Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-05-31

nary ferocity and much valuable life has been lost
The whole country will feel to rejoice that the strife
is ended. We sincerely hope that the announce
ment of the war being ended, may not prove pre-
mature the cessation of hostlities in Florida has
often been proclaimed to the world on previous
times; that we can but feel hesitancy in relying
with implicit confidence, that hostilities will not
| again be renewed. The President of the United
States the It'll inst, transmitted to the Senate
of the United States message, estimating the
number of Indians now remaining In Florida, to be
not more than 240, including omen and children.
was also stated that hostlities the part of the
| United States will no longer be continued.
O'We regret to be compelled by sense of duty
to notice the unwarrantable and ungenerous course
pursued by some of our northern neghbors towards
| Southport In attempting, by disingenuous state
| ments, to induce passengers upon steamboats, and
immigrants destined for this place. to land at Mil
| waukee and Racine.
Frequent complaints, since the opening of the
present of navi CATION have reached our ears
| in relation to this matter, but we have foreborne to
| speak of them, hoping and believing that when
those in the habit ofmisrepresentng became fully
| aware of the extent and character of the facilities
possessed here for the convenient, speedy, and safe
landing of passengers and freight, they would do us
the justice to tell the TRUTH or at least, for their own
credit, that they would cease their misrepresenta
tons. We were chartably inclined to believe that
their was more the result of ms-nformation
or ignorance, than of any disposition unustly in
jure us. But as they resolutey persist in error,
Notwithstanding all endeavors made to enlighten
them, and continue, much to the injury of the in
terests OF immigrants, to misrepresent, charity for
their motire cannot be expected, and orbearance on
| our part ceases to be virtue.
AT the present shall notice but one instance
of an attempt late made, and with partial success,
to induce passengers, whose destination was South
port, to land at Racine, by representing that the
facilities for landing here, if any existed at ALL
were exceedingly limited, and attended with
great difficulty, delay and danger; and it may be
we'll to premise with the remark, that what is here
given, will, if necessary be substanaed by the
statements, their own proper signatures, of
passengers themselves, some of whom were the
subjects ofimposition.
The steamboat Wisconsin, on her last trip, had
between twenty and thirty passengers for South
port, nearly half of whom were induced--nav al
most compelled to land at Racine, by the reprcsen-
tations of the captain and those of an importunae
and over officious clerk, that they could 70.
with certainty, or any degree of safety, be landed
here with their effects; and the consequence was,
after landing at Racine, they were compelled at
considerable expense, attended with much trouble,
to find their wav here as hest thew could Several
of the immigrants board for this place, being
of the character of the facilities for landing
here, refused to get off at Racine, in despite of the
urglngs of the captain and the opportunities, which
we are told amounted almost to insoLcnce, of the
clerk. The result was they were landed here with
their goods without difficulty
This is not the only instance in which passengers
and immigrants for the southern part of the terrific
ry, intending to land at Southport, have been i'm
posed upon by the officers of this boat, and been
induced by false representations to land at Milwau
kee or Racine.
We now caution the travelling public against
these imposltions, and would inform immigrants
as we have repeatedly informed them, that the ia
clites for landing at Southport superior to those
possessed by any point on the western coast of the
lake north of Chicago. We have a substantial,
well-built wharf, extending about forty-five rods
into the lake. along side of which, three-fourths of
the time, steamboats, have no difficulty in coming
and discharging without the least trouble, freight
and passengnrs In calm and moderate weather
from the fact above stated the landing of passen-
gers and freight here is attended with no more DIFF
fculty or delay than at points where they have the
advantage of artificial harbors and in boisterous
weather, from the fact tina we have lighters and
at any time ready to be broug ht into requsi
ton, the facilities for efectinga landing arc at least
equal TO those to be found at Racine and Milwau-
kee.
1t may not be NAL oppropos also to state that in
addition to the advantages we have for landing here
the immigrant will find comparaticely particularly
should that comparison be made with Milwaukee, y
but little difficulty in getting into the interior In
deed, there is no difficulty for we have excellent
roads leading in almost every direction, and through
as inviting and beautiful and good country, as
can be found in the whole west