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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-06-21
"A pretty plaything,

We honor the chivslrous Difference
which is paid in our land to women. 1t
proves that our men know how to respect
virtue and pure affection, and that our wo-
men arc worthy of such respect. Yet
women should be something moro than
mere women to win us to their society
10 be our companions they should be our
friends TO rule our hearts they should be
deserving of our minds. There are many
such, and that there are no more is rather
the fault Of our own sex than their own.
And despite all the unmanIy scandals that
have been thrown upon them in prose and
verse, they would rather share in the ra-
tional conversation Of men Of sense than
listen to the silly compliments of fools
and man dishOnors them as well as dis.
graces himself, when he seeks their circle
for idle pastime and for the improvement
of his mind and the elevation of his heart
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
The Presidents Message.

AhO ACoAuCAt &ACocdS5Cs
This document, as belonging to the
current history Of the country, we felt
constrained to give our readers at full
length.
1t opens with quotation of that part
of the constitution which imposes on the
President the duty of delivering an an
nual message, by which our readers will
be able to understand the character OF
the document expected of that function
airy. Our own impression is, that this is
no such document as the constitution
contemplates, and might more appropri-
ately be styled stump speech than a
presidents messages And the fact that
no previous President, not even those
living when the constitution was made
delivered any such, goes far to confirm
our impression.
However President might have beer
the candidate OF party, he is the chic
magistrate of the people-of the nation
and partisan message from him i
certainly out of place. 1t is presump
ton, and a safe one we think, that how
ever people may differ in their politica
views and on the man to carry out thos
views, that men are nevertheless homes
and equally al; mated by a desire to up
hold our governmentand further its ends
which presumption, it will be readily un
derstood, the chief magistrate of the ma
ton should be the last to call in ques
ton. And yet had this message appear
ed as editorial in the Washington Union
the Pennsylvania, the Cleveland Plain
dealer, or any similar sheet, it would
have excited surprise and comment 70
its bitterness, unfairness, and untruth
fulness.
Theissues which divided the two par
ties during the campaign, all are famil
lar with. The republicans contended 70
the right and duty of Congress to prohi
bit slavery in the territories the demo
Gratis contended against it. On the par
of the republicans it was to maintain tn
confessedly early policy of the country
on the part of the democrats it was tt
establish new theory growing out, a
the President says, of the "progress 0
constitutional inquiry and reflection.
This is the whole of it, and the Presi
dents assumptions and assertions as t.
the purposes, objects, &c. of the Repub
lican party, are the most undignified kim
of partisan slang; and though it may b
in harmony with the character of Pierce
and a fitting close to his administration
is disgrace to the President and an obi
um upon the Office, which it should b
the business of Buchanan and all futur
presidents to purge it Of.
1t is n consolation to think that it i
quite as improbable that the nation Wi
ever have such another message as tina
it viii ever have such another president
Let us enjoy that hope while we may.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
The InouisitiVe Yankee.

4 gentleman riding in an Eastern rail-
road car, which was rather scarcely sup
piled with passengers, observed, in seat
before him, lean, slab-sided Yankee;
every feature of his face seemed to ask
a question, and little circumstance soon
proved that he possessed a most Cen
quiring mind" Before him, occupying
the entire seat, sat lady dressed in
black, and after shifting his position sew
eral times, and maneuvering to get an
opportunity to look into her face, he at
length caught her eye
an aff1ction?"
eyes, sir" responded the lady.
"Parent?-father or mother?"
''No sir"
"Child, perhaps?-boy or girl?"
''No, sir, not child have no chill
dren."
Husband then, / expect?"
eyes" was the curt answer.
"Hum.-cholery?-a tradin' man may
be?n
My husband was sea faring man
the captain of vessel; he didn't die OF
Cholera, he was drowned
'Oh, drownded eh?' pursued the in
quistor, hesitating for brief instant.
Save his chest?:'
Yes, the vessel was saved, and my
husbands effects
"Was they" asked the Yankee, his
eyes Frightening up.
'Pious man?'
He was 4 member of the Methodist
church,
The next question was little delay
ed, but it came.
Don't you think you have a great
cause to be thankful that he was pious
man and saved his chist?'
4 do said the widow, abruptly, and
turned her head to look out of the win
dow. The interchangeable pump changed
his position, held the widow by his gilt
tering eye once more, and propounded
one more query, in a little lower tone,
with his head slightly inclined forward,
over the back of the seat. ''Wa you cal
culating to get married again."
SIR said the widow, Indignantly,
''you are impertinent' And She left
the seat and took another, on the other
side of the car.
''Pears to be little huffyl" said the
ineffable bore, turning to our narrator
behind him.
"What did they make you pay for
that umberel you've got in your hand?''
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
Putnam on the Late Election.

Putuam's Magazine for December
contains finely written article entitled
"the late election, THE first para graph of
which opens up the subject thus;
''The great triangular contest is at an
end, and the result, Tor the parties which
We're engaged in it, may be summed up
in the following terms: that the Demo
cratic, nor the Pro-slavery party, has
gained its candidates, but damaged its
cause; that the Republican party has lost
It's candidates but frlrthered its cause;
and that the american" composed OF
fragments of decayed factions, has lost
both candidates and cause. In other
words, the Democrats, though victorious
in the choice Of their men, are successful
under circumstances which Weld them
no occasion for triumph; and the Repub-
Leans, though defeated, are beaten un-
der circumstances which render them
stronger than they were before; while
the" American" have injured others, but
in so doing, utterly ruined themselves.
The destruction of one party, the tenn
porary check of another. and the doubt
ful ascandency of third, is what we
read in the significant events of Nov
ember. The Democrats have won at the
expense of their prestige, and the Re
publicans have lost with an accession of
power"
The balance of the article is written
in the same pointed, and perspicuous
style, strongly fortified with facts and
convincing argument. It's well worthy
an attentive persual.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
Post Master Generals Report.

The following is an abstract of the report Of
this officer:
The number of post-offices on the Both OF
June was 25, 465.
Three hundred and thirty-nine of the post
masters were appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
| the yearly commissions exceeding 81, Goo On
the 30th Of June, 1882 the number os post-ofi-
ces in tbs United States was 20,90l, showing
an increase in the last four years of 1864.
On the Both of June last, there was in opera
ton 972 mail routes. The number of contrac-
tors was 6,375 The length of these routes is
estimated at 239, 642 miles, divided as follows
viz:
20,323 miles of Railroad,
1881 miles of Steamboat.
so, 453 miles of Coach.
I53,9l5 miles of Inferior grades.
| The total annual transportation of mails was
II ,307 .o96 miles, costing S7,035,474 and diyi-
aed as follows:
81 sos, 296 miles by railroad at S2,3l0, 3S9-
| about ten cents and six mills mile.
| 4,24O 40 miles by steamboat, at $860, 1885,
about twenty cents and three mills a mile.
| 1914 ,99l miles by COACH at 81 ,329 ,356-
about cents mile.
| 20, 143 440 miles by modes net specified al
| 81, 534 ,974-5s cents per mile.
| Compared with the service of June 3d. 1855
there is addition of ,735 miles to the length
of mail routes; 3,9O6,73l miles to the total an
nual transporiaticn-being, about $40 pc
cent and of $685., 1886 to the cost, or II 4-10 pc
| cent.
The aggregate length of railroad routes hs
been increased / $50 miles, and the annual
transportation thereon 2 ,606,927 miles-abou
/ 13d per cent, at cos. of S237 300, or IL Alt
per cent.
Railroad transportation ia increasing will
great rapidity, the extension of service during
/ the past wear being as follows:
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

II The Y. Y. EvsHing Post recommends ap-
preparations by the State Legislatures, which
may be favorably inclined, in aid of kansas
Vermont, as is generally known, has set the ex
ample, by an appropriation of $780, for that
purpose. The Free State prospects in Kansas
look brighter at present, than at any time pre-
viously. Under Geary, there is prospect that
the persons and property of Free State men VIII
be protected equally with the pro-slavery men;
and as the former have always been numerically
the strongest, they are naturally inspired with a
confidence of ultimately breaking down and tn
umphing over the difficulties which Border Ruff
fanism has thrown around them. Their hopes
may be realized, but glance must convince any
one that there is 4 struggle before them, which
may be protracted.
Whitfield is now at Washington, claiming to
be admitted as Delegate from Kansas. There
Is prospect that he viii be admitted Since adj
mitted.l He was elected under tbs bogus laws
Of that territory, and his admission viii be the
sanction by Congress Of those laws. An
other Legislature, under those laws, and unani-
imously pro-slavery, VIII soon assemble. The
endorsement by Congress Of those laws, viii be
an endorsement Of the legislature, and what il
viii do, remains to be seen. The next Congress
viii be more decidedly democratic than the
present one, and viii of necessity walk more de-
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
Look ont for Connterfaita

Spurious bills of the Saving Bank at
Connersville, IL, are in circula ton
They are not signed by the Auditor OF
the State, and are not legally issued.-
Refuse them all, they are worthless.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
Republicanism in Kentucky.

A meeting of one hundred Republi-
cans was held at Covington, KY, on
Tuesday evening, the 25th. A Consti.
tuition for a Republican Association was
adopted, and the Philadelphia platform
adopted. Speeches were made and the
meeting passed off without disturbance
and with great enthusiasm.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
JUS T RE Q EiVE d,
ELY & BALDWIN'S
General Exhibition Of
BOOTS & SHOES.
Al the Old stand,
few Doors North Of the Runas House Sign OF the Big
Boot,
No. So Main KenOshn Wis.

sv IN presenting the following list of articles to the
they give better satisfaction, from exhibit
found in the west. In the
Gentlemen's Department,
Nay be found every kind and description Gents Patent
Calf and Back Congress Caters sewed and pegged calf
patent and enameed Oxford Ties tptop article Of French
calf patent leather Boots patent and calf congress Button
Shoes buckskin Taylor Ties patent tipped Lasting Cal
Calf Enameled' Kip and Thick Brogans, Custom and
Particular attention paid to Gents eustom-made
FRENCH CALF BOOTS,
OF every style and kind, made measure aud good fit
in every insured
Custom made fine Kip, coarse fines and thick double
soGed BOOTS. made fer service and durability and
ranted. Gents faecy and plain toilet Slips, Of different
styles which are par-exeelienee.
BOYS YOUTHS AND CHILDREN'S
Custom and Eastern made fine CALI zip, and thick Boots
and Chidrens calf enameled, kip and thick Brogans sc
In the
Ladies Department,
May be found the largest and best assortment in Kenosha
comprising Ladies, Kisses and Chdrens wear of every diff
erent style worn, viz Ladies patent foxd tipped and
plain Congress Caters patent fox'd tipped and plain Lace
Caters, both thick and pump soled; fine kid Caters kid
Congress CATERS Glove Kid Lace Boots morocco and en-
ameled Lace Boots too specify both custom
made and Eastern Ladies French kid Slippers and slipper
ties kld and morocco Baskins, of all kinds Ladies Toilet
Slippers Misses and Chdrens congress and Lace Caters;
kid and morocco Lace and Button Boots, Slippers
Ties and in short every style of nicely flushed workman
ship, suitable for their use.
To the community generally, would respectfully invite
your attention to selection knowing that you truly ap-
preciate well formed and beautiful shoe which bedecks
with grace the eot Of the wearer and adds much the
general finish Of the outer man
BY examining our stock you viii truly appreciate the
terest we have taken in your behalf and viii be
As to price we fear no competition
Hoping to see one and all Of you at exhibition and
greet you hearty welcome, shan always endeavor sat
isfactorily to supply your numerous wants.
6 6. s s. B b1Ei ELY s BALDWIN.
sB CASH PAID FOR HIDES. SKINS AND PELrs. 81
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

OFFICIAL VoTE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
"A dispatch from Raleigh says that the
result is as follows:-Buchanan 40, 764;
Fillmore 36,609-a decrease Of 1900
In the State.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

a REMARKABLE FASnLY.-A CORES
pondent of the Ohio Citizen furnishes
the editor of that paper with the follow
ing account of remarkable family, resi-
ding at present in Bourbon County, KY:
In the following table the height,
weight and entire ages of the family are
given.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
'IIu VIII SItaO tltiIUsIdIII'

THE chief editor of the London Times
has the same salary with the President
of the United States, $25, 900, and Its
Paris correspondent $4,000.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

WooD's HAIR REsToRATIvE.-Among
all preparations for the hair, that have
been introduced as infallible, none has
ever given the satisfaction or gained the
popularity that Prof. Woods Hair Res
torative now has. His restorative has
passed the ordeal of innumerable fash
ionable toilets, and the ladies, wherever
they have tested it, pronounce it peer
less article.
They find, where the hair is thinned,
that it creates fresh growth-that it
fully restores the vegetatiye power of
the roots on the denuded places, and
causes the fibres to shoot forth anew
that it dissolves and removes dandruff,
prevents grayness, restores the hair to
It's original color when grayness has ac-
tually supervened, gives q rich lustre,
imparts the softness and fiexibility of
silk to the hair, and keeps.it always lnux-
rant, healthy, and in full vigor.
To be had of o. J. Wood 81 Co., ia
Market street, and of druggists general
| Iy.-EEyening Mirror.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
MORRILL, * GILLIS,
JON ID. JILSTN.

ATTOEEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Solicitor in
Chaue-ry, aud County Judge. wiz attend to all lasal
business agencies entrusted to his care.
OFFCE-pURKEE BLOCK MAIN STREET.
keH0sha, Wis, l-J6 SO
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

IL Col. Titus and his band of ru fians
have left Kansas for Nicaragua.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

FoRMALTY.-The more polished the
society is, the less formality there is In it.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

HCNCOPATTIST-Wo Would respectfully tender his
Professional services in Its various branches to the
Citizens OF kcHosha, and its vicinity. z - Office
ami residence on Main st. nearly opposite City HO
tel ulyl6 KENosHA, WIS.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

Total height 20 #. Weight 2,29s lbs.
Entire age, 557 years.
The family are all living except the
vonnoest daughter, are all wealthy, and
of the first families Of Kentucky. /
might add, several of the grandchildren
are over 81 feet and still growing.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

Total 2,6e6,S21 s231 900
On the LIST, Of Dec. 1856, the total cost of rail-
road mail service authorized was $2,Sl0,3S9.
On the 30th off une last, there were in SER
vice 800 route agents, at a compensation of
S265 429; "a local agents at $21, 1853; and !, los
mail messengers, at 1927 PSI; making total of
S414,43S. This amount, with the increased cost
of the new service, commencing LIST of July last,
(S126,1l6,) added to the cost of service as in
operation on the 3Jth of June last, ($6, 035 474,
makes the total amount for the current year,
St, 676,023. This is independent of ocean mail
service.
The Postmaster General complains ofthe ex-
orbtant charges OF the Panama Railroad Com
pany for transporting the mails across the 18th
mus, twenty-five cents per pound being exacted.
The cost of mail service over the New FORK and
Erie Railroad 460 miles, is $4,000 per annum,
while over the Panama Railroad with two trips
month, is $l4l 900.
The expenditures of the Department for the
past fiscal year, amounted to SlO,4O5,2o6 80,
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

TIE TALLEsT MAN.-James d. Por-
ter, of Louisville, KY, stands 7 feet o
inches in his stockings, and is said to be
the tallest man in America.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
SII.AS ANES.
w. =. IIOYT. VI. ID.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Office next door
north of L, T. Francis clothing store. luiS
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

PHILosoPHY.-''F'irst class in Orien-
tai philosophy viii stand up. Tibbets,
what is life?''-'Life consists of money,
horse, fashionable WIFE" "Good
Next: What is death?" "a paymaster
who settles everybody's debts, and gives
them tombstones as receipts in full of all
demands" "What is poverty" ''The
reward ofmerit Genius generallyreceives
from a discriminating public" "What
is religion" Doing unto others just as
you please, without allowing them re-
turn of the compliment. " "Whatisf ame?''
"a six line puff in a newspaper while
living, and your fortune to your enemies
when dead"
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

Aer Eve years ranging through the Safes Canada and
the Northern Pines, again make ny how 10 cid friends Ard
patrons. a. ny first alone the West
Thsnkul fer past faTors in days ef Auld Lang syne-
intend by strict attention your uade-sandnex 70 merit
shsi- continuance and increase.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
Gentlamen's nanartm emf

IN presenting the following list Of articles TO the
3xE Community, the subscribers ater themselves that
v they give better satisfaction, from exhibi
Of their various styles and prices than can bt
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
FANCY GOODS.

TsyHE hest stock of PERFUMERY-Toile Soaps
1 Hair Oils, Pomades, Port Monnaies, &c. ever re
ccived this city are now offered for sale at thu
Drug Store Of
STARKWEATHER g. Co.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18
ZINC PAINTS.

EETE are constantly receiving, and shall keep a
w fun supply of the best brands Of line PANT
White Zinc being an oxide forms a chemical comb
nation with the acid of the oil producing hard and
durable paint either for inside work or for exposure
to the weather
| 1t is ono third cheaper-free from poisonous prop
| critics and giyes better and more durable white.
| STARKAVEATHER s. co.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-18

VETHEN we meet with opposition in one thing,
~ we are bound TO evcel I'd EST in keeping the
hest and p,irest q>lity Of Drugs and Mepicines in
the market We have been East and have select
ed the Best from the New York Market.
Oct @ So STARKWEATHER 81 co.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1856-03-26
MR.. CLINGMAN'S ADDRESS.

The "Washington Union" of Saturday last con.
tains letter from Mr.. Clinsman to his constituents,
on the past and present condition of the country
with reference to the slavery question, which cam
not fail to produce marked and lasting effects 1t
is among the ablcst If not the ablest and most pow
erful effort of Mr. Clihgman's long and useful pub
lie life. We shall publish it soon; and trust
that, in various ways, it may fall into the hands
of every man in the State. The Washington
Union" says it
"None of readers should fail to give the ad.
dress of Hon. T. L. Clingman, which publish this
evening, attentive perusal. In this address Mr.
Clngman has presented clear, truthful, and con.
else review OF the rise and progress of abotionism;
a startling exposition Of the barbarous tyranny and
cruelties Of slavery in the English Indies; the OBJ
jects and aims of English abolitonists, and the aid
and comfort they calculate upon, and are likely to
receive, at the hands of American abolitionists;
defence of the principles and the expedency of the
Kansas Nebraska bill together with a frank and
impartial statement Of the real issue which is to en-.
ter the next presidential contest and the position of
parties thereon; closing with an earnest and elo-
quent appeal in favor of the of the con-
sttution and the perpetuation Of the Union.
The whole address is marked by that proud and
candid tone for which Mr.. Cngman has ever been
noted, and by that ability which has already given
him national reputation !; and it will not fail to
commend itself to the confidence rs we'll the ad.
ratiou of his constituency of the old North State"
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1856-03-26

ACTS OF THE LAST AssEMBLY.-A writer in the
Wilmington Journal complains that only one volume
of the Acts of the last Legislature has been disri
buted and wants to know what has become of the
other. We have heard the complaint. And
five are rightly Informed, the missing volume ought
to contain all the private acts, including charters of
railroad companies, &c. Is it possible that these
haze not been printed? Or if they have been, what
has become of them? Fay. Obseruer
If the Editors Of the Observer will turn to the
chapter on Public Printing in the Revised Code,
they will see what the law is on the subject. The
private acts, under this law, not furnished to the
Justices of the Peace. There were about six thou
sand volumes of the public acts printed, and some
five hundred volumes of the private acts. Consid.
erable expense, in printing and binding is thereby
avoided. The Justices furnished with the Re-
vsed Code, and with the public acts but it was not
considered necessary to supply them with the pri-
vate acts and so this item Of cost is saved to the
State Treasury. The Clerks of the Courts and pub.
lie officers generally, are supplied with both the
public and private acts. There are some copies of
the private acts still for sale believe, at the of.
flee of the Secretary of State. They can be pro-
cured there, by officers Of corporations and others,
whose interest it is to have them.