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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
New York Money Market.

The curtain lifts little, and the WHEELS
which have been blocked up are again ind
vance. The banks are discounting more fee
ly, and it is easier to sell paper in the street,
but there has been no decline yet on the rales
of interest. Money continues in good de-
mand, and it will probably take some daysto
bring up the arrears of business. 1t is ,br-
tunate that this pressure occurred before the
period for heavy payments had arrived, fdr if
it now ceases, but little permanent injury
will be experienced. The few failures Of
which such a parade has been made in cernin
quarters, are mostly of parties totally IN
known to the greater part Of the community,
and have had, in themselves, no material III
feet upon any public confidence. 1t may be
that when money becomes easier, the exports
of specie will be resumed, but if they are
not, we are now over the worst of the diff
Guilty. The stock market is still improving
Foreign Exchange is dull at l09R @lO9I
for bills in London; Paris 5,l35@5,ll{.
Journal of Commerce, 7th inst.
According to the Tribune, of Saturday, mo.
ney was easier in Wall street, than it had been
for weeks. The expectation of specie wa,
greatly checked. Another New York papel
claims that 100000 of gold from California
will soon be lodged in their city. Under these
circumstances, the prices of stocks of all kinds
will be likely to advance.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
AFoote and Ouitmsn.

General Foote has published statement
Of the late affair at Sledgeville, Miss, be.
tween him and General Qnitman. 1t begin!
with serious of interrogatoriss addressed b,
Gen. F. TO various persons, who witnessed
the whole affair, as to the circumstances.
The replies of number are given,and all say
Foote, in the debate that led to the quarrel
was courteous, and did not exceed the lin
its Of legitimate debate. AS to the Cuoa
subject, they say that Foote avoided any re-
marks calculated to wound the feelings Of
Gen. Quitman.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Ohio Credit.

AT this moment, Ohio is in business ard
resources, better off than any State of the
American Union. Her fields and coal banks
have supplied her with means, which eten
California cannot give. She is not inctm-
bered with the enormous weight of slave
held negroes. She is not subject, like New
York, to the sudden fuctuation Of foreign
commerce. Her factories are too remote
from the sea-coast to be destroyed in no
ment, like those of the Atlantic, by The
downfall of Tariff. In one word, she is he.
yond the reach of most commercial evils r
beyond the terrors Of slavery, and is freetc
enjoy the generous gifts Of nature and Of Ma
ture's God.-Mansfsd.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Nicaragua.

The New York Commercial Advertiser
says:-"We are enabled, from a most re-
liable and well informed source, to place the
brief facts of this matter before the public.
Nicaragua, in order to obtain money, sold
the same privilege twice, declaring, howev-
er, that her second sale is only good in case
il does not interfere with the first. 1t does,
and therefore the second sale is void. 1t is
alleged by some of our contemporaries thai
the company has forfeited protection because
it has not complied literally with the con
ditions imposed by the treaty. There ma!
be some truth in this although practically i
is otherwise, the company has done and il
still doing It's best to fulfil them."
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Lxnch LAW in Cnlifornia.

The California papers contain accounts Of
a large number Of murders, riots robberies
and outfages ofevery kind.
The two murderers of Capt Snow were
quietly hung on the 18th of June, lSunday y
after trial before Lynch Law Court at
Sonora.
On the same day, the Marshal, Mr.. Nc
Farland, in attempting to arrest aChileno,
with whom he exchanged several ahots, got
into regular combat, the Mexicahs taking
part with the Chileno, and the Americans
sustaining the police. The Chilenoh hnd two
Mexicans killed, and three Mexicans
wounded. Two days afterwards tie Mar
shall was shot at six times by some Lurking
assistants, but escaped unhurt.
Three men, were caught in the act of rob.
bing a Chinese in the neighborhood Of Me
lones. One was Immediately strung up and
suffered to hang some time, and then cut
down; another received hundred lashes or
his bare back, and the third escaped. A
Mexican was hung at Jackson, Calaveras CO..
by "the people," for having murdered one o
his countrymen. At Marysville, anothe
Mexican, who had stabbed a companion
wounding him severely, was, at the last &C
counts, in the hands of vigilance commit
tee, who intended to hang him.
| We might continue this enumeration @
crimes and lynchings still further. The Cal
ifornia Herald, in summing up the execu
tions, (without including some we have men
tioned) says that Sacramento commence
the work by hanging one villain, San Fran
cisco followed, Los Angeles has just execute
twelve, and Sonora has killed four Th
article is headed "The work goes bravel
on," and the editor expresses hope that
may continue to go on until the outlaws ar
lexterminated.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
HARRIsoNvlLLE, Aug. l3, 1851.
Tobacco.


The cultivation of Tobacco has never been
carried on 10 so great an extent in Pennsyl.
vanla as this season. The high price which
good Pennsylvania tobacco commanded las
year, has given this impetus to its cult.
vation, and caused many persons to engage
in i: who never before attempted it. The
most, exuavagant rents have been paid foI
land, to be used for raising tobacco. In some
sections Of Lancaster county as much es $7s
per acre has been asked and freely giyen.--
The present indications are, that the comins
crop will not be an average one, and conse
quently, there must be heavy losses to tht
growers.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Tragedy in Mississippi.

The Woodsville Wing, of the 1st inst,
reports terrible tragedy. On Friday last,
as three children were returning to their
home from school, near Liberty, in Amite
county, they were overtaken by a pack Of
dogs in pursuit of runaway negroes. The
dogs fell upon them, and before assistance
could be rendered killed and nearly deyoured
tpery one Of them. The father OF the chill
dren, hearing their screams and the barking
Of the dogs, ran out with his gun and sue
cesded in killing two Of them. At this time
the owner Of the dogs rode up and threaten
ed to shoot the father If he shot any more o
the dogs. The distressed father RELOADED
his gun and deliberately shot the owner Of
the dogs through the heart, after which he
gave himself up, was tried and discharged.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
EXTRAORDINARY Erneriment.

Mr.. John Mccormick gave private exhi.
bition, on Thursday evening last, in Pitts.
burgh, of quite number of philosophical
experiments--some the invention Of others
but many original with himself: the most ex.
traordinary of which was that of walking
.(by means of shoes of,a peculiar construc
ition,) in an inverted position, upon the un.
der surface of highly polished slab Of Ital.
ian marble, nine feet by three in dimensions
which Mr. Mccormick successfully perform.
cdr Such a feat, we suppose, was never be
fore performed by homan being.
The audience was SO delighted that they
passed series ofcomplimentury resolutions
and requested Mr.. McCormick to give q
course Of public lectures.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Printers in Cnlifnrnin,

A friend writing from San Francisco,
states that on the day succeeding the fire there
was but one printing press running in that
city. This was double-c cylinder fast press,
formerly used by the New York Tribune. Do
ring the fire il was taken down; all the small
parts, screws, bolts, &c., buried in barrel
under the ground, and other portions removed
out Of danger. The press was in this situa-
ton at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when, the
danger being over, Messrs. George Anerige
and G. Stedman, two New York pressmen
took hold of it, with their sleeves rolled up,
They gotitin operation again, and drove Of
the editions Of fouro the San Francisco pa-
pers, which made their appearance next
morning, as though nothing had occurred. -
Is not this q feat that can Challenge to be
beat9 No wonder California goes ahead,
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Sir John Franklin.

The English Whale Ship Flora, of Hull,
]. Robb master, that has been absent in the
Arctic seas Is months, arrived al Stromness
on the 18th ult., and sent her letters ashore.
Among these was one from Mr.. G. Douglass,
the mate, which contains an account of find
ing the frozen bodies of four men which the
Esquimaux, who directed the Flora's crew to
the spot, said belonged to the party of "Chiei
Frankan." They were found ten days travel
from Lancaster Sound, and their rigid fea'
lures and wasted limbs bctokened that they
had died Of want. Their dress was that o.
British seamen in cold latitudes, and one
man had his name engraved on his arm
III. Carr" No further information could
be gained from the Indians. 1t is supposed
that large party had set out for Canada by
the overland route, and these four--in all
probability all--had perished.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18

: CONTRIBUTION OF CHEMISTRY TO THE HEAL
ING ART.-The fact that Ayers Cherry Pee
toral is chemical discovery, may explain
why the distinguished Professors of that Sci.
ence, (SiAiman, Hitchcock, Webster and
Cleveland,). have given their certificates in
its favor. None could better judge of its
merits than these. eminent men, and theil
names would be sufficient guarantee of III
value, if f,experience had not already proven
to the public that it is one of the most effect
ual remedies for affections of the throat ant
lungs ever before them. - Scientific Revisc.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Early Life of Bishop Hughes, of the
Catholic Church

A Washington correspondent of the New
York Sun writes as follows of the eminent
divine whose name heads this article:
Circumstances have recently brought to
my knowledge facts connected with he for
mer times Of Archbishop Hughes, which 60
ing strong TO illustrate the force of his char
acter, can hardly fail to interest the general
reader. A distinguished gentleman, now Of
this city, distinctly recollects when this Gel
ebrated, learned and powerful Divine, sup
ported not only himself, but an aged parent,
by sodding, planting and trimming gardens,
in Chambersburg, Pa, He has often seen
him wheeling his borrow, with rake and
spade, from dwelling to dwelling, when en-
gagged in this work, for which he was usual
y paid fifty cents per diem. John Hughes
was one OF the very best Latin and Greek
linguists in Anne rica, when just entering up
on manhood. Subsequently, he made his
way TO Emmittsburg, Md, and entered into
the service of the celebrated Jesuits College
there as grower of cabbages! The Institu-
tiOn, according to the custom with the Ro.
man Catholic Colleges in this country, has 0
highly cultivated small farm attached TO it,
and Hughes being employed as laborer up
on it, was placed in charge Of the cabbage
beds. On one occasion, seeing one Of the
lads of the Institution, puzzling over his task
In Cicero, Hughes requested him to let him
look at the book, sndasking him soexplair
the meaning Of a paragraph, to the astonish'
ment Of the youth, corrected his reading, va
He also disclosed to the boy In the same
way the fact that he was proficient ii
Greek. Shortly afterwards, the boy getting
stumped on lesson in Homer, repaired t
the gardener and procured translation,
which when produced as his own, satisfied
his tutor by the elegance and perfect cor
rectness with which it was rendered into
English, that it was not the work of the boy
The latter was then questioned as to whc
had helped him on the lesson, and SURPRISED
all by declaring that it was "only Johnny
the gardener lad" Hughes was instantl,
Summoned before the faculty who were in
credulous as to the truth of the pupils story
A Prefect undertook to examine him, whei
It TUNED out that he was the best Greek ant
Latin scholar in the Institution. With thI
capital judgment of those who manage tn
affairs OF the Jesuits every where, JohI
| Hughes was instantly made 10 exchange hi
cabbages for the humanities. and al once be
came tutorin the Institution.
This was the commencement OF the SUI
perstructire Of his fortune and fame, th
foundation being his native intellect and hi
, energy, industry and probity, from bis earles
infanrv He ooon he IN mo tho I'm l;,,r =. I.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18

O- A man lately reached New York
from Liverpool, having come over in thirty
days, and in a ro,u-boat! He started on the
Devonshire, and when on the first day ex-
hibited unering symptoms Of small pox.-
The Captain placed him in the suspended
stern boat, made him comfortable in every
respect, and, covered with a tarpaulin, there
he stayed, got weland left his quarters only
when landing at New York.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Returned to his First Love.

The Hon. Thomas F. Marshall, Of Ken
lucky, who was once whig, but departed
from correct principles, by supporting loco
focoism, has again returned to his first love,
by publicly announcing that he will from this
time forward be found battling for whig prin
ciples. This is another evidence that Struth
is mighty and will prevail. ."-Trib. q. Clip.
When Thomas turned from the whig to
the Democratic side Of the question, what
evidence WINS that9
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
1Our TABLE.

H,usPs Merchants MGgasins for August
hAs been oncur table for several days. The
articles aEez-Ths progressing expansion
The philosophy Of joint stock Banking-cal-
ifornia, past, present and future-The.s study
Of political .economy-C Commercial Tribu-
nals-A commercial sketch of Newport,
Rhode Island. This Magazine. It is conce-
ded, is the ablest Of the kind everpublished,
either in this country or Europe, and it is
cheap at five dollars per annum.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Accidental Death.

The Scioto Gazette regrets to learn that a
little son of Mr.. James Ryder. of Hunting
ton township, Ross county, was instantly
killed on Saturday last, by being run over by
a'waBon loaded with rails. The boy was on
top bf the load, and by some accident was
thrown off under the wheels which passed
over him, going up hill. The horses then
being unable to pull the load up the steep,
baclS ed, running the wheels over the body o.
the poor lad second time, literally crushing
him into jelly.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Philadelphla and tho soOuth.Wasat.

- AAAAN~t EA4u HAU elAB 0OutA- " $50
The Maysyille Eagle concurs in-the impcr
tance.of the suggestion to push forward theil
Road through Portsmouth and Jackson, O.
and thinks, however projects east Of Chilli,
cothe may settle down, "that. the Cincinnati
Road will go both to Belpre and'to Marietta
and Wheeling, and the interests Of the Ken.
lucky system be vastly promoted by the 'ur'
ion. 0urfriend says =
"The movement in Philadelphia has stir,
red up both Pittsburgh and Baltimore might
| ly. Pittsburgh, an Offset to the Philadel-
phia scheme Of constructing the Greensburgh
and Wheeling Road, commonly called the
Hempfeld Road, now,proposes to build a
Road from that city to Sfepbenyille, in view
of short route to Cincinnati, aud another
by way of ConnellsviIle, uniting her with
Baltimore; while Baltimore is for pushing
rapidly the Branch of her Road from the
Three Forks, 100 miles, directly to Parkersl
burg, so as to have the shortest possible line
between Baltimore and Cincinnati. !, All
these projects, we believe, will be. carried out
and Kentucky will reap rich harvests from
their consummation."
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
CircumstantiaI Evidence.

We had an account, some days ago, Of the
arrest and discharge by the hearing justices
in Dearborn county, Ind, of two men named
Gould and Handy, who were accused of the
murder OF boy named McGee, formerly in
the employ ofGould. The particulars were
thus stated;
Early in the spring, Handy and the boy
took wagon TO neighbor's barn in the
night and hauled off lot of wheat; the boy
supposed Handy had paid for it, and old not
think he was aiding in the commission of a
crime. Afterward he told the circumstances,
and shortly after that he mysteriously disap-
peared. The last that was seen of him was
at a. singing school on Saturday night, March
lst. Next Monday Gould hired another BOY
TO work lor-him, without making any inqui-
ry for the missing one. Suspicion was
aroused. but nothing tangible could be goi
hold until last Saturday night, when these
men disinterred the body from the place
where they had buried it, and dragged il
some distance to log, where they piled
rails, &c. on il and then burnt it Some Of
the bones were found the next day, as also
some Of the boys clothing the trail of The
body as il was dragged along, was distinctly
marked, and traced to the vacant grave
Since the arrest, Gould has admitted that the
boy is dead, and it is thought by some thai
he may make full confession.
| The accused was discharged by the justi
ces, they not supposing the testimony suffi
cient TO bind them over to court. The peo
ple,of the neighborhood were much excited
as it was natural they should be. and mucl
censure was cast on the two justices for be-
ing so lenient with the accused.
The boy has since appeared, and is nov
lin Harrison, in this county. Hesays he rur
loft for fear of being whipped by Gould 70
some offense. S
In addition 10 the circumstances detailet
above against Handy and Gould, anothe
circumstance had considerable weight. !
was known that Gould owed the boy abou
800, and that the boy had been engage
with Handy and Gould in some depreda
tions on his fathers smoke house.
| The whole affair shows the great DANCE
|of making charges Of murder against an
one, unless the proof is positive that th
missing person is actually dead. Gin. End
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
A Gang of Negro Thieves.

An organized gang Of negro thieves, thir-
teen in number, many of them sla1es, were
arrested at Louisville on Monday, forrobbing
the store of Mr.. Bacon. They have been
depredating some two years, aided by the
slaves Of the merchant, in which time they
distracted about $4,000 worth of goods
One of their receivers was colored preacher
named Henderson, in whose house $500
worth were found.
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Cholera at West Union.

The Adams County Democrat contains tht
following:
The following list embraces all that hv,
died of Cholera, and other diseases, in Wes
Union, and may be relied upon as emphti
cally correct:
June 26, Francis Shinn.
July 2, George Shinn.
6, Mrs. Elizabeth Lytle.
z, Francis A. G. Shinn.
9, H. N. Cole.
10, Mrs. Margaret B. Buchanan.
IL, Mrs. Mary Laf1erty.
IL, John Buchanan.
l3, Thomas Prather.
/" ID, Wilson Prather.
ID, Ann Olevia Prather.
"a, Mary o. Prather.
26, George Grant.
81, Margaret McCauly.
William Santee.
{" Mrs. Catharine McCauley.
Louis Sanders.
/" 30, Miss Caroline Lafferty.
+" Alice Brooks Prather.
Z" 30, Mrs. Jane Crawford.
Z" Mrs. Mary Hitchins.
Francis M. Hayslip.
Miss Margaret A. Hayslip.
81, Andrew Haines.
Cornelia Santee.
Aug. l, Mrs. Elizabeth Meider.
/" 2, Gel. Joseph Darlington.
"Mrs. - Sanders.
"Robert Jackman, Esq.
The following persons died in the vicin
of this place Of Cholera.
Parker Y. Young.
Miss Mary Young.
Mrs. Mary Owen.
Miss Elizabeth Owen. +
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Meetine at HnrtisonrilIe.

Pursuant to call, meeting of the citizens
of Scioto county; opposed % the preseut
liquor laws of Ohio, was held Eat Harrison
vile on Wednesday the 18th inst.
The meeting was organized by electing
Wm.. Nolen President, and Levi Skies Sec.
retary. -
On motion, acommittee of six consisting
Of VIM. S. Huston, Abraham Buskirk, Thos.
P. Hopkins, VIM, Bennett, ii. H. Fullerton
and Nathaniel Squires were appointed TO
draft resolutions expressing the sense of this
meeting.
The committee retired, when the meeting
was forcibly addressed by Charles o. Tracy,
Joseph Bennett and Milton Kennedy.
The committee then reported the preamble
and resolutions adopted by the Corn Growers
Liquor Dealers, &C., at the meeting in Ports.
mouth, July 26th. 1851; also the following
resolution:
Rc8olucd, That we will support no man
FOR representative Or any county office, who
will not in the public papers pledge himself
in favor of free laws in reference to the man.
ufacture and sale of ardent spirits in Ohio
After some remarks by VIM. S. Huston,
the preamble and resolutions were adopted
1t was then moved that the proceedings Of
this meeting be published in the City papers
of Portsmouth. ss.. es5s aAs
WILLIAM NoLEN, Prest.
LEVI SKIES, Scc'y.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18

Uy- Is there any truth in the rumor that
the change in the State Wing tipket has
been made to please the temperance men,
who swear hostility to every thing Supply
ing, from Alcohol downto Madeira Gin
Enquirer.
We suppose the Tribune & Clipper can
answer the above question, withouttbe least
hesitation, as it has been called " O ne of the
most prominent whig papers in Scicto coun
ty," and of course is up 10 the rope,.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Tennessee Election.

Twenty counties that have been heard
from, give Campbell, whig, 2,Oss majority
over Tlousdale, Democrat, for Governor
The latter was elected in ls49 by 1890 ma.
jori.y. General apathy, who, the wings
say, has been marshaling their forces in Ken,
lucky, has probably been about the democra.
cY of Tennessee.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Dreadful storm at Paducah.

LOUISVILLE, Aug IL.
A dreadful storm occurred at Paducah On
Saturday, causing great loss Of property and
several lives. Steamers Dover and Caledo-
MIA total wrecks. Steamers Globe and Che
okee in sinking condition. Cherokee lost
chimeys and greater portion of upper works,
a log having run through her. Upper works
of Smeadley's wharf-boat blown away. The
Globe lost her cabiI. Steamers Elk and
Mustang much damaged, and number ni
fiat boats wrecked.
Several lives are said to be lost. Loss Ia
river Graf! estimated at $4,000.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
salem Witchcraft Reviyed.

The "spiritual rapping" epidemic has
broken out at Nantucket. The Inquirersays
that in consequence Of communications from
the spirit world, announcing that the steam
er running between thar port and New Bed
ford would blow up on Monday last, several
persons refused to go on her on that day, and
one Of her officers was persuaded to remain
at home. "Great excitemen. existed
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
Forfeiture OF More YesseIs.

The packet ship, st. George, Capt. Craw-
ford, and Devonshire, Capt. Strickland, both
Of which arrived at New York, within the
last few days, from Liverpool, have been
libelled by the United States District Attor-
ney, and declared forfeited for carrying an
excess of passengers over the number allow
ed by law.