Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-01-21
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from executions" and it provides that the
articles of furniture, &C., at present exemp
ted, as also home owned by any person
having family, and not worth over $500
shall be exempt from seizure or sale Tor deb
This IS on the humane principle of the law
recently passed in Connecticut.
We are pleased to learn says the St.Touis
Union, that such encouragement is held out
TO Mr. O'REILLY along the Missouri river,
as to render it nearly certain that the Light
ming wires will be extended ere long to Fort
LedvenW0rth. During the next twelve
months, he will probably connect Louisville
with New Orleans; and from st. Louis, it
may be, Electric wires will radate to Fort
Leavenworth, Galena and Chicago. -Wis-
consin.
Death of Mr. Stuart Contradicted.-The
Detroit Free Press of the 4th inst says: 1
"The telegraph sometimes makes bung-
ling work in talking. The report the con-
gressiona news to the Cleveland papers Of
the Both, announces the death of Hon. C..
l.. Stuart, ofthis state whenth report should
have read that Mr.. s. announced the death
OF the late Iamcned Bradley. The report
we publish can be relied upon.
The Plaindeaer SAYS that the National
Era, still in its first year, has larger circu-
laton than the Union and the National In-
tclltrcncer combined.
STEAM CHRONOLOGY. The following in
formation, relative to steam engines, will
probably he new to some Of our readers -
l649-Frst steam engine invented by
Edward Somerset Marquis of Worces ter.
Steam power was known impcrfectly to
the ancents; Hero, Of Alexandria, a phil
osopher who lived 100 years before Christ,
describes two instruments, moved by steam
or heated air.
l769-Cast iron first used in mill work,
by Mr.. Smeaton, at Catron in Scotland.
I769-James Watt, of Glasgow, in Scot
land, obtained his first patent for steam
engine.
l7S3-First steam cotton mill built in
Manchester, by Arkwright and Simpson.
l7S5-Steam mills rst constructed i'll
England, by Bolton and Watt, at the Al
bion Mills in London, for grinding wheat;
two engines worked 30 pair OF Stones.
l792-Frst at Glasgow.
I702-Frst steam wolIcn mandatory
built at Leeds, England, by Got.
About 1898, spinning flax at Leeds by
steam.
The estimate Of the cotton CROP for this
year is from 100000 to 2 100000.
The FLooD.-I'he depth ofwater in Law
renceburg on High street, The highest street
in the place, was four feet. About sixty
small frame dwellings, besides quite num-
her of warehouses, slaughter houses, shops,
&c, were swept ente away. Many bull
dngs, the foundations being washed out
have tumOIcd over. An immense loss has
sustained. -IndidnG Jour.
There are now more than 5000 immi-
grants and sailors in the two hospitals in
Staten Island, New York, large portion
of whom are sick with the ship fever.
The Cincinnati Commercial states that
about three hundred and thirty thousand
hogs will be slaughtered at that place this
season.
Proper ReSenfmenf-A mild tempered |
gentleman was going down his cellar stairs /.
with lamp and an old brown pitcher, on
frosty evening, and his feet slipping from
tho first, he was percipitated TO the bottom.
His wife, nice old lady, hearing the noise
ran TO the cellar door and called out
why, husband, have you broke the pich
or" mo, hain'tyet but III do itnow,"
and Immediately smashed the pitcher a.
gainst the wall.
Wheat appears to be thc principal crop
in Oregon. In 1916 there were 100000
bushels raised. The crop his year. 1t is
thought, will greatly cXeedthls amount
A correspondents of the Chicago Demo
crat gives the following particulars III celia
ton Ia the birth.plocc Of Gen. jackson:
Ills fathers family were from Cfeeve'
few miles north from Coothlll, i'll the
county of Caral, Ireland, where some OF
his family relations are yet living.
Recipe for Dycing Bi"e and Green
The following we clip from the Southern
Cultivator The editor SAYS:
Take one pound of powdercdlogwood
boil it in a sufficient quantity of water until
all the substance is out of il; then take about
half gallon Of the liquor, and dissolve one
ounce of verdivrS and half m ounce OF al
umn IN it bon your yarn IN the logwood
water one hour. stirring it and keeping Il
loose. Take ont your warn mix the halt
gallon that contains the vcrdigrs and alum
then put your yarn into the mixture, and
boil it four hours, stirring and keeping 1t
il loose all the time, and ia ing it out every
hour to give it air, after which dry it. then
boil i, in soap and water, and it is done.
The above will dye six pounds of cotton
warn an elegant blue. After WHICH, put III
ne much warm into the same liquor. and
boil it three hours, stirring as above, and
YOU will have a good pale hIuo or boil
hickory bark in your liquor, and YOU will
have beautiful green.
Rest assured there IL no imposition IN
the above. 1t is cheap. Any person fol-
lowing the recipe, will find ii proves salts
factory.
Rccipe-Many Of our farmers now keep
bees. and rs the comb rs well rs the honey,
is. from various reasons, 4 valuable article
and MS the labor Of separating the latter is
often attended with considerable trouble,
we append the following recipe:
Tie the comb in n linen or wooen bag !;