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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1853-03-04
Seal & Otter Hats,

TUST received at the Hat Store an asort-
81 ment Of Seal and Otter Hats, which.
are preferable to all others for winter hat
Warranted TO wear as long as the man looks
well In them. 60,
nov II .G.GLovER.
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SWanlsdoWn.

|lNNHE subscriber has just received stock OF
IL Swansdown, the handsomest in the world
Tor trimming Ladies' or Misses' dresses OF
caPes. which he will sell low. B
noy 80 s, G. GLOVER.
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8. Il. ROSS.
w no @lE@AlIE GRO GER,
CO MISSIOK
AED
PRODUCE MER CHA MT
lF WTW@RM@Pe

R ~TWaRdGfs
Front St., POYtsmowtk, Ohio.
Ofers for sale in quantities, a fuH assortment
Of GROCERIES selected Nth care, and at The
loicest rates. C0nsigisments of Merchandise for.
WGided ,cih rTo'nptaess by Riper, Canal, or
Railroad. Cash paid for Produce, Grain ana
Merchandise generally at kis sodrsh euse.
CIRCULAR.
For the Fan and Winter Trade.
@ R. ROSS avails himself of this opportu-
% nifty of informing his customers, and ali
who may visit Portsmouth, that his arrange
ments are more extensive for suppl ying their
wants thau eretofore, His supplies are now
arriving almost daily from the East and Sonth
and his assor rtment will at all times be found
full and complete. He would call attention to
the fact that pu rchasers can always find among
his assortment many articles of daily enquiry
not usually TO be obtained at other Wholesale
Houses. which enables him to fill orders witt
1romptneD and at prices that canuot fal to
please.
The undersigned tenders his special, &C.
acknowledgements to country merchants and
grocers of this city, also to Iron masters in
this and adjoining counties and Kentucky and
respectfully invites continuance of their or
deTs. C
0ESpecial attention paid 20 filling orders,
and all articles warranted as represented.
IfPaIticular examination is inyitedtu The
following branches Of his trade:
Cotton Yarns and Batting;
All qualities gun powder:
Choice green aud black teas;
All kinds tobacco;
imported and common cigars;
Meet kinds foreign fruits;
louisville lime;
Hydraulic cement;
FL Calcined plasters;
III Grindstones;
Stone ware;
Kanawha & l.. salt;
Sugar & coffee;
Molasses;
Mackerel and white fish: dye stuffs general
ly; bacon and lard; wooden ware, &c.
Oct. l. '52-dwtf. S.R. ROSS.
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TufS.

TIME subscriber has commenced receiving
II his winter stock of Muffs and Furs. La
dies call and examine.
nov 10 sc. GLOVER.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1853-03-04
Columbus Economy.

The two bodies Of the Legislature, short
time since, adjourned for tiOo days to take a
pleasure trip over the new Railroad from Co.
lumbus to GAINESVILLE and at the latter city
were very Hospitality entertained as public
guests. AS the are some one hundred and
eight members, and clerks and other subor-
dinate officials enough 10 make up the num-
Der of full ono hundred and thirty, who are
ostensibly doing up the business of the af-
ficted bublic at the capital, the dimes which
they daily draw from the peoples purse
lrorking or playing, amount TO good sized
pile. Four dollars day. for each OF one
hundred and thirty men, will make $500;
and this, frolicked away for two days, is
doubled Of course, making one thousand and
forty dollars which the people paid for their
spree
No one will deny that economy, in some
department, was necessary after this; bu:
where could it be practised All! mousing,
anti-prodigal discovered the very spot where
the pruning kni fe would fit--the ublishing
department! Forthwith il was applied, and
the price paid county newspapers for pub.
llshing .he laws was reduced thirty three per
cent! In this way the GAINESVILLE spree bill
was happily footed, and the Solons at Co.
lnmbus were again at easel
The press, which has been singing TIE De-
ums to the very parties who originated and
accomplished this stab under the fifth rib Of
course will 60 on with the music!-Cin.
Eng.
This is another feature of the economy
which that precious set of ignonmuses have
been practising at Columbus. We trust the
press of the State will publish the names Of
these gentlemen who voted yea on the ques-
tien to reduce printers wages at time
when labor, and all kinds Of, living were ri
sing, and that they will be given TO under
stand by the people that their services are no
longer needed. The people were sat-
isfied with the publication law as is evil
dent from the fact that not single petition
was presented to the Legislature asking its
repeal OF modification. Why, therefore,
they should reduce the prce-never too
much, the Lord knows--just at this particu
lar time, we can account for in no other way
than by supposing, with the Enquirer. that
having squandered few thousand dollars Of
the peoples money themselves, they con-
cluded to make il up by curtailng the ex-
pense of publishing the laws.
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SPANISH SOLE LEATHER.
k66 LBS No. Spanish Sole Leather JUS
UUO received and for sale st y lowest
market pfice By r. Ii OYD 3 co. 4
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BucKEYE nRANn

uAVANA ClGARS.-An euvoice Of real
IL Havana Cigars from Guilerno Horn, the
for sale by s. ROSS.
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PIANO-fORTES

GUMS or MONEY, large and small, trans.
- mltted a. all times to'any part Of England,
4 and, Scotland and Germany.
DUGAN e. MACKOY.
F~meS and Meshanies' Erehoags BsaE.
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We copy the following telegnphic dis
patch from the Cleveland PIaideslerioI Tues
day last; ls
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1853-03-04
COME AND SEE
AT Pig Iron Cor Ter.

"COMlE AND SIZE
AT Pig Iron Cor ler.
1000 choice Bacon Hams; 8gy
1000 choice, heavy Bacon shoul doris; got MED
on them; .slfsa ~.
400 bis. Mess Pork, warranted good.
so bis choice No. / Lard in.barrels;
300 bis. super. and No. ? -four approved
brands; 49, ~
$50 Columbus Lime;
600 Fire Bricks;
30 Tons Gre clay;
5O Boxes mould candles; A
81 Boxes brown and yellev soap;
IS Window Glass, all sizes;i
Kanawha salt in any quantity. y
And, other articles Of choice produce. Also
a steam saw-mill Engine and fixtures.
B, +. CONWAY g. CO.,
March 6--dwt. Pig Iron Consr.
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A ND. are again prepared TO wait upon all
IN their customers with everything in theii
line Of business. Their stock of
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints,
Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Glassware,
Window Glass, &C.,
is large, pure aud well assorted; and they
most respectfully solicit q continuance of thai
patronage which by strict attention to bust
ness and unceasipg efforts to please, they have
always endeavored to merit
Feb, 8, 1851 dwtf
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
Repeal Of the Registration Law.

The Senate has repealed the Registra-
ton Law, and, as we conceieve gross
misapprehension of public opinion, and
without proper knowledge of the benc-
fits to be derived from it. To us it ap-
pears as hasty and unwise legislation
1t received not that deliberation that a
matter Of SO much Importance deserved
The law had but just began to be carried
into effect, and no one can be able to form
a just conclusion as to its advantages or
demerits before the annual report be
made under it. 1t is therefore a prema-
ture assumption that it is not calculated
to effect the object intended, or that it is
burthen. AS far as the State is con-
cerned, all the expense has been incurred
necessary to carry out the law. The
books have been made and put into the
hands of the proper officers in every
county, and it looks like trifing with a
matter of so much Importance to repeal
the law, now that it is ready to be car
ried out-a law, too, that the legislature
was several years in perfecting-and
which is carried out in almost every 9TH
er State in the Union.
If the law is found to be defective in
any manner it should be amended, but
not destroyed. The registration of the
Births, Marriages and Deaths, in our
Commonwealth, when once introduced
and fully understood, will be universally
approved. The statistics of the State
cannot be complete without it, and al
though some may now be found opposed
to it, because they misapprehend its de-
sign, and see not its utility, yet when it is
fairly tried, we believe, they will all see
and appreciate it. Our Common School
system had to encounter similar prejudice
But by maintaing it firmly, from the first,
it has silenced all opposition and is now
approved by all.
Why should not Pennsylvania have a
registration of the births, marriages and
deaths that take place within her borders
as well as States ofvastly less Importance?
Why should she be deprived of this i'm
portant statistic, which other States and
nations are SO careful to collect! If any
one opposed to the law can show us WHY
it is not as important to Pennsylvania as
to any, other State, or to England, Franco
and other nations, and the reasons prove
satisfactory, we may not think the act of
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
The New Silver Coinage.

The recent law of Congress, reducing
the standard value of silver to that of gold,
and ordering a new coinage of half and
quarter dollars, dimes and half dimes cor
responding with the reduced value-will
60 into effect to morrow, and early in the
month, the Director of the Mint states,
some at least, of the coins will be ready,
so that by the first of May, at most, we
may expect full supply of silver for all
purposes of change. The New law makes
silver legal tender for sums not exceed
ing five dollars, and hence establishes
gold as the circulating medium and legal
tender of the country. The circumstances
in which the country is placed, by the ex-
cessiye scarcity of silver, and the super
fluffy Of gold, have made this change ab-
solutely necessary.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07

day, and be receives the crowd ono :,
time; The papers of application for Of.
nee ill small room.
Ihe Post Master General gives his con
sent to the new line to California y,
New Orleans, Vera Cruz and Acapulco
but tells the parties they must look ~
Congress to sanction the contract. Thi,
they are prepared to do, and mean to
take the responsibility and Ego ahead.n
The crowd still hang on at Washing.
ton and as many come as depart.
On Tuesday the President sent into
the Senate the names of Daniel s. Dick
inson for Collector of New-York; John
A. Dix, Sub.Treasurer; Charles O'Copor
District Attorney; Abm. T. Hillyer. U
S. Marshall Isaac V. Fowler, Postm.s.
ter; Heman J. Redfeld, Naval Officer. q
Swackhammer, Navy Agent; and John
Cochran Surveyor. The nominations
took the Senate by surprise were receiv.
ed with laugh all round, and confirmed
Immediately.
Of these eight names only four are res
idents of the city of New York. The
Tribune say this cast of the die gives the
ola hunkers great advantages. With
Dickinson in Custom House and OConor
District Attorney, they can hoe very res.
pectable row, and Gov. Maroy's Presi-
dental aspirations are pretty effecsually
checkmated. Dickinson will take car.
of his friends, and all the Barnburner.
and active Softs he appoints to subordi.
nate stations could be seated in a mode.
rate-sized omnibus. Beside him and O..
Conor, the residue are Softs, except Gen.
eral Dix, (Barnburner,) who 1--WE think }
will not accept, and John Cochran. Dix's
friends expected full Mission for him.
and certainly the Sub Treasury is coming
pretty well down for one who so lately
and confidently expected high seat in
the Cabinet
The following nominations have been
made for Pennsylvania
Charles Brown, Collector of Philadel-
phia; Col, Wynkoop, Marshal; Jesse Mil
Ter, Postmaster; T. NJ. Petit Superinten-
dent of the Mint; Nathaniel B. Eldred.
Navhl Officer Alfred Day, Navy Agent;
and Reuben G. Hale, Surveyor.
Maleontents complain bitterly about n.
York and Philadelphia appointments
Mike Walsk makes himself ridiculous,
and Captain Rynders is furious All the
prominent applicants for the above lucra-
tive stations, ESPECIALLY those in New York,
were set aside, and their curses against
the administration are both loud and deep
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
MethOdism i'm the United States.

The Editor of the lions Herald takes
the following view of the progress of
Methodism in this country. He says;
american Methodism is not yet a
century old. In the increditable short
space of eighty.seven yearsit has built
four thousand two hundred and twenty
churches, (Which is little less than one
for every week of her existence,) at a cost
of fourteen millions seven hundred and
thirty thousand FIVE hundred and seven
ty-one dollars. 1t has also erected and
endowed its numerous academies with
large sums. 1t has built innumerable
parsonages. and supplied itself with
Charch and Sabbath.school literature
Now, most of these churches, having been
newly erected, rebuilt, or re-moddled,
and most of these vast outlays having
been made within the last quarter of a
centuary, we think it no ex-aggeratiOn to
estimate the expenditures of Methodism
ia the United States for home purposes
at an average very little short of one mil
lion of dollars per annum for the twenty
FIVE years; in addition to that it has paid
for the support of the ministry.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
Looking Up.

The New York Tribune says that, eth
er the Wing party is Strengthening itself
amazingly in various parts of the State
of Maine, or else the people there are
growing sublmely Indifferent to politics
in theirimunicipalielections In the cities
of Bangor, Hallowell, Augusta and Bel
fast, Wing Mayors have been chosen BY
very nearly unanimous votes. There are
not hundred votes thrown in oppos-
tion to the Whig candidates in all four Of
these cities, embracing population of At
least thirty thousand.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07

The ~ y. } +. r. Company has been
pitched into recently by tie Railroad
Journal, on account Of alleged prodigali-
ty and wastefulness in its management.
These attacks brought out Mr. Loder, the
President of the Company, in a long and
detailed statement, from which we CLEAN
some interesting items.
The road, including all its assets,
property, and effects of every decription,
has cost the stockholders up to March
!, 1853, s30,277, ,542.
There are, of main road, of solid and
permanent character, nearly all well fen
ced 446 miles Neyburg branch s miles;
siding or switches SO miles; double track
l39 miles-making in all 7Gl miles of
iron rail laid.
The working machinery is, l49 loco
motives, l3l passenger and baggage cars,
1855 freight and burden cars, ste amboats
on the Hudson river and on Lake Erie,
storehousos, depots, telegraph line, &c.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07

R%Mrs. Fillmore, wife of Ex-Presi-
dent Fillmore, died at w WashingtOn on Wed
nesday morning last. Upon the annonce-
ment Of her death the Senate adjourned,
and the Departments we're closed. She
was the daughter of the Rev. Lemuel
Powers, Of Cayuga, n. T., and was mar
ried 10 Mr.. fillmore at Aurora, in the year
1926. She was piOus, amiable and
exemplary woman.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
Dreadful Accident On the Balti-
more and Ohio RaiIrOad---L0ss
of Life.
BALTIMORE, March %.

BALTIMORE, March %.
A most distressing accident occurred
about three o'clock on Sunday afternoon,
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, a
bout 20 miles west of Cumberland. The
!. train ran of the track, and number of
passengers were killed and wounded
The particulars have not been received,
but FIVE are known to have been killed,
and number of others are more or less
injured.
Among the killed are Mr.. Daniel Holt,
of the firm of Messrs Holt & Maltby,
oyster dealers, of Baltimore; young wo-
man and child, and two strangers, names
unknown.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07

Ci'aci'snti, April 2, ls53.-Hon Thomas
F. Marshall was killed by one of his ten
ants, near Marysville, KY, last Wednes-
day.
p. S. Hon: T. F. Marshall, has moi
been murdered; as announced above
The Louisville papers state, however, that
Gen. Thomas Marshall vas shot in Lewis
county, KY, on Tuesday, BY q man named
Tyler, one of his tenants.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
The End of the World i.

A Mr. Commings, of Concord, n. H.,
a man of some note, it is said, has issued
a flaming publication, announcing the end
of all such sublunary things in 1854 :
He finds number of followers, and is
producing some alarm among the Gran
ite Hills.
Parson Brownlow, of the Knoxville
Whfg, says that he hopes the event will
be put off few years not for his conve-
nience, but for the benefit of most of his
neighbors. He thinks they are not ready
for the reckoning at Knoxville
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
Spring, the Murderer, since the
trial.

We learn that Arthur Spring, ST., since
his conviction of the diabolical murder of
Ellen Lynch, has become entirely pros
trated, more from anguish of mind than
pain of body, and it is with difficulty that
he can be made to take sufficient food to
keep him alive. On Saturday his coun-
sci, Mr.. Doran, visited him in prison, and
found him lying in state of exhaustion,
upon his bed manifesting no disposition
to converse. Some stimulating drink had
been prepared for him, which he refused
to take, and threat was made to force
it down him. In conversation with his
counsel, he again asserted his innocense,
and upon being told that he must restore
the gold which he took from the trunk of
Bartholomew Lynch, he denied all knowl-
edge of it, but said that if his son would
tell where he put the money, so that it
could be restored, he would forgive him,
and allow him to come and see him.
Otherwise he should never forgive him.
Mr.. Doran vainly attempted to get any,
thing out satisfactory. 1t is thought he
feigns himself sick. We learn that the
son has made other disclosures touching
his fathers wickedness. lie says that he
went some time since to the fruit store of
Dir. Moroney, corner of Eighth and Wal
nut streets, and intended to kill Mrs. NJ.
who was alone. He managed to slip un-
perceived heavy weight in his pocket,
to accomplish his purpose, but was frus-
trated in his design by some one coming
into the store. This brings him into
the neighborhood of the Rink murder,
which it is not unlikely he perpctrated.
On Saturday the 26th ult Springs coun-
sci moved for new trial, and in arrest
ofjudgment, on accountof the substitution
of one juryman for another, without the
knowledge or consent of his client. 1t
seems that by some means, probably by
agreement between them, a man by the
name of NcQuillan acted as juryman thro'
the whole trial in place Of one drawn by
the name of Corr, and in every instance
answered to the name of Corr. Such a
circumstance, we presume was never heard
Of
The question has been argued. Corr
was fined $50 for non-a attendance, and
McQuillan was sentenced to 60 days i'm
prisonment for sitting (and answering to
another name) without being summoned.
The Court of Oyer and Terminer deci-
ded on Saturday last that the service as
Jurymen of McQuillan in place of Corr,
is fatal to the verdict of the Jury, and
granted new trial to Arthur Spring,
which commenced Monday on the 4th inst.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
REMOVED.

The printing materials on which this
paper is published, have been removed to
the building lately occupied by Messrs.
Allegcr & Keller, of the "MOnroe Demo.
crat." The room is better adapted for
the business. than the one lately occupied
by US. and we are now fully prepared to
accommodate all who may favor US with
their custom.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07

repeal so unjustifable. But if this can
not be done, we must think that after the
State has done her part in the fulfilling
of the law, it would be much better to
wait and see how the law operates before
it is repealed. We hope that the House
will pause and consider the subject well
before it concurs with the Senate on this
question.-Harrisburg Telegraph.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
Terrible Steamboat Disaster ON
Galveston Bay--Thirty-six Lives
Let
New ORLEANS. March 2S.
unknown.

NEW ORLEANS, March 70.
Intelligence has been received here of
a most terrible disaster, which occurred
on the night of the 23d instant, on Gal
weston Bay, Texas, by which some SO
lives were lost. AS the steamers Neptune
and Farmer were racing from Houston to
Galveston, the latter exploded her boiler,
killing instantly the captain, clerk, second
engine er, thirteen ofthe crew, and a num-
Der of the passengers, about twenty of
whom are either dead or missing. About
twenty passengers escaped, mostly ladies
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
Philadelphia Annual Conference.


The Philadelphia Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, commenced
its annual meeting in Harrisburg, last
week. Bishop Morris presides Rev, P.
Coombe of Lancaster is Secretary, and J.
M. McCaskey and v. Smith, assistants
The committee reported favorably on the
theological requirements of John f. Boon,
Reuben Owen, John B. Quigg, Jas. Hub
bard, G. w. Brindle, L. c. Petit, j. II.
Lightburn, VIM. B. Wood, J. j. Jones and
J. Colder. Messrs. w. III. Burrell, VIM.
Merrill, c. L. Steinman, and j. Thompson
we're elected to Elders Orders. The
Treasurer of the Centenary Fund report
ed s7,l04,3S in his possession, which
yields annually $3.50. The Treasurer of
the Education Fund reported s20, 1927 81
in his possession, which is properly invest
ed. James N. King, G. w. Mclaughlin,
J. F. Meredith, W. c. Robinson, Jos.
Gregg, d. Fitlow, J. w. Hammcrsly, T.
w. Shippers, John S. Cook, H. A Hobbs,
S. w. Thomas and S. c. Palmeter were
examined and admitted into full connec-
ton with the Conference. A Tract So
ciety of the Conference, auxiliary to the
New York Society, was formed, and off,
GERS were duly elected. The Sunday
School Union of the NJ Z. Church repor-
ted the number of Schools in 1852 at g.
OLA; of Teachers 9s.03l; of Scholars
504, 679; of Volumes in Library 1,402,-
9I0; of Bible Class Scholars, 1918; of
infant Scholars, 45,6S2-showiDg con-
siderable increase in each item over 1851.
The disbursements during the year were
ss,579,23-receipts 81, ,25S,O9. The num-
Der of conversions was hut 3, ,243-l ,314
less than in 1851.
The following are the appointments
for this District:
NORTH PHILADELPHIA DIsTRICT.-J.
Castle, P. Elder.-St. Georges, F. Hodg-
son; Trinity, D, ". Bartine; Eigh th St.
VIM. Uric; Fifth Street, j. A. Roach; St.
Johns G. r. Crooks; Kensington, Pennel
Coombe; Sanctuary, Wm. Barness; New
Market Street, George Quigley; 18th St,
W, II. Elliot; Cohocksink, John Thomp-
son; Bethlehem-To be supplied; Miles,
town; S. Townsend; Lehman's hapel &
Fairview, VIM. B. Wood; Doylestown,
VIM. W. McMicheal; Frankford, J. Cum
Bridesburg, VIM. c. Robinson;
Bustleton, R. NJ. Greenbank; HolmesburE,
J. II. Boyd; Bristol, NJ. H. Sisty; Attle-
j. Y. Ashton; Newton, J. A.
Watson, NJ. A Day; Allentown and Beth
ehcm-To be supplied; Quakertown Mis-
be supplied; Easton, ]. R. An
lerscn; S. Easton, Z. Townsend; Rich
nond, I. ". Shippers; Stroudsburg, J.
T. Boon; Emory Mission, w. L. Gray;
cherry Falley,--Hubbard; Cor. Sec /
etary Missionary Society, J. P. Durbin |
gent of Tract Society, J. w. Mecasky. |