Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-12-01

Mormon twelve, who were on the ra,,ta b,cl,
from the Salt Lake. They sent small marty 70
the Bluffs twenty days in advance of the main r.
farming party, In order 70 have fresh teams provi
s!ons &c, sent TO meet them as they did not intend
10 ourthen themselves with a full outfit back Our
informant states that the Mornons have located
Their grand gathering ace about half way between
toe Ctay and Salt lake in California, on a stream
winch connects the two waters The distance be.
tween the two lakes is about sixty miles-a fertile
valley extending the whole distance OF several miles
IN breadth There they laid out city. and COM
meneed making Improvements. They are in rbe
midst OF the Black Feet Utah and Crow tribes ofIn.
dams, who said to be peaceabe. and favor This
settlement
The main body Of emigrating Mormons which
started from the Bluffs in June last had advance
two hundred miles beyond the SoutE, Pass, the lat
ter end OF July, and were at Green River al that
tune. They had got on without difficulty to that
point, and were pushing on 10 their new location
Presents TO rHE EMPEROR OF RUss1A-As
we frequently are given TO understand that speci-
mems OF Yankee Ingenuity, from boot Jack TO
set OF artificial teeth tar surprising nature are pre
sented TO the Emperor Of Russia, and costly rings
and snuff boxes said to be received in return it
may be well TO make another extract from letter
from an American at ST Petersburg holding 4 stu
ton which gives him ample opportunity of
knowing the facts. Ills imperial Malestys cares
IN ruling his sixty four millions do not leave him
as you may suppose, much time to attend to such
things. Besides, the ceremony OF getting at him is
no small affair. Mr. some five years since
presented him beautiful ivory crucfx, which cost
him over Sl000-it has not yet reached his maes
ty, and am told is still IN the custom house vaults
with some thousands Of gifts for the Emperor, who
receives, especially from the United States quaint
ties that seldom or never noticed "-Boston
Daily .4dr.
Intempsraucs Htrrdifary-Mr 0. S. Fowler. in
his work on Hereditary Descent. has the following
important remarks the appetite for strong drinks
Special pains require to be taken to keep the
grandchildren Of drinkers as we'll as their children
from all habits and associations calculated to deye
optheir latent nclinations Thus kept buried these
children and grandchildren may pass through lie
with the brand of intemperance slowly burning I'M
der the ashes Of abstinence without its break
ing out into blaze, yet all fuel must be kept care.
fully removed-all TEMPTATION 10 begin 10 drink scru
pulously resisted
Norris the danger ofthe children becoming drunk
ards, bad as 1t IS, by any means all Intemperance
IN parents lmpars the grains texture Of the brain
and thereby deterIoraes the general tone of cuarac
ter anu cast OF mind of their children By render
ing parents more gross aud animal in action and
feeling, it similarly depreciates their offspring
Teachers have uniformly answered my question,
" Do you observe any difference in the inteIlectuals
and morals of the children ofintemperate parents as
compared with those of the temperate g that the
former are 10 manage, less studioas, and more
difficult to teach, than the latter. And this result
harmonizes perfectly with that physiological law
demonstrated in my work on d" SelICulture,' that
all alcoholics stimulate the selfish propeustiss more
relatively, than the moral sentiments ard intelEee-
tuaI
The foreign Faiiarcs We hope our readers will
not 60 into panic about them We Save got our
pay IN hard cash for our corn. The British mer-
chants probably owe US little or nothing. All we
shall lose is that shall not be able to borrow mon
ney OF them and run into such extravagancIes as
did before some Of US repudated. Ifthelr manufac-
lures be parayzed it will be the better for ours
They fail because they cannot pay each other The
bubble bursts and they hatten down TO the reality
where they Will have TO work more and play less
[ChronotyPe.
Won1ens Righis in Te,u7ou-The Judiciary
Committee OF the Vermont Senate have reported
bill in accordance with the GOV errors recommen-
dation provi1ing that at any time before marriage
the betrohed parties may enter into contract de-
claring their consent that after marriage the wife
shall continue 10 hold the whole Ct part Of any in
terest in real or personal estate az night OF action
which she may be possessed of at marriage, free
from the control OF her husband and enabling the
Tis TO hold devises eouyeyances or requests, with
ont the inter, ention OF trustee
This IS as it should BE, and we hope the bill will
become law Profgats and reckless young men
may thus be prevented squaudering the fortune OF
their wives ChJoHotyps.
CIV. ScoTrs sPEEcH.-An officer writing from
Mexico gives the following SCOTS speech to has
men, after taking the ortress of Chapultapec "Of
fcers and soldiers, YOU have done uobly! nobyI
no5ly Your wives will be proud Of you-yorr ia
Tiers will be proud Of you-your brothers and SIS
ters will &c proud Of yOu--your sweerhearts will
even be proud OF you and your eountrymen will
admire you. For myself ! thank God on my
knees, that have the honor the great honor to
command so gallant so brave and so victorious an
army. Ii had million Of thanks they would not
pay you
Il As0 Coma couple Of rogacs have been
playing a new game IN the western part Of Ohio.
One passed through the small villages. distributing
Bank Note Lists, in which the Tenth Ward Bank,
of " York, broken establishment, was quoted at
par The other soon followed with the bills OF the
SAID Bank and succeeded in DONG the honest peo-
pie to the amount Of some hundreds.
The amount Of specie held by the banks in the
city of New York on the lst instant,
can he ascertained was s., 992 900 The quarterly
returns of the lst Of August showed an amount OF
specie il the same banks of about 81 100000
4 company IS about being organized iE New
York with capital OF 100000 to form new
line OF Jour steamships. 10 run Letween that port
ana Charleston 5 G.
tbs REv MR. MAFrIr has got into trou-
bic with some OF his brethren in CincIn-
natl, for preaching upon the Mexican war
and endeavoring to show that The conquest
of that country is a part of the design OF
Providence, for reforming the religion and
morals of the country.
THE ONpERDoNKs.-The Journal of
Commerce says there is not the slightest
chance of the restoration of Bishop Onder-
donk. The Bishop Of that name, in Penn
syIvauia, ieposed, has been reformed, it is
said.
Storage Passengers TO Etsrnity.-The
congre CATION who worship in one of the
most gorgeous churches in New York, are