The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-09-08
our New York corresponden

NEw YoHK, August ~, 1881
Msssfe, Editors t
see. that Daniel Webster has been nomi-
mated by the wings Of Massachusetts,, asthe
q fitst choice for the presidency, ofihe large
maioriIy of the people" Of that interesting
little State. The Massachusetts, men are
said 10 resemble Englishmen more than tne
inhabitants of any other State IN The Union.
The whigs OF that Slate certainly show them
selves to be quite as obstinate as the most
nick. headed Of our trans-atantic COUSINS
i never see Boston whig Of the old school,
Without being fercibly reminded, by his look,
speech, and actions, Of that obstinate, Jun
successful, old man, George iii, However,
am SO pleased with the turn things are IA
king in Massachusetts,, that don't feel like
abusing them. Un the contrary, poor as !
|tm, would give $5 week to the shig par
". for year, if their National Convention
would put Daniel Webster forwafd'as their
candidate for the presidency. He would
ltsnd about as good chance Of being elected
is D'Israeli, or any other English, High Tory,
Church and State. man. Mr.. Webster has
no faith in a government Of the peoples at
heart. Ninety. nine out Of hundred Of his
ayings, in public, and in private, show this
% be The case. His HuIsemann Letter and
IA few other documents are exec ptional affairs.
Ore pared by his mighty intellect, for effect;
hut ne has no more belief in, or wish to car
" out. the opinions expressed in them, than
tie Emperor Nicholas.
Whenever see new thing started in N.
York, l instinctively probe il, to see how
money is going to be made out of it, and
lssI10 is going to make il /; experience having
taught me that, in ninety mine cases out OF
a hundred, may safely assume the highest
motive in every new enterprise-whetber it
be styled by its getters up, philosophical, in-
dustiial. philsnthropical, social, moral, re-
ligious, individual, national, Anglo-Saxon,
or const:iutional-to be, really, the love Of
money, or iis equivalents. Occasionally, a
new move is made that cannot see through,
for some time; but generally manage. at
last, to tiace, as usual, every act back to the
| two great motors of the age, the ruling and
the most revered Of the faculties of the mind
--acquisitiveness and secretitiyness, which
give man the desire and the capacity TO
become rich, or rather, without which he
cannot become so.
Just at this moment, howe yer, am regu-
larly foored by a move made by a medical
man of this city. Ioon't see what motive
Ire csnhave, in making such . novel propo-
sition as that which he publicly announces,
exec pit a good one; and yet, partake Of the
popular prejudice, TO such an extent as to te-
totally disbelieve the possibility of yender
of patent medicine being impelled by any
higher motive than that Of fattening himself
on the gullibiliy of the community. The
individual TO whom now allude is DR., Tai
tot Watts, OF this city, who claims TO have
discovered remedy for consumption and
nearly every other disease, ard who adverti-
ses TO supply patients in every part Of. the
Union, with the Nervous Antidote, (the
name Of his medicine and to wait for his
pay until they are cured.
DR.. Watts must have strong faith in the
potency OF his medicine, and an equal conf.
lence in the honesty Of consumptive people
or he never would pursue such course. =
II is time that doctors, and especially the
yender of paten; medicine, took some course
to demonstrate to their customers, that they
have lively faith in their compounds for
heaven knows, there is need enough Of Sc,
curing the public against impositioniu thi'
respect. Z"
! Every afternoon, since the news Of the ex
ecution OF the fifty Americans, at Havana
reached This city, there have been held meet
ings in the Park, opposite the City Hall, a
which there was some pretty*' tall speak
ing. You must not believe the reports O
those papers in this. city, that attempt 70 de.
tract from the importance Of these meetings
Indeed, it mot only wrong in them, or il
any one, to attempt TO misre present public
opinion. in New York, on the subject dis
Icussed at these meetings but it is also futile
The meeting on Friday evening, tbougt
hastily called, and without time to make
prepaations for producing the greatest effect
was the largest and most enthusiastic tina
Ihas asse embed in this city, for years past.;-
There was no mistuking that evening, wha
was the public sentiment in New York.
There was an impromptu gathering on Sat
urday evening" and another on Monday eve
lining; both Of which was we'll attended,
was present at them all and paid more at
, tention to the feeling pervading the audienc,
'. among whom walked for upwards oftw'
hours, than TO the speeches; and found i
, to be in favor Of non-intrrference by th
= GoveGnme with those of our citizens VIII,
hhink proper 10 go 10 Cuba.
ltis notspessible for me to give you an.
news on u Man matters. There is no
clan uncontradicted item afloat. Now ant
then, there comes TO us, by Telegraph, al
announcement Of the capture Of Lopez; and
the next hour, there arrives an account o
whole regiments ofSponiards having joinet
, him. The great riot in New Orleans ha
caused good deal of sensation Ia Nep
York. From all parts Of the country, Tele
graphic disps stches and newspapers reach lis
announcing the increase of feeling in favo
! of Cuban Indep pendence. /,
Yours, Truly, JOB TROTTER,
, Exciting News from Cuba