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Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-06-14

WHAT WAR CosTs.-Victor Hugo. spea-
king of the present war, says, "War is a
wholesale grave digger, who asks high MA
ges for his work." and adds:
To dig the grave of the allied armies
has already cost three milliards. Three
mllliards With those three millards, thew
might have completed the net work of En-
gIsh and French railways, they might have
constructed the tubular tunnel in the chan
nel-a better bond OF union between the
two nations than that grasp of hand between
Lord Palnerston and Bonaparte, which
has been fiourished over our heads with
the inscription, :" To Good FAITH" with
those three miliards they might have drai.
ned all the marshes of France and England;
have given wholesome water to all the cities,
all the villages, and all the rural districts;
have given new health TO the earth and to
man; have re-wooded all the slopes in both
countries; and, consequently have prevent
ed freshets and foundations; have restoek-
ed all the rivers with fish so that the poor
could get salmon at half penny pound;
have multiplied the workshops and schools;
have explored and worked the veins of coal
and mineral have given every parish their
steam cxcavators; have sowcd millions of
acres now lying fallow; have transformed
cesspoos into manure pits; have rendered
dearth impossible; put bread into every
mouth; haze increased tenfold production
and consumption, circulation and wealth an
hundred fold Yet. it is worth more than
this to take--l am ia error-to not take Sc
bastopol =
Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-06-14
LOCKS OF HAIR.

You've often heard me promise, Fred,
One day to tell you where
AND from what treasured heads shred
These treasured locks OF hair;
Wei now The time has come at last,
Your BIRTH day festival,
Has bllhely come and swiftly pass'd,
And you shall know them all.
Twelve years have aeeted since how'd
In fearless grief, my knee,
Beside our dying sire, and vow'd
a parents for thee;
And remember how you tried,
Tiile'en the mena!, wept,
To wake our father when he died,
Aud said he only slept"
This short cuh'd lock, half dark, half gray,
elipt it from his brow,
I've kept 1t sacred till tot day,
WswiiI divide it now;
And when you look upon it, Fred.
Stili think ycu hear the voice
That with its dying accents said,
my Father, bless my boys"
This raven braid belong to one
You never knew my brother,
She only biess'd her newborn son--
Aud dIed--our sainted mother!
She left us--but with us she left
A Garer tenderer flower;
But like IA plaut Of sun berelt
She wltheT'd from that hour.
Springs buds, around our mothers tomb,
Came just in time to wave;
We saw The fiower of autumn bloom
Upon our sisters grave.
Ny hoy! your tears are falling fast
On yonder golden tress,
1t is a relic, and the last,
or her lost loveliu"ss.
And this long waving silken curl,
All that you must not share;
You never knew that angel .glH
Who gave that auba hair.
MY beautiful! my blessed oue
And she too, pass'd awal;
1 strove to breathe ''ihv will be done,"
But it was hard to say.
o! by how weak aud frad ding
May the hearts depths be Stirrd;
How close and long Will memury cling
TO enc igtt lock orawosd;
And are not these aItgnt locks with moro
ptrfrsu1esasiHg fran ght -------------
Than al! the mystic leItered loTo
That sages ever taught!
Well, they are happy now dear boy.
Their rausomed souls are treej
They feel no more earth ) hollow JOY,
Aud real misery.
Our barqucs are struggling slow TO shore,
BY storm and tempest driven,
But they Lsve pAss'd ijle's ocean DER,
And ancho. d safe in heaven.
Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-06-14

PLANTING PoTAToEs.-We hope our farm
ers will take great pains in selecting their
seed potatoes grown within FIVE miles of his
residence. Those living in the interior OF
the country should get their seed from near
the sea board. and vice versa. A success
full cutivator of potatoes informs us, that it
was his practice to get his seed potatoes
every year from distant part Of the coun-
try, and which had been grown upon soI
somewhat different from that Of his farm.
Seed potatoes should be well dried before
planting. A Russian professor has ascer-
tanned that potatoes grown from seed dried
at a heat of $50 degrees will never be affec:.
ed with rot. 1t becomes our farmers this
year TO pay great attention to the cutiva-
ton of potatoes, SO that we shall not be COM
relied hereafter-as has been done for two
years-to import so many Of them from dis
tant countries. We believe it would be
good plan to dust over the potatce vines
with the powder of airsacked lime Just be-
fore they blossom. This would destroy
bugs and not injure the vines. Scientific
american.
Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-06-14

A NEW ORNAMENTAL TKEE.--Dr. Watson
Of Staten Island, speaks about tree that
he calls hop tree, that grows on Staten
Island, and bears small mop possessing
the same qualities as the common hop. The
tree grows from Is to 90 feet high, and on
" one insect ever troubles It, /. is used
for ornamental purposes and is very pref
ty tree. He thinks it worthy The attention
OF those who have lawns or other grounds
to plant with trees.
The Peoria Republican OF the 2d inst.
says:-We hear from farmers great ma
ny complaints in regard to the destruction
among their crops caused by the chintz bug
and the Hessian fly. AS yet we cannot
calculate the extent OF the injury that is
likely to result to the agricultural interest
in this section from these troublesome in
sects, but for the past few days the tenor Of
tho accounts given US has been any thing
but promising.
Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-06-14

Nor TO De BEATES.-The editor of the
Sbullsburg Herald has just returned from a
trip TO Iowa and Minnesota, and has come
to the following conclusion:
We are fully convinced that the counties
of Green, Lafayette, Iowa and Grant, are
unrivalled for fertility of soil. beauty ofland
scape, streams and springs OF water, and Fl
nally for every advantage that goes to make
up a rick agricultural community.
Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-06-14

4 PRIzE-THE BABY SHow.-The n. Y.
Evening Pest offers s25 for poem not to
exceed one hundred lines, to be ready be-
fore the 9th of June, on Barnum's Baby
Show. The Fair opens on Tuesday the
9Th, and one hundred entries have been
made. of babies large and small, fat and
lean, white and--no, they are all white, or
supposed to be. On Thursday, Mrs. L. n.
Fowlerdelversan address. Thepremiums
to be given amount to eleven hundred dol
lars
Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-06-14

The late legislature of Massachusetts pas
sed law aboiishing Imprisonment for debt
South Carolina alone retains this relic of an
eient barbarism.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29
THE GRAND RELIEF CONCERT.

Made Parodi's Concert given last night st siblos
for the benefit OF the Norfolk sufferers was brilliant
success The audience was overlooking snd the re-
cep,on awarded to the artists cordial. number OF
piece, were encored The chief performer was Mdlle
Pa.oci herself We have not beard Der since she was
rrims donns at the GRAD O.era, Paris. Her rsnk
tle-e was high bat she has nov advanced stl
higher She i capital artist, with large dramatic
style Of declsms,ic and much facility Of execution.
We predict FOR her great career in this country sad
large addition to her present popularity. The other
soprsho vocalist Mad. s,rakosch, who was vehe-
mently encored in her beautiful songs. The masculine
vocsliss were Mr. Allan Irving and SignoE Bernardo,
who were most avoreby received. The latter artist
ia. improved in the volume Of voice; his method il
known a. superior. The Instrumental performers were
NJ. Aptomas on bis Incompatible harp; Mr. Seed
the first flute; and a young candidate for musical
honf - Master Schmitz. Of of the best known
musicians in Philadelphia This lad, although bat ls
years of age, played neatly solo on the vioonceo,
and viii make a great artist. He fairly acc M
panied by his sister, also child. The following were
the pieces given: I, " Ia Sylphde, composed and
performed by SIakoeoh ii, g Good Night" new
ballad By WalIsce, sung by Mdme. Strakosch; iii.
Fantasia Harp, Aptomas; ", All mon fils," Md'le
Psrodi; V, Ballad " The Heart Bowed Down. by
Allan Irving; VI, Casta Diva" by Mdue Psrodi;
VII, FaIiasie Flaie, Mr.. Sied VIII, "Sainted
" Mother, duetto from Marstsna, by Mdne Parodl
ard Nome. S'rakosch X advertisement f5r Violon-
cello Master Schmitz; y, ." We Met by Chance"
ballad, by Mdme. Strakoseh; XI Aria IRON - Trova-
tore" by Bernard; XII, The Ricci Waltz
MdTe Parodi; Mi, " The Nightingale Mr.. Stra-
kosh XIV, Duet from Maria Psdills," Mdlle
Psrod and Mdme Strakos h.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29
PENNSYLVANIA.

Mass State Convention of Peonsylvanisns
-,osed to the sggresions Of Slavery. and espe.
,ly 20 the subjugssion of Kansas BY Missouri
ses and bowie-knives, is called to meet q.
ii.burgh on Wednesday, Sept 5, to organize
Republican party ard prepare for the ensu.
State Election. We are informed that ar
-sgements have been made with the various
slroads Of the State for the conveyance Of
.scstes both ways for the usual fare one way,
a that everything will Dc done in Pittsburgh
rsrder the stay Of the delegates pleasant as
Ella to give interest aud emphasis to the
invention. There will Of course be large
asp1asce from the West, and it is desirable
AT the East also should be fairly represented.
f,e name of PAssMoRE WILLIAMSON has been
arrested for Canal Commissioner on the Re-
.-bican State Ticket.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29
A SUPPOSED SLAYER.

BosTOs, Tuesday, Aug. ?, I55j.
On Friday last person hsiling frsm Louisiana OBJ
timed clearance from the Custom-House for sus-
pcious- looking clipper schooner named the Mary T..
Smith, purporiing TO be bound to Monevideo, in bal
last. During Saturday large number of water casks
and quantities Of beans put on board, and the
vessel hauled off into the stream. The Collector be-
coming suspicious sent three Custom-House officers on
board when the Captain put TO sea taking the officers
with bim The officers arrived back last night, having
been put on board steamer in the lower harbor. Toe
schooner supposed to engaged for the slave trade
Nearly ole thousand workmen are now employed in
tbe Charlettown Navy Yard. The new steamer Mer-
rmac rapidly being equipped for sea; The Saratoga
il taking her armament on board, and will be ready
for sea in few days.
The following are the footings of our Bank State
meDt for the past week: -
Capital Stock s32 7lo Due to other Banks. 76j III
and Discs. 50 6S3 4it Deposits l34 05
Eps Gle in Bsnks... S3IOl4 Ejaculation. I,lSSoo
Due I'm. q, b. Banks 7,leg,8C6
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29

ADEscESr AAoSG THE MuRRELIrEs.-It has beea
well known for some months past tina, along the Dor
der counties of Georgia and Florida there exists
band of scoundrels who have regularly organized
themselves for tho purpose of stealing negroes and
passing cosntoreit money. For the more eftctuallY
carrying out their plans, says the Jdctsohrhs Nens,
hey'haye adopted the fashionable mode Of secret
sgLs and passwords. Their operations have been
quite extensive, and learn that they have put Ia
circulation a considerable amount Of spurious bills on
lie Bank of Georgetown. report has reached
town that quite a haul was made among the villains
lew GAYS since he the Okefenokee Swamp. The re-
port is party of them cons, ting OF Louis iiogdns,
Wm. Kennedy and John Hogaus, after hayi1g
broken into ard robbed country store Of consider
eble amount ip money, iewelry &C., passed on to a
groesfop by the roadside aud commenced drinking
and card playing Getting into quarrel, Louis Ho-
cans was cut TO pieces and killed. Meantime com
pspy of Regulators who were ia pursuit overlook
item, md Kennedy and John Hogans attempting tn
escape. Kepnedy was shot and badly wounded in the
ey e, and Hogens captured, and we understand
was lodged in Jail at jasper. We hope this report
may be well founded, as these three men have be-
come notorious for their crimes. John Hogaps s the
man who but few weeks ego broke jail In this place
lJscksonville where he had been committed for
passing counterfeit money.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29
WIG COUNTY CONTENTION.

This Convention met at the Broadway House at :
o'clock last evening. Mr.. LEWIS II. WATTS OF the
Eleventh Ward was appointed Temporary Chairman,
and Messrs. j. S. SEApURY and l.. G.. ABsE appointed
Secretaries, who were sfterward, upon motion, made
permanent officers.
Messrs. Sheridan Shook ard Dennis Mclaughlin
were appointed Telers by the Chair.
The following resolution was offered by Judge
WELSH;
P,8 That this Convention support only such candidates
nomination have been known 10 be true and consistent
wings,
Which, on motion of Elk Sheriff Thomas CsRSLY,
was laid on the table by vote of 81 to 80. On the
Yeas and Nays being called
A motion was then made to nominate at large rom
all parties, which the Chair decided out OF order.
The Wards were then called over 10 nominate FOR
shoriH when iheY nominated az folloWs
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29

Know NOTHING DESERTERs.-- 1t would appear
IA, the politicians now regard HindOoism as
.,sing ship, from the fact that they deserving
trEe so many halfdrOwned rats. The last im-
rrtsnt eeceder Of whom We have heard is the
rstrious Alderman Briggs. On being informed
the Executive of the Order that ne must either
r-bdraw from the broadway House or resign his
,stion in the Thirteenth Ward Council, the oppO-
mt Of the OKeefe family expressed his contempt
4, what he termed the dirty, insignificant organi-
alton, and his determination to stick fact by the
roadway House. He accordingly rendered his
ssgnation, which was accepted, and the Alder
an is now transformed into good anti-Hindoo,
and on the " dArk-lsntern question" In connec'
with this we may state that Ullmann and
synolds have gone to the Grand Council, deter
led to throw James w. Barker overheard and it
more than probable that their eXertiOns will be
rwarded by success. The house of Know-NOth-
sm is completely divided against itself
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29

SrtkNo Rom Our Tho " Soft Democracy
Columbia County Northern District held Con
lron al Chatham Four Corners on Saturday, elected
john II. Hoccboon and smith T. Van Buren, delegates
>vacu-e. and not having the fear Of the Custom
IOu.s before their ewes, unanimously
rroref Ta che silns of th' times imrcratvey deuind
f Ifrsouian Democrats should sud vote n such way
bet cslculafed 90 pro mote their political principles
Et.ifed That the party Of slavery propsSandism are
,r fions ana performing Inconsistent with the
of the Constitution OF the United states, and entirely
rt r,e of Sste ehs AMI personal and POLITICAL iee1o -
sd t hoe Zoe call louder than for the united suG de-
TRIMMED action of frcsncn'
Esoirsd That the election n Horsfo seymour a 'oVe,no.
. Fure state yves lost by the fuure oil the OonVenton
nsf I'D h ira orns % 20 denouucc in explicit terms -
fv rt 20 have done tho Kansas aud Nebraska irand snd
a Any NOMINATION. MADE UNDER LIKE CiRct INSTANCES ~
frr trrRoACuiNC STATS CoNVENrloN MUST MEET WIN 4
LiKEIarE At THE HANDS or rHE 7EoPLf.'
Brave words and tone We shall scc how they are
backed or shamed by 9ccds.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29

FFou ARK CAYHs.-By the arrival at this por, Of
the bark Charles r. Lex, Captain Harper, we have
dates from Aux Cages TO the l2th inst. Captain
Harper states that affairs in Hayd in bad con-
di'ior. Money exceedingly scarce and so were
the principal articles Of export particularly coffee and
ogwoOd IL il asserted beyond contradiction that tho
coffee crop, now in blossom on the whole north and
southwest Of the Island, will be very small one,
which viii seriously affect business next season.
American provisions were in such abundance in all
pats Of The slano that tie prices Obtained scarcely
paid the freight and duties, particularly sh of every
tind. philadelphia Enquirer, 9th.
IxHExsE SmfNEsrs o. VEEAr.-We learn from
Il superr tendent Of the Depot in Chattanooga, says
Tie Adrerser OF Ihursdav tst in the month Of July
there we're 1000 Dushe OF " lcat shipped over the
Nesiem end Atlantic Railroad t. points below-and
all this from East and Middle Tennessee not including
the vast amount that cones down me East Iennessee
md Georgia Railroad nicrsccting tho Atlantic Road az
Dalton. Aud the quantity that VIII b. .hiPPed rom
ChattarOOe for ne month OF August wiz iea-n o'e
kaHdrcd and tjty ttOVsGzd t4saes, the aseraPe
amount being over 600 Lushes daily thus iar for tno
present mouth. We were NJ tne oepot yes'sfuay 40
we're surpised TO il 80 c~Iiasy cfahiee WIN luis
staff II life end il wac Sun pou'n. Ia ana p'u iAf 10
bury up the depot nen'
pe-yylicgH that a whirlwind passed over parts OF
south Hadley and CRANKY on Friday last. lrees,
f,nces ard corn were prostrated IN its cOUrse lbe
lied Of M Godthwait, IN GRANNY was unrooted, and
he trees IN bis orchard uprooted severely injured
The limbs were twisted from the trees Of walnut
grove, osyirg their stunps looking like inverted
6Ioons. Tie inhabitants Of tho vicinity were so
frightened that they fed 10 their cellars for safety
The whiriu md was attended with torrents Of rain.
NEAL Dow BEFORE THE GRAsD JURr.-The
Grand July have not found bin against Neal Dow,
although VI. p Smith, the Coroner Of the inquest de-
iyercd in persob 10 the Grand jury scaled package
containing the testimony before said inquest proving.
e. Il ey alleged, that Mr.. Dow guilty Of murder
or nensaughter In causing the death Of John Rob
bins Tie sscons Of the I'd Of June were thorough
ly investigated by the Jury, and 10 bill found; two
out Of sixteen were in favor Of eaIsuIe. Biz were,
however, found against 'ome eish! or ten Of ths
.iolers.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29

- deliberately revised by Chancellor
y N L. C. Delsvsn, WIN. IL. Burieigh,
Ar lemon Camp, I've believe and In fact
q, VERY active and prominent P'OhiOit'onist
cate, No arsft Of a bill was ever more ire
..ey amended, rewritten aud r'cOn'ideredi
' IN the clauses which it was supposed could
Ia tho subject of constitutional cavil,
admitted to legal gentlemen of d'stln-
"a ability and reputation, and modified in
lance with their suggestions. Thus the
-, prepared for submission to the Legisla-
~ which some changes were made walsh
IA not like, but which do not affect the
-. on which the law is now assailed as un-
.,dsutional And even Joha W. Brown iD
81 comedies that the bill was we'll drawn and
.rlly matureJ, by sssailing, not it's details,
Z is vital, essential principles. Altogether,
the best PrOhibitory Act yet passed, aud, ii
~.hed, it must be on grounds fatal TO all Pro-
story Laws.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29
ACCOUNTS BIZ TELEGRAPH.

BALTIMORE, tuesday Aug. e, 4r'''
We have intelligence from Norfolk down to yeaier-
Gay afieruocn and fer from any abatement Of the
yellow fever having taken place, It was worse than
ever, ard tie panic among the Inhabitants was IN
creasing During the AZ hours ending at noon on
Monday there we're % deaths among them Mayor
Woods.
The mortality at Portsmouth j. also represented as
fearful. Among the most recent victims were Capt
DikersoD, Mrs. Graves, VIM. Smith, Mrs.. sino,', Ef-
ward VIM. Smith, n. Eiherdse John Winter, ead
oilers.
NEwO ORLEANS, Monday, Aug. "a, i1j5.
TIE number of deaths in this city during the pas.
week was Al, including ISL from yellow fever. This
Is considerable decrease, and mostly occurred in the
latter part ID the week.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29
latter part ID the week.

The ANEmc.s Board OF COMMISSIONERS FOR For
EIoS MIssIoSs.-The receipts Of the American Board
Of Commissioners for Foreign Mission. during the year
ending July 81 were 1910 le7 ~ and the expenditures
during the same period were s3ls, ss9 L. The debt
Of the Board on the ls of August l754, was 49,
b. the of expenditures over receipts DUNG the
past year this debt was increased to ssoo7 90 on the
FIST of the present month. The anniversary Of thi'
Board i. 10 be he'd at Utica commencing on the 18th
o. September. Tie citizens Of Utica are making large
n,ensrsou. for the entertainment Of this multitude Of
srspeer-. ard families Of all the dferen, denomins-
,ions are uniting IN the labor.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29

The nomination Of Mr. w. 5 Duke was then ma 10
rraniu ous and cheer upon cheer was given for him
tie lobby joining in.
COUNTY CLERK.
Morc9-Tl At George L. Sherwood Of the Fourteenth
Ward he nominated for County Clerk by aeclama-
ton. which was unanimously carried.
cORoSERs.
MorcS, That John Ives of the Twen'y's'cond " ara
be unanimously nominated for Coroner, which was
adopted.
Mored That the three candidates for Coroners
having the hghes; votes be ele;ied as nominees Tor
Coroners.
4 very excited disc sssion arose upon this motion,
in which Messrs Genet Of the Nineteenth, Riddle OF
the Twelfth and Welsh of the Second, took an active
part. Ill.
The motion was withdrawn and q regular ballot
entered into.
Mr.. RrpD1E moved that the three candidates having
the argesivoes on the neIbalOt be declared elected
An smernmeDt by Mr.. 0ASLET, that the one eand,'
date having the highest vote be declared elected
wss adopted
Al g. hall. for COrOnerS.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29

TIE WHEELER SLAVE CAsE.-PosrPoSENEsr.-
The case OF William STILL John Ballard, and others,
the colored men charged with hayiog committed an
assault and battery upon the Hon. John III. Whesler
at the time OF the famous rescue OF his servants at
Walnut wharf few weeks since, came up to-day in
the Court Of Quarter Sessions before Judge Kelley.
The witnesses for the Commonwealth being kcalled,
none Of them responded. After conversation between
counsel and the Court, Judge Kelley remarked that
he would not force the Dstrict-t OrneY TO call up
case out of its proper order and that the DisrctAt
torney had his election 20 the day Of trial Pfoca
nation was then made that the Witnesses and jurors in
this Gaze were discharged until Monday morning next
al ~ O'Clock. Philadelphia Bulletin, Monday.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-29

K n. NoNISATIos FOR ASSEMBLY THE EIGHTH
WARD-ASGrsTHE J. II. DUGAsSE was nominated
by reclamation by the X. Ms on last evening. He
has already The Wing nomination. They have also
completed their nominations by nominating David J.
Oakley for Councilman in the XyII,h district; XXth
district, Ledy ard K. Avery for Councilman; Horace
Prior for School Commissioner.