The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-22
Dark Lantern victories.

In Massachusetts,, they have elected a
band of infdels and abolitionists 10 the /
Legislature.
They have declared war upon thirteen
sovereign States because of their institu-
tions. l . Mg
In Abingdon and Washington city they
grossly insulted Hon. H. A. Wise.
In Lynchburg, they grossly insulted
Shelton F. Leake.
In New York they paid princely funer-
al honors to butcher, bully and prize
fighter. y
Turned J. r. Chandler out Of Congress
becquSorof his religious opinions! ~
&Defeated, Shields Bseaaaa he was born
in a foreign land, maintained the rights Of
the South, and defended thej jCoustitutiop
Elected the, notorious Wilson to fll the
seat once occupied by Daniel Webster.
Outraged individual right and split hu-
man blood in the election in, Cincinnati. ]
authorized the Infdels and blackguards
Of Massachusetts to violate the rules Of de-
cency and shock female sensibility, by ruff
fanly obtruding upon woman's privacy.
The formal trial and fortune Of Judge
Loring of Massachusetts, for daring to
vindicate the Constitution Of the United
States in a judicial decision.
The removal of female school teachers
on account Of their religion.
The proposed exclusion by statute, in
the Legislature of Massachusetts,, of all
persons of the Catholic persuasion from
holding Office. ,.a..
;, The prostitution Of the pulpit to infam-
matory political harangues, as in the case
Of the demagogue priests, who initiated
Mark Anthony in his Sundays sermon
over the dead body of Poole the pugilist.
A riot in Chelsea, in which Popish
church was nobly mutilated. 'N
A Roman Catholic church blown up at
Alton, and nothing left standing but por-
tions of the walls. d..
A church gallantly mobbed and ransack-
:, ed, in honor of the birthday Of freedom
!, - A. Catholic church burned IN Bath
Maine, by Mr.. Flournoy's brave compat
! riots. 5... .te
r ,knotherriot between the Americans ant
: foreigners, N. j., in which one man wa
! killed, and the Popish church gloriously
torn to pieces.
: Street fights and mob encounters, weel
after week, in the streets of New York aed
Brooklyn last summer, under the preach
; ings of the Angel Gabriel.
Provoked mob in Chicago and after
ward conquered peace at an expense to
the city of over $4,000.
Such are few of their heroic deeds.
An Aucfioneer Judge.
The Hon. P. McKenna, the well kno WI
Pitts ,urg auctioneer, who was almost as
famous in the "going-going-gone'' bus.
mess as Robbins, the great London Knight
Of the Hammer, was some time ago ap-
pointed Associate Judge Of one Of the
courts Of Allegheny county, Pennsylva.
MIA, and the wags Of the Press ,ell some
capital stories at his expense. Among
them the following is going the rounds Of
the exchanges, and if it makes the reader
lgufaw as it did us, we pity the neigh
borhood he lives in: t a
Itappears that during an unconscious.
; bly, long, pfosy speech to the jury, hi
: honor, who for several nights previous had
been broken Of rest, fell into Comforta
bic doze, which for some time he wa'
permitted to enjoy, tin the attorney, com
. mentiig on the prices Of certain articles
involved in the controversy, had occasion
: to use the term 'sixty-t1o snd half
. Thereupon his honor, becoming partially
: aroused, and fancying himself in his auc-
|, ton room, hammer in hand, sung out il
4 that stentorian voice for which he is re-
n markable--
"Sixty-two an alf, an alf, an alf, al
done gentlemen?--an' alf, an alf, an alf
not third the value Of it-an' alf, an alf
8 an alf, why. gentlemen, Isl pos"
: At this stage Of the sale his Homo
r was suddenly restored to entire conscious
Q ness by the uncomfortable merriment q
: the audience. He has never since engag
|. ed in the business Of auctioneering on TIL
/ bench. ,s.4. xsl. N
WHEBE THE MoNEY .GoEs.--It is re
Z. ported, and it has not been denied, tina
Q the Treasurer Of the Grand Council o
It Know-Nothings, paid out Of the funds, o
9 the party, the expense of the printing
10000 copies of the Cincinnati Times, L
send into Virginia to, PROVE THAT TIL
!. KNow-N -NorHrNos OF OHro WERE rRo-sIA
/ VERY. Being defeated in. the Old Do
4 minion, they have changed their tactics
! and adopted q self-stretching platform. L