Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-06-06

w HIS. III OeSCrl0ed lrlgntul cOndlllon
Of affairs. Bat Phiadel phia iS,we are in
formed, not wholly exempt from scenes
Analogous 10 those described in that outline
We are assured that there now exists in
a northern suberb Of the city. and near the
Delaware, establishment of the most re-
markable kind. The house consists of six
rooms, the lower Of which is occupied by
female as grog shop. Each the others
is occupied by boardcrs. and sometimes six
or eight persons may be found sleeping in
one room. These pay the occupants con-
sisl Of her very refuse o. onr population.
Our informant. q clergyman, was draw
thither some weeks since. by information
that an old woman TO whom he had been
in the habit Of rendering assistance during
the cold weather was dying. He visited
the scene, and found that the intelligence
was correct The old beggar was at deaths
door. bu, horrible 10 relate. she was insen-
sble from iutoxcation! The next dav, a
lady connected win one Of our BENEVOLENT
societies called. The scene was, il possi-
bic. still more APPALLING than on the preced-
ing day. The mother was dead, and not
far from her corpse lay grown up daught-
e.. utterly uncoascious from drink! But
still worse. several little children had par.
taken of the poisonous beverage, and were
also laboring nnde: its dread 'ul eff cts. =
Old Age. and Death. and Middle life, land
Childhood, Want, Misery and Intoxicaiion
were all promiscuouslv blended together.
81 felt the blood curdle in my veins" said
our Informant, Gas contemplated the pic
ture Of Indebtedness. vice and incidence.
And vet" he added, s'like scenes are bv
no means rare" Even the kind-hearted
sometimes shun them, in very nausea, APP
prehension and horror.-PML Ing.
The Season and the Crops in Engiand.
There is every prospect Of il very early
and very abundant harvest this year. From
the mldueSs Of the winter, the VIII at was
more forward at the beginning Of April
than It usually is at the end Of that month.
and the abundant rains and occasional ge-
NAL weather which we have since had.
have caused it to advance, Notwithstanding
a few checks from Frosty nights. The
spring corn, which was got into the ground
almost as well as the wheat, is also begin
ming to show itself strong and healthy, es-
crops look better on the first Of May than
they have done FOR several years. The
lambng season has been unusually good
this spring, and from the abundance of
grass the lambs are now very large and
fine, and we may add. cheaper than they
have been at this season for many years
There is, in short. prospect Of great abun-
dance Of every kind Of produce, except,
perhaps, Of fruit, the blossoms Of the fruit
trees having suffered very much from the
April frosts, which have done almost as
much damage to the plum and pear bios
som IN the north Of England, and to the ap-
pie blossom IN the south. as they have to
the appricots and vines in France. With
this single exception every thing looks
WE'LL Wi1mer's and Smiths European
Times.
BRITISH OCCUPANCY OF SANDWICH
ISLANDS-PROGRES AND EXTENT
OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. +
We learn from the Army and Navy Chro-
nicIe. that advices have been received from
the Sandwich Islands, as late as the 9Th Of
March. On the 18th Of February, in con-
sequence. Of demands made hv the BIRTHS h
officers. which the king could not comply
with, the islands were condit.onaly coded
to Queen Victoria. Possession was taken
Of them the same dav. by Lord George
Paulet, commanding II. B. NJ. ship Cary
fort, and the British flag hoisted under sa-
utes from tie fort and shirs!!
Thus does England 90 on and extend
her dominion over the world. These is
lands have been elevated from gross bar
barism to comparative civilization by Ame-
rican missionaries, now England comes
under some foul pretext and takes posses
sionl The possession Of these islands will
give England the coast of the North Pacif
ic, and Notifications on the waterv pathway
between this country and the British pos
sessions in India.
California will be the next point. which,
with a strip from the Isthmus Of Panama.
will enable her to have Notifications from
Calcutta to the Pacific! Her arm OF pow
er rests upon almost every point of impor-
lance in the four quarters of the globe
She has possession every where. and her
cry still is, "give." A mighty struggle
must some day ensue, to prevent her from
subjectng the ear;ern and western world
to her empire.-Roch. Dem.
Michigan Land Sale--A large amount
Of land will be sold by the State Of Michi-
gan. on the lst Of July next.
They embrace So townships, and are ST.
tuated in II different counties, viz:-kent,
Iona, Montcalm, Ottawa, Grahot. AlIcgan,
Shiwassee. Saginaw. Genesee, SaniIac,
Tuscola. Stellar. Kalamazoo, and St. Jo-
scph. The lowest bid which can be offer
ed. will be Sl.25 per acre. All treasury
notes and all treasury warrants. against
any of the funds. will be taken in payment.
Much Of this paper may now be bought
for so cents on the dollar.
The CRoPs From observation made