Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1850-02-22


durable, his debauchery with women so gross
and continuous that the servants Of tbe house
are scandaliZed. In coming across the frontier,
he swore and quarrelled with the police, who de-
manded his passport, attracted great crowd, aud,
after long abuse, fang the pass at last in the Of
hcer's face. He was so insane in his hotel,
with delirum trcmens, that he thought himself
pursued by fiends from hell, and prosecuted by
women whom he saw III ire stove, and every
where about the room. The figures in the pic
lures on the walls, he insisted, moved about and
Knocked him. lie opened his windows, and cal
led in a crowd of persons to assist him in dri-
wing out imaginary women; and was one day
taken up for dead, so far had his disease pro-
crossed.
Mr. Hannegan was among the very first oti-
GERS commissioned by President Taylor.
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An Hem.-The largest subscription to be
found for the construction or a church in Cali
fornia was given by gambling house, namely
five thousand dollars
The next census will be the most minute and
particular one ever made in this country. 1t is
reported its cost will be one million dollars.
EMIGRATION FROM ENGLAND-Sidncy Her
berts proposal for a subscription to aid the i'll
DdQ OF the IlclTOIbllS anu 1T i1ll-
borhood in emigrating to British colonies, where
the presence Of a virtuous women is need of
civilization, has been responded to by many OF
the atiluent Upward ofSI6,00o have been sub
scrbed for the purpose.
MARRIAGE OF pRIEsTs.--A paper is about to
be established in France, under the direction of
two priests, whose object Is to popuIarize the
idea that the celibacy of the clergy IS an evil,
and may be thrown OFT by common consent, as
it is only an ecclesiastical regulation and not ba-
sed upon principles OF divine right, OF faith or OF
morality.
THE suns DIsrANcE.-A gentleman in New
York has made new calculation of the suns
distance from the earth, on new method OF cal
culating the laws of motion. He makes the dis
lance from centre to centre Of the two bodies to
be ninety two millions, two hundred and eighty
five thousand, five hundred and siXly-elght
miles.
CoTroy IN AFRICA treaty has been con-
cluded by which the Danish settlements IN Az
RIGA, on the Gold Coast, have been coded to Great
Britain. 1t is stated that there is reason to be-
lieve that, with suitable encouragement, sup
ply of cotton of very good quality might be OBJ
tanned from that part OF Africa where It IS now
produced, in some quantity and OF very good
quality, by the natives, for their own use.
1t is now said that Jenny Lind is to arrive in
New York, in August next, to fulfil her engage
nent with the interchangeable Barnum.
The tolls paid into the treasury of New York
state, upon articles imported from Canada, thro'
the Erie and Oowego Canals, during the year
IS49, are estimated at Sl20,752 SO.
STEAMER Losr.-The Steamer Rhode Island
bound for California, when four Gays out was
lost. 1t is rumored that thirty persons persisted.
The Rhode Island was owned in New York.
GROWTH OF LoyDoN-Two hundred miles of
streets have been added during the last seven
wears. Villages which few years since were
ten or twelve miles distant, are now parts OF the
metropolis.
YEAsT-The farmer who sent the following
has been baker for ten years:
boil some potatoes and while hot crush them
through wire soive thin them down to Il thin
batter with hop water, add a small quantity Of
Yeast to start it, When it is done fermcnting it
is ready for use. II not allowed to freeze it will
keep some time. When it works too freely, d.
minish the proportion of sugar in the next ma
king, (,tirred with the old YEAST if too fa, in
crease the sugar q tea cup:ul is about the ave-
ragc for three gallons in cold weather, more than
in warm.
The Hudson Bay Company rave made prop
ostion to sci! to the United States all their pos
sessorv rights in Oregon. The proposition has
been communicated 10 the Senate in Executive
Session 1t is understood that the Company ask
8, 10000.
Some Of the friends of Mr.. Calhoun assert
that he will never again in any reasonable prob
a.; b, ,bI 10 n llr at-
fairs, his health being completely Irostrated.-
Ma. t. is now more than seveny-thrce years
Of age.
LARGE BUsINEss-We are told on good
that a manufacturer in Worcester,
Mass, has made by the sale OF six barrel pistols,
in California, upwards Of $4,000:
n. Y Eve. Pest
A late ISL paper states that tie Abbot Of
VI jhn Mellcray, county of Waterford, has Pur-
c ased about 1000 acres Of rich land near the
Mis-is,i?pi. about 400 miles from 81 Louis at /
; Hing, per acre and that. on tie !, h CT Feb
ruary, fifty of tie Mel'eray monks, with Fix
Young pries ; are to sail from lounghall for y.
Orleans, Il th' If way to the now purchase
About 40 females from from the town and neigh
o.raood of Ca7p7quin, scme Of whom are veal
Thy, will sail n tae same ship
The 5, .bs ,rirtion Of $50 600 applied for by
Tie Michigan Southern Railroad Company, tor
ne cx;ers on from IIiisdale to Coid"atrr, has
5.rn taken a large portion OF 1t by the citizens
o. Jcrcslillc ruL CclGWater, ard ot.ier Tlaccs
along the line Til, division is - miles in
length, ami IS to BE- completed by the 1T Of Au-
gust Tn, Cos, 0. j. wnen finished. according 10
the CO.. tract Irc AID laid With heavy iron rail
viii ret exceed $4,000 per rale
Dx,i c1.oY. U-1lu ,ird rseI IN 4naerica.--
The tr,t time t a, this s9ir't stirring word was
used officially OH this site If the water, was IN
the doclara / Il Of tn t-lowers Of the celebrated
Ann II Crimson, who. in 1916, were killed from
the SONY If Mas-ac1usctt, tar their religious
o-inions. Thy tiled in what is no" Rhode
Sand. IS a lislcd constitution AM declared TIA
= DeInocralic or Eot u,ar Government.
FprcATroy Is MAssAcHUsETTs.-The amount
Of the school fund n 3lassa husetts is $685.
g82, 20. Tie Number Of children in tie State,
is 2I5,926, Of witch l3l,754 are in public
c co.'s, and abou, 28co) in private s-koo's.--
Tnere are 3749 public schools in the common
wealth ard 047 Incorporated academic ;, private
schools and sch, o. pit to IT long private
schC os. The amount OF money raised by taxa