The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-03-31
number 50.
New Yoll cofreslpondcn ce--No. Z.
go New YoRK, March 81 1851.

| $50 New YoRK, March q 1851.
The deep oef-afchiDg frmament.is of
a most magnificent rerueafl this morning.
and, what between sky and sunshine, We
shave a delightful blending Of blue and gold
] 10 our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. h'san m wind
that blows no gopd, and fit were not for
tue storms we should not appreciate, orknow
when to be thankful for good weather. Ac-
counts Of dsmage done by the late equinoc-
tial. are coming 10 us from alkquafteis. so z
4 There are long and loud complaints Of lie
failure OF telegrap phic lines 10 execute their
promises One OF ourfast steamers can run
down to New Orleans, iorinstance, about as
kquick as we can send i, message .thither by
the wires. The newspapers manage to get
their messages little quicker, for they have
lungs equal TO The seven league boots, and
can make theifeomplsints heard deal fur
ther than the mere merchant ortradeE, whose
grumble rarely extendabeyond bis ownoffice
or counter. 1t is true that these Telegraph
lines IN The Southern Country have great
difficulty to contend with, owing 70 their
wires being necessaTily conducted through
''piney woods" where TO use aliitIe hypers
bole, )lt is almost as common for trees 70 Top.
pie over as for leavesto fall j have very
vivid recollection sundry journeyst through
these immense forests. and seeing The gigan-
tic but shallow rooted pines falling every
now and then across the foad, beneath the
force OF the storm wind. Still, one would
suppose that the charges of the Telegraph
wefe sufficiently high to cover the expenses
oil keeping enough men stationed on their
tracks 10 repair such injuries atonce. They
churge ~ 40 for sending only Ten words
from New York 10 New Orleans. It would
not be Objectionable if they would put the
message through, as they agree 10, in "a
hours; but two thirds OF all the messages
that have sent by the wifes, have been four
or five days on the way. ] am not certain
that there woald be any Injustice in a law
70 compel the Telegraph companies TO put
their messages through from one point to an
other In given space Of time, and correctly,
too, under penalty of forfeiting the fees re-
ceivcd for the same. In most cases, they
take care to get their pay ia advance.
Some OF The blunders of the telegraph
clerks are very provoking, and they are not
peculiar to the cipher system, for they occur
in the printing line as well. @ g es9
Some weeks ago sent to partner in a
southern city me ssage, The most important
part OF which We're these words, '.securs
Doyle for one gear" This order was thus
rendered oy the telegraph TO the person to
whom 1t was addressed, secure one near."
This Translation of course was as nniptel-
ligible as the Exquimaux % my friend, and
the message, (though not quite so bad as that
OF The man who sent to Calcutta for 3 or g
monkeys, and received 203 in return was
useless. However, in justice to the Tele-
graph company, will observe that, on max
ing proper representation to them they in
quIred into il, and the tracing the fault to- a
clerk in their Washington office, refunded
the entire amount OF ihe Zee which had
prepaid.
The N gro Clegyman's Convention seems
TO have died natural death. After one
evenings 'ssion it was adjourned to meet
next day, but did not re.assemble. &s
The ''Colored Laymen's Convention" was
very slimly attended, though some bad blood
was exhibited.
Several steamers are due to-day, viz: the
Arctic from Liverpool, the Franklin from
Hayre, the Crescent City from Chagres, and
the Ohio with the California mails.
Jumes B. Crossma n arrived in the city yes
terday, eseorting 0kinawah, Nicholasis and
Mocisthee, three zine looking Indians Of the
Calaposah tribe, who have been Finishing
their education" (?) at West6eld, Mass, and
are now about to return to California,
whence they came. They will probably be
able to teach their countrymen that the
Americans are an agricultural people, but
that there is one root they value highereyen
than rata bdga. and that is the "root oil all
exil.' Hf t.s9 a aaF@
The Irish, we are fold, are mad because at
the festival on St. Patrick's Day, toast was
drank TO the Queen of Great Britain. and on
the same occasion toasts were given TO the
health of Two popular Irish revolutionists
whom her Governne mt had transported.
They denounce this as inconsistent, but ii
strikes me that il was no more incongruous
than the toast fattering Pope Plus, consid-
ering especially that many Of the guests
present svmpathised so warmly with the
spirit of liberty which that potentate is per.
scouting and exterminating in his own do
minionS. ~. et
How encouraging it must be to Mazzini,
lthe Kossuth'of ltaly,) and his fellow patri-
OTIS upon whose heads price is set, and who
are hunted like wild beasts into the holes Of
the earth by Piusthe Ninth, and his soldiery,
to hear in his hiding place That there is .
set OF men in this boasted land Of liberty
who can eulogize the Irish struggle for free
dom at one moment, and drink the health Of
Pope Plus the tnext! A .g ~ saE
Have men " no will drink such toast in
the year 1881, any true appreciation Of lib