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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-24
Ocean Steamships.

Congress is beset with petitions and inter
ested lobbies, 10 aid in the passage of bills tc
encourage the establishment of sundry steam
ship lines. The last one we notice is pro-
posed line between New York and Galway
Ireland, to be composed of ten first clas;
steamers. Now we should like to know, and
the people would also be pleased to be in.
formed, where this encouragement is 60
ing to stop. Already have nine lines Of
steamships been put in operation from the
encouragement of Congress, and that, too
without diminishing in the least the enor
NOUS expense of the Navy proper. Yet, pc
titions and propositions for new lines con-
tinue to be made. A line from Oregon OF
California to China is wanted-a line to Rio
Janerio-a line to the coast of Africa-and
the next line proposed, we should suppose
would be one between New York and Tophet
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A Rogue Arrested.

A man named VIM. H. Levisey. who had
forfeited his recognizance before the Cour.
Of Common Pleas oil Gallia county, was ar
rested BY the deputy Sheriff oflhat county
VIM. F. Cansll, Tuesday near this place
He was charged with burglary, and vii
doubtless be committed.
An accomplice OF Lsvisey, named Archi
bald Mccoy, also escaped and is supposed
to be il this neighborhood. Sheriff Carrel
says they are both great scamps, and that
Levisey only escaped the penitentiary on a
former occasion by turning States evidence
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Present to Major cass.

An eastern paper states that the porcelain
travelling breakfast service of Napoleon, left
by his will to his mother, and by her to hel
grandson, the Prince de Canine, has by him
been presented to Major Cass, our Charge a.
Rome, as testimonial for the latters atten
tons to the Prince, upon the overthrow o
the revolutionary authorities. The Prince il
now in exile in Switzerland. The servic'
has been delivered over to Major Cass, ii
Rome, in pursuance Of instructions from
the Prince to his agents in that city.
1t is questioned by some whether Majol
Cass can receive this present, under our con-
stitution.'
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Scientinc ileilgIon.

O. S. Fowler is lecturing in Cincinnati, on
the science Of Phrenology, and the Nonparei
yivesa sketch once in while Of his lectures
lie says religion is az much Of science al
Astronomy. because man has religious facul.
ties:
The fact that man has an organ OF venera-
tion looking for God to worship. is absolute
proof that there is God. Individuals will sct
God acknowledgements to the development
of other faculties. Some look through greer
spectacles and see green God-others look
through red glasses and see u red God-whiI.
the Atheist looks through leather goggles anC
sees 10 God at all.
Oh yo professed Atheist! your denial Of Goo
is reflection Oh your own head-it shows thai
in your Uranium the organ Of veneration j!
| low in its development. So with them wht
see only IL revengelu God-it shows thai thcii
organ Of bcncvolence is deficient IN power.
He then argued from the constitution OF
man as 10 the kind pf preaching we shoult
have and coucluded most wisely, that sll sub
iec,s calculated TO develop man ana improve
his constitution and character, should, be th'
themes Of the clergyman. lie ought 10 preucf
Oh the sciences, and from the beauty, sublllD
ily aud aduptati, of Nature should Call ou
the highest love and devotion 0i God. -
ought 10 preach oI health and let li; pcopl'
kuow how 10 preserve their health'uIness {
body aud nind-wItilout which there can b'
no true piety. lie illustrated, BY giving lht
case of a child that received from its pnrens
large qua aulities Of swcet.meats as Christnla'
presents, and ale so much of them that it sick
ened and died thefOlowing night. The clergy
man called, and be gave the usual consolation
"lns Lord gaye,ths ord has taken away; bles
ssd is the Ilaue Of the Lord" Now' had lha
.Iergynan s y preached the previous Sunday o. o.
the danger of fordiug children Improperly, ~ n
could have saved that child. But he cha s"'
God with killingi ii Nonsense! Ths preacher
and The parents killed il
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DEATH OF CAPT. WALKER.-There have
been many conflicting reports concerning
the identity Of the man who killed the cele-
bnted Texan Ranger whose name heads
this paragraph. The Cincinnati Commercial
says:
A gentleman who was in Mexico at the
time the brave Walker los: his life, and who
married Mexican lady and became exten-
sively known in that country. informs u:
that, on recent visit TO M-xico he learned
that Capt. Walker was killed by Captain
Euallio. who was, at one time, taken priso
npr BY. Capt. Walker, and knew him well
and singled him out as the most difficult io'
TO contend with. Eudllio was, for this tx
ploit. promoted TO the office Of Major
which rank he now holds in the Mexlcar
Army.
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DestitutiOn.

Under the above head the Cincinnati
Times gives some cases which the members
of the Female Benevolent Society of the
First Universalist Church Of that city have
reported.
In house on the corner Of Park and Third
streets, they found man and his wife il
most distressing circumstances. The vile
had been sick thirteen weeks, requiring con-
stant care and Close st attention.
For their support the husband had pawn
ed nearly all their furniture, his wiie's last
dress. and all bis own clothes excepting a
ragged shirt upon his back and tailor was
pndeavoring TO GEL support by making fine
broad cloth coats et seveniy-fve cents a
pipce-a good mechanic working three days
for seventy Ave cents. No wouder storva
lion had crossed the threshold of his doc
and taken abo,le in his family.
In another house, in The lower part oil the
city. we've found two lite girls and two lit
tie boys living in room without window
linhtpd only b, two punes Of glass in tn
door. The little hoys worked out an
earned SO per week, and thu oldest of tn
girls (sgrd about eight yeurs) KEEP, house J
The father and mother of these childre
died last summer of the cholera There is
germ Of goodness in that little flock tht
should be cherished.
Alta house in The southwestern part {
the city, a woman was found endeavoring
finish washing, by which she was 10 g
money 10 buy her children bread. while 81
was rocking cradle with one foot, in viii,
avas child that had lain in SPANS 4
twelve hours and was not expected TO III
from hour to hour. At the sam tim
tbree other children werr sitting on he fio
cutting potato skins that they had picked
in the street.
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The following story is related by Pling, bul
disbelieved by mony modern authors o.
treatises on Chemistry, on the ground thai
glass making was known long before. The
supposition is about as vugue as the tradi-
tion, 10 which no date is assigned. The cir
cumstance it is said, is very probable es
the sand on the shore TO which the
egend refers, was peculiarly adapted to the
manufacture of glass, and is supposed to
have supplied the materials for the glass
houses Of Tyre and Silon:
Upwards of two thousand years ago, per
haps three, company Of mere hanis, who
had a cargo Of ni;re on board their ship, were
driven b. the winds on the shores Of Gllilee,
close to y small stream HAT runs from the
foot of Mount Carmel. Being here weather.
bound till the storm dbated, they made pre-,
parations for cooking their food on thu
strand and not finding stones to rest Their
vessel upon, they used some Jumps OF nitE
for that purpose, placing their kettles rsnd
stew-pans on, the Top. and lighting strong
IlFt ulutIut1lU. as ttc htdt' 'lhCIcuSru, lue
nitre slowly melted away, and flowing
down the beach, became mixed up with thr
sand, forming, when the incorporated mass
cooled down, singulary beautiful transpa-
rent substance, which excited The astonish.
ment and wonder of the beholder.
Such is the legend OF the origin ofglass.
A great many centuries afterwards-that
is to say towards the close of the fifteenth
reniury Of the Christian era-when some OF
the secrets Of the Gloss-house, supposed to
have been known 10 the ancients, wele
lost and the simple art Of blowing glass was
but scsntily culliyated-on ortificrr, wi osr
name is unfortunately escaped Immortality,
while employed over his crucible accidental
lv split some of The material he was melting
Being in huid state i: ran over The ground
til. il found its way under one Of the large
flag g-stonrs with which the place was paved
and the poor man was Obliged TO take VI
The stone 10 recover his glass. BY thi:
time it had grown cold, and to his infinite
surprise he saw that, from the fatness and
equ,lity OF the surface beneath the stone, il
had taken the form Of slab-a form which
could not be produced by any process o.
blowing ihem in usr.
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Bishop Capers, of South Carolina, appears
in the Charleston Mercury, in solemn ad-
monition to his fellow citizens. against the
madness of attempting separation from
the Union. Bishop Capers, our readers; per-
haps, do not need 10 be informed, is distin-
guished divine of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. In his extensive Journeys
through several States of the South, he may
possibly have acquired from his more COM
prehensiye associations habit of looking at
political questions less narrow and prov'n-
cial than that of the majority of people in
South Carolina. His address can hardly fail
of having great effect. He demands con.
vention of sober and wise men, instead Of
boys and men half-made, which is signifi'
cant enough.
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OTThe Hamilton and Dayton Roilroad
Company have negotiated in New York the
sale Of $780, 900 Ct seven percent. bonds al
par, These bonds are first mortgage lieu
on the road, which will cost about Ten mil.
lions Of dollars, and according to the present
value OF securities in New York, should have
been worth a premium.
We see that the correspondent of Cincin-
natl Gazette thinks this negotiation won.
derful feat. Iris said, in the best informed
financial circles, that the whole operation
was made before the parties appeared in
New York, and that all that was necessar ry
to be done was TO take the bonds there and
lift The cash. Some years ago, when the
mania for making banks broke out, great
men were made out of very ordinary
mate rial, but it will be found hard TO re-
peat the thing out Of Railroad corpora;ions
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Portsmouth.

tits plain, from various publications in
the New York papers, that the affairs OF the
Portsmouth, Dry-Dock and Steamboat Basin
Company, are assuminga sound conditio n
and that, under the auspices thereof, large
Improvements are about being commenced,
at The mouth Of the Scioto. The companys
property, at Portsmouth, is very valuable;
and capable under good management, of pro-
ducing we'll for its stockholders. We rejoice
to see the evidences Of improvement rapidly
developing in our neighbor city, down the
Valley; which, perhaps, would own to ow'
ing as much to the patronage Of Chillicothe--
her shippers and dealers-as to that OF an,
other place. A large sale of lots is soon Z
Be made by the above company, paymenti 10
which will be received in the stock thereof.
- n a Chill Gos.
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Look her e, my Friendi
stop, and let us Reason together.

Arc youa Father. laboring for the support
OF family, aud suffering from general dobili-
" and low spirits, so that life almost seems
burden, use pR. s, D. HowE's SHAKER SARsA-
PARlLLA.
ARE YOU A MOTHER, W
suffering from disease 10 which females arc
generally subject, use DR.. S. d. Howe's Shaker
Sarsapalia--it will certainly cure you. d..
Male or female, old or young, ALLand EVERY
FAMILY should have this EXCELLENT FAMILY NED
IcINE by them. Call at our depot, or on one Of
our Agents. and get pamphlet, gratis, where
You will find
Facts! Faets!! Facts!!!!
That can be substaatiated by thousands of
lioing wiinesses in this city and comtry,
riz /: that Me
Shaker SaPsapariIla,
As prepared by Dr.. 5. d. HOWE, has been tho
meaus Of permanently curing more diseases to
which the human family are continually sub
iect, than ans other preparation of Shrsaparilla
over yet brought before the public.
The purity and efficacy Of the Shaker prepa.
ration is well known aud requires notong list
of certificates aud cures 10 introduce it its
Increased demand for the past Twelve years, is
lis best recommendation.
This medlcfue, nus oStuO''snVu ltS HlRn Tepu-
Itation throughout New York aud New Hamp.
shire, and the eastern states generally, by its
numerous aud w,ll attested cures and also by
I'll. recommendation aud approval of the first
lphysicians, who now use Il in their private
practice
Il Ills the only SdrSdparilla that acts on
The Liner, Kidneys aud blood at the same
time, ,rhich renders it altogether more PAL
udble TO epery one, p rticulriy Females.
DR.. Mussey, Professor in the Ohio Medical
College, says the Shaker preparations are truly
valuable, and recoinmelds them TO the public.
/ No MERcURY- MiNERAL--no PoIsoNous
0RUGs IN THE SHAKER SARsAPsRlLLA.
A REMEMBER,
His warranted 10 be purely and
d ENTIRELY VEGETABLE,
And as Female and Family medicine 4
B has no equal, w
Be sure Mdt,yoa inqui,e g for Or. 5. d
: Hope's Shaker SarsaParillG, and taxi
no other. ~ As4 as
Price 81 per bottle or 9 botilee for s.. (.
!. For sale by DR.. s. D, HOWE & CO.,
: "a, ll ~, Propretors,
No. lcollego Hall, cincInhp,i, Ohio,
: To whom all orders must be addressed, an
lby ] l.. Mcvoy q Co. Portsmouth,; y. X, A|
i lien, Iikcton Emmett q Davis, Whvoriy, I
Portsmouth. Oct. ID, 'b0--Syl.
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I orLuke Cassidy was convicted Of horse
stealing the other day. by he Court Of Com
mon Plens ofihis county. Cassidy has an
accomplice in the Hamilton untyjail5who
was arrested for passing counterfeit money.
We should not be surprised If regular
gang of thieves and counterleiters infested
this region. The facilities for escaping Of
licers and justice are inducements not over
looked by such professional gpntlemen.-
Bocock. who is in jail for passing coun
terfeit money, says he obtained it from
some man in Kentucky, who, we learn, has
acknowledged that he did pay B. some mon
ey but was ignorant Of its being counterfeit.
One thing is certain. the amount of spuri-
Gus money hereabouts is immense, large
portion Of which is bills on the Northern
Bank Of Kentucky.
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FIcm Boston.
BosroN. Ftb. 10.

BOSTON, Fto. III.
Another negro was arrested this moTnin
on charge Of bring engaged in the resrur. o
The trial of E. Wright, editor Of the Com
monweallh, is still progressing.
1t is reported that Thompson, the aboli-
ZIONIST has been peled with rotten eggs al
Springfield.
Letters from Cayenne to January 9th
states that The Yellow Fever was raging ter
ribly at that place. The Governor and
many of the citizens had died.
The evidence and arguments in the cast
Of Z. Wright was concluded this afternoon
but the decision is reserved until to-mor
row. Great interest is felt in the result
The negroes declare the rescue was no con
certed movement.
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OHIO LEGISLATURE.

COLUMBUS, Feb. II.
Both Houses went into convention this
morning, TO elect Associate Judges, in which
they continued all day until they adjourned.
The following is the result For Meigs,
Samnel Bradbury and Henry Asbume. wings;
Montgomery, Amos Irwin, whig; Musking-
um, VIM. H. ]. Cox, whig; Ross, Joshua
Robinson, whig; Seneca, H. c. Brick, Demo
crat; Shelby, W. A. Cary, whig; Washing
ton, Joseph Barker, whig; Wood, Gilbert
Beach, Dem; Athens, M. Root, Whig
Champagne. E. l.. Morgan and John Vest,
wings; Clermont, J. Buchanan and Jonathan
johnson, Dem; Fayette, Joseph Beatte
whig; Erie, Samuel B. Caldwell, whig; Law
renee, Geo. Kemp, whig; Dark, Jackson
Jacques, whig; Defiance, L. M. Landes
Dem; Franklin, w. I. Martin, whig; Full
ton, A. w. Flickingen, Dem; Gallia, Nose:
Matthews and Robert Carter, wings; Henry
John Knapp, Dem; Hancock, Levi Simpson
Dem; Hooking, David Driesbach, Dem
Highland, Thomas Barry and Nathaniel Del
aplane, wings; Lucas, J. w. Brown. Dem
Marion, Samuel Cray, whig; Jackson, Georg'
Adams Dem. This embraces all the Asso
ciate Judges to be elected this winter
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MARRIED,

On the Goth inst, by D. D. Rhoades, Esq
Mr.. ANDREW ROBINSON, and Mics MAHALA
GRAHAM, all Of this place.
On the 18th inst. at Liberty, Ky., Mr.. J.
L. sMAoKoY, of SpriDgville .Ky.,to Miss MA
RY E. PRATT, Of the former place.
In Cincinnati, on Tuesday morning, ths
18th, Mr.. ALBERT JACKSON, to Miss SARAH
RIEAKs, both Of that place.
On the 18th inst, by Cornelius MCoy
ESQ. ABRAHAM JoBEs, of franklin county,
Ohio. 10 Miss ANN 4. MILLER Of Scioto Co.,
daughter Of William Miller Esq.
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l9

The Board of Canal Commissioners an
nounce that the water will be in the canal al
Columbia On Monlay next, The oath inst, so
that transportations will commence on that
day, Oh the main lines and continue uninter.
rupted between here and Pittsburgh.
Our transporters intend to open the spring
business at the following low rates of freight
Dry Goods, 80 cents per 100 lbs; Hardware
rs cents, and Groceries Is cents.
Our Canal Commissioners, by reducing the
rates Of toll and opening the canal at an earl!
period, are determined to command larg
share of the immense carrying business tha
is expected this season.
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AN IMPARTIAL JURoR.-In impaneling a
second jury in the case of the United States
ps. Gen. Henderson, a: New Orleans, for be-
ing engaged in the Cuba invasion, one of the
panel, H. D. Gott, was rejected, after having
testified to his Partially on his pOir dire. up
on proof that he had expressed The most bitter
sentiments in regard to those who had beer
engaged in the expedition-that he would
hang them all, if it were in his power
Rather an uncomfortable juror for the de-
fendant
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QrIt is recorded that "a celebrated gov
ernor Of the once proud city of arts, said ol
his little son, "He rules Athens" An ex-
PLANTATION being called. for, he said the boy
governed his mother, and she governed hel
husband. 1t is a matter Of speculation
whether there are not some such young go, .
ernors nowadays, who hold despotic sway
over their dads and mans. We say its a
matter Of speculation, do not care to say
yea or nay in the premises. 1t strikes us,
however, that if every man and woman
were 10 give his and her experience upon
the subject, some very curious facts would
be elected, and many who consider them
selves in the most Brobdignogian authority
at home, would find that its extent could be
circumscribed by very LiIliputior compass,
We heard of a circumstance yesterday that
led 10 the above remarks.
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Impr ovement in Texas.

The first work of internal improyem mi
in Texas is the construction Of canal from
The Gulf of Mexico 10 the Bpzos river.
Mr.. Bradbury of Galveston has taken the
contract for S65O00. Operations have slso
commenced for The construction Of the first
railroad 10 the State. II is 10 connect; he
Rio Gmnde with The town Of HarrisburRh, .
few miles below Houston, on the Buflulc
Bayou. and is expected 10 prove a yer,
profitable road. III AZ
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RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE
PAclrIc.-The State of Missouri is in ear
nest The Senate few days since passed q
bill to aid in the construction of the Pacific
Railroad, and the Hannibal at St. Joseph
Railroad. As passed, the State lends its
cledit to these companies 10 the amount O.
million and half of dollars each.
This important measure passed by largC
and unexpected majority; and it is said tina
the House will confirm it by fully as large {
one.
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@The police of Pittsburgh made o
descent upon "Hayti," the coored AlsatiO
Of the Iron City, the other day, and brought
before the court sundry colored "gemmen'
as vsgants. One Of the "semmen" said he
hadn't "worked q lick for de last tree
months" and as long as he lived as well as
he did then, wouldn't trouble himself about
it. He was committed for thirty days.
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u~s- A drunken man, who had charge Of
an ox-team, fell off the wagon and was run
over, on Wednesday evening He did not
appear to be badly hurt, though he may have
been injured internally, as the wheels passed
over his abdomen. He was assisted into the
wagon and in charge of a friend about as
much fuddled as he, left town.
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ssE,Pluribus JJnum.,,

TRENTON, N. J., Feb. ia Joint resolu'
ton has been iniroducedinto the Legislature
sustaining the compromise measures OF Con
pes, and declaring il be the duty Of th'
people of the United States TO support M
man for Representative or Senator in Con
gress who viii not uphold the Union and th'
interests Of the country in opposition Z
fanaticism and the ambition Of demagoges
and do all that can be done to preserve tn
..E Plaribps Unum' Of the States now ant
forever.
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Ice CRop.-The Boston ice crop is very
abundant this year. 1t is said that the sup
ply Of New York, from five sources, will be
10000 tons-the largest crop ever gath
cred in one winter. Last winter the sup
ply was 10000 tons, and the price SO cents
per 100 pounds in New York--this year il
will not exceed 25 cents.
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Pretty GooD.--lhe following toast wOs
given al the Print rs festival in Boston, on
lhe olb.Iday Of franklin: .
"WoMAN's RIGHTs. she. cannot be
CaptSin oil "a big Ship, may she always COM
nund on almighty SMACK"
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The Copper Mines OF Lake Superior.

We lrua from stuiemrnt III the D,troit
Free Press, that the amount of copper
brought from the mines Of Lake Superior in
le49, was eleven hundred AMI fourteen
tons. The amount shipped In 1850 exceed
ed four thousand ions, and that 10 be ship
ped during the present year will be sufh.
Gent 10 supply the whole consumption OF
ropprr in the United States, which is a lit
lie over six thousand TONS
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pul1Anr1pu1A Feb la-P \

HlLADLLrhlh. tCp. IL. "'
Robt Woodside, a cabinet maker, who
was accompanying a married woman
to her home in the suburbs, Was at
lacked by her husbunl, who charged him
with improper intimacy with his wifi.
knocking him from the vehicle and injuring
him othefwi SO severely that it is though.
he will die.
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It is said that the secret of the success Of
Mrs. Miller. the celebrated tobacconist, is, be-
cause she has so much capital to ackhr.-Ez-
change.
She's the business woman for you,-always
"up TO snuff" and always looking TO the gttid,
pro quo Theirs no secret of success at all. ANY
lady can succeed, if she chews!-Cin Eng