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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
The cold Export.

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IN an article on the expectation Of the
precious metals, the other day, we took oc-
caslon to propound a few questions to the
editor Of the Tribue & Clipper and reoues.
teda eandid onswer. Something designed
Tor afeply isgiven. But such reply =
We asked The question, ".What use is gold
except as anarticle of exportp' The reply
we getis, the unwarrantable assertion that
we endeavored to show, it was Of emo value
asa currency that its export was sbless-
ing instead Of an injury" Can the editor
point out the sentence in which we attempt-
ed to show any such thingg Our question
was what Is the use Of gold except as an
Articleof sxpost3s Has that been answereaa
No; but instead thereof column of mat.
ter not at all bearing on the subject In
stead OF answering the question, it replies !;
we leave this question 10 be answered BY
those who have been deceived by your par
" into a belief that on exclusively metallic,
or mixed currency, would prove great
blessing"
We are inclined 10 think that all The
questions we could PROFOUND on the subject
of currency and trade would be turned over
to somebody else for an answer.
Now, gold has other uses than that of an
article of export. AS the editor Of the
Tribune & Clipper has for some time past
been making great ado about its leaving
us, the great evil Of its loss, &c., we sup.
posed he had, or ought to have, some settled
opinions on tie subject, based upon the
fundamental principles of the science of
Political Economy; and that by making
them public he would be doing service to
his readers and a credit to himself.
If the expectation of gold is great evil,
the people ought to know why; they ought
to be shown some reason for its being so.
We are promised further answers at the leis-
ure of the editor. We hope to get them
and trust they will be 70 the point. We
hope he will show why Spain, with all the
gold and silver mines of America once in
her possession became one of the poorest
Kingdoms of Europe. We shall expect 10
be enlightened.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
Annual Report of the Secretary of the
J WI 70 Interior.

AhterIOrs
Mr.. Stewards report is very long, but full
Of interesting detail. After setting forth the
duties of this new Department, it makes ur
table OF appropriations for the past wear
End contrasts with it what will be needed for
the coming year, which shows that reduc-
tion OF million and half has been effected.
The whole number of Pensioners of ali
classes now on the rolls, is 1851.
The sum of $4l, 49O has been paid for vir-
ginia half pay and communication claims.
Of Bounty Land Warrants of Scrip, there
have been issued during the last year:
To soldiers in the War of 1912 90
To soldiers in the Mexican War, under
the act of Feb. II, l647 1885
The number of applications for war
rants under the general law of Sept.
28th, 1850, is about 700
Several suggestions are made of modifica-
tons of the Pension laws, to guard against
fraud, and facilitate the operations Of the
Pension office. N
The appointment of an Assistant Com
missioner of Pensions is recommended.
The quantity Of land sold during the last
fiscal years was l,646,847,49 100 acres. for
which the sum of 81, $40, ,947 as was receiy-
ed. The quantity sold during the first quar-
ter of the present fiscal year was avs, l40 ,65
100 acres, producing 1851. heauanti-
ty sold during the corresponding quarter of
the last fiscal year was 766, ,S79, ,66 100 acres,
the proceeds Of which amounted to 359, ,S76
06; thus showing considerable increase in
the sales of the present over those of the last
fiscal year. The quantity of land located
during the last fiscal year, with bounty land
warrants, was 2,454, 900 acres, which added
to the quantity sold for cash, makes an aqgre-
gate Of 4, 800, ,847.49 100 acres, Had The
quantity located with warrants during the
last fiscal year been disposed Of for cash at
the minimum price, the aggregate Of revenue
from sales Of the public lands would have
been 5,436,447 45. The whole number of
warrants issued upto the lst Of November.
under the Mexican war bounty land law Of
llth February, l847, is 60,7Sl. Of these
6,6lS havebeen located and returned TO the
General Land Office; and Of this latter num-
Der sc, 200 have been patented. The whole
number Of warrants issued iup 10 the same
period, under the general hounty land law y
September 26, 1850, is %, ,20l and Of shes3 /.
7O6 which have been located and Ietus.ed y
the General Land Office, | $50 had BEEN nat.
onted on thelst ultimo, N an - Az
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
From Boston.

BosRoE, Dec. 10.
The steamship Niagara, from Liverpool,
yia Halifax. arrived at this port this morning.
Her mails were dispatched South on early
train to-day. An armed revolt had been dis
covered when on the point Of breaking out
among the Austrian troops, in Holstein, who
were principally composed Of Hungarian no.
blemen, who had been forced to serve as phi
vate soldiers in the Austrian army. The re-
volters had been suppressed by the superior
oficeIs,) The reception which Kossuth had
met with in England had caused great excitel
ment throughout Austria, and great rejoicing
in Hungary.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

q 0s- Gov. Kossuth is said to be an ac-
complished and graceful horseman. In re.
viewing the troops on the Battery at New
York on Saturday last, he was mounted on
Back Warrior, the veteran charger, now
twenty years old, belonging to Major Merrill,
OF the United States Dragons, by whom he
was ridden in the Florida and Mexican wars,
having participated in all the battles and
been twice wounded.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

submit to Mr.. Underwood If this was not
intervention more palpable than that con-
templated in Mr.. Foote'S resolution could
possibly be. That very act Of our Govern
ment was censure upon the villainy Of
Austria and Russia as deep as we could per-
petrate. Now, after this generous act, for
the Government to refuse to take further
notice of the distinguished Hungarian,
wouldbe course as contemplate as morti-
flying TO every friend Of freedom throughout
the Union. s ,s3 as9giegs
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

0TThe principal Hungarian personages
who arrived in the Humboldt, are M. Kos
suth, with Madame Kossuth, Mr.. Pulsly,
Madame Pulsky, Adria Lemoni, Secretary,
Colonel Count Bethen, 1t. COL Thatz, Capt.
Torok, and Mr.. Daylen, late chief of Hun
garian police, and Mr.. Peter Navy, another Of
M. Kossuth's Secretaries. q. -.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

OTHow greatly superioris the noble con-
duct Of the Sultan Of Turkey in regard to
Kossuth, to that Of the President Of France
in relation to Abdel Kader. A resolution is
before the Senate of the U. S. requesting the
President to open correspondence with the
French Government on the subject of Add
el-kader, who has been detained a prisoner
contrary to the stipulations agreed to when
he surrendered.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

OTThe wires Of the O'RIELLy telegraph
lines were successfully laid across the Missis-
sippi, short distance above St. Louis, on
Thursday last. The wires were 6rey'. encased
in gutta percha, and then covered with lead
pipe. The lead pipe measures one mile in
length. They worked succe ssfully.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

HUNGARY.-ln Hungary, which contains
a native population of 1858, ,lsl souls, there
are at the present moment, l34, ,ll3 more
widows than bereaved husbands one sad
consequence of war!
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
Right

Our Government has refused to recognize
the forms of a Treaty, which had been
pending some months between the Swiss
Confederation and the United States. The
reason assigned for the refusal, by the State
Department, is that the stipulations by
Switzerland made determinations against
citizens of the United States Of the Jewish
persuasion.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

OgThe Louisville Courier, of the 9th,
learns that the country is flooded with the
counterfeit ones on the Northern Bank of
Kentucky, and suggests the importance of
that institution calling in all its one dollar
issues and putting out new batch.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

OT The railway from Dayton to Troy
has been let to Mr.. Doolittle. He re-
ceives 100000 mile, and finds everything
except the rail. The distance is 20 miles;
and the railwayto be completed by October
LIST, 1852.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
Masonic. = The members of Solomon
Council No. 5, have elected the following

Masonic. = The members of Solomon
Council No. 5, have elected the following
officers for the ensuing year:
A. G. Davis, T. l. G. NJ.
M. Kehoe, d. /. G. M.
Geo. Stevenson, P. c. of w.
F. Cleveland, G. of G.
Jas. Lodwick, IS. and s.
w. P. Camden, Treasurer.
s. w. Cunning, Recorder.
H. Bertram, Guard.
Our friends will remember that the
time for the drawing Of the Artists Union,
OF Cincinnati, is the first of January, and
that MIR. Jno. X. Lodwick is the agent of
that institution for this place. The magnifi-
cent portrait of Washington, from Stuarts
celebrated painting isalone worth $4,000 the
fee for membership. Besides this each
member will receive a beautiful painting,
entitled Catching Rabbits" There are nu-
merous works Of art, from meritorious PEN
ellis, which are to be drawn by the members,
and those in in this place we trust will be
lucky enough TO obtain few of them.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

oc- Some wagishly disposed persons in
Louisville, on Thursday night last, erected
in front of the Bank Of Kentucky huge
pole. & Ae4 A
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
The People of London, and Kossuth.

The Feople OF London, and KOssuth.
The People Of England and the Govern
ment Of England are very distinct bodies,
having distinct feelings, impulses and senti-
ments. There are sound Republicans
among the people, but none among the
Government. There are sympathizers
among the people for the exiles from tyran-
ny, who seek security and liberty beyond
their own hearthstones, but none among the
Government -' = -
The people of London. for instance, in
spired by love of liberty and hatred Of
tyranny 90 for they have learned valuable
lessons in shool at home-thus sympathi-
zed with Kossnth, on his arrival upon their
soil: }..t ~ MA
PATRIOTIC CITIZEN AND WORTHY REPRE-
SENTATIVE OF A GREAT PEoPLE.--We APP
proach you with sentiments Of hopeful Joy;
we hail with satisfaction your restoration to
freedom and To your country's service, as
we heard with sorrow the tidings of your
expatriation. In the war so heroically sus-
tdined by the Hungarian nation against the
united Governments Of Russia and Austria,
the sympathy. Of the people Of Britain with
the people Of Hungary was so universally
expressed as to be historical but we desire
that it may be recorded that. had our wishes
received Governmental aid, the intervention
Of Russia would not have been met alone
by protests upon paper, but upon The field
Of action, BY the force Of British arms.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
Mississippi u. s. Senator.

A despatch from Jackson, Miss, announc-
es that Harris, secession whig, has been ap-
pointed U. s. Senator. The Legislature
meets in about three weeks to elect a Senator
for the full term, and one for the unexpired
term Of Hon. Jefferson Davis.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

GFIt wasnot President Fillmore, as sta
ted in q despatch, who called on Kossuth at
New York and invited him 10 visit Washing
ton; but Millard Z, Fillmore, the Private
Secretary Of the President.1t .ast a,a .lgiL
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

@ Constantinople has population of
about five hundred thousand souls. There
is not lamp in that great city, nor name
to any Of the streets; neither is there post
office ora mail route through all Turkey
They have thousands Of useless dogs but no
bells--the Moslems abominating the sound
of bell.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

GT The Phoenix Insurance Company at
St. Louis doing business on $780, 900 capii-
tal, have Just divided Sab per centum profits,
after paying all The expenses and losses Of
the year. $40 70 gqs Iss VIA 8stf si'5
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

MIxEb.-The recent quarrel between Col.
Webb and Gen. Wool Is thus summed Up
# Webb cotton to Wool, The psoddei win
be nainelesss but IL Wool once get into Webb.
II clear that Webb must be borstsd.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
From CoIumbns.

Dec. i2.--The State will pay about one mil-
lion eight hundred thousand dollars in New
York on the LIST Of January. The greater por-
tion Of these funds is already there and the bal.
.ance is inProcess Of transportation in drafts,
&c.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
Mathematical,

We cheerfully publish the following, ant
hand it over to the pupils of the highes,
male and female departments of our pub.
lie school for answer. We are confident
they can give one independent of any assis-
tance from the teacher and we hope they
will. If more than one is given we will
publish the best and allude to the others,
giving the names Of the calculators:
BRUsHcREEK, ScIoTo Co., o.
Messrs. Editors:
Z" If you think the following
sum worthy place in your columns, you
will oblige reader of your paper if you
will give it an insertion in the Inquirer.
There are four numbers, such that the
product Of the first multiplied by the sum
of the second, third and fourth is 26; the
product of the second multiplied by the
sum Of the first, third and fourth is So; the
product of the third multiplied by the sum
of the first second and fourth is a.; and
the product of the fourth multiplied by the
sum Of the first, second and third is 3D.. Re-
quired the numbers.
If any of your readers can work the
sbove sum, they will confer great favor on
the writer if they will send me the solution
through the Portsmouth post-office.
NBf JAMES G. FREEMAN.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

G The raihoad from Eaton to Piqua is
lett DeGafe, of Dayton, and will be
completed by the time the road from Co.
lumbus to Piqua is finished.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

An 0LD SEFELER. There was found in the
town Of Halifax, Mass, in July last, by Chip
man Fuller, o land turtleover 1877 years old;
he was marked BY Ebenezer Fuller in l7l4;
30 years ogo'he was srdarled by Jacob Thomps
son. ! Ebsaessf Fuller was the great grand
father Of chipmnn. 9sos 'i9i 'sse M
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
Effects Of Railroad,.

Six months ago the village of Dunkirk,
the terminus of the Erie Railroad, contain
ed only 500 inhabitants; it now has $500.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

0TTwo small children were burned to
death in Milwaukee on the Ssth, having been
locked up in sbsnty while their mother was
out at work.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

Gr Gen. Cavaignac is about to marry
Mile Oder. daughter Of the banker Of that
name. The ladyissaid 10 possess sfcrtune
Of one million. sas ses'iig3.s
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

GTsA Northern Ohio Temperance Con.
vention is to be holden at Ohio City, on the
first Wednesday Of January next.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

ANOTHER FAILURE. The Statesman learnf
that Darnell s. Co., Produce Dealers of Grove.
port, Franklin county, have failed. sst
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
Virginia.

johnson, the Democratic candidate fol
Governor, is undoubtedly elected by a large
majority. The democratic gain in II coun-
ties over the vote Of Taylor is 400.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

OCT The number Of hogs slaughtered this
season in Cincinnati is computed at over
100000. 3eo. sI iase .6i io5hs6
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NUMBER 81.
Three Days Later froH Europe--Arri-.
val ofthe Niagara at HAiifex,
N HA1ffAr nac lllg

The steamship Niagara with liverpool
dates OF the 18th ultimo, arrived at noon to-
DAY, bringing 81 passengers. She encounter
ca heavy winds during most Of the passage.
The steam Propeller City OF Pittsburgh
sailed from Liverpool on The same day with
the Niagara. On Tuesday she passed a large
steamer steering East. The steamer Frank
lin arrived at Cowes on the evening Of the
9th. e'Fo =. -
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19

OT Hon. ", ,Bissell. Of Illinois. lsiely
married Miss Elizabeth Kane, oi Kasksskis.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-12-19
rsrms7of the 1n.quirer.
JOB w OAK.
Kossuth and Congress.

ra.aat- lorainr, 20. b. lssl. u
The southern press., 1851-08-02
Union.

The Augusta (Ga) Republic and Consiitu-
tionalist and Republic. Messrs GARDINER and
SMYrHE nc5 to be the editors. They are both
sound and able writer's and we hope they will
have the cordial support of the Southern rights
party. Now is the time for the South to put
forth her strength, and the newspaper press was
never more important to her than now, at home
and abroad
The southern press., 1851-08-02

EXECUTIONS AT NEW CAsrLE.-The two me-
groess, James Anderson and Empson Bayard,
convicted in May last, in Newcastle county.
Delaware, of the murder Of Joseph Williams,
were to be hung yesterday. Bayard, it is said,
confessed one day last week, to DR.. Black, of
New Castle, with whom he requested an inter-
view, that Anderson was innocent Of any par
ticlpation in the murder of Williams, and that he
had implicated himas an accomplice in the crime
only out of fear of the threats of one of the
persons who arrested him. The day after thia
disclosure made to Dr. Black. the chief iustica
of the State visited Bayard in his CELL when he
declared that the whole of his statement to Dr.
b. was :" lie," being made at the earnest go.
licitation of Anderson
The southern press., 1851-08-02
COLUMBUS, Miss. July 25. 1851.

The State rights cause is rapidly gaining
strength throughout all this region of the State
In this and Noxubee counties, for long time the
stronghold of submission, the FooTR men are
fading away like the yellow leaves of the forest
after severe frost in the fall of the year. From
all can see and hear, Gov. QUITMAN, and the
State rights candidates for the convention and
the Legislature, will carry the State with per-
feet avalanche of power and success. Ten
thousand maj orty is the lowest estimate, set
down by our most timid friends, in favor of our
candidates
The southern press., 1851-08-02

DUEL.-Fighting in Earnest-Tbe St LOUIS
Republican of last Wednesday relates the fol-
lowing, which occurred in the suburbs of that
city the day previous:
"Two young men, one Of whom, we learn, is
lately from New York, and is a son Of DR.. ]. IL
Mexican, of that city, (the name of the other we
did not learp) met in a coflee-house on Chestnut
street early in the morning, with some friends
During conversation which ensued, a dispute
arose between Mexican and his companion hiqh
words were used, and the lie passed between
them, whereupon, to prevent further difficulty
their friends interfered and separated them; but
being unable to settle the dispute or heal the
quarrel. mutual agreement was made to fight
it out for which purpose the party repaired to
a retired spot Immediately south of the new
reservoir, armed with pistols. The ground was
stepped off, and the parties placed at a distance
of thirty PAGES from each other. At the first
fire, from some cause or other, the pistol of the
challenged party did not go off, and the shot of
Mckean, who wns the challenger took effect in
the fieshy part Of his antagonists arm, causing
a slight wound Enraged at the mishap, the
latter instantly cooking his pistol, again assayed
to shoot, and this time with success, the ball
taking effect in the groin of his antagonist caus-
ing serious wound. On being hit, Mexican
raised his pistol, and throwing it with all the
force of desperation, struck the other full in the
breast, and feled him to the ground. The
seconds now interfered, and with all possible
speed conveyed the parties from the ground, ere
the firing, which had attracted the attention of
two men who were riding in that direction, had
aroused suspicion."
The st. Louis Times says
So far as we con learn, this unhappy affair
was brought about entirely by n mistake in pro-
nunciatiop. The challenging party having met
his friend Mt the restaurant alluded to above
casually remarked, or intended to remark, +" LEI
me have dollar" This the friend construed
into lend me half dollar" and, without fur
iher remark, drew forth the supposed desired
sum- and handed it over. The gentleman re.
ceived the coin, looked at il, and handed il back
Words ensued, and then quarrel--the termi.
nation of which we have recorded.
UNITED STATES SHirs ORDEREp TO CupA
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce savs tbat
dispatches were received by telegraph on Tues
day evening at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, order.
ing the schoolsbpPreble nnd the brig Dolphin 10
bs prepared with all dispatch, to sail direct for
Cubs. The object is supposed to be to intercept
any expeditions that may be sent from this coun-
try for the invasion of the Island. A reinforce.
ment Of marines will be put on board the Preble.
in addition to her usual complement
II ia believed that orders have been sent to
Norfolk, directing the dispatch Of the Cyane and
Portsmouth, on the came service.
The southern press., 1851-08-02

EmIGRATror.-BRENRr. Joly lst.-Emiers-
non from Bremen in the course Of this vear til
to-day For New York, in ~ vessels. 0yo67 bap-
senge's for Baltimore, in Is vessels Ass nea-
seneers; for New Orleans, in vessels, 1868
passengers; for Philadelphia, Ia 7 vesyejs tIo
passengers; for Galveston, in 3 vsssels, T19 ~
sengsrs; for Port Adelaide, in vessel. as7 nss-
sengers; for Greytown, in vsAssl, IS passe,,-
gers--tosa' los vessels, with l5,a,s passengers.
The southern press., 1851-08-02

VISIT or PRESIDENT FILLMORE TO THE Var
LEY OF VIRcIsTA.-Tbe National Intellioencer
says it is understood. and no doubt correctly.
that the President of the United States and
portion OF the members of the cabinet-the
Secretaries Of War and of the Interior, will lenye
Washington on their promised visit to the Val.
ley Of Virginia on Tuesday next On his way.
the President, with his Secretaries, will make
personal inspection of the public works and
property at Harper's Ferry, which he has long
been desirous of doing. They will then pso-
ceed up the valley, by the Potomac and Win
chester railroad, to Charlestown, turning of
at that place to the neighboring Shannondale
Springs, there to meet, in friendly and familiar
way, the citizens Of the adjoining counties Of
Jefferson, Clarke, and London in compliance
with an invitation Of the latter made some time
since. Leaving Shannondsle, the President and
his friends will go on to Winchester, and, pe,
haps taking Capon by the way thence to the
White Sulphur Springs Of Greenbrier.