Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-06-29


RoBRERY.-The dwelling house of Thomas
James, near Watertown, Wis, was entered re-.
ccutly, and robbed of q considerable amount OF
money AMI clothing The offenders had not
been caught.
pLowTvG BY MooNIGHT,- The late Mr.. o.
Conne was often heard to say that he would
! drive a coach and six horses through an act of
! Parliament; in the present instance we have an
! Irish peasant driving ploW and pair OF horses
| through one.
"Bafore sunrise, nor after sunset, he (the tax
man) can't SEIZE" excaims the farmer. of
take out the horses and the plow in the morning,
| MIR is sure to seize them, but then if
don't. sure the land will remain idle, and how am
I to pay the remit"
Here were two great difficulties to be over
comc-but the Irshman's native wit did not for
sake him: turning to his wife, he cxclaims, 81
have it Bidly-I'll pillow by moonlight"
| This modern, though rot agrarian disciple OF
"Captain Starlight" accordingly resolved to
"work by night, and seepby day" The neigh
| bors were soon initiated into the mystery OF de-
! fratug baiilS. tax men, Ct hoe genus Onf1e, and
| the result has been, that last week, within
| few miles of the good town Of Nenagh, both
/ pows and horses might be seen turning the
| green swar,h by the iustre Of the pale May
moon.--Nenagh Guardian.
! HOUSES IN IIvERrooL.-Wc learn from the
! London News that there are in Liverpool $500
unoccupied houses, al a rental oil 3Ot and up
wards The total number of uuoccnpied houses
! is $500. $500 moccupied houses III the most
thriving town in lngland
The Legislature Of Connecticut has just
passed law transferring the power ofgran-
! ting divorces from the Legislature TO the SUI
perior Court 552 divorces have occurred in
tina, state in five years.
A private letter from Rome, in the New
ark Daily Advertiser, expresses the writer's
positive belief that the Pope of Rome cana
not be restored TO his civil dominion. He
adds:
'In all my intercourse, I canno, hear
! that there is anywhere desire for the res
toralon Of the Pope: on the contrary, all
voices are now for the new government.
Every symbol of papal authority in the
stale excites expressions of scorn."
The Pittsburgh Mercury. recording the
marriage of Miss Holmes, President Of
the Martha Washington Total Abstinence
Society, to Mr.. Andrew Horn. appends
the following:
Fair julia vad Temp'ranee maid,
Ard preached lis beauties night and morn;
But still her wicked neighbors said
She broke hcr pledge and look Horn.
ANOTHER CALiFoRNIA.-The Melbourne
Argus states that large quantities ofgold have
been found near that place, Melbourne is in
| South Australia.
A grocer in Tu3lin advertises whiskey for
sale, sonjs3s drHH, By has tate NYesty.
ar The Aims House, situated some miles
from Baltim re, is the scene Of an oppressive and
/ awful waning to drunkards. Ofabout FIVE hum
| ircd inmates, Gbe number on the fifth of july
| four hundred snd seventy five were incorporate
! e-s' n. This account for the extreme mortali-
! Of the cholera there which numbered one hun
| drcd and twenty-five victims ono fourth Of the
whole.
Az EifrcIEsT FIBsr MAGIsIRArE.--Gen.
| Taylor promised &c orresf Prescription. lie has
| done rncre-he has eoaatttd IL