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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-04-28
B. T. CO.,

PIG IRON CORNER,
JJAVE ON HAND, FOR SALE AT THE
Ii Lowest Market prices,
SUPERFINE FLOUR, those good cid brands
for families.
Good Intent and Cottage Mills; also,
Novelty Mills brands.
Supcr6ne Flour No. 2, same brands.
Kiln Dried Corn Meal, Novelty Mills.
Fraser's Superior Sugar-Cured Hams, fami-
.ttt- ly use.
do do Shoulders, smoked.
do do do in salt.
do do Family Leaf Lard.
do do Brown and Yellow Soap.
Ohio Starch, superior article,
Old Rye Whiskey, warranted pure Rye
Western Reserve Cheese.
Corn in the ear or shelled
PIG IRON ALWAYS ON HAND.
Portsmouth, Feb. 81, 81. dtf
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Furs /! Furs Il!

TNHE undersigned viii pay the highest
Il Cash price for FURs Of every descrip-
ion. w. d. WOLFARD.
December 10, ls49-tf.
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S. ID. BISHOP,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
No. ,, Front Street, Portsmouth, Ohio
ga WOULD call the attention of his custo
M mers, friends, and the public in general
IN to his large stock of
Spring and Summer Goods,
suitable for Mems and Boys wear which has
Just been received from New York, consisting
of Cloths, Cassimeies, Tweeds, Sattinetts,
Jeans, Vestings, Linens Drills, &C., of all
coIors and qualities, which he is prepared 10
make up in the latest andmost fashionable style
Always on hand fine stock Of
ReHdy-yYNGte Clothing,
Shirts, collars, drawers, scarf, cravats. gloves,
stocks, Hose of every description Of make and
material that is in use. All kinds Of Tailors'
Trimmings, and every article Of Mems wear,
except Hats and Shoes, which will be sold as
low as can be bought in the State.
To Tailors.
am Agent for Scott's semi-annual and
Monthly Mirror Of Fashion, which am pre-
pared to forward 10 address upon receipt Of the
subscription price. S. D. B.
April Ia, 184l--wtf
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NEW
BOOK STORE!

MS@ THE subscribers respectfully in
%SM form the citizens of this place and
surrounding country, that they have
Sslzs sAE'aA opened in McDowell's block, corner
of Front and Market streets, large and ge eneral
assortment Of BOOKS and STATIONERY,
consisting Of a.
Law, Medical, Theological, Classical and
School Books.
In connection with this establishment, they
have an extensive BlNDERY, where allkinds o.
BLANK BOOKS
Of superior quality will be made 10 order, O
any pattern, and on the shortest notice.
Fully determined to supply every thing thu
the wants Of the community may require, they
hope by strict attention to business to receiy,
libe raj share Of public patronage.
J. STEPHENSON & Co.
Booksellers, &c. Portsmouth, o.
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Congress Boots.
Leather.

At Cost.
VKTE have on hand few pair Of Ladies'
w and Childrens' shoes Of different sty les
lie out of fashion, which we will sell al
R. LLOYD & co.
r20 l-d&w3w
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There are many great notions entertained among our
farmers about making vinegar The grand old plan was
put out cider water and moasses cask TO the
and expose it to the luminay with bottle in the bung-
hole There are still as many ideas entertained about
making cider there about making soft soap, and
luck is frequently held 10 be the umpire who decides
whether it will be vinegar or no vinegar
The reason why cider or other fluid mixtures change
their nature and become vinegar owing ~ transfor
nation Of the particles, and then separation OF
more and combination OF others. The oxygen OF the
TO be- the only acider still the great one and vine
gar formed by the cider parting with its carbonc acid
gas. which II cannot do without absorbing oxygen. The
reasonable way then TO make vinegar rapidly and
y IL TO expose the cider much possible to the al
nosphere. The new way, and what is supposed by
many TO be patent way, to make vinegar s to let the
cider percoaie over very exposed surface This the
way they make il in the vinegar mandatory. The
apartment where il is made 10 freely exposed 10 the air
and kept al temperature OF about so degrees The
cider is left in small streams into oughs with
bottoms full Of small holse then from that very hne
wood shavngs, such soft maple and lethese be fully
OF clean bows or athes, below which the vessel for
ceiviDg it should be placed Vinegar can be made from
moasses and water grapes corn staks. beet roos and
many other substances, by this procesA In lew days
Cider, however, makes the best vinegar. Many modiR-
cations or cheapness Of the above plan may be resorted
TO- the grand secret being the exposure OF the liquids to
be changed into vinegar layers strata to the oxygen
of the atmosphere There il not farmer but with a
cask old tub. and few shavings, could make good
vinegar in one fifth Of the period required by the
common plans in for that purpose In those vinegar
focories introduced here by Frenchmen. the plans adopt
ed are those we have narraisd.-SeisnttfeA american
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hand il i maintained that the poor grow more poora
declaration certainly not weakened but rather strength,
ened by proof that the number OF small anu
denable that If all classes below inc weanaes c p
coming gradually poorer, exactly the ss'c OF
veaed BY these returns musl DC ns.a'ay NAL ..
out his case The fall in the price oil food as
with the rates OF wages, seems indeed, 70 leasS
operative greater surplus Than before 70 spe"u ~ na
uIies But the reviewer has only gwen lew comia.
sous between wages in 1900 and 1850 how DO We
know that, il an average struck, the rates now
would not bsiound far below VIVA. .nsy vs
weaveIs tailoIs, sempsresses and many onst cIeIs'
the for labor has decreased fryhtuy since
1900. Mayhew. in his work on the LoaaJn poor, ;ass
10 be much less than they twenty years snce-a
fact which proves conclusivey that poverty 10 on the
increase with thai class at least Moreover TINS decline
in The profits OF cosermongers is to be attributed &C
cordng 10 the author not merely 10 the overclowd
ing OF The profession but to the narrower incomes OF Gus
ence OF whole classes weigh with where the narrator
is rustworhy like MIR Mayhem, more than volumes Oh
ratiOcinaliOni IN a review.
But this is not ALL The undoubed TACT that Pauper-
ism is on the increase in England instead OF being ac
counted for altogether overlooked BY The Edinburgh
Now, in reference TO this point there can DC no msake
Official returns show that, during the last hall century,
the ratio OF paupersm has increased steadily az every
interval of ten years Every ninth man IN England, 70
speak in round numbers is beggar the poor ere no!
be expiainedl Neither has the Edinburgh venured to
meet the other frghu fact that the number Of land
holders decreases continually In l77S Arthur i1ung
800 900; they are now known be far below that mum
ber and have been estimated even az low ~
most alarming decline when we consider how population
has advanced Now if the number OF landhoders TAILS
off, il can only be because few men are monopohz,ng
the soil and il this does not prove that the rich are oe-
coming both richer and fewer, we are ignorant % INC
force Of logic.
For ourselves we fear that the commonly no
ton is but too ue and that in England o least lne
lev Of the Edinburgh for political purposes TO MAINTAIN
the contrary We are cheered by some OF it's iacs q
hope that the condition OF the operative may DC e.e
equal distribution Of the soil and the concentration Of
wealth in few hands is not fast running Great Britain
Noth;no hnt radical revolution social well po
cal, will save him. we think, from sinking lower and
lower.
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SHARK HUNTING This exciting and manly sport com.
menced for the Saturday last The carcass o
horse having been procured Il was properly prepared
and adr towards the close OF ebb tide and having
hoated down opposite the battery it, convulsivs motions
Three Of our young gentlemen. having provided them
selves with the proper implemsna. proceeded to the
scene, and found themselves in the midst of large
school Of shaks Who not At all dsturbed by their pres
enes. continued their rsPas the larger onss moving up
to the fastening their teeh in IT, and then with
Jerk rending Of limb other portion, while tho smaer
would snatch at the Fragments which escaped from
their jaws Onr young gentlemen soon went 10 work.
and in the Of hour and threequarters killed
nine OF the monsters, six of which they succesded in
bringing TO the wharf One of The largest, when struck
seized the boat by the cutwater and shook most vio-
lently while another open mouthsd 1t q colored
man who cutting harpoon out Of Of those cap
ursd alongside bat was arrested BY we'll directed thrust
OF 4 spear, which penetrated far down hs capacious
throat The six sharks that brought 10 the wharf
were found to measure respectively a ollows: fest
inches. fest inches, 10 feet nch 10 feet inches.
10 feet inches, IL feet inches
[Choylsto~ Msreuyy.
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I SOFA MADE or coAL-The Fife Advertiser, referring
10 particular characteristic OF the coal found in that
district, which be converted into articles Of fur
nture. such "a looking glass frances writing decks
chairs and tables, that Mr. William Williamson
il at present engaged making sofa wholly composed
divisions. and il sutcent to contain seven people sitting
on il The front standards are beautifully carved dis
playing three mongrel animals, which forcbly remind the
spectator OF those rchycarvsd figures that appear
frequently in DR. LAyard's remains OF ancient Babylon
This rare geological curiosity ordered by General
Wemyss. and Il ia highly probable that Il will appear At
The great exhibition. il ordered 10 be finished pre-
in the Queens household, may yet be transferred
rom the Crystal Palace to the palace Of her Majesty,
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vRoINlA AND HER REsouRcEs-lt has been mentioned
in this paper Is recolect arsht that the value Of the
real and personal estate of Virginia was officially stated
al $3.50. 900 900 is imposed Of the following items
Real estate $27s,o0oooo value Of slaves Si47 900
other personal property, aIO3 100000 The public debt
of the State exhibited in the report OF the proper OFF,
Ger, the 3oth OF Sept last tre over nine
millions OF dollars The State has also guaranteed bonds
issued by companies and corporations to complete works
OF Improvement already begun to the amount OF nearly
and half millions more making her total liabilities
about nineteen and half mons. But, them Virginia
owns stocks that worth, will soon be, about
State for which she has 10 provide the annual interest
only amounts to but little more than six and half mil
lions OF doliars-a bagatee when the immense agrl
cultural and mineral wealth of Virginia ia taken into
slderatioD. We doubt whether there another member
OF the conederacy rich Virginia in all the elements
that constitute the opulence of State She has greater
diversity OF soil and climate than any other She can
raise more corn oil every kind tobacco and much
OF every other crop excepting cotton, sugar, and rice
then she has exhRustess coal fields, salt without end,
many the eastern part Of the State has been retro
grading, or at least standing still, chiefly by OF
vicious system OF cutvating the land, which has gradu
ally impoverished IT. until large portions below tide water
have become unproductve and almost worthless. Re-
Gently new men have engaged in agriculture the mode
Of cultivation has been greatly improved and power
fn impulse haa been given industrial pursuits every
part OF the State Various works of internal
have been set on foot, and few years hence Virgin
VIII resume her ancient rank among the great members
sentative, and being looked to the prominent OF
the slave States she has welded very potent moral in
fuence in the South. Regarding her a. powerful link
in the chain which holds the Union together, by means OF
her position her ancient renown. and the high character
d her gifted sons we rejoice to sss her shaking o.
he etharsy by which her energies have been paraysed
Ind emulang the example of her entcrpnsing as
en.-N. Y. Commercial Adpsrf,sr.
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namkinx.


The object Of the currency i to perform The once o.
OF ualus the the Is the meas
ure Of isng and facilitate the exchange OF one com
ter lis uaius. woollen coat for which twenty dollars
is paid will shelter from the cold as we'll and as long as
though forty had been paid for It. II yop, double
the currency by paper issues otherwise, without m
creasing the other commodities you double
one ot 10 i. Saus Hence. will be seen that h. pT
ss. q sSSS sSoi s d s
enment OF Just and equal laws in proportion 10 the
stability Of the currency. large infusion Of paper into
the currency stimulates speculation and the thousand
evils that follow in lie train but stability in the currency
promotes substantial enterprise and heabful industry
Il civilization and true refinement, and promotes
the elevation happiness and comfort OF the producing
classes and what is more. by aordng the vicious less
scope for vice. il fosters virtue stable currency does
all this, by making il sure TO every Industrious acve
enerprising enlightened and viruous person. that me
fruit OF his toll shall not be snached IRON hm oy an ar
fetal cause the operation Of which he can neither ioreee
nor control
cial world which shall snbver tme-honored abuses As
statesmen we should be awake to the action OF these
principles The extension Of commerce 10 every aay
manshp has bound her Steam and electricity are break
ing down tariffs and the vehicles Of increasing trade
and intercourse are bursting 'hsougs an mPedms1s
world II do not civilization shall surely and imme-
diately retrogIade.
il is then grand policy commercial people 10 adopt
sound, true, and natural currency. We want none
ary system liable sudden expansions and conac-
TONS which expose to be stripped OF our substance BY
the rest of the commercial world the consequence OF
careless prodgaly. England has already expressed
alarm at the increasing volume OF her currency, well
knowing that high prices will lessen the sales OF
her products TO the nations. She has now in the vaults
of her monster bank an enormous amount OF specie.
The time is fast coming when she must throw away her
paper money altogether and cleave only to specie.
For these reasons, il is wisdom 10 oppose any great ad.
donal increase banking circulation which would
render the control of the currency difficult and less
reliable IT. instead OF looking to schemes that favor
and paper exPansons, those VINO are depnted q
devote their attention to restriction of the system, and
to looping of its abuses they would merit and receive
| more favor at the hands of the public.
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THE subscriber having obtained om the Uaed govern
msnt invention Of the combined ensas
now urvpsred right sAid nvsntioa
Isrms Thc The sbscTibes v spsd either
snxiue cylinders aud psons - usual for
engines, with cylinder aud piston
either pslons acted upon BY seAn and The
by The yupor OF pefchlosds other easily liquid
The power and applied - IN ne ordinary
but nom tbs os cyikder ss
expansive therein, passes Into an ali tight
termed number Of small tubes charged w
perchorde easily vapozsd hq1A pens0ses iaso
su~ce betwcen With the entire suTes
Iabss The lAol AhpsnS cAlofc p hqui4s q
ciess pow1ul hat mas1n6y dpoa uss
comip9 In coosnst sAs sses If he ees eAasd sswi
.ss porop OF shs Of the ahsoshsA BY the liquid
In ia utica which thereby vaporzed and The scs
ns fhu. derived cslorc immediately CONDENSED audi
returned into boiler The vapox ua oAtainsd By The
on on the perchlode other liquid In the tubes
Quoted into the cylinder and asr cxsrtng IL elastic
which i greater tsn steam) upon the piston In the eya
der Il Of force pump returned
he which regularly supplied
nstey yaporzed and The saving effected BY M
ns X n he small quantity Of Goals required for the ste,m
smaller occupied and the avoidance u ncrusuoaa in
e boiler The water being completely distilled BY the
condensation The pscnloide very cheap
uld when charged the quantity 10 hs tubes WI last
time sna vaPossnon oecssio
ing very tAng In tho bulk o. quantity smpoyod mood
and diagram usu.sng this nvssoa can os sesa on
pcson 10 For particulars - to terms Of
apply 70 the the Office Of Lschase Fauch No.
Broad street, in the city Of New York: -,
May 30-eO6t N rAosFSA W SAhAs hhf'
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WEBSTER AND THE PREsIDEkCY.- Mr. Webster IL ma
king progress the presidential race. having been
nominated by the wings OF Virginia for that high office
sour dear Fillmore" must be on his guard, or his
Secretary will get the start OF him Indeed, Mr. Web
ser's conduct has been quite suspicious recently. His
following, at respectful distance, in the wake OF the
President, looks As il he doing business his own
account The great expounder,' a. he 10 Familiarity
called, not only the most profound statesman OF the
He occasionally flies of in tangent, a. he did in ls43.
when be went over almost meek and heels to the ma
tive American party, and in ls4s, when he declared that
"the nomination OF General Taylor was not fit to be
made" He held the following language at the same
time and the occasion. Let us see how il will
compare with what he has TO say tomorrow the great
and absorbing subject Of which he spoke then:
my opposition the OF slavery in this county,
the increase OF slave representation In Congress- IL
general and universal IL has reference to the lines OF
latitude points OF the mpss shall oppose all such
extension and all such increase In s places at all times
under all circumstance, even against all Inducements,
against all combination. against al compromise
..--- AtLany K.,ekx,boeker, May 81.
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THE his friends and tbs
cling community has assumed the propseoshp he
limited 6aaas HOTEL Long with The hot
der proprietor be feels perfectly safe IN pronissg IL y
DsroDs thai nothing sha wanng cOnrm IT. psevcs
don = the best kept house country No expense h ba
spared completely rsnng the entire eetaol.hnen1 sd b
cuay invites the changes introduced for the
pcuce and comfort ladies' Firmly determined TO give ssts
ton he continuance of that patronage always 20 h
bestowed the old United States. .
My@-lmf ~ u hLLEN'
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GENECA QUARRIEs.-Those quarhes OF red stone ~
which have b~en ostaissd the atsrsas for saeda4 -
Milan Inssiiue In WaShnsou Tor rest Thsy
the Potomac Just above the mouth n esnsce Creek
Georgetown and directly banks Of the Chesapsaks
Ohio canal and arc therefore convsnsnuy situated M
10 market They let for of ses yesn,
hissst bidder on TusaAay OF Juns NEXT,
spot rersons designing % rent thsss easrss are asdrd
Examine Tor hemsavae ~ farther particularly
Rev g. r. Nonrse, Seneca Wills, uoaomeY cofaT ~
land ..5 flntel1l Nay T--~s~~
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London paper notices exceedingly curious sroups of
stuffed animals exhibited AT the Worlds Fair BY Ger
man They CONSIST of series Of tableaux in which the
animals portray e'nef scene from nature. or illustrate
some well known fable. There is a learned pundit of
for reading book and looking wise Lord Chan
osllOr; there 10 love scene sofa at which no one
reasts smile The village school, with the ineructress
holding the rod. IA capital there frog with paraso
equally 4laugbshle. Tpo hunting scenes, in which
boar and stag are brought to bay by the hounds, are
beautifully arranged,
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DRESS GOODsWe resDscduly invite The aiisnaos q
public, tue ladies especially 70 our sxtensvs
ladies' dress soods A. our stock anusaa larle and nn
season. great inducements Will be offered peIchass ~
orally d,pose Of much stock = possible sea
The public will hnd greatly their Advantage qvs CAL p
fore purchasing elsewhere. We have ~
ch ehens striped and paiA spsins and summer alks hw
Plain pink biua, esn, aaA salnoA cpaoesA nousselAes
pieces grave colord moussanes, for Travelling dresses
swool, hne, small figured moussehnss, Tor chld'sas
Plain green blue shasysa and desirable
article for ladies' dresses
Plain rave fsacy coaossd herasss, In oil shades
40 pieces rSch Agsrsd bsseess snd grenadines -.
Is do low-psiced do part Of which arc very besuna,
in low price goods
50 do bsrsss Ianss price, and very chocs sy'a
In French lawns and jscoueta, &c.-
Is pieces rich printed Orsandls musSns
Is do printed lacoast camhrtcs, extra nne , !. -
50 DO nne quality and pice lawns, warranted hs
100 do low-psiced % 70 g. Ia
80 mallAgured snA dotssd French shintsss, hr eAS
drenb woax
20 do half uournina lawns and OTUsaAte nusliss
Is do good quality Bleak lAwns q IAN Can't. -,
In addition line, have anos every Oucas
lonrng trade which 81 VIII ssl - - ~
terms - can BE- Obtained any sssAsss u ~ e.
n.y. osly necessary TT purchasers - - esavtncee -
Ing. We ask q careful and particular sxa.anesa "a
CLA0ETT, NEWTON, NAY, ca
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PROPOSALS Fob FUEL. FOA MA1INns AT wAsa
MGTON, ID. G.

.E T. HEADQUARTERS MARINE Cokts,
Cuarermaster's Ohacs, Washinston, May -, lea
EPARATE proposals received nj this oce until II
O'Clock a. M Monday the ID Of Juae next for suppo
the marina station city, from July 1851 70 June -
quarterly Regulations Of the commanding o6cen.
The wood quality oak wood, and 70 Do deliveries cot
and At such points within the walls Of tho marine ba
and navy yard may designated tn: coal pc best qus
broken and screamed weigh $3.50 lbs hs
TO be delivered point Be desgnatsd nee exa
10 the To be endorsed Pssposas os anA n
dressed to the quaYteTmaster Of the marine corps
MAYS -SHnvvtQ
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do super American olcoeh, hoa wsivs 70 sishssea >"
wide
Is DO Iow-peed American oaslOsh fru~ Arss 70 'iI ~
wide
10 d. Cocoa nsuee, fs esssns.t ae:s.
hand full Assussat o. evsy vatsV on -
sorted and AmeDcap caxpsing, guco 49,
Tspesy velvet spsuy Bruss. kasiiae - A.snssn s
priced reg, hemp, and cotton, both striped a.d Hah
line fos house fasntnatae vesos
are prepared fully odsr upoa eos1 sn "
other dealers in this country. no
p16-0 f.l.r r.. #4....a r. H. HUE = W.
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.t SEQ. II MsOAx.LA
I'LL practice Law In the supssms O@ur, snA NJ vacss
Of te District He oonaanss pvssseuse cissm sssss
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GEALED proposals. VIII be received BY the undersigned nn%
urday the 3lst instant, for building rso house, -
set Purifying house, Bet BY 81 sss and two bnaap
- feet by 20 feet -. w..bI
The esns aaA specifications b. Al ne once "s 90
snsoa Bee Lt Company, between hs hogss q ~ co
N. DATTlN, DUN1AN = III
Jos. A. sAspAron, Engineer. MvH