Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-06-15

vi me Lille VI DUCKMINSTER by Mrs. LEE
which is soon TO be published, she has had
access 10 many interesting private papers
Among these is manuscript auto.biography
OF DANIEL WEBSTER. A paragraph quoted
from this, shows us a fact which will be
both encouraging and consoling to difiden
school boys, Mr.. WEBSTER saws:
My first lessons in Latin were recited
to Joseph Stephens BuckmiDister, at tha
time an assistant at the academy. made
tolerable prHgress in all the branches | al
tended TO under his instruction; but there
was one thing | could not do could moi
make defamation. | could not sneak
before the school, The kind excellent
Blcknnlsteri especially sought 10 persuade
me TO perform the exercise of defamation.
like the other boys, but could not do il.
Many piece did commit 10 memory, and
rehearse 1t in my own room, over and over
again but when the day came, when the
school was collected, when nv name was
called, and | saw all eyes turned upon nv
seat, l could not raise myself from it,
Sometimes the master frowned. sometimes
they smiled. Mr.. Buckminister always
pressed and enreated with the most win
ming kindness, that | would only venture
once but could not command sufficient
resolution ana when the occasion was over
went home and wept bitter tears of NOR
tihcatiDn:''
POWER OF IMAGINATION. An elderly
lady from one Of the adjacent towns called
recently on friend Williams, to make few
purchases of dry goods. 1t happened to be
one Of those raw days of which we have
had so many tins Spring, and the old lady
was cold. She came in rubbing her hands
and remarking how very chilly it was, haul.
ed.up chair TO the salamander safe, where
she sat and warmed herself some Is min.
utes, when in came her "old man." who
stopped over and rubbed and warmed his
hands, and then after selecting some goods
and paying for them, they started on their
way, remarkirg what a comfortable thing
a good stove IS in cold day.'-Chicopee
Mirror.
ESCAPE OF a CoNvIcr WIFE IN HER
HUSBAND sATTIRE.-A Mrs. Nc Adams was
few weeks sirice, convicted of the crime Of
OF murder before the circuit court of Madison
county, Miss. Her husband was allowed TO
visit her in prison frequently, and at last
dressed her in Il suit of his own clothes. by
by means of which she effected passage
from the prison. She was traced as far as
Ficksburg, when size took passage in steam
boat, and, from the last accounts adiiotbean
arrested.
No>-.NTERcouRsE.-The papers abroad
seem to take il for granted, because Hon. A.
w. Fenable, in a recent speech, advocated
non-intercOurse between the North and
South, should the North persist in her fana-
teal course, that North Carolina goes fornul.
liicaior and disunion They reckon with.
out their host. We opine that Mr.. VenahIe
not only does not speak the sentiments of the
State, tut we doubt if he has expressed the
opinions of majority of the Loco Foco
party.
DoING IrUF HANDsoMrIY.-Mr Daniel
Aver, OF Lowell, will pay upwards ofS6 900
of debts from which he has discI rged upon
his failure some years ago, OH Monday eve
ming, and gives his former creditors an elegant
supper, at his house, into the bargain, at the
same time. Ttissum will cover principal and
interest in full Boston Post.
TERRIFIC HURRICANE.-The Dalton
(Geo) Eagle of the 22d inst. sayes: " Our
town was visited or Tuesday last by the
heaviest rain and hal orms we have seen
in many a day. 1t lasted nearly two honrs,
and the lightning struck a tree in DR.. Will
sons yard. staining several Of the family but
fortunately no one received any serious iniu>
~. The growing crop must be injured by
the hail "
RobBED.-ON Thursday last highly re-
spectacle gentleman came TO The city TO trans
act business, aud after being in town some
hours, and feeling somewhatunweIl. he went
into drugstore, and obtained and took large
dose of laudanum and brandy as a preventive
OF the cholera. Tie Iaudanum proved TO be
TOO large a dose, and without knowing it, he
went to sleep, in what part olthe city he can
not tell. When he awoke, he found himself
in the Watch House, minus his pocket-book
and several hundred dollars in gold which he
had with him when he went to sleep.
Chicago Tribune.
SENATOR BENroS IN WIsCoNsIN.-We
have received the proceedings ola democratic
convention held at Elkhorn, Walworth coun-
~, on the 9Th inst, which by acclamaiiou,
nominated Senator BENToN for the Presden-
cy. We shall publish the proceedings to-
morrow. The resolutions are decided in
their tone, nervous in .heir expression, and
imbued with sound progress. WISCONSIN
is even now ready to send greeting to Mis-
souri.-Uisc0nsin.
VINO STAND BY SENATOR BENToN!-The
ST. Louis Union says:
ut is extremely gratifying to be able to
state, on whatwe deem good authority, that
Gov. KING and his Cabinet entierly agree
with. Col. Benton in his views on Slavery.
and on the Resolutions Of Calhoun and of
Jackson. II is the first striking evidence of
the soundness of the political mind of the
people Of Missouri, and the first great disa-
vowal Of the Jackson slavery resolutions.
THE CANVASS ~ Observation-Disclosures
BENroN's friends are wide awake, and are
determined that lie shall have a hearig be-
fore the people. The St. Louis Union,
which has received new tone and power
under The editorial management of Richard
Phillips and his brother, sans:
ave ars r,riDfiDy IN DoDDlio, Gem, al