The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-10-24
Our New York Correspondence.
New YoRK, Oct. Is, 1851,

H On Sunday, eur citizens, who were on the
lookout for the Atlantic, were disappointed
at finding that the vessel slowly steaming it
up the Bay was not the anxiously looked for
Atlantic, butths Washingtorb which left this
port on the 4th inst, and had been compell-
y edto return. in consequence Of having me!
! with al accident to her machinery. She was
taken rci3nd 10 the Novelty Works. immedi-
lately; and she will, it is supposed, be ready
to sail again on Saturday next.
The Baltic sailed on Saturday with 81
passengers and only $4,000 in specie. On
the same day, the City of Glasgow, with %
passengers, sailed for Glasgow. and the EN-
Ipirc City, with nearly 600 passengers, sailed
for Chagres. Besides which, the Florida,
for Savannah, the Southernsr, for Charleston,
and the Roanoke and City of Richmond for
Norfolk and Richmond, also sailed, with an
aggregate Of LOO passengers. Pretty well
for one day, is il not? IS
! Your readers may perhaps not be aware Of
the amount Of duplici.y and corruption ex-
isting among the Whig politicians of this
city. will give one instance, which will
show The rascality Of some Of them. Assist
ant Alderman Edwards of the Nineteenth
Ward, who is an aspirant for the Alderman
ic chair Of that Ward, was waited upon BY
a number Of the leading politicians, who told
him, that for a consideration, they would
run ticket at the primary election which
would nominate him for the post of Alder
man, should il be elected. He is not rich
man, and therefore could not give any large
amount at once, but he paid weekly install
ments Of $50, $40 and $50, just as he could
get it. Thus things progressed, the teaches
hanging on while there was anything to be
drawn from him, until the day of the prima-
ry election, by which time, Mr.. Edwards
had paid something like $3.50, and expected,
of course, that he would be run and elected
But, 10 and behold on the day Of election
no ticket for his nomination appeared in the
field; and the day passed over without even
a whisper of his name being heard. He was
left, when il was too late, to look out for
himself, after these gentry, who claim all the
dignity and respectability" Of the City, for
their party. had taken from him all his mon.
ey, and thus robbed him openly and barefa-
cedly. This is but specimen Of the game
carried on in the Wing camp. a 81
In the Seventeenth Ward, the Germans
hold the balance of power. They had been
Democratic, "from principle" for about ten
years; during which time, the Democracy
carried the Ward, by about 500 majority
At last, however, by bribery, and fraud, the
Wings got some emissares in their organiza-
tions, and turned them from the party they
had hitherto supported. The consequence is
the Ward has been Wing for the last three
years. In stating this, merely wish 10
show how the Wing party maintaius its
power. This Fall, it was supposed the Ger
mans would again return to their old faith
and the Wings were in alarm. On last
Monday, IS barrels of Flour were sent into
the fifth district (the German portion) Of the |
Ward, all paid for by the City. The next
day, each family had ton Of coal, from the
poor house funds. A German tailor, who
had ten workmen, received ten tons of Goa
from one Alderman, to be used in one room.
There isno end to the corruption practised /
in this manner, in the city, at the present
time. The Wings have the power, dnd they
use it.
The Latest advices from New Orleans
state that some Of the Cuban Liberators. be
ing disappointed Of their little excursion to-
Havana, have resolved to start and lend "aid
and comfort" to the revolutionary movement
in the Mexican provinces. The insurgents
under Caravajal have had slight brush with
the Mexican authorities at Camargo, which
resulted il the defeat of the Government
troops, OF whom some sixty were killed and
wounded; while on the side of the Insur.
gents, only seven were wounded and not one
was killed. The action lasted, according to
one az count, from 2 P. NJ, 10 9 A. M. Ca
margo Tell into the hands of the victors: and
the Custom House, with all the goods, &c.
&c, was Immediately seized.
Reinforcements had left Rio Grande city,
to join Csravajai, and no doubt was enter.
tanned of the indefinite enlargement Of the
"Area Of Freedom
On Saturday night, the police re e-arrested
a boy eleven years Of age who was commit
ted to the Tombs for some petty offence,
about month ago, and escaped in very in
glorious manner. There are . number Of
barrels placed in the yard Of the City Pris.
on, for the reception Of swill When these
are filed, the lids are closed, and they are
carted away to the place of deposit in the
upper part Of the city. The boy noticing
that one Of the barrels was not quite full, Il
jumped into it, unobserved, and closed the
lid. Thus submerged to the throat in the
offensive liquid, be patiently awaited the
who shortly arrived, and, taking the
full barreli on bis cart, carried il +
of. When he stopped to unload, the boy, |!
whose name is Andrews, sprang out; and
the carman was so oparalysed with astonish-
ment, that he could not catch him,
Some years ago, Captain Symes broacbed
an opinion that perhaps there might be
an opening in the earth, at each pole; and
that ships might be able to pass through the
earth, from North 10 South, by diametfical