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Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14
The Greatest Hotel on the Continent

The proprietors of the St. Nicholas Hotel have
recently published small OrctsTe, giving the
statistics of this wonderful establishment which,
for extent, has not it's equal in the world. AS
showing the progress Of hotels in this country,
these statistics are not without interest. The
ST. Nicholas has a front OF two hundred and sew
entv-five feet on Broadway, and depth of two
hundred feet, thus covering an area of one acre
and three quarters liz the most valuable part OF
the city. The building cost s. 100000 and the
entire cost of building furniture, &c, was Si,-
900, 600 The area of the front wall, which is Of
marble, is IS, 1903 test. The building will accom-
modate 9U0 guests, and has frequently contained
over 1000. It was completely finished on 1st
March, 1853. The number of rooms in the house
is SIX hundred, all well lighted, and provided
with hot and cold water These include one hun
dred complete suites Of rooms, with BATH water
closets, &c, attached. The three largest di ming
rooms III the house aggregated, 600superfcia feet,
and can accommodate six hundred guests The
cost of the mirrors distributed about the house
was,S40 sos, 0fthe siiverware and plate $5C. 000.
The proprietors are Messrs. J. p Treadwell J
2. Acker and Virgil Whitcomb. The number of
servants averages during the year about three
hundred and twenty. The hours for meals range
through nearly the whole twenty four excepting
from midnight to o'clock A NJ There is a re-
gularly ORGANIZED FIRE department in the bull
ding with steam power for forcing water to any
portion oft. Eighteen plugs, with two hundred
feet Of hose to each, enable the engineers to flood
the building in six minutes from the time the
alarm is sounded. The house consumes $4,000
to $4,000 feet of gas nightly from $500 burners
The gas is made on the premises. The laundry
employs IS aundresses, and can wash and iron
5000 pieces per day. Steam is the great agent
in this process, and is extensively used in the
St. Nicholas for boiling, washing, managing, dry
ing. turning, spits, heating water &c. The ST.
Nicholas is truly q microcosm, and TO conduct it
successfully requires abilities above the average
of the late pre- sdents of these United States
N. l. TrGunc
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

A TURN OF FoRTUNE.-An exchange paper
says that when Col. Fremont was lad oftwelve
years, his widowed mother was very poor is
ter died of consumption, and the expenses Of her
illness and funeral fell with crushing weight on
the afflicted family. John (now the renowned
Coione,) who was a stout hearted and noble lit.
tie fellow, told his mother that he should go to
work and earn something to help support the
family, He accordingly "hired OUT to rich
planter of the neighborhood ito do anything he
could" and went to work The planter did not
wish the boy to eat at his own table. nor did he
like to send him to eat with the servants so he
had side table set for him in the dining room,
and there the little fellow ate his meals alone
Now that same planter is working to make his
former "chore boy" President Of the United
States. Let the poor, and honest, and industri-
Gus Of the land take courage and work on cheer
"
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TIE WAR TO BE CARRIED ELSEWHERE.

THE WAR TO BE CARRIED ELSEWHERE "A
distinguished gentleman" supposed to be Da
vd L. Atkinson, late President Of the q. S
Senate, writing TO the Carolina Times, from
Platte City, Mo, 2nder date Of May e. says:
my opinion is that the South will be stirred
by the transactions Of these few weeks, and will
come up with men and money. The latter il
particularly wanted TO subsist the men. In q
few months, in my opinion, there will not be
an aboItonist left in Kansas;they will be swept
with clean broom. Then the war will be car
RED elsewhere, if war we are TO have.
The Southern men have all selected their land
and seem TO he well pleased with it. Indeed, il
is beautiful country. Virginia will now ava
ken. Men from all the south are daily arriving
in Kansas. We are raising money and provis-
lens to sustain them.
1t will give mo pleasure to render any service
for South Carolinians here or their friends at
home
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

THE WAY TO DO IT.-Tke Albany Journal
gives sound advice, which ought to be at once
put to practice wherever it is applioable-as fol-
lows:
There should be Fremont club in every vii
lage, if the township be large enough. bat at
least one club in each township, and Central
| Union club in the county composed of delegates
! from each township club The club should ad
dress itself TO the following lsbors:
! l. 1o get list OF every voter in each village
/ or town OF every county, and note his known OF
supposed predictions for President, and keep
this in book, noting the changes If any, from
time to time, and reporting TO the County Com
mittee.
4 2. To see that every voter has all the docu
nents the club can afford to purchase, and es-
pecially; The Republican Platform :" Cam
paign Life of Fremont" Sumner Speech -
Report of the Kansas Investigating Commit
tee" Let these be thrown into every voters
door by person in each village employed for
the purpose.
8. To have frequent meetings for interchange
of opinion. and let spea, srs be instructed upon
the topics most suitable for the locality. In some
places the distinction pointed out between Fill
moreism and Americanism; in others, the Buch-
aneers to be attended TO- and the particular shape
which treason toward freedom may assume we'll
shaken out.
4. Let all difficulties be fairly looked in the
face, and let not enthusiasm warp cool calcula-
ton. Ifhelp is needed in the way of documents
or speakers, let timely notice be given to the
County Central Club, or the county committee.
or to the state committee
8. See that the success of the electoral ticket
and of congressman be preferred over and above
all local considerations local quarrels or local
issues
g. Divide the club into sub-conmittees-for
example: document committee. public meeting
committee, vigilance committee, challenging
committee, ticket committee, &c, SO that there
may be perfect division OF labor
z. Let each Club work its own locality US if
the success of the party depended upon the ma
jority in that locality. Let the majority every
where be swelled, and enlist the ladies ia the
cause.
s. Make public every change oftactics observ-
ed to be made by either the Buchanan or Fill
more opponents of freedom.
9. Take care Of the local newspaper favorable
to the cause, and add 10 its campaign Grcula
ton.
10. Don't waste money in frew orks, eating
and drinking sprees, music and unnecessary de-
corations, Save this to pay expenses ct print
ing and speech-making, and circulating the doc
umentS.
II. Relax no endeavors until the polls are
closed, and count on result certain.
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The Voice of Henry Clay.

In 1850, Henry Clay spoke the following
words:
But you cannot put your finger on any part
OF the Constitution which conveys the right of
the power to carry slaves from one of the States
ofthe Union TO any Territory ofthe United States.
Nor sir, can admit for single moment, that
there IS any separate or distinct right upon the
part OF States or individual members OF the States
or any portion OF the people OF the United States
to carry slaves into Territories. under the idea
that these Territories are held in common be-
tween the several States
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

TgE Poor MAN AND Tx Rich Man before tbt
august yRdse-J Judge Crawford, of Washington
who fined Mr. Brooks three hundred dollars, for al
assault which in its personal consequences is not
unlikely TO prove more deplersbe than the instant
death OF the victim, has ust sentenced poor ~
e one year Imprisonment for al assault jscoa
Cnluokily fer ths poor man he was neither ,
Member Of Congress, nor a slave holder, and wa:
-7s1e.ose 2-1sAet 81 t1is Democratic IG3ee 70 tss
exleut Z - a.
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An important Omission.

Tie Democratic papers in the West have in most
Instances omitted to publish ofte most inipor.
taat res"!Etioo > adopted by the Cincinnati Conven-
together. II a, characterization Journal.
Resolved, That lie naturalization Of FRANK
LIZ PIERCE bas bran true ia Democratic Prin.
ceLss. and hcrctore true to tie great 'nterests Of
ne country: Tie face Of the r'oent opposition he
bar zp7tnfqined te lars a. home, aDd therefore
proclaim n OUR UNQUALIFIED ADM
RATION OF HIS HEASURES AND POL
CT
This is one Of the PIanks Mr Buchanan 40 heart
y endorsed. Pass it along. Unqualified admira-
tion'- chi
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

How TO DETECT MURDERERs.--W. d. Por-
terlwrites to the New ork Herald that the follow
ing method will, in many cases, detect the per,
petrators Of murder: 1T is well known that
all objects are actuallypsinted or impressed on
the retina of the eye Should person die by a
violent DEATH the objects before the eye at the
time, remain impressed on the retina. If the
covering OF the eye is scraped down thin. and u
powerful magnitying glass applied, this image
will be distinctly seen, This was the first dis
cOyery Of the dagueueotype. Any scientific
physician eau do this
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

New RAILROAD PPoJECT.-A proposition is,
we learn, now under consideration by those who
have charge OF affairs, to vacate the Madison
and Belot Railroad from Alton to Madison and
to finish the road from Alton to this city. The
people OF Rockford propose, if this is done, to
build i road from that place to the Illinois coal
region by way of that city to Roscoe below Be
lolt.-This would give us direct railroad com
munication with the coal region, and afford our
neighbors of northern and western Illinois q
short thorougltare into any part of Wisconsin
The project if carried out, can but result in bene-
1t to ali concerned .--JaResriiie Free Press.
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

1t is curious fact that Glrard College turned
out last year more lads to follow the business Of
printing; than any other class.-Ninsteen of the
pupils have taken TO the types, and twelve have
become farmers. Ten chose to be chemists, and
the rest were distributed among mechanical ve.
cations
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

A CURIOUS FACT-The bubber on r. fat whale
is sometimes, in its thckest parts, from Is to ~
inches thick, though seldom more than foot +; it
is of a coarse texture and much harder than pork.
SO very full Of oil is it, that cask closely pack
ed with the clear raw fat of the whale, will not
contain the Oil boiled from it, and the scraps
left besides; this has been frequently proved by
experiment.
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

my friend" said the keeper Of hotel to aD
avaricious boar der, you eat so much that shall
have to charge you an extra halt dollar" IAN
extra half dollar echoed tho bearder, his count
enance the very picture of despair, "ior graci
GUS sake don't, I'm almost dead now, eating
three dollars worth, and if you put on an extra
half dollar / shall burst-I shall ~
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

Lafayette sent for hogshead Of earth from
Bunker Hill to be placed over his body at his
interment. The seectmen of Boston received
the application from his agent. 1t was taken
from the spot where General Warren fell and
accompanied by a certificate that it was "genu-
inc" signed by three OF the Oldest veterans OF
the town
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

RAILROAD TO SAUT STE MARIE.-The Can
adam Government has granted 1900, 600 acres
of land to aid in constructing q railroad from
Quebec to Montreal, along the north shore OF the
St. Lawrence to the city of Ottawa, and thence
te Saul Ste Marie. This road is to be complet.
ed within five years.
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

v-A few years ago, an intelligent gentleman
had contract to set out hundred shade trees.
He took the precauhon 10 mark the north side
of each tree, and to plant the same side north
when it was transpanted BY this carefullness
he saved the life OF almost all that he moved In
this hemisp here, the sun shining upon the south
ern half of a tree constantly stimulates the
growth of the fibers on that considerably above
the other So that, in many cases, the annual
rings are much larger on this than on the other.
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

sJ~ BROOKS and KEITT were reelected to-
Congress by very large msjorities, and 5000
was contributed to pay the fine Of the former by
the citizens OF South Carolina. The Governor
sent certificates Of their election to Washington
in advance Of the election.
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14
"a RAGGED ORPHAN Bon

"a RAGGED ORPHAN Boz. The Cincin.
natl Enquirer, Buchanan paper, sneers at Ere
mont stumble birth and calls him the ragged or
pAan boy" Well, "the ragged orphan. I" who
poor and unknown, has the inherent force OF
character and the intellectual Pawe- 70 raise Ai.-
self from the obseurity in which he was born,
and to make his name familiar wherever c;vi!iz-
alton has extended, is entitled 10 some crsd;:
>. least. Ee IS go.1g 70 b. cur .aTr P-ss:Lez.
3 &c 80 - sYzs5 ~E=c -
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

Eg- After dreary absence of nearly seven
wears from his native and Mr. William Smith
O'Brien has reached Dublin, and taken up his
temporary residence at the Shelburnc uotel,
St Stephens green. He is in excellent health
snd apparently in good spirits.
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14
JOSIAH BOND.
JON ID. JILSUN.
VOINEN FRENCH,

ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR-Late Of Keno
4ha pV.s; viii visit most Of the countries Of Eu-
rope during the year 1855. Any professional or
other business left at the Sentinel Office, Milwau-
kee or w.1h II. F. ScHoFF, Esq, Attorney and
Ltuguist KcnOsha, will be promptly attended to.
n33vl5tf
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Important Political Statistics.

Ofthe white inhabitants of the South only 25
are owners of Slaves yet this faction controls every branch
OF the Federal Government and yields its influence for
increase and perpeuaton of Slavery Annexed clas-
sifcston of the shareholders in 1850.
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

A FAST WoMAN.-The n. Y Mirror has a
correspondent at Newport who writes over the
signature of BELLE BRITAIN. In hor last she
tells the following:
/ overheard a funny conversation last even
ing between a gentleman and lady who were
promenading behind ne, from which learned
the definition of a fast woman The couple
were discussing the attractions of young lady
who receives good deal Of attention here from
the beaux-when the gentleman remarked that
he had not yet been able to discover the charms
Of the fair one in question.
"O,' said the lady, "she is FAST and that's
what makes all the gentlemen like her"
"But what does that meant" inquired the
gentleman, little roguishly.
why said the lady, "a fast woman is ons
that you can say anything to-
| thought | should nave dropped.
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14
Fremont in Western Pennsylvania.

We are frequently Intercepted in regard to
our views of the prospects of Fremont IN Penn
syvania. We believe firmly that he can carry
the State, but do not assume to give figures for
any but that portion IL which we are intimately
acquainted with the state of popular feeling
In Erie county we will certainly have 1900 ma
iority Crawford not less team $50, and posi-
bly, / 500; Warren over 500; in Venango 800 ;
in Mercer probably 700; Lawrence l6JU; But
Ter 700; Beaver 500; Allegheny 4,50U; West
moreland is confidently claimed for Fremont
we name no majority; Washington $50; Fay
cite 500; Armstrong 800; Indiana 5000; JEFF
ferson 800; Clarion and Greene will probably
give majorites for Buchanan. The counties
named gave Pollock over 1880 majority, and
according to our estimate, which IS certainly
moderate, they will give Fremont not less than
II 800. All the indications are that our MAJOR
tiles will greatly exceed in many counties the
figures we have claimed. 1.-THE campaign Is con-
Quoted With the energy and enthusiasm which
the signs Indicate, there is little doubt that the
counties embraced in our list will roll up clean
majority of 10000 1t must be borne in mind
that the counties where tina Republican gains
are largest have Away been heavily democratic.
In the same territory Pierce had nearly 5000
majority in I-52
In many portions of Eastern and Central
Pennsylvania we will have very large gains
while in only about half dozen counties will
we meet with any considerable losses from for
mer whig votes, so that we think it hardly likely
that Fremont will in any event lose the State
Indeed, we feel very sanguine that he will carry
it by large majority without any utilization
with the Fillmore men of Philadelphia the
eastern counties. OF course, our calculations
are based on the assumption that the Dayton
and Johnston men will have the same electoral
ticket.-Erie Constitution.
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

STRUGGLEs OF THE GREAT.--There ia q milder
and form of poverty, the of manly en-.
ergy and demonstrating thoughts, attended by
love and faith and hope, around whose steps the
mountain breezcs blow, and from whose counte-
nance ali the virtues gather strength. Look around
you upon the distinguished men that in every de.
par1nent of life, guide and control the times, and
what were their origin ana early fortunes. Were
they, as general rule, rocked and handled on the
lap of wealth? No. Such men emerge from the
homes of decent competence or struggling poverty.
Necessity sharpens their faculties, and prvationa
and sacrifice brace their moral nature. They learn
the great art of remuneration, and enjoy the happi
ness Of having few wants They know nothing OF
indifference safety. There is not an idle fibre in
their frames. They put the vigor of resolute pur-
pose into every act. The edge Of their minds is al
ways kept sharp. In the shocks Of lfo, men like
these meet the softly nirured darlngs ofprosperity
as the vessel of iron meets the YES sci Of porcelain.
Lift yoar hearts above the region of wild hopes and
cowardlv fears Put on that even temper Of mind
which will be shadow in success and light in ad-
versity. II wealth and distinction come, receive
them in thankful and moderate spirit. II they do
not come, till their places with better guests Re
member that all which truly exalts and eunobles a
man is bound TO him by tiea as 1ndssoiuble ashose
which link the planets TO the Plant yourselves
upon Gods ImmuJabe laws. and fortune and full
ure will be no more than vap0rs that curl and play
far beneath yeur feet-George s. H.Llaard sMercan.
TIE address.
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

- The najorities for FREMoNT in Western
Pennsylvania are summed up by the Philadel-
phia Times, after carefnl survey of the various
counties as rather over than Qnder2),h01. Tie
LIST y papers = re wLo,a State wE;c- zE~o-s>e
20 So ct-,.z Ia - > - sizt-Y ys~-z
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The above shows that there is received yearly the Free
States, Two Millions of Dollars expended while
in the Slave States the expenditure exceeds the receipts
Six Hundred Thousand Dolarsl
These statements furnish food for reflection There
right which the South possesses which she welcome
to- but when by Democratic % legislation she repeats the
Missouri Compromise in order that the institution Of Slavery
may be carried into all Terrtoriesthe Of which is
than that of all the States behooves the
Free North keep watchu eye her rights
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BlafD6V.

"A bright mornin' to your fsir face, Mistress
Murphy"
well, good morning, John"
Och. Mistress Murphy. whiniver see a rale
shiny, Irish morning like this, it puts me:n mind
of the ould country, and ofthe time whin lived
with yer father-rest his soul dacenter man
niver drew breath, and sorTa poor crather niver
passed his doors without bit sup
"Troth, he was, John
mistress Murphy quilting q flask out of lis
pocket would ye trust me half pint till go
down to the wharf, and may the---ay away
wild the roof of my jacket, but l Il pay ye before
the sun goes to bed ~
Burn the dhrap, John, till ye pay for the hall
pint We Got yesterday"
Mistress Murphy COMPATIBILITY knew yer
mother an she was an old hod carrier, an yer
father was a dirty washer woman, an l seed him
hauled wild six rearin' big bulls to the gallows,
you ould ugly"
John sloped in double quick time, and pew
ter beer mug ratified wratAfully down the pave
ment after him.
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

AN Inch OF RAIN ON THE ATLANTIC.-We
have been struck with passage OF Lieutenant
Maury's Physical Geography of the sea, in which
he computes the effect of single inch OF rain
falling upon the the Atlantic Ocean. The Allan
tic includes an area Of $4,000 miles. Sup
pose an inch of rain to fall upon only oneffth OF
this vast expanse. at would weigh says our
author, three hundred and sixty thousand mil
lions Of tons and the salt, which as water, it
held in solution in the sea, and which when this
W alter was taken up as a vapor, was left to dis
turb the equilibrium, weighed sixteen millions
more tons, or nearly twice as much as all the
ships in the world could carry at single cargo
each. 1t might fall in day; but occupy what
time it might in falling, this rain is calculated
to exert so much force-which is inconceiyably
great--in disturbing tina equilibrium the ocean.
If all the water discharged by the Mississippi
river was taken up in one mighty measure and
cast into the ocean at one effort, It would not
make greater disturbance IN the equilibrium OF
the sea than would the fall of rain supposed
And vet gentle are the operations Of nature,
that movements so vast are unperceived.'
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

The SECTIONAL s.-"Elect our
candidate" cry the Buchanan men, "or we will
dissolve the Union"
Elect me-" says Mr. Fillmore. "or the South
wont submit, and will dissolve the Union
.Whether Col. Fremont IS elected or not, :"
saws the Republicans, this Union must and
shall be preserved !" The Republican is the
orly oa1:v that mixes 10 tL-ea;s 2galls: the
Czio1 "a 10. ,--~ - T1.-- - sa:sly
Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-08-14

nES. A. * H. y. FAEsR, having entered
AP INTO a copartnership in the prnctlce Of Med
cine viii be found ut their Office over Hdri1cedbers Drag
Store or At their residence u Chicago and Pas
streets Al all times ready attend the calls of the public
Kenosha May /. 1896. +ou
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.TL:. 9l41esgy. of Bash. \ Y, died last
V-o-. :.ca- re be u ystt,esE-Ae give2 =:
~ c;.LiSy wcort!ebeE>.ss
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l thought l should have dropped.

STRANGE OCCCRRENCE.-Someth very
singular is reported to have occurred on Pea
ago. a horse and plow-as the story goes
which a farmer was using in his field, sunk and
disappeared in the earth, leaving hole to which
no bottom has yet been found, and in which the
farmer himself came near falling His neigh
bors were called to the place, who, by means of
ropes, let him down in search of the horse and
plow TO the depth of forty or fifty feet, but the
farther he went the larger the hole appeared, and
he called to his friends to phil him up, which
they did. Several unsuccessful attempts were
afterwards made to fathom the hole. The horse
and pillow have gone the way of all the earth