Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-08-04
VOL. VIII-NO. 6.

ceVed and entertained in this country, has contri
buted greatly towards making me feel as though !
were at home and among friends
In travelling the Oregon route from the Missouri
bordersettlements 10 the Dales you NAV fancy tina,
| you have seen and travelled over some rocky and
mountainous country; but there are no mountains
TO be met with so formidable as the Cascades
From the Dalles TO the Falls of the Willamette
with pack animals the distance may be travelled
IN TOUR or five days As this is the first time that
Wagons have come across those mountains | can
not say, accurately how long the Journey will occu-
Ply them--perhapS ten days. 1t is terrible bad
road, with plenty OF water, but little or no grass
one hundred miles 70 the eastward OF Oregon city
you enter the dense fine forests of the mountains
"Hch you do not get out of until YOU come dow n
mo the valley OF the Willamette The highest
ana toughest mountain ridges the deepest and
darkest KIND OF ravlnes, with most precptous de-
sceEs, are to be encountered while you IN these
vast and mighty forests literally shut out from the
Light OF day. yet there is a glorious excitement about
the travel that more than makes up for the diff
cultles you meet with. Here around you are the
mighty kings OF the forest, measuring thirty feet
IN circumference, and towering in the wckin to a
height of over two hundred feet Occasionally
you get a glimpse of snow manted Mount Hood.
Oh, there is much for the eye and heart, and mind
in this Wilderness OF woods
FRoM OREGoN.-The Ship Sterling, at Boston,
brings intelligence from Oregon TO the middle Of
September The emigran's by the southern route
encountered 1t is said, the most severe sutierngs
especially from hunger. The Legislature had been
conN eGed; the Governors Message rotices the set
tlcnent OF the Oregon controversy and said that L.
: officers may be expected 10 take possession
OF the Territory. lie leaves ii to the Legislature 10
decide whether they shall await the extension over
them OF the laws of the United States enact such
temporary laws as are needed The revision Of the
post Office laws, and the law concerning the sale OF
artent splnts, Is recommended, &c. The emigra-
ton this year falls short OF that OF last year about
one thousand, chiefly owing to the tide having been
turned towards California Chicago Democrat.
USE OF ETHER.-Dr. James II. Picktord has add
dressed to the London Morning Chronicle solemn
warning against the use ether. He denies that the
sensibllty which ii produces is worse than that
OF drunkenness or apshyXia. There is chemical
alteration i'll the vital constituents OF the blood !;
for not only is that depriN ed OF It's oxygen, and OF
the power of coagulati the black and VIII
atcd blood of malignant and putrd ltytrs-but the
corpu>cules whence ihrn it formed are actually
Ssoh ed Hence the blood taxes long time TO
regain It's ie-supporting tlesh-tormng character !;
wounds show evcrted edges and refuse 10 heal; AMI
the patient often sinks into death. The use of
ether also tends to produce tubercular consumption
OF the lungs in thirty cases Of death after the use
of ether, i'll the Dublin Hospitals, the deaths could
be traced to recent turbercics, belle cd TO be the
product of the ether.
CAPT. LINCoLN-The remains Of the late Capt
George Lincoln. of the 9th Infantry (Mass) who
fell at the battle of Buena Vista, Were brought To
Boston the / 9Th, and from thence taken 10 Wor-
cester, his former residence, where his funeral was
to be conducted with military honors.
At the celebration of the fourth in Summerville
S. c., d. X. Whitaker Esq, pronounced the Grafton
and gave the following sentiment
Hon. Levi Woodbury--A man in whose heart
the principles of truth and justice firmly im-
bcdded the hills in the soil OF his native State;
true steel to the rights OF TIE States and the
ghts of the South. If we are to have a Northern
Democrat for our President, he is the man.
Big PERBLE-1hc Committee of the Jack
son Monument Association invite proposals to de-
liver in the centre Of Lafayette Square, Washing
ton City, "a solid rude rock OF granite other du
rabIe stone of between 600 and 1000 tons in
weight" 1t is designed as the pedestal OF said
monument and must be on the ground by the 1st
of march next
CONGRATULATIONS Sclwyn once affirmed in
company that no woman ever wrote a letter with
out postscript. My next letter shall retute
you" said la ~ C.. Selwyn soon after receiv-
ed letter from her ladyshp when after her sig
nature st)od-~P.S. Who is right now, you OF
Il"
- Wives who do not try to keep their
husbands will lose them. man does the
counting before marriage, and the wife
must do it after marriage, or some other wo
man will.
No MORE LETTERs.-Gen. Taylor, il is
said, will write no more letters or answers
to inquiries relative to- his opinions upon
particular subjects of State policy. The
last letter caused tremendous ilutterng
among the politicians. Out OF sheer human
ity to that class of patriots, the Gen. ought
to write no more. Col. Baltic Peyton, an
intimate friend, says, the General cntcr.ains
right notions, such as accord with the views
of the Southern democracy.-PhU. Ledger.
AsCENT OF Mr.. GREENS BALLOON
Mr.. Green has made an ascent from Crem-
orne-gardens, being accompanied by two
parachutes containing two monkeys. The
parachutes were cut away from the balloon
when at an immense elevation over the
grounds Of Chelsea Hospital. The wind
was at the time very high, and the eXpanse
of the parachutes being large, the monkeys
lowered in the air long time, and seemed
almost inclined to remain there. They at
length descended in perfect safety.
SMUGGLING OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a
wear ago a cargo of 500 bromsticks arrived
in Liverpool from port in Germany, and,
not being cl i'm I'd by the cors gnee, were
to the Queens warehouse attach
ed 10 the custom-house. Last week one of
tic sticks was accidentally broken, when,
10 it was found to be partly hollow, and
10 contain considerable quantity Of manu-
featured tobacco. The top of each stick
had been perforated, the tobacco pressed in,
and secured with peg, which, smoothed
over gave all the appearance OF solldily.
ELECTRIC CLOCK AT MANCHESTER