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Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27
From the ". y Tribune.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PROBES
SIGNAL GENTLEMAN.
"Go forth INTO the fields"

Why are there so many non producers in
the country, many of them living sunptu-
ously? What is the remedy of the evili
A paragraph or two from the veritable auto
biography of the writer ofthis may shed some
Light upon this neglected subject.
am the son Of a tanner and currier in the
interior of this state When fourteen years
of age | was much inclined to learn the trade
prosecuted successfully by my father, but
was induced, like thousands of other sons OF
farmers and mechanics, 10 study profession
from the following considerations:
Kind parents said TO me, 'Daniel, # you
keep on your lcathar apron and continue to
work in the lanyard and curriers' shop fol
the next seven years, till you are one and
twenty, and become a skillfnl and useful
mechanic, the most you can get in the way
of compensation for ten hours severe toll
over filthy hide will be one dollar. But
if YOU will take our advice and devote the
next seven years ia the stuiy of the dead
languages, in use practically only two or
three thousand years ago, and TO reading
law in a VAIN office, no man will ask YOU TO
think Or work tor him ten hours, either al
the bar or elsewhere, short of paying YOU a
fee of ten or twenty dollars" "Paiher,'
sid |, for directed my conversation mainly
TO him, ''if the community continue to pay
lawyers and doctors as much for one hours
mental or physical labor as they do for ten
hours agricultural or mechanical labor, is il
not certain that all intelligent boys who are
blest with intelligent parents will become
professional men.until there will be ten times
as many lawyers, doctors, merchants. specu,
lalors, bankers, &c. as there will be lcgiti
mate business for all Of lhemY' In answe
TO this, il was slid BY shrewd tanner tha
$50 long as the people are willing to pay
lawyer as much for one days's work as they
do skilful farmer for twenly-six days work
if the lawyer be able to find employment, iwt
days in month, he may sit in his parior o
ride in his carriage the other twenty-fou
days, and still enjoy twice as large an ilcoln,
as the cultiyator of the soil"
This latter argument was decisive in M
case. Off went ito learn to speak Gree
as naturally as pigs do squeak" and of cours'
became professional gentleman.
There is no fiction in the above statement
NOT is there any lack of truth in the remarl
that have at this time worthy son at tn
right age to learn a trade or profession.
reside in city, and he urges NE to let hir
''go forth into the fields" as YOU, Mr.. Tr
bune, adyse, and learn TO earn his bread b
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

Original purchase of the Island of Neu
York.--The following interesting and curl
Gus letter, translated from the German, re
cords among other important events, the pur
chase of the island of Manhattan, 2l7 year
ago, by the Dutch from the Indians, for The
sum of sixty gulders or twen,y-four dollars
The tract conveyed for this lrfi;ng sum con
tains 1890 acres.
"High and mighty Enthusiastically arr
we'd tho ship 'Thc Arms Of Amsterdam SHE
smiled from the river Maurtas, (Hudson) il
the New Netherlands, on 22nd Sept. They
report that our folk there are prosperous ane
live in peace their women have borne chill
dren there already; they have purchased
from the Indians for the sum of sixty guilder:
the island Manhattan, which ii 900 morgel
large.-They have already sowed grain by
the middle Of May, and reapt by the middle
of August; samples Of summer crops have
come, such as wheat, rye, barley, oats, buck
wheat, canary seed, beans, and flax.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27
Commerce mithom a Bank.-AI,hough

Commerce withom a Bank-Athough
wo consider the National Bank question as
settled forever, and settled right, it is still
worth while TO make ourselves happy by COM
pairing thugs as they are with things as they
were. Thompson's Reporter, in comment
ing on table of the rate of discount at which
the notes Of every bank in the United States
may be sold for specie in Wall street, says
we have followed the business ofe1chang.ng
money in Wall street for ten years, and al
no period during that time have the average
ratea of discount been so low as at present
We have no doubt Of the fact that the cur.
rency Of the country is in sounder and sa
fer condition toan over bofnre, and bushes:
men much less liable to be overwhelmed OF
disappointed by revuls;ons in the money
market. And what enormous wickednesa il
politics are we free from, by being free from
a bank How quiet and secure are all on
financial concerns, under the regulation o
nothing at all. Now if only that the Stat,
Legislature would repeal all laws On the sub
ieet of banking and money. we should be il
the very best possible position We hap'
there is wisdom enough in the country u
ensure this result, though it may come gra
duaiiy about. No laws abou, money; that i
the way to have good money and plenty Q
lit.-Jowndl Of Commerce.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

SHARP SHooTING.-The clerk Of sieams
boat amused himsel greatly at the expense
OF Catholic priest, whose profession ha
pretended not to know. Among the num-
Der Of impudenl questions he asked the fol-
lowing:
"Can you tell me the difference between
a Catholic priest and jacka"
"No sir" replied the priest.
"Well," said the clerk, ''Pll tell you
The one wears the cross on his breast
and the other on his back"
Every WELL" replied the priest. DOLLY.
"can YOU tell me the ditferencc,sir, between
steamboat clerk and the long Gated ami.
NAL OF which you have jus, spoken2
"No sir" said the clerk, "~hat is i'll"
81 can discover none," said the priest
The clerk stepped out.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27
IMPORTANT FROM TExAs.--Now o.

IMPORTANT FROM TExAs.--Now Or.
leans papers Of the 32d ult, haveToxas newa
to the 18th.
The injunction Of secrecy having been
removed, publication has been given to an
interesting message from President Hous.
ton. oommunica ed to the Senate on the
22d December. 1t paints in depIorabls col.
ors, the situation of the Texan Navy, and
followed by bill 10 authorize tho sale Of
the ship Auslin., and brigs Wharton and
Archer and the schooner San Bernard,
An important bill was before Congress.
entitled, An Act concerning the release Of
captive Trxians in Mexico. Ii provided
thar if certain Information OF the release
Of the Texian captives in Mexico be it no,
received by the Presi1en,,on or before The
first day Of March, the Major General of
the M iitia is required TO make public call
Tor volunteers to repair 10 his standard at
some place designated, ives. Of the Gunda-
loupa, for an Offensive campaign against
the towns and settlements Of the Mexoans,
situated in the Rio Grande, Ii further
provides that the army thus organized, shall
cndeavor 10 procure a sufficient number Of
Mexican prisoners.of the highest rank, and
consideration, TO he held as hostages for the
good treatment OF the Texian captives;that
tho warfare shall be transferred 10 tha
Mexican soil; and that the Texan troops
shall ye supported and paid by confscation
OF property and forcing contributions.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

KENDALL, in his life OF Gen. Jackson,
in describing the battle Of Hanging Rock.
in which Roher; and Andrew jackson,
took part, possession of the Americans,
most Of the vic orous troops gave them.
selves up to pluhd ring and drinking.-
The British, although driven from their
encampment, still continued to fight, and
Sumter, with all his Efforts, could scarcely
raise two bundled men to continue the &C.
lion. Finding It impossible with SO small
force, to reap the fruits of glorious
vic Dry, almost within his grasp, he retr-
ed irom the conflict. Thus powerful"
says our althor, lis rum" alt robbed
sumter of victory, and saved British
post. IL affects conqursts, which fire and
sword atlempl'~in vain. "--Bos,oa States.
| man.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

MORE TRuTH THAN PoETRy.-The New
Hampshire Telegraph is of opinion lha.
IAN editor who cannot stop right in the
middle Of one Of the finest trains of thought.
that he is putting on paper, to minute the
dimensions of huge pumpkin, or write
an advertisement for a dog lost, TO en,sr
the name of new sui scrIber, or receive
pay for an old one, 10 take a oowhiddins
for something that he has said, or a blow.
me up Tor spmethng that he has not said,
aud after all resume the thread of his dis
course and carry out the idea in its origis
nal force and beauty, is next 20 no editor
at all. Iron Civ.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

A CENrENARIAN.-A Mrs. Christopher
died recently,in Calais, Ma ne, at the ago
OF nearly one hundred years. A writer
in the Calais Advertiser,says she was the
sister OF the bet. othed of young Hale, who
was executed on Long Island as spy by
the British during the Revolution, and
whose fate bore a strong resemblance Of
that of Andre; the enterprise which cost
him his life, having been undertaken at the
special request Of Washington. The at
fanced bride, overwhelmed by the shock
0 casioncd by her misfortune, withdrew
from so ;iety, land spent her remaining days
with the Single Sister among the MoFavi'
ans.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

Highly important discovery, We have
been informed on good authority that an in
habitant of the key stone state has discover
cd the secret of manufacturing marble or
natural principles, The discoverer is Yam
kee by birth, and has devoted many years 10
the theoretical and practical architecture.
We have been shown a specimen of lime
stone prepared by the above methed, and
unhesitatingly pronounce it superior to any
artificial stone or marble that we have seen.
The discover feels assured TINT his prepare
ton has only to be publicly introduced in Or
der to supercede the use of lime mortar, in
the varied processes of plastering, and will
be extensively used for plastering, and will
be extensively used for stuoco work, mosaic,
statuary, mantle pieces, table slabs, atmos-
pheric and hydraulic cement, roofing of hou-
ses and paving of streets, &c. 1t will set or
harden in six hours when applied in plaste
ring houses 1t will resist the action of at
mosphoric heat, damp, frost, &c, and is sus-
ceptble of high polish. This composition
will answer better than Roman cement for
aqueducts, locks of canals, &c. is best re-
commentator however, is its cheapness, as
it can be manufactured at cost little ex
ceeding ordinary lime mortar. We recon-
mend this material TO Congress, and hope
that all the public buildings may hereafter
be erected will be so constructed as to rival
the pyramids in durability.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

A large ship called the General Butler,
in our military history, had been built a;
Pttsburg for ocean service; she had passed
down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and
gone out to sea; she afterwards passed ~
the Mediterranean and went to Liverpool
But John Bull was puzzled greatly 10 disco
yer where the port of PittsbuIg was from
which her papers stated her to have Gle lred
His Solomons of the custom house resorted
to their maps,at length discovered that Their
was place in America called Pit,sburg, bu
it was nearly two thousand miles from Tho
ocean, and they wisely concluded that ii wa
a Yankee Humbug.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

OuR COLONY IN AFRIcA.-A higly sat-
isfactory report of the proceedings of the
Maryland Colonization Society has just
been laid befo c the House of Delegates of
that Safe.
Since its establishment in 1891, the So
ciety has transported 100 colored persona
to Afioa-neasly all of them from Mary
land.
The increase of EN- grin In the last two
years Las been fifty per cent. over the
average of the eight preceding years.
The Society has received from the
State Sl06, l39, and expended 5000.
about Sl4 for each emigIant.
A commercial character, it is thought,
will be given to the colony by the eslub,
lishmenl on the coast, Of 1.-THE squadron
which the United States, by the late treaty,
have stipulated 10 keep afIoat there.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27
XNu1I
II Il II Al = /.

The Telegraph is printed on double medium
sheet at the rate of 81 90 per annum, an adrancs
so so any time before the expiration of six month";
from the time Of subsc riding, or So on if paymen
be longer delayed.
No subscriptions received for less PERIOD 'han
three months. No paper will be discontinued uh'''
all arrearages are paid.
ADVERTISEMENTS,
Inserted at the rate of one dollar per square lof
the first insertion, and two shillings Tor each suose
quent insertion. .s,,or,;s.
A liberal deduction made to those VINO ADVERTISE
by the year.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27
When Peter, the Great. was soiournino

When Peter, the Great, was solournng
in England, for the purpose of making him
self acquainted with the various Graf $, in
pursuance Of his plan he attended at West
minister Hall during trial conducted by
certain of the most eminent counsel of the
day. AT its conclusion he was asked what
he thought of the system of English juris.
prudence. "When | left Russia" he repli-
ed, "there were three lawyers in St. Peters
burg: as soon as return III hang two of
them
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

HohhAn Foh lo~A.-We sac Fourier
Association has been formed in Jefferson
county, N, York, numbering 800 strang,
who intend cmigrailng 10 the Southern
part OF This Territory on the 7th Of April,
the birth day of Fourier. They have IA
paper ut Watertown called The nlows
Pioneer Phalanx, advocating the principles
of the Assnciglion. An agent has gone
10 Europe to solicit persons TO Join them.
Miners Express,
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

BEAUTy.-"Ihe wind passes over il
and it is gone" How often do we hear
men, eager in the pursuit of a partner for
life, inquire for beautiful woman; and
yet how brief the existence Of what they
seek, and how unPFoduct!ve Of happiness
is its possession.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

The barbarous custom Of rife selling.
despite the severity o. The law agips, it. is
not wholly obsoIate in England. A late
npmhef Of the Nottingham Journal states
that man, named Hart. recently sold his
wife for one shilling in ,hs public market
of that city. - roPa was tied ROUND the
woman's waist, and an the hafga;n being
completed ana the money pald.ii vas given
TO the purchasar,yho cai rlea off his PRICE,
All parties seemed satisfied.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

Iron CANAL BoAT.-15, 900 lbs Of iron
have arrived a: Rochester for the construc-
ton Of iron canal boats, 10 weigh about
20 tons, and carry 500 barrels of -four
They will be light, durable, and easy
| draught Of water.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

Yoltai e said--"l have friend who ia
a director in the Bank Of France, who
whites TO me when they are going to mako
money plenty and make stock rise. md
then give o'ders 10 my brokcr 10 sell; and
he writes TO mo when they are going to
make STOCK fall, and then | write 10 nv
broker 10 buyl and thus at hundred
lengues from Paris, and wilhou, moving
my chair, | make money"
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

U. S. Coinage.-The President, on the
18th of January, communicated to Congress
the annual report OF the director of the U.
S. Mint. The whole coinage during the
past year amounts to within a small fraction
of ST., goo, 0OO, and exceeds by more than
one-half that of any former year. OF this
coinage, more than SS,00O,C0o is in gold
exceeding by nearly $7,OOo,co) that of six
preceding years.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

A distinguished writer says; There is but
one passage in the bible where the gills are
commanded to kiss the men; that is in the
golden rule, Whatsoever ye would that men
should do unto YOU, that do We also unto
them,
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

An editor out West, prints all his mar
velous accounts of seduction, elopemen's,
and rohberies. on India rubber paper, ESQ
that his readers will be able to stretch
these stories TO any length that pleases
them.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

DIssoLuTIoN OF THE UNIoN.-At the
conclusion Of his speech on the tariff, Mr..
McDuf1is presented the following issue:-
1.-The separation of the States into three re-
publics on one side-or, the entire abandon
ment Of the protective system and the abo-
lition agitation on the floor of Congress.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

THEoRY OF DEw.--lt was the same dis
tingushed parsonage VINO, being asked his
opinion as to the cause Of dew, replied, that
''the atmosphere, coming IN contact with
the hemisphere, caused the earth to sweatp'
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

A colored man who laid down on the
railroad track between Elizabethtown and
Newark, N. j., on Tuesday last. was pass
ed over by passenger train of cars, and
killed. He was drunk
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

A bll was under discussion short time
since before the Alabama Legislature 10 d.
vorce John W. Jones from his wife. Its inn
mediate passage was earnestly pressed, and
on inquiry for the reason of such haste, i,
was answered that he had engaged to he
married next week. The bill was then pas
sed by SO TO Is. and Jones and Lis wife left
free to marry next week
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

How small. a portion of our lives is il chat
we truly enjoy, In youth we are looking
forward TO the things that are 10 come, 10
old age We look backward 10 the things thai
are past.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

MONUMENT TO HABsEMAN.--A sub
serptioL is being raised in Paris, TO erect
a monumep, to Hahneman, the founder Of
Homeopathy,
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

George Lafayette, son of the General
has been chosen member Of the French
Chamber Of Deputies.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

Upwards of seventy members az tbs
Hanas. at Washington, hare Pledssd rhsm.
selves to total abstinence,
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

MiKE WALsH.-This we'll known indi-
vidual, we learn from the New York
papers, is again under arrest for libel.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

STATE DEBTS. proportion of the
State debt per head in the several states, is
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-10-14
The Coalition Confirmed.

We have ample confirmation OF the nouina-
ton Of JAMES G. BIRNEY for Representative oy
the Loco. Focus OF Saginaw County, and that II
wss done with his consent ano approoatlon' pre-
viously obtsined. Both are established facts.
l. The North S:ag, of October 81, punished
at Saginaw, now before US contains the oglcial
proceedings of the Loco Foco County Cncven
lion, signed "A Miller, Chzirmsn," and " t. NJ.
Waters, Secretary" These proceedings give
the tlcke, nominated, all OF them co tocos
and at the head "ior Representative, JAMES e..
BIaNEY" Among the other nominees are u I'd
n.r 3. Williams, Tor Associate Judge; w. l.. I.
Little, for County Clerk; Albert Miller, for
JUICE OF Probate, all thofoush.going Loco-to-
cos.
I'd. We have also the following extract from
bueincss letter received by a mercantile firm in
this city from gentleman Of the first resPecta
blity in Saginaw:
"James G. Birney s nominated by the Demo
Gratis or Locos OF this Count for their candidate IN
the ensuing election for the Legislature. Mr. Biz
new solicited the nomination, aud when The me-ting
OF Delegates was convened the gentleman 10 whom
he had .efed his desira for such nomination, stated
to the meeting that" Mr.. BlRNEY had told him
he was Democrat in principle, and tnou'd, y
elected, support Democratic men and ueasurss.
Upon this representation Of one OF t6e most
influential and candS Democrats III the county,
Mr.. Brney received the nomination of the party
" Consistency, thou art jswel" The President
THAT is to be) allows himself to become the
body CT the embodiment" Of that party VINO
cries out Annexation and Dor!lsn.
We can understand from what motive and
through what influence his abuse has been
heaped upon Clay. hope the good cause pros
pers with you've are all alive here on the SUBJ
ject."
SAGINAW. September 9. 1874.
Here are the facts. They are plain and ire
sistbe. Mr.. BmNEY is shown 10 be coalescing
with the Loco Focos for seat in the State Legis
lature, and promising them, if elected, to 'sup-
port Democratic men and measures" Nay, he
authorizes a Loco Foco to say in the Loco Foco
Convention that he is ga Democrat" in principle.
Can Wig Aboitionists after this vote for him 7
We leave it to their own consciences.
Detroit Daily ADV.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-10-14
DRY GOODS.

DROWS sHEETINGS AND sHIRTINGS-Of every
sye and width, al tic koowr brands. enh hs.vJ and
hne-Ss'k Ni!i lnn!sn Head Lawrsace C. Caoo, A. Meu
muck. Eze:s rasn0 Bun..ick.. SO. Sc m:v Sc had
Greet hsi q beck sb1ye Pearl street
Also. b>t SoutnsIn CttGn Yarns assorted Twist. Nos 10
~. t. ii. snd No IN l.: Al-n. lotion Bairc Ia
us pnrei'. ici 1Urdes 10 hs O. nrse
y "a -. ID cert. sx and or To-
set a,o. Paterson yellow i.cks:. .at other New Jeney
Tafcs. ut ioW prices
ao-W ekiis II cr-ry description. Cape, wnrp. and
threaded Of p7eor guilty both white snt cooysd Escorted
IN bales ani In { psl'r
Asorwrs e ya,ious ounlisi from /; to 70 cen.s Ter
posni Ber Sane isyD-. csrtl.
IRE attention of oua;y Merchant, Is particularly ,nlic TED
tn 'n. seek. which 90; % with 10 Isst theft
APPRECIATION. 7. y. CNuERHllL.
rio md 4 s-4.r ..t,a
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-10-14

INRANtlS,S MANIFOLD LETTER WRITER This
truly great recommends eif 10 all Who cesife
copy Of their correspondence ss, oY nus
same This of writing is agreeable and eI
psdtlnus aft riding greet iucteS -n apd fave
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any known chemical agent; Tn. s!nHod wien are made
oi various yes md private win lock
FRANCIS l. LOUTREL.
Manufacturing Stutioners. " Maosn nne:
+. i L. manufacture u superior article OF BLoCh AM
CARMI W INK. known as the CROTON INK. particularly
ada for the Of steel peu warranted 10 retain III eof
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