Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-06-08

Cahdl anu TallrOad through that country
The government have concluded an ar.
rangement with a company from the Uni
ted States, and granted the company a
charter for forty years said company enga-
Igng to cut canal on the lire of the rivers
st. Juan and Tapitepa, and 10 build rail.
road from Moabita to Realeio. After the
expiration of the charter the State is to take
possession of the works. The COMPANY
is to advance $4,000 to defray the expen-
ses OF an embassy to Washington to form
an alliance with the United States. The
work TO commence in four months, and sta.
ges to be put on the route while the rail-
way IS IN progress OF construction. All ma
terials taken for the work are to be furnish.
ed Tree OF cost on that portion of the route
owned by the government.
CRIME AND RRTRBUT1oN. Saint
Louis Revellle says a corpse was taken
from one of the ruins of that city on Main
street,whose pockets were filed with knives
and other articles. 1t is supposed that he
was plliering from the store at the time the
walls turlbled upon him, and buried him in
his guilt.
TIE BANK OF COMMERCE. direc-
tors oil the New York Bank of Commerce
have passed resolution that they will issue
no notes after the 3lst of October next, nor
any kind of paper credits to circulate as
money. This is in view of the provision
OF the State Constitution, going into opera,
ton on the lst Of January next. rendering
personally liable for the debts OF the bank
all stockholders, to the amount of their
stock, In all banks issuing circulating notes.
DEPTH OF THE OCEAN.--Professo Bacae.
OF the U. S. Coast Survey, took tier
mometrlcal sounding IF Cape Hatteras last
year, which indicated depth of 1880
lee! leaving far behind it all previously as
certalned debths in this quarter. Can't.
u H. Davis, U. S. ~, found depth by
the lead, of $500 feet, $50 miles south Of
Nantucket, Capt Ross, found the 10000
feet depth west of the Cape of Good Hone.
and has sounded with the plummet 81. 600
feet without touching bottom, west of ST.
Helena. This last measurement is equal
to the highth ofDhavalgeri, the highest
mountain on The globe.
1t is said that the UiOrmons have disco>
vered gold mine one hundred and fiftv
miles southwest of the Salt Lake. Prob.
ably true.
One hundred and elghty-four emigrants
for Liberia, sailed recently from Savannah,
Georgia.
The number of liquor selling establish
ments in New York, is 1867. Licensed,
3,oI4. Unlicensed, 727. Number of Ii.
censSeS for the past year, 4,0l5.
Several manufactures of cotton have re-
Gently been erected in Mississippi.
William II. Mitchell, brother Of the Irish
patriot and exile, John Mitchell, has been
appointed by Secretary Ewing, a clerk in
the Home Department, at Washington.
The Courier says: " The health of Lou
lsviIIe has never been better than at present.
We are entirely free from any epidemic"
LATER FROM New ORLEANs-HALF THE
CITY INUNDATED !-BuSineSs almost 8us-
pended New Orleans, May 25, 8 p. Nj.
The great Crevasse at Saves still remains
unchecked, and there was no prospect of
stopping it for two weeks to come. The
water has risen four inches within the last
twelve hours, and PhiIippi street is entirely
impossible. In the rear of the 9Th ward all
The vehicles have been carried away, and
the greatest CONSERVATION prevails.
FIVE DAYS LATER New Orleans, May
3O.-In spite of all efforts to stop the great
4 Il, =. I'll IL
is perfectly lost in attempting to subdue it.
already haJ Of the City is in,mdatedt
The inhabitants are flying from their homes
and business matters are being wound up!
FIRE IN -CleUeIand, June !.
AT i A. Nj. fire broke out in the grain
house of Barney & Waring. The building
with 10000 bushels of grain was totally de.
stroyed. 1t burned with great rapidity.-
Two or three vessels which were along side
of the dock, narrowly escaped.
The fire is supposed to have taken from
the engine used for eevating. Loss set down
at $35 1000, insured about $500.
AprALL1NG.-The p. NJ. at Vincennes
informs US that he received a note on the
way bill few days since announcing the
Death of four clerks, in one day, in the ST.
Louis Post Office. and requests him to ex-
anime way bill for mistakes, as the post
master is left almost alone in his Office
Tinccnnes San.
GooD.-The editor of Missouri paper
says, 1.-The people Of that vicinity are keep
ing lent" TO which our neighbor of the
United States Gazette, adds" We mag
me that it is one of the best signs of good
ness that can be adduced, because we find
that the very best of our books keep lent"
One Of the members of the Massachu-
sets Legislature otIred bill, which provi-
ded that mo lady shall be married except
in the town where she resides" 1t didn't
go down; another member knocking it in
the head by offering an amendment, reqnir-
ing people to die in the town where they
are born.
DEATH OF MADAME RoTHscHLp.-Mad-
anne Roihschild, widow of the founder of
the banking house, died at Frankfort on the
Maine, on the 9TH inst. aged 90.
We have it on tie best possible autho-