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The Inquirer. Reuben Wood Correapondenc of tho of Commerce" Journal . , . ; More California pmigrants.' Wilmot Proviso,. , 4 THE INQUIRER. Mr. King's California Report.- - ! BY TCLL'GIMrZI. Alas'i poor" Davy, tliat hobby you mounte- PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, Day before yesterday more than, 20 per Washigton, M.irch 25, tfiis Scioto for " d1. with such bottom and speed has lost its Arrival of tho steamer Eurppa Two l SVijiglirersin itaa; sons left place on the steamer Mr.. Thom as Butler King's Report on ;- wind to leave un- - If " and promises its rider an . from Europe. California. Among the rest, was a company California was rend to the President and JWeeka Later ful of tlte expiring strug; SD1TOH. , rBAKCIS CLEVELAND, enviable notoriety! It has made Davy a ' 3; y - Halifax, April troop of 8 or 10 who goouf under very favorable Cabinet and occupied two hours and character, but it will falUnd break bis neck.' .. v..' hive Ventured, dm. - Europe arrived at this place at kalf ElTXIJiG, 1850. a half in rending, How astonished Davy will be Boon. Even The eveninis, p welcome the KOSDAI APRIL 8, circumstances for success. It was organized ' now he is kicking past 2 o'clock this afternoon. 5 AV. chiefly, under the direction of Mr. Jefferson It will of course be presented to Con whipping, spurring, and ' thejf cfieerful peejlngs. gress. 1 topicsot which his hobby, far in the rear, and will soon be descriptions of cotton except fair and W. Gliddon, of our most successful he it.treats ore All sional note from several sped , FOR GOVERHOR, one out of sight and forgotten. , -- The population of the country...: . good had declined one fsrtbing, fair1 upland ered' songsters, the.ted-bird- , s. have already been 1' year About 17000 ' Its resources How changed are the limes Last REUBEN WOOD. ngricultural . was quoted at 6gd, fair Mobile and fa)r black-bir- expended in outfit.and capital to any extent the whigs and freesoile reclaimed the hobby, 6c, d and one morning Exte nt and production of the--' mineral for and had fierce disputes about the title, bo N. Olcans 6f d .Sales the fortnight had ihatBure harbinger Spring.,. 1 required will be hereafter furnished.- - Mr. ' ' of rpgion : - . -r- .-j. , 0C3Our publication day being on Mon . valuable was esteemed 1 Davy bad the took it but been 96,000 bales, of which speculators gate usV touch of his garrulity ju . day, and forpub-li-e Jesse Young, a very enterprising gentleman. The commerce and navigation 5 alledvertisements notices ofCalifurni name the prima facie title was in him, 10,000. Sales the 7,500, and exporters , of know tlathe was Tbe lion, must be handed in on Saturday, heretofore in the iron business, goes as head 1 he Legislature necessary for the ter and how he did ride I Head and tail up, abouU bk week 20,000 baiesi -- - n last the peach.jbave for more than a we of the company, which is made up of men ritory 5 ." . ... v whipand Bpur went Davy! True.heallow-edVa- " Coffee London is down 6s or . 15s from 'j And especially regard disposi Buren to ride before) but Davy held in .if their colors, but have riot yet open: Our Third Volualo. , , accustomed to toil and privations, and who in to the v the reins. It's all over now ;' the Wilmot the fop price of a few weeks ago.-- .. ",. The present number ia the first of volume will sink under any hardships incident tion of the gold bearing lands, belonging to prqspecj. lofar, in this section Is not like the wooly horse of the Rocky ' the V. States." ". v Sroviso, The com market is susady and, yellow has frujt, Alihougfi the season is III, As soon as we sre able to' make the to the life of a gold' digger. Mr. Moses is a humbug. - Pshaw hiss ! rathe un- : ,:n lu. The population of the country is now a-- - advanced 6d per quarter; Wbite,ia necessary oiTBiigeHicuiO) " yayi w Gregory of this place, goes with them under who would ride.such a shabby animal!- We wardalirest secure Jn .the promise bout one hundred hhd twenty thousand. ! prices are firmer. r. ". somewhat enlarged, and it is the desire of handsome salary, as Surveyor, Clerk, or never liked it not we The whigs north changed, but Spring tine and harvest shell never t An accession to the population by the im-- begin to think this is the meanest animal unchanged, but firmer. the pjllieSers that every year should wit--, be required. Their Flour is The note, bf preparation is everywhere I general Agent, as may igration, during the year beginning at they ever did see an odious little scrub, not Bullion in the Bank of England is fc size and ; The for the business of the year, and man nessime improvement until the intention is to make a thorough exploration the next dry season on the first of May jnorth. his feeding I - V reflec-- . ' increased. Consols closed at 85 for mo- reason tCj doubt the earth : 'character of. the paper shall be: the of such sections, as promise most favorably is estimated at two hundred thousand. ' There is no danger now in denouncing that wilt yiel t;on of an enlightened, wealthy and liberal either for washing or mining, to acquire a The agricultural capacities of the State Jbe Wilmot proviso in the north. Taylor ney and accounts." Americnn securities increase 4id all his wants beabundau will not be afraid to say downright that he i , are heretofore said but we have no quo- supplied Let his gratitude be as constr. community. knowledge of the best process for extracting vastly greater than has been will veto the and are to be firmer, thing; the Republic will ' ' financial represented . There is vast extent ', and his Wessingsj' J ' & Designing that the affairs of the the precious metal from the earth, and in a of fefel no more delicacy on the subject, Look tation.. ' , abundant as ') lands, in Inauirer shall be cooducted.eventually.upon short, to establish a regular and business pasture unsurpassed tiny where out for a most valorous article from that pa- Austria and Hungary. tho world,, in OCJWe notice a number of building the cash system,, we offer to furnish it. to like Mining Company. From the character verdure and richness. The per before long, showing up the- Wilmot Five columns oftho Pesth Zeitung are wild oats grow spontaneously 'all over, the proviso as a vile locofoco invention that ' already cdng up, in different parts of th foi a each per the enterprise, filled with sentences cast by court .mar- . clubs of five 01 more dollar and ability of all engaged in General Taylor always to veto. plains, yielding an annual crop at the' rate intended who have been town, and preparations for more active!, annum, in advance, whether old or new we think they will .succeed, if success be Forty sheriffs, with search warrants, will tini ucn persons concern- of forty bushels per . acre. Any number commerjeed. A number pf old frames are fur be able to a approv- ed in the late Hungarian revolution. All 6cribera. Any old subscriber who will possible. of sheep '- npt find whig that even cattle and may be raised. Two of death have been commuted changing their location, under the guidanc name send two dollars, ed such a measure. These whigs are a funny sentences nish a new and hundred thousand head of sheep mint . be pan. mey can turn, somersets wun we to terms of imprisonment In irons, for per- of thos tacticifts Ball and Reniger. Ai ' shall receive two copies for a year. j Webster's Trial bro't into the country during- the next twoTmost immitable grace and iods of twelve npd sixteen years, i old two story, no longer grand enough 't-Fro- to-da- y ' Any one wishing to take that splendid We give the closing scene ot Web yenrs. '"."; ."J All oliticiaM ihonld take them leuonsfrom An inundation of the Danube bos caused street, we observed a day or iff . Magazine, Godey's Lady's Book, the subscrip- ster's trial, including the final sentence of 1 no tunic were luniit-ri- kiiiuu ivi wuir j in the great art of grand and lofty tumb immense injury in Hungary and especial- since, keeping along Market to sir hides, which was the article of ex-- t take a tion price of which is three dollars, and the Judge. This with the statement of the chief ly uLComorn, Rnab and tlje Taasper dis- port and they wore worth but four 1848, all ovef the North, th Wrlmofrl tion injihe low ground on Third. - Even t cheap at that, can receive it end the Inqui- Attorney General, which We have hereto dollnrir1 tricts. 15,000 persons nave thlcen refuge proviso was the cardinal doctrine of the inanimate things of this world particip. fore a bead ; but now they. Are worth twenty or rer for $3,50 in advance. This offers a fine given, will put in ppssession " whig ; had no other. Cass was at Raab, in the greatest destitution. thirty dollars" a head. " party they in the gyrations of Fortune's wheel, ,V wish to both pub- of all the facts the is a miserable dough-fac- shame on him ! He Germany chance for all who obtain material in fasci it wool-growi- .. r California is especially adapted to was not touched At the opening of the Chamber, lications on the lowest terms. painful to record eventtf so derogatory to hu- fit to be with a pair of the (CT During last week ; , im- slave-ocrac- the many nev a gentleman was about to tongs..1 He and his friends were the y.
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