The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-12-28
A Happy New Year.

Ere the issue Of another number OF our
paper, the Old year '65, will have passed on
to ioin the inuumerable host of years tha'
have gone before, and its successor, go,
will have been duly installed upon the
throne of the present, We must therefore
indulge in the greetings of the season, and
wish all our friends Happy New Year
Standing here on the confines of the Old
Ysar-the old year that opened amid the
clash OF arms-when the din of preparation
resounded throughout the land, and Free
dom and the Union, were gathering their
cohorts. for a final blow that should crush
the rebellion and bring rebels and traitors
on their knees to sue for mercy and pardon;
standing thus, we look over into the year
to come, and seem to see only the promise
of a happy year to all Sorrow, disappoint
ment and grief are liable to come to all, but
in time Of peace, they come as visltatlons
to the individual, and do not put on that
broader scope that makes nation mourn.
One year ago we looked forward to the
year to come, with hope, it is true-hope
that ere its course was run, the rebellion
would be crushed and the war ended-but
still that hope was chastened with the doubt
born of the nearly four years struggle that
had gone before. With firm trust in the
| justice of our cause, we k'ew that cause
must sooner or later prevail, but we could
not yet see the end. That was hidden in
! the mists of time that human vision could
hardly penetrate But, thank God, time
has revealed all The end has been found,
the end of civil war, that carried in its train
such untold woes, such horrors, and sorrows,
such devastation and destruction of life and
i property. Peace is again brooding over
our land The immense armies with al
their paraphernaia-th pomp and circum
stance of war-that the necessities OF the
occasion called into existence, with the
passing of that OCCASION, have resolved
themselves into their original element-the
peaceful, industrious citizens of great anG
free country.
A still greater cause OF congratula ton
and one that gives most promise OF Hap
py New Year, and many more to follow, il
the final extinction of Slavery, throughout
the lene tn and breadth of our land-slavery
the first great cause of the war and all ouI
woes is dead, and past resuscitation. By
the fundamental law of the land, slavery
nor involuntary servitude shall no Longer
exist therein The clank of the bondsman's
chain nor til crack ofe the masters lash
shall no more be heard "The irrepressible
conflict" has been fought to the bitter end
and henceforth our immortal declaration O.
independence shall not be styled ''string
of glittering generalities." The great truth
has at length been recognized, that sat
men are created free, and endowed by thei
Creator with certain inalienable rights
among which are life, liberty and the pur
suit of happiness. The sun of the New
year will shine upon no Stave in all thii
broad land. Why then, should we moi
with the most entire confidence, wish all
our reader Happy New Year!
/ WISCONSIN AS A GRAIN GRowER.-In thu
agitation Of the freight question in Illinois
caused by the exhorbitant charges of tue
Railroads for carrying freight, the Commits
sioner of Agriculture has addressed an i'm
portant letter to E. SANFORD Esq. of Grun
dy Co., ILL., showing the great increase il
the product of the northwest, and the con
sequently greatly increased demand fol
transportation. By the figures in this let
ter it appears that Wisconsin stands first, o
the Northwestern States in the production
of Rye and second only to Illinois in th,
production of Wheat, and only a little be.
hind her. The figures for Illinois are %,
266, 745 bushels wheat, and Wisconsin 20,
397, 900 bushels. Wisconsin stands SECOND
also in the production of Barley and Oats
The following is the estimated produc
of these northwestern States as given by tn,
Commissioner