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Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-12-09


HUMANITY IN ITS LOWEST AND MOST
DEGRADED Stages. The u. s. steam
irlgate Niagara has been used to carry
back the captured negroes to Africa.
DIR. Ranney, the agent, thus describes
their condition: e!aaQ
They are extremely filthy, and much
prefer nudity to dress. We have adopt
ed the plan Of having Il large hose
turned on them twice per week, with
strong men at the engine. They ap.
pear we'll enough satisfied with the bath,
but cannot, even by the lash, which we
are compelled to employ freely, be made
to observe any other sanitary or decent
habit. 1t requires good large crew
rof men to keep the spar deck, where
they are located, clean. When cloth
ing was put on them in Charleston, OF
which the negro slaves in the city CON
tributed several dray loads, they imme-
diately tore it of, and rolled in the sand
and hasked in the sun.
+ l know but few cases in which they
manifest any sympathy for one another,
except to help scratch eacA other's
backs. They gave no attention or sym
patty whatsoever to the sick and dying.
When one is dead, the body may lie
for hours among them in Immediate
contact, yet unnoticed. But as soon as
the soul has fled, they steal the blanket
of the deceased, and most unceremoni-
ously proceed TO appropriate his bread,
spoon and bag. During the process Of
burial, they never manifested the slight
est concern. a more stolid, bputalized
pitiable set Of beings / never beheld
All OF them take medicine without 8
word of objection, yet whenever ons
tslckens he is almost certain to die.
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s Two steamers are about to be
constructed at Buffalo, to ply on Lake
Michigan, between Grand Haven and
Milwaukee. They viii be 235 feet in
length, and will be built and rugged
much after the fashion Of ocean steam
ers. as
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-12-09

Fashionable BarJer end Ha3r Dresser. From a Tong
experience business he hatters himself that he can
render entire satisfaction all who favor him with their
patronage Shop under Lyman Bones Bhoe-storer
corner Of Main street and Market square.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-12-09

The Albany Statesman gets off the
the following -" The reason why
certain Democrat of this city was de-
feated on Tuesday was, he had such an
Itching for office that his party friends
concluded to scratch him.
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Produce taken IN Exchange for Goods.
4. a. VEAZIE
Kenssha, Nov II, 1853
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An ignorant minister having remark
ed in the presence Of DR.. South, that
''the Lord bad no need Of mans learn
ing" that witty divine replied, "still
less has he need Of man Ignorance.
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j . B PRINTING,
BOOK Blank, job and Gard Printing OF every
executed with neatness, cheapness and prorntsss a.
lnks and Bronze. ''''''"s ID Noiorsa
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Mrs. L. II, Sigourney, Of Hartford,
Conn, furnished fifty poor families in
Boston with turkeys or fowls and pump
kin pies, Of the best quality too, for
Thanksgiving dinner. t-i ~ r9f.f .
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4irnos5a Business I3irtttorr.
LANCE 4 DOYLE,
ADAM DICKHOUT.
HESS RERG 4 ECO

NaViHg, Hfir cutting and ShdnspOoin0 Saloon. Oppo-
site tbs CITY Holel Main street. Old RasOrB shArpsnod
and repaired. ST
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-12-09

The SECRET OF ELooUENcE.-I owe
my success in life to one single fact,viz:
that at the age Of twenty-seven, l com
menced and continued for years, the
process of daily reading and speaking
upon the contents of some historical
and scientific book, These of-hand eff.
forts Were made sometimes in corn
field, at others in the forest, and not I'M
frequently in some distant barn, with
the horse and OK for my auditors. 1t is
to this early practice in the great art OF
all arts that am indebted for the pri-
mary and leading impulses that stimu-
latedme forward, and shaped and mould
ed my entire subsequent destiny. I'm
prove, then, young gentlemen, the supe-
flor advantages you here enjoy. Let
not day pssE without exercising your
powers of speech. There is no power
IKE that of oratory. Ceser controlled
men by exciting their fears; Cicero, by
captivating their affections and sway
ing their passions The influence Of
the one persisted with It's author,that of
the other continues to this day.-Henry
Clay. o1o ~ 'so3a Is s
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EDWIN HILL

DEALERS IN READY-MADE CLOTHING, Gentle nsn
Furnishing Goods Hats and inter- Caps, No. 50 Mai
street, kenOIhR, sBd at Burlington, Wis. 1y1s
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NO. 26.


SAFETY OF OCEAN SrEAmrRs.-A w,;.
ter IN the N. Y. Courier. G ENQUIRER.
who is familiar with the construction and
management of steamboats,, makes some
important suggestions for security
against fire and other accidents. Dan.
ger from fire may be almost wholly OBJ.
waited by building the boats fire proof,
with no int1amable material OH board
except the furniture, bedding, and bag
gage OF the passengers. case Of fire
occurring, it would then be readily ex-
tlngulshed; or if the apartment in which
it occurs We're shut up, would soon go
out OF itself. As security against other
cauSalltles, the vessels should be divided
INTO water-tight compartments, so hat
leaks IN half the ship would not cause it
to sink These two precautions would
have prevented the terrible disasters on
the ocean steamers that have heretofore
destroyed hundreds of human lives, and
brought sorrow to thousands of human
hearts. And it is stated that the extra
cost OF building vessels in Compartments
and fire proof, would not be over $40 a
ton, or $50, 900 for a steamer--less than
what is often spent in gliding and fancy
ornaments.
The losses of property on ocean steam
ships, it is computed, would surely have
made all those lost within the last ten
years, and all those now on the ocean,
hire and waterproof, So that economy,
as well as regard TO the safety Of pas
sengerS, requires tha adoption Of these
precautions. This is q matter that
should receive the attention OF Congress
as well as Of the owners of steamboat
lines. When the necessary precautions
are SO obvious, and are SO readily OBJ
tainable, it is the highest criminality to
NEGLECT thpln u .---L Lu...
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Poor LAstARTINB.-A French jour
nal (GauloIs) publishes a letter from
Lamartlne to NJ. Philoxene Boyer, dated
SAINT Point, (his country seat near Ma
con,) in which the worthy unfortunate
poet and retired statesman says ="
am here but for moment; | have come
to take lin all probability last adieu
of my native home, and to remove the
furniture before the place is put up to
auction. Hwithin three months France
does not respond to our appeal, | shall
leave her soil that ! may not die upon
it. 41af
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The MiSsissip0ian states that the ex-
pertinent of excluding oil paper money
of denomination less than So has sue
ceeded perfectly in the State of Missis-
sipDi. es.f ru atsr 9t'fo r
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Ntnosba Gtibunt & GtItqrapb

IS PUBLIsHED EVERY THURSDAY XoREGKG
oFfICE,-Corner Ct Main & Market Street, opuo-
site Market Square.
IL l. n DSIi \ ,............ WIS CONSIN
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CHARITY We find in an exchange
something SO proper to be said at this
time on this subject and SO appropriate
III all attitudes, that we extract and APP
propriate it, and ask for it attention and
consideration "We fear we are to have
another hard wintrr, perhaps Of greater
severity to the poor than was the last.
1t therefore becomes all outside Of the
Inflated circle, to have an eye for the
poverty stricken around them. Money
may be the least beneficial thing that
can be given them. A word of kind
advice at the right time, little assist
ance towards saving money or getting
situation, some clothing here, some
food there, job given to this and an
order for fuel TO tliat-may all be much
more seryiceable at the time than money,
and may have far better moral effects
But cases will transpire where the mon
ey only will answer, sometimes to be
given i'll person, and sometimes to the
noble societies which have organized
the dispensation OF charity with the ut
most wisdom and effectiveness. These
are matters for every one to determine
for himself. If he has the. viii, as we
may say, the good will-the way viii
not be behind hand. We only want to
intimate that here is such thing as
reckless charity, and that often it ueithe..
"blesses him that gives or him that takes
away" ~ ~
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~ y y V4'L' %. z " IN Z
STONE, BROTHER & co.,

r DlTORS &c PROPRIETORS.
VI. FRANK, SENIOR EDITOR.
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II FIRM
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klnds Of Produce taken in Payment for Subscription
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Twenty five newspapers, which have
been started in Kansas Since It's settle
ment in the fall Of 500, have suspend
cd, or gone under entirely.sade
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RATES OF ADVERT xsING

II - lRIB IN Il Is TfGLEGRAPH
1" ne Ctdest Paper IN the Suite NJ TVtsconsia p;,t.
"nH ttsgM6fes FIFTEEN HUNDRED t1zI,s mr. .r,,E
/"3r:Aftts otnhich ~ IN Kenos1a (bi,nI1 ,pII.L
0'okeSna desirable medium So, Acirsriis; -1,
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My Dream.

walk with sweet friends in the, sunset glow;
listen to music of long ago; ,s@'S8 = 4"
But one thought like an omen, breathes soft through
the lay
It is but dream, it will melt AWAY
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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PAPER.

1t may be possible that the subioined
remarks OF cotemporary will llapply to some
individuals living not hundred miles from
here. If there are any to whom it will ap-
ply let him read, reflect, repent and sin no
more
"It Is a small business, and mean men
generally engage in it-that Of subscribing
for foreign paper and paying for it, while
they expect to sponge the reading Of their
local papers through the indulgence of some
accommodating subscriber. A county and
town acquire much prominence from their
journals, if not more, than through any
other agency. A good citizen-one who
has the common welfare at heart-generally
takes one or more newspapers of his own
town, and pays for them as duty. Seldom
will you see !; good citizen pa,ronizing a
foreign paper, until he feels fully competent
to pay for his local paper. Show US news
paper sponge-onc who reads his nsighbor's
paper, and gets the printers labor without
a consideration--and with one exception in
n hundred) you viii. find your finger pointed
at one notorious for mcanness, to whom a
dollar looks Us large as the moon, and three
cent piece bigger than broad tread wagon
Nhcel,o
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j. W. DENISUN, FffSIucHl
j. IL. MOREHEAD, Secretary.
MONEY.

Money is n queer institution. 1t buys
provender, satisfies justice, and heals wound
ed honor. Everything resolves itself into
cash from stock jobbing to building
churches. Childhood Graves pennies; youth
aspires to dimes: manhood is swaycd to the
mighty dollar. The blacksmith swings the
sledgc, the lawyer pleads for the client, and
the judge decides the question of life and
death for his salary. Money makes the man;
therefore, the man must make money, if he
would be respected by fools; for the eve of
the world looks through golden spectaclcs.
1t buys Brussels carpets, lace curtains,
gildcd corniccs and rich furniture, and build
marble mansions. 1t drives us to church
in splendid equipage and pays the rent of
the best pew. 1t buys silk and jewelry for
my lady-it commands hcrespect of gaping
crows and insures obsequous attention. 1t
enables us to be charitable, to send bibles
to the heather, and relieve domestic ;ndi-
gence. 1t gids the rugged scene Of
life and spreads over the rugged path Of
existence velvet carpet to our tread; the
rude scenes of turmoil are encased in gilt
frame. 1t bids care rarnish, sooths the an
guish Of tho bed of sickness, stops short of
nothing save the grim destroyer, whose
relentless hand spare. none, but levels all
mortal distinction, and teaches poor, weak
humanity that it is but dust. Thus wealth
pauses on the brink of eternity; the beggar
and millionaire rest side by side beneath sod,
to rise in equality to anewcr the final sum
mons,
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IOWA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IL, 1858.

room, Tompkins turned gravely and said:
you wonder Mt my conduct? You are
ast0nished ut my strunge demeanor? You
think me bordering on lunacy? You would
like to be made acquainted with the cause =
nodded my head with as much nOncha-
lance as could muster.
'Then, bcholdn he coarselv exclaimed,
with bitter, mocking laugh, that made my
blood run cold; and, lifting his hat very
carefully from his Uranium, there stood, BAL
anced on his head, dish containing two
shilling oyster-stew!
T0mpkins was too parsimonious to 60 into
the saloon Of the Crystal Palace. lie had
actually gone out doors, eaten a stew, and
bought another for his wife. The latter
ho had brought into the building, ia the
dish, carrying it steadily upon his head, in
side his hat. For two mortal hours he had
stood under the dome waiting for her to
come, with the dish on his head, afraid to
move lest he should spill its contcnts-afraid
to be touched in the moving jam, lest it
might spill over him! And what thought
was perspiration running down his checks,
was soup indeed.
Didn't Mrs. Tompkins laugh at the de-
noumemt! Didn't Tompkins himself laugh,
as the stew went down his throat instead of
his whiskers! Didn't laugh at his per-
plexity and his meanness, both so we'll pun
ished on this occasion! And don't always
laugh Mt Tompkins when ask him show he
carried his soup?'
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HARD TO CONVINCE:

A good story is told of the efforts of a
lodge of Odd Fellows in country town to
improve the resources and influence Of their
instititution, their chief obstacle being the
women of the place. IL 80 happened that
the husband of one of the most influential
ladies became candidate for admission to
the lodge, but suddenly fell i'll before ad-
mission. Conceiving this to be m excellent
opportunity to illustrate the benev olencc of
the institution and gnin over a potential
enemy, they made an extra display of gen.
erosity, hoping for the most favorable re-
suits. After the brother had fully recovered,
some of them called at the house, and in
conversation with the lady, endeavorcd to
gain her approval of the order. Why, said
one. Mrs. H., are you now satisfied Of the
advantages Of belonging to this order, espc.
cially during such visitations as this9 The
brethren, however, had not been very self
sacrificing in their charities, and the shrewd
matron winged her interlocutor by replying
Yes, just see how you helped me. Our poor
horse was watered nine times in fro hours.
one day, and though was chepplng oven
wood right in the yard all the time, no one
offered to lift q finger.
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GREAT ORIGINAL STORY.

A dark frown over spread the handsome
and courtly features of Fernando the Rover.
why, Why he asked, brandishing his silver
handled sword furiously around, will yc
not believe me, my beauteous Maria dc Ar
gyle! BY this good sword do swear l
love tkee-most truly, wildly passionately
love thec Then why stand SO coldly
aloof from this bosom which is bursting for
theeI'
The beautiful girl essayed to speak but
could not.
.Har exclaimed Fernando, the Rover,
and sardonic smile lit up his face 'thou
lov'st another =
NO p she tremblingly yet with dignity re-
piled. -. -,
ly repeated the Rover.
because, sir,' she replied, drawing herself
up to her full height, I'm afraid yer
bIori,t' !,
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WHY THE GIRLS WERE MADE.
A boy Of a dozen summers ].
,yn spppy Nil.

A boy Of a dozen summers I.
Roaming over the sunny hills.
Chasing the painted butterfly,
Or tracking the streams that turn the mills,
knew why Heaven had made the flowers,
For I snuffed the fragrance gladly;
1 knew the use Of that Dobbin of ours
For spurr'd and gsllop'd him madly;
And SO the river with darting fsh,
And the trees with tempting fruit,
The grass where rol'd,
The wood where ! strol'd,
The rad.h with biting root,
The cows with sweet white milk,
The sheep with their woody coats,
The worm with its curious silk,
The birds with their martial threats.
The meadows that in the sunshine baskd,
All green as nature array'd them
loved them all and never asked
The reason why God made them.
with Hal and Dick, the merry day
Would glide like pictured dream away.
And if gathering night were pricking thorn,
II bore a bud Of the coWng morn.
But | was shy CT Jane and Sue;
They couldn't leap and climb as !;
They spoiled our sport (thls wouldn't do y
when they Joined us boys, knew not why
And SO lived the summer through;
A merrier boy there never played;
But one thing gave me much ado
Iwondcred why the girls were made'
A hoy OF fifteen summers l.
The streams and hills were all the same,
The rdS sang Just as chcerfully,
Nor Dobhin nor I q whit more tame,
In rOmp and prank flung away n
The snnlit hours OF holiday;
The river, the wood, the meadow for me!
was young, was gay, So fresh 50 free'
But on bright September morn,
As stole to hide in the stately coh'
A face peep'd out from the tall young row,
A frnck beneath it troubled me So
Twas Bessie. the Milcr's daughter
Iooud play no more-l couldn't SPEAK.
And the blood rushed up to my fc'lsh chcek!
rish'd that had caught her;
Twas only a wish my powerlcss hahis
Were 10th = obey my wills ccripants,
While Bessie laughed at my solemn i"k,
Then cried good bye and was over the brook,
heard my fellow, cry out in their play.
But my heart was sad. and turned away
To the old thatch'd house;
Where, still as mouse,
Im"pcd all through the livcl"ns day,
The laughing eyes that peepei stme
From the standing corn were there 10 sec,
Peeping and laughing all the while,
But could give no answering smile.
'Ah! now know signing said.
THE reason why the girls were made
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Cyan old Dutch farmer, just arrived at
the dignity of Justice of the peace, had
his first case of marriage. He did it up in
this way. lie first said to the man: "Nell,
YOU wants to be marrit, do you9 Veil, you
lovesh dis woman so goot ash any woman
you have ever seen % eyes," answered the
man. Then to the woman "Vell, do you
love dis man so better as any man you never
seen ?'' She hcsitated a little, and he re-
peated- d-"vcll, do you like him so veil as to
be his wife ?" ayes, yes" she answered:
"vell, dat ish all any reasonable man could
expect. So you are marrit; pronounce you
man and vife.o The man asked the Justice
what was to pay. "Nothing at all, nothing
at all; you are Welcome, if it will do you
any soot."'
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their toes, and then sit down, and dispose Of
ones hands without putting them into ones
pockets, is an achievement which few boys
can boast. If Il boy can get so far as to
measure off ten yards of tape with one Of
these girls, and cut it short ut each end, he
may stand a chance to pass pleasant even
ing, but let him not Gatter himself that all
the trials of the evening are over. There
comes, at last, the breaking up. The dear
girls don their hoods and put on their shawls
and look as saucy and mischevous, and un-
impressiblc, and Independent, as if they did
not wish any one to 60 home with them
Then comes the pinch, and the boy that has
the most pluck makes up to the prettiest
girl, his heart in his throat, and his tongue
cllnging to the roof of his mouth, and his
elbows crooked, stammers ont the words,
'Shall see you home?' She touches her
fingers to his arms, and they walk home
about Il foot apart, feeling as awkward as
couple of goslings. As soon MS she is
safe inside her own door, he struts home,
and really thinks he has been gone and done
it. Sleep comes to him, at last, with dreams
of Caroline in calico, and he awakcs in the
morning finding the doors Of life open to
him, and pigs squaing for their breakfast.
we nave pitsscu ONcE uiu
ing the catechism, because we were fearful
of making this article too long, although We
might have talked of butter that would
not be persuaded to come, and Of the i'm
pressions and pcrplexitics of boy of n later
al turn of mind, and head that measured
| seven and quarter, when asked what the
chief end of man was. Boyhood is green
passage of mans existence, in more senses
than one. 1t is Il pleasant thing to think
over and laugh about now, though it was
serious enough then. Many of our present
trials are rs ridiculous us those which now
touch the risibles in the recollections, and
when we get to the other world and look
back upon this, and upon that infancy Of
the soul through which we passed here, We
have no doubt that We shall grin over the
trials which We experienced when We lost
our fortunes, when our mills were swept
away or burned. and when we didn't get
elected to the legislature. Men are boys of
larger growth.
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A PROBLEM.

Whoever originated the following, de.
serves to have his name handed down to
postefity. ..-...a
''If dispatch from England 70 America
gains on the st'n so as to reach here four and
a half hours by the clock, before il left Eng
land, at what time wouIdis arrive at the point
of departure, were cable carried entirely
round the world? Would it not arrive the
day before it left, less only the time ex-
hausted in the circuit? II so, then, with a
continuous telegraph line around the world,
why not send dispatch around and around
until it reached back to Adam and let him
know what his children are about these
SLATER days. r~.aA %e7 sts
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CARTER & COURTRlCHT,
(Snccesscrs 10 Porter h Cartrr)
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,

Auction and Commission Merchants
FOR THE SALE OF
M'rchandizr, Houses, Lots. Lands. &C., Middle
Broadway. Council Bluffs, Iowa.
(NoNSlGNMENTS SOLICITED FROM HOME AND
~ abroad and attcndcd TO with promptncss and dis
patch.
REFER
Hnn Thomas II. Benton. Jr X Snow, g. A. Robin
son, VIM. II Robinson, Council Bluffs; S Drullard Buf-
oalo. Y; Keeler, Albany, Ny. Jnl3-u
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II rThe st. Louis Democrat says that
'the grave itself gave up its dead" to swell
the Administration vote Mt the hate election
in that city. Whenever dead msn presents
himself at the polls, some bold fellow ought
to challenge his vote. 1t would be ridcu-
lous to think of challenging the would ks
voter to mortal combat. u-r Sa....
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cgTrumbull and Douglas have not met
upon the stump lately. We have some Gu
riosity to see what viii occur when they do
meet. Douglas has charged Trumhull with
cowardice in saying certain things behind
bis back, and we shall sec whether Trumbull
will not be equally ready to say ti,cpr before
his belly. . --.----- -. -