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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1853-03-18
Central Railroad.

Its known to our readers that bill ap-
propriating one million of dollars to this i'm
provement has been passed by the general
assembly of Virginia. We are pleased to
see that supplemental bill calling for an ad-
ditional appropriation of four millions OF
dollars to this work is now before the Legis-
lature. We cannot state the exact provis-
ions of the bill il is however of the nature as
above indicated and is certainly worthy OF
the serious attention Of our law Makers
The making of this additional appropriation
would be the surest guarantee OF the speedy
completion of this road. That this improve
ment ought to be made and that speedy is
the sentiment of the entire State. Wheth-
er OF not the Legislature will think itself jus.
tilted in making more appropriations the
present session is a matter on which we are
not prepared TO judge. Though we do think
there is no act they could do that would meet
with more general favor and give greater sat
isfaction-than the giving Of little more
material aid and comfort to the Central Rail.
road.-Kcnatuha Hirginiqn.
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AN IMMENSE FISK SToRg-- A writer in
the Dodge County Gazette" says, about sew
len daya since they began to take fish in Hor-
icon lake, in this State, and ever since they
hayeiaken from one to eight tons per day,
Of pickerel, weighing from one to twenty
three pounds each-from fifty to sixty per.
sons spearing, loading and drawing away
It is thought that over four hundred tons
have been taken il the vicinity of Horizon
and sold from SO to $50 on the ground, and
| S6per cwt taken away. AS for the bull heads,
the farmers are drawing tons and tons away
| for their swine. The water is literally black
with them, and man in boat dips up q
bushel minute with a basket He asserts
that one man takes two tons per day, and yet
the writer don't tell all for fear he won't BE-
believed
What does the N Y. Spirit of the Times
Say to this II Milwaukee Daily News.
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Fhe Gardiner Case.

This case came up in the criminal court Of
the United States on Friday last. The jury
being impannelled, Mr.. May opened the case
and spoke Of its great importance-said it
was the boldest, largest, and most successful
case Of fraud against the Government. The
dignity and respectability of the United
States Government, in the eyes of the world,
were at stake in the issue. He gave sue
'cinct history of the case and then stated
what the prosecution expected to prove
DR.. Gardiner, in his memorial to the Board
Of Commissioners, stated that early in the
year 1874, he was largely engaged in mining
operations in the State of San Luis Potosi,
Mexiro-employed 500 laborers-had up
wards of 100000 invested in new build
ings, steam engines, mules, and men of SCI
ence-that in l845 he was compelled to
abandon the establishment, his property hay-
ing been despoiled by Mexican soldiers-that
said mines were worth half million and
would have yielded him $50, 900 perannum
The accused filed with this memorial deposi
tions purporting to be from persons residing
in Mexico, going to show that he owned sait
mines. The issue was on the truth Or falsity
of these assertions. The United States af
firm, and expected to prove, that every state
ment in the memorial, and every paper pre-.
sented by him, were false from beginning tc
end--pure fiction and invention. Caroline
received from the United States as fruits o
the fraud $429, ,750. He expected to show
that the mine was so vaguely located that i
could not be found by the commissioners
although they offered $500 reward for it,
| That the persons whose names were furnish
ed as evidence of the title could not be founl
in Mexico-that every one Of the deposition
were made in Washington. DR., Gardine
was a poor dentist and never could hav
worked such mine as he describes--Ihdt b
was practising dentistry, in small way, o.
the Pacific coast, thousands Of miles distan
and that the mine, the title, the seals, an
signatures of public officers Of Mexico, wer
all forged.
Bradley thinking there was not time fc
opening the argument that-day, court adjourn
ed till morning.
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Lola Montez a printer.

Lola Montez, on paying a visit TO the Of
flee Of the Cincinnati Nonpareil, the Other
day. deliberately took composing "stick'
went to case" and "set up" the follow.
ing communication, greatly to the astonish.
msnt Of all the compositors present.
To THE EDlToRs OF THE NoNpAREIL
GEETLEMEE: Allow me. through the me-
dium of your valuable journal, to state that
Ihold the author of the falsehoods related Of
me in lo-day's Sun, daily paper, l4th March
SO utterly beneath my contempt even, that
Twill not hazard my name and position by q
Ereply. No more Black Mail can ever be lev.
Iiedon me. / beg to bear testimony to the
kindness and gallantry OF every other jour
nal in the Queen City of the West.
MARIE DE LANsrEfD HEALD LOLA MoNTEz
March 18th, '53.
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Depth of the Ocean.

Capt. Denham, Of the British Navy, has
presented a communication to the Royal So
cety on the depth Of the Ocean, and gives
an account Of sounding in 7,706 fathoms
of water The sounding was obtained on.a
calm day in last October, during the passage
of the ship Herald from Rio Janeiro to the
Cape Of Good Hope. The sounding line was
l-l0th ofan inch in diameter, and when dry
weighed l lb to every hundred fathoms.-
The plummet was l-7th of an inch in diam
eter, IL inches long and weighed 8 lbs.
When 7,706 fathoms had run off the reel,
the sea bottom was reached. Capt Denham
stated that Lieutenant Hutcheson and HIM
self, in separate boats, with their own hands,
drew the plummet up 80 iathoms several
times; and after it had renewed its descent,
itstopped abruptly at the original mark to a
fathom and would not take another turn of
the reel. The whole time taken by the plum
met in descending to this amazing depth Of
7,706 fathoms, or z a geographical miles oI
60 to degree, was hours and "a minutes
and 45 seconds. The highest SUBMITS of the
Himalaya are little more than $4,000 feet,
or4.7 geographical miles above the sea. The
sea bottom has therefore depths greatly ex-
ceeding the elevation Of the highest pima
Gle above its surface. Great care was taken
in the endeavor TO bring the plummet again
TO the surface, to show the nature of the bot
tom, but while carefully reeling in, the line
broke at lao fathoms below the water line
carrying away the thermometer which had
been attached to il at 5000 fathoms. Thil
sounding is the deepest that has ever beer
| made.
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Decline in Cotton, Flour and Provisions.
New u YoRK. March IA.

Decline in Cotton, Flear and Provisions.
New YORK, March IA.
The steamship Africa, with advices from
Liverpool to the eth ult., arrived at this
port last evening. She sailed from Liver
pool on Sunday morning, the 9Th ult.
GENERAL INTEL1IGENcE.--Advicesfr from
India were unfayorabIe. The British
troops were suffering fearfully with fever
in the province of Pegu. Itwas rumored
that the King of Burmah had been de-
throned.
In the British House Of Commons the
subject Of extending to Jewish subjects
the same privileges Of other dissenting de-
nominations was brought up on the 22d,
and after bei G discussed, a motion was
made by Lord John Russell to go into COM
mittee on the question, which prevailed
yeas 234, nays 205.,
The letters from Vienna are filled with
accounts Of the attempt to assassinate the
Emperor Francis Joseph. The man who
attempted the deed says he has no accom-
plices that he had the matter in contem-
plation for three years, and had been watch
ing for three weeks to find the Emperor
unattended When the prisoner was led
to Jail he cried vive Kossuth.
Tie German papers say that strong
fears are entertained of an outbreak in
Hungary. se
Twenty travellers had been arrested at
Pesth, and the garrison in that city was
kept constantly under arms, and sentinels
were posted at all the gates leading to the
fortress Of Buda. .a4
Letters from Milan, under the date of
the 10Th, state that the Austrian authors
ties, believing that Mazzini was secreted
in that city, had taken the most stringent
measures to prevent his escape. The in
habitants were forbidden to appear on the
bastions after seven o'clock in the evening,
and, in case Of any disturbance, all house.
holders were ordered to close their doors,
and every man found in the streets would
he treated as rebel.
1t was rumored in Paris that the funds
in the hands of the Revolutionary Com
mittee in London amounted to seven hun
dred thousand francs.
The number of soldiers wounded in the
affray at Milan is seventy, of whom ten
have since died.
1t is stated in the Berlin papers that
the Hungarian regiments at Milan refused
to fire on the insurgents, and are, in con-
sequence, to be sent to Croatia.
! COMMERCIAL INTELLIeENoE.-. Cotton,
flour and provisions have slightly declined
Iron is firmer, and Rails sell at f8 IS
@f9. free on board in Wales. Lead is
very firm.
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Later from CALIFORNIA;.
New York. March |

New York, March Is.
The steamer Uncle Sam, with advices
from San Francisco, to the 18th Febru-
ary, arrived at this port from Aspia-
wall.
The rainy season had closed on the
lsthmus, and travelling was good.
The mining intelligence is generally of
favorable character. Emigration to
Australia had nearly ceased. 7rhe grain
crops in the interior promised well.
There was great excitement in Calave-
ras county, in consequence Of Mexican
marauders, and the entire Mexican popu-
lation had'been driven out. Mass meet
ings were being held in the mines, caus-
ing much CONSERVATION among all for
eigners.
Rubies, emeralds and diamonds were
being found in the interior.
The proposition of transferring the sov-
ereignty Of the Sandwich Islands to the
United States, is officially repudiated by
the Government organ at Honolulu.
The market at San Francisco was
brisk. F
Flour had materially declined, and was
selling at $12@13 per brl.
Provisions were steady. Pork had
slightly advanced, and was selling at S41
@50 for extra Mess and extra clear.
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one hundred miles an bour ,

"a Maine Yankee" writing to the Ma
tional lntelligencer, proposes to construct a
railway post route that shall carry the mails
safely, without any danger of running of
the track, at the rate of 100 miles per hour.
He says inventions have recently been made
which demonstrate fully the practicability Of
attaining that speed, with safety and that a
proposition will be presented TO Congress for
constructing such road from Washington
to New York. This is progressive age, as
has been said several times before, and we
are decidedly fast people! Only think Of
flying over the country at the rate Of Ii miles
per minute, or two thousand four hundred
miles in twenty-four hours. A trip TO Ore
|gon or California would be matter of moon.
shine
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Lats and Important, Il true.

The jackson Standard Of Thursday, March
10th, arrived here yesterday, having been
about four days in travelling fifty miles! 1t
contains the following late and iaterssting
item which is probably copied from one Of
i its exchanges:
BRIDeE Down. Scioto Gazette is in
formed that the bridge which spanned the
Scioto river, at its mouth, iellin the water,
on Tuesday night, and was crushed in piec-
les. The workmen had just left ii with their
tools, having finished within two hours
work the rebuilding of the structure. This
bridge belonged to the New York Company,
engaged in the Dry Dock enterprise on the
west side of the Scioto. Itwas erected on
three piers and abutments, traversely across
the mouth OF the river, and bound together
with iron and strong beams Of wood. Bad
architecture, somewhere land if that bridge
were not unconstitutional, erected as it yves
over navigable water, its physical constitu'
tion was certainly detective.
We insert the above in order to correct it.
A few of the timbers Of the New York Com.
pany's bridge, the frame work OF which wa:
nearly ready to be put together, had been Sc,
up in their proper places on temporary scat
fold, and as it was supposed, were secure
A violent wind. however, an enemy the
workmen did not think Of guarding against
blew those timbers down, and the compile
tion of the bridge is thereby delayed SONY
two weeks longer. When it is once com.
Ipleted it will be one Of the most substantial
structures in the west, and will be likely t
stand sometime notwithstanding it may spal
a navigable stream.
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The Montenegrins.

The Montenegrins, between whom and the
Turks is now raginga war, are barbarous
tribe upon The confines Of Gallicia, They
long since refused to pay tribute to the Porte,
ard although their territory is considered a
portion Of Turkey. they live in a state Of per-
feet independence Of that power. They have
been courted and won by the Russians, who
have, il is wellknown, ulteriordesigns against
their Turkish neighbors. The coantry Of the
Montenegrins is mountainous and barren,
and the inhabitants live by pillage, making
frequent excursions against the Albanians
capturing their cities and towns by surprise,
and numbering, without mercy their inhabit-
ants. Having made an incursion OF this
kind, they return to their mountsin fastness-
les with their booty, and their neighbors have
a rest until itisexhausted. it One barbarcus
custom among them is that they invariably
murder their foes and prisoners, and having
chopped off their heads with yatagans, a
kind Of sword, they hang them by their
sides, aud carry them as trophies, as the Am
erican Indians do the scalps of their foes
The Albanian Turks, unable 10 stand such
murderous forays, are giving ground daily
The Islands of st. Nicholas, Stavena,
Marakovitz and that on which the town Of
| Vranina is situate, are among the most re-
cent conquests Of this, warlike people, The
cities they have assailed are numerous. Kol-
achina, Boroslavitze, and Klobonk, have been
either surprised by night, or battered by day
while Podgoritza, the bulwark of Albania
was only rescued from the hands Of theil
miners by an accident, which revealed tht
lines Of gunpowder 10 the Turks before th'
match was laid.
Of late years, the Emperor of Russia ha
allured the princes or chiefs of the Montene
lgrins to st. Petersburg, under the pretex
of education, and sent them back skilled il
all the strategy of war, and covered witt
The military titles and decorations Of the EN-
pire. He also enrolls their serfs in his ar
mics, and after due training in the Caucasian
war, sends them back to Montenegro to prac
tice their skill upon the unfortunate Mussul
men Of Albania and Herzegovina.
The Montenegrins are celebrated for thei
sharp-shooting-(they use the rife, Jas ou
backwoodsmen, and are Injured to all sort
tof hardships and privations. Their mode o.
warfare is similar to that of the Indians
drawing the enemy into ambush, and ther
attacking him under cover, or cutting hin
down with the yatagan, which answers 70
the tomahawk. They literally defend them
selves to the last extremity, and considerin,
all their comrades who fall into the hands o
the enemy as dead, invariably chop thei
heads off, if possible. Their wounded com
rades they carry off the field of battle Oh
their backs. They number about 3O,0O|
fighting men, and the whole force can b.
assembled at any point in danger within o
hours.
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The Gardiner Trial.
WAsHINeroN, March Il

Mr.. Bradley made his opening speech for
the defence, to-day. by giving history Of
the case in all its particulars down to the
present time.
franklin S. Meyer, The first witnes for the
prosecution. was then called, and testified:
| was Justice Of the Peace for this District
on the Both November, l849, upon which
day some person, purporling to be George
Gardiner, appeared before me, and made oali
to the memorial Of said Gardiner, but could
not now identify that person
DR.. Jas. I. Mackie testified III know The
hand writing Of Doctor Gardiner, having
whilst in the State Department, correspond
ed with him. and ! recognize the signature tc
this memorial as that OF the said George Gar
diner. -ag.i.-
Edward Johnson and Doctor Davis testifi.
ed, that they were Clerks to the Board OF
Mexican Commissioners, and identified the
memorial before the Court as having been re.
ceived and filed by the Board of Commis-
sioners, on the 10th November, lS49.
The defence here objected 10 the memo
rial being given TO the Jury, on the ground
that the identity Of the memorial, as that
presented by DR.. Gardiner TO the Board Of
Commissioners, bad not been established
This point was argued up 10 late hour this
afternoon, when the Court adjourned. "
| (Should the Court sustain the objection, il
Is understood the case must be dismissed.)
MONDAY, THIRD DAY. This morning
Mr. Bradley referred to several decisions
bearing upon the question raised on Satur.
day. The District Attorney then proposed
10 produce further evidence on the point. ant
the journal of the Board Of Commissioner
sent for. In the meanwhile the Hon. George
Evans was sworn, who identified the memo
rial and other papers, as those before The
Commissioners on Mexican Claims. ~
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CAPTAIN CUrTLEs BUSINESS TAcr.-"And

CAPTAIN CUTTLEs BUSINESS TAcT.-"And
how is master Rob ?" said Polly.
"Well, don't know, mother; not much
to boast on. There amt no bisness done.
you see. He don't know any thing abou, it
the Cap'en don't. There was man come
into the shop this very day, and says, 4 want
so and so, he says-some hard name or an
other. "A which ? says the Csp'en. "A So
and-so,' says the man. Brother says the
Cap'en, will you take observation round
the shop? WELL says the man, 1 have
done it, DO YOU see wot you wantY says
the Cap'en. mo, DON'T says the man,
DO you know it when you do see it 2 says
the Cap'en. NO, DON'T says the man.
why, then tell you wot, my lad says the
Cap'en, you'd better 60 back and ask wot its
like, outside, for no more don't ="
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LATER FROM HAVANA HEALTH
OF MR.. KING.
CHARLESTON, March IA.

CHARLESTON, March A.
By an arrival from Havana, we have
later advices from that city.
The oath of Office was not administered
to Mr.. King on the 4th inst. Mr.. Rod
ney, the Vice Consul visited him on the
Sd, for that purpose, but Mr.. King consid.
cred the ceremony unnecessary, and said
he feared he should never reach Wash
ington, to assume the Office and that i
he should, the oath could be administered
at Washington. His friends, however
who accompany him, still indulge in the
hope that the salubriety Of the location
where he is may yet restore his health.
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GEORGE f. D'FoRREsT.
New YORK, March, IL, 1858.

A LIGHT BEARD.--"Can't you take off my
baird here r said tall slab-sided Yankee to
an Albany barber, feeling his chin at the same
time with noise like CRATER; it's a light
baird, what d'yar ak ? Three cents for a
light baird, amt it2'
"Yes."
"Waal, go ahead, then" @' Z,
While the barber was rasping "tbree cents
worth" from his chin, his ''silter" saw an as
sistant putting cologne upon a customers
hair, through quill in the cork of bot
tie.
"Look here, Squire" said the Yankee,
"can't you squirt some O that ar pepper
sarse onto my head, tew?" Say can't yer
throw leetle O that ar in, for the three
cents2"A
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THE LATE MURDER AT PHILADEL
pHTA
PHILApELpHIA, March l4.

PHILADELPHIA, MATCH H.
The vicinity Of the late murder rs still
thronged with crowds of people.
Lynch, the husband of one of the de-
ceased, was found in New York, and will
return here this afternoon. Spring,
against whom there is strong suspicion,
has been committed to prison.
Certain circumstances indicate that Mrs
Shaw was struck with piece of lead pipe
and by left-handed individual and
Spring having that peculiarity, together
with other circumstances, make the case
very strong against him.
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New ORLEANs. March

/ Private letters, under date of the 9th
inst, received by the Daniel Webster, from
San Juan de Nicaragua, state that the in
habitants of Greytown, sent thirty armed
men and a number of carpenters, who re-
moved aportion of the buildings of Van
derbilts Nicaragua Company, after TAX
ing down the American flag and saluting
it with military honors. It was their in
tention to remove the remainder of the
buildings on the 10th inst. The greatest
excitement was prevailing, and the transit
company refused all intercourse with the
town, and even declined taking any citi-
zens wishing to go to New York.
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BALTIMoRE. March II

A hail storm occurred at Columbus,
Georgia, on the 9th inst, which lasted
about ten minutes and done immense
damage. "4
Every house in the city was injured
Taylor q Co.'s gin factory was greatly
damaged. A large number of warehouses
and dwellings were blown down and sever
al unroofed, and almost every chimney in
the city was demolished.
The bridge at Girard was blown down.
No lives were lost, but it is impossible
to estimate the amount of property de-
stroyed.
0T Professor Gardner, the soap man, has
gone up from Washington in balloon, to
wash the spots out of the Sun. He tried
four cakes upon the Galphin robe Of Fill
more's Cabinet. after they moved out, but
couldn't touch the stain. The color is indcI-
idle.
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Tanned Gelatine.

A mandatory has been established in
Paris for the construction of variety of or
namental articles with this substance. The
gelatine is usually obtained from bones by
treating them with solution of muriatic
acid, and is afterwards tanned by the COM
mon process, as in making leather. Upon
becoming hard and dry, it assumes the ap-
pearance Of horn or tortoiseshell, and is en-
ployed for the same purposes as those natur-
al productions. Ii is softened by being boil
ed in water with potash, when 1t may be
formed into any shape, and the figure pre-.
served by drying the articles between moulds
In the soft state, it may also be inaid with
gold, silver, or other metals, and it may be
streaked with various colored materials, SC
as to resemble the finest and most beautiful
woods. 1t is probable that this substance
will soon be brought very extensively into
use, on account Of its elegance and cheap
ness.
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SulcDE.-Col. Edward Snyder, of Keokuk,
Iowa, committed suicide few days ago.
He had lately been on visit 10 the family
Of his brother, G. A. Snyder, of Harrisburg,
Pa, and on his return home, stopped at st.
Louis, where he married, and then proceeded
10 his residence ia Iowa, where he soon af-
lterputan end to bis existence. He had been
In California, and although pecuniary trou-
bles are alleged ss the cause Of his fatal act,
II is known that be left large fortune,