Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-05-10

the way oil st. Louis, as we are informed
by The officers Of the boats. has been unu-
sually large this season. Boats leave our
landing almost daily, crowded with SUBJ
s'antlal emIgrants from the back country.
with their live stock and farming apa ratus.
bent upon seeking their fortunes in the
distant wilderness. The principal number
seem TO pitch upon the Territory of Iowa
as their place Of settlement Cincinnati
Gazette.
STEAM on THE CANAL.--The steam ca
nal boat. Black Hawk taricd this morning
Tor Lockport. This boat is propelled 5v
paddle wheel fixed at the stern; and
from all appearance will undoubtedly an
swer the purpose, there being scarcely
any more swell occasioncd than by the
usual manner of towing by horses.
Buff. Dem. Econ.
Our readers are probably aware that
boarding house has been established in the
Mammoth Cave, kentucky. The last
Louisville Journal says that ..the rates Of
fare have been greatly reduced, and it is
anticipated that this magnificent curiosity
will be the grand centre of attraction du-
ring the present season. The preparation
Tor entertaining the world there, are Of
course on large scale"
GEN JACKsoN.--It is said that the man.
uscrpts and cor espondence Of GEN. JACK
SON, are to be committed to the Editorial
charge of GEO. BRNCRoFT, who will pre-
pare them or publication, together with a
biographical memoir Of the life and public
services of the General
Out of all the persons on board the unfor-
tunate Mcdora at the time Of her explosion,
only Is escaped unhurt;- dead Is, woun-
ded 43.
THE KING OF THE FRENcm.-I1 is ru-
morcd in some Of the foreign Journals that
Louis Philippe is seriously i'll Of the dropsy,
disease from which he cannot hope 10 re-
cover at his age, being now nearly sirty-
n'ne. Should his demise take place soon,
look out for trouble in France. He will be
succeeded by his son, the Duke Of Orleans,
man of respectable talents. He is about
80 years Of age.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Tribune uses the following language in
reference TO the pending negotiations with
England.
Touching our negotiations with England,
nothing positive has yet transpired, yet it
is believed the prospects Of an amicabe mr.
rangement of our difficulties is daily brigh-
tening. The domestic and colonial troub-
les Of Great Britain, aggravated as they
must be by their military reverscs in India,
cannot fail TO facilitate speedy settlement
of her affairs with the United States, and
prepare the two countries for n rene wal Of
their usual enterprise and commerce.
Ballooning -Clay,on. the intrepid wes-
tern Eronaut, has advertised an asccn
from Nashville. He says he con:emplates
some Of the most daring aerial voyages
this summer that have ever been attempted
ONE of which, in July or August, will be
to "launch an open boat down the falls Of
Niagara. supported and protected by the
Balloon"
A report is current in Wall Street and
generally believed that the house Of Hope
& Co., Bankers in Holland, have come
forward through their agent, and will take
a portion, If not all, the United States Loan
| at par US soon rs the Secretary Of the
Treasury is ready to put it into the mar
kct.
A dandy in New Orleans, wears as q
| breastpin one Of Ellsler's toe-nails, richly
Sc, in gold So says the Crescent City.
A quack visiting a person who had q Sc
we're cough, attributed the complaint to the
habit of drinking from cOughy-cup.
OF the white population in North Caro-
lima, there is one person in every nine who
can neither read nor write. In Connect
cut there is one in 574.
Ninety young ladies were once sent from
England to Virginia, and sold 10 the plan
tcrs for 100 lbs. Of tobacco each. They
became wives TO the purchasers.
In Ihica, N. Y, $500, out of popua-
ton Of 1900, have signed the total abst
hence pledge.
At late race at New Orleans, the horse
| Jim Bell, ran four miles in seven minutes
and 81 seconds.
1t was reported on the lst inst, that a
mineral spring had been discovered at
certain place, and many went 10 view it,
1t proved to be a acatch spring.
The Ship Discorery.-Thc Discovery,
the ship in which Capt Clark accompanied
Capt. Cook on his last voyage of discovc-
nv in l776, sailed from Cowes, England,
recently, for Antwerp. She is now un-
der the Belgian flag and her name has
been changed 10 the "Rubens." She GER
,anly cannot be much less than 70 years
old; she has the appearance o. fine brig,
and draws II feet water.
How do you stop woman's ,earsa
"Dam her eyes"