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o. Masonic--A stated communication of Columbia Nova
Arch Chapter No IS, will be held corner az and 6t
streets his lWednesday) evening, at O'Clock,
ny order Of M. o, n.
Nov ~ SAMUEL n NIL s.o,o,ar,
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A LIFE OF vlCIssITUDEs, story OF Revolution
n AIRY Times. A novel, by G. r. X. James.
The History OF Romuus, by Jacob Abbst.
BRUSH Eoquence, embracing the best speeches OF
Professor Cbauncey A. Goodrich, Yale College
Nov l6 FRANCK TAYLOR
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SCHOOL BOOKs-Always hand fun supply Of an IN.
- books used in District.
Blank books and stationery Of all kinds the lowest pce
GRAY d BALLANTYNE.
Nov. l6 Seventh
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Massachusetts, Elelion u Pariiss-.asoi-
iionism on the Wane--Csuss Of us Decline.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

ny Hon. J. l.. Taylor has sent US the
Report of the Superintendent Of the Census,
containing an abstract of the Census returns,
for which he has our sincere thanks. We
are Indebted also to Hon. S. P. Chase, for
several documents, among which copy Of
his remarks on the "bill to enforce disci-
pline and promote good conduct in the Ma
val service of the U. 81 We quite agree
with the opinions expressed by him in regard
to the punishment Of sailors also with
those of other Senators who deprecated a law
which would authorize epauletted fops and
tyrannical officers to punish in any brutal
manner their interiors. If Congress were to
increase the pay of U. s. seamen to that Of
merchant seamen, stop the issuing of whis-
key rations, and encourage good conduct by
the promise Of promotion in the service
money, or something of substantial ma
ture, thousands of dollars would not have t
be spent in framing and perfecting laws TO
the punishment Of offending seamen. Fr,n
the knowledge we have of the law befor
Congress, we believe it will have no benef
cial effect in promoting good conduct,
nor will aby law. until Government acts a
though there were others with homes upol
the deep, who have rights and feelings as wei
as Captains, Lieutenanis and Midshipmen.
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Rev Df, Baird, an extensive travellsl, ga
el0oosnt orstoy, and 4 4 eminent divine. in
his last leciuIe Ia New York on the couns
tries Of Europe gave q very interesting re-
view Of the history Of Hungary and the
Hungarians, He said that
He dared not tell whom he saw there, for
The people OF this country had no concep-
ton Of the espionage that exists there. he
met with several OF Kossuth's friends, and
IS sure that the population Of that land,
whatever may be said TO the contrary, are
lenthusiastically in his favor. They look up
to him as their future hope. Even the Jews,
that shrewd and far-seeing race, had the
most implicit confidence in Kossnth, TO an
extent seldom manifested by that people.
Ii the Russians had been thousand miles
away. Hungary would have achieved her IN
dependence; or if France would have done
what she did under Lanartine in lS4S, and
saw 10 the Russians, "You must not put youl
foot in Germany"--if France, in ls49, aad
assembled an army on the Rhine, and said
to Russia, "Now you must geep out OF Hun
gary; if you go, we also will be there.
they would never have puttheir loot beyone
the Carpathian mountains,
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An aExy in Luck.

Hon. Isaac Holmes, lately a member OF
Congress from South Caroline, went out to
California to trya streak Of luck. ltseemf
that be struck Erich vein" at a very early
day. Soon after his arrival he purchased
for $4,000, and professional fees in the
case, aninterest in some valuable real estate
IN San Francisco. 1t was in litigation, but
the Supreme Court Of California has decl.
ded the case in Mr.. Holmes favor; and he
is now actually receiving ground rent OF
81, 900 per month in advance; or an annual
income, independent of his profession. OF
$4,000. He rents The lots and the tenants
build the houses.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20
Att,e,m,pted Murder.

a man by the name Of Rodgers or Rob
srts, was committed to Jail, in this place.
day before yesterday, for deliberately shoot
ing another, by the name Of Piles, in the
vicinity Of Scioto furnace. The gun was
iiled from behind a stump, at about go yards
rom the victim. The ball entered the right
side, passed through the lungs and lodged
near the shoulder on the opposite side
Piles did not fall but, with assistance, walk.
d some distance home after he received the
saot. He was able TO see and identity The
man who shot him. The ball has been ex
tracted and Piles still lives, though his lif'
isdespaired Of.
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The French pespot.

The French people just now know who
is their King, but their King isn't Just SO
certain wto is his papa! The London cor
respondent Of the New York Commercial
Advertiser says:
"His mother, Hortense Beauharnpis, wus
a woman of exceedingly bad life, however
history may have CLOSED her annals. Before
marriage she had two children--one by Ma
Ipoleon, which died early; the other by
Frenchman-M Flahaut--tbe present Dt
Morney, late Minister Of the Interior. Lou
| is Napoleon. born after her marriage witt
Louis Napoleon, King Of Holland. is yer.
generally regarded as the natural son OF
Dutch admiral, notorious as the Queen
| lover"
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An Anomaly.

Texas not only boasts of rich soil, adap-
ted to the growth of every variety Of produc-
tions-a mild and salubrious climate, and
great commercial advantages, but she proud
ly points to the fact that her people will
have no State taxes 10 pay for the next two
years. her Legislature having just passed bill
giving to the different counties the State tax
for 1859 and 1885,, a,emeanaing,to from eaee
600 to 100000. Besides, her circulating
medium will be increased million more. by
The passage of bill for the payment of the
domestic debt.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20
Late Mexican IntelIigence I.

Dates to the 24th Januafy, from the Mex.
ican Capital, are at hand. Congress was in
session and proceeding in business. The
annual Message of the President gives
very deplorable account Of the state Of al.
fairs throughout the Republic, and com.
plains greatly Of the want of money 10 car.
ry out the designs Of Executive. Ha
complains loudly Of the encroachmenis ma.
king upon the Republic and upon private
citizens by General Camyajal and bis COM
panions He is particularly pleased in sta :
ting that war with England. in conse-
lquence Of inability 10 pay her the debt due.
had beenaverted by a happy arrangement.
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Delinauent subscribers.

We do not suppose that subscribers who
habitually neglect 10 pay for their papers,
can be moved by anything in the way Of per-
suasion or reason, short of legal process,
which printers, the kindest learted race Of
men in the world, dislike to employ except
in the last resort, there seems TO be no means
Of reaching the sensibilities Of those harden
ed sinners who never pay for their papers,
Some of our brethren of the craft, however,
are trying the effect of anathemas, string
of which we subjoin, with the intolerable
imprecation of the Fredericksburg News
Richmond Republican.
Anathe,nas Of the craft on the Man ,oho would
not pay the Printer.
May he be shod with lightning and compel
led to wander over desert Of gunpowder.
IN o Pic.
May he have sore eyes and chesnut burr
for an eye stone. Boston Post.
May he be sunk neck deep in stagnant
pool to be nibbled TO death BY tadpoles
Bait. Clip.
May he writhe under the voluminous curse
Of DR.. Slop. Epe Post.
May every day Of his life be more despotic
than the Dey of Algiers. n. Y. Nsirs.
May herepose his weary limbs at night up
ona bed full of feas and inhale the oder o.
ten thousand bed bugs. Gin. Non.
May he never again be permitted to see the
face Of fair woman, and be bored to death BY
boarding school Misses practicing their frs
lessons Of music, without the privilege o
seeing his tormentors. Memphis Er.
! May he, upon pulling on tight boot, flint
la live hornet in the bottom May he b
rode on rail after getting his boot of, witt
sharp edge up, with a bushel bag Of SAM
tied to each leg, by torch light procession
and hissed by all the boys in ten miles round
BroDnloip's Wing.
II May troupe Of Printers Dcpils, lank an
hungry, dog his heels by day and may .h
famine stricken ghost Of an editors bah
chaunt his evening lullaby, and hiss murde
in his dreaming ear. IStar State Patriot.
May he be compelled to walk, durin
the day, with bare feet, over prickly pears
and sleep al night in a Muskct chappara
withouta blanket or lariet to keep the raj
tlesnakes off. Houston Beacon.
May he have a scolding wife and smol
ling chimney, and may his days be many.
( Western TARTAN,
May he be in debt and dunned every hoi
ofevery day by creditors as Temorseless !
E IShylock, and as importunate as the wido'
E in holy writ. May no sleep come 70 bis ey
s lids, nor rest to his conscience until the IA
E mite of his Indebtedness is cancelled, Mi
/. lhe be lathered with aquafortis and shaw
with hand saw by a drunken barber, wi
lsbaii ,sad to him during the operation eve
, line and syiisb!e of the supplement to \
i Virginia Convention. FrsdrickSbwg NsH
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Aid for Hungary.

During the late visit of Kossuth to Co.
lumbus, State Hungarian Aid Association
was organized, of which Gov. Wood accep-
ted the Presidency, and branches Of which
'are designed tUue -exteudva to vs~e'y-c
in the State. The object Of this Association
is 10 raise funds TO aid in the great wolk Of
r.-establishing the independence OF Hun
gary, and securing the ascendency of free
principles OF Government there and in 9th
er countries Of Europe. Measures will
soon be taken for organizing branch in this
county, and we trust that our citizens will
respond to the call which will be made upon
them through its agency, in such manner
as to show that not only do they prize the
liberty which they themselves enjoy, but
that they are willing to make some little
sacrifice in oider to spread its blessings
through the world.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20
salaries in 1rdIana.

The bill in the Legislature to fix the sala-
RES Of officers proposes for the Supreme and
Circuit Judges, the Auditor, Treasurer, and
Secretary Of State, each an annual salary ol
$1,000. To county Clerks, Treasurers and
Auditors, the following compensation, viz
II the population Of the county does not ex.
ceed six thousand, $40O; if not over ter
thousand, 300 I; if not over thirteen thous.
and, $500; over thirteen Thousand, $1,000
and no perquisites to be allowed them.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

uJ- Consumption is one Of the most fatal
maiadies that atiiict the human race. Thou-
sands ofpecple die annually Of this complaint.
II has been supposed ineurable, but WistsTs
Baisam Of Wild Cherry has proved itself a Ger.
tain antidote for this terrible disease In it, IN.
cpiens stages. Z
The delicate structure which is the seat Of
this disease Is the prime supporter Of life. Il
| Is fatal tissue, hence. easily destroyed =
When attacked with acrid Lumots TINT many
causes may originate, immediate use should ia
made OF Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherryto a..
rest the work Of destruction, as Il Is important
to pay attention to the first. 7 IS
symptoms. (which are often q cold. then Z
dry cough, disposition 10 yomit after eating
pain and oppression OF the breast, especali,
after motion, spittle ffothY of.a saltisk taste
sometimes tinged with blood, Sadness bad ap
petite, unusal thirst These should receive
immediate attention, for a few weeks, few
dsy may make fatal difference 70 The patient
" See advertisement. 's''.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20
BIoomerism.

Fourteen women in New York city have
issued an address to the public asking protec'
tion of the law and Of their fellow citizens
against the despotism Of mob, which will
not allow them 10 dress as they please. =
They ask this protection, because, as they say
"they are suffering for The principle oihumar
freedom, for God and the right" The Mir
ror commenting on the address, says:
"Fourteen New York women, in full bios
som. with coats, pants and things, are out il
card, claiming the protection Of the law tt
defend their ''Bloomers' from the "mobby'
boys who now assail them ateyery corner
Be still, boys y
| Hoot no more, ye impy witches,
| Choke your guyings and your screeches,
! Let the women wear the breeches.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

tn Ohio IkaGhtf This Is semi
Monthly periodical devesed 70 the interests
Iof teachers and the cause Of education, ana
should by all means be sustained BY the
| friends Of enlightenment, in Ohio The NO.
before Us is embellished with portrait Of
lProf. Oimsted, Of Yale College, biographi-
cal sketch Of whom it also contains. The
afticles are such as one would expect to find
In s,ich,a work. Edited by Thos. Rainey,
and published at Columbus, Cincinnati and
Cleveland, al 81 per year ina adyancez7sety
lcheap truly, 3 3 "
The Herald Of tss Unioa, is the sltleIof =
monthly paper just started IN n H., tne Sd
No, of which We have before Us. y y q a
large, beautifully printed sheet and rom l's
motto, "The Union and the friends sot me
Union, the reader can guess us character.
The editor, c. Edwards Lester, authoFs easT
tor and diplomatist, states that its publlca-
tion will be continued until after the Presl-
Dental election, until which time it VIII ad-
yocate the election OF Union man 10 the
chief magistracy. Price W per year IN ud'
vance.
Hunts Merchants Magazine. .-Ihls val
liable monthly for February has been upor
! our table for several days. us pfinc'pal ar
) lticles are as follows Free Navigation 9
the River Parana and Its lrDutaries- 1 ~
! lculture of cotton in Turkey'-lhe nSleiie
Of the United States--oommelclai o. o,,ie
and Towns OF the US. no. AAlA DAY ~
more-Opdykes follticai Econoniy ~
! Hare, on the Law OF S'orms-hile iiisuiaiio
d &C., &c, The Merchants masoAiiie ''a' D'e
d established 70 years, ana s.iaise 90 :. A'p
,f seem, no other periodicai WINCH couiu Suc
ID cessfully fill its place mas ever peen iSSueu'-
!, an evidence OF the peculiar ana popular man
3 ner in which Mr.. Hunt mas conouc'eu III
N work. Terms Se,oo per year,
s. American Wn1g he0'eO'-Ah reOiu'i
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suprIYrko THE ONO RIVER wIrH WATER

SUPPLYING THE OHIO RIVER WITH WATER.
A resolution is before the Pennsylvania Leg
islature requesting the members of Congress
from that State 10 obtain such Congressional
action as will promote the adoption Of the
plan which has been submitted 10 Congress
by Charles Ellet jr.. for supplying the Ohio
river with water during periods, Of drought.
by means of reservoirs, to be constructed up
on the tributaries thereof.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20
Can the children of parents who are mutes

Can the children of parents who are mutes
enjoy the faculties of speech and heanng?-
Statistics shall answer that question Two
hundred educated deaf mutes assembled in
Hartford, Connecticut, September %, 1850.
OF these, l03 were married, some quite re.
Gently. Seyenty-two were parents, the pa
rents, OF l02 children, ninety-eight of whom
can hear and speak. Instances are given o.
parents. both deaf from birth, having chill
dren able to hear and speak. San instance,
says Mr.. TYLER, "exists in our Institution
in the case of an instructor and his amiabl'
wife, both deaf from birth, but their twc
bright little boys have all their senses in per
feciion."
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20
superiority Of French RIDES.

Sir Charles Shaw, in letter published in
the London Times, calls attention TO the
great superiority of the rifles usedin the re-
cent Algerian war Pcnnsyluanian.
French rifles may be very superior, but
French marksmen are certainly most con-
temptible An American backwoodsman
will hit at an bundled yards, silver ftp;
but Frenchman, after many trials, at thirty
PAGES, can't hit a napoleon!--Cin Eng.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

ESCAPE FROM PRIsoE Two mon named
John Dale and James Buchanan alias VIM.
Nc. Dowel, confined in the Clermont county
Jail. the former upon charge Of murder, the
latter upon charge Of passing counterfeit
money, succeeded in efecting their rescape on
last Monday night.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

Lovg.--Loye is the diomond among the
Jewels OF the belieyers's breastplate. The
others grace shine like the. precious stones
Of nature, with their own peculiar lustr'
and vsnous hues, but the diamond is white
uniting all the Others.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

ANOTHER GoNE.-Last Sunday, Jno. Hum
prey, revolutionary soldier, died at his resi-
dence in Bullitt county, KY, in the s2d year
of bis age. He was the last Of the band in
that region, and in a few.years more, not one
will be left in the land.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

0r Boston has had fifty two successive
days of sleighing. What is singular, with
90 much snow, they have had nothing like
the quantity Of ice experienced in more
southern ATTITUDES. Boston harbor has been
free and open, and vessels have arrived and
departed daily without obstruction.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

os- "The British Tariff" will have to
bear the following burtben, we suppose, in
these ruinous times -
"The Fall River (Mass.) News states that
the proprietors Of the Wahtapee Mill, in
that town, last week raised the wages Of
their weavers about ten per cent"
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COLUMBUS. Feb. l6.

The discussion on the contested seat from
Morgan county, in the House, was closed
to-day, by the acceptance Of the special
committees report, recommending the 70.
cognition Of Mr.. Beswick, as the represenl
tative from Morgan county. Mr.. Beswick
was accordingly sworn IN. You are aware
that be isa democrat. Mr.. Parish, claiming
to represent Noble county, on hearing these
proceedings Of the House, waived any fur
ther pressing bis claims, and so advised the
House. The decision in the Morgan coRo
was conclusive as 10 the pretensions Of Mr..
Parish. He will Of course receive no pay
for the time lie has been here. This closer
the docket Of contested cases for the pres
lent legislature. CRVEADER.
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oGEx-P President Tyler is out with let
fer OH Intervention, in which he intimates
that we cannot do much for Kossuth just
now; but thinks that in about % years the
oppressed nations may bring their complaints
to the bar of the American Senate, as of old
to Rome, with the certainty of being heard y
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

The Jesuits IN France have received check
in their campaign against free-masonry.--
Prince Lucien Murat has been elected Grand
Master in France, and the President has au-
thorized his cousin to accept the office.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

MORE DAMAaEs.--Mrs. Mary III. Hubbard
obtained verdict Tor $o,25O damages a.
gainst Middletown, Ct, for improper con.
struction ofa road by which her,carriage was
overturned and she mnchinjured.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

A COMET BURST The singular announce
ment is made, by correspondent of the
Boston Traveller, that Biela's Comet was
rent asunler in November, l645. He says
that the two pieces were seen both in Eu-
rope and America. One YVES larger and
brighter than The other, and side by side
they retired into the distant regions of space,
in the same path the unbroken comet would
have pursued. FL.
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Arrival Of the steamer El Dorado.

New York, Feb. l6.
The steamer El Dorado, with advices -four
days later frcm California, arrived at this
port this evening. She brings 81 l,l00,0 600 in
gold dust on freight, and $245,000 in thr
hands Of passengers.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The legislative business was proceeding
quietly at Sacramento. Salt provisions, on
the Isihmus, were selling at high rates beeI
was sold at $l00 per bl.
The Miners Convention, as well as the
Legislature, was in session at Sacramento.
The dry diggings were destitute Of water
and the miners were consequently focking to
the city.
New mines of great richness have beer
discovered 100 miles south of SCOTS river.
A health department had been established
at San Francisco, TO support which, one dol
lara head is taken from all passengers arriv
ing.
No definite proceeding in regard to tht
election of U. S. Senator had taken place
A resolution was introduced in the Senate in
inviting the House to 60 into the election
but il was laid on the table.
In the House MIR. Crabbe gave notice o
his intention to introduce bill relating Il
slaves, as free people of color.
The San Francisco markets are quiet ant
unchanged. Eastern cities four per cen
premium.
The passengers by the El Dorado are jus
twenty.four days from San Francisco, bein
the quickest trip yet.
The health on the Isthmus was good. Pas
sengers were leaving Panama in sailing YES
sells and steamers, and tickets were selling a
| an advance.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

.OrAt Marlborough, in Stark county, Q
strong Abolition community, William An
dcrson and Harriet Smith were married on
IS i5th inst. The former was Of the black
color The latter Of TIE white color
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

0-rThe New York Tribune has a letter
from Washington. which gives out that
aGen. ScorT will, no doubt, come out, with
some kind Of a show that he is a Compro-
mise man. and this will change the whole
politicai chess board.n
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

KossuTH BAH;zs.--A curious fellow, moi
much renowned as a good mathematician,
has calculated that there are 675, 900, ,000,.
10000, 900, 900, 900 100000, 100000 babies
in the United States pamed after Kossulh.
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"Wbat are you looking after my dearF
said very afiectionate mother to her only
daughter The daughter looked round and
thus replied; "Looking after a son-in,law
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-20

Whyissa coat that has lost its skirts, like
Ia discreet ffiend2 Because IFS got no tails
! 10 tell Of the places where you've been,
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" IIEW VETKNTE1 FE1. I4ll
Milton Pfands. Of Lancaster PENN,
tsirInea Californian, vas found murdered.
4 :ew aays ago. In this city. The murderer
ls u custody, as well as four other persons,
who were Immediately implicated.
Inc schooner Oregon Is in from Tempico.
snow 1eil az Tampico on The 18th January.
thick. .
The hrigs Union and Susan Shepherd were
lost in gale on the 18th JonparF near ".
ra Cruz. All hands were saved. Tbe ves-
sells were owned in thiscity.