman of his
county, who was delegate to the Secession
Convention, has returned perfectly satisfied
with all such counsellors. He declares that
he never did get among men who were quite
so wild in their motions as some Of the
leaders Of that Convention were.
We notice the death in England, OF Col.
George Williams, M. P. for Ashton. He
was born in st. Johns, New Foundland, and
is said to have joined the army Of Burgoyne
at the age of twelve years, and to have been
present at the battle of Saltwater. He af
forwards accompanied Lady Harriet Ack.
land on her memorable expedition to Join
her husband in captivity. He afterwards
saw much active service, and died aged 81
supposed to have been the last survivor of tn