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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-07-14
a Brilliant Anti.CIimax.

A number of years ago, a young lawyer
was employed TO defend a culprit who was
arraigned upon a charge Of stealing pig
The case was not one calculated to cali forth
great display Of eloquence, but as it was
his first case, and be was painting for dis
tinction, the young advocate resolved to
give the Court and Jury an earnest ofbis fu
lure efforts and convince them that he "was
bound to shine.' Accordingly he proceeded
10 deliver the following brilliant exordium
"May it please the Court, and gentlemen
Of the jury-whiie Europe is bathed in blood
while classic Greece is struggling for hel
rights and liberties and trampling the un,
hallowed alars Of the infdel in the dust
while the chosen few Of degenerate Iberia
are waving their Furnished swords in the
sunlight Of liberty-while America shines
forth, the brightest orb in the political sky
/, with due diffidence, rise todefend The
cause Of this humble hog-thid" ag,l D
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Pioneer Incident.

In the early settlement of the country bor-
dering on the Ohio river, it was often ne
cessary for the security Of the stations
that scouts or rangers should be sent out TO
ascertain whether the Indians then exceed
ipgIy hostile-were lurking about ia the
Observation-Disclosures. Prudence and bra
very, with perfect knowledge of Indian
habits, were essential requisites in the se-
lection of the rangers. In these dangerous
enterprises none oftener shared than the
late Gov. McArthur, of Chillicothe, and
Samuel s. Dapis, now living in the vicini-
ty of Columbus. In one of their excursions,
on the south side of the Ohio river, near the
present town Of Portsmouth, having, as they
supposed, ascertained there were no Indians
in that particular region, they concluded on
their return 10 the station, to hunt for deer !;
for this purpose they went in search Of a
,;slick,' and after finding it, lay within twen-
ty or thirty yards oft. They had not been
there long, when four Indians came to the
lick, each with rife on bis shoulder. The
situation Of the rangers was one which re-
quired equal promptitude of decision and
action; Macarthur took deliberate aim at
one of the Indians, and fired. Two of the
others instantly leyeled their rifles at him,
fired, and missed him. Davis, in the mean
time was engaged in hand to hand contest
with the remaing one, One Of McArlhurs
foes, with that rapidity Of thought for which
the Indian is said TO be celebrated, Instant
ly caught up the rifle Of the dead Indian,
took more steady aim, fred, and struck
the powder horn under the arm Of Mr.. Nc
Arthur, blowing the powder horn to pieces.
In this dilemma, nothing remained but
flight and calling 10 Davis, who by this
time had disengaged himself from bis enemy,
they commenced hrapid retreat Davis with
his loaded rife preventing the too near ap-
proach of the Indians, who yainly endeavsoir.
ed 10 draw his fire. They both finally
escaped without further injury. Cists' Adp.
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The BIoomer Fashion Carried Over.
s High.

Mary McMannus is young, pert, and
blooming, though extre mely loose and licen-
tious in her habits. Having heard muchof
the march of aWoman's Rights" and the
peculiar beauties and advantages, of the
Bloomer costume, sshe determined on ma
king a practical essay for the testing Of the
merits Of both the rights and costume al
once, Fall Of this idea, she has one Of heI
dresses shortened till the lowefmost limit ol
the skirt was bounded by point slightly
above herknees. Size then donns this dress,
and without takingthe trouble of supplying
herself with trowsers la Turquc, she sal
lied forth into the street called Circus, and
Epecamesthe observed of all Observers.
An unsophisticated. watchman, who en-,
ltersained' an .inconigible repugnance L
Mhigher law dresses, arrested the fair Ma:
Iry, and, having allowed her to attire hersel
I in more becoming habiIiments, confined hel
It'll morning, and conveyed her then into
the presence Of the Recorder. His Homo
inquired into the case, and sent the accused
before the First District Court on a charge
Of vagancy.--N. O.. Delta.
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When. lcrroo.pl.

The assemblage a! Columbus last week OF
persons from all parts Of the State, gave a
good opportunity to collect accurate infor-
nation as to the wheat crop now gathering
in Ohio, and the following from the Joarrial
is the result of the inquiries made. Our in
formation as collected from our exchanges
and other sources, accords with what is given
by the Journal. M - glsli
We have, during the past week, conyersed
with persons from various parts of the State,
and all concur in saying that the amount o.
wheat raised this year surpasses that Of last
season. In the lower Musgingum valley,
and in the Miami valley, the amount is deci-
dedly more than last year, and what is better
tits Of the very best quality. 1t is now be;
yond danger from rust, Sc, all over the State
This ise great thing foT Ohio, Her surplus
miliiops Of bushels Of this years corn eIal
and the last. will go far toward feeding thl
rest Of Mankind. The present indicationo
an abundant crop will tend to keep the prict
low, when compared with some Of the for
mer years. - 6r ~ 50 Is
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Discovery in Egypt.

A most interesting discovery has been
made in Egypt. tits known that there ex-
lists in Mount Zabarah, situated on an island
in the Red Sea, mine of emeralds, which
was formerly worked by the pachas of Egypt,
but abandoned in the last years of the reign
Of Mehemet Ali. An English company have
solicited and recently obtained authority to
resume the working OF this mine, which is
believed to be still rich with precious stones.
Mr.. Allen, the engineer of the company,
while directing some important excavations
in this place, has discovered at great depth
traces of an ancient gallery, which must ev-
identity be referred to the most remote antiq-
uity. Upon removing the rubbish, they
found tools and ancient utensils, and stone
upon which is engraved hieroglyphic in.
scription, now partially defaced. This cir.
cumstance proves the truth of the opinion
Expressed by Belzoni, on the strength Of 9th.
er indications, that this mine was worked ir
ancient times.
The nature and form of the implement.
discovered, and the confguration of the gal
lery, the plan Of which has been readily ira
ced, prove most conclusively that the an
cient Egyptians were skilful engineers.
seems from examination of the stone which
has been discovered, that the first labors il
the mine Of Zabarah were commenced in tn,
reign Of Sesostris the Great, or Rameses Ses
osiris, who, according TO The most general,
received opinion, lived about the year 1851
before Christ, and who is celebrated by hi
immense conquests, as we'll as by the innu
merable monuments with which he covere
Egypt.-N Y. Commercial Adpsrtizer.
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mF Spiders, it is we'll known. change
their skins, pulling themselves out of the
same Just as we-do out ofour coats, ETC.
We noticed one in the act OF disrobing the
other day, and although it took him some
time to get out of his old suit of clothes, he
finally succeeded, and left it hanging in his
nest, just as some of our lady friends will
their trowsers and tunics, when they retire
fol the night. A writer for London Scien-
tifc Magazine, speaks Of spider disrobing
which he once beheld. He States that the
insect in the first place, formed a kind of
thick purse in one corner of his web, like
that which is used 10. enclose the eggs 1t
then went to the centre of the web, and be-
gan TO- distend its body with violence for
some minutes, until it split the whole length
of the back. When this was effected it be-
gan slowly to force its body through the ap-
erture, and then gradually drew ou; its legs,
one by one, till they were all extricated.-
The insect, after this great change, remained
quite gelatinous, and Of pale green color,
and retreared to the purse or bag mentioned
before, leaving the skin suspended in the web.
He was sufficiently recovered to quit his
shelter in about three days Gin. Non. q
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Pathetic.

Some poet, that evidently thinks "onr
wrongs is intolerable probably himself
the unfortunate husband of q Bloomer--
comes out in the Carpet Bag in dozen
stanzas of profound grief most eloquently
done in rhyme. The following is his de.
sciption Of the gradual entertainments O
womankind on the territories Of pantaloon
dom. He says:
They took our boois-at first we hardly missed
them,
And then theyaped our dickeys and cravats
They stole our sacks-we only laughed ant
kissed them; r. aa
Emboldened thus, they wore our very hats;
Until, by slow and sure degrees, the witches
Have taken all, our coats, hats, boots and breecs
Our poet winds up with an indignant pro
test against. these usurpations, and the fierc'
declaration that
"The pants are ours, we can not, ,oiu not spar
| 'em--
The girls must yield. they ,aust not, shall no
wear 'em ~ -
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SINGULAR CENSUS RETuRN.-0ne of the
constabulary enumerators (who, in common
with all others upon whose shoulders she
task offilling the census has been laid, com
plains that they are hardly worked and bad
ly paid) was much amused the other day BY
the return which very eccentric and pro
verbally social inhabitant Of the village o
Whitehouse, two and half miles from
Belfast, hadmsde under the column " Dea
and Dumb" The household Of the stats
consists merely OF his wife and himself, ant
differences Of opinion upon matters Of do
mestic economy are locally celebrated
The return Gin the handwriting of the bea
of the house) was this:--" Husband, no
deaf-wish to the Lord he was. Wife, no
dumb--wish ditto dittop--Bsyast M,v
Letter.
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MISCELLANEOUS
al Sprinkle. of frish.

go li--.. t. = ~ ~ - ~ d
Z A Hibernianwith poll as red as the Red
Lion ut Brentford, and rendered still more
red by copious discharge of blood, which
oozed through a dirty rag tied over a recent
wound on his scalp, applied at Bowstreet at
the beginning Of the week for q warrant,
when the following dialogue took place; Nag
istrdtc Well, Pat--for his countenance
operated as sort Of finger post pointing to
the road from whence he came, ,-'what do
you want ? ~ ); sri etF
sd be wanting d warrant, plese yer Hon.
or u. /, 49, - " e.,t .ssfsi
Against wh0rn?,
sAgin Barney 0'Leary, plase yer Keyer-
|ence.
For what.
skQr inartheE, yer 6Iace. $
when did ne murder.
'Diyil creature but myself, yer Honor.
And has he murdered your
by my soul ne has, bad luck to him he
cut hole in my head big enough to bury his
cat,
He hasn't killed you outright, isee.
2 Its not his fault that ne hasen't, yer Hon
or, tor ne intended 1t, and nothing surer;
4 suppose an assault warrant Will suit
your purpose
Yer Honor knows what's best' and I'll
take Whati can GIT. ..
when DID ne assault youY
Last night that ever was. your reverence.
pld ne mt you WIN SUCK
'Fore TOD ne didnt' yer HONOR put via
POKER.
"a poker! That's dangerous weapon
'Dlyii ooupt Oh IT.
Mnere were you :
| "Whefe was L'Mwny' LII Deo' " pe soie'
Asieep VI awaAe Aea,h 80. uonox,
hs sounS aaa 40 o.oos,;o loaon, g % bad rou o;ver
Anu =, "ha' pioSoea'ion n'' 'o' e''N
al sD;v;l nrovocation at all. yer Honor;
how could I when I was sound asleepY
ID sWbatl do Won mean to saw he came tc
vour bedside and struck YOU in this dreadful
manner without the slightest provocation ?
:, dts truth, what YOU say, yer honor; bar
, iring he came tohis own bedside instead o
mine
'his own peaslae--Were you IN MS oeu
'talih, you ]ust guessed ~, yea nohof'
4 hnd wnat pfoueh' you 'iiere s1, uo.o,
'inats moie .nel Can en, yei iioio'
barring lhe llquor lnat was u me. !;
AND was lnis all you oio " pio'ohe III
anger,
I, 'Dvh thing else;
was there any clner person pfesenl
Not q creature lnalpinoeh' oi Ills WIFE,
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Excuses for not Going to Meeting.

If 1t were not for the seriousness of The
subject we might be greatly entertained by
the reasons that are given for not attending
church or taking an interest in religious
society. 81 should goto meeting" says one,
I" if it were not for that Mrs. p, who sits
right before me-" 81 shall not go again" |"
says another, " for do not think that have
been fairly treated about my pew" "Ihave
been to meeting here" says third, "seven
years, and the parish has never taken any
more notice of me than if didn't belong to
| it." 81 like the minister" says fourth
"he does all that he can. It does one good
to hear him speak to them SO plainly as he
does, but cannot worship with a society
who are so unsocial." :" Well, j don't like
the minister" says fifth. "No. but thai
he breaches well enough; but that his re-
marks al the sewing circle were too foolish
altogether" "And then," says another
he didn't vote for me the last election ~
To be sure he voted for nobody; but if he
can't take the trouble to 60 and vote for me
shau't take the trouble to go and hear him
The preaching Is too commonplace, toe
general there. is no point in it," says one. -
'.It is too pointed, too personal, and vii
mot put up with it," says another. One
loses his interest in the faith because tn
minister does not buy apples of bim;-
another, because he calls twice as often a
his neighbors' as at his house,"
| These are specimens Of the excuses offered
but can one who has the importance Of re
| ligion at all at heart, allow such frivolou
obstacles to stand between him and bis at
tendance on public worship ?-Christia
Register. .a 7c
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Al Railroad King.

A De Giraffe, Of Dayton, is probably the
most extensive Railroad contrat tor in the
United States. He has under contract about
two hundred miles of Railroad in this State
and Indiana. He employs 1000 or 1900
men, 400 or 800 horses and 300 cars, and
his contracts amount to nearlya million and
a BALI of dollars. He is q man of iron ener-
|gy Of character and puts things through in
real locomotive style. He personally su-
pervises his extensive operations, and no
delinquency onlthe part ofhis subordinates,
escapes his eagle-eyed yigilance.-0. State
Journal. 49s 4 "A sss
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Iisomeelthing for. GeolOElsts.. z

Yesterday while some workmen were dig.
ging well on the premises Of Thos. Jacobs,
west of the city, some wood was discovered
embedded in adark colored matrix resem-
bling the Silurian blue clay, at least forty
feet below tliesurface. Itwas much decay
ed, but The outer surface contains fibres ol
some hard substance which gives a metallic
sound when scaped witha knife. Are thest
fibres an accidental deposit Of bog irons ol
was the process Of fossilisation going onr9-l
There WAS no made groundabout the locality
nor he'd there eyerbeen q well or sink neal
the spot. so thatit is impossible the depos'
itshould belrecents The wood resembles The
paw-paw - grain and texture more than any
other wood we are acquainted with. Speci.
mems may be seenat our Office. nm
lssl sst MstropOlis.
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Shocking Murder in wiIliamsburgh,

t. We cut from the New York Tribune the
following brief account Of one of the most
shocking murders it has been our painful du-
| ty to record. The murderer was represented
as sober and in his right mind when the
dreadful deed was committed: ~
A shocking occurrence took place at VIII
liamsburgh on Saturday morning. A man
named Lawrence Reilly, in a fit of jealousy,
murdered his wife, Ann Reilly, his mother
in-law, named Mary Golding, and danger
ously wounded young woman named Eliza
beth Conroy. The parties resided at ITO,
North Fourth street, between Fourth and
Fifth. 1t appears that Reilly was married
about six years ago, but had lived unhappily
with his wife-so much SO that her father
took her away few days since.
This morning, about o'clock, Reilly went
to the house of his father-in-law, Mr.. Gold
ing, where the desperate acts were commit
ted. Mrs. Goluing was aged about so years,
Mrs. Reilly about 20, and the girl Conroy,
about l9. Reilly is a young man Of "a OF
25 years. The wife and mother died instant.
ly, and the girls lying at the point ofdeath,
The stabs were inflicted in the region Of the
heart. Reilly was arrested Immediately, and
made no resistance, saying he was ready to
die. a4
An extra from the office Of the Independ.
ent Press, gives the following additional par,
ticulars:
The prisoner further said, that he and hi;
wife had lived unhapplly for years past; that
her family were possessed of some property
and that they were all opposed to him. He
worked hard, and did all he could to earn an
honestliving, but nothing could satisfy them,
He further stated that on returning home
from his work, he repeatedly found the rooms
losed, and a young man in the room with
els wife. e.
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A new species Of sheep has been import
ed into this country from Africa, by M B.
Ives, Of Rhode Island. They come from the
mountains, 300 miles in the interior, and
were present from the English Consul to a
gentleman in Salem. Their wool is very
coarse, but their flesh is said to be unrivaled
in favor aud tenderness. Only two, a ram
and eve, have been imported and by a
judicious crossing with the breeds now in
the country, it is probable very important
variety may be produced. ai3
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no DEApEN rHE SouNp on AM ANnn.-If

To DEADEN THE SOUND OF AN ANvIL.-If
chain, about one foot long. formed Of a
few large links, is, suspended to the small
end Of an anvil, it will destroy saiat sharp
thrilling noise produced by striking on Il
with the hammer the vibrations of the an
VII are extended to the chain. which absorbs
them without producing any sound. This is
good advice TO anybody who has black
smith. or, worse yet, coppersmith for a
neighbor. .s
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From the Western Episcopalian.
To the Clergy and Parishes OF the Di-

Ocese OF OhtOs sS&ra
You are hereby notified that on the tenth
of the present month l displaced from the
ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
the Rev. Benjamin P. Aydelotte, and on the
seventeenth day of the same month, the Rev.
Albert Helfenstein, Sen'r., from the same,
under the provision Of Canon ". of 1850,
they having signified to me their renuncia-
ton of the same, and their design not to Off
.ciate hereafter in any of the offices thereof.
CHARLES P. McILVAlNE,
Bishopof the Diocese Of Ohio.
CINCINNATI, June %, 1851.
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The colored people Of Indiana have called
asconvention, TO be held IN Indianapolis.
August LIST, to take into consideration SOME
scheme Of general emigration to Liberia, OF
some other country. We presume the adop.
tion Of the new constitution in that State
destroys alllheif hopes Of felewtionin that
State, same Oh ours does here. and they hayei
resolved TO Look for a better country. n w
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ClNclENArr, June %, 1851.

or A nice little boy was drowned at
Louisville on Saturday ,--snd, although
several men dragged the creek, his body
couldn't be found. The anxious mother
turned her steps homeward, d,soiate and
heart.broken, and there found sonny snug-
glsd up inithe troudle.bsd, snoring ike
blases! f4ss =. ;.sS b 4 a3iif
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mo- MINT.

Mr.. Ferguson, noted bibulant, was lately
smitten with the "gold fever" and after he had
fully determined to seek his fortune in Califor-
mia, he was naturally anxious to gain all the in
formation respecting the country that came
within his reach. He chanced to meet return
ed gold digger, one day last week, in the bar
room of a hotel, and Immediately began TO ply
him with questions on his favorite topic. The
replies OF the digger were highly satisfactory, al
| first Herepresented that by ordinary industry
a large amount of gold could be collected in 8
short time. et 3At
"But" continued he, after expatiating q
while upon the richness Of the deposits in. the
banks of the California streams, "the creates
drawback we find there is the want,of mint 2
''No mint in Californian exclaimed Mr.. Fer
/" No mint there" was the sententions re,
lply. a .i5'',. =,
"Horrid |, calculated Mr.. Ferguson.
every bad" said the digger 1--WE car, nev.
or realize the full benefit Of the gold, as Ions
as there's no mintD a sa
"Damnablel" still calculated Ferguson, We.
hemently. X 4
"fyou 60 out there, you must assist us in
getting and establishing the mint" said tht
digger. ss &a,i M
why, yes replied Ferguson, 4 could carry
out seed, but it would take it such a. d--l Of :
time to grow-No, stranger, you don't catchmt
in country wherethere's no mint,
Possible p lil i'e G al
mo indeed, Pm not 50 green as that t-realize
the benefit Of the gold without mint i shouls
rayther think ! couldn't Why look here
stranger how long dosyou suppose / coulS
live in that hot climate without mint inleps i,
Here Mr.. Ferguson seized straw and order
ed the barkeeper TO hurry up couple Of julien,
/ "a little quicker than couple Of flashes o
lightning - Yankee Blade, ~, " 4 IN
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4 Tan EAhrH 0olEGs WkoNe ~ Rev. MI.
Muiruf Aberdeen, Scotland, made lhe ez-
pertinent 70 demonstrate The rotation Of the
earth. TO The great confusion Of The os
pembled supdns, The inachipe indicated that
the earth was turning the seroag 'ppy 4,
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Regular customers and extensiye z
can be accommodated on fair terms
Busittess Gar5
Blanks! Blanks I!

A N assortment of blanks ofvarious kind
IA such as sWarrantee, Quit-Claim and Mo
gage Deeds, Subpenas, Summons, Execution
attachments, and other Justice 'sblanks,co
stntly on nhand atthis Office.
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The Hudson and Akron RsiItosd Is uf,a.-
contnrt, and win Be eomplttsd % UnyAhozA
Falls this ianssa "a
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D. P. R0SEBO0M & co.
Machinists and Brass Founders
lIaddock's Buildings, ChillicOtheS Street,

PW&ESMlWWTE9 %
yTyHEY make and repair all kinds Of Steam
Engines, Mil Gearing, Lathes, &c, as
we'll as allkinds Of Machinery. Their Brass
Foundry being the only one this side of Cincin'
atti,,they can furnish anything in that line
at short notice. They also keep always on
hand Kase g Patent Double Action Force Pump
a most excellent and useful machine for draw
lug water from deep wells and forcing it t.
$aafmost any desired height or distanc.
Portsmouth. Nov IL /, l650.--32yl
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A ktEE CHAnoE.-rHere isan oppogtnni.
Y thatNls rare and should be spappsd up az
once se M. n '1A'
One hundred sble-bodiea rlo,pvers ore
wanted ia Minnesota, 10 break prairie land,
sp.it fAiiA, AMI cord wood Easl tern and
southern papers please copy.r- 81. FaNps
F'crffrs June p IN saAst siislfa aos asse'
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2ms To the Ladies.
Tust Received BY Express att L0DWICK
sJ & SONS, a few more pieces Silk poplins.
Gros de Rhine silks, LINED and fringed Para
soils, Jac6nett and Swiss Edgines and Jnsef-
tings, French Work C ollars, Undefaleyes &cs
Apfil 10, 1851. slaE fsl ~