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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-02-21
Published Februdry Is, 1861

Chapter RS.
AN ACT to amend chapter eighteen Of the Revised Stat
utes, entitled 0f the assessmen, and collection
es" 49,
TIE people Of the State Of Wisconsin represented in
senate and assembly do enact as toIIeacs
SECTION l. Section ninety five of chapter eighteen of
the Revised Statutes, entitled "cf the assessment an
collection of Taxes" is hereby amended by inserting
after the word assessed in the eleventh line, the fol-
lowing: Except the five per cent collectors fees"
SECTION 2. Strike section nnetyseven of said act
and insert IN lieu thereof the following Fhe five per
cenoa the delinquent tax list returned by the
Of any town. city Incorporated village to the county
Teasufefs as collectors fees, shall be collected by the
county treasurer in the other delinquent
taxes are collected paid into the county treasury
for the use Of the county.
SECTION g. This shall be in force and take effect
from and after its passage
Approved Feb. IA, 1861
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judicial Election,


~ VIHCE rs hereby given that an Election
~ will be held in the several Towns Wards and
Election Precincts of the State of Wisconsin on the first
tuesday, being the second day of April next for the
election of Associate Justice OF the Supreme Court
for the term Of Six Years, commencing the First day
of January, A. ID. 1862.
An election will be held the same day ia the sever
al Towns, Wards and Election Precincts Of the County
o. Kenosha for the election of County Judge fer said
County Tor the term of Four Years. commencing on the
First day of January, A. d. 1862.
Said elections to be conducted, the votes canyassed
and returns made in accordance with tn. provisions OF
chapter Seven OF the Revised Statutes of 1855
Given under my hand and the great seal of the
L. S. State at the Capitol in Madison this twelfth
day Of February, A. d. 1861.
l.. P. HARVEY,
sta Secretary of State
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CoUGHs.--The sudden changes of our eli.
mate are sources of PULMONARY BRONCHIAL
and AsTHMATIc AFFECTIONS. Experience hav.
ing proved that simple remedies often act speedily
and certainly when taken in the early stages OF
the disease, recourse should at once be had to
"BrOWm's Bronchial TrOcheS," or Lozenges, let
the Cold, Cough, or Irritation of the Throat be
ever so slight, as by this precaution more SER.
GUS attack may be effectually warded off, Pub.
Lie SPEAKERS and SINGERS will find them effect.
ual for clearing and strengthening the voice. See
advertisement 6n25
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DIR. Roswell Bourne, of Bristol, Agent fc
n onosha County and vicinity.
Mass HeefiuU

The Horse Thief Detective Societies of Salem samers
and Pleasant Prare requested meet at the Court
House, in Kenosha, on Saturday. the 23d of Feb inst
at one O'clock P NJ, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the subject of Incorporation All the
Members are earnestly requested 10 be in attendance
+. s. Lowell is expected to be present.
By order of the President of the Pleasant Prairie Horse
Thief Detective Society, THOMAS HOWLAND
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A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press,
says that the failures in New York, on Friday
last, numbered ninety, and that forty more &C.
Cured on Saturday. That cores pendent
draws long bOw," else the Southern trade
does not pay.
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State. Whether it has any vulnerable points.
is for lawyers on all sides to judge. The chief
features of the law are the many burdens of
proof it throws on the holders Of farm mortgage
securities, and the opportunities it affords for
delaying the final issue. 1t is useless for me to
attempt even synopsis of the various sections,
or to speak of its many bearings; if it passes .
it will soon be in the hands of all who are in anv
way interested.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.
The bill to limit the value Of homesteads to a
given number of dollars, and making the amount
over such valuation, liable to execution. has been
under discussion in the Assembly. There are
class of uneasy spirits who are never satisfied
to let well enough alone. Admit that there are
many persons who avail themselves of the pres
ent exemption law to shield large amounts of
property from their creditors, what then? ANY
general law however good, is liable TO abuses.
The present homestead exemption law protects
hundreds OF honestly disposed families in their
homes, to every ten who take advantage of it
to cheat their creditors. Any change of the
present homestead law by limiting the value
would open the door wide for lirigatlon-furnish
abundance of business for lawyers, and produce
vastly more mischiefs than benefits.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
The speeches Of Mr. Lincoln delivered ut diff
terent points on his journey to Washington,
which are regarded as shadowing forth the pol
icy of his incoming administration, gives the
highest satisfaction 10 the Republicans at Mad;-
SOP. The development of his views of national
matters, show that the confidence of the Repub-
lican party, has not been misplaced
NEW PARTIES,
Some disappointed politicians who happen to
be in the minority party, are endeavoring to
create the Impression that new party is about
to be formed, comprised of the conservative Re
pubhcans who favor compromises and the Dem
ocrats. So far as the Republican members of
the Legislature at Madison are concerned, there
is not the slightest ground for such an expecta-
ton. Republicans here scout the idea of any
such division in the Republican ranks they
are satisfied to stand on the platform of princi-
PIES on which the victory was won in Novem-
Der last p
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Wear advertisements.
THOMAS PRICTURE

LMPORIER and Dealer IN Wines, Liquors, Porter,
Ale, Etc. Market Street.
All IMPORTED Liquors for sale in bond, at New York
and Boston Prices with freight fare Double Rectifed
Whiskey In any quantity, at Chicago and Milwaukee
prices. 1yv2ln37
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Agricultural Meeting.

The hrst Quarterly Meeting of the Agricultural Soc
ETY. Of the county of Kenosha will be held at the Hail q
the Society, on the 4th day of March next at O'Clock
some matters fgeneral interest require good at
'ehuahce' }. NJ. LELAND, Secretary
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in their efforts to destroy the Union. and even
gone 30 far as to assure those southern traitors
thatths Republican party if it attempts to pre-
serve the Union will frat have to walk over the
dead body of Northern Democracy! Call you
thisi' patriotism and fidelity to the Unionf" Yet
tits is the party that the Editor of the Times
proposes to unite with, to form new party
this is tho party that he proposes that Mr..
Lincolns administration shall receive those
"quadruple accessions" of patriotism from.
The editor of the. Times undoubtedly intend
ed to vail his real purpose of treachery to the
Republican PARTY under the gauss OF high
sounding words and long-drawn out and finely
rounded periods. Take for instance the fol-
lowing -
"The temperature of the political erucible
has evidently reached the fusing point of Dem
ocratic, Wing and Republican ores; and when
freed from the dross and Stag of fanaticism and
reasonable ambition, the homogeneous mass
will prove to be the precious metal of which
statesmen, patriots, and good citizens, in and
out of official positions, are composed"
1t sounds well, don't it 4? Democratic, Wing
and Republican ores" and then, the ''slag of
fanaticsm and tr easonabe ambition, and then
the homogeneous mass" Of precious metal"
that is to come out Of his crucible flour neigh.
Dor had simply said that now was good time
for Republicans to throw away their principles
and share the avals of their victory with their
defeated enemy, people would have understood
HIM at once, and though he might have lest
that chance TO play upon words, he would have
been entitled at least to the credit of candor
aud honesty, which now he is not.
Thus we have followed our neighbor through
his twaddle on the "irreprsssibls conflict" that
is about to be changed from the border march
es to the centre of the great Republican Party
We have shown his iallacies, his insincerity
and his trucking attempt to betray the small
portion Of of the Republican Party that looks to
the Times as truthful chronicler Of Republi
canism, into the hands of the enemy.
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Let no friend of humanity, Freedom. the TN.
ION, the Constitution and all the high interests
Of our country even doubt, for one moment, the
nrmness OF Abraham Lincoln ir support of them
all lie regards the Republican cause as n inst
one, and he will never desert it. Before the
blast OF treason few party leaders NAV bend
and be swayed away, but such will not be the
act or the fate of the brave, true, liberty-loyno
President of our choice. O'-'s
Does this sound like forsaking the PRINCIPLES
OF the Republican party and mounting a sort of
hybrid hobby that will carry the whole Demo
cratic party, with secession and disunionism in
to the bargain? Thank God, it does not. We
have elected live Republican, and not man
OF straw, to be blown about by every wind of
doctine.
We advise those who are striving to find out
what their principles are, and wading through
any amount of dictionaries in trying to define
their position, to study the Chicago Platform.
and If their position is in consonance with that
they may write themselves Republicans, if not
go over to the enemy at once.
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WHAT'S all the world to man when his wife's
a widow
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MADISON, Feb. 18th, 1861.
COUNTY sUPERINTENDENTs.

| COUNTY observation-disclosures.
There has thus far, the present session, been
but little or no School legislation, either Local
or general. The State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, with the advice of the Commit
tee on Education, has sent into the Legislature
bill making some important changes in the
School law of the State. The bill creates the
Office of County Superintendent of Schools, and
abolishes the present Office of Town Superin-
Notwithstanding the duties now devolving
on Town Superintendents upon Town Clerks,
so far as relates to making the proper school re-
turns from the towns. The County Super1n-
tendent is made elective by the people, at the
general election in November, and holds his Of
fee for two years-subject to removal by the
County Board of Supervisors. The salaries of
the County Superintendent are graded accord
ing to the number of inhabitants in the county.
The expense of school superintendency it is be-
lieved will not be increased by the creation of
the Office Of County Superintendent, as the to-
tai amounts now paid to the Town Superinten-
dents, would be sufficient to pay the salary of
County Superintendent, and at the same time
procure the services of man with the expert
once, qualifications and ability, to accomplish
mere for the cause of education in the county.
than is now realized from the Town Superin-
tendents
Cities. the schools of which are organized I'm.
der special charters like those of Ken osha, Ra-
cine, &c, will be exempted from the countyIsu.
perintencency system, unless they choose 10
accept it; if they accept it. they of course dis
pense with the school supervision by City Su-
perintendent It's probable, should the bill
become law, some of the smaller cities whose
schools are now under the supervision of a CITY
Superintendent, would prefer to place them un
der the supervision of this County Superintend
ent Such is a brief outline of the bill; wbetb-
| er it will meet with sufficient legislative favor
to become law, there is at present no means
of determining.
FARM MORTGAGE LAW
The Joint Committee to whom was referred
in the early part of the session, the matter of
providing relief for the farm mortgagors, have
at length reported by bill. The bill on its in.
PRODUCTION in the Senate, was rushed throngb
that body with only three dissenting vo tes-
The present indications are, that it will pass
the Assembly by vote of two to one. The bin
is long one, covering over twenty sections, and
will of course be speedily published in every
newspaper in the State, provided it becomes a
law 1t is an extraordinary exercise of DO ser
to throw the protection of law around a larpe
class OF debtors in the State, who it is claimed
have in multitude of instances, been brought
to the verge of ruin by deception The bill it
is said, has been drawn under the adyisement
OF some Of the most distinguished lawyers ia the
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1.-THE following article has been translated espe-
eially for our columns, by German friend from
the Westliehe Post, st. Louis, of Dec. 10Th, 1860
Although we have no idea that the comparative
military strength and proves Of the two sections
of our common country will ever be put to the
test, yet there is no improperly in taking gen
eral view OF the military resources Of the sections
EDITOR OF TELEGRAPH.
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Shall the Republican Party Retain its
Integrity


Integrity
1t is getting to be quite popular for some
faint-hearted Republicans, and others who have
" stolen the livery" of Republicanism to serve
sham Democracy in, to talk as if the Republi.
can party has been, or is about to be dissolved,
or some of its most distinctive principles sacr
feed, to propitiate the defeated Democracy
Such fearful and false Republicans make the &C
ton of the South an occasion for frequent allu
sions to compromise and concession. They take
it for granted that the entire country sympathiz
es in their cowaidice and craven heartedness
They whine about adjusting the difficulties "ol
n basis of constitutional right and obligations,
lust as if the Republican party had altered tn,
1 Constitution or set at nought its provisions TO
the purpose of expressing the South. Is no
the Constitution the same that it ever has been
Has it not the same provisions in it that it eve
had, and is it not in every respect just the sam
that the South has lived under for nearly q hun
dred years And is it not just as religiousl
observed i'll the Free States as it ever has been
No one can answer one of these questions il
the negative, and yet we are constantly besough
to compromise on some just basis of "constitu
tional rights and obligations" Every such ap
peal, we care not where it comes from, assume
a lie to start with. The Republican party ha
never refused, nor proposed to refuse any sectio
of the country its constitutional rights" no
has that party ever forgotten or ceased to liv
up to all constitutional obligations
Those same people have habit of talking i
an adulatory strain of all, who like themselve
advocate compromise and concession f; plea.
ant though palpable sort of self-praise The
talk frequently of the "wise and patriotic pos
ton" of all compromisers. Now, this class 9
Republicans are false teachers and not to b
trusted. The Republican party is not to be de
, 1861-10-21
The Army manRfaesartna Business.
lErnn the PhiIadeluhio Eoaat4a ts44

lIEVn Lie 1u111uelpa1a Gazette, l6th.l
Every day brings with it Illustrations Of the
vide , spread aetiVity caused by the prepare
lions Of the Government for a long var. Pass
ing, OF rather endeavoring yesterday to pass,
through an aueF way In the central part Of the
city, IRE found 1t barricaded with packing
boxes. The boxes are the work Of a man who
three months ago could hardly find any occu-
the Government with all the hands he eau en-.
ploy, and carte blanche to continue work until
ordered by the Quartermaster to stop. Goods
made for the United States Government are
delivered at the arsenal, Government finding
.s nGsss se TN asTs G1 eethg s .! a
tons ia well worth dsy's time One single
establishment delivers daily 5000 shirts aud
1000 pairs Of drawers; from another is re-
ceiyed an equal number OF hose, aud there are
but two sample establishments Of the many
that + are engaged IN pouring into the arsenal
running solely upon army ciot4s and army
flannel Is becoming legion. Mr. Divine, Of
Bank street, has r0 less than s18, while scsrce
a day paeees IN which some cotton mill is not
altered iEto q. Woollen min, and set ut work
upon cloth and da0Ael.
Where hayforEs and acythes took the atten.
ton Of manufacturer, sword blades and bay
ouefs are produced instead. Brass turner's
have left off making faucets and door keys, and
are doubling the product Of their industry In
n.kiug trsppings for cavalry and the more
delicate craftsmanship upon gun carriages,
sword sheatbs, &c. Trunk makers have taken
to the faehioning Of knapsacks, and men wha
once made carriages for the wealthy, are now
making ambu1auces for the soldier.
The result Il that the city is gradually be,
eonrg one vast Workshop, and the hum Of in
dustty esch day grows louder aad louder
From the streets begga1y has 2lmost dissp
peared, aud the demands upon tbs committe:
by the families Of absent volunteers are daily
| diminishing from the abundance OF employ
| ment offered 10 the industrious. The presea'
WIZ may pinch in soma places, bus 1t carlo:
| employment md c3uplra4re ezee to otaer3
, 1861-10-21

Our accomplished Secretary Of State his got
the diplomatic habit SO thoroughly that he is
as mysterious as the nod OF Lord Burleigh.
His letter to the Governors Of the fronder
States, asking them to forttfy the harbors and
lakes, may mean great deal, or It may mean
nothing. It begins by asserting thst there Ia
less danger Of foreign War now than at any
time since the rebellion began, aud thence
strangely argues th8t We ought at oncete look
to our defences, Having laid down these pre-
mists, it proceeds to ask the States to do this
work, because Congress has made no provision
for It, although the next Congress will meet
long before the legib1at ures Of most Of the
States. Nov, 1t Is the appropriate duty of
Congress to regulate harbor defences. Con.
gress will assemble the first Monday in De
cember, but the legislature Of New Z YoTk, and
other legislatures, do not come together till
January, month later. II the General Gov
eminent, then, requires the aid Of the States,
Congress win have ample time to make the
appeal Mr.. SeWard's letter clearly needs a
comm entary, OF else it has been badly trans.
! mitted by the telegraph.
If the document means simply, as one Of the
morning Journals interpret It, that the Gov
e1nors Of the States aud the Federal author
tiles should confer together as to the best
method Of securing effective defenees, it goes
q lcng way round il order 70 sA7 4 very plain
thing. Or, ifit is meant 50 : warning 70 foreign
powers, it might be suggested that deeds and
rot words arc what the foreign powers regard
| The defeuces themselves, constructed without
| preliminary flourish, would be the best warn
irg that we could give to any body OF minis
| tefs on hostile thoughts mtent.--N. /. E0e
| ThsY
, 1861-10-21
4 Northwestern Republic, With Free
mont for PTeAldent.
Correspondence Of the London GIobe.I

FAKls, Sept. Is
The flying visit paid to Quebec By Prince
steam for France, offers too tempting peg to
hang project On, and Lower Ca1sadA Is sure
to figure On the chart OF anne1ab1e territory.
The cry Of " Wolfe" may, however, be raiBed
too often not to blunt ite eficscy, eVen though
the ghost be conjnzed ct him who scaled the
Hights OF Abraham. There is not particle
Of sympathy between Imperial France and
the ha5ttaas OF the Lower St. Lawrence, while,
<ven under royal rule, the mother country Of
that North American colony found her grown
Papiueau, with the remunerated std Of Roe
buck, in 1887, tried his hand at Philo-Ga1lic
iuceudiarism. French Canadians are to be
met with in Paris, and from some late arrivals
by the last trip Of the Great Eastern, had
occasion personally to ascertain from them
class Of French speaking natives, even among
the most restless politicians Of Montreal.
From the same source Of infor nation, could
gather that Canadians, Of whatever origin,
looked forward to an enormous Development
Of the carrying trade between Europe and the
consequence of the disrupted Union. They
sIlege that the Erie Canal aud its terminus at
New York. Is well as other feeders Of a purely
artificial line Of European intercourse, must
% superseded By the superior northern tacll1-
ties which nature affords to the dwellers be.
JN4A lAE <4A<Es4a4lGo lie IL iA1LuEI
pated that the far Western States-Nebraska,
Wiseo1sin. Missouri, Minnesots, Iowa, Illinois
and ohio-m1st eventually secede on their
own hook, and form great Western Confed-
eracy, on the tariff question, and on the aim
pie ground os free trade with Europe through
CanadA 1.-THE reat Ca1iforni1 pathfinder,
Gen. Fremont, i an embryo President at the
sources Of tho Mississippi, ready for the EN-,
| bodinent Of this natutI destiny Of the far
West, and should his lite proclamation be
diEayowed at Waahiugton, viii realize it "az
sure rs the devils in Lincatu."
There IL yet another element OF asecesslon'
somehow overlooked IN the but s1e Of Va 1taEe!
allnde TO the Mormon population ut sal'
Lake, which Is sure to sssert it, OWE mae M
Eendence Of both North sad South, and, Ikt
A7igron IN France, or Rome in Italy, becomt
~ oasis Of heoxacy ruled BY ita pt1aataoos
under Poae Brigham the oaiy dl&ereoes b.
iIg tie Willing. not compulsory adhesion q
he laT go1s<ned.
, 1861-10-21
From Observation-Disclosures to be Con.
VeDed~GheFo&Ae As2iAtAnee to tho
Rebels.

From Observation-Disclosures to be Con.
Vened~Chefo&ee assiHtAnee to the
Rebels.
ST. Lou1s, Oct. 1e.-Ihe Rolla correspond
following items:
4 scout has just come in from the west, and
reports that Price had made stand at Car
thags, 60 miles from Springfield
The Legislature is to be called together on
the 4.h Of November.
tion going home and the remainder will Join
johnson, who has bsen placed in command of
all the rebel forces in Missouri, and who has
issued q proclamation fozbidding the transpor-
tation OF any more property, {mesniug elaves)
from the State It is not stated whether John
eoD eupersedes Price.
The following letter ia clipped from the Fort
Smith Times:
EXECUTIVE Dept PARE HILL, G. Nj
August a, 1861.
Mai Clark, A. @. IL, G. S. a. :-Sir-I here
With forward to your care dispatches for Gen.
AcCu1loch, G. s. A., whict have the honor to
request 5on will CAUSE to be forwarded to him
by the earliest express.
AZ a mass meeting OF about 4 600 Cherokees
at Tah1equa, On the 2lst inst, the Uherokees,
with marked u1animity, declared their adhe
renee to the Confederate States, and have Civ
en- their authorities power to negotiate an alli-
ance with them. In view Of this action, a reg
iment OF mounted men will be Immediately
raised and proceed under command Of Colonel
John Drew, to meet any emergency that may
arise. Having espoused the cause Of the Con-
fede1ate States, we hope to render efficient
service in the protracted War which now
threatens the country, and to be treated with
libe,ality and confidence becoming the Con
fedetate States.
have the honor to b., sir, very respectfully
y0ur humble servant, JOIN Ross,
Principal Chief Cherokee Nation.