Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-06-17

tliOsc mysterious industrial operations which
are far frori being supposed productive
Plated in a little boat, she passed along the
vessels anchored in pott, and bought, among
other objects, fragments Of cables aud worn
ropes, which she sod again As this fortune,
tbsdLrely anasscd, increased, she mads 10
change III her Eal 5 of lie lodged IN a
modest o7anmcn, meanly clad, and rs poor
" fed, she had 10 Gesre for any iuNUiy but
that of II pompous frlner ceremony con-
saquenily, she left o.d1rs tht her body
should be- placed in mr. St expensive coffin,
and conveyed TO lis resting place upon a
sump'u0us car with all the bouors Of the
clurch.-Do,ton Bee.
The singular superstition that the app-
cation of dead mans hand 10 any aifi ced
parts Of the human body vii cure d sease.
was noticed particularly at late execution
in Warwick, England. In an account of The
last hours of "A nan who was recently hung
lhr killing fcllow-be .ng in a passion, il is
stalled that an unusual number Of females
were present, and that sc freely had the soul
of the deceased taken its fll.h { ON the
earthly tabernacle, ". eI the stafod was
cenwded by numbers of the 8 VINO were
I'll ctod " iii weEs, un, rs, While swclngs,
gath ,rings, &C.. upon all which Affection s
he cold, clamy hand Of The d Cca 'ed was
passed 10 and fro much 10 The bentf Fl Of The
sxeculiOner who received from each person
fec for the privilege Of the application !!
a Coon 81, RY SPyiLE0.-i'he s:orv
'hat Judge Bragg Of AIALam7, hid decided
HAL Te&gs was aurexed lt &C unicd ) ait
obtained currency through the following
circumstances. A old resident ii, Mobile
asked to be oxecuscd Gom serving on a
jury, because ho had been in Texas and
taken The Oa:h e allegiance there. His
excuse was disallowed, and he WINS ordered
10 take his seat ia the box. The Judge re-
marked 10 bystanlcr. jocoseIy, that il
couti make no difference any how Texas
was annexed. OI Of III 5 casual remark
has grown the story that the Judge had fern
ally made the decision reported.
WESTERN TELEGRArH,-Thc cit Zens oil
Utica have completed arrangements for lay
lng wires for the Magnetic Telegraph be
tween Utica and Albany, and The We sh
! e commenced at once. Negoi1ijons arr
also in progress for eXicn1ing the TaIegrIpl
10 Boston, but no, complercd
A BETTER REPORT There is ground
Or hope furnished in ct ers { ON Ashland
received in this city, that the report of the
arrangement of second son of Mr.. Clay is
uniUun1cd.
The President cnicrtains no idea Of visit.
ing Virginia this summer. lie has NO Other
expectation ihnn that of remaining perma-
ncnlly al his post in Washington through The
entire season. So says the Union.
WEALrh OF THE PRopAGA' DA.-The
French journals state, that the rece PTS OF
ft.e society," instituted at Lyons Tor the propa
CATION OF the Romish faith, amounted in
1914, to 3. 5C2 ,CSS France had contributed
l.S25 ,02Df; Bavaria, 232, lSr, Prussia,
l4j,0 j6f. Germany, az, $50; Great Brit
ain, E37,7t5"; Ireland, l>l,9C5 Spain,
1859; Russia, ., 119f; Sard. nil, >67 ,464:
: oily, LOG, ll5; the United 5 ,atcs of Ameri-
a,6,35i A.; South America, i0,217,, Ocean
lea, 2I0., &c. The Socicty expended, in
Oceanica, 503, S36;.; in the United ates.
l,0l4,S95c; in The African IN ss MS, 26 j..
co..; in Asa, 0J7, l25i'; in f. rope, SAT,
BIZ; cos's Of printing. sos, 800 :. the entire
expenses Of tie yen. amounted To $685.
1927. There was a surplus of 424 303f. in
the treasury Of the society lying over since
last year.
An INGENIOUS LoCK.-Thc Lowell Jour
nal says thrt Mr.. AlAridgc, Superintendent
If the Lowell Lock Company, has ineiy
made a paddock, " which, although # rs
have been made for the las. fortnight by a
number Of persons, yet they have nct been
able to ds,o.er the Cyioic.
WHAT CorLD BE CHEAPER ." What
did You give for that Horse ," inquired a
friend OF The facet Gus Mr., as be was r dine
ly. " My note" was the On fc nj reply;
" wash'l that cheap enough -
a gentleman employed an Irishman to
trim some trees for him lie went out 10
the morning and on returning AT noon. was
asked he mad completed his work NO"
vas The reply, but have CO them al
do IN. and am going to trim tscm his after
NOON"
HEAVY FRosc AT CoLrrBus. Tho
statesman says, ''lhe night of the 10Th of
May vas made memo able by one ol he
sevcrcsl FROST e The season, cutting every
hing within lis reach io the gro nd. We
fear the effect uIon wheat, winch Was be.
fore nearly exhausted by drouth, have en-
d snsirous.'
A NEW CRirERIov - The size OF the
paper OF which any thing is written, says
the n. York CJmmcrciaI. is in China a
token OF respect The EIltor adds: We
have among our cutosilies, or had, d card
of invitation 10 dinner, written on sheet
rs Iatg. rs full-slzed hanGkerchitfJhough
The writing consists bu, of or three
lines"
The distanc from Pusbul gh 10 Baltimore
is 30i miles, 10 Philadelphia 3lO-jua en-
"ugh 10 make the postage len instead OF
five cents. BoStoA Is in the SAME atrgntv
To DESTROY FLtKs-A correspondent
Of tie CIncInnrii Chronicle gives the fol
lowing
It is perhaps not generally known that
back pepper (rot rcd) is poison for many
insects The following slmnle mixture IS