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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-11
Einployment.

The fact that firm in the eQuaker City,
who had adyeriized fora msE .'wriiing a
good hand, who would be willing to make
himself generally useful" received in six
hours after the notice, appeared, no less than
one hundred applications for the situation, is
not unworthy Of comment. An advertise
ment for a good mechanic, however, may
sshndin the papers for days without receiving
any reply, except perhapSa fewcareless, don't
care kind, from the nature of which it is evil
dent that the applicants merely contemplate
"a change of sitnation--that they are not out
of employment. Why is this? One is led
todraw the conclusion that there are too many
clerks and would -besclerks, and not enough
mechanics. Why is at that large cities are
continually oyerrun with persons who are in
q some situation ipwhich hard man
ual labor, is not requirsd, where they can
handle a great deal Of money, dress them
selves dandyish, and never have their hands
hardened, their faces sun-burnt nor their
clothes soiled? 1t is strange that in this en-
lightened age there still EXISTS that mistaken
notion concerning the dignity of mechanical
employments,-that desire to avoid the pen
atty of mans first transgression, which is so
strong in some that they would rather beg,
cheat, steal or rob than serve an apprentice
ship at mechanical trade and endeavor to
build up reputation by building houses, OF
hammer out good cha r nr at the onvil. II
is not wonderful, indeel, that we see SO many
loafers and gamblas-nuisances on the
earth's surface. W. are not surprised to meet
men who are ofn account whatever, neither
fit for heaven nor hell, for although the, lattel
would undoubtedly be the proper place fol
them, Old Scratch himself could nevei truml
up an employment to suit them; and as fo
the other place, they would be too lazy to pray
or too proud to kneel.
Sorry are we indeed to say that parents ar
in many instances 20 blame for their childreI
''turning out bad" An industrious man ant
wife we have known to improve in world,
circumstances and worldly pride so mucl
that they would almost feel ashamed to ac
knowledge they were once poor and earne'
their bread by the sweat of their brows.-
Their children, of course, must never be lik
they were once, and are therefore brought u,
in ideness, are never taught an honest call
ing, run through with their fortunes and al
finally thrown upon the world without II
least resource. If perhaps, child shoul
manifest genius in mechanism, the little fe
How ispot unfrequently discouraged by h
parents who intend he shall study profes
ion, think he will make good lawyer pc
haps, and are certain he will one day be
great man. Such course is to be regrette,
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-11
A Yankee Move.

A New York paper says strapping Yam.
kee having got out of employment in thai
big city, hit upon plan by which to raise
the wind. He is a painter by trade, anc
goes with his pot and brush TO house and
inquiries who lives there, and at what time he
will be home to dinner.
Having found out, he stations himself al
the door just about the time he expects the
owner out from dinner, and commences
painting the railing around the footstep.-
The astonished proprietor comes out and
finds man painting his railing,
who gave you, sir, authority to paint
this p
Nobody says the Yankee; but ye see,
Squire, ] was coming along and kinder
thought that it would look little bettel
painted Don't you think soP
The proprietor gets little wrathy, but thu
Yankee takes it very cool and keeps on hil
work painting.
1t will never do says the proprietor, tC
let it go so, half painted
'Pll finish it very cheap for ye,' says th'
Yankee.
.Well, finish it.
And so he gets good job. He has beer
practising in the neighborhood Of Brooml
and Varick streets lately.
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Fifty.four.-TOrty.

The people of Oregon still contend that the
line of their northern boundary is fifty-foul
forty degrees forty minutes. Recent devel-
opements above the 49th degree have proved
the existence Of rich deposits of gold neal
the shores of the Straits, and hundreds o.
persons are about 10 take up quarters or
what has been by some considered John
Bulls property. That gentleman, however
has ordered oil his forces 10 rendezvous il
the neighborhood of the gold region and
seems determined to defend it from intru
sion.
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More Hrciting News from Havana.

The New York Tribune, of Wednesday,
had a letter from Havana, dated the 22d ult.,
which gives a hattering account Of the, pro.
gress made by the Revolutionists and the
weakness Of the government. forces: @
All that portion of Cuba which lies east
Of line drawn from the coast at "Nuevitas'
through "Puerto Pincipe,' with the course
from about northeast to southwest, is now
under the control Of the Patriots, and the
banner Of the single star is alone aclpowl-
edged. A few Spanish troops remain at the
two points named, bat they are powerless,
and the Governor-G General Limerick is refu-
geeat Havana ahaving arrived night before
Hast at Batamanao by steamer, aud came up
from thence BY, an express train the same
night. = 3 Z oSa
His lady had preceded him but two or three
days. Holguin, Baracoa and St. Jago de Gu
ba have pronounced since my last, and from
lthe first place, the corps Of dragons or Ian
lceis that was stationed there, under tlis com.
mand Of Lieut.. Col. Martin, have Joined in
the movement, the Colonel taking the lead.--
-Four Companies of the Cantabry Regiment,
in the eastern district, have Joined the Patri-
OTIS, and half of the Regiment of Saragosa.
Gen. Limerick says that they eight brave
ly, and make the best military dispositions" "
and that they are safe from all the seldiery Of
the Queen on the Island. They had been
offered by the General, before he left his
"Head Quarters at Puerto Principe, uncon-
ditional amnesty if they would return to
their homes and lay down their arms" and
they have responded "that they have taken
arms not TO be laid down but in freedom or
the grave" with the usual thousand thanks
for his kindness, of necessity.
The immense force that has always been
! represented as being upon the island, is easi-
| ly counted now, and it does not appear the
statement of your correspondent were the
first even ventured in contradiction, and
they are verified, as having been perfectly
correct. The city of Havana, that is always
supposed to have from 5000 to 5000 men
in and within the surrounding Notifications
has to-day left, after the drafts made upon it
about fifteen hundred men, and we shall be
compelled to part with some hundreds oi
those. The game is FAST approaching tht
west, and by the time the few troops are oc
cupied or worn out, at the eastward, thai
have been dispatched in that direction, TIN
cause will be knocking at our gates.
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Another MRrief storY.n

A gentleman informed us yesterday, that
as he was passing along Third street at an
early hour, be discovered girl, apparently
not more than sixteen years OF age, lying in
vacant lot between Park and Smith streets.
AS is usual, he enquired into her case, and
discovered that she was nsensible, and thro'
the assistance Of several friends succeeded in
restoring her TO reason. She appeared be.
wildered on ascertaining that she had been
found in the predicament above stated, and
in justification Of her position, gave briel
history Of her situation and parentage. She
said that her parents resided in Ashtabula,
and that a profigate scamp named Heller,
had persuaded her 10 elope with him to this
place, under promise that be would make
her his wife so soon as they reached here
She consented, and after her arrival here was
taken to an obscure or out of the way board
ing house on Western Row, where they had
lived as man and wife for a week or two,-
he promising daily, nay. hourly, to have the
matrimonial moose legally tied. She remem-
bers that he gave her slight emetic, as he
termed it, on Thursday evening, and pro-
posed walk, to which she consented. She
had doubtless been drugged by the villainous
seducer, who, tired Of his prey, has left iol
parts unknown, to sip the honey from anoth.
er budding flower, for ought we know She
was conveyed tothe house ofa humane gen,
tleman residing on Park street. who with
others succeeded in collecting sufficient
means to send her home by this morning;
train.
II is useless for US to comment on the af
fair, as such scenes are Of frequent occur
renee in this city.-Cin. Eng.
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o1T There are about 40 females incarce-
rated in the Pittsburgh prison for vagrancy
and drunkenness.
The Isthmus Canal.

The Company lately organized to make .
Canal or Railroad between the rivers Atratc
and San Juan, in New Grenada, have in view
route where il is said, boat canal was ac
tually made, and for some years in use, to-
wards the end Of the last century. 1t wa'
dug by natives, under the direction Of prizes
residing in that region; and this fact il
thought to prove the feasibility of the project
The route from the sea is about three hundred
miles up the Atreto, thence by canal TOT
navigable point Of the San Juan, whence th'
passage to the Pacific is short. The land il
OF course low between, and the supply o
wateris reported to be sufficient.
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Thursday July i, 1851,
Cincinnati.


While in the Queen City, a few days last
week, we had pretty good opportunity Of
seeing some Of the sights which itaa1ords,
and learning the history Of a portion Of the
city, from friend who has re sided there for
the last thirty-five years. The rapid strides
Cincinnatis has made towards wealth and
population is, to one like yourself, perfectly
astonishing. As we walked through the
streets shaded for miles with outrageous
locust trees, we were pointed out costly res
licences on every square the prcprietors Of
which had made their fortunes in few short
business years. "The man who owns that
magnificent building" said our informant.
/" came 20 this place few years since 80
poor that he had barely enough inoneyt0 Bdy
a loaf Of bread. He is now reputed to be
worth five hundred thousand dollars. Here
isa man" continued he, "who, when first
knew him gathered the rags that were swept
from the limited number Of stores and houses
that the city then possessed, to support his
wife and children. He now owns about a
dozen Of fine houses in the city and large
farm in the country" And our informant
continued TO point out and describe men and
things in the same strain for hours, and until
we became tired. In 1922 he had put up at
the best tavern in town which was log
cabin badly furnished and Of small size.-
He had seen a swamp occupied by frogs and
lizards and crowded with trees and under
brush, metamorphosed into delightful gar
dens, dotted with palaces, and partly covered
with business houses and manufactures. He
had waded in mud half boot deep in wagon
road to the river, which was the only land.
ing at that time for the few keel and hal
boats that tied up to the bank of the river
He had seen that bank dug down to sub
.stantial wharf, ano the few keel and fla
boats give place to numerous magnifcen
steamers, &C., &c. Such were some Of tht
contrasts which he drew relative to the city
/ We lay the wealth and population Of Gin
cinnati, LIST to the enterprise Of the inhabi
tants in making her depot for the product
Of the rich agricultural country around her
and secondly to her manu- iacturies, whicl
have sprung up within the last few years lik'
magic. Portsmouth may not bea Cincinna
Ii in the way Of market for agriculture
products, but she has the advantages Of al
iron region that will ere long make her
Pittsburgh, and, perhaps, Sheffield.
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The Unlocking Horse--A Pun that
Was No Joke. .lN El

A Frenchman, near the Canada line, in
Vermont, sold horse 10 bis Yankee neigh.
Dor, which he recommended as being very
sound, serviceable animal, in spite Of his
unprepossessing appearance. To every in
quiry Of the buyer respecting the qualities
Of the horse, the FRnchman gave a favorable
reply--but always commenced his commen-
dations will. the depreciatory remark He's
not look yer good The Yankee, caring TT
tie for the looks of the horse, OF which he
could Judge for himself, without the sellers
assistance, and being fplly persuaded, after
minute inspection, that the beast was worth
the moderate sun asked Tor him, made the
purchase, and took hun home. A few DAYS
afterwards-he returned to The seller, in high
dudgeon, and declared that he had been
cheated in the quality Of the horse. Vat is
de mattare q said the Frenchmau. Mat
ter! said The Yankee, matter enough--the
horse can't see---he is ass blind as batt'A1
.Ah;l--Aaid the Frenchman--' Vat | was
Itch you TEL yas tell yon be vas not looI
| yer good-Abs gar, I don't know i he look d
all p Y 'aei'
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Show Him I'm.

The Boston Traveller states that an Eng
lishman named Lewis has been duping the
Bostonians lately, by claiming to be an Eng
fish lord, getting into the good graces Of the
sristocrcy, purchasing clothing, &C., and
finally leaving without paying his bill
amounting in all to about seven hundred
dollars.
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Singular Death.

Two men were killed in The suburbs Of
Cincinnati, on Saturday morning last, as
near as we could learn as follows. They
were going to market in wagon, when the
horse became frightened and ran. One was
thrown out and SO severely injured that be
died inn few minutes. The other attempt.
ed to jump, but somehow in falling his leil
arm was broken, the bone came through the
flesh and entered his left side to bis heart.-
He died almost instantly. This is one o.
the most singular cases we have ever re-
corded. 9H
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-11

THE Kendall House on Cbillicotbe

r-The Kendall House on Chillicothe,
between Sixth and Seventh streets, was enter
ed by some person unknown, aboat O'Clock
oaSoturday night The burglar passed to the
islpeplng Opartment;ef the proprietor Of sthe
htuse and carried off his pantaloons, in tine
|neckets Of which were over one hundred doll
lfrsin cash., some valuable papers, &c. Mr..
E heard some one leave the room, and .imme-
dateiy got up to follow, but being unable to
find bis pants,s was .delayed; and when he.ar
rived at the outer door lie. heard the burglar,
whom he took to be woman, get over the
fence and run. His pants and pocket book
we're foundinthe lot Of neighbor, nextmorn-
ing, and his snufFbox and knife were identif:
Ied in the hands of "a womenDamed Jones, whose
house was Afterwards searched. No papers o.
money, however, could be found. -i
The --latest wonder III Genius. X
TheMuscatine, Iowa, Enquirer mentions
the fact that Mr.. F. Foreman. a practical
printer, has gone to New York and thence
to Washington for patent for a power
printing ptess, to be worked by galyanic
magnets. The press was in full operation
with a form upon ii, from which he threw
off impressions with the rapidity Of light
nlng. His paper works upon reel, and i;
continuous, like the telegraph coil. The
paper passes over the type on cylinder
and when one side is worked the paper is re-
versed. and the other side printed with
most perfect register, and the sheetsa are clip
ped apart as they come from press, by an in
genious continuance. There is no limi
hardly TO the speed at which the press viii
work; its exactness is beyond anythin,
known in the line of machinery, and wha
is better than all, Mr.. F. says be can put tn
largest sized press at cost Of not more thai
$500. This if true is glorious invention, ant
rather beats anything we have seen or hear
Of, not even excepting Mr., Hanna's conte m
plated press.
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0~s- Gen. Joseph Darlington, one of the
members of the old Constitutional Conven-
tion, and Robert Jackman, for several years
editor OF the Intelligencer, at West Union,
died at that place on Saturday last, ofcholera.
Gen. Darlington, the Tribune & Clipper
says, has been Clerk of the courts of Adams
county for nearly half a century.
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Railroad Bridge Burned.

On Saturday morning last. says the Lick
ing Herald, about 600 feet Of one track O
the bridge, about one mile above st. Louis,
vile, on the Sandusky, Mansfield and New,
ark RailloBdwas burnt. It was undoubted
~ set on flre--as the timbers had beer
saturated with spirits of turpentine. 1t wat
promptly repaired, and the cars passed owe
the bridge again on Tuesday morning.
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OT The fight between Generals Foote
and Quitman originated in consequence oI
the former giving the lie to the latter. Sew
eral blows passed between them, but they
were separated. Quitman says he won
speak with Foote again.
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The Andrew Jackson.

This fine boat Of Capt. Mclean is pro.
crossing towards completion, and vher
done, we venture to say, will be one Of the
best above the falls. Mac is determined il
keep up with the improvements in steam,
boat building and Of course, we may expect
to see "crack craft" r3
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-11

julius Cornet, Of Hamburgh, understands
{ sthirty-sight different languages, not in the
superficial manner Of Elihu Burritt, but SO
well that he isable to write them with cor.
rectness, and make translations from one in
to the other.
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Nor ''LAID' YEr.-Mr. E. F. Norton, Of
Cincinnati, publishes card in the Nonpa-
reil Offering a reward Of 81 500 70 eany per-
son or persons who will give rational expla-
nation Of the phenomena called Spirit Rap
pings, independent Of the hypothesis that
they are made BY departed spirits" Here's
chance fes chaaney. a NV.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-11

BENJAMIN G. Shields, Democrat. is sup
ported in Alabama as the Union candidate
for Governor. The Mobile Advertiser, the
leading whig press, has concluded TO put up
Mr. Shields name.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-11

A young scape- -gallows in Louisville, under
took to perpetrate vile outrage on the person
of Mrs. Cohen, the wife Of clotbier, on
Wednesday last but failed.
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ILT A severe wind storm on the nth blew
down a large portion Of the stand the Bnga-
man race course, New Orleans, killing one
man and badly wounding dozen others. 4
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Everett,s Method of Blasting Rocks.

Everett's Method Of Blasting Rocks
Fill the hole from one third 10 half its
depths with powder; place straw or tube
filled with powder In the side Of The hole,
from the charge to the top of the hole CORA
piece Of blasting fuse will be Just as good,)
then put little dry sand on the charge,
one-fourth Of an inch is enough, this is to
prevent accident. After this, place around
bar of iron, as large as viii fill the hole. on
the charge; let the iron be long enough TO
extend few inches above tae hole then
fill The space around this bar with dry sand;
place piece oftimber on the top of the bar
of iron, and place 200 or mole pounds
weight on it, being careful to press down
the charge as little as possible in placing the
weight on it. It's better to have the iron
bar made with holes through 1t, and puta
nail or pin through above the hole in the
rock the weight resting on the pin, instead
of the charge; the pin being as small as
will bear the weight. so as the explosion
will break off the pin instead OF moving the
bar OF iron. For match, soak paper in Q
solution of saltpetre or gunpowder take q
stripan inch wide and four inches long, this
will, 10 burning, give you time 10 walk
twenty rods before the explosion, when yon
may return and see the havoc made with ths
rock, which is thrown apartj and the iron
bar, which you never expect to see again, is
where the hole was, not having been moved
out of its place. II the hole is horizontal
the weight may be put against the end Of
the iron bar, and the effect is the same.--I
have tried this method hundreds OF times,
and never had single charge fai! Of break
ing the rock. The common method ol
charging, by driving stones OF brick into the
hole, is unsafe, is liable to blow outand
ought to be laid aside.
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The instrumental surveys have demonstra-
ted the fact that the distance between Steu-
benvillc and Newark is la miles--being z
miles less than il was estimated at and pub
lished in the maps issued by the Company
This is shorter than road can be made from
Newark 10 Wheeling From Steubenville
via Pittsburgh to Philadelphia is shorter by
seven miles than the route from Wheeling
via The Hempheld to Philadelphia. This
shows what the friends Of The Sleubensille
and Indiana road have always chained, to
wit: Thatithei route extended through
Pittsburgh presented the shortest possible
distance IN which a road from Newark 70
Philadelphia could BE- made. From Newark
to Columbus the s. & ]. company and The
Central Ohio company contemplate using ne
same track. . On n q
Our friends in Washington county. Tse.
saould look over their tables und correct fi,rir
figures. Sisabmpiiis UAioiL
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D. P. ROSEBOOM & co.
Machinists and Brass Founders
1laddOek's Buildings, ChillieOthe Street,

PO@ESMOUEM o.
YTyHEY make and repair all kinds of Steam
IL Engines, Mill Gearing, Lathes, &c., as
well as all kinds of Machinery. Their Brass
Foundry being the only one this side Of Cincin-
natti, they can furnish anything in that line
at short notice. They also keep always on
hand Kase's Patent Double Action Force Pump.
a most excellent and useful machine for draw
ing water from deep wells and forcing it to
almost any desired height or distanc.,
Portsmouth, Nov IL, IS50---32yl
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~ A nice young man going the rounds as Q
''Bible Agent" is now in the public boarding
house at Dayton, for stealing gold watch and
other things in that region.
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&C. Our friends of Cleveland, Ohio,
seem to be in a highly prosperous condition.
The whole city debt amounts to $439 600,
Of which $500 is local debt, and the re-
rnainder issued to Railroad Companies, for
which the city took the stock in lieu of their
credit. The dividends from these stocks are
Sufficient to pay the interest on the $40O, 900,
leaving nothing but the interest on $S9, 1000
toprovide for. The population of Cleveland
Is $4,000 and the value of taxables about
100000.
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\. 'I shall have orderp' shouted the captain
Of down east schooner to his refractory Icook
.1f you won't cook the dinner, I'll do it myself
II swear. / will have order aboard this YES
'sel.''
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NJ A dmnRsu fsllow named sutterAsld. Al
Oregon Mercer county. Kys murdered a man
named Jonsslsst~crk and escapra.