Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-01-21

, experienced operator iriNei, which, according to
the Ai!wau &c ,cntncl, will be very soon So We
may be looking out for the first flash in this
quarter Our readers will be promptly advised a.
10 the first reports do not mean that the
Lightning Telegraph stall get mich ahead of the
Southport Telegraph
~ Capt Sweet, of the PhTnix, has n
letter in the Cleveland Herald, on the sub
lect of the loss of this vessel, accompanied
by atlidavitS of the first mate and chief en-
ginccr. Capt. Sweet states that he has
been engaged on the lakes since he was a
boy, and appeals to those who know him,
for testimony to his character as an officer
and a man. lie states that he does know
the origin of the fire, but does not think it
could have originated from the boilers
That the Phoenix boilers were considered
the most secure of any vessel on the lakes.
from accident of this kind, having been
planned and made by one of the most COM
potent engineers in the Union, who always
spoke of it rs one of his best. Capt.
Sweet injured his knee at Fairport, Ohio,
and was disabled from any care or charge
of the boat thereafter, and states that all he
saW of the fire was when he was being car
rried from his room to the small boat. He
denies positively any charge Of intcmpcr-
ance on the part of the officers having charge
of the boat and engine, rs thev were men
of strict temperance habits, never INDUCING
i'll drink. The statements which have been
so often made of the failure of the water in
the boilers, do not appear to be true, for
the engineer states in his affidavit, that the
engine was blowing off steam when the
fire was discovered, and continued to blow
off until the engine stopped.
This statement of the Captain, and afti-
davits, throw but little now light on the
matter. The best evidence goes to show
that the fire did not originate from the boil
crs, but how 1t did originate no one knows.
The engineer saws in his affidavit, 1.-The
moment got below, discovered the under
side of the deck, at the back end OF, and
over the boiler, to he on fire. The space
it then occupied was not large, but as the
room on each side of the boiler was full of
wood, it could not be got at once. =
This information extends the nearest to the
origin of the fire ofany we have, butt does
not account for it-and probably the I'M
mediate origin of it, will forever remain Il
mystery.
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has been made for publishing the constitution in
every paper of the territory so that within ten days
probably of its completion, il will be before every
any thing alnnt II It's not. VIC think. likely to
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and may lie as thoroughly understood IN one month
as three We hope then the constitution will be
pie. SO tha' II II &c necessary we may nave our &c
preventative Al the door Of CongrCsa demanding our
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