Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-09-27

| be the nandS OF thy children united as one,
And Peace shed her light thy Banner of
Stars!
The Sellkirk Caravan.
The Minnesota Pioneer of the Ist inst. SAYS,
that the caravan from the Sekirk settlement,
600 miles north of St Pauls, has arrived at the
! Sank Rapids. The carts are most of them drawn
by single OK, but some use small horses
They were fifty days on the way, and had a
Wearisome journey on account of the floods:
"The Red River valley is so deluged that the
inhabitants have all escaped to the highlands
! The company had to cross forty streams, and
frequently by means of pontons got up on the oc-
caslon. The pontons are made of one or two
buffalo robes, distended by sticks and boughs.-
The empty carts are dragged after by ropes, and
the cattle buffet the stream in swimming. The
men sleep under their carts by night Their food
on the way is pemmican (dried and pulverzed
buffalo beef0 flour, tea, coffee and sugar. Their
freights are principally buffalo robes, moccasins,
and dressed skin-coats. A large number of
these equipages will come as far as st. Paul"
! Mr.. Ross, one of the company, states that they
prefer the st. Paul's market to the Hudson's Bay
Company, because they get better price for
their wares. They probably get goods cheaper
| too.
"The Selkrkers, simple hearted as they are,
are smart at a bargain. Whatever may be the
! truth of their representations as to the compar-
alive prices of goods at Hudson Bay g. st. Paul
there is this fact in the case--their trade on the
Mississippi increases every year, and they will
transport from ST. Pauls on this occasion, all the
goods their means will afford
"Mr. Ross says that SeIkirk and the region
within twenty miles, has six Protestant churches,
two Catholic, and one nunnery. 1t has good
schools too. The church bell which was carried
up through St Paul, one year ago, for Pembina
the upper us. settlement got stuck in the mud
on the way, and it is doubtful whether it will
ever get there to peal in those far-otf realms,
whose rocks and valles &C the sound of the church
going bell never heard"
Across THE CHANNEL.-The channel between
France and England has at length been spanned
by the telegraph wires. They extend from
J Shakespeare IS Cliff. one mile from Dover, to cape
Grinas, II miles southwest from Calias. The
distance between the points is but Is miles, but
to allow for unequalness of bottom there are %
miles of wire. The report from France by the
last Steamer was by this Submarine Telegraph.
WHEAT IN WISCONSIN. The Milwaukee Ad-
vertiser says:-We learn that thousands of acres
Oh Rock prairie are now covered with stocks of
wheat, which are IN so rotton a condition as not
to be worth taking off the ground. The loss,
however, in that section is much greater than
in other parts of the State-and we are credibly
Informed that, with all the loss occasioned by
the wet season, much greater quantity will be
saved OF good wheat this year; and although the
loss may be heavy with many farmer, yet we
have reasons to believe that will not be SO great
throughout the State as has been anticipated.
FIRE.-Military Hall, corner of Seventh and
| Wisconsin streets, was consumed by fire about
half past two this morning. The new church
east OF it, being in an unfinished state, was of
course in some DANGER as were the buildings
north and west Oft. The engines were prompt
ly on the spot, and all danger to any thing but
the Hall at once arrested. Without fire engines
and good fire department, the fire would have
been serious one. The insurance on the Hall
was triding.-Racine Advocate.
TALL CoRN.-The corn crop is very heavy
throughout the State, and there is considerable
competition among the several counties as to
which takes the banner. A Kenosha farmer has
raised corn II feet 4 inches. The Sheboygan
Democrat now crows:
"We. can beat that. S. D. Littlefeld, of the
town of Lima, in this county, exhibited corn
stalk here measuring II #. 9inches in length. %
DODGE CENTRE.-Yhe Watertown Chronicle
speaking ofths thriving village, says:
SIT is by far the most delightful village OF its
age, we have ever seen in the west 1t is stu
ated on a broad, elevated ridge Of burr oak OPEN
ings, in the midst Of one of the most healthy re-
gions of the State, and one that cannot be sur
passed for agricultural purposes in all the west.
But its chief rural attraction is found in the fact
that the axman has spared almost every tree upon
LII rIo off1o h.,
ic shops and dwellings, with their newly painted
fronts, peep out enticingly from behind the green
foliage. A number of buildings have been cree
ted at the Centre the present season, and many
others ale expected to go up next.
I A VALUABLE lMPRovEMENT.-The Messrs.
| RuggIes have so far completed their Steam
Planning Mill, at Lower Fond du Lac, as to be
able to fill orders for flooring, siding, &c. ready
3 dressed, in the best style, for putting together
They are now engaged in putting in the mach-
merry for saw mill, sash, blind, and door factory
and will shortly be able to supply the public witt
sash, blinds, &C., at fair rates.-F0nd du La
Journal.
EMIGRANTs, LOOK oUT!-The Detroit Tribune
cautions the travelling public against purchasing
tickets of any Of the runners or agents of either
says, with reference particularly to travellers
from the east.
s'No tickets are sold for either routes now, ou
Of Buffalo. The Central Road Line, Gen. Reed
and the Sandusky Line, have signed caution
to this effect, which is now extensively circula
ted at the east"
Cause Of the sudden Disappearance OF ace n
Lake Observation-Disclosures Olmested made
some remarks before the Association Tor the ad
vancemant of Science. on the subject ofthe sud
den disappearance OF the ice in Lake Champlain
Ny. Usually as late as the month of May, thu
ice NAV be seen onthe lake at night, in consider
able thickness, and the next morning, none OF
] appears--all is clear. The Professor account
for this sudden disappearance on the ground tha
t the warm weather makes the ice porous, whe
1 it becomes filed with water and sinks to the bot
tom.
1. Dr. FRANCIS PARKMAN AND PRoF. WEBsTEF
" Tho Poc+op Times Is satisfied that a repl