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Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
Achievement Of science.

Night comes down over a ship at sea, and a
passenger fingers hour after hour, alone on deck.
The waters plunge and welter, and glide away
beneath the keel. Above, the sails tower up in
darkness, almost to the sky, and their shadow
falls burthen on deck below.
In the clouded night no star is seen, and as
the ship changes her course, the passenger
knows not which way is east or west, north or
south. What island, what sunken rocks may
be on her course, or where they are, he knows
not. All around, to him, is mystery. He bows
his head in the submission Of utter ignorance.
But men of science have read the laws of the
sky. And the next day this passenger beholds
the captain looking at clock, and taking notes
of the pace of the sun, and with the aid of cou-
pie of books, composed of rules and mathemati-
cal tables, making calculations. And when he
has completed them, he is able to point almost
within hands breadth to the place at which,
after unnumbered windings, he has arrived in
The midst OF the seas.
Storms have beat, and currents drifted, but
he knows where tley are, and the precise point
where, hundred leagues over the water, lies
his native shore. Here is reason approaching
and maxim use of the revelations of SCIENCE
Night again shuts down over the waste Of
waves, and the passenger bsholds single sea,
man stand at the wheel, and watch, hour after
hour as it vibrates beneath lamp, little nee
die, which points ever, il were, living finger
TO the steady pole.
This man knows nothing of the rules of nav
CATION, nothing, of course, of the sky. But rea
son and experience have given him faith in the
commanding officers of the ship, faith in the laws
that control her course, faith in the integrity o
the little guide before him And so without {
single doubt, he steers his ship on according tc
a prescribed direction through night and the
waves.
And that faith is not disappointed. With the
morning sun, he beholds far away the submits
of the gray and misty headlands, rising like {
cloud in the horizon, and as he nears them, the
hills appear, and the lighthouse at the end o
the harbor, the spires and the churches and the
shining roofs, sight ofjoy, and he tries to detec
his own dwelling.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
The Other Prize Song.
BY EpEs SARGENT.


Land of the beautiful, land of the free,
Often my heart hath turned longing to thee;
Often had mountain, lake, torrent and stream
Cleaned on my waking thought, crowded my
dream;
Now thou receivest me from the broad sea,
Land of the beautiful, land of the free!
Fair to the eye, in thy grandeur, thou art;
. doubly fair, doubly dear to the hearth
For to the exiled, the trodden, the poor,
Through the wide world, thou hast opened thy
door;
Millions crowd in, and are welcomed by thee
Land of the beautiful, land of the free!
Land Of the Future here Art shall repair
Kinder thy gale than her own Grecian air
Since her true votaries ever have found
Lofty desert by America crowned!
Where in her pride, should she dwell but with
thee?
Land of the beautiful, land of the free!
Sculpture for thee shall immortalize Form;
Painting illumine, and Poetry warm;
Music devote all her fervors divine
Toa heart-service at LIberty's shrine
Till all thy gifts doubly precious shall be,
Land of the beautiful, land of the free!
Hail, then, Republic of Washington, hail
Never may star of thy Union wax pale
Hope of the world may each omen of i'll
Fade in the light of thy destiny still;
Time bring but increase and honor to thee,
Land of the beautiful, land of the free!
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
SickIY.

A rather venerable looking matron in specks,
with her spouse, visited our city few days since
in order to take boat for the up country. Hay-
inc heard the ':cholera was terrible in Cleve-
land, y and not knowing in what particular local
ity it ragged most, she kept her eyes above her
specks in the momentary expectation of seeing
some horrible sights She was very soon graf
flied. Standing near the dock ofthe Sam Ward,
on which boat she was about to take passage,
her attention was crested by the Locomotive
coming up the street "ful chisel," snorting and
wheeling, with train of freight cars attached.
''There, there, husband p said she, "ddnt
tell you so? Didn't tell you twas sickly here,
awful sickly? See there, see there )" continue
ed she, pointing to the Locomotive and train of
cars passing by; "That's the way they bury em.
That's funeral possession. Oh, my! Do let's
be off. | wonder how long before the boat is
going to start. Captain, don't you think it is
healthier out on the water ?" And the old uns
piled up their buds on the forward deck and hid
themselves in the steerage quicker than no time.
Well they did Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
Supposed Sinking of a Steamboat with
all on BOard.
From the New-Orleans Courier of Sept

from Ine NeW-OrleanS courier OF sept To-
The steamer Mary Foley, which arrived here
this morning from Natchez, brought down pain
full rumor, to the effect that steamboat, suppo-
sed the Alton or Pacific, sunk near the foot of
Ellis's Cliffs on Monday night last, and that all
on board persisted. The rumor is founded on
the testimony of several negroes, who say that
about 10 O'Clock on Monday night they saw a
boat near the foot of the Cliffs making slow pro-
gress up the river; that they heard noises on
board as if persons were hammering, when sud-
denly the boat went down with a loud kissing
and bubbling, and no one was seen to escape.
The River, at this point is very deep, as it is
hardly half mile wide. The Pacific was met
on Thursday night by the Mary Foley, and it is
the opinion of the pilot of the latter, that she
would reach the cliffs about the time the catas-
trophe is said to have occurred We await,
with painful anxiety, the reception of further par
tcuars, and hope the rumor may prove incorrect,
although we confess our fears that it will not.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

BAYARD TAYLoR's SONG One O
the Committee has furnished for the press
the first stanza of the " Greeting to Amer
ca, two only which have been published.
1t reads as follows:
lis said that in silence the heart must reveal
What the faltering lip to its pleading denies
When the warmth of its beating we may not
conceal,
And grateful emotion is soft in the eyes.
But silence itself, in the region of song,
Is music made sweeter and purer in tone,
And the minstrel whose hopes to the region be-
long,
Must feel in its beautiful language alone
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

DEATH OF THE FAT BoY.--Andrew Brand,
the Kentucky Fat Boy, who exhibited in this CT
ty, few weeks since, died at Albany, a few days
since, after an illness of four weeks. The Atlas
says:
s'Ie was a native of the town of Calhoun, Da-
vies county, Ky and was in the 10Th year of his
age. He was probably the largest human being
in existence, weighing no less than 536 pounds.
He came to this city for the purpose of attending
the State Fair, but was Immediately attacked
with his last illness. He was accompanied by
his brother, and other friends, and everything
human wisdom could suggest was done 10 pro
Iong his existence, and to alleviate his suffer
ings."
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

We learn from the Grant County Her.
aid that the whole number of deaths by
cholera in the town of Beetown, in that
county,is ~. The population Of that town
is about one hundred, and in proportion to
the lumber of its inhabitants, the mortali-
ty has been greater than at any other place
in the west for so short timc--less than
two weeks. The destroyer has at length
stayed its progress, and health has resum-
ed it's sway. Gas.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

B- A few days since we looked into (Heaven
grant that few may be ever compelled to look
out of the cells now constructing for the Keno
sha county Jail. The thick walls of the build
ing are pierced by small loop holes, secured by
heavy bars of iron-and are lined with heavy oak
plank which it is intended to cover with a plate
of boiler iron, strongly rveted on--rendering es-
cape apparently impossible. When we witness
ed these preparations, and stood within the dark,
cheerless, gloomy enclosure, we were led to ex-
claim, &C is this the best that man can do for his
fallen brother man 2" We think the man who
is so constituted as to be an unsafe member OF
society, should be confined, but when we reflect
that the man who commits crime infiicts upon
himself greater and more lasting injury than he
possibly can upon any one else, shall we by I'M
due severity, heap Goals of fire upon his suffer-
ing head? Why put him in damp and noisome
cells-why shut him out from the light of day
Is he not already suffering the effects of o cor
rupt and wicked spirit-and if he must be con-
fined, shall we not minister to him in kindness
even as the physically diseased are ministered
to {? We should recollect that however darky
stained by sin,
He is our brother yet,
Heir 10 the se-same heritage,
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

LAUGHING OFF ANGER.-Among the peculiar
customs of the Greenlanders, the most singular
is their musical combat. If Greenlander i'm
AGNES himself to be insulted BY another, he
composes a satrical poem, and challenges his
adversary to sing. Both appear with respec-
table chorus, chiefly woman, and the contest Of
wit begins. He who fairly laughs out his oppo-
nent and gets the last word, gains the applause
and wins the day.
An excellent way of getting rid of bad
guest.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

A PARTISAN QUAcK.-At the Theatre of the
Varieties, there is an actress, one of the best in
Paris, who has the misfortune to be exceedingly,
deplorable thin we might almost say scraw-
ney. A few months ago she heard of doctor
who it was said had succeeded in manufacturing
mineral water which had the power of making
people grow fat. She went to him instanter
doctor said she, s'what must do to get fat?''
"Take my waters" Sand shall get fat?"-
'Immediately." The thin actress plunged into
the doctors baths and drank the water early and
late. Three months passed away, but she grew
no fatter. At last she called the doctor aud said
s'Doctor, don't grow fat" "Wait while" re-
piled the DOCTOR Will it be long" Fifteen
days at the fartherest. You see that big fat
woman walking in the garden? When she frs.
came here she was perhaps thinner than you.''
'sWhat may hope?" Fifteen days at most,
said the doctor. Two more months passed; the
actress grew thinner and thinner. One day as
she was tax ng her warm mineral bath, she heard
dispute going on in the bathing room next to
her own. Decidedly, doctor, l don't get BIZ
inner" "Have patience Madam" said the
DOCTOR" you see that very thin lady who some
times walks in garden?" eyes" "WeIl
she is an actress from the Varieties, whose ex
cessive fat forced her to absent herself from the
stage; she came to me, you see the result. Be
fore fifteen days promise you shall be thinne
than she is.
At these words, the thin actress rose from he1
warm bath, dressed herself, and with heart di
vided between grief and indignation, silently lef
the house, hoping, however, to keep her misfor
tunes secret, but in Paris, a secret is an i'm
possibility, and somehow or other the story out
st. Louis Rep.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

Rock RIVER RAIL RoAD-lIon. R. J. Walk
or seems to be taking some interest in the matter.
He has been in correspondence with our Senator
Dodge on the subject, vino holds out fattering
prospect of high pecuniary value to such a
road Mr. Walker goes to Europe to get, it is
said, one million of dollars, with which the road
will be constructed and stocked 1t is to com
mence at Fond du Lac, and running down the
valley of the Rock River terminate in connec-
ton with the Chicago and Galena road.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

NoRwEGlANs CoaIING.-It is estimated that
the number of persons who are preparing to en-
igrate from Norway to this country is not less
than 10000, being two per cent of the entire
population ofthe kingdom. From the commune
of Leolag alone, which contains 5,l95 inhabi-
tants, 663 individuals are about to embark for
New York; Chicago Tribune
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
DURKEE HOUSE,

u 3
cDKNER or ARL STREETS, KEHosHA WISCONSIN
eHE undersigned wish to inform their friends and The
u travelling public generally that they have recently taken
possession Of this splendid House, and assure all who
give them trial that their House shall FIRST
THE STATE and attention shall be wanting then
pa make agreeable temporary home for all who favor
them wltha call. KENosHA, March 15 1850.
R. LUsK.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

3 CHICAGO AND MOBILE RAILRoAD.--By the re-
port of the proceedings of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, it will be seen that the bill making an
appropriation of 81 900 900 acres of land in
Illinois tor the above project, has passed that body
and awaits the signature of the President.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
ANTERECAN ISqATEH..

The unesgned having recently fitted up this House for
the recepon of the travelling public wishes to assure
his friends and the public that he will spare pains to
render heir stay with him pleasant and agreeable. His
house viii be kept strictly on TEMPERANCE PRINCIPLES,
Corner pf Market and Exchange streets.
n. ncARDMAN, mods KENosHA, WIS.
Passengers taken to and from Boats free of charge.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

DEALER in Lumber, etc. in Southport Wisconsin will
have constantly hand, well selected assortment of
Lumber Also, Shingles, Lath Pastering Hair, Window
SASH Glass etc. Yard opposite the Planning Machine
March 18Th. 1850.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

M. Won Schneidan who went from Chicago
to New York to get donation from Jenny Lind
for Swedish Church at Chicago, returned with
Daguerreotype the fair songstress. As NJ,
with the hard name, is in the dagger-o-type bu-
siness, he will doubtless make something out OF
his picture No difference whether it is genu-
inc, so people think it is.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

A WALKING ST1oK.-The cane presented to
Gen. Cass by Democrats in Baltimore, is of
hickory with head so containing g, g touF ounces OF
The head Of the cain which slew General Cass
at the last Presidential election, was filed with
Stree dirt"
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
The Late Peace Congress.

We copy from the N. Y Courier8' En-
quirer the following very just remarks con-
corning the late peace men in Germany
The article of which they are the conclud-
ing portion, is a fit reply to those presses
which have seen fit to ridicule that conven-
ton
The great mission of the Peace Conven-
ton was not to erectmechanical platforms,
or devise arbitrary schemes, but by argument
andpersuasion to expel from the minds and
hearts of men these false ideas and senti-
ments. This,w maintain, they have faith
fully tried to do. The two thousand who
went to Frankfort preached the duty and
blessings Of peace; and they preached it
well, notwithstanding so much of what they
said is so trite in this free country. Men,
active thinking, and noble hearted mon,
were gathered from all nations, and the idea
they put forth have, ere this, winged their
way through the Press over the whole con-
tinent. These ideas will, for the present,
have but little practit effect n, on the rou-
tine of modern dipl acy; but, just as
surely as they are allied to the principles
of that religion which was heralded by the
song, Peace on earth, and good will tomen,
so surely must they exert salutary infu-
ence upon the popular mind of Europe.
The time when half dozen men in au-
thority can decide question Of war and
peace, and on their own motion determine
a nations destines, is fast passing away
There is a power behind the throne and
behind the urcule chair which will soon ex-
ercise the supremacy. Thatpower is Pub
lie Opinion. Lines and dynastes may
scheme and manoevre at their best, but the
only heir-apparent is the will Of the peo-
pie. Whatever tends to enlighten and en-
noble that will shall never meet with any
other salutation from us than a hearty
God Speed. We are confident that the
annual Peace Congress does this, and there
fore, though many its projects are as yet
impracticable, we give it our sincerest COM
mendation. 1t is the sentiment that Sc
cures our favor rather than the form, the
spirit rather than the letter.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

A FRI MONUMENT TO BUNYAN.-A large and
elegant church has been erected on the site OF
the ssbarn of John Ruff head" which was the
theatre of Bunyans mnstrations after his lib
Grafton from the Bedford JAIL
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
Dis. GILES,
H o IN 0e o pathist

0diceser E. ]. & A. NJ Tymesons For sale for
tluasdc use Ctcpmsps Domestic Homeopathy. Also,
saassASS single Walls of homeopathic Medicines Also,
raea Tiactare the of wounds, bruises corns
SC. no3l
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

The late King Of Holland died insolvent; his
property all goes to the discharge of his debts
His paintings have yielded at auction nearly
100000 sterling.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

There is said to be in one of the county jails
in Connecticut, little girl, her mother, grand
mother, and great grandmother Here lnquity
is visited upon the children unto the third and
fourth generations.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
A. p. STONE

Would respectfully inform the citizens of Kenosha that
the i hand for all branches of operative masonry wit
PasteEing, Brick laying and work, plain and
gnentai. March 20, A p STONE.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

Aumber Dealer. Southport, wisconsin,
Az constantly hand, large and well selected assert
"a ment of Lumber of all kinds Clear and Common
boards, Plank, Timber Jost Studdng Fence Boards Shin
rles Inth sc. Yard, in Park street. few rods Yves
1f Nam street
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

The proceedings of Congress at Washington
have attracted considerable attention in England.
and the engrossment by the Senate of the Fugi-
tive Slave Bill has been strongly condemned.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

The following is good phrase, descriptive OF
an energetic character: "Cromwell did not wait
to strike till the iron was hot but made it hot h'
striking.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

The potato crop in Minnesota is very fine
there is no instance of the rot there. They are
selling at fifty cents per bnshel.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

FATHER MATTHEW is now at ST. Louis, and
we learn, intends to visit this city. His health
is much improved Jour.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

The FREMONT TEMPLE, where Jenny Lind
is to sing in Boston, will seat, by placing chairs
in the aisle, &c. about $500.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

THE TEA PLANT-Junius Smith, of South
Carolina, has demonstrated that the tea plant may
be successfully cultivated in the United States.
He states that the tea nuts received by him from
China in May were planted in June, and that
on the fifth of the present month Of September.
many ofthem were from to 8 inches in height
-"strong, healthy, beautiful plants from the orr
ginal China seed, terminating so as to lift them
selves above the ground in less than three months
from the time Of planting the nuts" He adds
"Anybody can see these plants, and the soil in
which they were planted, and are now growing.
No one can deny the fact that the tea plant i'm
ported from China will make itself agreeable to
this climate, and grow with great luxuriance.-
There they stand-those imported and implanted
in l848, and those from China planted the first
week of June last, both in strong, healthy,
growing condition. Although the plants last
imported-all of the first quality of the green
tea species--were of equal size when planted
in June in one field, all contiguous, having the
same soil, aspect, atmosphere and cultivation
yet it is curious and remarkable fact, and DIFF
ficut to account for, that the growth is exceed
ingly various. | have one plant, and only one,
three times the size of any other in the planta-
ton. Both plants and nuts are congenial to the
climate, and have no doubt will grow and -four
sh in any latitude and climate between Florida
and the State of Maine. So far as have gone,
| f1atter myself that every step demonstrates the
truth of the declarations with which started in
lS4S."
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
g.. WI. BAKER.
C1DEON TIsUESDEEL.

ttorney at LDw and General Collecting Agent Geneva
Walworth CO., Wisconsin. Refer to NJ. Frank, ard S
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

Bosros AHEAp.--The first ticket to Jenny
Lind's first concert in Boston, sold for $625,oo
to Ossian e. Dodge-yocalst
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04

Brother Booth, of the Daily Free Democrat
says he printed 400 copies of his No. 9, which
were all speedily sold, and he was compelled to
send into the street to buy some back for new
subscribers. The best of the joke is that his
paper is so popular, he was compelled to pay
double price for those he bought back.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
NEW DiRUG STORE

Opposite the Runas House, of the Gold Mortar, by
b. Starkweather, NJ. d., general dealer in the pures
Drugs and Medicines, Paints and Coils Patent Medicines
eto. Advice Gratis.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
He IS our brother yet,
Heir 10 the self-ssme heritage,
Child of the self-same God;
He has but stumbled in the path,
We have in aceakHess trOd.

There were last week three pretty severe fires
at Racine-the first consuming Military Hall
the next private resdence--and the third, the
slaughtering establishment of A. Mosher. In
cendiaries are supposed to have hand in them
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-04
ChnrIes VI. Willard,

ATTORNEY AND CouNsELIoR AT LAW,
Richmond, .Hchenry Co., H.
.Tp practice Kenosha and Walworth countless in Wis
c,sn, and in all the Northern counties of Illinois