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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-08-20
SCOTS Principles.

IK...H u q a T.
The New York Courier, paper that &eht
as far into Natipism in 44 as did Gen. Scott,
aud holds to the doctrine yet, is disposed TO
doubt the soundness of some~,of the more
crafty pretensions Of ita Wing brethren in
representing that ScoFr had changed his
opinions on that question:. II entertalns
Idoub,s--the result Of his individual expert
ence, whether natiyist views can be easily
got rid Of. Hear that distinguished Wing
print on the subject of the adhesive quality
ol natiyist principles and convictions !"
/ But il is matter Of notoriety, that the
most intelligent, the wlsest, and the most
patfiotic OF our citizens, have trembled for
the consequences of naturalizng millions Of
foreigners after brief residence Of Jfue years
among us, and before they have become quail
ilied luiSclg TO exercise the rights of suffrage.
And re huUe neUer hnown solitary instance
Of any mans changing his principles or coa-
victtonS in this regard On the Contrary, the
increased emigralion from Euro e of men
who do not even speak or unders iand our
Language of whom have acquired the
right TO vote without learning to speak En-
glish, and inutter ignorance Of our institu-
tions-ha increased .he convictions Of
most men, that d longer term of residence
amongst US, is.a matter Of vital Importance
to the perpetuity of our institutions"
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Ayast There.

The New Orleans Delta. of the 29lh ult.,
thus spikes whig calumny, now rapidly
coursing the channels of the press:
PROGRAMME OF THE PARTY Press. The
Bee publishes list of
"Delaulters underline two locofoco admin
istrations of Martin Van Buren and James
X. Polk"
In this list it includes the names Of Thom-
as Gibbs Morgan and Thomas Barrett. The
former il sets down as defauler 10 the U.
5. Government in the sum of $2l2,232 the
latter in the sum of $4,000. A..
Thomas Barret has long since rendered his
account TO Him before whom figures cannot
lie. We have never heard that he was de-
taulter to the Government. II he had been
why was not his security sued? ~
I. G. Morgan is still alive and kicking
whether he will kick against this imputation
on his character of wholesale swindling, we
arenot prepared to say But this we are pre-
pared to say, and this every one who has Ii
we'd in New Orleans for the last ten years
knows, that Thos. G. Morgan was appointed
Collector of the Customs in this City by
Gen. Harrison; and that Thomas Barrett
was appointed to The same office by John
Tyler. the regular whig candidate for Vice
President of The U. States in 1910, and whom
that party succeeded in triumpbanlly elect
ine
We doubt whether the Bee will deny that
t. g. Morgan was is, and is likely 10 renair
whig, and we doubt if Thomas Barrett ev
er cast a democratic vote in is life. He wa:
one OF the original founders of the. Bulletin
and another whig paper in this city, He vo
ted against Gen. Jackson, against Van Bu-
rem and for "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too;''
against James X. Polk and for Henry Clay.
This is putting the boot on tother leg, de-
cidedly.
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Fire on the western Prairie..'

The fires Of Wing enthusiasm, which were
lighted into such an amazing blaze at Niagara.
have swept as far as Lexington, Mo-, Where a
tegu ar Wing ratification was lately held The
people were there in all their majesty. The
''Spirit of 1910" was there extensively The
enthusiasm of Wing confidence was there tre-
mendously II was one of those ''grand rallies
which ancient history never heard Of, and mod.
ern times have rarely seen. TiDelre lioc Wings
marched up boldly to the stand. One became
Chairman; second, Secretary; three others
orators; four Of the wisest retired as commit.
Tee on resolutions; and three more, with a bra
very which never "dOJbed," worthy Of the EN-
plation of ScoTT in the closest duello contes
sat and listened to speeches, till they and the
speeches got dry, and then they all went ant
took drink
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Never wa Conquered.

So say the whig papersof their candidate fol
The Presidency. Now. we concede to Gen ScoT1
all the glory Ct his military achievements, thai
his best friends can desire !; but when that is
said, a II is said that Can be in his favor. -
Whenever and wherever he has been of the
field of mere military duty, no man who has
lived to the age oil 67. has committed before The
public, so many and such fatal blunders. He
has lost more by writing, than he ever gained
by fighting, ''Neyer conqueredy' Let US sec
how the account stands.
l. General Jackson conquered him, as theil
published correspondence fully shows.
|, 2. Governor Clinton conqueied him, when ht
afterwards challenged Clinton to fight a duel
and when he knew the Governor had taken
the anti dueling oath. .'eatsll
8. John Quincy Adams conquered him, when
he suspended him from his command, for his
pompous show OF "fuss and feathers" wrath
and rgmarole, at the promotion of General
Macomb. .es,a. Ks
a. The New York men conquered him, wher
he attempted without law or right, to build Q
palace for himself or the Battery grounds
They threw his brick into the North Riyer,aHd
put the usurpation down at once.
3. Secretary Marcy conquered him, when he
upset the "hasty plate of soup, and left the
General laughed at by the whole country.
6. N. P. Trist conquered him, in the ''fus
and feathers correspondence about etiquette.
Z 4. The General conquered himself in his
letter against our adopted citizens, and for the
repeal of the naturalization laws and partic-
ularly when he&fterwards tried to humbug the
Catholics fortheir votes - s. .s
8. He conquered himself again, when he
pledged himself in favor OF reviving most OBJ
poxious of all federal measures, (except the
alien and sedition lawsl-Bank Of the United
States; the monster that Jackson killed, and
even after Webster pronounced it AN obsolete
lea." ,tHsgB 9e sr p,a
9. Seward the demagogue Of every ism con.
querS him daily, lest he should write something
for the pubic eye more fussy' than anything
he has yet written. ,,f % 81
10. The American people will conquer Sew
ard and his candidate onthe first Monday, just as
sure as the day of voting comes.-'.Neo Haoer
Reg. s.,s..s
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August 10. 1852.
CLAY against Scott.

In one OF his eloquent speeches Mr.. Clay
said, rather than have a mere military chief
tain elevated TO the Presidency oflbis ma
tion, he would implore Heaven to visit the
land with 'war, peslilence and famine. ~
He was not then more emphatically opposed
TO such a man as Gen, Scott, than when he
exclaimed: ~
81 say too in the language Of departed
sage honor to those who fill the measure Of
their country's glory But it should be ap-
propriatc, coasiderdtc honor--such as be-
comes its object, and such as freemen, jeal'
Gus, cautious freeinen ought 10 bestow. i
my suffrage is asked for The highest civiI Of
tcc Of my country, the candidate, hoWevcr IL
lustrioas and successful hemGy be, MUST PRE-
SENT SOME OTHER TITLE THAN LAURELs, HOW
EVER GLoRIoUsLY GATHERED ON THE BLool
STAINED FIELD"
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Transmission of Sound.

Mr.. Ebenezer Smell, now more than 9(
years Of age, distinctly recollects being in Q
corn field with a negro, on the Eth of June
l776, in the township OF fCummington, Mass
one hundred and twenty miles west Of Bun
ker Hill. Some time during the day, the ne
gro was lying on the ground, and remirked to
Ebenezer that there was war somewhere,
for he could distinctly hear the firing. Eb-
enezer put his ear TO the ground, and also
heard the firing distinctly, and for conside-
rable time. So states one of the number
less voluntary correspondents Of the Jour-
nal of Commerce. ~
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Tolerabiy Ominous.

About the ugliest sire in the rear" which
Gen, Scott has lately received, came from
the long rifle Of Garret Davis, of the Bour-
bon District, Ky. lie has declined the place
assigned him on the Presidential Electoral
ticket, and. as he says, she is willing TO
give UP the debate wholly 10 the friends OF
Gen, Piercen- - remarking, in sly way -
|"Ihaye the pleasure Of slight personal ac-
quaintance with General Pierce, and en-
terrain very high opinion Of him as a man
and as gentleman" 8 5Vs .as.g
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Classic Schools.

=
I'VE unde rslandf tnat eneiiort is aoous 70
be made 70 establish q school or schools o. a
hisner order 'nan ,nose wnsca we nave At
present. we are always s''a 70 announces
and te encourage any enlerprlae having lor
its object the improvement Of our thriving
city or sihe bensht q It's crlizens' AND
willis we approve Of the present one we
humbly suggest that such branches OF edu-
cationas are,tsugh. in first class semindries
and academies !, might with little additional
expense, be incorporated with those already
taushtin ourcomMon schools undercur pres
ent admirable system. II one may learn
reading, writing, arithmetic and grammer,
undef,be Union system, why cannot one
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eThAl Fish nulestfon.

Y i ne recent &c tions VI Inc Dtilisl QoVtIH-
snent in relation To- thc fisheries on the coasts
offbis conlinsnth has excited a,.sasiona0l
Congress, ond we find inthe Washington
Union of the 10Th instant, the report Of q
adeferred debate" upon the subject, which
was participated. .in.by Messrs. Cass, Clarke,
Davis and Hamlin, and which, so far as. we
have noticed, isa one-sided afaif,aF the gen.
tlemen occupyingstr ground in favor Of
asserting and maintaining our just rights 10
fish on1certain coasts OF the British colonies,
when not within. three miles of theishore. In
fact this seems 10 be the unanimous opinion
Of Congress-. Should Great Britain, there
iote, persist in her new construction of the
Treaty Of 1918, il is not improbable that a
smart sorl Of q quarrel il moi wal, willaa-
sue. 7H..s NJ
The presumption of the British is perfect
ly astonishing The fish question was con-
sidered .en Important one by our revolution
ary fathers, they claiming thatas the people
ofNew England were the first TO engage in
the fishefies, las they had done more than
England herself in acquiring possession Of
them from the French-as the several expe-
ditions % Canada which were defeated by
the negligence Of the Britisll--the conquestoi
Louisburgh in l745, the subsequent conquest
Of Nova Scotia. in which New England had
expended more. bloed and treasure than all
the rest OF the British Ernpire, ,srere all Ell
fectea with special view 10 oihesecurity and
pfotection Of the fisheries, They had the
right to use the fishing grounds as we'll when
separated from as when united under The
same government. The right Of Americans
todish was consequently acknowledged and
granted in the Convention Of l779, and also
In that e{ 1918; and they have enjoyed thei'
rights and privileges in this respect undis'
puted by Great Britain, until the present
time. That Government osserts that The
treaty only gives us the right To- fish on The
coasts Of her colonies, when not within three
miles of an iAi,,dsnted shore, excluding US
from the use of bays and inlets by straight
line dawn from headand to headland, o.
from, the most narrow seaward point; thus
driving ,ss into the open seal Now how oul
Transatlantic neighoor could give us a rleh
which we, as weltas every other nation, have
always possessed and exercised, is certainl!
mystery. Only think Of one Nation conde
scendingl permitting another to navigate anC
uss the high seas, and you have the whole
Britishargument in nutshell. Great Brit
ain acknowledges the right Of America 4
fish IN, the Atlantic Ocean! Apielty subjec
to tvsGt upon, trnly! That right we acqui
red from God, and not from Great Britain
nor from any other human power; and s.
long as the Union has strength enough
will be maintained. So, also, should ou
rights under the treaty oflSls, and all 9th
ers, whether natural or acquired, be muin
taincd. @iEs4
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An Eminent Qualification

The Buffalo Express has discovered new
element in the composition of Gen. Scott,
which it thinks is, in him at least, a strong
qualification for the Presidency. Some -four
years since, while he was in a crowded room
at Saratoga, t"a rustic" (Which we suppose
means a man who hadn't fashionable coat
on) followed out, "General, how old are
you?" The General walked up TO him, with
his yellow plume stauding right up, and 10
his bland way said, II AIN sixty-two years
old I"
Well, we suppose Pierce will have TO come
down now =" ~
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Thee. s. Journal and the Probate
Court Affair.

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Thee. S. Journal and the Probate
Court Affair.
The Journal seems anxious in some way
10 cover its retreat from the ridiculous atti-
tude in which it placed itself by the an
nomccment which, with great flourish or
irumpels, it short time, since made, that
we were without any law for The punishment
Of minor offences 1t was in such hot haste
to abuse the present 'Locofoco Legislature
that it out ran discretion, and met the usll-
al fate of those who obey the dictates of pas-
sion and prejudice Other than those of rea.
son and candor. II found when it got cool,
that il had been cutting very foolish figure.
II had most egregiously mis-stated the facts
in relation to the authority it cited; had,
upon the mere hsarsay Of the sag so of Ger,
tain judges and members Of the bar, assum-
edas all but authoritatively settled, con-
struction Of the Constitution and statutes Of
the State, which seems TO us little short Of
absurd; and even If in both these ,particu-
lars il had been correct, it had still been rap
| ping its own friends over the knuckles, as
the very change in the law about which it
was making so much pother, had been made
at the instance Of one of its own partizans,
OF course it did not eel very comfortable.
4 - - r :.
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The hesl nun I'VE .ltnow of, was submitte

The best pun we know of, was submitted
by musician in Paris. for the prize offered
by the Academic. for the most appropriate
epiiaph 10 be inscribed upon the tomb Of q
member, who had died from the sticking Of q
bone Of fish, called sol, In his throat. MI.
merous epitaphs were sent in, but the pfize
was awarded to the musicians effort, which
consisted of staff Of music, with five
notes, viz s:--la, sol, la, mi, la,--played upor
THUS; la sol "a mis- la--the sol has placed
him there. psgs''s
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rhe Art of shaving---an Improvement.

The lOther-brnsh is more generally adhered
to, from the want Of reflection; how much more
simple and expeditions it is, to dip the cake of
fine soap Of any description for washing the
hands, in the bowl Of pune cold water-to rub
it as far as necessuryon the face, and afterwards
to rub the face few times with the hand, un-
ill the beard is thoroughly moistened by the
soap and water, reduced 10 a consistency SINH
lar TO that required in washing the hands, and
barely sufficient to prevent the wash ftom run
ming down the razor. The operator then, after
wiping the hand, proceeds Immediately 10 the
process of shaving, for which the facets bet,
Ter prepared, than when covered with mass o.
frotb laid on by the brush. The process being
accomplished. there is no brush or soap box t
be cleansed and packed away but with the ex
ception of wiping the razor and washing the fact
the operation is finished. ,s, y,
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No.

NO. i.
ExcLUsyENEss OF LORD PIERcE.-The Green
vile Journal says person lately went TO Con-
cord N. H., with letter OF introduction from
Bellamy Storer, oil this city 10 Gen. Pierce, but
was refused admittance to his excelency as
Gen Pierce could see nobody save his political
friends
MEsSRs. EDfToRs.--Dear srs:--A paragraph
in the Gazette Of this morning requires pass
ing notice. A quotation froma Greenyille pa
per imputeS to Gen. Pierce very great discount
esy 10 gentleman, who is said TO have been
introduced to him by me. have known Gen,
P personally for nearly twenty years, and can
not believe that he was ever guilty of rudeness
much less Of want, in any degree, of that
courtesy which distinguishes the true gentle
man. There must he, in this matter, a very
great mistake. The talented young artist, MIR.
John X. Johnston, of this city, is the only per-
son recollect to have introduced to Gen. P,
and he was received, am assured in the prep.
er spirit, and treated with the kindest consid
Grafton. Yours, truly,
| m ID iist e- B. ST0RER,
| Auouut IN 1870
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Ike Marvel says after hearing dull SER
mon preached by a dandy, he asked friend
wHathe thought of the discourse. He re-
piled in his usual quaint queer syle; alf they
60 on preaching this way, the grass will soon
be knee deep in the streets Of Heaven
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"Oh. dear, what can .the matter be.,,

ooh. dear, what can the matter be-"
The Lebanon Star. now ons of the most
rabid Scott papers in Ohio, and which extols
lis candidate as one Of the most marvellouss
" proper men Of the country, for the Presis
dency, thus spoke Of him in l84S: 81:
"Scott in his General Orders--No. 3i9,
displays vast amount Of envy and jealoasg,
and plain enough accuses Worth and othe9
general officers of having procured the ser1
vices of certain officers 10 write scandalous
letters in praise OF their own exploits, and
against the truth Of history He insinuates
that lnis is 'the work OF chiefs. partisans,
and pet familiars, the result of disease
'pruriency of fame not earned'.-and be-
windsup with some silly pirate about .bringi
ing down the conceited and the envious to
their proper level Scotts order is con-
temptible, and malignant. and can be at-
trlbuted 10 no better motives than mortifi4
cation and personal spleen. TO BE THE
CHIEF MEXICAN BUTCHER in A.
LAND PIRATE WAR seems to be the
height of his unchastened ambition--he adj
mits OF no rivalry in the persons of his as
sistants whom he petulently styles chiefs,
par,lsnns, and pet familiars.' The latter
character, Webster defines to be "a demon or
evil spirit supposed TO attend at call"
The editor of The Stal is like the Ostrich
we read of at Calcutta, which swallowed
lead bullets seetbing hot as thrown from the
mould; his stomach Is able 10 stand any
thing. 81 ak e
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A Curious FAcT.-4A modern philosopher
taking The motionof the earth on saxis, at
seventeen miles second, says that II You
take off your hat in the street 10 bow % a
friend, you 60 seventeen miles baIeheaded,
without taking cold ,'
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4 A PARAGRAPH ONLY TO BE READ BY THB La
DIES. Every man has his price, SO said Wall
pole; but he never said as much Of woman.
The fact is. Walpole judged the ladies only
too correctly, for he knew as well as we do,
that many Of these dear creatures are beyond
all price s 4, ~
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CoNsIDERATE.-"John," salda careful faith
er. ''don't give cousin Simon's horses too
many oats, you know they have hiy.'
"Yeth, thur" said John, moving towards
The barn. \
sand, bark ye, John--don't don't give
them too much hay, you know they have
oats." se lEg g.t
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sudden peath.

The Rev. julius Brann, Catholic Priest Ia
Massillon, was struck with palsyon Monday
afternoon, and died in a few minutes. Ho
has left a large congregation to mourn his
sudden .lecaase.
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/ South Caroiina RaiIrbad.

The gross income of the South Carolina
Railruad- Charleston to Augusta, with q
branch 10 Columbia--ior the first SIX months
Of 1859, was S6O2, 900 against S469 600 for
corresnondinp period Of 1851,
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4 When Cen. Worth published . letter on
political subjects, tho New York Tribune
sneered at him as tone Of Uncle Sans jour
newman throat cutters. Ggeely goes for hos.
throat .cnilsgs, but can endure iouFpeymer
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A yoUcaEn.-A man once went to PUT.

AyoUcHER.-A man once went to puf.
chase o horse of quaker u 3
"Will he draw well p asked the buyer. v
"Thee viii be pleased 10 see him draw"
answered Nehemiah
The bargain was closed, and the farmer
tried his horse, but he would not stir, He
returned; r ,s .i,q
That horse will not draw On inch" v.
4 did not tell thee he would draw, friend.p
said the quaker. i only remarked thee would
be pleased 10 see him draw, and SO should I,
but he never would crafty me in that re.
spect" "a a5fe5
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K Ata Parish examinations clefgynan ask
ed a charity boy ifhe had ever been baplis6d.
s.No sir" was the eply mot as know d;
but rve been waxinated.P