The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-22
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beating his mother!
The Odd Fellows of Urbana, Ohio,
lately purchased grove offfeen acres as
site for college.
The Brooklyn Common Council have ap-
propriated one thousand dollars towards
celebrating the Fourth of July.
The city crier of Buffalo, d colored man,
was married to margaret O'Connor, a
white girl, on Saturday.
On Monday last the cars on the Illinois
Central Railroad ran through to Dubuque
The road is now regularly opened.
E. H. Chapin says the imperial gam
bier Of France won his throne by dice
made from the bones of the great Napole-
on ,s.F..ae.
Cholera has appeared among the United
States troops at Baton Rouge in an epi-
deInic form. Several deaths have occur
red, and fifty soldiers are now sick.
Mr.. Nicholas Glenn, wealthy farmer,
living near Ashland, Ohio, was drowned
in small creek, near his residence, on
Saturday eveninglast..
Switzerland has telegfaphic station for
every 10000 of her inhabitants; England
ono Srevery oo, ,OUo; SARDINIA one for ev-
cry 10000; Belgium one for every 1850,
600; the United States one to every 800,
600; France one TO every 9so, 900; Prussia
one to every $4,000. .... I'LL, ..a.y
\ His calculated that the German emigra-
tiop to the United States this year, accord
ing to the rate at which it is going on, will
humber rabont ITO, 900 souls; and that the
British emigration to the same parts will
J number about 10000 souls. .,'' ',''. ,.. =
d In q, Kentucky prison, at the present
time, ARE the notorious DR.. Hayne, who
was convicted Of marrying number O
wives; and Jeff Evans, formerly member
Of the Kentucky Legislature, and a promi-
nent politician of that State. qA9 10
The revolutionary party III Mexico have
captured Monterey. General Cardena
with sixty-seven other officers, were taken
prisoners. Twenty-six cannon, with 9th
er munitions Of var, fell into the hands o
the opponents of the government. AL
business on the frontier is suspended.
That wag of the Boston Post says stom
ach pumps are in use at all the railroad de-
pots, to clear the passengers ofany alcoho,
they may have in them. This is to saw
the roads from liability under the liquo
law Tor transporting the prohibited article
The ship George Washington, Captain
Pardon G Edwards, has returned to New
Bedford from whaling voyage to the Och
otsk Sea, having taken in three seasons Z
900 bbls. whale oil and seventy-fve o
Sperm oil, the largest quntity ever taken by
any whaler during single cruise. The
George Washington sailed in November
1851.
The clock made for the new House 0
Parliament has dials twenty-five feet il
diameter-the largest in the world. Ev
erymiuute the minute hand moves thirteel
inches. This clock will go eight and
half days, but will strike only seven and
half days from its winding up. Itis sai'
to be an excellent time-keeper, varyin!
but few seconds amonth.
Fifteen years ago, the opponents Of tn
: Democratic party wereloud in singing til
t following, which is from an old Log Cab
in Song Book
Gold water may do for the locos,
, Ora little vinegar stew;
But give MS hard cider aud whiskey,
-" And cheer for Old Tippecanoe.'
4
v Here's to our fathers and mothers,
Likewise 10 ould Ireland, too:
!, So down with the loco usurpers
' And up with Old Tippecaaoe.' ~.
T Verify, times change, and people wit
d them. " ,,,e -, Il.
al The wheat and corn crops of Washing
h ton, Madison, Benton, Crawford, Franl
i Hin, Scott and Sebastian counties, Arkar
ie fsas,, never looked more promising, In tt
E, valley of Virginia, according to II
III Charleston Press ofthe 3lst uit., the pro
in pect Of Wheat is not good, nor in larG
a. extent of the surrounding country, Ha
Of a crop is the largcet amount hoped for
rs the most sanguine husbandman. The
wern fine rains last week in North Caro-
ma, and the cry of famine in that regie
u has ceased, for the present at least.
lis fact nearly all the Southern States ha
d, lately been blessed with refreshing sho'
I'd ers, exceptin the vicinity of New orlear
K The liquor law lately voted on in Iii