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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-07-02
HENRY CLAY Is pEApI

The nation mourns the loss Of one Of hel
most distinguished statesmen. Henry Clay
is numbered with those who sleep the sleer
Of death. He died a. Washington City, yes
ieraay, June 29th, after severe and protrac-
ted illness, which he bore with that resigna-
ton and fortitude which became Christian
and great man. He served his country
long, and the party Of which he was often
leader ably, In many Of the dark hours oi
the Republic lie was found battling for the
right, and giving way to hisgenerous impuls-
as and his love Of liberty, breaking party
lines and throwing his influence for the pre-
6ervation Of the Union and lis honor. His
name is familiar to every school boy, and it
will be found occupying a conspicuous place
in the annals Of our country so long as the
Union and Liberty shall have an existence,
which We pray, may be time without end.-
Peace to bis ashes.
His demise was announced in this place
. few minutes after the sad event occurred,
,sndour citizens paid proper tribute to his
memory by the tolling Of all the bells, and
,he closing Of business for the evening.
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From the Union.


The following are extracts from two let
ters, received by members of Congress with
in the last twenty-four hours. The first is
from leading whig manuiacturerin Connec-
ticut---a gentleman of fortune, and who has
repeatedly been honored with high public
trusts in that State. We give the extract,
emphasized as it is written in the original:
"What think you Of the whig nomination?
| CAN'T GO ScoTT, NO now. He has kept bad
company thousands of wings in tlris State
will not vote for him because he has been as
sociated with Seward, Greedy, &C. No dan
ger of his election this time. MARK WHAT
TELL YOU"
The second extract is from leading and
influential New York merchant
81 HAVE THIS MOMENT been informed oil
the nomination OF General Scott by the Whig
Convention. This is death blow to the
whg party, or, at least TO any hope of whig
administration for a long while 10 come
During our long acquaintance you have ul
ways known me wHIG of the STRONGEST kind
but cannot NOW continue in the whig ranks
therefore am desirous ofenlisting under tht
banner Of Pierce and King and if you will
send me YOUR ASSURANCE that will be we!
coined in the democratic ranks for the ensu
ling campaign, ! pledge you my hearty sup
port" 'S4
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Gunpowder, il is calculated. will take him
lGen. Scott into the Presidential chair.--
Dispatch, II. t.t4
Well, he will not faint at the smell of it.
ATrib. d Clip.
We should like to know whether it was
EaiHtness that induced Gen. Scott to refuse
10 accept the challenge of Gen. Jackson, OF
religious" and patriotic" motives as be sla-
ted. If the latter, why did he, shortly after.
wards. challenge De Witt Clinton to fight Q
duel when he knew that gentleman's oatt
as Governor of N. York would prevent him
from acceptingitY Can the witty gentle
man Of the Tribune and Clipper inform us
] Gen. Scott faiaied when old Hickory chal
lsDged him, but. when he knew, that Their
was no danger Of fight, he grew bold as |
lion, and challenged the Governor of New
York, Tor q less serious provocation than wa
given him BY Gen. Jacksonl Can't ou
neighbor post bis readers up, on this mat
teri n
4 ~ "a.
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WaEAT FROM THE 0HIo.--A few yearssince, a.
very extensive trade was carried on in ihe.ex-
portation Of wheat to Cincinnati, ond other
points, on the Ohio. During the present reason
we have been large importersof the article from
that quarter. Many ofthe city mills have been
kept running, fol. the past ninety days. by The
liberal supplies from the Ohio and its tributa-
ries, principally from the Wabash.
On the steamer Silas Wright, we observed
one thousand and twenty sacks, land two hun
dred aud forty seven barrels of wheat, which
was taken aboard at Madison, where it ad
been received by railroad from the fertile re-
region around indianapolis. We learn, from
the officers Of the Wright, that two large ware
houses in Madisonare completely filled with
wheat already purchased for account Of mills
in this city The steamer Ohio, bound for this
port, has engaged to bring three thousand dsacks,
and was loading on Friday evening last.
ISt. Louis Union, June ".
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Hit him Again !

Mr.. Editor Ely, Of the Scioto Gazette, told
his readers, some time ago, that he had no aspi.
rations for Office. He already had one, but got
another as delegate TO the whig "Fuss and Fea.
ther' Convention, and has got himself into
trouble. Hear now the Forrest City nicks
him:
~ Seneca w. Ely, we are informed was
the Ohio Judas, who voted forty y.six times a.
gainst Genera Scott, in palpable violation o.
the wishes of 99-l00ths of the Wings of Ohio
because he held dirty insignificant office un
der Fillmore
ale made virtue of necessity on the last
day, and voted for Scott, when his vote cou!t
no longer do the General any harm p
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As We anticipated, The viig papers are
filed with aecountsof the military achlev-
menis Of Gen, Scott. His lie has been
written BY forty authors since his nomina-
tions and can now deserved up in any shape
or form, from "yaIler paper ,kisets," and
l,hasty plate Of soup stylee to fine embossed
morocco. OF course, The same oldsioy is
told Of Lundy's Lane, Chippewa and Fort
George, which battles. together with those
fought in going to Mexico, are represented
by wood cnts, in which the General is the
only man on horseback and be is rushing fu-
riously on the enemy seeking the bubble
reputation even at the cannon's mouth p
And the biographer exclaims, '.wha; braue
mani" In one place the General issepresen-
ted as standing ona log making speech
but not stump speech, ith uplilted
hand, tragic ccuntenance, and each particu
lar hair standing on end like quills upon the
retlul percupine, The writer then exclanns,
"What an eloquent manr' In fact, accord
fling TO whig authority, there never was o
whig candidate, grea. or small, that was moi
as wise as Solomon, as eloquent as Henry
end as honest and patriotic as Washington.
Per contra, TO be ademocratic candidate, nc.
cording to the same authority, is prima Ja-
cis evidence that the one who has that hon.
OF is very ordinary individual, indeed,
without character or qualifications of any
sort for Office. If civilian, he has robbed
a hen-roost, or committed some other dep.
lredation, equally as mean. If soldier he is
Ian arrant coward or pompous pretender.-
speaking of this matter the Erie Observer
lsays;
Who has not heard General Cass's talents
sneered a., his services in the army deriGet
and his honesty assailed? And so also witt
every democratic statesman and soldier; ant
now the same kind of tactics ore used a
gainst Pierce. Now, while the democratic
party does not claim its candidate TO be The
greatest general that ever lived, or seek t.
elect him because of his military prowess, i
claims, and that justly, that though his mill
tary career was brief, il was free from re-
: proach, or cowardice, or mediocrity. Aud
10 sustain us in this, we have the concurrent
testimony Of his seniors in command, in
Guiding General Scott, as we'll os that OF The
privates who served under him. The testi
mony OF military man like Gen. Scott
who, however much we may differ in regart
TO his qualiticali lions for President. all concur
in awarding the highest military talent, oughl
10 be sufficient to shut The mouth of all in
clined TO follow the trough notes. in slur
upon General Pierce.
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Townshend and Giddings.

These two northern Ohio gentlemen have
been making themselves noted by denouncing
the action Of the wing and democratic con-
ventions, in regard to the compromise. -
Giddings declared, in speech in Congress,
the other day, that the wings and democrats is
were to be united SO far as principles were
concerned, and that the only remaining OBJ
ject OF controversy between them was the
Spoils. He boasted that the "free democrats
on the Buffalo platform, held and would
WELD, the balance of power in the coming
contest for the Presidency. This is The first
time that the free soil members Of Congress,
have openly and boldly proclaimed their in
tentions, and no doubt their speeches were
intended toawaken the free soilersof ofboth par
ties in Ohio. and cause them TO join the new
faction which Giddings & Co. are endeayor-
ing to organize.
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~ The Journal saws the TELEGRAPH annou,

~ The Journal says the telegraph annou' +.
ces "Gen. Scott as the Wing candidate for ie
next Presidency, and, by this annunciation mas
unquestionably impaired large portion # its
own electricity to the people OF the U. States"
1t did act like an electric shock, and knocked
all the whiggery out Of large number of prom.
nent wings about here.-Lowisrille Democrat.
1t operated all over the Union, from all ac-
counts, just as the Democrat says it did at Lou
lsvile.
Hear what The Lexington Ky., Statesman
says of the reception of the nomination at that
place: p,
Since the news came to hand, we have been
told by at least dozen wings, that they would
not vote for Scott, and most Of the number have
declared they would vote for Pierce. This is
literally true, and were we so disposed we
could give the names ;most Of them are among
our most respectable citizens,
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The Nicaragua Canal.

We announced short time since, that the
U. States and Great Britain had acknowl-
edged the independence Of San Juan. The e.
vent is of great importance, not only TO the
two acknowledging Governments, bu, to the
whole civilized commercial world. There
has been much trouble between the Two
countries, in regard 10 San Juan, for several
years. and had not her independence been
established serious consequences might have
been the result Of the bad feelings. The
Nicaragua Canal may now be considered a
fixed fact, the merchants Of London, on con-
dition OF the event which has taken place
have agreed to take thirty millions OF dollars
worth of Stock. or one half of the entire cost,
The union Of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
will be one OF the greatest commercial events
for which this century, in after times, will
be distinguished.
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Inlepehdent IslIe Co. .No. 3.

Weare pleased tosee great activity mani
tested in the members Of this company,
which has just been orgonized and from The
movements. and the character Of the men
who have taken hold Of the matter, predict
that it win be the largest and most efficient
Company in the City. Their magnificent
Engine viii probably arrive this morning on
the Scioto, from Providence, Rhode Island,
where il was manufactured Mr.: Ward, Of
this place is the builder Of the Hose Carriage,
and it is said he has made.a beautiful piece
Of work oft. As we shallsoon have onop-
portunity Of giyinga description in DETAIL
we refrain from further remarks at present
The following proceedings were had at the
organization Of the company:
Pursuant to notice arumber of the clti-
zens Of Portsmouth met at the lower Engine
House on Saturday evening, June 26, 1852,
or the purpose Of organizing an independent
Fire Company. On motion, Peter Kinney
was appointed Chairman, and Jas. Mexican
Secretary. On motion of Mr.. Ward, all pres
ent who desired to become members OF the
new company were invited to do SO. where
upon 81 names were enrolled. On motion,
the following persons were appointed to select
a sufficient number Of members, and re. ort
on Monday evening.
First Ward--John L. Wardand B. McFar-
lin.
Second do--Moses Baird and H. r. Kin
ney
Third doc. w. Smith and S. E. Warner
On motion, committee of six were ap-
pointed 10 draft Constitution &By Laws for
the regulation of the Company. Messrs,, P.
Kinney, 7. Dugun, ]. L. Ward, G. w. Smith
H. R, Kinney and B. McFarlin, were appoin-
ted.
On motion of Mr., Dugan, P. Kinney,J L
Ward, andS. E. Warner, were appointed o
committee TO draft an ordinance for the ben
eft Of this company. 10 be. presented 10 the
City Council for It's adoption.
On motion of Mr. Dugan, the minutes ot
this meeting were ordered to be inserted in
the city papers. Adjourned to meet on Mon.
day evening, June 26th
P. KINNEY, Chm.
JAS. McKEAN, Sec'y.
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JAS. McKEAE, Sec'y.

Biack,ooOd's Magasine. June No. ofthis
standard British work contains the following
articles: Policy of the Proteciionists-7Five
years in the West Indies-Fortune Hunting
Extraordinary--Ferguson, the Plotter--Canni
ma Lusoria, Scraps of Rhymes Thoughts upon
Dinners--Fragments of Poetry---The Grea
question. This No. also contains an index, i
being the last one of volume LXXI. Persons
wishing to subscribe should do so immediate
Iy, and begin with the next volume. Enclose
three dollars in letter and address Leonard
Scott & Co., 70 Fulton street, N. Y.
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& Rhtnin' ali round and Pourip, down
tS In flia nfidfIla -

|" MolnAns oll round nnaEOuf1p, 0OWn
In the Middle .
The New York Day Book, a Whig paper, has
been pitching iuio the Scott nomination in d
most admirable and-eifectiEe manner. Phe ed
itor says. of all the Wings he met on the day
after the nonniuation, he heard but one declare
openly that he would vote for Scott. and he
was an abolitionist and a believer in the spirit
trappingsn He continues +" That the. Wings
should repudiate such an administration
it should throw overheard such aman as Dan
iel Webster, after all that he has done for ii,
and takeup sucha conceited, ih-tempered and
foolish creature as Gen. Winfield SCOTT lis past
all comprehension and must be notifying il
the extreme to every sensible man of the party
1t shows what tits composed Of, and how con
temptible and utterly worthless it is in every
respect Ithas repudiated Henry Clay, Dan
! iel Webster. John J.. Crittenden and Miiiar(
Fillmore, fir such men as Winfield Scott, W
H, Seward, john M. Bolts and James @. Jones
Who wants anything to do withsuch party
Who will beIongto it? Who will support It
work for it, and go with it Who ?--Why, th'
Bloomers, the anti-renters, the Mormons, tht
Fourierites, the socialists, the spirit rappers
the Abolitionists and the advocates Of woman'
rights--the Finkles, the Joe Smiths, and thu
Lloyd Garriscns. The Whigs-bah who viii
say he is Whig, now : Not we, surely. W.
would as soon support Greeley or Abby Kell
Folsom, as Winfield Scott, W. H. Seward, an'
iSm Draper. The Southern wings may TAX
them and hug them to their bosoms, if the
choose, but the Workers never will. Perhap
Scott, with his abolition supporters here, AM
John NJ Clayton, John M. Bolts, Gov. Jones
and the Hon. Leslie Combs in The South, ma
carry Kentucky Tennessee and Maryland
but we can tel them that they will carry bu
just one Northern State. They will get yer
mont, and nothing else" J"
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GTThe Tribune and Clipper, in its truck
ling article relative 10 a communication in
the Ironton Register signed by "a furnace
man Of Greenup," alludes TO a statement
made by our correspondent, "Bob Walker"
as to the mode Of doing business at furna-
ces, and is pleased to lay the ill feeling man
ifested by the Registers Correspondent, 10
that statement. Our neighbor thinks it was
entirely unealled for. We agree that he nor
any body else who was endeavoring to make
political capital, or pecuniary capital. called
for any such statement, and we are well as
sued the protectionisis would much rather
er that Bob had kept his mouth shut. How
much soever the Tribune & &Clipper may re-
gret the appearance of our correspondents
article; (he statements in which have not
been proven untrue, as that paper states, but
rather verified) it has no one TO blame but
sitsell. II is well known that we never sought
"a controversy upon the hackneyed subject of
protection; and SO expressed ouselyes, as that
was not considered one OF the party issues /;
but our neighbors must needs have something
to increase their subscription list among fur
nacemen and took up the protection hobby,
never losing an opportunity OF speaking OF
The subject, and Of provoking us 10 discus
J sion. Such was The state of things when
our correspondent, attracted by the unusual
ly loud cries for "prolection'' which emana-
: ted from Front street, kindly volunteered his
services in series Of articles upon the sub
ject The manner in which he acquitted
himself may be judged BY the finching Of
our neighbors, who, we guess, were quite
ready and willing to,"play quits when Bot
ceasedto write. These are the facts, and We
mention them that our business men may
= know. should their trade be affected by wha
has been put fourth in the columns Of ou
paper, that the way 10 prevent recurrence
is to keep the protection organ silent, as th'
least said upon that subject is the best 70
them.
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Thc sectional Nomfnutioh.


Our statement that General Scotrs nonis
nation Is Inc ttiumph OF sectionalism il. TO
wing RANKS seem 70 have made flurry 5h.
some quarters We cannot wonder at il: fox
= u: 2 . Daa and unptomising beginning Of the
But look at the facts. The chance for Gem
eral SCOTS nomination has for months kent
the whig party virtually disbanded IN sever
al Of the southern States--has caused Them
to send delegates bound 10 secede fTom tlle
convention ii the Compromise was not APP
proyed--has caused the opinion to be adyo1
Gated by the leading Scott organs, that such
southern wings Should beshutout Of The con.
vention--and finally, has united The entire
South up to the fitch ballot In fayorof Mr..
Fillmore causing General Scott to get eight
votes in Virginia, three in Tennessee, and
three in Missouri, and not one other from
all thesouthern States, save Delaware, which
is-neutral ground on The sectional issues. -
And now be il remembered, that every one
OF these fourteen southern votes, given to
General Scott only ON the last ballot, were
scattering votes, confessed to be altogether a.
gainst the will and consent of the constitu-
Iencies whose preference they abandoned and
betrayed :
If that be not northern sectional nomina-
ton, we know not what can make a nomina-
ton sectional. Nor does the platform,
| in either Of its two widely different shapes.
help the matter for in the three great States
Eof New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, where
lay the whole heart and bulk OF the Scott
strengthin the convention, the platform was
voted down-a very large majority of the
teightyjfue votes Of these greatScott States be-
ling recorded againstits adoption. Y 3 .s,.
II, under these circumstances, Gen. SCOTS
nomination, platform included, can be called
in any sense national, we shall be glad to
know the facts on which lis nationality iS
based.- Wash. Union.
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SEVENTEENTH OF JUNE.---There have been
many striking incidents (says the New
Hampshire Patriot3 connected with the
nomination Of General Pierce for the presi-
dency, among them none more marked than
that lending the action Of the committee
appointed 10 wait upon General Pierce and
inform him Of his nomination. Without
concert. and merely accidenlly, the commit
tee waited upon the General on the lib day
oil June Just seventy seven years after the
battle Of Bunker Hill, in which Governor
Pierce, the father, then a private soldier.
was one of the most gallant actors. The
portrait Of the brave old veteran, who served
in the revolution from its Commencement 10
its close. which hung in the room in which
the committee was received. first called at
tention to the fact that The official notice of
the high honor which had been conferred up
on. the son was being given on that day.
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0T- AWashington correspondent Of thC
Cincinnati ENQUIRER. SAYS:

O A Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, says:
The nomination ofScoTT, Notwithstanding
the platform, is cold affair here among the
Administration Wings. All that the nomi-
nation Of Graham cap possibly accomplish Is
TO secure the State OF North Carolina. The
Democrats from all parts of the Unionsare in
fine spirits and full Of confidence that PIERCE
and KING will sweep the field. ~@
The following little incident shows The
difference in the character of ScoTT and
FRANK PIERCE. After Gen. Pierce's return
from the war with Mexico, he went up to
the department to settle with. the Govern
ment, and there was due 10 him three hun
dred and forty dollars, whichwas paid him
He then took siTty dollars from his pocket
and added TO the three hundred and forty and
said to gentleman, "give this four hundred
dollarst to the poor soldiers who are here
without means 10 60 TO their homes" which
was done. This is striking illustration ol
the noble heart of FRANK PIERCE, the nexl
President of the United States.
1t is remarkable how unpopular is Scott a
mong those who have always been associalet
with him; he has no supporters among hi
most familiar acqaintances; they all say ht
is helfiSh, austere, arrogant and naughty
thinking everybody beneath him and no per
son his equal, and those who attempt to a
pologise FOR him put i t on the ground ofhi
excessive vanity
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The physician who attends sic transit has
arrived and taken rooms at the fremont.
Boston Times. .a
The pugilist that nihil fit has gone to Bos-
ton, and expects to see sic transit in glofio
mlndi morning. Springfield Post.
He arrived safely, but soon delta blow at
sic transit and beta hole in his head.-Bos.
Bee.
We understand that nihl fiji him and voc,
tes head completely off, Bos. Museum.
The meanest part Of the whole affair is,
that after he was down, perbum sat on him.
Northern Light.
This must be a mistake, for sic transit was
inter SO DR.. BiSg last evening; and staid till
tecurn = Carpet Bag. q.
Queer lingo, this, We wonder what the
ditcit means, and what writers mentit for.
1t sounds cur ssd fidicalas.--N. o. Pic:
1t is a description OF The ridiculus mus
MenteS brought foHh.-- 81, Louis Signal.
Cum, gentlemen, be desint Carsas If
we are not sic Of such dunn foliiS.
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Demonstration in Favor of Gen. Scott.
Great Enthusiasm.

On Monday evening, when the news of Gen.
SCOTS nomination was announced, the people
of Cincinnati assembled spontaneously in mass
meetings, and by firing of cannon and loud aud
long cheers, testified their high satisfaction
with the choceof the convention.
Such is the strain in which the Louisville
Courier announces the reception Of the news
of Scoti's nomination al Cincinnati, Rising Sun,
New Albany, and other places. We hele. who
witnessed the Spontaneous demonstration in
this city, can laugh at the CANNON the Courier
puts off on its readers. A dozen boys and a
half dozen men made all the fuss here, without
rufling feather in the Democrat line Gin
Eng.
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Maine Liquor Law-.-A pecision.

The Supreme Court Of Maine has decided
the liquor law to be void, so far as II applies
TO the seizure oi the article in transitu, or in
a prfvatc house. According to this decision,
many cases where liquor was taken by off.
GERS from on board vessels, and from w6aryes
while in transit from one place TO, another
and destroyed were in violation Of the law,
and claim for damages may be instituted.
Statesman.