The Portsmouth Inquirer, 1850-08-05

Choosing a Wife. . ., : BY A LADY. , , , . ,..', -,., I bad a cousin, a chaiming girl. She could dance gracefully, sing beautifully, and play divinely. She was a most delightful com companion, - panion, companion, being both sensible and witty, and she could also perform any sort of household work, ine latter she was compelled to uo, for there was a large family of tlwmv My aunt being unable to keep more than one servant, ana my cousin iSllen being tna eldest, a good deal of labor fell to her share. This she did not much mind, always per forming it cheerfully and well, only taking care that it should not be known among her acquaintances, fearing, if it were, that she should lose the respect and consideration her superior address and accomplishments every woere insured, and as she was at times seen dressed like a lady, and never at any occu- pauuu mure useiui uiuu KUllung or wurai- ed work, no one suspected her of being able to Q0 waat sue realty did. .,. x I cannot say she was without lovers: for she was universally admired and sought; but tne young men unanimously set her up lor a fine lady, and she completed her twenty- second year without having au offer. Her companions all marvelled that she should re main single so long; and I among the rest began to think it very odd that, though there was an actual contention for her hand at the balls, no one wished to secure her for a partner for life. Among our inmates was a gentleman, somewhat distantly related to my husband, whom l bad olten suspected ot greatly ad miring my cousin Allen, but still made no proposal. By a mere chance I ascertained that she regarded bira in a more favorable light and with kinder feelings than she had ever entertained for another: and as the ma ten seemed suitable, l resolved to find out what kept them apart. A long tete-a-tete with the gentleman favored my design. After conversing with him for a time on va rious subjects, we began to talk of our female acquaintances ; and in order to disarm sus picion, i purposely avoided mentioning El Ellen's - len's Ellen's name. "Its unaccountable to me, Philip," said I, "that you don't begin to lookout for a wife. you Know wnat an advocate l am lor matri matrimony; - mony; matrimony; and positively, if you become an old bachelor, I'll cut your acquaintance alto gether." ' "1 nave no sucti intention, I assure you, answered Philip, " and to speak the truth, I have been seeking a wife this long time past." "Indeed! and are you so impressed wilh the idea of your own excellence that you cannot find a woman worthy of you?" 1 asked. "Not so," replied Philip, " but I fear the woman I am most charmed with is not a fit wife for me. I cannot marry a mere fine lady; and vet 1 can require an accomplished woman. Mv wife must be cultivated and refined, and I should like that she possessed personal charms; many such woman I have known; but then she must be amiable, and thought quite at home in the drawing room, she must also understand the details of house-keeping, and be competent to manage a family, to direct her servants, and to take tne servant s place if need be, " Why, it's a rare avis, that you require,1 said I, laughing ; " I admire your modesty, young gentleman, I must confess; and, sup posing you were to nnd such a pnoenis, what, may I ask, do you propose asan equivalent: or do you imagine your own pretty person, tne privilege oi Deanngyour name, and raak ing the most of your income, would consti tute a fair exchange? What could you oiler to induce such a rare niece of nerfection to accept you for her lord and master?" "What could I offer?" retorted Philip, with warmth; " why, I would offer myself; not, mind you, after the fashion of too many men of the present day. I would bind m- seit to ner, oouy and soul. , Dor such a wo man 1 woild toil like a slave if it were ne cessary ; for such a woman I do not say I would die that is tame but for such a wo woman - man woman I would lire ; 1 would shield her from evil; I would lighten her of care ; I would surround her with everv comfort: in short. 1 would dedicate the whole of my existence to the promotion of her happiness." "uently! gently r cried 1, "moderate your transports, and tell me ii you know any ady who approaches near the perfection you demand." ' I know one," he replied, sliehtly hesi tating, " that I would give much to learn possesses one or two ot the requisites. Some i know she nas. . Listen to me my mend. am at present in very flourishing circumstan circumstances - ces circumstances ; but how can 1 be sure they will eontin ue r now, am resuiveu never to marry a woman who is not a thorough house-keeper. Accomplished beauties o(tu prove the ruin or men nusDanus, anu, Destuevi cannot af afford - ford afford to maintain an expensiveeslavishment Now, your cousin Ellen is the mosNv(!iy creature 1 ever beheld; but then is she aw fine lady, unable to exist without servau8 to watt on heir . " By no means, I answered ; Ellen is as notable as she is accomplished and re fin ed ; everything in the house is under her di rection, and all the order you observe in her domestic arrangements is the effect of her good management." -. " xou surprise me, exclaimed Jfbiiip, " nay, surely you jest. To confess the truth, I have hinted at the desirableness of the useful being added to the ornamental in wo woman's - man's woman's education ; but she has so constantly shrunk from the subject, that I feared that she was totally opposed to my views." "Ah! 68ia 1, " that is JMlens.weak point, but come with me to-morrow and pay her a morning visit, and I promise )0u shall see her in all ber glory." Accordingly we went together, and I de sired the servant who showed us in the par parlor, - lor, parlor, not to say that I bad any one with me, but just to tell my cousin I wished to speak to her, and was in haste.. In two minutes down she came, the very picture of health and good bumor' . ., ... " My dear cousin," she said, not perceiv ing Philip, " you are a prileged person, for you know I am invisible it company at this hour. What can you wuhtT is it a new pattern, or have you come to help me toss up the beds and sweep the rooms? ' v At this moment her eyes rested on the figure of Philip, reflected in the looking' glass; but finding herself fairly caught, she had loo much sell-respect to betray any confusion. Gracefully apologizing for her dishabille.which.by the by, was most becom becoming, - ing, becoming, she entered easily into conversation, and thus completed the conqueBtof the heart of pool Philip. , ;! ?v ' ' ' . '' ! Six months after this incident F-hilip and

Charles Boll,. of London, has published two lectures on , cholera, emph iticnlly declar declaring - ing declaring that cholera originates with tho atmos atmosphere, - phere, atmosphere, and is not contagions, Dr. Dixon , ,-the - the ,-the editor of the Scalpel, in the last number if his Magazine, non-concurs, nnd for the reuson thut wo never had cholera here until it was brought from abroad. Prufessor Al Stephens ngrees with Dr. Dixon, and thus "doctors disagree" upon one of the raovt important subjects which, agitate the public nitu J. Tim Doctors vary btill more in their treatment than in their opinions, nnd the views of DrBell, are unlike those of most others of the samo practice. We quote his conclusions as to what cholera arises from, but dare not venture to load or mislead anybody by copying his remedies, excopt that iron and quinine enter largely into his prescriptions: ' " ' " "'' 1st. Thut cholera is the effect of an. im pression oh the sympathetic system; that its cause docs not primarily affect the blood, is incapable o! reproduction m the body, and, therefore incommunicable. 2d. That its effects begin by impaired vitality and disordered function of the ca capillary - pillary capillary circulation, the skin. . , ' M. That congestion ot the thoracic and abdominal voins iB the consequence of the above conditon, and the cause of other symp toms. 1 ' " ' . - -. 4th. That exudation of the watery particles of the blood, whether through tho mucous or into tho serous tissues, constitutes the natural mode of reliof to this conges congestion. - tion. congestion. '?:''. 5lh. That cholera goes though certain diurnal stages, of which capillary disturb ance is the first, venous congestion the se cond, more or less intermission or cessation of capillary disturbance the third. - 6th. That the natural tendency of cho cholera - lera cholera is to go through these ' successive changes for three days, and then to cease, or run into consecutive or remittent con gestive fever. JV. Y. Express. . , A Prophetic Spirit A Washington correspondent of the Buf Buffalo - falo Buffalo CommcrcialAdvetiser relates the fol following: - lowing: following: At about eleven o'clock, coming from the house of a friend, I met one directly from tho President's. . Upon asking how i t la i 'ii no was, ne repica wan a cnoKing voice, "Dead!" I turned nnd left for my room, too much Bttected to wish to see any one. As I passed up the avenue I overtook Col, Marshall, of Kentucky. "Well," nsked he, how recently have you heard from the White House?" "At this mome nt," I answered. The President is dead!'? "My tou.iicKjucui.iuni wiiu nt.iriiingeiiipiinsifi, isitpossibleV We walked on a few mo moments - ments moments in profound silence. At last he said, "This is something terrible, A little over a year ago Gen. Taylor, on his way to Washington, called at my ho'ise in Ken tucky, which is in the same district where his relatives live. In the course of con conversation, - versation, conversation, ho said 'Well, Mnrbhal, they killed Gen, Harrison at Washington in one month, and my wife says they'll kill me in a year; but I think after standing Mexico 1 can stand Washington. Now, it seeins.'snid Mr, Marshall, 'that Mrs. Taylor was right. He has been here but littlo over a a . . l .1 t il I a year." At tins moment me ueuoiinc State Department toiled fourth a solemn peal which was taken up by other bells, and tho melancholy fuel of the decease was announ announced - ced announced to all. Was ever Wokan ix this Homoh Wooed ? The following is stid to be the manner a Sandwich Islander proposes marriage, when he falls a victim to the tender passion : . ; '-t ., ' The chief told her that if she would becomo his wife, lie would send one hun dred sen-otters to her friends ; that he would never ask her to carry any wood, draw water, dig for roots, or hunt for pro provisions: - visions: provisions: that he would make her mistress over his olhor wives, and permit ner to sit at her ease from morning till night, and wear her own clothes ; that she should al ways have abundance of fat salmon, an chovies, and elk, and be allowed to smoke ns many pipes of tobacco as she thought proper,' together with majpy oiaer natter nattering - ing nattering inducements. Singular Coincidence Some years ago wo noticed a paragraph pointing out ti.. .m n tlim a majority of ' Our Presidents had left the cliuir of State du ring their obth year : Un reference to authentic documents we find this true, and now we may add Gen. Taylor Xo the list, They elected Presidents and their ages on retiring were as tollows : . , .,' . Waslungtcm retired in his both year, John Adams , CO Jackson 70 Jefforson, 60. Van Buren, , 51) Madison, 06 Harrison,.' 08 Monroe, : 60 Polk, 57 J. Q.Adams4 (1 term) 02 Taylor, ; 60 H id the second Adams been elected tor the second term he also would have been 60 on retiring, JV. Y. Tribune J , .... A Curious Fact vh Natural History, Messrs. Thompson and Edmonson, fish fishermen - ermen fishermen of Roosebeck, huve discovrcd that the 'dowkcy,' a local name for duck species, of which hundreds are olten caught!' in winter, lays its eggs oit a sand-bank, called St. Helena,' some few. miles outat sea from Rosobock and Piol, which. -j is 'under water, i They are hutched by the, parent birds so undor the salt water, as they have been obsevod by Mesrs. Thompson to go down and remain a time upon the eggs and to lopattt this till incubation is complete when the young are brought up to the sun face under the wings of tho xld ones. Up to tho timo of this fact, it was snpposod that they came from a distance at stated periodf.i' A tine balmy day , enabled . the fishermen to take a bpat and ascertain the fact Ktndal Mercury. . .,V;-

being whose chief recommendations are that she can play and sing, and dance the potka, and entertain company ; and tnat is thegross amount of requisites many candi candidates - dates candidates for matiimonial honors can command. Anecdote of Db Youno. As the Doc Doctor - tor Doctor was. walking in his gnrden at Welwyn in. company with two Indiesone of whom li afterwords mnrricd the sorvunt came to tell him a gentlemen wished to , speuk with him. 4 "Tell him," raid the Doctor, "I nm too hhppily engaged to change my situa situa-tipn." - tipn." situa-tipn." ... . ,' , i-Tlio ladies insisted that ho should go, ns his visitor was a man of rank, his patron and his friend. As persuasion, however, had no effect, one took him by the right arm, tho other by the left, nnd led him to tho garden gale; when, finding resistance ns in vujn, he bowed, laid his hand on his henrt, in thnt expressive manner for which he was sn remarkable spoke the following lines : , "Thus Adam look'd when from the garden . unven, And thus disputed orders sent from Hea Heaven, - ven, Heaven, Like him I go, but yet to go am loth, loth,-Like - Like loth,-Like him I go for angels drove us both, Hard was his fate but mine still more unkind. . . . . His Eve went with him, but mine stays L-l.. J I ueniuu. Oreat Improvement in Tanning Lea ther. HenTy W, Ellsworth, Esq., has 6hown us several specimens of leather which was anned. under bis own eyes, in the space of in minutes, by a new process of which Mr. Harmon Hibbard, of Rochester, New York, Is the inventor. This statement may seem khnost incredible when it is considered that six, eight, and ten months, are required to ttQ Leather by the ordinary process. Mr. Ellsworth has in his possession a pair of boots and a pair ot shoes made lrom a raw hide in less than a day and a half, tanned Vy this new process. 1 he Leather is tan- red by a compound ot chemicals, and in hrne and materials, is a saving of at least five thousand per cent, over the present slrtL. method ft making Leather. Mr.FtusW tho- vateuioo ana proprietor, will be here in a few days, with a view of selling the right for this State, Ihe Tight for Conneticut and Massachusetts was sold for 500.000; Ohio for $150,000; Michigan for $100,000. It is undoubtedly one of the greatest improvements of the age. Speci mens of Leather manufactured by this me method, - thod, method, may be seen at the Law Office of Messrs. Ellsworth & Scott. Lafayette Journal. As Epioram that's owe op 'em. Some time ago, " Grace Greenwood," in describ describing - ing describing a poetical friend of ours in a Philadel Philadelphia - phia Philadelphia newspaper, took occasion to " blow Mm up," for satirizing "lady literature" more severely than was pleasing to her. On " coming down" again, he epigrammatized his grief in a quatrain, which we herewith smuggle into print: With awful sinners saved by grace," Good books are often crammed; But here's the first authentic case Of one whom " Grace " has damned ! Boston Times. Lynch Law. The Fredricksburgh Re Recorder, - corder, Recorder, states that a lawless mob, assembled at the Court House of Culpeper county, on Wednesday week, and, though resisted by the Sheriff, entered the jail and took there therefrom - from therefrom by force, William Grayson, a free ne- ro, and hung him by the neck until he was ead. The Superior Couil had twice con convicted - victed convicted Grayson, but the higher, or General Court, had twice granted a new trial, stating that the evidence " is hardly sufficient to raise a suspicion !,' The Recorder says, this is the first instance of Lynch law in Virgi Virginia, - nia, Virginia, and justly styles it a foul blot on her escutcheon. . Court Dress of a Young Woman from . Boston. i We find in an English paper the following description of the dress worn by Miss Law rence, daUSuter Ol rrnr Minister tn Hivj' at a late urawiug ruuin, wuerr sue was pre seated to the Queen of England;- 'Train of rich white Moire, trimmed with bouillones and tulle' and bouquets'of roses de Mai, lined with white glace, with three skirts of tulle, looped with cbaldaine of roses de Mel; blonde berthe. Head dress Feathers, Wonde lappets, and dia monds.' Ornaments Diamonds. We have an idea that this costume would contrast somewhat curiously with the Sun Sunday - day Sunday go-to-meeting apparel of Miss Law Lawrence - rence Lawrence s grand-mother. Let us see. The old, lady, if we m'stake not, was the wife of a poor but decent laboring larmer. Her cos tume must have been about as follows: Boddice and skirt of linsey woolsey, Bpun, woven, cutout, and made up with her own hands ; loopedat both sides with both hands, when the road ; to church happened to be muddy. She had no " blonde bertha" we believe,! aitnougn some ot tne jawrences are ot fair complexion, she may huve bad several births of blondft. Head dress, a mob cap; Orna Ornament, - ment, Ornament, a contented smile on the lips, and a jirayerbdok or bibte ill the hand. High fjeeled boots of kip leather laced above the ancle, and pattens in wet weather. ,! Lord! if the old woman could Only wake ip and see her grand-darter,- how" it would astonish her republican simplicity ; esnecial- lr the bouillones of tulle, the three skirts of tulle, the clialciaine of roses de' Mat, the feathers and diamonds ! IV, f . Star, : .Moderation la the silken string runnina .. k il :ll u- .11 ..!?... liiuugu uw aiir.cu ciiaiuui an. virtues. ' A distinguished1 teacher defines genius to be the jjowei of making effoitsv. ": 1 -1

GROCERS! PRODUCE DEALERS- 8. R. Ross, Front street, 5 doors below Market. Oakes & Buskirk, No. 6, Front street, above Market. COMMISSION AND FORWAHDLNGr MERCHANTS & GROCEEH. Davis St Smith, East side of Market street. . M'Dowell & .' Corner of Front and Market streets. .PHYSICIANS. Dr. J. M. Bhackleird, Residence on Fourth above Court. Dr. Wm. M'Dowell, Office on Front, 3 doors above Market. Dr. J. Corson. Residence on Court, between 4th and oth sts. ATTORNTES AT LAW. Edward W. Jordan, Market Street, next door to the Bank. V. A. Hntchins, Market Street, next door to the Bank. BANKERS, p. Kinnev & Co., Front, half way between Market & Jefferson . nmraa & MACKOT. East side of Market, 1 door from Front street . INSURANCE COMPANIES Portsmouth Insurance Company, Front, iu J. Lodwick & Son's Store. DRY GOODS MERCHANTS, wm. Elden & Co.,' East side Market, between Front & Second Lodwick &. Son, No. 66 Front, above Jefferson. '"'DRUGS AND MEDICINES. J. Ii. M'Vey & Co., Front, 53 Flaxseed Row- ghackleford & Crichton, Front, below Jefferson. . Dr. J. Corson, No. 3, Front Street, above Market. BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER. 8. Wells, Front, one door below Court. WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER. John Clngsten, Front, one door above Kinney's. FURNITURE WAREROOMS. J. B.fcS.P. Nickels, West side Market, between Front & Second MERCHANT TAILORS. A. C.Davis, Front Streot, below I). S. Hotel. Miller & Elsas, Corner of Front and Jefferson. BOOTS & SHOES. M. Kehoe, Front, two doors below Jefferson. HATS AND CAFa n. Wolfard. Front street, one door below Franklin House HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER. J. M. Teagarden. Over No. 3, Jeflerson street. 1H0U1HEE80FF1CE. Havino recently procured an Extensive and Splendid Assortment of FANCY AMD JOB TYPE. We are prepared to execute in the neatest manner and at short notice, all kinds of Show Bills, Ball Tickets, Handbills, Business Cards, Horse Bills, Visiting Cards, Circulars, &c. a new and tfeauiifujone we are prepared to execute soute all kiuds of Legal and Business Jilanks. We shall always keep on hand a full assort assortment - ment assortment of Land conveyances,Bills of Lading.Prom isoryl notes, &c, got up after the roostapproved farm., mhwh wa will sell bv the single sheet or quire, at prices, for the most part, as Tow as they can be procured in Cincinnati Having been at considerable expense, from a desire to have the above named kiuds oi wo execuwu u well in our town as they can be in larger places, we hope to receive Ub6ral share of public pat patronage.' - ronage.' patronage.' ' Wholesale and Retail Dealers In Stoves, Grates, Castings and Hollow-ware, Copper, Zinc, Sheet-iron, and Tin-ware, WEST SIDt Or URKT BTHIT, Jortsmouth, hto. f We invite Country merchants, Furnace J " men, and citizens generally, to call and TWiniine ourstock. All orders promptly atended to. Job Work executed with neatness and despatch. r ortsmoutn, ssept. io, a wu. 3JHO. MoBOWIEILL Jr., and' Qfottoatama MERCHANT, Land Office Agency PERSONS wishing to enter land at the Land Office in Chillicothe, O., can have tended to, and save both time and money by calling on, , 1 DUGAN & MACRO Y, .carmen aim mevuauii a xuAtuaugc, Portsmouth, rnov. 7, '43 34tf. CINCINNATI HOTEL IF A AO MARCHAST. . . ' . ., D. T. MORRIS, S5 : MARCHANT & MORfttS; ' ; . Proprietor s. SUCCESSORS to G. W. H. Evans, corner of Broadway aud Front streets, immediate immediately - ly immediately opposite the steamboat landing, and opposite the Railroad Office, Cincinnati, Ohio. ID The house having undergone a thorough renairl ttin timnriiitars am nrenared and deter mined to accommodate the traveling publio in a satisfactory manner. . ' Xfapril 'ou RICE A prime article by Tierce or iai' iai'-rel, - rel, iai'-rel, for sale. bT 8. B, EOSS. ' juiv io, iBDO.

000 emigrants and 7,500 wagon have passed lie ond this post. . I do not believe that there are more than 6 or 7.000 vet behind, and the grent majority ot the.xi this side of (he South Fork of tho Plate.--' Every' stream vis rai.idlv risinrr. nnd llm Laramie ' river has blocked the enme on some 7 or 800, who are now quietly wait ! - II ... , - - uigior n mil." - i ; , . :Vi ' "The leuding wagons" it says, "are now near the mines, while the hindmost are but just leaving the Missouri.1 What a train II Where but in the United States' would such a one be possible f. ... . Philadelphia. July 30. Tho funeral procession in honor o tho late Presidont, was of the most impobin description. The cortege was about 20 squnros ' long occupying an hour and a half to pass a given point. Upwards of 60 squares or at least 4 miles in length. The cortege began to move at 1 1 o'clock, A. M and did riot reach Christ's Church until , after 3 o'clock P. M., thus taking upwards of 4 hours to go over the route. The column was about 1$ hours passing a given point. The whoje . number in pro-i cession when it started was about 10,000, this number dwindled down to less than one half before the route had been rrone over, so intense wis the hea. Had it not been for the extreme hot weather, there would no doubt havo been 20,000 in pro procession. - cession. procession. , r-- ) WhlteSeld's Voice and Articulation. He had a loud and clear voice, and artic articulated - ulated articulated his words so perfectly, that he might, be heard and understood at a great distance. He preached one evening from the top of the Court House steps, which are in the middle of Market street, and on the west side of Second street, which crosses it at right an angles. - gles. angles. Both streets were filled with heareis to a considerable distance. Being among the hindmost in Market street, I had the cu curiosity - riosity curiosity to learn how far he could be heard,' by retiring backward down the Btreet to--wards the river; and I found his voice dia-1 tincttill I came near Front street, when, some noise in that street obstructed it. Imagining, then, a semicircle, of which my distance should be the radius, and that it was filled with auditors, to each of whom I al allowed - lowed allowed two square feet, I computed that he might well be heard by more than thirty thousand. - This reconciled me to the news-, paper accounts of his having preached to twenty-five thousand Deonle in thn fiplda and to the history of Generals haranguing whole armif a - mt. timed doubted. iranhlma Autobiography.. .i Jus Victims cp the Gaixows Pray ers were put up in all the oity -churches and all Episcopal churches throughout iu State, yesterday, for (he soul o. Pearson and Webster. We hear that the first named prisoner still remains in a state very much resembling 'dogged idiocy while the latter is pertectly calm and. col collected. - lected. collected. His family, for a long time past, hnve studiously avoided reading any news papers whatever, and hence cannot have been advised from that source, of the pro gress of any matter pertaining to the pain ful case, in which they ore so . immediate immediately - ly immediately interested. He has expressed a hope that his family would be kept in ignorance of the day fixed for his execution. In connection with this case it . may be stated ns a somewhat singular coincidence that John w. Webster committed the mur der on Friday he was arrested on Friday the verdict of the Coroners (secret) In Inquest - quest Inquest was made public on Friday one of the regular days selected for his family to visit him nt the jail was on Friday the final decision of the Executive was given on Friday, and his execution is to take place on Friday. Boston Times, 20th.

Blanks! Blanks!! AN assortment of blanks of various kinds such a Warrantee, Quit-Claim and Mort gage Deeds, Subpsaas, Summons, Executions Attachments, and other Justice's blanks, con taatly on hand at this office. BANKING OFFICE EINNEY & TRACY have opened an of office - fice office for discount and deposits, on Front streoL four doors below tho U. S, Hotel. Interest allowed on deposites, payable on de mand. Gold, silver, and nncurrent notes boueht and sold. Office hours from 8 A. M. till B P.M. May 13, 1850, ' EXCHANGE OFFICE. East side of Market, one door from Front street DUGAN & MACKOY, Exchange Broken. W OAN monev collect notes and drafts, buy JLi and sell Bank Notes, Gold and Silver, re receive - ceive receive money on deposit allowing interest on the same, payable on demand. January 9, 1849. n40. sums qw momrni T ARGE and small, transmitted at all times I j io any part of England, Ireland, or bcov land. DCGAJT & MAqKO Y, , Exchange Brokers, East side of Market, one door from Front st. Portsmouth, 0., Oct. 17, M9.-28tf. "Mow Hat MANUFACTORY! WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, Ohb doob west of thk Franklin House Portsmouth, Ohio S. R. ROSS, WMIUiM.E MOT, COMMISSION AND PRODUCE MERCHANT, AMD FKOST ST., PORTSMOUTH OHIO irr A full and complete assortmont of Teas . Wines. Liquors, Nails, Iron, Coffee Mnluuuss. Powder, Cordage, .c, always on hand, at Eastern Wholesale prices rry Particular attention given to orders Portsmouth, May 8, 1848. tf. P. J. Oaves. A. W. BusKlRK OARES& BUSKIRK, Rectified, Whiskey, Foreign AND domestic Ctquo 0. Front Street, Portsmouth, Ohio, WE hope by strict attention to business and due observance of tho wants of our cus- tomers, and the public generally, to receive continuance of that very liberal patronage here tofore extended to the old firm, for which we re very much obliged. January 2,1849. n39 A CARD. A tho cessation of sickness and the comple comple-tion - tion comple-tion of the bridge across the Scioto, indicate revival of business, the Proprietor of the nas made arrangements to supply the increasing wanU of the travelling public. The abundance of the markets will enable him, at all times, to keep his table well sup supplied, - plied, supplied, and those who patronize him may rely upon being well accommodated at the most rea reasonable - sonable reasonable rates. ... A few more steady boarders, with or without lodging, will find it for their interest to make the Franklin House their home. R. MONTGOMERY, Proprietor. Portsmouth, Aug. 21, 1849.-20wlf. WILLIAM McCOMB, . MANUFACTURER OF ' Silk, Beaver, Brush and Tamplco Hata. One door west of the corner of Court and Second streets. ' 1 Summer Hats. . J Q H mHE subscriber now has on hand and is fin . JL ishing a superior quality of Hats of the latest styles and of every variety adapted to theseason. Also, .; Children!' Hats and Caps, of every beautiful form & now on band, all of which will be sold singly or by the dozen, on terms which cannot fail to be satisfactory. D WOLFARD, Front stret,Portsmouth, April 29, '50 It. LLOYD, Wholesale and! Retail Dealer ' JJoota, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Leath . er and Shoe Findings. . T AM now receiving rov Spring Stock of I Bools, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Leather and Shoe Findings, together with a large and beautiful assortment of Carpet Bags and Satchels, which were selected with great care. :. . ' Persons wishing any of the ahova nvtinU. will find it to their interest to eriva m. r.u as I am determined to sell as low as the same articles can be bought west of the Mountains luvunnu r,JL.UYD, ' " Bleu or tub Bio Rid Boot, ' PorUmoulh, March 19, 1850 50. i A LWATO on band B, r. PLOUR, No i JL 1 and . warnnted to do or good qua) ity v A. M. JJAMIKIN. Dteember 10, 1849. -6: ,:,,

Louisville Journal of Wednesday lasthowj how much the mind has to do, in producing. or warding off cholera attacks. . Great de pression of spii its and fear, are strong pre- causes of the disease. They invite attacks, as every well informed physician knows.' Firmmcss nnd cheerfulness are great pre" ventives, and should be constantly culti vated: : . n - ..' .? On Tuesday, the wife of a man named Jac ques, in the lower part of the city, was at tacked by cholera., lir.jtvnight was called in, and, by his direction, Jacques went for medicine. Un his return, he inquired anx- iouslv of the doctor how his wife was. He was informed that she was in a collaosed atato and could not possibly live. Thero upon he calmly took out his watch, nnd. handing it to his brother, said, "My wife is going to die, and 1 cannot live without her: I shall die too." He seemed in perfect health at ihe time, but all the symptoms of cholora made their opircarance immediately and he died in three bouts. J: ! .. i .- - -. i . r s .Takino a Ride. At Bonlentown, N. J. the other day, the managers of the railroad to Trenton were put to a non-plus. The lo locomotive - comotive locomotive which was to carry the morning twin to Trenton was missed and could he no where found. The engineer was com compelled - pelled compelled to get another with which he went to Trenton, where hn found the runaway, It seems that some time during the night an insane fellow bad gone to the engine, made a fire, took in water, greased the machinery, and then set off on a n excursion of bis own down the road. He passed all the stations at a flying pace, ana did not atop until he had reached Trenton, where he said that he only wanted to see how fast be could make the thing go. That he escaped destruction is almost miraculous. JV., i. Pott. : ' " John Neal predicts that ha time will come; "when a man's perspiration will be turned to account as steam, and drijre him up hill . like alocomoUve. ".l'j

Ellen ronouncpd their vows at Hymen's shrine, and I never heard that eitberof them bad found cause to repent., . .Now, Jet voung ladies be sure that Philip is not alone in a dislike to fine wives. It is a feeling shared by a great number of his sex indeed, by all the sensible portion. As long as the girls study to excel in, the lighter acquirements of a female education, neglecting, nay, despising the useful, let :t hem not wonder at the large proportion of young men remaining unmarried. How can a man of any forethought but shrink at con connecting - necting connecting himself wilh a woman who is igno ignorant - rant ignorant of the commonest duties of a wife or mistress? Blind indeed must love have rendered him who would lake to his bosom