Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-05-10

furnished, from Braddock's field, for the Wash
lngton Monument, to commemorate one OF the
| most remarkable events of our history, in which
! Washington bore distinguished part. All will
concur in the appropriateness of the inscription
selected There could not be a better, and we
! hope II will be adopted with a statement OF the
| time and circumstances which il was delivered.
| Speaking of the matter a Correspondent of the
Pittsburgh Gazette says:
"ln entire confidence that block will be pre-
! pared, Of the prescribed dimension, and with
| some appropriate inscription, take the liberty 10
suggest that none could be more ,ilabie, or faI-
citous, than the following extract from ser-
mon, delivered by the Rev. Samuel Davies, i'll
/ Hanover county, Nrgiuil, on the l7th OF August,
| 1855, thrty-ninc days after Braddock'S del, at.
| AS remarkable instance of this, lpatrouc
! spirt) may point out to the public that heroic
! youth, Col. Washington, whom / cannot but
! hope Precedence has huh rio preserved, in 50
gn2I manner, for some imp0rtdR! S,rU.cs to has
c uTry.'
! ut is a remarkable fact that Washington was
the only officer, on horsbac who escaped unhuri
on that fatal day, and he had ieur bullets though
his coat, and two horses killed under him"
Brace! Jenny Lind.-Jenny Lind was offered
| some thirty thousasd pounds to sing at the I'M
perial Concerts at the Court of Russia. Jennys
significant reply was, "Hungary!"
Struck ,gih a Fire BaU--The British Brig
Alcyone, from Glasgow, arrived at Boston on
Saturday, reports that, off Cape Cod, while the
men were aloft reehng the foretop-sa, during
snow m, ball oftire larger than an IS pound
shot, struck the mainmaet and Without any I'M
usual noise, such as an explosion, the mast was
spill in four pieces and went overb ard with al.
the yards and rigging attached. The AIcyoas
had previously lost her mizenmast.
o. The Plymouth eng. )Journal relates IA
anecdote Of seamen who lately landed there,
bearing coffin filled with real Havanas, En- !
route to the railway they met Custom officer,
and beg TO know the way 10 the burial ground.
Shortly afterwards the contraband store was Sc
cure in the country.
More fou! Play.-The body of a girl eighteen
or twenty year Of age, was lately found IN II
drain at Saco, Me. A rope was tied about her
quack doctor has Disappeared Ii is supposed |
that the girl died under medical hands.
Cheap P0stage--Tho Hon w j. Brown, |
formerly Assistant p. NJ. General is laborng |
assduously in Congress, to secure a reduction Of
letter postage, and free circulation Of new,Da
p9rs in the counties VIII ere they are published.
CoTroN GooDs.-The amolnt of Domestic
Cotton Goods exported from Boston in January,
February and March was $3S5,2G9, against
1920 ll6 during the same time in l848.
1t is proposed that the StarI, monument to tic
built in New Hampshire, shall be of granite, and
100 feet high--tO cost not far from $4,000.
The location is to be determined hearatter.
homeopathic BEER Tie one hop to a rats
tail, let the rat swim through mill pond, then
bottle the contents Of the pond--"to be shaken
before taken" Albany Knick.
GIPslEs IN LoUisANA.-The New Or
leans Delta records the fact that for many
years settlement, of gipsies has existed at
Biloxi, and along the southern coast of the
Mississippi. They have subsisted by catch
ing fish and oysters, and maintain, i'll all re-
spccts, their habits of idleness and quietude.
MoDEsTY.-In a late case OF seduction
in England, the cour, room was III OF ed
wi1h ladies'. Baron Garrow, who presided,
said. u do not desire the ladies TO wait in
court to hear any thing that may shock their
modesty, unless they like it, The paper
adds, lone or two ladies then retired, but
the remainder kept their seats"
Too GREAT HuRRY.-A poor woman,
in one of the middle states, who lisped, car
red her child to church for baptism. Be,
ing asked IT'S name by the Bishop, she re-
pied,
"Luthy. sir"
Whar :" says the doctor.
"Luthy, sir
"Lucler Lucifer! That won't do" says
The Bishop, and bap,ised the child George
Washington.
The poor woman, COMPOUNDED, could not
speak until near the church door, when
she told the parson the child was GIRL.
CuNJuGAL HARMoNY.-A man in Ger
many advertised that he had an organ tha
would play any tune out of an enumerated
set, at the command Of any one of The audi
ence; this made great noise at the Tine,
and puzzled all the sojnuners and philnso-
piers of Tie place. The ,rJan was ICED
on the table with its back gansl the wall;
the company were invited TO examine it then
ask for d tune, which was Immediately play
ed, and if any one desired il to stop. it was
instantly silent. This went on for long
time, and The ingenious inventor WAS ma
king a rapid fortune, and the secret would
have been buried with him, had he not be
haved most imharmoniousIy towards his
loving wife. one day, just before the per
Eormance was about to commence. The
room was crowded as usual, and a tune was
called for, but not note was beard; the Ow-
ner became uneasy, and sa d IN a soothing.
coaxing tone, "do play, my coot organs"
Still not sound was heard he got out of
patience, and threatened to smash the in
s,rumcnl to pieces, when hoarse female
voice was heard to growl Out, "Ay, ia you
tyvel, preak de organs, as you proke my
head dis morning"
This was too much for the cholerc Ger
man he took a chair and gave The Instru-
ment such whack, thst drove it through a
partition In wal, carrying with it anoth-
err organ, which had been placed close at
The back Of the sham one at which sat the
obstinate grinder his wife
New YaRK TEsTiMoNY.--An instance 0
what is life in \. York is given in report
of criminal trial in that city las! week.
Judge Oakley said that Witnesses there can
be had to prove any thing, and unless II is