The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-16
New Yolt Correspondence q.

Only n fesv dake aao fha a,,0,,1 ro,,...s...s
ofJune made ont stresis VOCAL w;,b ~ lnss NJ.
ldfawn-ori. cfy of ydafsIdssSef 'hnd ac,s S W.
lharbineers fsum,ner ars enr;cb;nr ~ morn.
ling air with innunerahls ercIs M ions n
thar iuxpy;o,s wordS,rsy-s ~ ~ .Ss,.;.si s.s
Irambled through Genre MarLe,. sftet
breakfast and tnly Il ,yae !, aei;.btf,I' ..a..
| to the man Of vegetable diet, Grpen % neas q.
Iadishes, Strawberries. cucItfqbeys ~ q 40,
tatoes las large as your fist 4 ,or..,ds.
new tnrnips, every variety Of feresns sn5
esculents without numberi
The vegetable market alioins that Of thu
more carniverous food, and the two ar l;Is H..
the lion and the lamb lying down togs,hes
it would be great place for Prof. Aleott -
sxpatiate upon his favoriie subject M Vee,
etable Diet, and heFg, too. Shelly the noeet
4 mot the oyster dealer with that anoronriat.
name,) might metes out his structures orI
the beef-eaters with some effect.
BY the way, the admirers of Shelly rarely
allude to his theory on diet, and his tefy
pungent structures upon the establishment
Of slaughter-houses in order TO pratify the
human appetite for blood.
"Speaking OF guns (as poor old Macklin
used to say,) | don't believe 10 driving
beeyes and sheep through the streets of =
crowded city to slaughter The poor crea.
lures suffer much more IN running the eailnt-.
let OF stages, drays, coaches, &c. &c. than
by the axe or knife.
Yesterday afternoon, in the vicinity of
Grand street, / saw Irishman driving
cow, which by his mismanagement baked
him at every turn. She was delicate ,ook-
ing heifer Of the ne.horned breed, but her
deficiency Of horns was more than offset
by her driver, who it Was very evident had
horn too much. Bewildered by scens
SO unusual TO her, The poor creature was not
very docie under the savage blows lie gave
ally, she. turned upon him full tilt. This
excited the attention Of some cruel bows.
(of which there are always too many in our
streets,) and they followed the heifer With
shouts and stones The rocks which they
threw at her must have wounded her very
badly. At length they cornered her at a
place where pile Of bricks, unfortunately,
offered them plenty Of missiles,--and thew
commenced volley that must have soon
rendered the butchers axe superfuous, had
she not, after bearing it despairingly for a
few moments, made dash at her persecu-
tors aud run (almost foaming at the mouth)
into another street. Here she was met by
the tall Irish driver, who aimed a prodie-
lous blow at her head with his club, but
before 1t descended she bHtttd him with
l such force in the pit of the stomach as to
knock him, breathless, about rod. The
last saw OF her. she was rushing up Orchard
t street, with big boy villain holding on az
e her tail, and crowd following with stones,
g while her fallen adverary-in-chief, quite
n pale and sobered, was slowly picking him.
0 sell up, and uttering many profane impre.
cations, not loud but deep upon e the ugly
4 baste."
7 mention this instance of human barbara.
ty not as novelty, but as Characteristic
OF crying evil and nuisance, peculiar, |
, belive, to New York, viz: That Of having
; slaughter-houses within the city.
SO much for the cruelty of man now let
5 me mention fact illustrative of his knaye-
: ry.-Although many Irish emigants sra
warm-hearted, honest, and industrious. yery
3 few are gentle and educated, but the other
5 day met with one las often have belore)
WV "uo uit tito. Ill uuuIllOQ 10 Ills ROOQ
: qualities, he has simplicity equal to the
! Vicar of Wakefeld's. A short time since.
: this young man. notwithstanding he had
e passed several years In British cities, md
r ought 10 have known better, was so verdant
as to take a Peter Funk auction for genu-
Inc one, and bidding five dollars on gold
luoteh, had the inexpressible felicity Of 6ay,
S ing it knocked off to him. Before handing
3 it 10 him, the autioneer took 1t into a back
room 10 VINO II up, When ne returned, a
venerable OLD gentleman, with a Jewish
Eose ano Seeoy coat LOOK The watch and al
3 Ter examining II moment, assured the vic.
ss fr;enJ ,roniS S !. .s.eS; III nilI, anu,
that The watch ,U,s sn',.;n,, I'M. 'un ni,S,
wbsrsnoon tbs aS asst;oa .iuus ana wI,.ness .pn
much Of yoIS ws,ch conId ~ oa,u saas ~. sos
S foe dollars; but he would take il back and
: sell him most excellent silver article-.a
/ watch as was watch. The disinterested
s old gentleman among the audience recon.
r mended this course: the silver watch was
t pu. up, and in the excitement Of competing
: bids, the victim offered as high as SIS, Al
r eer-anh he was declared To be the lortunate
T purchaser. After receiving the Sl5, the
e auctioneer exacted Sl,00 more as his fee,
: and the disintcrcsted old gcntlcman put in
S for and obtained little something from the