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which would not fail 10 affect the commerce and
industry OF the two hCmisphercs.'' Az to this
possible fortune, this hypothetical retaliation the
Government and people ofthe United States are
fote Wiling 10 take their chances and abide
their destiny. Taking neither direct nor an
indirect lart in the dthiestic or intestine move
mcnts OF Europe. they lave no fear Of events of
the nature alluded TO by Mr.. Huleemann 1t
would be lille nov 10 discuss with Mr. Hulee-
inahn these acts Of retaliation Which he ina
slh' may possibly take place at some indefinite
time hereafter. Those questions will bc discus.
frt when they arise. and Mr.: lIplscmam and Tie
Cabinet at Ni.Ena may rest assured that. in The
mean time, while performing with strict and cx
act fidelity all their neutral duties, netting will
deter either the Government or the peorle of the
United S'atea ifem exercising, at their oWn dis
erection: the rights belonging to them as an indie
pendent nation, and Of forming and EXPRESSING
their own opinions, freely and at all times. unon
the great political events which may transnirc
among the civilized nations of the earth Ti,ir
own institutions stand upon the broadcst princi-
Pies OF civil liberty: ard believing those princi-
pies and the fundamental laws in which they are
embodied TO be cEDincn1y favorable to the pros
pcritIof state'-to be, in fact, the only princi-
pies Of government which meet the demands Of
the present enlightened aec--thc President has
perceived with great satisfaction that. in tho
Constitution recently introduced into the Aus,rin
empire, many oi,hcse great principles are rccoc.
nlsed and applied, and he cherishes q sincere
wish that they may produce the same lauuy e.
fects throughout his Austrian Maiestv's extern
siyo doIninons that they have done III the United
States.
The undersigned has the honor to rcncat TO
Mr. Hulsemann the assurance Of lis hirh cen
"iuefa'ioh. DANIEL WEBSTER.
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Sir - SID -.r2
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-01-04

A sci ont from c toward D, and travelled a
miles per hour; after he had gone bmiles, B sci
out from toward c, AMI went every hour one,
ninth 81 the entire distance; after he had travel
led as many hours az he went miles in one hour,
he met A. Required the distance between the
places { and i.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-23
A Rich Collection.

A correspondent of the N. Y, EreninG
Post, who has doubtless had ample opportu-
nifty of inspecting curiosities natural and ar
tifcial, general and particular, suggests that
the following rare collection be sent to the
fair at London: He says
| know that we cannot ship New Eng
land Commonwealth, OF the peculiar institu-
ton, or even a railroad. or Mississippi pas
senger explosive; but like the much abused
Cornelia. America can send her children as
her jewels-genuine Koh-i-nor diamonds
bricks that will enable Europe to judge Of
the great Transatlantic edifce. South Caro-
lima, for instance, (ifnorthern encroachments
permitted her,) might despatch gallan:
knight, who keeps up the chivalrous feeling
of the Bantam State, BY titling at the ring
and talking treason. Virginia could export
an F. F., long haired and long-winded, who
asks you show you are" as if you were Mr..
Speaker, and he were inquiring for the sake
Of his constituents. Rochester can send
Mrs. Fox, fairest of "mediums.' She, nc
doubt, would find sympathising knockers in
England. Syracuse may furnish specimen
of the new woman-costume, in which the
damsel, capped with straw-fat, sports q
mans jacket; and, where the mermaid disinit
in piscsm, pair of Turkish trowsers. Lei
the sample be forty and fat-size will add tc
the picturesque effect. Massachusetts, is full
of Yankee curiosities. Paine's gas. the cas-
talyzed kind, will illuminate Hyde Park; and
would not the English, think you, like to see
a Lynn couple, "two gals and feller."-
Throw in a fibustier, Short Boy, poetess
a Salt Lake Mormon, Abby Kelley, Smiths
Geometry, Davis's Revelations of the spirit
world, the architect ofthe old Bowling Greer
fountain, and the designer of the proposed
Washington monument to make up an ''as
sortment." Do you take my idea? A thou.
sand things, rare abroad and rich anywhere
will suggest themselves to your superior in
telligence.
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Ancient Art Re.discnrared.

Alta meeting Of the Asiatic Society OF
London. some time ago, a human hand and
piece Of beef preserved by means of prep
aration Of vegetable tar, found on the bor-
bers of the Red Sea, in the vicinity of Mo-
cha, were presented specimen OF the tar
accompanied them. Colonel Holt, who ore.
sented the specimens, Observes During
my residence on the Red Sea, a conversation
with some Bedouin Arabs, in the vicinity Of
Mocha, led me TO suspect that the principal
ingredient used by the ancient Egyptians,
in the formation of mummies, was nothing
more than the vegetable tar of those coun-
tries, which is called by the Arabs Catren.
My first trials to prove the truth of this con-
lecture were on fowls and legs of NUT
ton, and, though made in July, when the
thermometer ranged at l40 in the shade,
succeeded so much to my satisfaction that
forwarded some to England, and have now
the pleasure to send to the society human
hand prepared in a similar way four years
since. The best informed among the Arabs
think that large quantities of camphor,
myrrh, aloes, and frqnkncense, were used in
the preparation Of the mummies. These
specimens, however, prove that such addi-
tons wele by no means necessary, as the
tar applied alone penetrates and discolors
the bone. This tar is obtained from the
branches OF a small tree or shrub, exposed
to considerable degree Of heat, and It is
found in most parts Of Syria and Arabia
Felix"
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-23
European News.

The Great Exhibition, during the time that
the cost ofadmission made the sight available
only to the rich, did not attract the largest
attendance on the first day; but each sue
ceeding day the visiters increased, and oHthc
last day the largest number were present.
The same has been the result since the admiss
sion fee has been reduced TO one shilling
About $4,000 can be accommodated, with
out pressure, In the Crystal Palace, and il
was confidently anticipated, that at least this
number would seek admission on the first
day Of one shilling charge-but the actual
number was not quite 20,000 Since then,
the increase has been over 10000 per day,
and on the 10th ult., the number admitted
was AZ ,567.
Thsaggregate receipts up 10 the 20th ult.,
were nearly f200, 900 and another hundred
thousand win cover all expenses, and enable
the Commissioners to present the noble struc-
ture to the nation. Itisa fact, and we think
not generally known, that not single far
thing has been contributed by or asked from
the Government in connection with the
building and fitting up Of the Crystal Palace.
The police expenses inside, and also the reg
ulation of the carriages, and outside order,
have also been entirely paid by the Commis-
sioners, without one farthings aid from the
Government.
Mr.. Whitney's Atlantic and Pacific rail-
road project, it is said, has been favorably en-
tertained in England, and the necessary
amount of capital to commence it has been
ofered-whether the road be built through
Canada or the United States. The Canada
route commences at Quebec, and reaches the
Pacific at Fuca Straits, opposite Vancouver
Island
In Ireland laborers are very scarce in the
agricultural DISTRICTS owing TO the vast emf
grafton.
The London Watchu1an says that about
$1,000 have seeded this year from the Wes-
leyan Church, and that one half will mot
join any church.
1t is now generally understood that the
Pope has prescribed the Queens Colleges in
Ireland The liberal Roman Catholic Prel-
ates, and large number of the influential
laity of the denomination, are greatly NOR
titled at the step.
The Pope is said to feel greatly embarrassed
with respect to affairs at Rome; and has sent
a verbal message to the British Cabinet, dis
avowing any intention to offend by his late
rescript.
The public thoroughfares of Paris are lit
by 8,733 jets of gas, conducted through
} more than 100000 yards OF pipe. In pri-
vate establishments there are ,767 gas
lights. Total, 73.5O0 lamps, giving light
equal to 66l 800 candles.
: In The suit brought by the heirs Of NJ. Du-
pont against M. Chavoix, who killed their
father in duel. the civil tribunal at Peri
geux has condemned the defendant to pay
g 10000 francs damages.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-23

The CRYSTAL PALACE BEArEN.-Dr. Duff
in bisspeech at the anniversary meeting Of
the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Socie.
'ty, in London, on Monday, thus described
one Of the heathen temples of India: /" In
Seringham you have the hugest heathen tenn
pie that can probably be found from the
north to the south pole. 1t is square,
each side being a mile in length, so that il is
four miles round. Talk Of your Crystal
Palace Why, as a man would put pen
ny into his pocket you might put your
Crystal Palace into the pocket Of this huge
'pogoda. The walls are 25 feet high, and 4
or 5 feet thick, and in the centre of each
wall rises lofty tower. Entering the first
square, you come to another with wall as
high, and with four more towers. Within
that square there is another, and within that
again another. land YOU find seven squares,
one within another, crowded BY thousands
of Bnhmins. The great hall for pilgrims
is supported by athousand pillars, each cut
out Of single block Of s.one.."
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railroad Items.

The earnings of the Galena and Chicago
Road showa large increase over last year.
For March they were 81 ,925 90
Mafcn, loou. u..........."...... 4,555 20
Increase l30 percent. ......... .$6,529 %
The increase Of freight was over 200 per
cent.
By law passed at the last session Of the
New York Legislature, the Attica and Hor-
nellsville Railroad Company are authorized
10 extend their Road from Attica to Buffalo,
TO increase their capital stock to 81 800, 600.
and to adopt a new corporate name. The
Directors have adopted the name of "The
Buffalo and New York City Railroad Co."
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD
contain the first Annual Report Of the Pres
ident OF the Memphis and Charleston Rail
road. Hon. James G. Jones. The distin-
guished President thus sums upthe operations
Of the Board OF Directors during the past
year.
The Board, without arrogating to them
selves any merit beyond the faithful dis
charge of their duty feel that they may,
without subjecting themselves to the charge
of vanity, ask review OF the results and
labors of this the first year Of the corporate
existence Of the company. They think they
may safely challenge comparison with any
similar work OF equal extent in the country.
In less than one year from the organization
of the company, the share lists amounts 70
about $2,300,000i between five and six
hundred miles Of preliminary surveys have
been made; and about go or so miles oi
road have been located for construction, and
so will in few days be offered for letting
We repeat, that we do not allude to these
things BY way of self commendation, but as
part of the history of the work proper tc
be communicated to the stockholders, and
as ar incentive to its friends TO continued
{ effort in behalf of a great and important
enterprise. ise.-Na8huiHs True Whig.
GREAT TUNNEL.-A very long tunnel has
been recently excayated in France, on tht
line Of Railroad leading from Marseilles tc
Avignon. 1t is three miles in length. 81,
hundred feet under ground and cut through
the solid rock. The height is ten metres
$50 feet,) and the width metres, ga fee..
, The work is finished-the cars running thro
dsily-and cost 10, 100000 francs, or 2,O4O,
600 dollars.
The Express Train ran from Schenectad
to Syracuse on Monday distance Of IL
miles, in hours and as minutes.
The citizens of Muscatine, Iowa, hav
. voted a loan Of 1000 fu Railroad frol
4 that place to Oskaloosa.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-23
An Eclaircisement.

Poisson, is French for fish, and Poison,
word resembling it to the eye, is the same
in French and English. This explains an
amusing mistake below.
Not long after the general peace, when all
classes of English travellers, learned and
unlearned, polished and unpublished, flocked
to the continent in search Of the classical
and the picturesque, one of these pilgrims
met companion sitting in state Of most
woful despair and apparently near the last
agonies, by the side Of one Of the mountain
lakes of Switzerland. With great anxiety
he inquired the cause of his suffering.-
"Oh said the latter. +" / was very hot and
thirsty, and took large draught of the clear
water of the lake, and then sat down on
this stone 10 consult my guide book. To
my astonishment found there that the wa
ter of this lake is very poisonous. 0, am
gone mani drank SO much there is no hope
for me- / feel it running all over me l
have only few minutes to live Remem-
ber me TO -" Let me see the guide
book" said his friend. Turning to the pas
sage, he found "L'eau du lac est bieD pois-
soneux"-" the ioater of the lake abounds
aoith fish," Is that the meaning of it 2"
Certainly" 81 never was better" said
the dying man, leaping up with counte-'
nance radiant as the sun on a fine may morn
ing. Then extending his arm in the true
Longbow style, there's muscle" he cut
series of capers over the grass that would
have done honor to Vestris. "What
would have become of you," said his friend,
"if had not met you?" Il should have
died of imperfect knowledge Of the French
language"
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-23
Mormonism and Prophesy.

The l7th chapter of jeremiah, 9th and
9Th verses, reads as follows:
"Thus saith the Lord, cursed be the man
that trusteth in man. and make III flesh his
arm, and whose heart departeth from the
Lord.
"For he shall be like the beast in the des-
ert, and shall not see what good cometh,
but shall ishobit tho parched places, in SALT
LAND, and not inhabited,
Now, it is said, that the country about the
Mormon city isincrusted with salt, and that
il was az wilderness in a salt land and not
iuhabitede until Joe Smiths followers "trust-
ed in man, and made flesh their arm Of sup
port" s.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Very Good Husband.

When lady admits that her husband is a
good one, we take it for granted that he is
particularly good. And when Mrs. Lydia
McKeesie declared that her husband was a
very good one,' we were inclined to set him
down as paragon Of spouse, though there
was nothing in the gentleman'S face or figure
to make one suspect that he was much better
than the average.
do you say that you have no complaint tc
make against your husband, Mrs. MP
Not bit of complaint I'll be making
against Jenny, your honor. It's nate de-
cent lad he is, as ever an honest woman neet
to be combined to-
The watchman has sworn that this hus.
band of yours was beating you last night
'Oh, it might have been trife of that, and
sure little beating, now and then, will moi
do woman great deal Of harm, when she's
used to it, yer honor
you are used to it, then, Mrs. Mckee
sieT
'Indade not twenty -four hours goes ovel
me head without taste of it. But its only
the drink and not the devil, that makes Jem.
my switch me little with broom-stick OF
some such other utensils. It's very good
husband he is, your worship
1t seems he gets tipsy and beats yon once
at least every twenty -four hours p
you see how ccnsarned he looks a bout it
your worship. It's the sweetest temper hi
has that you ever laid your eyes On; ant
when he has got all the drink he nades, he'
as quiet as lambkin. Surely If ba9ng mi
bit, for exercise jist, will do him any good
he's welcome entirely
But it's disturbance of the public peace
Mrs. McKeesie. Your outcries last nigh
alarmed the neighborhood.'
'Ah, did it thin? II was very naughty o
me to make noise for such trihe, and III
very willingly abide.with the punishment
But Jemmy's quite innocent, your worship
Not a ha'porth of noise did he maks-yol
couldn't have heard the lick he gave me t
the next house, I'll be bound. Didn't he flo,
me nice and aisy, with a bit of rope, not ta
king his stick for fear of incommodihg thl
neighbors? Sorry, a better husband any wo
man need to have than Jenny McKeeSe.'
So earnestly did Mrs. M. intercede for Jem
my, that she obtained his discharge, and W,
hope for the credit Of manhood, that he
kindness touched his heart, sufficiently a
least to save her from one Of her daily casti
cations.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-23
Ocean steam Narigation.

The New York Journal Commerce OF
Friday says:
The wears 1850 and 1851 will form an i'm.
por,ant era in the history of ocean steam
nayipation in the United States. Begin.
ming with the launch of the Washington,
ls47. a fleet of not less than seventy sea
going steamers has been created. averaging
something more than 1000 ions each. and
forming an aOgrepnte Of sbout rs. 600 tons.
IThis does not i1clnde those in ths naval
sery;cel Near n dozen more will he added
in the course of the nresent season. six of
which--The Pioneer and Civ of Pittsbnruh
for The Liyenool trade lie Gordon and
Ca,bonn. owned in Sayannsb N nm On The
Southern Coast; and two Others % for How. @
IanS 81 AsninwsIl's Pacific % T;ns .or 70 ne" ,ea,
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-23
The VIII Of Charles II.

From the "Story Of Nell Gwynn," by Peter
Cunningham in the Gentlemen's Magazine for
May.1 ~
The satirical epitaph written upon King
Charles H., at his own request, by his witty
fayorite the Earl of Rochester, is said to be
not more severe than it is just.
Here lies our sovereign lord, the King,
Whose word.no man relies on;
Who never said foolish thing,
And never did wise one.' a.
How witty was the reply: The natter
he observed, was easily accounted for-his
discourse was his own, his actions were his
ministry's.'
His politeness was remarkable, and he
could convey rebuke in the style of wit
and a gentleman. When Penn stood before
him with his hat on. the King put off his
Friend Charles, said Penn, why dost thou
not keep on thy hatY 'Tis the custom Of
this place, replied the monarch in his usual
strain of pleasantly, that never above one
person should be covered at time
He was altogether in favor Of extempore
preaching, and was unwilling TO listen to the
delivery of written sermon. Patrick excu-
sed himself from chaplaincy finding il
very difficult to get sermon without book.
On one occasion the King asked the famous
Stillingaeet How it was that he always rea(
his sermons before him, when he was inform
ed that he always preached without bool
elsewhere? StillingAeet answered some
thing about the awe of so noble congrega
ton, the presence of so great and wise
prince, with which the King himself wa
very we'll contented. But pray continued
Stillingheet, will your Majesty give m
leave to ask you a question? Why do yo
read your speeches, when you can have non
Of the same reasons ? 'Why truly, doctor
replied the King, your question is yer
pertinent one, and so will be my answer.
have asked the two houses so often, and fo
so much money, that am ashamed to loo
them in the face This 'slothful way c
preaching for so the King called it, ha
arisen during the civil wars; and Monmouth
when Chancellor of the University of Cam
bridge, in compliance with the order of tn
King, directed letter to the University tba
the practice of reading sermons should b
wholly laid aside.
'0f Barrow he said that 'he was an unfai
preacher because, as it had been explained
/ he exhausted every subject, and left no ROOF
5 for Others to come after him; but the King
i allusion was made somewhat slyly TO the el
traordinary length as well as to the usual ex
/ cellence of Barrows sermons.
3 ut is better to be envied than pitied,' wa
3 his observation to Lord Chancellor Clarer
r don.
He that takes one stone from the Churc
. takes two from the CROWN was another
his sayings preserved by Pepys.
He said to Lauderdale TO let Presbyte
4 go, for it was not religion for gentlemen.
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A Great Magician.

From a recent Paris letter to the Phila-
delphia Ledger, it would seem that the cell
ebrated BLITz has rival in Europe. We
do not think, however that any student Of
/" the black art" can succeed Blitz in the
number and novelty of his performances.-
The writer says;--
went the other night to the Palais Ma
taionale, to see the celebrated Robert Hou-
din. Every one visiting Paris should do SO.
His performances ere remarkable. For
example, he took number OF five franc
pieces from the company---which were
marked seyerally, by them. A glass box
was suspended from the ceiling He threw,
from distance, the pieces into the box,
without breaking it, This TO the eye. He
took portoiolio, fiat to all appearnces, laid
it ON chair close 10 his audience, and drew
out many things from it--including great
bird ge.--His son sat on the stage, with
his eyes blindlolded, and his back TO the au-
dance, The father went among the audi
ence, and everything he took in his hand the
boy named. Robert Houdin took bottle
of about quart and a-half. He emptied
out the wine from ii, then rinsed it.. Then
he called on the auditory to name any wine
or LIQUOR they wished, while servant hand
ed many wine glasses. AS fast as each
could call out for, say--Msraschino, Rum,
Brandy, Gin, Bordeaux Wine, Curacoa ; &c,
&C., he would rapidly pour out Of that bot
tie the liquor. ] tasted glass Of Rum,
with very fine favor A soldier who ask
ed tor some Maraschino, was sjocularly hand
ed large goblet \ and after some fifty glass
es OF liquor had already been poured out me
one bottle. this goblet was filled, and 4
tasted Il. 6nd ditEas Of cxccllept'quslity. "
tried IA, ys;,, to tliscotcrany apparent trick,
thor-i, tlsc rsssieisp rrE alonsside sol me,
sni 7 o,..'d -. III 1'ier timer such 4
demonstration would pas iog miiacles.
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THE MUSES..
sweet Visitors.

Mysmother's voice how often creeps
Its cadence on my lonely hours
Like healing on the wings of sleep,
Or dew on the unconscious fowerst
might forget her melting prayer,
While pleasures pulses madly fy;
But in the still, unbroken air,
Her gentle tones come stealing by,
And years OF sin and manhood flee,
And leave me at my mothers knee.
The book of Nature, and its print
Of beauty on the whispering sea,
Give still to me some lineament
Of what have been taught to be.
My heart is harder, and perhaps
My manliness has drunk up tears,
And there's a mildew in the lapse
OF few miserable years;
But Natures book is open yet,
With all my mothers lessons writ.
have been out at eventide,
Beneath moonlight sky of Spring,
When earth was garnished like bird,
And night had on her silver wing /;
When bursting buds and growing grass,
And waters leaping to the light,
And all that make the pulses pass
With wild feetness thronged the night
When all was beauty, then have l,
With friends on whom my love is flung,
Like myrrh on winds of Araby,
Gazed up where evenings lamp is hung.
And when the beauteous spirit there
Flung over all its golden chain,
My mothers voice came on the air,
Like the light dropping of the rain;
And resting on some silver star
The spirit of bended knee,
I've poured deep and feryent prayer
That our eternity might be-
To rise in heaven, like stars at night,
And tread living path of light.