Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-05-19
schooner NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
Colors,

Colors.
The Schooner KenoSha. one of the lar
cost and noblest of the class that floats
upon our Lakes, arrived at this port yes
,erday. and after taking about 1900
bushels of wheat from the Ware House
and pier of Hale & Aver and Durkee
Truesdell 6 Co., will clear for Buffa-
10.
This is the craft to which allusion has
heretofore been made, built in Cleveland.
during last winter by B. S. Shepard, Esq.
of Chicago, and named Kenosha, in com
pliment to our City, She is commanded
By Capt EGAy, every inch a sailor and
gentleman.
The City authorities, on the petition of
our Citizens and at the particular insti-
CATION of that prince of liberal movements,
JT. Ayer, ordered suit of Colors to be
prepared for this Schooner, and directed
the Mayor to present them when fit
ting opportunity offered.
This opportunity being offered, the GER
emony took place substantially, as fol-
lows
BIZ THE MAYoR:
Cdptain-A agreeable duty has been
imposed upon me as Mayor of the City ;
and this duty will be performed after but
few preliminary words.
Highly approaching the compliment of
which our City has been made the sub
ect. in the name selected and given as
designation for so creditable and noble
specimen Of marine enterprise as this, I'M
der your command, the City Council, at
the request of our Citizens, directed a
SUIT OF CoLoRs to be prepared and pre-
sented to the Schooner KENosHA on her
first arrival at this port. The office as
signed me is to make this presentation.
Should you be Intercepted as to the
derivation of the name YOU have chosen,
all the reply that can be made is, that it
is Of aboriginal origin, and that its precise
signifcation has passed away with the
nations who used it, and who scarcely a
score of years since were the only inhab-
itants and sole masters of this region.
1t is believed to have been the designa-
ton for the stream which here discharg-
Is itself into the Lake. and which under
the developing hand of civilization, is soon
to form one of the most accessible, ca
paclous, and secure harbors on our ives
ter coast. But whatever may have been
the origin or meaning of the name in the
past, it may be understood to have an in
teresting present significance, and still
more interesting one, as pertaining or
pointing to the future.
Kenosha, the commercial locality which
now bears this name, has risen in but lit
tie over decade of years, from a village
numbering few hundreds of population,
toa City of as many thousands ; and from
OH import and export business of a few
thousands in valne. to one Of upwards a
milHon-and this while her resources, and
those of the rich interior within her nat
ural limits of trade. have but Just com
mcnced their course of development. In
view Of the more perfect enjoyment Of adj
vantagcs which her position and the COM
pletiOn of progressing enterprises must
secure 10 her, as the outlet and mart of a
district ofcountry whose agricultural sus-
capabilities and present condition are not
eXcelled by any equal extent Of territory
in the whole northwest. may we not well
venture the opinion that the name has no
ordinary significance as connected with
the future history of our Lake Cities.
While anticipating so much for our
selves, we cannot but wish that the gal
liant craft that bears our name into the
commercial marine, may have long and
successful carecr-thats she may have many
safe returns to our port, and profitable
cearances-and that her canvass may
spread and colors float in prosperous gales
alone
We now present You these colors with
the compliments and best wishes of our
citizens and City Authorities:
After the Colors had been hoisted to
the top-mast, and the cheering for the
Schooner Kenosha, the city and citizens
Of Kenosha in general, and Dir. dyer in
particular, hsd subsidized, Capt. EGAN said:
That although unprcpared with what he
might deem an appropriate reply in ac-
knowledgement of the handsome preSen-
tation made for the craft under his COM
mand, and ,he kind wishes accompanying
that presentation, he nevertheless felt a
deep and grateful sense of his obligation
70 the people and authorities of the City
Of kcnoSha, for the complimentary proof
oftheir favor and regard, given in So ac-
ceptablc shape and in SO noble and lib
eral spirit. Proud as he before was OF
the name of his craft, nc felt proudcr nor
and he hoped the time would soon come
when his colors could be given to the
breeze in the Har6or of KenoSha.