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Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
necessary quantity of the poorest kind

necessary quantity of the poorest kind
of shabby stationery. Four Dollars a
dan paid at last Winters Session to
t,cetue offices Of each house, the half of
them being entirely supernumerary, such
as Assistant Fireman, Assistant Door
keeper, Second Assistant Sergeant-at-
Arms, &C., and half of the remainder not
needed. This Winter like extravaganza is
gone into, only aggravated tenfold. Sixty
newspapers week ordered for each Mem
Der. A thousand copies of the Cover
nor's Message ordered in all the spoken
languages in the State, at ten cents copy.
The various documents accompanying the
Message ordered printed in both the lead
ing German papers in the State, with the
unblushing avowal that it is done to keep
said papers from quarreling with each
other. Three Thousand T'ro Hundred
and odd Dollars paid for the services of
an Attorney six weeks during the I'M
parchment Trial. And so on to an inter-
minable length. There is no use in try
ing to enumerate tithe of the gambling
recklessness with which the publid mo-
neys are squandered.
These things are what it is which makes
taxes so high-taxes which the farmers
have to pay-and it is gravely proposed
to abolish the Supervisor System to les
sen them!
If the principle is good for County,
why is it not good for the whole State
4 half dozen Commissioners could man
age the Government of the State as much
more cheaply than the Legislature can do
it, as three Commissioners can that of
the County more cheaply than the Super
visors can do (which is not at all.
But the item of expense should not af-
feet the question at all. 1t is necessary
to have Legislature to effect some SEMI
blance of protecting the rights, and rep
resenting the wishes, Of the people A
County is but miniature State, and the
Board of Supervisors the Legislature
thereof. Being chosen from the people
of the several Towns, from the various
localities and vicinities, all over the Coun-
ty. the Members of the County Boards
are real representatives of the wishes of
the people-much more so than the Mem
bers of the Legislature are, because the
proceedings of the Board are more near
ly brought home to the knowledge of the
people.
tits the only right and democratic form
of County Government which has ever
been adopted; and we trust it will not be
abrogated.
Instead ofthis the powers Of the Board
should be enlarged. 1t should have leg
islativc control of ere1'ything pertaining
to the LEGAL affairs of the County. All
powers of local and special legislature
should be given to it; and State Legisla-
ton be confined entirely to general sub
icCts -.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10

braries, and rs the private libraries of pro
fcssional men, and all who arc active. or in
terested in public asairs; the-S Series about e
be begun, will be almost indispensable. An(
/ this value will increase from year to year
and from generation 10 generation
! In short, THE FRANKLIS will try TO be
in cotemporary History, Politics, and Social
Philosophy, What the " Living Age " is in
current Literature.
| We take the name Of THE FRANKLIN not
/ only because il indicates as American, the
| point OF view from which we look at the
world, but also because that sagacious man
/ scanned with comprehensive eyes the whole
economical framework of society. rs well as
| the workings Of governments.
! IL will be seen at once that TIE FRANK
KIN will be OF no party. 1t will be its Chris
tian duty TO support the existing Admins
tors of our Government, whoever thew NAV
be, so far as truth and right will permit. Bns
the gentlemanly Difference "to the powers
that be" will in no degree lessen the entire
independence with which VIC shall copy from
writers of opposite parties.
Conservative, in so far as we desire TO held
on 20 what has been tried and proved to be
good, (which is the only means of sure and
steady progress, We are. j'rogressice,-con.
sidering that to be our Nature, and the End
of our Being
The Religion. We profess is that which is
revealed in the Bible ,--Christianit
For Country Gentlemen we shall have
abundant material for knowledge and thought
not only in the News of the Week, foreign
and domestic, but in very full commentaries
upon them.
For Ladies, accounts of the Coronations
and Balls of successive French and other
Emperors, and perhaps an occasional Ball
at Newport or Saratoga
Merchants viii be amply repaid for their
money, by abundance Of money.makng in.
tciligeace, not only from England and the
Continent, but also from the rich fields on
the Pacific shore, shining with gold and redo
lent of guano-from California, Oregon, the
Western Coast of South America, Australia,
Japan, China, and the new dominions of the
East India Company-from the Interior of
Africa, as well as Liberia, Sierra Leone and
the whole coast. And the whole world. And
they will have the opportunity of much pro-
fitable reading from Mercantile and Econo-
mical writers, upon subjects which concern
traders in cities and towns, as well as those
who go down TO the sea in ships.
The Franklin will be sent, free 0 T POSTAGE
TO single subscribers in all parts of the Uni
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beginning with the first Saturday in JUL,
1858, on 80 Quarto pages of good paper,
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Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
Congress-,

1t is now fifty-fve days since the com
mencement of the present Congress
The daily sessions have not yet exceeded
thirty; the whole number of hours il
session is about eighty; and the aggre-
gate amount of the per diem pay OF
Members is more than one hundred anC
twenty-five thousand dollars-being ovel
fifteen hundred dollars for each hour de-
voted to session labor. And what bone
fit have thepeople, individually or collect
lively. derived from these few hours work
and this laage amount of money! With
the exception of the allowance and rejec
ton of few of the many hundred pri-
vate claims, and the ordinary appropria
tons for the payment of Congress itsel
and to keep governmental machinery ii
motion, nothing-absolutely nothing
has been done-N Y. Tribune.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
PROSPECTUS OF 1854.
SATURDAY EVENING POST.
Unrralied array Of Talent.

The Proprietors of the POST. in again
coming before the public, would return
thanks for the generous patronage which
has placed them far in advance Of every
other literary weekly in America; and
as the only suitable return for such free
and hearty support, their arrangements
for 1854 have been made with degree Of
liberality probably unequalled in the his
tory Of American newspaper literature.
They have engaged as contributors for
the ensuing year. the following brilliant
array of talent and genius:
Mrs. South1roTth, Emerson. Bennett, Mrs.
Denison, Grace Greenwood, and Fan
M Fern.
In the first paper of January next. we
design commencing an original Novclct,
written expressly for our columns enti-
tied
THE BRIDE oE TAE WILDERNESS.
BY Emerson Bennett. author Of Vio-
la" Clara Moreland," The Forged
Will" etc.
This Novelet, by the popular author Of
Clara Moreland,'' we design following
Dy dDOlicf. CaliSu
THE STEP MOTHER.
By Mrs. Mary 4. Dcaisol. author OF
Home Pictures, Gertrude Russell. .
etc.
We have also the promise of a nura-
Der Of
SKETCHES Ri GRACE GREENWOOD.
Whose brilliant and versatile pen wili
be employed almost exclusively upon the
Post and her own Little Pilgrim.
Mrs. Southworth-whose fascinating
works are now being rapidly repubhshed
in England-also will maintain her old
and pleasant connection with the Post
The next story from her gifted pen will
be entitled
MIRIAM, THE AyESeER; Or, TIE FATAL
vow.
By Emma d. K. N. Soqsthzeoy1h author
of . The Curse of Clifton" The Lost
Heiress," The Deserted Wife, etc.
/ And last not least-we are author
/ lied to announce series Of articles from
one who has rapidly risen in popular ia
vor. They viii be entitled
NEW sERLEs or SKETCHES
By Fdrny Fern, author Of !" Fern Leaves, y
etc.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
Another Murder.

Another murder was committed on
Wednesday night last, by man named
VIM. Murphy, Railroad laborer, work
ing, we understand, on the r. r. near
Stoughton. The name OF the man kill
ed we have been unable to learn; he is
said to be Norwegian. 1t appears that
Murphy had been drinking and got into
quarrel with the deceased, in Hubbard 5
store, at Stoughton. They were separa-
ted and Murphy was taken to his shanty.
After that he returned and with an axe
handle struck the deceased number Of
blows and left him insensible. The man
died a short time afterwards. Murphy
came into town, and on Saturday morn
ing was arrested in the street, on Walk
er's Point, by Deputy Sheriff Beck and
Sheriff Page, and locked up in jail
Sentinel.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
Hay Meal.

1t is now becoming common to grind
corn with the cobs, and many consider
such meal to be, on the whole, more
valuable than that made from the corn
alone A writer in the Germantown
Telegraph proposes to 60 a step further
and grind hay. lie says:
al have no doubt that q meal made
of hay, or even Of cornstalks, would pos
seSs sufficient additional value over and
above the raw material to defray the ex-
pense, and | have no question that be-
fore many years, hay ground or hay
meal, if it be not too absurd to use such
term, will be as common as indian
meal or rye meal now is.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
Adulteration of Drugs.

The United States Sergeant General
reports that the adultera.ion of drugs
and medicines is carried on more extern
sively in the country since the passage
of the act of Congress to suppress the
importation of such arcticles, so that ii
is now difficult to procure medicines
which are not either mixed with some
foreign substance, or from which some
portion Of the active principal has not
been subtracted by chemical process.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
Durability of Carbon.

Carbon has but two solvents, melted
iron and strong sulphuric acid. In the
form of charcoal We have numerous in
stances of heindestructibility of carbon,
In the Thames River stakes of oak have
been recently found, where they are
supposed to have been driven at the
time of the invasion of Julius Caesar,
the surface of which was charred and in
state of perfect preservation. AT Her
culaneum the beams of the theatre were
carbonized when that city WAS over
whelmed with lava, 100 years ago, and
are as perfectly preserved now as the
day after that sad occurrence.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
PUTNAM'S MONTHLY,
PROSPECTUS TO THE NEW TOI
UHE-lS54.

= jill
THE January number of " Putnam's
Monthly" commences the third volume. or
second year.
In referring TO the progress of the work so
far, il is not worth while for the publishers
to indulge in much selfgloriication, or at
least to do more than reiterate what was said
at the close of the first volumn; yet they have
cause for honest Congratulation in the sue
cessful establishment of "Putnams Month.
iy" as fixed fact The character and ex-
tent Of this success has been far beyond their
most sanguine expectations. They have
had the good fortune Of enlisting in the en-
terprise some of the ablest pens in the coun-
try and they deem it q special cause for sat-
i.faction, not only that among their rcglar
contributors and earnest co-operators, are
included many of the most eminent and re
spected of our literary men Of various posi-
tons and shades of religious and political
opinion-bnt also that the general manage
ment of tho Magazine and the character of
its contents, have been such as to meet the
cordial approval of large majority of the
most judicious and intelligent readers.
The literary resources of our " MONTHLY, /"
now so ample, will, in the coming year, be
increased and elevated by all inducements
in our power. With all its present general
features, it is intended that the Magazine
shall have new and varied attractions for all
classes of our wide circle of readers Each
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Popular information on matters connected
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Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
Age, Avocation, Nativity, Of Members
Of the Legislature.

From table of the Age, Avocation,
and Nativity of the Members of the Le-
gislature, Mr.. Watson condenses the fol.
lowing for the Sentinel:
There are Al farmers, Is lawyers,
merchants, 8 doctors, 8 notary publics,
2 each of clerks, brewers, and carpenters,
and / each f the following, as set down
by themselves; editor, "agriculturer,"
shoemaker, miner, raftsman, gunsmith,
lumber-merchant, tailor, mason, "real
estate"
The member who has lived longest
in the state is Mr.. Paikison of Lafayette,
for 26 years resident, but born in Ten
nessee; the one who has been a resident
the shortest time is Mr.. Terhune, OF
Crawford, 2 years. native of N. Y.
The oldest member is Mr.. Lake, OF
Walworth, GA years; the youngest, J.
L. V. Thomas, of Rock, 26 years; the
latter is slso the tallest member. There
are but members under 80 years Of
age, while there are 33 over forty, and
8 over fifty.
AS to nativity, there is no native Of
Wisconsin, while there are 80 natives OF
New York, 8 of Vermont, of Germa-
ny, of Pennsylvania, 5 of Ireland, Of
Massachusetts, 2 each of England, Scot
land, and Connecticut, and / each sci
down to New Hampshire, Great Britain,
Wales, Michigan, Kentucky, Illinois,
Louisiana, n. Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee
New York and the New England States,
out of SO in all; and 20 of foreign birth
to so natives.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10

We expect to be able to commence tho
Ssecches by Fanny Fern, as well as tho
series by Grace Greenwood, in tie early
numbers of the coming year.
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Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10

RoRo,ooy's Pills, the naosi Efectaai
Remedy for Bowel Complaints ana
DESCRIBES Of the Stonaach.-Atthis sea
son of the year when those complaints
are SO prevalent there is no better rene
dy than Holloway's Pills, whether as a
preventative or cure. When taken in
moderate doses, and at the same time
strict attention is paid to diet, the worst
cases will be relieved. The strengthning
properties of these Pills restore the i'm
paired tone Of tho stomach and clense
the liver. Nothing SO good has ever
been discovered for the cure of persons
who suffer from long residence in hot
climates, and they surpass every other
medicine for general family use.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
Banks of the State,

The Bank Controller, under date of
Jan. 3lst, reports that the whole num-
Der Of Banks doing business under the
General Banking Law on Tuesday, Jan
uary 31st, 1854, was TWELVE. The to-
tai amount of circulating notes ISSUED to
such Banks, outstanding on that day,
was S593,O66; for the redemption Of
which securities have been assigned in
trust to the State Treasurer, amounting
in the aggregate to S608, 900.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
Old Coins.

In pulling down very old house in
New Haven, coins were found in the
eranaies, one OF which, a little larger than
silver dollar, is of a mixture of metals
but looks like iron-having a lion ram
part) for device, and bears date l047.
A small gold coin, supposed to be of the
reign of George First aud several old
coppers, are among those found.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
Tmnortant---School Lands.

In the supreme courton an application
for a mandamus to compel the school
land commissioners to receive money and
issue certificate for schoollands an opin-
ion was read by Chief Justice Wilton,
that the omission by apurchaser of school
lands to make application in writing, ac-
cording to sec. 80, chap. "a, revised stat
utes, constitutes a justification, or suffi-
cient excuse for countermanding the GER
tificate by the commissioners.-Madsson
.4rqus.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10

Some one asked Col. BENTON to day
why he had never pitched into the Lit
tie Giant. "Mr. DOUGLAS, Sir, Mr.. DoU-
eLAs, Sir" said the Colonel; "Ah here
minds me of a story. A man having a
fractions bull and desiring to kill him,
was unable to reach him in his prancing
and leaping. Anold negro standing by
asked his master why he was SO ANXIOUS
to hit the bull! "Let him alone, Massa
and by and by hejump 50 high he break
his own neck in the fall"
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
The Slave Trade.

The last advices from Cuba say that
no less than eleven vessels are fitting ou
in different ports of Cubs for the Coas
of Africa the object being to load ant
return with Negroes; also, that sever
vessels have sailed within six or eight
weeks from Baltimore, Boston and New
York, with the direct intention of being
employed as slavers.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
The Mackerel Fisheries.

by the returns of the deputy inspec-
tors of mackerel in Massachusetts, for
the year 1853, we learn that the catch
by fishermen from that State has fallen
off nearly one-third from 1852. Pro-
vincetown and Truro seem to have near
" Withdrawn from the business, and
Yarmouth and Chatham have done
much less than formerly.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10

The bones of a mastodon were recent
" found in the neighborhood of San
Francisco, at a depth of Is feet from the
surface. They were Undecided in sand
and gravel. 1t distance of so feet
from the surface the remains of a tree
were found, and about 90 feet lower was
a depositof blue clay, with stones, round
ed bv the action of the water. @
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
Badness Positively Cared
O.. - ESEEEsSNN.S

AMERICAN HAIR RESTORATlN T. is truly thu
wonder of the age. Perhaps article ever Ge cd
10 thepGblc is received with greater favor han His
and per.eas Bald or becoming st, have oily totost
the article TO be fully satisfied.
N.B.--Agents are authoriIed TO givewTit.cn guar
antees fpreforred price to be agIeea upon between
the parties.
b. sTARRWEATHEG, & Co, agent.
c. f. FISHER, Il Co, Proprc iors,
No. 81 Superior 81, Cleveland. ohio.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
Wall of China.

1t has been calculated that if all the
bricks, stones, and masonry of Great Brit
ain were gathered together, they would
not be able to furnish materials enough
for the Wall of China; and that all the
buildings in London put together would
not make the towers and turrets which
adorn If.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-10
PROSPECTUS OF
THE INDEPENDENT.
Volume Sir,-ls54.

! This well-known and widely circulated
Journal conducted by the pastors Of the Con
gregational Churches in New York and yicin
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In addition to the regular editorial corps
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