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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-03-12
Foreign Items.

"A young shopman in Austria has been sen.
fenced to twenty blows within stick, heay,
irons for week and enrolment in q punish.
pept company 10 work II a fortress ior M
itakliig of bis hat In The sheet as tlle Einner
Or passed by. The young man pleaded "a eY.
tenuation forgetfuness, and said no disye.
spect was intended, but in vain. The SEN
tence was enforced for example.
The London|rimes says: II is now Ger.
tam that an augmentation of the army will
take place. We understand that within the
last few days orders have been issued to raise
recruits in anticipation of this auementa-
.ion- This increase, ii is now settled will
pc m the infantry, and will, we hear, be ef-
iected by raising all regiments al home from
1oU to 1000 rank and.fie each. Some other
changes are to be made, but we understand
that the entire augmentation will be about
l0,ooO meil--no officers are, il is said, 10 be
added. The measure in detail will be short.
ly published.
Austria has l8 regiments Of the gendar-
merle, or drilled regularly paid police, eaclI
regiment consisting Of 200 men. In ad.
dition TO these, there are about 100000 secret
and. paid, and secret and unpaid agents of the
police, or spies. s
The Turkish Government have at present
in course Of construction, in England, seven
steamers, Of 300, 700, 300 and zoo tons
The Lithographic Correspondence of Wen
ma states that Prince Windischgratz has def
laltely accepted the post of Civil and Military
Governor of Hungary.
The Imperial Gazette of Vienna reports the
condemnation Of Doctor of Law to two
months imprisonment, for speaking highly
OF the constitution, which the government
has since abolished.
The Paris correspondent of the Post, speak.
ing OF the freaks of Louis Napoleon. saws
Every morning we have new decree for GU,
breakfast, which Is Immediately published in
morning edition of the Patris copied from
the Monitepr. 1t is said mis- secretary is full
OF DEGREES all prepared for emission. p
| Upon the whole, he is an extraordinar,
character: and no one can fathom him. III,
expects himself to be assassinated, and take
no precaution to avoid il. Going about a
; nsual unattended, on foot, on horsebacl, an,
IN small coupe. The report of his goin
10 marry is unfounded. :
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IBERTY, E a AITY, PROGRESSION.


sion to the Indian law was not necessary and
his remarks upon our modesty were entirely
gratuitous, as we spoke only Of the Maine
Law. The two laws are very different. The
'1wiing in and wiring OUT to prove that pro
perty is not propetty is funny enough; and
equally cogent are his reasons for not paying
persons for property Of which they have been
deprived. Use mans horse and he should
tbe paid for II, Kin him and the owner is MOI
entitled 10 cent. Queer reasoning, that
The "counterfeit tools is nota parallel case
neither is the "damed river" AS our friend
has had his say in the matter we hope he viii
consent to lei it rest atleast for the time BE-
| ing, s9s
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-Tuesday MORNING, March Q, 1852.


The charge Of Judge Hoadley, in the case
of die Xshia Branch Bank, vs.. Gibson and
others Is Of some interest these days, The
defendants claimed that the acceptance or
which the suit was brought, was injected
with rsury. We copy most Of the Judges
charge to the jury:
By the 6lst section of the charter ol the
State Bank and Branches, repealed in l84e
and re viyed in 1850, every loan or discount
in which usurious interest is taken or assess
ed is forfeited.
And by the third section of the &C! o.
March 18th, 1850, the same provision o.
law is repeated.
What cannot be done directly, cannot be
done indirectly. A mere evasion OF tht
usury laws,--a mere shift, contrivance or de-
vice to eyade them renders the contract voit
Just as. their open and .ayowed violation
does. They who live by the law must I've
within il. And corporations, those artifi
cial creations OF the legislative power, mus
never be wanting in loyalty to the spirit az
we'll the letter Of the law.
To the spirit, l say, for though a contrac
NAV conform to the Letter, as this seems L
do (for every creditor has right to paymen
in The constitutional currency OF gold ant
silver yet il the intent and meaning Of tn
law is eyaded, the contract is no less volt
than if in open defiance Of law. Ever.
fraud, or nearly every one, conforms to lega
forms, but that honest adherence TO law II
its spirit is wanting, which alone renders
valid, and therefore fraud avoids all con
tracts, whatever their form.
II then you are satisfied that the transac
tions to which refer resulted il the uirtaa
taking or reservation Of usuious interest b.
the plaintiff, the Xenia Branch, in the pur
chase or discount, (whicheverit was) of thi
acceplonce--if the discount or purchase
this acceptance was not o bona jtdc and lie
gitimate discount or purchase al six per cent
but was mere contrivance, shit or deyic
To- take or reserve interest at the rate OF NOR
than six per cent per annum, the plalnti
canno. recover, but your verdict must be 70
the defendants. e5a U.s..
After two hours absence, the jury retutne
verdict for the defendants. We imogln
there are other Banks. in the State whlc
eyade The law, after the fashion of the Aenl
Branch, and it is altogether probable tina
this decision will have very salutary effec'
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a rrightened commOdore.

The Long and Kossuth correspondence
has been published by Congress, and pre-
sents some rich points. The following lei
ter from Commodore Morgan TO Consul
Hodge shows wha, trepidation the gallan
Commodore was caused by the demonstra'
tion in homer Of Kossuth. An enemy's
seventy four TO the windward Of him, with
in point blank shot, would not have caused
him half the trouble, as the respect shown
Kossuth by the liberty-loving people o.
Spezzia: - 80,
SpEzzlA, September %, 1851.
My DEAR Consul Such are the neces
stiles and lrailties of human yentsthat, af-
ter all, the Mississippi will be at Marseille!
within week with Kossuth. The devil
seems to possess this gentleman. lie con.
templates leaving the ship at that point
with his wife and children, for England, and
to Join her again in twenty days thereafter
al Gibraltar. His determined willulness is
unconquenble, and the ship will speed te
your city within few days. He is utterly
uagouernable, and / am compelled to hasten
him out of this country. He is like fire.
brand; the whole bay around was illumlna'
ted last night, bands Of music surrounding
the steamer, and he always ready for ap'
plause.
: The public authorities are alarmed to ut
ter confusion, and they run about the streets
having all the appearance Of somnambulists
Good morning. In great haste, yours,
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Arrested.

About one year ago, it will be remember
ed, VIM. Henry Barrett, Sheriff Of Glop
cester, England. and an extensive corn fac
tor, suddenly left that country for parts un-
known. 1t was shortly afterwards discover
ed that he had committed forgeries to the
amount Of $25,000. He was traced &c
Southampton, which port he had left for N
York. A reward Of $500 was offered fol
his arrest, and on Tuesday night last, be
was arrested by Marshal Ruffip, Of Cincin'
natl, near Richmond, la. He was soon in
charge Of U. S. Deputy Marshals, Clacknel
and Hunt, who took him 10 Canelton, where
he is now in prison awaiting the demand o.
the British Government, through her Majes-
ty's Consul at New York. Justice may Be
slow, but il is nevertheless sure.
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0g-Mr. Welsh, said to be a we'll known
resident Of Jalapa, has been imprisoned al
Vera Cruz, by the Mexican authorities, on The
charge Of being accessory to the revolutions
ry movement on the Rio Grande. He stern,
ly protests his entire innocence, and has writ
ten an appeal to the American government,
which has been transmitted 10 Washington,
and also an address to the British Minister,
being native of England. i'.'. IA
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Horrid Murders.

- - {.
We find the following among the tele-
graphic dispatches TO the Buffalo papers:
Sr. LOUIS, Feb. 27.
We learn from Burlington, Iowa, that D
terrible tragedy was enacted on Friday last
near Fort Smelling. 1t appears that some
five years since, man named William
Wingate, and possessed Of considerable
property, settled with his family in Potta-
wamie county, Iowa, and took up large
trac. OF land. Soon after he became a con-
vert to Mormonism and abandoned bis fam
lly, but about a. year since returned and
claimed possession Of his property, which
was all yielded TO him by his sons, two Of
whom had married during his absence, and
the mother and sons refused the oyertures
towards reconciliation, and removed and
settled ashort distance from Fort Smelling.
Wingate seems since that time to have as
svciated with gang OF haIf-breeds and The
moss lawless Characters, and on Friday last,
in company with several of them, again Wis.
tied his family and claimed shelter His
sons offered every hospitality to him but
would not admit his companions, and they
accordingly left together but at night re-
turned again, and ON being refused admit
lance, and the doors closed against them,
they fired upon the inmates, killing Mrs.
Wngate and the eldest of the four younp
men, They subsequently set fire to the
building, and as the surviving inmates at
tempted to escape, the two young women
were killed, and the dwelling and out hou-
ses were then burned TO ashes.
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nrnwned.

The body Of a man, supposed to be -
Mccall, was found in the Ohio River, on the
25th ult., near Gallipolis. The deceasedwas
supposed 10 be about 40 years Of age; hewas
5 feet ten inches high, with black hair, and
had on a striped cotton shirt, striped linsey
-undersbirt, blue cassinet pants, and coarse
heavy shoes. On his person was found fit
teen dollars, a trunk key,a copper cross, and
a few papers, among which was one in refer.
ence TO his good moral character
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o-T Brownlow, the great wing editor Of
Tennessee, in a late number Of his paper,
gives fair warning as to what his course will
be in the event of the nomination Of Gen
Scott for the presidency. He says:
g'' Il am an humble member Of the party
and will supportin good faith either Fillmore
or Webster; but not Gen. Scott, though be
may receive the endorsements Of all the whig
conventions that may assemble between hell
and heavens sandlbetween this and November
next. He has personal vanity enough ia
damn seven successive administrations, and
with livery poor civil qualifications and by
no means high order Of talents"
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PREsERvATIoN oFSHADE TREES. The en-
tire efficacy Of decotion OF tobacco in pre-
serving elm, linden and other shade trees from
the rayages of the worm las now been satis-
factorily establishedby repeated experiments.
This specific, we learn, has been tried in
Washington BY the Commissioner Of Public
Buildings on the elms in front of the Capitol
steps, and BY the keeper Of the grounds at
the War and Navy Departments on both elm
and linden trees, and in each case wasattend-
ed with most perfect success. The decotion.
is destructive both to the bug which feeds on
these trees and 10 the egg which it deposites
on the under side Of the leaf. The proper
ime for the application is as soon as the
caves are well developed, at which time the
presence of the bug may easily be perceived,
The cost of the decoction is inconsiderable.
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ETERNIrY.-A western clergyman, in one
OF his sermons, exclaimed to his hearers -
Eternity why, don't you know the mean
ing Of that word nor neither, hardly, II
is forever and ever, and FIVE OF six centuries
top Of that. You might place row Of
figures rom here 10 sunset, and cypher them
all up, and it would not begin 10 tell how
many ages long eternity is. Why, my
friends, after millions and trillions Of yeafs
nave rolled away In eternity. it would be
hundred Thousand years until breakfast,
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-03-12
A Forrest tribute.

Thirty ladies Of New York, all but three
Of them strangers TO Mrs. Forrest, have pre-
sented to her lawyer, the able and eloquent
0Connor, rich silver pitcher and stand, as
an expression Of their admiration Of bis
|disinterested conduct in the late divorce
trial, The pitcher is tasteful article, rich
ly chased, and of the form Of the Pompeian
vase.
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DROWNED.

Thomas, SON Of Alex. Duncan, Ex-Mem-
Der Of Congress, Of Hamilton county, was
drowned, few days since while endeavor-
ng to get duck which he had shot, out Of
the Little Miami River. He had just arrived
at the years Of manhood.
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HURRAH!-There are now twelve thou
sand manageable girls in the City of Low
ell Massachusetts,. Six hundred were mar
ried there last year, and if the number does
not increase more rapidly, there will be .
fright smart chance" for cheap" Of old
maids in the next twenty years.
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OEFIcE ON lIARKEg sFREEF

The Russian Minister gives costly din
ner every week 10 exactly ihirty-six gentIe-
men in Washington. The French Minister
i is laying j. on thick in The way Of costly
entertainments. Since Louis Napoleon
was shot at and missed, his Minister. in this
country has dispensed with balls IN hisen-
tertainments.
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FRENCH IMMIcRATroN. - A letter from
Paris Of the 9Th Of February, spoke Of !
large emigration of Frenchmen for fhe Uni.
ted States. during the last week, via IIsvre
upholsters, machinists, dJefs, wine maisers
weavers. and designers, were in company.
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A loving father of many .childien wus
once asked which he loved most, bis boys or
his girls. HWhy,n said he. sswhen my hoss
are gentle babes, and sucking Al their moih-
ers breast. like them hest; but when thky
grow up aud come 70 suck me, my preier-.
ence diyerges towards The girls.
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0rThe Charleston, Kenawha, virginian

OTThe Charleston, Kenawha, Virginian
|pubiisicsa rumor, tnata gentleman. travelling
in sleigh along the Kenawha turnpike, in
the neighborhood Of Gauley Mountain, bad
encountered gang Of robbers, who demanl
ded his life or his money. The traveller took
the latter horn of Inc dilemma and surrender
ed his available means, about $500, and be-
sides Offered to execute his note 10 the bandits
for o like amount at 60 days, for the privilege
of passing on in safety! 49, ,s
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nisaster.

New ORLEANS, February q. The bark
Patrick Henry, which cleared from this port
last week, for Providence, r. l., took tife at
the Balize yesterday, and was scugtled and
sunk In eighteen ieet water. She will probs
ably be q total loss.
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TuNEELLIEc THE Hupson. The yafious
railroad compapiesnt Albany arc moving in
the matter Of constructing a tunnel under
the Hudson river II is said that lh6 ex-.
pense will Be about hnlf milli0n 81 dol.
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JssFg LIND in cIoyrR,--The Springfield.
Mass, Post states that Mrs. Jenny Lind
Goldsehmist has purchased . farm in North.
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0cs- The Hon. John G. Spencer, il is sale
has given it as his opinion that the Maine
Law is unconstitutional.
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SHAMF-A Mls Cooper 4 young woman
residing At PomfIet, cOnnseticut, rscenily
eloped with ecolOred gentleman, taking
with her an only child.
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schools in scioto County.
We take the following from the report o
the Auditor of State upon the condition o
conononn cchnnls. rtef


the Auditor of State upon the condition oi
common schools: E4
AuDIToR's OFFICE, Portsmouth, o.
December IL, 1851.
The following report of the condition OF
common schools, in Scioto county, is the best
that | can make, as the clerks of the different
townships have all failed to make their re-
lports:
Number of whole districts within the coun-
ty, lin some instances composedof of
parts of two or more townships 81
The whole number Of common schools
taught during the year was l09
The whole number of teachers en-.
ployed during the year was
Males 7e
Females 81
Total number employed during the
year , los
The whole number of youths, be.
tween The ages of 4 and 81 years,
was
Males $685.
Females 3.65s
-
Total number OF youthsenumemted 1851
The whole number OF scholars enroll
ed during the year, was.
Males 2,727
Females 2,29f
s -
Total 5,02a
The average number in daily attend
ance, during the year, was
Males l,47e
Females @ 1917
~ -
Amount paid teachers of common '
schools, from the public funds, S6,958 90 I
From other sources 1900 81
--
Total $Sf56 Ga :
si%s'I Sp & %SaiSi sSsS ians dS%oa s eSss'
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trz> Mr. Fo1est, on he Divorce case. has
apfeai1d % ll,e Sapieins copgs His s1le-.
ties are M<EEls. TSn. c. Bryant tna I
son.
Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-01-30
CIRCULAR.

WASHINGTON, august i, 1851.
OUR: After consulting many persons interested in the
~ principal Railroads in the United States the under
signed propose to establish agencies in this city and in
New york. for the purpose OF coectng Iu anu authen,
enable them persons desiring to invest in Rail-
road securities TO OF any matters
connected with the construction and administration of
Congress modification Of the laws relating to contracts
for carrying the mall 50 as 70 authorize sne post ONCE
and instead of paying now, quarterly on contracts for
four years. to advance In five bonds OF the United
States chargeabe upon the revenues OF the Post ONCE
Department. amount the interest upon which ut per
cent. would equal the payments now made.
the mail on frstclass Railroads This is per cent on
$4,000 The undersigned would urge that instead OF pay
ing $500 mile per anpum, the Department should de-
liver contract in perpetuity five 81 900 bonds,
bearing interest of five per centum At this rate the
charge upon the Department would be reduced from $500
to $3.50 a mile, per annum and the $50 mile saved
would create sinking fund, which will in few years,
pay of the bonds and give the of such roads forever
thereafter free of all charge; thereby eecting vast
saving the present annual expenditures of the Post
Office Department, and consequent reduction Of the
rates of postage.
The effect will be no less to Railroad com
panies than to the Government For instance, such
contract would give to the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad
Company than which would enable that
company complete its road at early day. and greatly
increase its business and profits.
But to meet objections and impress the public mind
with proper of the benefits to result from this
measure will require concert OF action and continued
active effort through the and otherwise. The
dersgned tender their services 10 your company expect
ing reasonable compensation, partly contingent upon
the of the measures and respectfully suggest the
proprety of your sending delegates to this
city, the first Wednesday in December next to confer
with delegates from other Railroad companies to the
details of the proposed and the best mode OF
bringing the subject before Congress
Should it be your pleasure to accept of services in
this matter will promptly attend to all other business,
which you, your Company, may have with the Post
Office Department, other branch Of the Government
Hoping hear from you at your earliest convenience
we are, respectfully, your obedient servants,
DUFF GREEN,
nov 29-f BEN. E. GREEN.
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English LuxuriOusne ss.

The Earl of Spencers homestead, about sixty
miles from London, comprises ten thousand acres,
tastefully divided into parks, meadows pastures,
woods and gardens. His library, called the finest
private library in the world, contains fifty thou
sand volumes. Extensive and elegant stables,
green houses and Conservatives, gamc-keepels
house. and dog kennels, porters lodge, and farm
houses without number, go to complete the estab-
lishment. Hundreds ofsheep and cattle Craze in
the parks about the house.
The Duke of Richmond's home farm, at Good
wood sixty miles from London, consists of
%, 900 acres, or over 35 square miles. And this
is in crowded England, which has a population of
16, 900, 000 and an area of only SO, 600 square
miles, or Just 32, 900, 600 of acres, giving, were
the land divided, but two acres to each inhabi-
tant The residence of the Duke is complete
palace One extensive hall is covered with yell
low silk and pictures in the richest and most
costly tapestry. The dishes and plates upon the
tables are all of porcelain, silver, and gold.
Twenty-Five race-horses stand in the stable, each
being assigned to the care of special groom.
grotto near the house, the ladies spent SIX years
in adjoining. An avary is supplied with almost
every variety of rare and elegant birds. Large
herds of cattle, sheep, and deer, are spread over
the immense lawns
The Duke of Devonshire's place. at Chatsworth,
is said to excel in magnifcence any other in the
kingdom. The income of the Duke is one million
of dollars year, and he is said to spend it all.
In the grounds about his house are kept four
hundred head of cattle, and fourteen hundred
deer The kitchen garden contains twelve acres,
and is filed with almost every species of fruit
and vegetables A vast apboretum, connected
with the establishment is designed to contain a
sample of every tree that grows There is also
glass conservatory, 3s7 feet in length, l12 in
breadth, 81 in height covered by $1,000 square
feet of glass, and warmed by seven miles of pipes
conveying hot water. One plant was obtained
from India by a special messenger, and is valued
at $40, 900. One of the fountains near the house
plays 275 feet high, said to be the highest jet in
the world Chatsworth contains 8, 500 acres, but
the Duke owns 96, 600 acres in the county of Der
byshire Within, the entire is one vast scene of
paintings, sculpture, mosaic work, carved vain
scoting and all the eegancies and luxuries within
the reach of almost boundless wealth and refined
tnstn.