Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-07-28

moral character of people, upon the sta
OF society, and upon the happiness Of MAJ
kind.
More is attributable TO this cause tina
mostpersoas are aware. The great efficiel
cy and power of mind which exists in c,
cry well educated community are of gre;
public utility in all the industrial pursuits {
civilized life. In every kind of business
Is necessary to have mind as well as BODY
In manual labor even, ii is needed 10 direc
skllllully the operations of the hands.
Much more Is II necessary Ill pursuits of
more intellectual character.
The Vasuy greater amount of intelligenc
possessed by the people, makes them NOR
happy IN themselves, and more INSTRUCTIVE
and useful to others. Besides, their infor
nation is more correct, and is from th
consideration more valuable In short. sucl
education facilitates all kinds of business
and powerfully promotes wealth, improve
ment and happiness. 1t is unqueslionabl,
the Impcrous duty of every phIan,hropist
patriot and statesman, TO consider wei
what kind and degree Of education is mos
conducive to human improvement and Lu
man happiness.
That the system adopted by any people
should be good, is as important as the ten
poral well being of that people.
But this education should extend to ALL
1t should pcryade the entire mass 0fthc poD
ulatIon. 1t is public calamity toany com
munlty to have any gifts members destitute
OF wholesome and competent education.
1t has thus deprived of many advantages
and blessings which it might enjoy if every
individual were duly prepared for all the
various and responsible duties which devolvc
upon him. On the other hand it is a great
blessing to society to have suitable intellec-
tual and moral culture extended TO the entire
mass of the people. Uniyersality of educa-
ton 10 especially important in i republican
government like ours, where every voter is
a sovereign, where the people possess the
power, and the public funclionarics OF the
country, are mere servants OF the people,
and placed in official stations by their sunra-
gcs. Intelligence and virtue constitute the
basis oIour republican institutions, and fur
nlsh the only well grounded security OF
their prosperity.
SUBTERRANEANFIR FIRE AT LOWER HAUGH.
NEAR kOTHERIlAN ENGLAND.
The village of Lower IIaugh. near Roth
erham, on the estate of Earl i'itz William,
presents curious and interesting aspect
The fact is well known in the vllIage-aI-
though we have never heard it spoken of in
lhi- ncIghhOrhoOd-that an extensive bed of
coal beneath the village, is on fire, and has
been III that condition, burning with greater
or less intensity, for at least twenty wears.
A gentleman residing in Sheffield, whom
curiosity induced oyisit the locality one dav
during the present week, has furnished us
with the following particulars: The coal
in certain places basscts out-that is, it
comes up TO the surface or the ground: and
II was at one OF these basscts, that the fire
originally commenced, having been ignitcd
by 4 clamp "a fire for burning stones IN
tended for road Materials The sublerra-
mean fire has continued to advance in vari-
Gus directions up to the present time, its pro-
gress being manifested by the appearance,
at intervals, of smoke and fame at the sur
lace OF the ground; the spread of which has
generally been stopped, however, by pud-
ding the eruption with clay, &c. A feel
ing of apprchcnsions as to the ultimate fate
OF the village has always continued TO pre-
vail, and we understand that, good many
ears ago, the destruction of the mausoleum
OF the Wentworth family was threatened
by the approach of the fire, hrppiIy, the c.
lamlty was avercd by severing the bed OF
coal, for which purpose a shaft was cspc-
claIIy sunk. LatterIy the work of deslruc-
ton appears to have been going on with
unwoned rapidity, and naturally enough
has created corresponding degree of al
arm.
Our informant saw two beautiful detached
cottages, the foundation of which is so
much undermined and sunk, that one OrbOth
them had ceased TO be occupied; the walls
OF one of the cottages had quite separated,
and the building must have tumbed down,
had not means been restored to for keeping
II togcthcr. The ground, in several large
tracts, is one huge hOt-bcd, and where the
heat Is not so intense as to destroy vcGCta
uon,!he villagers turn tito very good account,
IN raising carly crops OF vegetables. Peas
were seen some weeks ago ilourshing lux
urianjly in the open ali; and potatoes are so
forward, and one crop has been already Sc
cured, and second crop has been got into
the ground. The exposed earth is quite
warm, ever in the depth of winter. Were
this state Of things confined within prcscri
bed limits, it would be all very well, and
the villagers would regard it as an unmixed
blesslng-but This is by no means the case.
The unnatural heat engenderS a disagrcea-
BILE smoke. which is continually ascending
and aduIterating the atmosphere, doubtless
to the detrImcnt Of animal health; and tho
houses IN the worst localities are often SLED
wiih warm air strongly charged with sui
phur, rcndccIng them, as habiiations, little
better than coal PIT. The cellars nat
urallv are the worst. OF course it is I'M
practicable to keep food in them; not fire.
quenly they cannot be entered with safety.
How his extraordinary state Of things are to
continue, 10 one can tell but if any means
for cNiiuguishing or arresIng the fire could
be applied, regard for the welfare, and
even the safety of The misunderstanding
the property out of the quesuon-demands
thai II should be done without further loss of