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Tr0R SALE OR RkNT--A SHOP suitable for !.
carpenter or painter. situated en- e, between
ittn and l2ta Streets Enquire Of A. Stewart, next
to the p-eniae- - - ~ gS1a,s
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AAf0kTANF dkkEsr.-4 esterQay the Chief OF
police received a dispatch from Bal, imofe, in.
forming him that a Waterman had bean struck
on the head with a rock, by young man
named Watkins, and that Watkins was SUD.
posed to have started for Washington In the
cars. The chief took officer kimbau and
went to the depot, and as soon as the cars
stopped, arrested ". w. Watkins, who an.
swered the description. He was taken before
Justice Dom, who committed him to Jail to
await requisition from the Governor Of Mary
land 1t Is thought that the Waterman will
die from the effects of the wound.
Rich DIAMOND SEr.-Amopg tho attrac.
tons Of the avenue is that of q rich damon !
set in tie window Of Messrs Warmer l.
Sempken, near Oh street. Il consists Of a
breastpip, bracelets, earrings, finger rings, or
what constitutes what is known az ..Iadies
diamond set )" the price of which is ST o95
If diamond watch is included, some $500
will be required to thus decorate the person
Of o wealthy lady. Among the nala kai,s.
pearls, garnets, mosaics, and other rich jewels
of great beauty, this diamond set is most con-
spicuOus-
CoLoRED UNION ExcURsIoN.-A number of
our colored readers have united on having a
grand excursion on Tuesday next to AQUA
Creek, touching at Alexandra, and will have
music, Refreshments, and pleasures of their
own. The fine steamer George Page has been
engaged for the trip, and every arrangement
made 10 give satisfaction, by the managers
having the matter in charge. Sc advertise
neut for particulars.
TIE Luxury OF Wo No creatures that ex-
ist can erjpy the luxury of 100 more keenly
than omnibus horses do in this hot weather.
A country fellow who don't know nothing
ssys the above, which 10 sufficient to make
morse laugh, and An omnibus driver pile down.
AS to the luxury Of coo" when horses are
staDding-aak the flies
DAsGERoUs.-Thsre is . dangerous ole
broken In 18th street bridge, which calls for
immediate repairing before sVps accident o.
suu. --------
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DEAarH OF AMUsEMENrs.-Our city is com.
pletely dead in the amusement line. Not q
SINGLE place of amusement is open, and the
Kunkle's popular Nightingale Opera Troup
will be here in less than q month hence, but
what are We to do in the meantime. 1t Is re-
ported that the Baltimore Glee Club, with
Esputa. and his sweet flute, and some # our
best musical talent at home are about get.
ting up q combined musical entertainment.
Let us have genuine home concert, then, for
Washington, with the adjonts named, ngiYe
grand entertainments
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COUNTRY RESIDENCES for rent
" have for rent, several new HOUS e. with
acres Of ground attached to each, situated on sKep
dali Green" little moro than a mile ,rthea ste
from the Capitol.
These houses are spacious and convenient, with ,
cellar, woodshed, sId able for eeck, and pumps O.
excellent water at hand
The situation is beautiful, overlooking . large
portion Of the city, and In full view of the Capitol
Tho approach is by It'll and II SITS, Delaware ave
nue. and 81 street
An omnibus line for usual fare, has been perna
nentiy established on the route, and runs twice I
day between Kendall Grren and the PRECEDENT
leaves Centre arket, where It makes brief stand
al 9H and 81 o'olork.
Rent TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS wear.
The houses Dot yet taken are oren for inspection
and can be seen By APPLYING to WM. E1ICKNEY
who lives on Cettare strett, or myself at my resi
dence, nesr the premises.
" 3oArf AMOR EFNnAII
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LOB RENT-Two three-story WAREHOUSES
l. on 9Th street west, opposite the Centre Market
For terms apply to jno. II. Semmes i Co.
J5 1S-Tu6Thtf MURRAY 4 SKINNER
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-09
The Intrepid Mother.

The diligence from Paris to Chalons
stopped ore evening, just after dark, some
miles beyond the little town OF Ronvary,
to set an English lady and her child at a
lonely roadside Auberge. Mrs. Martin
expected to find carriage ready to take
her 20 Chaseau de Senart, distance of
some leagues, WHITTIER she was repairing
on visit but was told it had not arriv-
ed The landlady. a tall coarse, looking
woman. who showed her inso the hall
that served at once as a sitting-room and
kitchen. observed that the roads were so
muddy and difficult at night, there was
little chance of her friend arriving before
morning. "You had better. therefore,
make up your mind to sleep here. We
have good room TO ofer you, s9d you
will be more comfortable between pair
ofclean warm sheets, than knocking about
in our rough country, especially as your
dear child seems sickly."
Mrs. Martin. though much fatisued by
her Journey. hesitated. A good nights
rest was certainly tempting prospect,
but she felt so confident that her friends
would not neglect her, shat afser mo-
ment she replied
Thank you, madam F.; win sit up for
an hour or so; it is not late. and the car
riage may come after all Should it not,
shall be glad of your room, which you
NAV prepare for me, at any rate"
The hostess. who seemed anxious her
guest should not remain in the great
room. suggested that fire might be
made above but Mrs. NJ. found herself
so comfortable where she was--a pile of
faggots was blazing on the hearth-that
she declined at FIRST to move. Her daugh-
ter. about five years Of age, went TO slcep
in her E1D. and sbc herself found that
while her ears were a13iously listening
for the roll of carriage wheels, her eyes
occasionally closed, and sluInber began
to make its insidious approaches.
In order to prevent herself from Civ
ing away she endeavored to direct her
attention to the Objects ABOUND her. The
apartment was vast and lighted more by
the glare of the fire than by the dirty
candle stuck into filthy candlestick, that
stood on one Of the long tables. Two
or three huge beams stretched across half
way up the walls leaving space filled
with fitting shadows above. From these
deDended a rusty gun or two, sword,
seven bags, hanks Of cnions, cooking uten-
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-09
VOLUME Is.

STATISTICS OF EMIGRATIoN.-The New
York Herald publishes an abstract OF the
report Of the English Emigration Com-
missioners. document filled with inter
estine and useful information. III states
the average emigration from the United
KINGDOM for the last seven years at 505,-
O33 annually, or 2,12l 23l while Tor the
nrevinus thirty-two years it amounted To
only I672 292. There has been de-
c-es.e in emigration to this country du-
ring the past two years, but there has
been an ilcrease in that to the British
North American provinces, owing per-
haps to the fact that the price Of passage
to the latter is at all times somewhat less
than to the former. The emigrants to
the provinces usually at first make their
way to the United States. especially those
of the laboring class, which of course is
by far the most numerous but many Of
them retrace their steps and eventually
become permanent settlers i'll Canada, the
upper province generally having the pre-
ference over the lower on account of the
largeadmixture ofnative Canadian French
in the latter, and for other reasons of
more substantial nature.
1t is to be regretted that we have no
means of ascertaining the precise number
of Europeans that return to the old coun
try from the United States. and we trust
measures will shortly be adopted by our
government which will put the public in
possession of information regarding this
peculiar drift Of the worlds floating pop
ulation. The report alluded to also gives
the ascertaihed amount of money remit
ted from North America to Great Brit
ain by emigrants. From 1913 to 1853
these remittanceS reached the enormous
sum of $S5790,000 or nearly twenty nine
million dollars and this is only the
amount sent through the principal bank
ing and mercantile houses, leaving entire
ly out of the amount the equally cnor-
NOUS sum transmitted by private chan
nels. The report likewise includes in
teresting statistical statements respecting
the mortality on board passenger ships.
Buffalo Commercial.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-09
A uandsome piece of yvo-

We sometimes take 4 stroll over the
cemetery grounds, and have taken espe-
cial pleasure in noticing the improvements
recently made and going forward both In
the new and tie old grounds. On late
visit our attention was arrested by new
monumental stone. which we inferred had
been recently erected, for it was sufficient
" distinguished from the great numbers
Of those around it. to assure us it was not
there at any former visit we had made.
X consisted of a large and solid block
of marble set into the earth, from winch
rose a heavy slab of pure white marble
surmounted by heavy and plainly, but
beautifully wrought cornice, of the same
material. The form of the slab-being
divergence from strict parallelosr'm
struck us as very fine. The ornaments
on the slab were not very elaborate, but
were very beautiful. 1t contained in raj
sed lettering an inscription part Of which
is as follows:
"Charlotie L., 1rifa Of Joseph TT. Pike
On inquiry, we found Chat Mr. AcxLEY
the new partner of j. |. Ehle in the
marble business-(now the firm Of Acl-
Icy & Ehle) was the artist from whose
hand it came, and the marble was from
the Rutland quarries, Vermont.
1t is a stse specimen both of taste and
skill-worthy the object to which applied
an ornament to the cemetary, and Gre
dit to the establishment from which it
cams,
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-09
The Field OF the Alma.

There was fearful conflict when the
allied and Russian forces met in the field
of the Alma, in the first great struggle
that has marked the present war. Diff
cult as it confessedly is. to CLEAN from the
partial accounts of writers from either
side. the true result of the battle and its
comparative influence upon the contend
inc forces-therc is but one conviction
forced upon the mind. which is. that the
fearful details of the Alma will be hand
ed down among those of Boridino and
Waterloo.
The special correspondent of the Lon
don Times writes as follows:
at was n terrible and sickening sight
to go over the battle field. Till deprived
Of my horse by chance shot, | rode
about to ascertain as far as possible the
loss of ctr friends, and in doing 50.
was often brought to 4 Stand-still by the
difficulty of getting over the piles of woun-
eit.tl Russians, laid too often with our
own poor soldiers.
The hills of Greenwich Park in fair
time are not more densely crowded with
human beings than were the nights of
the Alma with dead and dying. On these
bloody mounds fell , 1876 English officers
and men, and 5000 Russians, while their
western extremity was covered with the
bodies of ! 400 gallant Frenchmen and
Of 5000 of ..eir foes.
The Russian regiments engaged against
us--iulging from the numbers on the
caps and buttons of the dead and wouT-
dcd were the | lth 18th. 10th. 18th, 10Th,
3lst. 32d. 33d, and some Of the Imperial
Guard. The Russian Regiment consists
of four 6atasions ami each battalion may
be said to be go strong
Another eye witness writes:
Fancy gradually sloping country. with
out single object to protect advancing
troops, ending i'll a river sweeping round
| high cliffs of earth, in the centre Of which,
about three mikes from the sea, was an
ampithcntre Of hifIs; <his ampitheatre
commanded the principal fords over the
river. and the open country beyond; it
was strengthened by an earthwork with
10 or II guns and permanent battery
of II guns more.
The slaughter was terrific. The old
est Generals declare that in no battle
heretofore Gughs, have so many dead
been heaped up in one spot. 1t would
be impossible to describe to you the
frightfu scene which | witnessed in the
square mile comprising this earthwork.
the slope beneath it, and the slope above
/ it. upon whicH were formed the enormous
squares of the Russian infantry.
/ The greater part of the English killed
and wounded were here, and there were
at least five Russians to every English
man. You could not walk for the dead
bodies. The most frighrfnl r3asilations
the human body can sutfer-thc groans
of the wounded--the packs, helmets, arms.
clothes, scattered over the ground-all
formed a scene that one can never forget.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-09

1t was desirable to obtain such house
for Mr.. Douglass to speak in, as our wo-
men would like to attend. The Court
House is not such place. Both the
Congregational and Baptist Houses OF
Worship were kindly rendered, and the
Baptist House was selected.
When it is considered that such large
audiences often dirty house by tobac-
co spittal. and otherwise. excessively, and
that the ladies of this house have recent
ly newly carpetted it, the real kindness
of the courtesy can be appreciated.
1t was real courtesy, and sn the name
Of the good cause, We tender the thanks
of the friends to whom it was extended
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-09
Saturday, November 4, 1854.
Frederick Douglass

Spoke pursuant to announcement, to as
large an audience as ever convened in the
Baptist House Of Worship, on Thursday
evening last. The seats were all filled.
and both aisles and entries were filled by
standing persons, as closely as men could
stand together.
He commenced his remarks at O'Clock
precisely. and closed a few minutes before
10, and the audience, including those
standing, seemed to be just as absorbed
at the close. as they were at the begin
ming and would have listened hours Ion
ger, without experiencing any fatigue.
He commenced by general exposition
of the evil of Slavery, and the duty OF
abolition, and closed by a review of Sen
ator S. A. Douglass Defence of the Ne
braska Bill
We but express the sentiment of all
whom we have heard remark upon it.
that more oratorical as we'll as logical
effort, it has not been the fortune of our
citizens to listen to.
He is, emphatically, one Of the great
men of our nation standing in the front
rank of our greatest men, equal to the
best of them.
He is mulatto, of equal black and
white blood, is six feet high, large limbed
we'll proportional, and will weigh about
two hundred-a very handsome, SYM
metrically built man.
And this man is a Fugitive Slave !-D.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-09
The Indian Massacre In Oregon.

Our file of the Oregon Times brings
the following account Of the shocking
murders and outrages committed by the
Indians of that Territory:
A party of Indians, estimated at about
60 warriors, that had been encamped near
the emigrant trail, in the vicinity of fort
| Boise, at the time above stated, attacked
train of emigrants, consisting of nine or
ten men, two women and eight children
and killed or carried into captivity the
whole number. save two boys
| Seven men from Boise, who on the
day of the massacre, were in pursuit of a
COW. ran upon the Indians in the very act
of pIundering the wagons and driving off
the cattle They charged the Indians
who fed. carrying off the women and
children. Not deeminG it prudent for so
few to go in pursuit, they Immediately
returned to fort Boise, taking with them
boy named Newton Ward. who had
been wounded, and left by the Indians for
| dead.
On the 22nd party of eighteen men
left Fort Boise for the scene Of the mas
sacre, with the hope of recovering the
women and children. who were supposed
to be captives in the hands of the Indians.
Upon arriving at the spot where the at
tack was made they found the bodies of
six men, and in the bush near by. the
bodies of four more. Nol far from that
place was found the body OF Miss Ward,
a young lady Of about II years of age.
! Her body exhibited signs of the most
! fiendish violence and cruelty. About a
quarter Of a mile from this place the body
Of Mrs. White was found-a lady who
was coming to meet her husband, who
now resides in Unrpque valley. She had
been scalped. and her head beaten to a
! Jelly, and other violence inflicted upon
her person. About half mile fiom
this place, on the opposite side Of the
Boise river was found the -encampment
of the savages-then vacated. The en-
/ campment numbered sixteen willow
! lodges in the centre of which was found
| the body of Mrs. Ward. who had evident
! " suffered the most brutal torture. Her
body was covered with scars made by a
hot iron; her flesh was cut in many pla-
ceS. and a tomahawk wound was inflicted
upon the right temple. In front Of her
lay the crisped bodies of three of heI
children, who had apparently been tortu-
red and burned alive in her presence.
Three more children were missing, to-
gether with a lad about fifteen years Of
age. The lad however, came into Fort
Boise four days afterwards, wounded and
with an arrow still sticking in his body
The wagons belonging to the train were
burned. The stock, together with the
clothing, money, and light articles we're
all taken away by the murderers.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-09

E The Milwaukee Sentinel contains
letter from E. d. Ladd, who recently
emigrated from Milwaukee to the terri
tory of Kansas. Mr.. Ladd speaks of the
trouble the emigrants who come there
under the patronage and protection of
the Northern Emigrant Aid Societies ex-
periencc from the Missourians. Some
trouble arose between them with refer
encc to a claim. and the Missourians re-
solved to eXterminate the Yankees. Civ
ing them half an hour in which to close
up all things earthly. The correspond
elit thus tells how it 'came out":
"The hour passed on" or rather the
half hour. and in the mean time our mil
itary company, formed the evening before
was paraded and went through variety
of don't want, out of respect for mil
itary science, to call them revolutions !"
say we call them manifestations" march
ing and, counter marching, in single file
and by platoons, in manner not to be
excelled in greeness by any other green
horns, Gin this business | mean) on the
face OF the globe, our captain himself be-
ing as green as the greenest, Gen1., |
fear for your buttons could you have
seen them. But there were strong arms
and determined wills there. Had man
laid fingers on that tent, he would have
been sacrificed instantly, and had anoth-
er single offensive movement been made
by them. there would not have been a
man left to tell the tale. Our company
of 30 men had about 400 shots in hand,
with their rifles and reviewers, and they
would have used them to The last extrem-
ity. They had been annoyed by every
means possible, and even tauntingly told
to their faces dozen Of them together.
that no Yankee, except Cilley, ever dar-
ed so fire.
Well, the half hour passed and anoth-
er quarter. the enemy, in full view. in
consultation, occasionally making a move
ment as if about to form in order for the
execution Of their threat, then seating
themselves again upon the ground as for
further consultation, perhaps occasioncd
by the manifestations; of our military :;
at the expiration of which time they
mounted their horses and-t1ispersed !;
the principals and principal instigators
avoiding our observation-disclosures of the
more honest dupes, seeing the absurdity
of their positions. and the reasonablencss
of our propositions, riding up to US, hav-
ing social chat, cracking jokes. &C.. and
riding off with the determination form
ed, and mere 1han half expressed, of new
er being caught in SO ridiculous place
again.
From that time the power and infu-
ence Of the enemy were broken. We
have nothing farther to fear from them,
but petty annoyanccs from the more ma
licious and unprincipfed,
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-09

The Post Office Department.

Never before was the complaint so uni
versal Of a failure of duty on the part of
the Post Office Department and the uni
ted voice of complaint, that goes up from
one end Of the Union to the other, does
not seem to have particle of effect; on
the contrary, the evil seems to increase.
From every quarter to which we endeav-
or to send our papers, the intimation
comes that they are not received. We
may, no doubt we do, make, ca,ional
ly, alunders in mailing our papers, but by
no means to an extent sufficient to ac-
count for the manifold failures to reach
our subscribers, in the various quarters
to which they are sent, and from which
complaint comes.
We have no hope of reform, until a
fundamental change by the Post Office
Department at Washington, is msde
the qualifications necessary for the APP
pointment Of Post Masters throughout
the country. As long as men are chosen
for their devotion to the spread of slave
ry. and nothing else, and as long as they
are quite confident they can retain their
places, by simply eating southern dirt,
we see no mode or means by which they
can be stimulated to watchftilness and
care in the performance of their duties.
They are not chosen primarily, because
of superior qualific tions for the place.
and whilst qualification does not enter
into the consideration of their appoint
ment, it is unreasonable to expect any
thing of the kind to exhibit itself in their
duties.
We say there can be no hope Of reform
In this respect, until the Government is
reformed, or until the whole Post Office
Department is abolished, and the carry
ing of letters and papers is thrown openi
as we think it ought to be, to private
competition.