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storm in Pennsylvania.

A storm on Friday last, between Colum-
bia and Hanisburgh, did serious mischief to
the Pennsylvania public works, as well as to
private property. All the railroads between
those, two points were more or less injured.
Breaches were made in the Pennsylvania ca
nal at several points, SO that it may not be
nayigable again for week. On almost eye-
nv level between Columbia and Harrisburgh,
we learn that the embankments gave way.
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NEW BOOKS.

VKTE are now opening the largest and most
w extensive assortment of Books and Sta.
tionery ever brought TO this market, which we
are prepared and determined to sell as low,
either at wholesale or retail, as any other regu'
lar house in the western country.
Ali goods sold by US are warranted just what
they purport to be, with the privilege Of being
returned il not satisfactory,
Country Merchants, Proprietors Of Furnaces
School Teachers, &c.. are requested to call ant
examine our stock, as we will moi be undersol'
by any one.
| M Remember the New Book Store, Nc
Dowel's Block, corner Of Front and Marke
streets, opposite the United States Hotel, Ports
mouth, o.
Oct. 81, 80 J. STEPHENSON & Co.
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Duel.

A dispatch from Vicksburgh, states that a
duel came off, on Thursday last, between
Gen. freeman, the whig candidate for Con
gress, and Gen. Smith, of jackson, the dem.
ocratic candidate. Smith was wounded in
the shoulder at the fifth round. The cause
of the difficulty was letter written by ySmitt
and published, stating that Freeman was {
coward and libeller.
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State of the Treasury.

The entire revenues for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1851, will make FIFTY MIL
LIONS OF DOLLARS. being FIVE MILLIONS ovel
the estimates. OF this amount S2,OOO,0O(
will be credited 10 California, and about
S4S,0O0,O0O to the Atlantic ports.
The receipts from sale of public land
will reach S2,5OO,OOO, exclusive Of lanc
scrip, land bounties, &C.. &.
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Land Office Agency.

ID ERS0NS wishing TO enter land at n
E Land Office in Chillicothe, o., can hav
ct attended to, and save boibtime and none
yb calling on, DUGAN, & MACKOY.
Farmers and Mechanics Exchange
Port'mouth, Nov. 81, 'i9-34tf.
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Portsmouth

FLlNT GLASS WORESo
TTyHE undersigned are now prepared to iil
il orders for all kinds OF Flint Glass
Ware, which they willsell at Pittsburgh pri-
ces, and warrant equalto any in market,
Merchants will find il to their advantage to
call before making their purchases elsewhere
,l1 MoAFEE g. BROTHERS.
Portsmouth, Sept 30, l850--26y1
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Rnrninr Of the saltana.

A dispatch from St. Louis, on Saturday
last states that the steamer Sultana, which
was loading for New Orleans, was burned
about IL o'clock that morning. Mr.. Barnes
one Of the engineers, is missing, and Is sup
posed 10 have been burned to death. The
hull and machineryof m the boat will be saved
Loss 25 to O--fully covered by insu
rance.
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BOOTS y SHOES.

E PREDIGER still continues the BOOT
il and SHOE business, in The build
ing of John Clark, Front street, and is
prepared TO sell Of his own manufacture for
CASH, anything in his line as cheap as it can
be purchased west of the mountains. All or.
ders promptly attended TO. Work done with
neatnoss and dispatch, and warranted.
Give me CALL, and encourage your own
Mechanics.
Portsmouth, Feb 10, l851--l5yl
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OT Mr.. George Keck, of the Pavilion
Hotel, Beaver, Pa, fell down dead after eat.
ing his supper, as usual, and walking to the
front Of the house, on Thursday last.
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OF Mr.. Thos. Burt, our excellent Wharf
Master will accept our thanks for his polite
ness in delivering papers from Pittsburgh
boats.
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0S- 1t seems that Webb was worsted in
the SANDER suit Willis instituted. The
court ordered the Colonel to surrender the
Codington letters.
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The aggregate capital employed by the
RothschiIds in their seven European firms
Is computed at twenty-five millions sterling,
o. nearly one hundred snd twenty-five mil
lions of dollars. The richest individual in
The fiym is worth about IS millions Of dol
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bakery and Confectionery.
JOHN F1RESFIEI.

DEGS leave to announce 10 the citizens Of
Id Portsmouth and vicinity, that he has re-
moved to the frame building recently occupied
by George Fogleman. on Front street, where
he is prepared to supply customers with Breed,
Crackers, all kinds of Cakes and Confectionery
Nov. 23, l650-2dwly.
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NEW COAL YARD.
HEMPSTEAD Il L0DWICK.

s. D. HEMPSTEAD: J. X. LoDwlCK
TTAVE entered into CO. par tnership unde
III the firm of Hampstead e. Lodwick 70
place, on or about the first day of July next
when they will be furnished with Lighters
and being in connection with the Hanging
Rock coal bank, will be enabled at any stage
of indter, upon "a hours notice to furnish msn
uf cturers or others with from 1000 to ,000,-
600 bushels at as
Low RsaTES,
as any cther coal bank upon the Ohio. As to
the quality of the coal, there is none better
and for manufacturers it is unsurpassed. The
Hanging Rock Rolling Mill hns been using il
fol the past two years and pronounces il til,
best-we refer to them.
We would call special attention Of manufac
turers and others on the Ohio Canal TO oul
notice. We can load
Canal Boats,
at our bank with one-half the expense, and il
one fourth the time, as heretofore, and saving
the expense Of commission-the great loss an,
inconvenience of shovellng from boats to ca
nal boats, by our arrangements is entirely dis
pensed with as the coal can be delivered direc
from the bank, by shutes, by which means tn
Coal is handled BUT ONCE which is greatly
the advantage of the purchaser.
All communications addressed to ]. X, Lod
wick, Portsmouth, or to S. B. Hempstea
Hanging Rock, will meet with punctual al
tention.
CeJ- Office at ]. Lodwick & Sons, No. 81
Fro ItStreet, Portsmouth, Ohio. c,4.s.
I App %, l85l-d&w2lm.
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DRY LUMBER! /!

THE subscriber has on hand quautity Of
white Pine Lumber, comprising the differ
cnt qualities and thickness which they offer to
sell on reasonable terms. Said lumber is we'll
seasoned and in fine order to work. Carpen-
ters and others wishing to purchase please
rive us a call. Yard between Fifth and Sixth
streets near the court house.
II. & R. LEFT.
Portsmouth, Dec. I6, ls50--d-tf
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WholesaIe and Retail.


To FURNACE MEN and DEALERS |; we
can furnish Boots and Shoes at such prices as
will make it their interest TO purchase at HOME,
and can furnish them Just such sizes, kinds and
quantity as may be best adapted to their wants,
and Of such we solicit an examination Of our
Stock. We believe with many others. that no
good cause exists 10 prevent successful manu-
featuring in the west, and with view Of test
ling its practicability, we have embarked in this
enterprise, hoping 10 succeed, not only in ben.
efiting ourselves, but to contribute in propor-
Itionaie degree TO the benefit of others.
Wewill supply customers with our own work
at retail at the lowest possible prices, made to
order, of whatsoever material they may desire,
and will give particular and prompt attention
to orders at home and from abroad.
| We are also receiving full assortment of
Eastern Work,
comprising the different varieties of style usu-
ally kept in this market, to which we invite the
particular attention Of purchasers, as all our
stock has been purchased direct from Mnnufac-
turers for CASH, and will be sold at very low
rates.
To Manufacturers we offer the choicest
Kip, Calf, Kid, Morocco, Lining and Bind
ing Skins, together with Sole aad Uppcy
Leather and generel assortment of Shoe
nahers Kit and Findings. Suffice it to say
that we expect to keep constantly on hand u
full supply Of
ROOTS, Ts,sMOEsAND LEATHER
Of all descriptions, which will be offered tc
dealers and consumers al snch rates as cannot
fail to meet the views Of the lowest buyers. and
we will spare no pains to please all who favor
us with a call g'.s 3 ts.,5I.'
| We pledge ourselves to FAIR Trade and SMALL
PROFITS, and all we ask Is fair trial, and sucl
. share Of patronage as the quality OF goods
low prices and a disposition "a. accommodate
may entiteus. r. BELL. a,
4 y. w. DAVIS,
| L. P. N. SMITH
Portsmouth, Augustl2, l050--l9
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Sale of Real Estate by Order of
TnY1rf

Sale of Real Estate by Order of
Court.
ON Saturday 2lst day Of j une, 1851, between
~ the hours Of 10 o'clock A. NJ. and o.
clock P. M, at the Court House, in Portsmouth,
we will sell 10 the highest bidder, the follow
ing Real Estate. as the property of John d.
Smith, deceased, to. wit: Part Of tract Of APO
acres in the Virginia Military District, patent
ed TO Michael and Jacob David, beginning at a
stone No. /, and two Sycamore's and a Maple
on the Scioto river, upper corner on the river
10 the original survey and lower corner to Will
liam Fowler's survey thence with Fowler's
line north 81 . west 23S poles TO stone No. 2,
and White Oak, Mulberry and Elm in Fow.
er's line, and north-w est corner TO the original
survey; thence with the original line south 8
west4 Al poles, and Is poles to a stone No. 8,
two Black Oaks, Pine and sapling on the
point of hill in the original line thence
south 81 . east 229 poles to a stone No. =, and
a red bud on the bank oi the Scioto river |;
thence up said river north 25 poles, north ~
east 90 poles to the beginning, containing 6l
acres, be the same more or less. Also, part ol
a survey of 90 acres patented to James +. vii.
coAen, on the 3rd day of October, l843, begin
ming at stone, northwest corner of John Har'
, les survey, No. 1903, in the line Of survey
No. 1870; thence with the line Of survey No.
1870, north 81 west 40 polesto Pine, south
| owest 90 poles to a Pinoi thence north I'd ?
west 90 poles to a Maple; thence south 2 y
west 38 poles 10 stake and Black Oak in he
, line Of Thomas Williamson's survey thence
with his line south So Q east II poles to Sas
safras and Dog wood, south SIS Q east % pole
, to Black Oak; thence south 67 east 80 pole
TO the line Of John Ilarle's survey as aforesaid
: thence with Harle's line north 80 east =
: poles to the beginning, containing 10 acres, b
i the same more or less.
Q Appraised at Thirteen Hundred and Thirt
). dollars.
TERMS OF SALE.-One third cash, tn
# residue in one and two years with interest.
}, ISAIAH SMITH, and
JOEL w, SMITH,
Adm'rs Of John D. Smith. decd.
May 10, 1s5l--7w4
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NEW BOOT AND SHOE
MANDATORY.
TNHE undersigned having associated them
IL selves together under the name and style
r. B ELL & CO.,

for the purpose of prosecuting the BooT and
SHOE manufacturing business in all its various
branches, would respectfully inform the citi-
zens Of Portsmouth, and the public generally,
that they have commenced operating in the
brick block two doors south Of Messrs. Davis,
Smith Il Co., on Market street, nj which place
they intend keeping on hand every variety Of
Boots, Shoes, ,slippersand CATERS Of their own
manufacture Mt
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Cap and Letter Paper.

tVETE aEsncw receiving, and win have With
wv In the next ten days, Thlse Hundred
Reams ofcap and Letter Papers, dl.sc;,t from
sshcsetts, I AZ prices varying iron ore y kiss
oos. Il, 80. :. STEVENSON 4
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School Books.

VKTE are now receiving very full supply
w of.all the school books in use in thisre
pion, which we are prepared to sell b. whole
sale or retail at Cincinnati prices.
]. STEPHENSON & co.
Corner of Front and Market street,
opposite u S. Hotel, Portsmouth.
September l6, 1850.
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B. II. .yEEFERSOH

B. II. .yEFFERSOE
FrOBt st., dOOrs above Market, Portsmouth.
rs now receiving from the east, full and
IL varied assortment Of
Dry Goods,
adapted 10 the wants of the season, which his
friends and the public are respectfully inyitcs
to call and examine.
Among the various articles on hand he would
only cnumerate: Prints, Gnghans, Albarino,
Berages, Toll de laine, Dress Silks, Bonnets,
Palasols, Linen and Cotton Luces, Kid Gloves,
Silk and Cotton Hose, Cassimeres, MusIins Of
al kinds, Irish Linens, Table Clothes, Hearth
Rugs. These and every other article on hand
will be sold at the very lowest rates, Of which
all may be assured who will favor him with a
call. april 80, '50-4
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lllNIR' \ HOTEL.
lEET, BKrwEEN MARKET AND COURT,
Portsmouth, o..

ON SECOND STREET. BkrWEEN hAhkEF AND Coukr,
Portsmouth, o..
INHE subscriber begs leave to inform the
public that he has leased this house for term
Of years, and has made many new arrangements
end additions, all for the better, and proposes
making further changes for the convenience
and comfort of his guests as fast as their wants
may demand. He is determined iba his house
shall not be excelled in the inducements IT Of
fers TO tavelers, farmers and those wishing 10
soiourn for time in the city, The Table, the
Chambers, the Bar, and the Stabing shall al.
ways be well supplied and we'll attended to.
This combined with strict attention to business
and the low prices at which he entertains his
guests must prove satisfactory to those who
study comfort and economy,
With these advantages and inducements he
earnestly solicits share of public patronage.
March l95l-46m6w j. MYERS.
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WILLIAM WERTZ,
Corn again on the Rise.
xUUr SAUsDrrnu


~-M HAS opened new stock Of
E&Mz<GsA Saddles and Harness on Front
EllWEsA Street. two doors east of the
EG6 Iron Block, in the square above
0akes & Buskirks, where can
be found Sadles of any description, style, or
price, with all the different kinds andvarieties Of
Brides, Buggy Harness,
Fancy and Plain, Wagon and cart Hamess.--
In short naked horse or team can be fitted out
at moments notice, with any qualityof riding
suit or with harness suitable for any purpose,
on as reasonable terms as the town affords--ai
of his manufacture, warranted and defended.
Also, constantly kept, Riding and Buggy
Switches, Trace Chains and Hames, Black and
all other Whips, g M aVs 5E N
Collars, Halters, Portmanteaus; 40.
with all other articles that comprise a Saddler's
Stock, of good material and ready for buyers.
He is desirous Of trading for Pig Iron, and
soliclts Furnace men to call and investigate his
work. His old friends and the pnblic in gen
eral are requested TO give hima call, and exam
inc his stock and prices, and If they think wei
Of them speak good word for him''-ifnotre
port accordingly;
| Dec. II, i860,--w-iy.
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I Among the numerous discoveries ;Science
has made in this generation to facilitate the
business of life--increase its enjoyment, and
even prolong the term Of human existence,
none can be .amed of more real value 10 man.
kind. than this contribution of Chemistry to
the Healing Art. A vast trial Of its virtues
throughout this broad country, has proven be.
yond a doubt, that no medicine or combination
Of medicines yet known, can 80 surely con-
| troll md cure the numerous varieties of pull
| monary disease which have hitherto swept
| from our midst thousands and thousand severy
year. Indeed. there is now abun dant reason
| 10 believe Remedy has at length been found
which can be relied on to cure the most dan
gerous affections Of the lungs. Our space here
will not permit us TO publish any proportion Of
the cures affected by its use, but we would pre-
sent the following opinions Of eminent men,
and refer further enquiry to the circular which
the Agent below named, will always be pleas
ed to furnish free, wherein are full particulars.
and ndisputable proof of these facts.
From the President of Amherst College,
| the celebrated Professor Hitchcock.
"James C. Aya-SlR have used yo1l
CHERRY PEcToRAL in my own case oi deep
seated Bronchitis, and am satisfied from 1T
chemical constitution, that it is an admirable
compound for the relief Of f-laryngial and bron'
chial difficulties, If my opinion as to its su'
peror character can be of any service, you arr
at liberty to rse it as you think proper
EDWARD HITCHCOCK, l.. j.. D.
From the Widely Celebrated
Professor SILLIMAN, M. D., L. L. d.
l Professor Of Chemistry, Minernlogy,
&C., Vale College, Member Of the
Lit. nisi; Med. Phil: and Sci
and Europe.
81 deem the Cherry Pectoral an admirabl
composition from some of the best articles i
f the Matcril Medica, and very effective rem
edy for the class Of diseases it is intended I
: cure" New Haven, Ct. Nov. /, 1S4y.
h MAJOR PATTISON, President of the S.
Senate, states he has used the Cherry Pector'
with wonderful success, 10 cut an inhammatio
:, of the lungs.
From one Of the first Physicians i
e Maine.
e SAco, Me, April &c, ls49.
DR.. ]. G. Aver, Lowell-Doar Sir al
now constantly using your CHERRY PEcToRA
in my practice, and prefer it to any other met
/. icine for pulmonary complaints. From obse
,. vation Of many severe cases, am convinced
will cure coughs, colds, and diseases of Il
= lungs, that have put TO defiance all other rem
dies.
II | invariably recommend its use in cases
/ consumption, and consider it much the be
t, remedy known for that disease.
al Respectfully yours,
Is. CUSHMAN, NJ. D.
|e Prepared and Sold by james c. Aye
le Practical Chemist, Lo,0ell, Mass.
II Sold in Portsmouth, by shackleford
Sc Crichton in Cincinnati, by F. EcKsTElN,
c. in Mavsyille, KY, by Seaton g. Sharpe a
A by ali Druggists throughout the State u
n country.
X May 26, '5l-6mdw.
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B. +. CONWAY &CO.

PIG IRON CORNER,
TJAvE ON HAND, FOR SALE AT THE
Lowest Market prices,
SUPERFINE FLOUR, those good old brands
for families.
Good Intent and Cottage Mills; also,
Novelty Mills brands.
Supcrfne Flour No.2, same brands.
Kiln Dried Corn Meal, Novelty Mills.
Fraser's superior Sugar-Cured Hams, fami-
ly use.
do do Shoulders, smoked.
do do Family Leaf Lard.
do, do Brown and Yellow Soap
Ohio Starch, a superior article,
Old Rye Whiskey, warranted pnie Rye.
Western Reserve Cheese.
Corn in the car or shelled.
PIG IRON ALWAYS ON HAND.
Portsmouth, Feb. 81, 81. dtf
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MILLER & ELSAS,
1LIll2a.


No 1, Corner of Front & Jefferson sts.
HAVING made some new arrangements
IL and renewed their stock of Cloths.
Cassimeres, Vestings and Ready. Made Clo-
thing, with special view to the
Fall and Winter Trade,
are now prepared 10 furnish their former Gus
toners, and all who may favor them with .
call, with every article for Gentleman .
Wardrobe, of the best quality, the latest style
ana on the most accommodating terms, at
Wholesale or Retail.
Considering themselves second to none in
CUTTiNG AND FITTING, and being determined
not to be undersold, they invite gentlemen de-
sirous Of wearing fine, fashionable and cheap
suit Of clothes to give them call.
Cravats Of various kinds, Pocketke ercliefs,
Shirts, Gloves, s,Suspenders, &c, always on hand.
Portsmouth, Sept. 2, lS50.-n22
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S. d. BISHOP,
MERCHANT TAILOR,

No. 2, Front Street, Portsmouth, Ohio
IA WOULD call the attention of his cuito-
M mers, friends, and the public in general,
I'LL to his large stock of
Spring and Summer Goods,
suitable for Mems and Boys wear which hai
just been received from New York, consisting
of Cloths, Cassimeies, Tweeds, Sattinctls
Jeans, Vestings, Linens. Drills, &C., of all
colors and qualities, which he is prepared to
make up in the latest andmost fashionable style
Always on hand a fine stock of
ReGdy-sWNde Clothing,
Shirts, collars, drawers, scarf, cravats. gloves
stocks, Hose of every description of make ant
material that is in use. All kinds Of Tailors
Trimmings, aud every article of Mems wear
except Hats and Shoes, which will be sold al
low as can be bought in the State.
To Tailors.
am Agent for Scott's semi-annual ant
Monthly Mirror of Fashion, which am pre-
pared to forward 10 address upon receipt of tn
! subscription prco. S. d. b.
April ID, lS4l-wtf
The Nevada journal., 1851-11-01

also occur there, in connection with
lignites.
/ would suggest to those gentlemen
engaged N these operations, the utility
of hereafter preserying these fossils &c.,
for future examination; they are par-
ticularly valuable in a scientific view.
have derived most signal aid from
MIR. Henry Pratten, of this place, in the
collection of the following list Of mine
rails, found in this vicinity, with localities
attached.
Carbonate copper, two miles from Round
! Tent.
Black porphyry, Sugar Loaf.
Micacions granite,
Hornblenss,'~r
Felspathic,
Sulphuret iron, antimony and copper,
with carbonare copper, in quartz.
Chronate iron.
in serpentine,
Argilite slate, Grass Valley.
Chlorito ~ ,
Peroxide manganese, CayOte Diggings.
Silici6ed wood--white, ,
~ black, ~
Fossil leaves--dycotyldons, Sugar Loaf
Tunnel
Opal, Sugar Loaf
Sulphurot melybdenum, in quartz.
A new mineral.
A sublimate of the last, ia pyrites-Ili-
nois and Wisconsin claim.
Peroxide iron, Deer Creek.
Magnetic iren,
Galena and native sulphur, Deer Creek.
Auriferous pyrites,
Cinnabar, Gold Flat,
Iridium and osmium, ditto.
Rutile,
Decomposea granite, Sugar Loaf.
Porphyry
Pitch stone, =,
Felspar, opaque, massive
CLASSY petrifac tions
Decomposed felspar, ,
Fossil leaves, Blue Hill.
Fine tale, one mile east of Grass Valley.
Carbonate of copper, half a mile from
Halfway House.
Sienite, ditto.
Hornblende granite, Deer Creek.
Chronate iron, Halfway House.
Peroxide manganese, Grass Valley.
shall on leaving, give fuller de-
scription of the mineral features Of this
district, and other observations. Hoping
the above may meet the approval of
your readers,
| remain, yours,
JOHN B. TRASK.
The Nevada journal., 1851-11-01

The display Of legal ability in this
case bas principally been induced on
small points of law and unessential quib-
bles-one party striving to bring the
case to trial, the oth,g to avoid it, But
tho proceedings have neverth eless, been
rather interesting from the amount Of
acumen evineed by the counsel on both
sides. The concise reasoning Of Church
man gives dignity and Importance to
quibbles, even, and We should have
been gratified to have heard him on the
merits of the main question while as
to Col Kewen, cut out two-thirds of his
adjeetives, and you yet have eloquence
enough to give the reputation Of a fine
speaker-though we are not sure if the
exuberance Of his rhetoric were trimmed
of some of its off-shoots, it would not add
to the beauty, at least to the neatness,
Of the whole. J. S. Irwin, who is on
the side ST the plaintiffs, is promising
young lawyer, and we predict that ap-
plication will place him at the head Of
his profession.