Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-07-05

DISCOVERIES IN EIECTRIcITY.-Mr. HI
M. Payne, of Worces ter. Mass, thus writes
to the Scientific American
81 mean that at least one discovery shall
stand undsputed, and that is the condensing
of the Electric Fluid. claim the knowl-
edge Of pressing the Electric Fluid as we
do the atmosphere or the gasses-the for
cling and accumulation of it in receiv or
bursts from the effects of the pressure
This | have done frequently, in the pres
ence of different pers ons, within the last
few months and will shortly do SO again in
your city.
] gather what is termed the Electric
Fluid, as easily as boiler is filled with
water and can retain and use it with greats
er facility than we can steam. The de-
composition of water is but minor appli>
cations of the discovery, and only used first
because it was cheapest; and ! assure you
that without the elements around US change
in their material nature, the days of steam
are numbered. AS regards its use for the
purpose Of light, the convention condtionally
passed from my hands into those of heavy
capitalists, who will soon settle your diffi~
cultes with the gas companies"
A list of the unclaimed dividends of the U. S.
Bank has just been advertised. They number
two hundred and sixty-fve, and amount to about
$4,000 Among the foreign stockholders we
find the name of her royal highness, Ann, Ouch
ess of Cumberland, to whom $40 or SO are due.
At Memphis, Tennessee, the race-courses are
fitted-up with ladies' stand, attached to which
is parlor, with female attendants.
Creditors never annoy man as long as he is
getting up in the world A man of wealth only
pays his butcher once year. Let bad luck
overtake him, aud his meat-bill will come in ev-
cry morning as regul arly as breakfast and hun
cry children. Again we say, never plead guilty
to proverty.
Homesteaas. Connecticut Senate have
passed homestead exemption bill, fixing amount
at $500.
Getting Ready for the Census.--A lady of
this town, one day last week. presented her
husband with three little responsibilities, at
single birth-two strapping boys and a girl-all
doing we'll WeStport CIV. W Courier
E,SrAGE SrRucK.--A young lady II years
of age, committed suicide at st. Louis lately,
because her relatives would not pemit her to
adopt the profession of the stage. In letter
stating her intention and the cause, she request
ed that copy of Shakespeare might be placed
upon her bosom in the coffin.
Mr.. Clay is gallanting Grace Greenwood
about Washington. He is free soiler and in
danger of being compromised by such an as
sociation.
The st. Joseph Advocate, Of the Oath, says
that several of the emigrants have returned from
the plans, some as far out Fort Laramie.
They report grass plenty, and the emigrats, gen.
orally, getting along wholesome few cases of
Cholera had occurred as well as small pox and
measles.
Cutting Timber on U. s. Lauds-A dis
patch from Washington, dated the goth, says
that owing to extensive depredations on the pub
lie land, cutting and carrying off timber &c. the
U. S. District Attorneys have been instructed
to rigidly prosecute all persons engaged in such
depredations.
A Word of CGution..-Bank failure and ex-
plo,ions are beginning to be common in many
quarters of the Union, and it becomes the peo-
pie to be onthe lookout. We see by i late order
of the Pennsylvania Treasured of State, to the
different collectors on the line of their canals,
that they are instructed not to receive the notes
of the Erie Bank.