The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-03-22
NEWS OF HI E
EEK President Herrera, of Mexico,
died on the llth Of February.

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VrThe population Of California, j. is
said, has not increased to any extent dur.
ing The past year.
The object Of life is life itself-if we do
but our duty 10 our W minds, we shall
soon come 10 DO IL 10 the world. ADJ
A woman in attempting TO conjugate a
verb, said gal will marry, thou wilt mar
~, he will marry, and we will all feed the
babies together" l.o
A western editor says child was run
over by a wagon three years old; cross
eyed, with pantale,s, which never spoke
afterwards. u
B'An editor out West offers his entire
printing establishment, subcribers, accounts.
&C., for a clean shirt anu a good meal Of
yictuals. .,s,, f,.r. ia. u
u'In the year 1909 there were four
hundred aud thirteen Quaker meeting hous-
es in England. There are now but three
hundred and seventeen.
TnE PARDON OF SMIrn O'BRIEN.-The
following item Of foreign news gives the
reason why this gentleman was pardoned
by the British Government; l,.
"Lord Palmerston, in answer 10 a ques-
ton, replied that Smith O'Brien having &C.
ted like a gentleman, in refusing 10 escape
at the expense Of breaking his parole, is
o be ~pardoned."
Ell is reported at Washington, that
suits will be commenced against Major
Lally, Waddy Thompson, and other recipi-
en,s of the Gardiner claim money, where
ever it can be directly traced.
CALHOUN Observation-Disclosures 81,
600 and S., 900 have been subscribed by
the ladies' Of Charleston, and the New
England Society has offered 10 forward a
check for 5000 10 $500 as soon as the cor.
ner stone is laid.
P'The Cincinnati Enquirer, Learnt
that Mrs. Capt. CUMMINGS, wife of ont
Of The Martha Washington persons,) ha'
gone 10 Arkansas, not only with the view
of meeting her husband, but with til,
avowed intention Of challenging SIDNEY q
BURroS 10 fight a duel. llurrah 70
woman's rights.
t5'The p .simaster Generalh has decided
that "an actual subscriber To a weekly
newspaper, residing within the county
where the same is printed and published
is entitled 10 receive such paper free q
postage at any Office in The adjoining coun
iy, provided such is the one at which h
usually receives COMMUNICATIONS by mail.
rV'There will be an e%xtraOrdinar'
eclipse of the sun Oh The och May mex
such a one as none but the oldest inhab
iiants have witnessed in this vicinity. ]
will be similar to the great eclipse Of 1906
since which there has been lone resem
bling il nearer than that Of 1890, whe
eleven twelllhs of The sun were obscured.
BrThe population of San Francisco
at the end of 1852 was $4,000, an in
crease of 5000 on the preceding year.
There is one lawyer to every $50 Of til
San Franciscans-enough to keep lher
all alive and busting. The city has 2
newspapers, IL of which are dailics, (
The latter there are not more IN all Eug
land! and II fire companies.
wThc New Orleans papers of Tues
day are received. The Black Warrio
had caused great exci,ementin Mobile an
New Orleans. A letter from Havana say
when the steamer COrWin left, immens
crowds followed 10 the warf, and flags {
American vessels were hoisted and tn
cannon of Moro Castle were pointed {
her, and The batllemenls glistened will
armed men.
PcPULATINu THE WEsr.-The settle
meni Of the Western States is general
credited 10 New England, We, the Unite
States census Of 1850 shows conclusivel,
r That the share of New England was b.
a small one when compared with The pa
taken by The two great States Of Pennsy
yania and New York. When the censu
referred 10 was taken, there was in III
States Of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, lllinoi
Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri, 32l,9l
!, natives of Penusylvania, ~3oo,00s ualiv'
|, of New York, and bu, lsO,7Ol natives
New England. or 1890 natives ofNe
/; York and Pennsylvania; 10 ls0,79l nativ,
1 Of New England. The number Of Pen
= sylvanians in Ohio alone, 900 1854, e.
Q ceeded the whole number Of New En-
J, landers in tue West, while in the State
!, Michigan there were no less then 1875
New Workers.
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The London Times, of February III
:, concludes an article on Na%poleon'S let,e