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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-01-26
Additional Action of the Missouri Constitu-
tlOnal Convention.
ST.. LOUIS January 81

ST. LOUIS January 81.
The State constitutional Convention pass
ed yesterday, III Committee of the Whole,
10y neatly unanimous vote, the fourth,
sixth, seventh and eighth sections of the
Bill of Rights, reading as follows:
Fourth, That all political power is vest
cd in and derived from the people, all Gov
ernment of right originates from the people,
and is founded upon their will only and in
stituted for the good of the whole.
''Sixth, That this State shall ever remain
members of the American Union, and that
all attempts from whatever source upon
whatever pretext, to dissolve said Union. or
sever said nation. ought to be restricted,
with the whole power of the State
Seventh, That every citizen of this State
owes paramount allegiance to the Consti-
tuition and Government of the United States
and no law or ordinance of this State in con
travention thereof can have any binding
force"
An ordinance has been introduced confs
eating the property of rebels engaged in
overt acts, and asking Congress to release
the claims of the United States to coniscats
rebel property to the State of Missouri.
| AID FOR SAvANNAH--DEPARTURR OF TIL
DANIEL WEBSTER. third and last YES
sci with provisions for the suffering people
of Savannah departed on her charitable mis-
sion yesterday. The Greyhound left boston
last Saturday morning, loaded down to the
waters edge; the Rebscca Clyde left thi
city on the evening Of the same day, ant
yesterday afternoon the Government trans
port Daniel Webster Captain James Bolger
left from the foot of Cana-st with a carg'
of 4, 900 barrels, besides Government sup
plies, assorted as follows: 1000 barrels o
potatoes, 800 barrels of beef, 200 barrels o
pork, 100 tierces of lard, SO tierces of hams
800 barrels of kiln dried corn meal, 500 bar
rels of pilot bread; so hogsheads of sugar
OF this cargo Boston liberality contributes
$50 barrels of corn meal, 500 barrels of pc
tatoes,s 100 barrels of beet, 100 barrels Q
pork, 1000 pounds of ham, besides othe
provisions. A large quantity of ham ant
corn meal could not be got aboard of tn
vessel, and had to remain behind. All tina
came from Boston was sent back there
The people of Savannah are mainly indebt
cd to Col. Julian Allen for his purely hu
name efforts in their behalf The provision
which the Greyhound and Daniel Webste
took out were purchased under Col. Allen
own direction. He left on the last vessel t
superintend their distribution.--N \. ITi
| bUne l7Eh
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-01-26
A Chapter of R. R, Accidents

The following official letter from one of
the special agents of the Post Office Depart
ment illustrates some of the difficulties now
preventing the prompt transmission of mail
matter
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-01-26
1894. CHARTERED, 1894.
INSURANCE CO,
NORTH AMERICA.
PHILADELPHIA
Oldest Insurance Comp in America.
Cash Capital and Surplus over
$ 1, $50, 10000

seventy-one years Successful business Experi-
snce, Wltn reputation for Integrity aud Honor
able Dealing UnsurPossed by any similar insti-
tuition.
Losses paid since organization, sly 500 10000
without the deduction OF cent, or a DAYS delayI
Liberal Rates for all the safer classes OF proper
y Insurance of Dwellings and COntents. a
specially. =,
Brick or Stone Dwellings insured perpetu-
ally II desired, terms OF the greatest economy and
So tety to the insured.
Farm Property for or years at very Low
Rates.
It's wisdom and Economy to insure In the
oest jmpanes, and there is none better than thu
old Insurance Co. OF North America
az Kenosha Agency at the store OF J. B. STARK.
WEATHER.
SrARKWE lTHER & KELLOGG
omo4 Agents.
, 1865-03-03
DISTRESS IN JAMAICA.

The Committee Of the Baptist Missionary
Society have Just issued a circular with regard
to the condition of the people OF Jamaica. The
circular says During the past two years the
island has suffered most fearfully from drought,
SO that the provision grounds, on which a very
large portion of the peasantry depends for sub
sistance, have failed to afford them the means
of support. The suffering thus accustomed has
been severely aggravated by other causes. The
American war has not only diminished the sup
ply of breadstufs, but made dearer what has
come to hand. The increase in the cost of
cotton goods, from the same cause, has been
rendered more oppressive by the heavy Gus
toms duty, which increases with the higher
value of the articles, while at the same time
the means of purchase have been largely
diminished by the deficiency of employment
on the estates and plantations. The want of
employment, and the failure of the provision
groun DIS, have therefore plunged large portions
of the population into the depths of poverty.
Their clothes are become ragged. and multi
tudes are almost naked. Petty thefts and the
robbery of provision grounds, arising chiefly
from absolute want, have more than doubled,
rendering it necessary, il the judgment Of the
governor of the island, to build new prisons
and to indict heavier punishmeDts. All moral
and spiritual improvement is brought to a stand.
Schools are being broken up and the school
masters dismissed. The attendance at public
worship has greatly declined, owing to the want
, 1865-03-03
WHAT LORD CHANCELLORS
COST THE COUNTRY.

There are now no less than four ex-
Lord Chancellors to wit, Lord Broug-
ham, Lord St. Leonardt, Lord Cranwork,
and Lord Chelmsford, each receiving d
pension Of $4,000 a year besides two
Irish ex-Lord charlottesville Right
Hon. Joseph Napier, and the Right Hon.
Francis Blackburn, each receiving 1902
IS, "a curious sum this p Our old friend
~Brougham has received this $4,000 a-year
for thirty years altogether, therefore,
he has taken 9l50,O 900 for doing nothing;
and, | think, we may say that during
these thirty years the country has paid in
salaries and pensions to Lord ChancelIors
at least a million of money, which is over
933 900 a-year.-W. London Times.
, 1865-03-03

forms US that complete stagnation in trade
has suddenly succeeded-to the great COM
mercial activity which so lately prevailed
there. In its harbor on the Bird Instant
there were lying idle over thirty steamers
and about a hundred sailing vessels re-
Gently engaged in the contraband trade
with our Southern rebels, and the ware
houses are filled with goods for which
there is now no market. The rebel pl-
rate Tallahassee, now called the Chame-
leon, was at Nassau in the beginning of
this month, aud the attention of the Go
vernment had been called to her by the
United States Consul. The United States
gunboat Honduras arrived here on the
3lst ult., and her commander asked per-
mission 10 anchor in the harbOr, but was
refused.
On Tuesday, in the court at Montreal,
the rebel muster rolls brought from Rich
mond by the messenger Cameron were
presented by the counsel of the st. Al
bans raiders. These purported to be c%ertifi-
ed by Seldom, late rebel Secretary ofWar,
and Benjamin, Secretary okState, and con-
tanned the names, asregularIy commission
ed ofic ersi in therebel army, O the defendants.
Adocument over the 81 gnature of"C. G. Clay,
Jr., Com, G. s. A." was also presented.
1t contains the instructions to Lieutenant
Bennett Young for raids on ST. Adams
and other Vermont towns. Two marshals
from this city have arrived in Montreal
for the purpose of taking charge of the
prisoners in ease they are surrendered.
Our files of late rebel papers present
some very curious and interesting disclo-
sure regarding financial and military mat
ters in Jeff. Davis donations. Their
new currency is now considered of less
value than the Old there is no money,
even Of this worthless character, IN the
Treasury to settle the immense outstaud-
ing accounts, and taxation is declared TO
be as heavy as the people can stand. The
proposal to conscript the negroes by
Wholesale having received an adverse de-
cision in the rebel Congress, the scheme
of calling on them to volunteer is now
being warmly discussed. We have also
accounts Of rebel military movements in
North Carolina, and preparations made to
oppose the march northward of General
Sherman.
, 1865-03-03

We are told we might perhaps find G
remedy by fling a bill in Chancery against
the trustees, but you will readily under
stand that TO an active man of business.
the time and attention required, the doubt
Of succeeding, the expenses to be incurred,
and the annoyance consequent on such a
proceeding, are, as the Lord Chancellor
justly says, sufficient to make the credi-
tors abandon estates in despair."-Lon-
don Times.
, 1865-03-03

of decent clothing. The pastors of the church
es and congregations, dependent on their peo-
pie for support, necessarily participate in this
suffering, and unless promptly assisted will be
deeply involved in debt, or driycu from their
posts. Jae comuittee will b. glad to receive
IRON you and your friends such contributions,
either Of clothing or money, that you may be
able to bestow, and to relieve, to the best Of
their ability, this great distress = Wilmer +
Smiths European Tim es, January IS.
, 1865-03-03
BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATION.

Annexed is a case which, extraordinary
and disgracetul as it may appear, is only
one of hundreds, that yearly occur OF a
similar character, as a natural result OF
the present state of the bankruptcy law.
In this instance the features of the
affair are so peculiarly gross that the in
stitutjon of Chancery proceedings might
have a summary effect by frightening all
the parties concerned with the prospect
Of publicity; but, as a general rule eX-
perience has demonstrated that 1t is worse
TO seek a remedy than to submit to the
evil, so that the Bankruptcy Court is now
regarded solely as an incubus on trade,
which enables thrlftleSs or dishonest per-
sons by threatening a resort to 1t to com
pei their creditors to accept any alter
native thatmay be offered them
commercial man in England must feel
grateful to the Lord Chancellor for his
Jealous endeavours to improve our bank
ruptcv laws and sympathlz1 with the feel
ings expressed in his recent letter to Mr..
Paget, for really the evils inflicted on the
business community by the solicitors VINO
cultivate that branch of the profession
almost pass belief. To show YOU, how
powerless we are against them, let me
state a case w%ell-known TO several mer-
chants in Manchester. Nearly five years
since q merchant in London, with an eS-
Establishment in India, failed. The creditors
in this country were numerous. A large
stock of goods existed in India, said 10 be
worth close on 100000, which seemed
sufficient to pay los. to l6S. IN the pound.
After some delay the creditors executed
a deed appointing two trustees one IN
Manchester the other in another large
manufacturing town, both ofthem respec~
table business men, but who have un-
fortunately allowed themselves to be ru-
led by a number Of lawyers. They en-
ploy a firm Of solicitors in Manchester,
another where the second trustee lives,
one IN London, and at least one III India.
To this day not one penny has reached
the unfortunate creditors, and, to aggra-
vate them further, the sufferers can obtain
no information us to how matters now
stand. The last meeting held was about
three years ago, but early in August last
year a requisition, signed by fourteen re-
spectable firms in Manchester and Lon
don, was presented to the trustees re-
spectfuIly begging of them to call a meet
ing and give the creditors some Informal
ton as to the position and prospects Of
the estate. To this most reasonable re-
quest the trustees, acting, we must sup
pose, under the influence oftheir solicitors,
have not yet deigned to give any answer
whatever. Once, or perhaps twice, they
have gone through the farce of sending
to some ofthe creditors, for their p%erusal,
copies of a letter, or two, written by one
of the firms Of solicitors-say by the one
in Manchester 10 The onein London, with
the reply of the one in London handiuga
copy of his letter to the lawyer in India,
saying it was a long time since they had
had the pleasure of hearing from him
, 1865-03-03
Total S 229,555 81

IOtaT 5 22y,555 o.
Balance of deposits s 48,342 SO
1 new deposit account, viz:
l Various.
10 Withdrawals amounting to-. $94O IA.
Receivers for Saturday, 4th March 1865.
In CH-RISTIANSTED:
Robert Finlay, Esq, Trustee.
L. CoakIey, Esq, Member.
In FREDERIKsTED:
Geo. Walker, Esq, Trustee.
s. Wescott, Esq, Member.
GEO. BEHAGEN,
President.
St. Croix, 9th February 1865.
, 1865-03-03
e q P o Il r
Of the Receipt ofDeposits at the St. Croix
SAVINGS A N K,
On Saturday, 25th February 1865.
Receivers:

IIECUIVUAbI
In CHRISTIANSTED
J. f. CoIberg, Esq, Trustee.
James Moore, Esq, Member.
In FREDERIKSTED:
Counsellor c. E. Rahr, Trustee.
Amount offormer deposits S229,451 IA
s deposits Of 20 cents each.
20 above 20 cts. and under /.
"a " 81 S.
" 10 20.
/ " 90 90.
81 deposits, Of which
46 in Christlansted amounting
to .--.-.--.--...$81 81
II in Frederiksted do. % 46
- 1O4 43
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-12
Road Making.

There seems to be no systematic and
well considered method Of building roads
in this country, or at any rate III this l0eali-
ty. Every year brings new agent for
each road district. and each agent has n
way of his own for repairing, or for making
new roads; and yet in all these different
ways, there may not be any well consider
ed and precise I Ian of proceeding. If
such are the facts, how necessary to sue
cess IN an important matter like this that
there shall be more correct knowledge dill
used. sumo practical treatise on road
making be published for the information of
all concerned. We have thought, that we
have made less progress, and have less
knowledge in the art Of road making than
upon any other everyday concern of life
We have made wonderful improvements
IN agricultural Implements, and in working
and in the improvement Of farming lands,
but in repairing our highways we stick
close 10 the habits, or processes OF our an
cestors. So many hours are expended on
the roads daily during the season of work
but in too many instances there is no in
tclligent head to direct the work, nor any
systematic plan to be carried out. The
agent hardly knows himself Whist to do,
nor when to do. He has so much money,
or labor assigned to his district, aud he
means 10 see that the book is all balanced
during the year. He may 90 to work just
the opposite from the agent of the previous
year, and he may be right or wrong in his
notions; and notions is just the word TO
express the rule of action in most of these
cases. There is not much real. practical,
scientific knopiedge of the matter. There
is Of necessity, lamentable lack of the
right kind of information in this line This
want of skill is costing the public large
amounts of money annually, and should be
There must be some way to do
this, some road leading from this costly
difficulty out into newer and better plans
of assisting the public.
If some body, who has just the right
kind of knowledge. disposscssed of any
special hobbies of his own, would get up
a practical work on road making. and the
towns each year would put such work
into the hands Of oil road agents, some
good, annually, would come of it, How
ever. We only throw out these hints, hop
ing that they will provoke discussion.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-12
The Booth Plot.

We haYeciAewherc ATTEMPTED to group to-
sether the various statements hearing upon
Booth conspiracy, and the alleged eonncc-
tIonot Jefferson Davis or Southern refugees
III Canada with the villainous plot. srhere
are very positive assertions by MIR. Stanton
and hyAmcrlean newspapers that there is
evidence in the possession ofthe Government
thtt i..y assassination wa~paHned i'll Can
ada and approved at Richmond.
The letter in The Nce Y9h HorlI.
from which VIC quote is evidently not based
upon the evidence alluded to hy Mr Stanton:
for while the Secretary of War itnpGcatcs
the Richmond authorities, the newspaper
correspondent Il az the pains to say that
thercj- no ea.af#ec rorl,ccti,g fhcrn Win
die plot. ~ WafFslcap4jz tIroaghoui
and perhaps not oyerrc-
i1''le. ~HH1c oi ITS s.atcupuis designed 10
np'#|a ''fy southern refugees hclc how
etttf .t, ..a9Nn 10 be true
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-12
Reconstruction.

President Lincoln in the last speech he
lever made, thought the discussion of Che
question, as to how the states in rebellion
could get back again. or whether they were
m or ont of the Union, was Il useless dis
cussou. Now that the fighting is over.
many people will certainly think that tbs
question is Hc-qnesti0a Of the hour. But
we apprchonl that this whole matter will
adjust itself witliout much asst stance from
Congress, or the Executive. The leaders
in the rebellion, those that are not thor
oughly satisfied with the result of the con-
test. and are not now willing to act as 10y
al and Union loving citizens, will all leave
the country. 1t isprctty evident that the
most bfterWcmies these men in buck
ram and With cpauctted shoulders have
ere long, viii be found in the South, and
among their old neishhors. The masses
left in the South are heartily cured OF
secession. They will look upon those who
have been leaders, in ever so humble
position, as the authors of their present
calamity. BY following their couusels,
an hcarkening to their advice, ruin and
dcsolation has bclnllcn them. Time will
only strengthen this feeling. as they more
clearly see how mild and mcrciful the gov
ernmcnt is acting towards them. This
phase OF the subject will readily take care
of itself. The Southern people. with the
leaders gone, will be us loyal and Union
loving as any class of our citizens. Then
again the Southern States have got to have
All entire now class of merchants or mid
die men. The business Of Charleston,
Wilmington, Savannah, Mobile, and New
Orleans will be done By men now Of Maine,
Massachusetts, New York, &c. The in
hucncc of this class viii be hcalthful and
Union sustaining. This influence will 20
all over the states of the respective cities.
1t will permeatc all classes and 60 wherev-
er they have business relations. Under
this state of things we shall soon see the
reconstruction question easily settling it
self, because there will be no opposing
forces. Certainly this will be the case,
unless some auti-deluyian should Try to
keep mp the obsolete system of negro
slavery. Then the inca who have done
the fighting for the Southern confederacy,
and who have survived the slaughter OF
all the wasting battles of It's brief ana
bloody existence, will have something else
to think of besides fcrmcutins dscord
or centcnding with the government about
npn-essentials. The quickest and mos,
eifeetual way of getting these olt-shoots
back into their practical relations with
the national government is the best way.
We need not borrow any trouble on this
score, for will al! be adjusted before We
have fixed ON definite plan of proceed.
ing. Each state may present tic question
under a different aspect, and have to ~
treated independently. 'Seea. under thc
new era Of prosperity Which is lust ofeH-
in-, We shall be 50 deeply Immersed ii
business and getting m3aet, that We sga,l
have endgely forgotten tie War.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-12
Fugitives from Justice.

Jefferson Davis and his cabinet are at this
moment skulking through the country to
save their lives, an enormous xeward hay
ing been offered for their arrest. Instead
OF beng simply rebels, which is bad enough
in all good conscience, these magnates of
the late Southern Confcderacy are now
fleeing criminals. Whether sufficient evil
dence has been gathered up to connect
these men with the assassination plot, the
public has no means of knowing only as
this information is made known by the
Government. The President is so well
convinced. however, that it was known at
Richmond, and encouraged, that a heavy
reward has been offered for their arrest
While jeff Davis was at Richmond and
stood at the head of an organized rebellion
he was treated as such, but when he be-
couos wanderer, with no army, no fol-
lowers, has no organized forms of GOV
eminent to act through, but becomes, plain
Jefferson Davis, with carpet bag under
his arm, with no eolored boy to lug ii for
him, and is fleeing from justice he will he
found to be so poor that men will not stoop
to do him reverence. Many of those at
the North, now that he has failed, will no
longer acknowledge him great leader and
man, but will be ready and willing to
designate hin! as plain jefferson Davis
How are the mighty fallen.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-12
Sup. Jul. Court---April Term.
CUrrIHG, J., PRESIDING.


W. 100. JOS. T. Gran. / ala, ~. George y.
Black. Tais case.N4s given TO tho iiry on the
5.h day Of tbs trial AMI resulted in a .efdic. for
The ps.t.
b'uSwator Rowe fer Plr. Hale L J. A. Pc.
trs Tor Def.
No. SIS. Charles T, Emerson rs. William Lit
tlefe.I Real actie n on tn,r,saso siYon in ISIS
by Dcit to one FREDERICK Weber, aud by Web
Der assigned in ls6j t. PIT Den. alleges that
tie mortgage was paid in ISL. and produces
recsip: date February 25d lslo, for An amount
sufficient n diselarso the mortgage, signed by
Frederick "eober aud referring to the mortgage
Fla denies tho senuinencss Of the signature to
this receipt. Dett. also claims tina. tho asst. m
ment Of Weber to Pr WAS obtained by fraud
and the exercise o. undue influence on tho mind
e Weber. Verdict f.r Def.
Abbott. d Rowe, for PHI. WiswcllA Hale f1r Def.
No. 2St. Inhabitants Of Brooksyille VS.. David
Walker i ais Action on Dofts bond as Collee.
tor. PlsinIiI claiming that Daft forged ccr,a in
receipt. used in settlement with seleetmen. De.
fence tia; receipts not forged.
Abbott 4 Rowe for p!1s. HinclJcy ( Wiswel
for Dsit.,
z since receiving the report of cases tried at
the court now sitting by oar reporter tho follow
ms report Of case No 100. has been furnished us
for publication:
No. 100 Joseph 7. Grant ( ala. George y.
Hack Action Of trover for logs alleged to loo cut
n tie North East corner Of Township No. a.
Pts ella med that the ioeu, "a q,t9 was in
cluied in their deed Of the North half Of No. 81,
from the Pfoprietors according to the description
herein, bounding the PTS land on the Est by
line cunning " from the South west corner Of No.
g, by a line to be run South westerly between
No. q and No. a.
Defence, that the 'ocU, was included in No. 70
belonging to ncft DOft. claimed that an old
line run BY Peters, surveyor, in 1898, (Which was
west Of the place Of cgt.ine) was the dividing
line Of Nos Ii -, and VAS the line referred to
in Plfs. deed.
In constituting the deed Cutting J. ruled thai
if the Peters line was established as an existing
line, il was ~ he regarded the line referred TO-
and the Eastern bounds Of Plfs. land-Vordlct
for Deft.
Pits. filed exceptions to the rulings of the court
Rowe Drnkwator for Plfs. IA. Peters 4
Hale for Den.