Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-09-03

"A Clp VI fiCtSI ACI- ne 4NdSnFltIN
Union abiding 10 the slauder OF Col. Folks
ancestors, SAYS:
'' IL Is significant OF the estimate which
the Nashville whig organs put upon this
shameless invention, that with all their ram
cor towards Col. Polk, they have not dared
to propagate or repubIish the libel" The
Union says, They dare not do it-or
even intimate that il is true"
Death Of G,n. w S. Mrphy.-Gen.
W. ). Murphy. late Charge d. Aff,irs to
Texas, died at Galveston, (rexas) on the
18th ult. of yellow fever He was buried
with all the honors due his distinguished
station.
North Carolina voted for H,rtin Van
Buren, in November. 1896, although N the
August proceeding, it had elected whig
governor BY majority exceeding 5000.
| Age.
! Tr~sty-tdree Heads IN Onr.-The edi.
! tor Of the Cincinnati Commercial seen
a cabbage rounded in the usual shape,
which, on being cut open, was found to
consist Of twenty-th &c little heads, each
distinct and perfect Of Itself.
| A Judge in Alabama has decided that
the acquir ng Of husbands by young la
dies, through the instrumentAlity of bus
ties, is obtaining goods under false preten-
ces.
The Malay Apple, an East India fruit
is now raised at Vicksburg, Mississippi,
| In the East Indies, the native climate Of
the fruit, the tree grows to the height of
twenty feet; at Vicksbu:g it is only five
lie / in height. The apples are almost
the size Of small peach. with similar
color, fragrant smell. and have the taste
Of n very swee, common apple, with one
seed in the centre, OF the size and color Of
a chestnut.
Some OF the citizens Of Lancas ter, Wis
fCorsiu Territory, the other dav, while
digging for the foundation of large brick
stable, encountered the ends Of some roots
pointing upwards, which are uaquestiona-
/ bly, the roots of Banyan tree, that have
struck through the globe from India, or
some whore else on "t'other side" Aft
davits are promised "next week"
Heary Yield of Wheat The Penn
Yam Democrat remarks, {" That Mr. James
! w. GiuCEWObu. OF tue lO"H Ol NIiuDIe-
sex. in this county, cut iftytwo bushels
fifty six pounds of wheat upon one acre of
ground selected from about thirty. which
he thinks will yield nearly the same a.
mount.
a woman killed her sister in Baltimore.
recently, by striking her on the head, be-
cause she kept company with young man
who was obnoxious TO the murderess
The instrument was a FIRE shovel.
Steam Pioughs. manufacturer in
! Cincinnati has forwarded to ST. Louis a
/ Plough that is 10 be driven BY steam, for
turning up the prairies Of Illinois.
A New Roman Catholic Church is about
to be erected in the northern part of Gin
cInnati.
Making the Nos. of Wood Cn.-The
wood cut in one of the New York papers,
| which the editor pretends is a correct like
ness of Joe Smith, has previously been
used for Mcleod, Parson Miller. Babe,
the pirate, and the " Razor Strop Man."
A mass meeting of the Native Ameri-
cans Of the Northern Liberties, PhladeI-
phia. was held on Thursday evening. of
lest week There were at least. saws the
Philadelphia Ga zette, 5000 persons pres
ent.
The Secretary of the Treasury has d.
rected trace chains to be admitted under a
duty of 80 per cent. ad valorem.
Ireland in the 4scendGnt.-Last year
the revenue received upon strong spirits
IN England was IS .025, 223 ditto, in
Scotland, fl.025, 529; and in Ireland
thanks 10 Father Mathew, only f552,-
4Sa.
ne great National Convention was held
at Nashv He. according to notice. on the
Ioih INST. gentleman who was present
tnloruls that there wsse FORTY THOU
SAND persons on the ground. Hon.
GAYS Johnson presided. Tue Nashville
Cnioo will give full dslaiIs.-Bufalo Econ
omia.