Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-11-16

iOticed the defeat OF this measure at the recent
tession of our State Legislature. On looking
over the published proceedings OF that body for
the 6th-the last da' Of the session--we find that
il was defeated in me House in consequence Of
50 manv members having left for their homes
prior to the time of adjournment. 1t is matter
OF much regret that those who take upon them
selves the responsibilities and duties of represent
tayes, desert their posts while their remains any
important business to BE- disposed OF. In tins
case the most important measure OF the session.
the one in which the whole body OF The people
are most deeply and Immediately interested, has
been lost, and upon those vino left while that hui
name and benifcent m assure was yet pending,
shOuld rest the responsibility ol its !el.d-. Mr..
DEMO, OF 10 Davies, offered a resol d;ion censu-
ring such coullct as reyr.Ae,I>lb!r, bat as the
absent members had Joeu excused Ter the remain
der of the session tho House could not consis-
tenty adopt it.-CAirago Tribune
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION DEFEATED IL ILL
EOIs.--Progrcss is siow--as is daily illustrated
by the tenacity with Which every liberal meas
ure which tends to protect the interests and
rights Of the aborer is opposed. We nave re.
cent Illustration. The Homestead Exemption
bill passed the House bat was dcfa in the
Senate of Illinois. Wisconsin is still the State
tor liberal progress.
A WHALE IN TEgMoyT-The workmen on
the Burlington and Rutland railroad. while dig
glng few DAYS since near BcamaHs Hollow,
between Fergenncs and AlddIebarv came across
the skeleton If some unknown animal decpiy
imbedded in clay. Little attention was paid to
the matter at the time ami unfortunately. most
oil the bones were cartcd Off Enough Of them
however, have since been collected by the Rev.
MI Thompson Cine learned author Of the histo-
ry OF Vermont TO enable him to determine all
the important characteristics Of the monster TO
which they belonged, and to give drawing rep
resentlng It's proportions. He states that the
bones discovered are those of cctaceous ami
nal, Cor sea animal Of the whale familv.) like the
dolphin. Mr.. Thompson further states that no
fish of this particular kind is known to exist, and
that the one here must have lived and died in the
salt ocean, long previous to the creation of man.
In size It was about eleven feet in length, and
SIX feet in circumference.
ANOTHER Coon Cow.--AIr. Abraham Rowe.
OF hensington has Il COW he raised from an east
err breed, 6 years old, from which has made be.
tWcenthc 10Th Of May and October , III. over one
hundred and tidy-six pounds of butter averaging
over one pound day from pasture feed only
IL being his only cox. furnished bis family with
their cream and milk besides. Farmers would
seem to forget that it costs no more to keep a
good COW than an ordinary one.--Eretgr NecS
Letter.
JUDlcioU5 BEVEEAc TIoX.--A gantlemln in En-
gland, as yet unknown to the Canadian public,
has offered to make a gift Oft the sam necessary
ioropcnlng large number of schooIs-(5DO is
montloncd)-in the rural district of Canada,
where the means Of education are wretchedIy de-
fcient.
J. w. Farclly. of Pennsylvania, is appointed
to the place Of third assistant post master gcncr-
oi, in place OF Peter q. Washington.
TRY 1.-THE only cure for jealousy is to be-
come homcly. Who ever knew a woman to have
Jealous husband who was early blessed with the
small pox! Beauty is all very well in the abstract,
but to keep peace in the family, carroty hair and a
snub nose are beyond price.
NICE PLACE TO LIVE MA correspondent of
the Fort Smith Herald thus depicts the moral
beauties Santa Fe.
thlRk it is little the hardest PLACE was evcrin.
Men shoot one another there tor pastime.-Not a
day passes without the enactment Of a bloody
tragedy. The first morning was there three or
tour shots were exchanged in the midst of crowd
IN the main plaza, bat a few steps from where
was standing. y poor Californian who had no
concern IN the ailray, was the vrtn.--One ofthe
Dragons, too, belonging to Capt. Butord's COM
plny, was shot through the lungs at a fandango
The condition Of the lcveo at New Orleans on
the 9Th INST, was again exciting the fears of the
citizens. Portions OF the batture had sunk sey-
eraI feet in many places and at a hundred feet
distance from the water in front of the meat mar
ket, the street had sunk three Icct or more. and
the large assures proved that the current of the
Tlver was rapidly undermining the market. A
large number OF hands were al work in makinr
new wlarvcs, and putting Oh other armor Of de-
fence against the " Father of Waters"
HEMINWAY's CHEcKs--We desire to canton
the public about The checks, bearing the above
name, lately issued at Milwaukee. by a man ma
med lleminway. We know nothing about the
honesty or pecunlary responsibility of Mr. Hem
lhWay, but IN case like this, we are not dispo-
bed to give HIM any more confidence than he is
Wiling to extend to those 10 whom he loans mo-
ney. Mr.. Heminway doubtless requires rood
security of those who borrow of him, and there
Is no reason why the rule should not work both
ways Aside from this, however, the fact that
the people in nineteen cases out of twenty have |
LOST by such institutions as Mr. HcmnWay's, is /
sulflcIent TO condemn bis checks. We trust
therefore, they will not be- taken as currency bv I
any OF our dealers, until Mr. H. gives ample Sc
curly Tor every dollar that he issues.
Chicago Tribune
The following, from a correspondent of the .
Newark Advertiser, in letter from Bram6eld. /
Ct, is not a bad hit upon small organ in coun-
Try church.
y lady from New York was MP here. ha,ino /
been spending the summer in the country. As /
tlis WAS to be tho last Sabbath Of her visit. she
took her son, child OF four wears old. To the
church with her for the first time As soon aS
the organ commenced its strains. the little fellow .
started up with delight; he looked back 10 the cal
lery; he stretched his neck he got on to the ,
cushions and raised himself to the very tallest
his mother demonstrated with him and told him
to sit down. lie refused, and continued gazing
alott with stralning eyes
Sit down. said his mother
Il wont" he cried, SO as TO De heard all rornd I
" want to see the monkey"
There Is quite party in our church opposed .
to the organ, and they tell tins story with treat
gusto. Ii isn't bad, is il?
DEsriSArioN or THE PORTUGUESE The \ .
/. Tribune has mentioned the departure of
portion OF these cAilrs About three hundred
are now en- route. They spent Sunday at Alba
ny; the next - lday they win pass at Buffalo,
and the third IL ChiCago---at each of which Ma
ces public meetings viii be held in their behalf