Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-04-17


in 1893, except the. chance aud nansept
which are those Of ftheofieIo1| |ruc.ure,. The
marriage registry book a |R| church, Is an
object of great curiosity heo '''se Of ihe reg
lister Of the marriage nf ch' Is II with the
|infan,a ei Portugal. 1869
The benevoleD, iEsiiIoI'0N ol ihis city
are numerous; among l1eI poled Ports
mouth National School 4 ouT hundred
poor boys are educated 1>0 |e system oi
DR.. Bella grammar qc''pe owed IN the
last century bYDr. Sl1|I|'' re fly boys
are educated free; PofIs1|o| Sepmen, and
Marines Orphan Scho1 niDesy faith
erless boys and girls 81. ''ded sfsr.--
Among The literary I1> 1e al hiehe,
grade and foF .ppolIc e9nf8 'e ne Porls-
mouth, PerIasa, end oos1' ''.arY and
|Rs'|'''16'' '1'' 1 <! 4.
winsef, d course II lectures on moral and
physical philosophy and belles-lenras; The
A,hepeum, among whose curiosiiies is The
|6aure-head Of The Resolution, tbe ship il
which the celebrated Captain Cook circum.
paviga,ed the globe; and The Hampshlre ii.
biarv Society, Britain issecond 70 no cOun'
Try in charitable and religious institutions,
PoR rcHEsTER CASTLE, st,
One evening ! rode Out, in company with
q cousin, 10 PoFiches,er Castle. Il This is one
OF the most remarkable structures have
ever seen. llis alihe head Of the northern
branch Of the halbor, ihroe and aal miles
by water, from Portsmouth. In position
which, in early times, gave /, grea. advan.
,ages; legonary marcb--iweny miles
from Chichester, and an equal dis,ance from
Southampton. Ills evidently q Roman for.
.i6calon. lis form is a square. l,s walls
are composed OF flint sloness set IN panels.
through the inlersiices Of which hot cement
has been poured, and which is harder than
the stone ITSELF The ar1.burDed brick has,
however, been used in'ils construction, and
can be seen in strata on removing the plas.
Ter. There is a land-poa gate, frpn,ed TO.
ward the ~aler, by the pretorium gaze. TIE
poslern gate corresponding 10 he orighl
principal Of Roman camp7-leats from,he
keep through the northern wall. ltconsains
Al, $50 square yards--more' than sufficient
space Tor two Roman legions. On the left
Of the location Of the prBlorium was The
site Of the temple. This Castle is supposed
10 have been bull, betweenihe reign Of Clau-
dius, A. d. AZ, and lha, Of Vesoasian, A.D.
80, and 10 have become, abou,ahe year 286,
the naval arsenal and chief dock-yard ol
Curusius, whose fleets swept the seas from
The British Channel 10 the Thracian Bospho.
rus. slrr
Roman coins and vases have been fount
invarlous places 10 the vicinity. These are
generally Of The reighs Of Diocleslan, Con
stenlinus, Chlorus, Galesius, and Cons,an,i
nus Magnus. The Castle was named BY
the Romans "Ponus Magnus," doubtless be
cause Of lis excelleut harbor. and i,s vicini,y
10 The Isle ef Wigln and the British Channel
II was called by The BriIons, Caer Peres; BY
The Saxors, Porlcas,er; from which came
ils present name. Al the northwest angl'
is "grea. tower," whiehis attributed 10 ,ht
Saxons, and was. probably, reared in III,
SIKH century, and served as dolense agains
the Danes. After the Norman Conquest
the Castle was held tor the eConqueror oy
constable with agarrison Of archerS and leu
dal knigh,s. IL has often served for the con
fnemenI OF political prisoners. ai'+
Upon the decline OF the ieudal system
and the abandonment ofihe medi~val mode
of warfare, itl ceased 10 be OF importance
and It's garrison was Withdrawn. In tn
y r. ~ A -
reign 81 elizabeth, however, IL was restore,
70 martial uses, and was oisen honofed WIN
the presence ioi royalty .ft '" =,
The progress In the art Of war gradual!
sunk Por'ohes'er in importance, and raise'
Portsmouth, whose commanding cannon
now project The ha rbor's mouth. l'SP Z RI,
Wtlhini the walls OF this old Roman cas-
rum is church, erected before the Normal
Conquest, andremindlng us Of tbose,roube'
times when churches needed the prolec'iol
OF garrsons.
As lhih church has moi been needed 10
many years, Q gentleman ofthe las. century
who owned The estate 10 which i belonged
and who lived in a style Of great magnifi
cence, took j in.o his head 20 make .hea
Ter Of il, concerning which attempt there
legend here .,ha, runs thus: s,Ll
| 10 one OF The scenes Of ,hs first perform
ance superauous performer Of por,en.iou
appearance horned, hooied and tailed
Ilne lng ltvh ha M