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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10
Scene in a Church.

The Pittsburgh Gazette of "Wednesday
gives the following "scene" as having occur.
red the day before, at the first Presbyterian
Church, where John B. Cough, the temper
ance lecturer was speaking: -., J
The galleries and aisles, were choked up
with dense mass of human beings, and the
very pulpit was occupied BY as many as could
find standing room. Mr.. Cough delivered
an address with his usual ability, and whilst
the audience, entranced by his eloauence
were eagerly listening to every word that he
uttered, and were as silent as the grave a
loud crash was heard, and the inside railinps
in the choir, gave way to the crowd which
was pressing against them. Then scene
ensued, which beggars description. The
multitude imagined that the house was fall.
ing, and made rush for the doors. Ladies
tainted away, and many persons commenced
praying aloud, whilst one gentleman jumped
up, and began to sing hymn in a loud voice.
The glassin the windows was shattered and
men and women jumped through them. Sew
eral gentlemen actually leaped from the gal
lery windows to the ground, though fortu.
nately they escaped wftifa few bruises. y
A large number of persons were crushed,
and trodden under foot, while hats and bon
nets were irretrievably ruined, and dresses
torn and soiled. The confusion continued
for several minutes, and the noise and pproal
were perfectly deaiening. One Of the stoves
was overturned, and II was, together with
1.-The pipe, rolled out IN some manner, while
ltha hnf cinders bnrninc the Garnet and fill.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

A CHANCE FOR THE LADIES "A man in
Philadelphia, possessed of $4,000, adver.
tises Tor wife. He intends TO visit the
Worlds Fair, and travel over the greater
part OF Europe, aud wishes his wife TO ac.
company him. The lady must be thirty OF
thirty-fve years old, of unexceptionable
character in society, good health, and kind,
cheerful disposition, and ifa widow, with
out children. Education should, Of course,
be respectable. Fortune not indispensable
but no objection, and whatever she has will
be settled upon herself. Address note to
A. r. c., Posi- Office, Philadelphia. Here's
a a"smart change" for somebody to go to the
Worlds Fair. Don't all speak at once, la.
dies,
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10
A High Tumble.

On the morningof the Both ult. car on
the Erie roilroad, as the train was approach
ing Piemont, containing between thirty
and forty passengers, suddenly, got off The
truck, broke from its connections, and iumb-
led with great violence down an embank'
ment forty feet in height, into the Delaware
river! The water was shallow, and It is
supposed that but three or four were killed.
The others were greatly bruised.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10
Psychometry,

Prof. Buchanan who lectured on the
above science, at Cincinnati, one evening
last week, told his audience that impossible
individuals could read the character of per-
sons more thoroughly than the Phrenologists
could describe it, by merely holding the au-
tograph Of the individual in his hand, or ap-
plying it to the forehead. He had found that
asensitiye man might hold metallic sub
stance in his hand, and tell what it was by the
sensations occasioned. He had found an in
dlyidual who could tell brass in the dark
could distinctly feel an unpleasant sensation
by touching the brass lining of his pencil
He found that one end of pencil might b.
placed on an organ, and by touching the 9th
er end the same organ would be excited il
the same manner, that it would be by the ap
plication Of the hand of the manipulation.
At the close of the lecture some expert
ments were made. Two gentlemen were ap
pointed to select autographs for examination
The committee made an efiectual test, by cut
ting letter into pieces, and handing then
to the Psychometer as two letters. The i'm
pressions received from the two pieces wer
the same, and the author of the letter yer
well described. The Prof. was evidentl
much embarrassed by tue examination, feal
ing that it was proving failure. But o
the announcement by the committee that tn
two pieces were parts Of the same letter, an
that it was written by Prof. Buchanan him
self, he and his audience manifested most de
cided satisfaction with the experiment TIL
committee did not allow either the Prof. c
the subject to see the handwriting of th
letter.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

DRAeoLEY DREssEs.--We apostropbise
with the New York Mirrcr-Ladies we a re
daily disguised at seeing you sweep the fiji.
Thy streets with your long dresses. What
nasty fashion What masses Of mud cling
10 your skirts, your stockings, and all the
etceteras of your pedal extrmiies What
a wsnion waste of fabric and Of soap How
many dozen pairs of stockings it takes
week to keep you decent about the ankles!
But we hayn't the stomach 10 pursue the
subject. VIII Mrs. Swisshelm or Mrs. Par.
tington come to our aid and give these a.
bominable draggle skirts q regular blo,Oing
up9
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10
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Portrait of Washington.

We have, received from John S. Taylor,
Bookseller and Publisher, l43, Nassau St.,
N. Y, large engraving of Washington
One dollar post paid to the publisher, will in
sure the forwarding of the picture, free OF
postage. One dollar would not buy ours
not even ten, if there were no probability Of
getting another copy.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

HUNGARIAN REFUGEES more of the
unfortunate patriots Of Hungary have ar
rived in New York. Captain Edward Ber.
vey. who served as Adjulant to Gen. Bem,
during the war, and Colonel Clurel Kiring.
Capt. Bervey was taken prisoner by the
Russians, and carried 10 Kiev, on the
Dnieprr, where he was detained a year. AT.
Ter being released, he made his way 10 the
Mediterranean, and obtained passage on an
American vessel.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

EXTENT OF TExAs.-Thosew who have been
so dissatisfied about the size of California,
should, for the sake Of appearances, say
something about the proportion Of Texas
The area Of Texas is about five times the
size Of New York. It's about four hundred
miles from San Antonio to the nearest poin'
of New Mexico. From the mouth OF the
Rio Grande to Ell Passo, it is about eight
hundred and thirty miles in straight line
and twice that distance by the river. From
the northeast corner Of the State to El Passo
| is about eight hundred and sixty miles, ant
about the same from the mouth Of the Ri
Grande to the northern line. ia
N. o. Crescent.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

oT At an adjourned meeting on the 22d
ult., in the New Orleans Chamber of Com
merce, it was determined to rebuild the St.
Charles Hotel with as little delay as possible.
Workmen are already engaged on the ruins Of
DR.. Clapp's Church, for the purpose, as the
Picayune supposes, Of rebuilding that edi-
6ca
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

OTThe Tribune and Clipper wishes to
know what we think of Judge Vance's re-
election to the Constitutional Convention,
Simply that his reelection was brought
about by the votes Of the softs and whigs.-
Why, don'tyou claim it as whig victory
If yor have guined victory in Missouriyou
ought TO have credit for one in Butler coun.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

OF A scheme for establishing line Of
propellers to run between New Orleans and
Liverpool, is on foot in the former city. The
proposition is to build two of 1900 to 1000
tons burthen. The capital to be 100000 to
$3.50 900, to be raised by shares of $1,000
each, payable in equal installments of three,
six, nine and twelve months.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

ocF- The Youngstown Republican, pub,
lished at Col, Todd's residence, says that
gentleman has been recalled from his Brazil
ian mission, at his own request, and WILSON
be at home. tf
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

THE FIRST PRINTED BooK.-It is sin
gular and beautiful fact in the history .
the art of printing, that the first book
printed with movable types was the Bible.
There was no date 10 it, but 1t was COM
mpnced in 1850, and finished in 1850
thus requiring ten ycaars for its execu-
tion.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

o~r John Kelly, Of New York, won a
wager the other day, that he could drink the
most liquor in given time. He drank \
quart and a half in five minutes and died IN
FIVE more.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

GrThe tehgnphic report that the Cap
tain Of Tarquin saw steamship at sea
WHICH was supposed to be the Atlantic
steamer, Is pronounced untrue by the east.
ern papers.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

The BIBLe was first divided into chapters
BY Hugo de Sancto Caro-, a Roman Catholic
cardina, in I240, and the. Old Testomcnt
was subdivided into verses by Mordecai
Nathan, a Jewish Rabbi, in l440. R,bcrt
tppheus, learned printer of Paris, sub
divided the New Trstamenti into verses, du-
ring his leisure hours while or journey
from Paris TO Marseilles, in 1863
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

) 0Cr The illinois Legislature has passed an
act prohibiting The sale Of spiituous liquors.
iof stimulating purposes, Ia less quantities
than ope quart, and 70 boys under ls years
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10
Supreme Court.

The following are the times of holding
the sessions of the Supreme Court, in the
counties named, as fixed by the late actof the
Legislature: tf
Scioto, Nov. a; Pike, Nov. 10; Jackson
Nov. IL; vinton, Nov. IL; Athens, Nov
IL, Hooking. Nov. Is; Perry, Nov. II; Fair
field. Nov. 10; Ross, Nov. %; Pickaway
Nov. %.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10
BATON RoueE. Feb. 5.

Herr Byningerer, the wire performer, ia
attempting TO walk from the tower oil th'
capitol fell and was killed.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

0-r A lady by the name Of Fletcher was
cruelty murdered on the 18th ult,, near Do
ver Tenn. The deed was perpetfated by q
negro man and woman, in the absence Of Mr..
Fletcher with an axe and club.
0~F- A. clerk in the Boston and Maine
Railroad Office has pocleted some $1,000 Of
the funds and is in the jug n
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

rT0ur publication day being on Mon
day, all advertisements and notices ior pub
ieation, must be handed in on Saturday.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10

NV. B. PALMER, The American Newspaper
Agent, is Che only authorized agent for this
paperin the cities Of Boston, New York, and
Philadelphia, aud is duly empowered TO take
advertisements aud subscriptions at the same
ratss as required by us. Hts receipts viii be
egafdeda as payments.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-10-08
Ohio state Fair.

CoLuABus. Thursday, Sept. Is, 1851.
To-day has been . great day in the annals of
Ohio industry The second, annual State Fair
opened in this city yesterday. and to day every
thing is in its place. The attendance far sur
passes our most sanguine antic,pations, the
number on the ground being estimated 4 from
$1,000 to 10000 persons. The exhibition Of
horses, sheep. hogs and poultry. is much supe.
rior to that Of last year. and will compare "a.
vorably with that Of any State in the Union.-
The fruit and vegetable display is also very
fine. The manuturers. and mechanics' halls
are well filed with elegant and insenious
works, which attracts great anttention-- Plows.
Cultivators, Winnowing Machines, and all
kinds Of agricultural implements are ii great
abundance and excellence. The Fair il : great
improvement on the first, and will do much Ia
rouse up the farmers Of Ohio to the true impor.
lance of their position. The day is cool and
pleasant, and no accident has time far occurred
to mar the general joy, There are number.
OF the distinguished stfangers from the other
States present, among whom are Senator
Douglas, Of Illinois. Governor Wright, of Indi
ana. &c. Tormorrov Hon. william Allen vili
deliver the address. and the reports Of tAs Va
rious committeess will be made. sdu5gr48
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-10-08
Hrelsnd and its Pesrle.

We see BY foreign exchanges, that another
religions persecution is about to bust mo. Ire
land. Oppression upon oppression has been
heaPed upon the people Of that country, until
it appeared impossible. that more suffering.
could be inflicted upon them. but it seeus that
their ePpressors have not exhausted al their
means Of persecution. neither is their i'll will
towards the poor Irish in the least degree les
sened. Their religion, their main stay and on.
y consolation. Is SOW about to draw npSu their.
heads the wrath Of their psrsecutors: lyen tho
privilege Of worshiping their God according to
their own belief is denied them. Not onlv
must they yield sabnisswely in all matters
connected with their temporal governmest. but
also suffer the produce Or their hard jabo$ n h.
wrested from them. to satisfy the ap,p,etit,s and
increase the ineomsof non.pesident. ,oh,.. .ra
cruel and rapacious landlords, While them.
selves and their families are actually eo;,s
down into their graves from staFyation--st.ry.
ing in tie sunshine. in the sight Of veil 6lled
corn racks. the produce Of their svn fert;ls
soil, guarded By ~ armed soldiery, and veil
6iied potato fields that they dare NOT enter
They dare not even follow the doctrines Of q
religion il which they aDd their ancestory have
heen'taught to Relieve, but 'nast profess that
religion which Is pointed out 70 fhe.n " theit
Ensiish masters. or il they refuse to Do 10, call
down upon themselves and their faniliss their
lsres and pngoyernabae fury.--ss. Louis
Union gT8tses, ss"sAilssa
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-10-08

Taking all things together, British aud
Americans have run pretty fair tie through
the trials Of this wonderful season. But now
it is beyond all denial that every practical sue
cess Of the season belongs to the Americans-
Their consignments showed poorly at FIRST, but
came out well ON trial. Their reaping machine
has carried conviction to the heart III the Brit
ish agriculturists. Their revolvers threaten to
revolutionize military tactics As completely -
the original discovery of gunpowder Their
yatch takes class to itself OF all the victo-
ries ever won none has been SO transcendant
as that Of the New York schooner. The &c
count given Of her performances suggest the
inaproachable excelt nee attributed to Jupiter
by the ancient poets. who describe the King of
the Gods as being not only supreme but having
none other next to him. whats frstf" "The
America whats secondr Nothing" B.
sides the Baltic. one of Collins line of steam
ers, has made the fastest passage yet khown
across the Atlantic" and. according to the
American Journals, has been purchased by
British agents "for the purpose Of towing the
Cunard vessels from one shore Of the ocean to
the other" Finally as If to crown the trismphs
OF the year. Americans have actually sailed
through the Isthmus connecting the two CONT.
nents of the New World, and, while English
men have been doubling and grudging, Yam.
KEGS have stepped in and won the day.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-10-08
The approaching Congressional
session.

The ides of October are upon US. The seal
and yellow leaf trembies TO it's fall. The pre-
monitory admonitions Of approaching white,
are unequivocal, albeit the weather has been
hitherto extremely pleasant. Something less
than two months will elapse before the meeting
Of Congress-an event always looked to with
interest, whatever may be the condition Of the
foreign and domestic relations of the govern
ment. There being no great public emergency,
to command the exclusive attention of the ap-
preaching session, the most significant consid-
Grafton in reference to it, is the overwhelming
majority which the democratic party will pos
sess in either branch, indicative Of the settled
opinions of ihe people adverse to thf unprinci-
Piled and mcrcenary career Of an occidental ex
ecutive administration. This emphatic prepon-
derance will also exclude the possibility of the
adoption-ifi it does not prevent even sugges-
tion-of the exploded dogmas of whiggery, up
on the subjects Of currency, revenue, class le-
gislation, and the domestic institutions Of the
states. We are apprehensive indeed. that the
absence of every controlling national emergen-
cy, and the hopecssness of concentrating any
single measure which the instincts Of whiggery
may suggest, will prodigiously stimulate the
Congressional propensity for t,rattle, which has
already grown to be crying legislative evil Of
the times-especially in view Of the close prox-
unity of presidential contest. We trust, new
ertheless, the time will be found suspicious for
securing a proper degree of attention to the
hitherto neglected interests of the great and
growing west. These interests-immense in
magnitude, and of pressing emergency-have
too long been jostled and postponed by the
ever-recurring exigcncies of the political or f.
nancial warfare with which the latitude of
Washington abounds. We look with conf
dence to a beneficial change in this course Of
events.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-10-08
The Presen, and Future.

Possessing as we do. in this favored section
the most extensive mineral and agricultural re-
sources of any portion of the Union, and alrea-
dy possessing large surplus for expectation
teah no channel Of egress but such is afforded ba
the Mississippi it is matter Of the first import.
ance to all that that channel at least should be
so far improved as to afford safe transit for our
products"
The foregoing passage occurs in the invita-.
tion which has been circulated to the Rapids
convention at Burlington. 1t is literally true
OF the present position of the great and growing
region OF the Northwest; but we are gratified to
know that the time rapidly approaches in which
tl.1pAsanalo Of exres lnkhc ,Missis.
sippf'-improvcd, as itSVnJlllD2will become
secondary thoroughfare Of intercommunica-
tion and commerce, between this favored sec.
ton and "the rest Of mankind" Thanks to
the indomitable enterprise of this people, the
Rock Island railroad and its eastern connec
tions. will very soon afford us cheap, reliable,
uninterrupted channel of egress which-tri-
phing over time, seasons and tides-wil pour
upon the people of Iowa a flood of accelerated
temporal prosperity and social enjoyment.
And we arc equally gratifed to know to
moral certainty. that the speediest possible ere
alton of this great artificial :channel"-wbich
no combinations Of flood or drought, heat or
frost can impair-will not sensibly affect the
uses to which the majestic Mississippi mustever
be applied; since the uniform experience of this
continent has demonstrated that. with all the
manifold advantages Of our oceans lakes, and
rivers, ameliorated by the resources Of the ma
tion,the business Of the countryimore than keeps
pace with the progress of internal artificial i'm
provement, rapid it is. indeed it is quite
apparent that an efficient improvement of the
rapids, and the construction of all the contcm-
plated railways to the Mississippi will be mu-
tually advantageous to each other; nay, indis.
pcnsable to the full development Of the capaci.
ties Of each. Let them all be encouraged. and
by every possible means promoted for that
man is unworthy of his day and country, who
would restrict us to any given number Of chan
nels of communication, however perfect.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-10-08

The whig press, with here and there and hon
orable exception, are just now engaged in laud-
ing our Spanish American President and his
WEIGH American Consul at Havana, for their
efficient aid to the bloody Concha, in hunting
to the death. with dogs, the unfortunate Cuban
liberators; and also in the kindred vocation of
kissing out their fetid SANDERS of the democra-
tic party for its vindication of the characters
and motives of our murdered countrymen, from
the official libels of a corrupt administration.
Their political instincts always lead them to an
espousal of the cause of arbitrary power, and
the untoward issue Of this liberating movement
has SO confirmed their desires that they are
quite beside themselves with qualification
They are so devoid Of all feeling and all dis
erection, that the Presidents disgraceful procla-
nation, which foredoomed American citizens
to wholesale slaughter, is eulogized as a pattern
republican document With them Concha is a
mcrciful gentleman, providentially saved from
bandtti, and Owen is a very discreet magis-
trate, whose heart is kept in the right place by
awell-balanced judgment while every citizen
of this Republic who does not sing peans to
the trio and their blood hounds, are set down
as accessories to piracy and plunder, Such crea
lures are unworthy Of their country, and should
be domiciled under the congenial jurisdiction
of an Austrian despotism, where they could ex-
ercise their political predictions, without be-
ing annoyed by the precepts and injunctions Of
American democracy
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-10-08
~ III cexfss

For the third d iip;sion of the District Of
Iowa,' is sitting in This city--His Honor Judge
DYER upen the bench. The docket, we under
stand, is quite small There is a probability
of the finding Of oaa 81 two indictments for vi
olations Of the Post Office laws, and of some
others for cutting timber upon the public lands,
The charge Of the court was confined to . re-
cisal Of some 0f thS revisioss ,of ne llats Of
Congress. defining and furnishing these often
ces. The following srs the names q the Grand
Jurors in attendance:
ConstAhtines ESsas. N. . Ha~ley. W. ".
Dcnslow, Henry Mcdowell William Inslee.
Samuel 6innet. h H. Wilson. w. r, Edgar.
John Wilson, E. o. Lyon, Laurel Summers, q.
=. Buck. Hosea Johns, Jesse Berry. Matthias
Albright. W. Wilkinson, Slarks Block Thorn
Is Morford. Robert Lucas, CD Sheileday Rob-
ert Moore, Wilson Stanley. Joseph Bridgman.
sThis pascelling out Of the small district Of
Iowa into three divisions, involving accumula-
ted trouble and expele :, strikes us as extreme
lyimpolitie II u ab1at e4uivalenti the Irish
mans idea Of quaYin cherry into FIVE
halves. The grea1 1sof Ohio, with two mil
lions Of people, ivided district--while
Iowa, With npulaton, and scarce
W. Nthree petty sub
courts of low S6fth provincial
tavern keepers, 1ll great trouble and in
convenience Of eve body else. has been run
quite into the ground.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-10-08

DR.. BALLARD, of the Iowa City Republican,
consumes about column in rounding himself
up to the admission that he was Informed that
the Rapids Convention would not be called on
terfere with the Iowa City Convention. So far
50 good. We pass by the balance, until We
come to an additional half column wherein the
Doctor asseverates his zeal in favor Of the i'm
Provemsnt Of the Rapids, and winds ND by
stating that we are evidently opposed to every
Improvement in the State which does not en-
brace Rarling ton in its interests. 1t would he
useless to reply to such nonsense., We will
only say that IN all this matter the Doctor as
usual is ocer -6etfinq A'M,eelf. s Etll%