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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08
THE OUTRAGE IN KANSAS.

1t fact beyond controversy, that the
late disastrous defeat of the Anti-Slavery
party in Kansas was the result of the Sc
cret and fraudulent operations of the K.
N. Order. That arch demagogue, Atchi-
son, has departed from the faith and aban
doned the party which gave him all the
influence and reputation which he bears,
disgraced the connection which he has
had with it, and given himself over into
the hands of secret Order to become its
vilest instrument. The Know Nothings
in the Kansas election have fully proven
themselves capable and willing to do all
that the most desperate freebooter's can
doss. ibis aas. act fully.'shows the vile
purposes to which they are willing to re.
sort, and puts it beyond controversy that
they have devoted their strength to the
peopling of Kansas with pro-slavery men,
ana 10 the securing OF pro-slavery Leg.
islature.
The following is from a northern press
giving the words of northern anti-Sla.
very man:
"a correspondent of the Public Ledger
at Greenville, in this State, who was ir
Kansas at the recent election for member:
of the Legislature Of that Territory, says
that ne knows that the Know Nothing
Councils of Missouri sent five thousand
men with war implements, who took pos
session of the polls and controlled the
election, oyerawing human liberty"
Yet the editors of the Know Nothin:
organs, the Portsmouth Tribune among
them, and their orators, charge this result
to the administration, and pirate abou
slave Democracy, while at the same tint
they are the sworn brethren of the perpe
traitors of this outrage.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08
EE-In dirping for the foundation u

EgIn digging for the foundation Of q
house in the Rue des Frances-Burgeois,
st. Michael. Paris, there have been found
tombs dating from the first centuries of the
Christian era, built entirely of stone, and
Of the form Of q trapezium, of two and :
fifth yards in length, The tOhbs have
all the eastern sides looking towards Jeru
salem, and tits supposed that their date may
be referred to the year 163..
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDArEs.--Mr. DAN.
BROOKS, owner of the race horse Lexing-
ton, and GEORGE CmR1sTY, the far famed
negro melodist, have been named as can
didates for the Presidency by some of the
Hindoo papers.
That may be a fast team, but, in our
opinion, that wing of the Ozark Lantern
0ligarchy," which rally on the Poole plat
form, have made more suitable nomina-
tons in proposing the names Of Gen. (s)
Joseph HISS, for President; and Mrs.
Patterson, Vice President. Should the
General lack bottom, it can be made up
by Mrs. P, as she has done corporal ser
vice in the Bay State, and proved herself
equal to any emergency.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08
Foreign Influence.

There is one point connected with the
election in Virginia to which we would
call the attention of those who are eter-
nally harping upon the one string, that
the Democracy owe their success to the
foreign vote. In that State there are but
three thousand such voters, and the Know
Nothing organ Of Wheeling, the Times,
pays them the equivocal compliment Of a
laudatory notice, thanking the Protestant
portion of them for casting their votes for
the HintIoo factiong' AS there are about
as many Catholics as Mohammedans in
that State. it follows, of course, that the
mass of foreigners gave their suffrage for
the party that would deprive them Of their
political rights and reduce them below the
grade of the free negro. In accordance
with the Democratic creed, that every
man shall vote as he pleases, we have moth
ing to say against this, although we must
confess that we are amazed that rational
beings should SO court their own abase,
ment; but, for Heavens sake, let Us hear
no more cant about foreign influence, af.
ter the above striking example. The
misguided men who would degrade them.
selves will yet live to proclaim their graf
itude to those noble and sterling souls who
descended from the chivalrous settlers o.
that time-honored State, have ever, with
unfaltering step, marched onward to res
cue from sacreligious spoilers the funda
mental truth of pure Democracy.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08
Political Clergy at Louisville.

Our contemporary of the Louisville
Times thus pays its respects to the politi
ca clergy ofthat city. 1t says:
"Our ministers think Buntlinism great
thing. They attend the elections, and re.
gard the riots with great glee. We saw
couple Of them at the Second Ward polls
during the April elections, and they
appeared to be tickled nearly to death.
at is too bad that they cannot join the
mobs openly, and we have no doubt they
as the "great principles of the American
Order" become sufficiently popular. Al
present they have to content themselves
with meeting their brother KNOWN Nothing
bullies secretly in Known Nothing lodges
where they can spend quiet hour in tha
sweet interchange of sentiment So grateful
to congenial spirits:
If there is any class of men more thar
another who are advancing the cause oi
irreligion and in6delity, and doing the
Prince Of Darkness good service, il is
those ministers who desecrate the pulpit
by political harangues, and do their best
TO recruit the ranks Of political organi-
cation, which has been rendered illustri-
GUS by Hiss, Mrs. Patterson, and Bill
Poole, instead of preaching the doctrines
of the Redeemer of men. Those preach
ers-and we regret to say there are many
throughout the country-are becoming
objects of public scandal and reproach, to
the great detriment of the religion Of
which they are the exponents. The pull
pits ought to be purged of all such wolves
in sleeps clothing as the Times alludes
to, and that right speedily, for. if they
are not, black wave of irreligion and i'm
morality will roll over the land.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08
Masonic.

The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
Of Masons of the District Of Columbia has
received aletter from the Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Paris, asking that a
delegate be appointed on the part of the
District Grand Lodge to attend Congress
of the Masons ofthe World, to assemble
in Paris on the last Of June, to take into
consideration the condition of Masonry
over the globe, and to adopt for the benefit
Of the Order whatever might be appropri-
ate and lawful.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08

DIsGRAoEFUL OUTRAGE UPON A CArHo-
Lie CLERGYMAN BY A GANG OF X. Ms
The Mobile Register states that Rev. Faith
er Nashen, offspring Hill College, while on
his way to Dog River Factory, near Mo-
bile, for the performance of religious servi-
ces, was attackedand dreadfully beaten by
four rufians, The Registers report says;
Having brutally beaten him, one Of
the four drew out dirk knife, and, hold
ing it toward their victim, told him that if
he ever attempted to go to the factory for
the purpose Of preaching he would feel that
weapon. The reverend gentleman is in a
very precariois state. The police are on
the track of the scoundrels who committed
the outrage"
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08
By DEeREEs.-The Know Nothintg1,s, X,

By DEGREEs.-The Know Nothings
have three degrees. Tho FIRST ean,pssss
the-ranls and file, who do the voting and
dirty work generally; the second takes q
portion Of the honors, and is obeyed by the
first degree, and itself honors and obeys
the third degree; while the third degree die
tates all orders to the first and second, and
receives all the honots and offices, forming
the aristocracy of the Order. It is now
proposed by some that the Republican party
shall take position below all these de-
grees, and carry the whole upon its back
The request is very modest one certainly
that the Republicans shall constitute the
outdoor degree, below the Lords of the
Know Nothings, and be their hewers Of
wood and drawers of water forever! In
dependent men will submit to this, of
coursel-M. Giddings in Tie AsAtaJulo
Sentinel,
That is very plain talk, and we suppose
the Know Nothings can understand it.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08

MANCHESTER, THE DEFAULTER. - We,
saw a.letter to-day from a gentleman of
this city, now on visit to New Haven,
Connecticut. Among other items, the
letter has the following: "P. B, Manches-
ter has been living in this city for some.
months past in great style. His sons are.
in Yale College. Five days ago Manches-
ter started for California, and last night
officer Bruen, of Cincinnati, was here with
a warrant for him; but the bird had flown,
and Bruen left for New York"
The letter is dated May 80, and written
by a gentleman with whom we are we'll
acquainted. We hope Mr.. Bruen will.
catch the hypocritical rascal. who So
outrageously swindledthis community with
his fraudulentand worthless bankinghousb,
Manchester ought to be made an example,
Of There is room enough for him Ia our
Penitentiary. Catch him Bruen. ~ CiS,
Times. NFQl
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08

Eg- The Detroit Democrat states that
the sight Of the wheat fields in the northern
part Of the State is perfectly glorious. The
breadth sown is unusually great, and the
Staple is deep green, almost to blackness
rank, strong, thick and high. With all
allowance for casualties, it may be most
confidently predicted that the wheat crop
WILDE most Unusually abundant and excel.
lent
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08

RIFLES FOR KANsAs.-It is stated that
some hundreds Of Sharpe's rifles have
been sent out from Massachusetts,, at the
request of the new emigrants, to assist in
the election.-EscAdngs.
That's the Hindoo idea Of Americans
ruling America They curse the Missouri
ans for interfering in the affairs of Kansas,
in forcible manner, whitley the are pur-
suing virtually the same course.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08

E@A law has just been enacted by the
Spanish Cortes, ordering all the lands and
dwellings, belonging to the clergy, to re.
ligiods fraternities, and to picus and sa-
cred works, to be sold and turned into
money, breaking up all accumulations Of
ecclesiastical pa6perty, and stripping the
Church Of its immense possessions.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08
EEMr. Conover, a well known Engineer

~Mr. Conover, a well known Engineer
upon the Ohio River, has accidentally
discovered that by saturating his coal with
water, and putting it in the furnace wet,
would canse it to produce from 1lO to l9O
pounds of steam with a considerable less
quantity of coal than it required to make
from 80 to 100 pounds when the coal was
dry. He also finds that by wetting his coal
he makes no cinkers, has no trouble what
ever to keep his furnace free from choking
and never burns or Injuries his CRATE bars
These ere facts which should claim the
careful attention Of all persons interested
in steamboats, or steam engines.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08

ET- There are said to be in Illinois at
least twenty per cent more acres in wheat
at the present time than in any previous
year The spring has been exceedingly
favorable. g n
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08

Ry The question most discussed in
this city, at this time, is this: Has the
Portsmouth Tribune an editor?" Its per-
tinacious silence on the Virginia election,
gave rise to the question.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08

Ry The old line Wings of Philadel-
phia. who will not act with the Know
Nothings, have met and passed resolutions
denAnciAtOFy Of the secret order, ,.ss
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08

AE- State taxes in Massachusetts this
year will be increased Fifty per cent, mn.
der Know Nothing rule, the expenses
being estimated at s44O,s over lastyeas.
Oh, the beauties Of K.E feforniasi.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08

E% Corn in Texas, at the last advices,
was selling at q dollar, and in some dis,
tictsfa dollar and'a hall, q bushsl.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-08
Fusion Confused.

We have from time to time published
articles from the Free Soil papers on the
one side, and Know Nothing papers on
the other, to show how preposterous are
the attempts to fuse two of the most op-
lposite political elements into one party or
[ganization. The very attempt had some
thing so novel and funny in it, that we
could not but admire the apparent earnest
ness of the straight-faced operators in the
MEASURE To look them in the face you
might suppose that. the lurking devil of
fun and hypocrisy had no abiding place
within. And yet to the bystander, the
full conviction existed, from the ludicrous-
mess of the thing itself, that the managers
of the game had hard time to suppress
the laugh themselves. That all parties
may have a fair hearing we give to-day
the view taken of this play Of the "Rake"
byan Independent paper, one that looks
on and cheers or Kisses as the fit strikes.
1t is long, but will we'll repay perusal, as
most articles will from the same paper.
This, in addition to what we have pub
lished, makes up the two sides of the
play and the expression Of the "large and
respectable audiencep'
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Free Soil Know Nothingism - their
Portrai s - Dalliance - The present
state Of the Case Correspondence beI
tween two Observation-Disclosures.
+ ! Assuming that there is that in the prin-
teiples Of the Free Soil party, which should
induce honest men, solicitous for the good
Lof the Commonwealth, to attach them
selves to it, multiplicity Of reasons might
be given why it should above all things
avoid connection with that complication
Of political, social, and moral maladies
best described by the name it has select.
led for itself-Know Nothingism. The
secrecy, which is the principal feature in
the character of this organization, SO con.
trary to the spirit of true republicanism,
so provocative Of fanaticism, intolerance
and prescription, SO fruitful in everything
that is unwise in council and unjust in &C
ton, should admonish those who, proftins
by lessons aught through the past would
guard against mischiefs in the future, tc
avoid all connection with those influences
and those practices Of which only one
thing is certain-that they cannot, by any
! possibility. be productive of aught bu
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-10-06

aay 81 ,cass ! hv the
ariv,uiAe. iae people
nave pronounced Hgain
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-10-06

F)EMtl.lNG d. t.1a.
&c 0cloHlr DE-. Ih83
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-10-06

MuNaAAatAt \u ot grHfI,4at b.
! - ofk na. lated, ielt A.,rv..r ..,cI, .,.e
lnuug which be eNnih.J.i il sf9ar .t
snouomauia oap d., BE- pretended uf
B. Nas dead. and 3. qurstvd tn't 'he'
- him out With due aopl tf hrH a'
)eug done. he .tofmed away 80 u,- a}t-.u
Is. and threatened go hauui t.rp rlsh.N.
! H. tins continued % Bct lsr -eteH 1ay-
l'iliug them it wa. ahomIunhl Co L,ep
hlm above ground .ar such q length q.
|,me aud hat he was last mutttNing \
few nights ago, white 80 one 0as "a sac
(nom, be- ar ise from his bed. aad mng.3
|rom the second story vindos, aud nap
bened to strike ia such manner that he
MAS not much hurt il- wa dervmu d
J. 20 and bury hmsell >tAoeel, enough
BE- fall perfectly cured him at the hshef
)hat he vas dead aud he Is nearly fecoy
Pred
or rhe number 81 death. in Houston
! the 18Th uIt., was lhicr, Iita. three /,
..u, seven, l>ih, two, i.hn none. @o'h,
)N Since tho ooh the number ot doatA-
very small
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-10-06

N f- f,ts 81 CONS
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-10-18
AFFAIRS IN KANSAS-THE INVASION RE-
PEATED.
LEAvENwORTH Cry. K

LEAvENwoRTH CITY, KANSAS,
October 2, 1855.
To the Editor Of the National Era:
In late letter, informed you that arrange.
ments had been made in Missouri for the ex-
portation of q large number of voters. at the
election in this Territory for Delegate to Con.
gress. did not fully believe that the Pro-Sla.
very party were sufficiently insane to reneat
such an invasion. 1t is however true. that
hundreds crossed the river yesterday to vote
here. Four hundred came into the little town
of Delaware, and, from what learn, suppose
like numbers came into the other. small border
towns. If these men had not come, scarcely
corporals guard would have voted yesterday in
many of the precincts. They not only voted,
but had money to pay the poll-tax of the Pro-
Slavery men in the Territory. l asked one of
my neighbors Of that party if he voted; he re-
piled afirmatively, but said he should not have
done so, except that his Platte county friends
paid the dollar for him. presume this was
generally true. Such barbarian invaders are
no longer terrific. They are simply contempt
ible. Let none be deferred from coming hith-
er to settle, from any fear on this account. The
great body of the citizens of the Territory did
not regard the day as legally authorized cleo
ton day. The course of the Missourians and
their Legislature has completely Disguised
many of the ProSlavery party in the Territory,
and, at the election in Delaware, the Missouri.
ans had the whole ground-there were almost
no Kansas citizens there.
Yours, truly, JOHN H. BYRD.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-10-18
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS.

The Springfield Republican publishes nearly
full returns of the population of the FIVE western
counties of the State Of Massachusetts, as taken
this year, compared with the census five years
ago. The tables embrace the returns Of this
years census from l43 cities and towns, being
a little less than half of the whole number, and
from about three-ffths of the whole population.
The nett gain in these cities and towns from
1850 is 95,l52. The total population of the
whole State in 1850 was 994,5l4. The gain
thus far is at the rate of about seventeen per
cent, the places given having in 1850 about
900 inhabitants. These returns include the
cities where the gain has been the largest; and
they also include the western part of the. State,
where the gain has perhaps been the smallest.
1t is supposed eleven hundred and twenty-five
thousand will be as high as the population of
the State will now reach.
New York State shows gain from three mil
lions in 1850 to about three millions and
quarter in 1855, which is but eight per cent,
much less than the ratio of increase in Massa-
chusetts.
We give below the population of the cities
and some of the larger towns in Massachusetts,
as shown by the State census in 1855:
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-10-18
NEW PLAN FOR a PACIFIC RAILROAD.

The american Railroad Journal" pub
liches communication from A. p. Robinson,
railroad engineer, to Hon. j. NJ. Wood,
member of Congress from Maine, proposing an
entirely original plan for the construction Of the
great Atlantic and Pacific railway BY this
plan he hopes to accomplish the following re-
suits, viz:
"The easy attainment of speed of one hun
dred miles per hour; increased safety, even
almost to the extent of absolute immunity from
accidents arising from unseen imperfections in
the track or the breaking of axles; and in
creased accommodations and conveniences,
even to the extent of sleeping, eating, and sit
ting rooms, with all the comforts had upon our
steamers"
The plan is briefly this He proposes to lay
four parallel rails of the ordinary pattern and
weight, forming two distinct tracks, each Of a
gauge of q to feet, and having an internIedi-
space of five to six feet. He would lay these
tracks upon distinct and separate sleepers, hay
ing ditch or trench between them, but so con-
nected as to preserve uniform gauge. The
car body would rest upon four tracks, and be
sustained by single bearing at the centre of
each. With this arrangement the cars would
be constructed of width of twenty feet, and
carry at least double load, which would be
divided between the four rails The locomotives
would be constructed double, with two distinct
sets of driving wheels and two cylinders on each
side, leaving room between for boiler of five
feet in diameter. The axles of the driving
wheels not extending across the space occupied
by the boiler. it matters not how large the
drivers are. These are the prominent features
of the proposed plan, models of which are nox
on exhibition in New York. 1t will be seen
that any failure of single rail or an axle could
not prevent the running of the train or throw it
off the track, as it would run on three tracks
The plan is novel one, and worthy of con-
oidarot;or -
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-10-18
NO. 459.

calumniating the North, and cultivating South
ern chivalry. When the Know Nothing party
was organized in Virginia, in company with
the great mass of Virginia Wings, it gave it the
f9ll benefit of its support, and is now one of
is Jealous supporters, as the following extract
from an editorial in its issue of October 9th
will show:
SON Friday, then, the 18th Of October, the
American Convention of Virginia will as
sambe at Lynchburg. Let it be fully attend
ii. LET the ablest and discreetest men Of the
yarty 20 up there, and frankly commune with
Zach other as to the best means of furthering
* interests, and thereby promoting the welfare
If our State and country. The times are out
of Joint: the future is full of peril to our insti-
unions and our liberties; and it behooves good
mon and patriots Of all parties and all sections,
70 hand together for their preservation. From
ne action Of this Lynchburg Convention, if
,r;se and prudent counsel shall prevail, we an
t;cinate a vast amount of good. We again,
therefore. urge the people to see to it that they
9-s represented in that body by able and COM
netent men. But few, we apprehend, who real
i have the welfare of the country and the
American party heart, but will readily put
themselves TO a little inconvenience to promote
4. by attending the Convention"
How refreshing must be the appreciation of
this Know Nothing paper to the National
Sulight-out Why's of Massachusetts and New
York so pure that Fusion excites their loath-
iag! Are they aware that there IS no Wing
Rfrfy IN tie So1tth-that it has gone over In
body to the Know Nothing Party-so that the
S.raght-out Wings. as they are called, can
have no Southern allies, unless they make up
their minds to fuse with Know Nothings. This
is precisely what they will do if they persist in
their presen. course. They, the unadulterated,
the immaculate Wings, with their horror of
Fusion, must either remain geographical
marty. or follow the lead Of the Richmond Wing,
Judge Berrien, and their Know Nothing organ
ilaiion.