The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-01-25

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where grand jury refused to'fnd abill
against certain persons charged with an
assault upon a Roman Catnollc priest, al
though the evidence was said to be con-
clusive and it was understood that those
Of the jury who defeated the bill were
-nothings. THAT jury was TAKEN
CARE OF. Are ALL the jtries in the union
to be taken care of in similar manner?
And the judges, .too2 And the sheriffs ?
They whose deeds are in darkness have
NEED perhaps to take the courts Of justice
into their charge, Their trade may not
triye unless they do this, But woe unto
the people where the laws and their minis
ters are thus taken care Of In open pro-
ceedings it is the courts that take care Of
the criminals. In secret arrangements il
may be that the criminals are to control the
courts. "
|The present Bank Panic and the whie
Party.
Notwithstanding the advocates for Uni
ted States Bank have for q number Of
years past remained silent, apparently ac-
quiescing in its total annihilation, and not.
withstanding hundreds of both wings and
Democrats have been swindled out of large
sums of money by The late suspensions
and explosions of the rascally swindling
shops of Cincinnati and other places, we
hear them now expressing the deepest
possible anxiety to have some move made
in the politica; world which willagitate the
question of United States Bank, or a
National Bank, and bring about its organi-
cation and establishment in our country.
Though their fingers have just been bis
tered SO severely by the little shops, they
are green enough to pray for the incorpo-
ration of a mammoth one, which will have
the power TO blister their whole bodies
They seem TO labor under that species Of
selfhallucination which makes men be-
lieve that, because little evils are great
curses, big evils must be great blessings {;
and although the blighting influence of the
monster which the illusirious Jackson so
manfully throttled have not yet faded
from their memories, they are apparently
anxious to have another experiment of the
kind tested, and win doubtless move heav-
en- and earth 10 revive the "absolete idea"
at an early period. We hope they will ag-
itate ii. fully, and the sooner the better;
for that involves whig principle-a thing
that has been kept entirely concealed from
the "publc eye" for the past ten years.
We may then expect to have something
like fair and open fight with the enemy,
and we ardently hope that they may COM
mence the contest at an early day, as our
guns are all mounted, and well-manncd,
ready 10 give broadside at the firing of
the first rocket in the enemy's camp.
Two years since few individuals COM
menced boring salt wells at Pomeroy, in
Meigs county, and their efforts were crown
ed with scccess in obtaining greater sup
ply from one we'll alone than had ever been
known.
Encouraged by this result, they sub
scribed twenty-five thousand dollars forthe
erection of a furnace, one hundred and
fifty feet in length, upon the improved
plano evaporating by steam, and in four
or FIVE months afterwards it was in success
full operation. Ever since its produce has
been from seven to eight hundred bushels
of salt daily, and although their first at
tempt and only experience in salt opera
tons, they declared dividend the first
year of SIXTY PER CENT; and this present
year they will divide sEyyNTY per cent.
Since the erection Of this furnace there
have been FIVE others built, all Of which
have been successful. The salt is pur-
chased on contract by the. Kanawha Salt
Company, and their agents pay for it the
the fifteenth Of each month, SO that the
have ready and cash sale
at home forah they may make, without
TO remote markets. The pro-
cess Of making salt by the present plan Of
steam evaporation is very simple and eco
nomical, and is going forward night and
day.
Bank bill circulation IS being rapidly
curtailed in all directions. The returns Of
the New York City banks show weekly
falling off. The returns Of the banks of
Indiana and other Western
States, show very large diminution--a-
mounting to many millions with the year,