Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-04-12
Our Troubles.

Gen. Hutchinson, one of our chef business
men, engaged extensively in the storage, forwar-
ding, and produce business generally, failed,
month or two since. Of course, in that business,
great many farmers throughout the country
had stored wheat with him and taken receipts for
the same On investigation, it appeared that
more receipts had been issued than wheat recel-
we'd; that MIR. Hutchinson, to raise means had
sold wheat that he did not have and issued re-
ceipts for it. Under the circumstances the far
mers began to grow uneasy as 10 the fate oftheir
property, fearing that there might be an unfair
or partial distribution. These fears were~ag- |
gravated by rumors of the clandestine removal
of wheat, until finally matters were brought to
crisis by demand on a writ of replevin, issued
out of the L. s. Circuit Court, from Mr.. Bolt, |
of Ohio, for nineteen thousand bushels for which
he held receipts. This writ the deputy I. S.
Marshal attempted to serve by putting the amount
claimed on board vessel waing to receive it.
This was resisted By those present who were in
erested, and the loading of the wheat was finally
stopped, and the marshal, for the time being cea
sed his attempts to remove it. This was on Sun
day, and we should add, that during the confu
sion and on the day previous, some wheat had
been bagged up and carried off without ceremo-
ny, by those who thought they had right to it.
On Monday, in accordance with notice given, the
farmers interested assembled to ascertain, if pos
sible what had better be done. After consulta-
ton, they determined to ascertain exactly their
legal rights in the premises. and be governed ac-
cordlngly. For this purpose an agent was des-
patched 10 Milwaukee who returned with assu-
rance from competent authority, that their rights
would be in no wise impaired by permitting the
papers to take their course. This ended resis-
lance on their part. In the mean time, the de-
putty marshal determined to execute the writ, re-
turned to Milwaukee and made requisitian on
the Governor for troops; the requisition was an
swered, and on Wednesday he returned with two
companies of soldiers, TO complete his work
But tho war was at an end; there were no ene-
mics 10 fight, and the troops have had nothing to
do but furnish amusement for the boys and bust
ness for the grocery keepers, the former Of which
quick and while we write they are waiting anx-
iously for means OF transportation back again
If we saw, heard, or knew nothing Of our diff
ticutles here, except what we get from our
neighb.rng exchanges, we should think we had
had a terrible time of it, But knowing the facts,
we beg to assure all the world, and the crest of
mankind, that all that has been done here, if not
according to the strict letter of the law, has yet
been done in very orderly and pcaceabe man
ner. In protecting, what they conceived to be
their rights, our people have been careful not to
infringe, where they knew it, upon the rights of
others, and no mnu has been put in jeopardy Of
life or limb. All that hiss created any excitement
or induced any action or demonstration on the
part of people here was simply the doubt as to
what was legal in the premises and the only
definite action taken by the farmers at their NEE
ting last Monday, was, to ascertain from compe-
tent authority exactly how the matter stood To-
gally. Since acquiring such information ard as
certaining that their rights and interests were in
no wise impaired by the removal ofthe wheat that
was attempted to be removed, there has been nei-
Their an attempt or desire to prevent its removal.
The troops that were imported came too late for
service for the legal question having been previ-
ously settled in the minds of those nterested they
withdrew satisfied and left an undisturbed fisld
for the military. Our citizens are no worse than
the citizens Of other places, and probably acted
about as other people would have done under the
same circumstances. They had, what to them,
was an important interest in the warehouse, and
they supposed, as they had reason TO- from the
appearance of things, that by a sort of snap judg
ment, they were to be robbed of their rights, and
they had no disposition to rob others neither
were they disposed to be robbed themselves, and
hence the difficulty which for time existed.
We trust our cotemparies abroad, in treating
of this matter, will conGne themselves to the facts
and not give way as they too apt, for the sake
of startling paragraph, to fancy and magma
ton. 1t is unfortunate for our place and to be
regretted that the property of the producers who
have been doing business here, should be lost or
jeoparded by men to whom it was entrusted, but
we care not how far it is known that our people
have had the nerve to protect themselves until
their legal rights were understood and defined
and then, we want it known, that they submitted
chccrfully and peacesbly.
New Paper.
The Tri-WeekIy Experiment which was pub
I.shed for the last three months, has been dscon-
Hnued aud we understand new weekly, under