Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-07-20

mendous thunder gust at Worcester, Mass.
on Wednesday, the Baptist church was
struck by lightning. while The vestry of
the church, was filled with children, ma
king arrangements for tho celebration Of
the 9Th Of July. Abouttwenty of the chl!
dren were struck down, most OF them were
burned, some seriously, but. as by n mira
Gle, no one was killed. One little girl had
Il comb melted by the fluid, yet she escaped
with :Iiling injury. The lightning struck
in two other places, but no damage was
done. A person who was present repre-
sents it as the most terrific scene he cyer
witnessed.
Temperance Cause al PutSbHrg. -FTar-
ris' lntcIigcnccr says: "upwards Of two
thousand have joined the Washington TEN
perance Society of Pitshurg and Ailera-
ny since MeSsrs. Small, Vickers and VIII
Jams, the Missionaries from Baltimore,
have been with * % tell lacr simple sto-
ries of the horrors of drunkenness; and
the Catholic Temperance Society numbers
upwards Of 1000, making 1000, and the
work seems only beginning.
Teas. ---Therc is rumor ria St Louis,
Of the death of President Lamar. 1t is an
extract from a letter dated Houston, Mny
81:
"a report reached US few days $50,
ofthe death of President Lamar and Ge3.
VIM q. Cook. They left Austin for San
Antonio to buy horses for the Santa zee
campaign, and were killed BIZ the lnliaa-
About one hundred Santa Zee men a J
citizens of Aust.n, have ,on- OF. u search
Of them"
mi. o. rorcignrrs-The number a.
Immigrants who have arrived at New
York during the present season from for
eign ports, exceeds 81 900. A late Quebec
paper states the arrival in Canada at over
1850. Total, 30, 600. 1t is expected
that during the months Of July and August
al least 40, 900 more will arrive at Me-
Tor; ard Quebec. On Wednesday l~1t
Lib arrived at New York.
Comn;erce Of Bosioa.-During the mont
of June, the Transcript states, there ~
rived al Boston, total Of $50 vcsce- Ct
all descriptions, coastwiac and forei a.
There cleared from the same port -"
Correspondence of,Le Journal of Cammc75-I.
WLBLl Notion, Saturday, June Goth
The removal Of General lIarrison's remain.
form the Congressional burial ground,
in this city, TOOK place to day, in presence
Of the Joint Committee of the two Houses
and the Committee Of Congress accompG-
MED the remains as far as the Dist..ot
boundary line.
The morning papers announce tic
death Of Maj, Gen. Alexander licCon,.
He died Of apopIcAy al half pas: o'c.ca.
lie mad experienced several attac-s of 80
disease.
1t is said that Gen. Scott win be appoin
ted 10 succeed to the post Of MAJ. Genera.
Gen. Gaines will, however, put in h..
claims, rs he did formerly, upon the dla,n
OF Gen. Brown. bcIve his conmias.o..
as BrgRdier General bore the same da.o
with that of Gen. Scott To avoid l.a
difficulty, Gen. IlcComb, who was -@..u-
to both Of them, was taken out of en- nicer
corps and made Maj or General
bill abolishing the office Of nlal Sen
eral has been several times beforcCo congress.
Once it failed in the Senate for the want
of enc vote-Mr. Van Buren, had been in
favor Of the Bill, but was convinced, he
said, by the argument Of Gen Barnard,
Senator from Pennsylvania, that II was IN
expedient 10 abolish the Office.
Seat for Frecen5ing Sleeping II C.urcd.
Perhaps the most curious things abo3s
St. Philips Chapel, Winchester, are In,
ancient slall-seats now affixed 10 the val
of tie ante chaple. These have their seas
so a-,xed upon hinges, that those who 81!
in them can only maintain their position
by balancing themselves with care, ara
resting their elbows on tie scat-arms; s.
that if tho monks who used them dropped
asleep during divine service, the seats cSmo
forward and pitched them heodIong up2n
the floor; nay; if they only dozed, aad NOD
ded the least in the world, the hard oaNc.
seat clapped against the hard oaken back,
and made noise loud enough to attract
the attention o. the whole audience. NO
thing was ever more cI.verly contrlvcd 10
keep people awake al church.