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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-08-23

ACCIDENT INSURANCE Between Kenosha
and Milwaukee an agent of the Travellers
ms Co. of Hartford entered the car, anc
having issued tickets to several passengers.
approached an elderly lady who it afterward
appeared, was deaf.
Madame would you like to insure
against accident " inquired the agent, a,
the same time exhibiting his tickets.
81 got my ticket down to Kenosha
Not railroad ticket, madam | want
to know if you would like to insure your
life against accident.
I'm going to Oshkosh to visit my dar
ter, who's married up there, and has just
got baby. +"
The agent raised his voice little.
Would you like to insure your life
against accident !?
She's been married two years and half,
and thiss the first child. Its gal "
Agent still louder
4" am an insurance agent, madame
lon't you want to insure your life against
accident ?"
She got along first rate, and is doing as
well as could be expected
Agent at the top of his voice
Pm an insurance agent madam can't
insure your life against accident? "
90, didn't understand you, said the
I'D lady. NO, her name is johnson; my
name is Evans and | live five miles from
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-08-23

art has eight acres-a splendid yard it is
too. The average is from two to i've acres
in yard but next year there will be ma
ny ranging from five to eight acres An
enormous breadth has been planted this
spring and should prices hold the same
next year-the crop will exceed 81, 900, 600.
It NAV reach that figure at smaller price :;
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-08-23

When once in6delity can persuade men
hat they shall die like beasts, they will
soon be brought to live like beasts, also.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-08-23
FRRRDMRN's AFFAIRS "A Washington dis

patch says:
The Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau has received an elaborate report from
a special inspector who was charged with
the duty of investigating the reports of des-
titution received from Alabama and Geor-
gia This officer visited, in the course of
his inspection, Northern Alabama and Geor-
gia and travelled incog., in order the better
to reach the truth amongst all classes.
After giving detailed report in reference
to each county visited, he says his observa-
tons have convinced him that there has not
been single case of starvation i'll either
State that the amount of restitution has
been largely exaggerated, and so located as
to be in many cases unable to visit; that
although some restitution has existed there,
it is not absolute, but consists mainly in
confinement to some one or few articles of
food, which in nearly all cases it has been
ascribed to neglect of the people; that the
issue of rations Is at present conducted, is
producing great decentralization and idleness
among the people, and that so long as it
is continued, the apparent necessity for it
will exist.
The crops though small are amply suffi
Gent with economy, to supply the people
with the necessities of life until auothtr crop
is harvested
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-08-23

A PLEASANT LIFE TO LEAD.-The gentleman
who gives the following account OF himself
lived, till recently, on the dividing line that
runs between Mexico and Texas:
81 have plantation in the harbor OF MaZ 2NlG,
Ian ION an island D receiving 20 pound shell
through my house and II pound shot along
side; have been annoyed in every conceivable
manner possible. My poems ran of, my cotton
crop and sugar cane destroyed; some six
thousand tomato plants eaten by the worms
cents per pound-ten thousand dollars loss OF
plants3 and finally three different attempts to
assassinate me in one week. The cursed French
have had me prisoner in Mazatlan five days at
time, and the other side robbed me OF all my
arms--two revolvers, one rifle and double bar
relied shot gun. have, through all this, had
the coast fever, or callentura, for six months;
most of the time delirious; and altogether have
passed through more during that year than in
all my life combined"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-08-23

The Copperheads and rebels have striven
desperately to lie themselves out OF the re-
sponsibilty of the horrible massacre 1l Enion
men in New Orleans. The New York T'neS,
which has turned Copperhead,is very Jealous
in its efforts to screen its rebel coadjutorS from
blame. 1t tries hard to make its readers pc
lieve that the slaughter was the result OF
sudden ebulition of feeling; nothing but lit
tie fight between some ex-rebels and negroes,
and that it is of no political consequence,or
significance whatever. But it admitted to to Its
columns by some editorial oversight (Weed
was at the Saratoga Copperjohnson Convcn-
ito at the time, dhe narrative Of its special
correspondent who was an eyewitness OF the
massacre The letter of this writer shows That
the butchery of Union men by reconstructed
rebels, was a carefully preconeerted matter,
and that the programme had all been arrang-
ed in advance by the State and City johnson
the receipt of Johnson's kilograms to the rebel
Attorney General Heron, giving orders for the
suppression of the Convention.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

MIXED THINGS IN PoLITIcs.-Senator
Fessenden is much and justly praised on
oil hands for his pungent rebuke Of the
habit, which has been growing in Con-
gress, Of Juggling personal and partisan
considerations into the discussion Of public
measures. His speech was not so much a
defense Of Secretary McCulloch as an
earnest depreciation Of that spirit which
would embarrass the operations of the
Treasury Department, and SO impair the
credit Of the government, from dislike Of
the politics Of Secretary McCulloch. The
intelligence. industry and integrity Of the
Secretary in the management Of the i'm
portant business of his department are
universally admitted. He deserves in this
the high compliment paid to him by Sem
ator Fessenden, and probably there are
very few Republican Congressman who
would not much regret it II Mr.. McCulloch
should be driven from the position he so
admirably fills. And yet, to punish him
for his earnest support Of the President,
some are so blind in their yindictiveness,
as to be ready to oppose and embarrass his
administration Of the national finances.
This conduct Is exceedingly narrow and
contemplate. It isunworthy Of men in any
position, and especially in those to whom
is intrusted the legislation of the country.
Springfield Republican.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

Gov. o. P. MORTON made a speech at
Indianapolis on June 10th, in the course
of which he declared that he was in favor
of admitting the Representatives from
Tennessee, at an early period this session,
and hopes it will yet be done before adj
iournment. He endorses the Constitu-
tional Amendment passed by the Senate
aud House, taken together, and by Sec
tons. In regard to the second section,
coercing representatives, on which there
is the most discussion, the Governor said:
1.-THE second section ~equalizes represen-
tation In Congress and the Electoral COL
lege,, by taking from the white people Of
the States lately in rebellion the right to
represent in Congress more than four mil.
lions Of Regroes living in their midst,
whom they deprive Of all political rights
whatever. As the matter now stands the
white people Of the Southern States have
sixty per cent. more Of political power in
the House of Representatives and in elect
ing the President and Vice President, than
an equal number of white people in the
Northern States. This is q gross and un-
righteous inequality and ar absolute in
justice to the Northern people. Even If
the Southern people were all loyal they
could not have the slightest claims to any
such advantage. When we consider that
nearly all Of them are Democratic rebels,
aud but q few months ago waged a bloody
war against the Government, the idea Of
their retaining such an enormous and
unholy advantage, is o monstrous to be
calmly considered"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

WINE BorrLR CoRKs.-The Entomo-
logical Society Of London have been dis
cussing the question of the attacks Of
insects upon the corks in wine bottles,
and several specimens Of Larvae were ex-
hibited by the members, who stated that
they were found in the corks Of port wine
bottles. In some cases they had eaten
quite through the cork, and allowed the
wine to escape. 1t was suggested that
the use, in packing, Of bran instead Of
sawdust may have caused the incursion Of
the insects into the wine cellars-brar
having been used in every case. One
gentleman related an anecdote Of q mum.
Der Of insects having been brought into
storehouse in a lot Of hides, and having
effected an entry into an adjoining ware
house, they perforated and rendered en-
,irely useless a quantity Of manufactured
cork. The best preventive Of this would
be-uncork and drink
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

IMPROVEMENT IN TRAvsL.-The track
of the Central Pacific Railroad is now laid
to Alta. 1t is ninety four miles by stage
road from Alta to Virginia City-only
twelve hours fair staging, which, with
four hours railroad travel, will land pas.
.engers leaving Sacramento at six A. NJ. in
Virginia at ten P. Ma great improvement
on former times.-Sac. Union.
An Improvement" on recent "formeI
times" but so far as mail deliveries art
concerned, no improvement on what gu
Accommodations were before the Dutch
Flat Company bought up the Freepor'
route. Passengers are not landed in Viz
ginia City by one o'clock on the morning
succeeding their departure from sacra.
mento-not at ten as the Union states.
Let the facts be understood as they are.
We understand they are going ahead with
work on the road. bed between Single
Springs and the city Of Placerville. in
tending to bring trains to that city BY
December.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

lMMoRANrs.-From January ! to May
81, 1866, there arrived in New York
81, 1882 German and 2s,76S Irish immi-
grants. The whole number Of immigrants
during the five months was 65.SlS. 1t is
anticipated that, during the whole year,
the immigration will reach 800, 900 per-
sons. Las, year the arrivals numbered
only LOT, s4s, and in 1854 they were $780,
9l6. The Know-Nothing excitement OF
ls54-'5 checked the immigration, which
has never since equalled what it had been
for the few years previous. The figures
were: 1851. 2ss.6ol; 1852, 3oo,ssl
1858. 2s4,s64; 1854, 3ls,22s. The next
year the numbers fell of to 1861 oo, and
in 1861 had run down to $4,000. The
bulk of the arrivals are between the first Of
June AID the last of October. The pros
pect Of a war is Fastening the Germans
from their native land.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

A CoRRUPT LBoIsLATURB.-This is the
language applied by the leading papere Of
the State. the Union, Bulletin and Alta,
to the Legislature, which adjourned IN
April last, and may be convened again by
the Governor, for special purposes. Now
we purpose to say a word in regard to this
matter, believing it to be our duty so to
do. All the papers named favored the
Specific Contract Act; in fact it was die
tated, and, rumor has 1t, was written in
the Office Of the Sacramento Union. Dur
ing the last session Of the Legislature, an
attempt was made to repeal the act in
question, and it was defeated. The Ameri-
can Flag favored the repeal, and because
is was defeated, denounced the Legislature
as being corrupt, and fatty charged that
$4,000, or $4,000 each. was divided
among seven Senators for their votes upon
the measure. We all know what followed.
The author Of the charge was incarcerated
in Sacramento, and the three papers, first
above mentioned, all being in tn" interest
of the moneyed men of the State, denoun-
ced the Flag and the charge, and sus-
tanned the Legislature. Then came the
bills aiding other railroad enterprises than
the Central Pacific Railroad, land en- pas
SAINT we have some information respecting
the management Of that latter enterprise,
which,, when the proper time arrives, we
shall publish, and we think It will have
the effect OF making the people and the
heads of Government somewhat astonish-
ed) which of course excited the Ire Of the
disinteres,ed trio again. The Alta bounced
the bills, and the Bulletin also, to protect
the Taxpayers Union, and the Sacramento
Union bounced them because being in the
interest of the Pacific Railroad, they could
not witness any aid being extended any
enterprise that did not benefit that road.
For this action the Legislature was again
denounced as being corrupt, though the
Sacramento Union had advocated q direct
appropriation of $l5, 900, 900 to aid the
Central Pacific Railroad. That was not
corrupt, Of course not. 1t was to benefit
the Central Pacific Railroads.. F. Spirit
ofthe Times.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

An EYE TO BusINEss.-r The Leader,
published at Toronto, Canada, evidently
has an eye to business. 1t avails itself OF
the opportunity afforded by the death OF
General Scott to give a magnificent puff to
one Of its patrons: "At the battle oil
Queenstown Nights" writes the editor,
"when the British forces achieved such a
signal victory over the Americans, General
Scott was taken prisoner by Mr.. Rogers,
halter, of this city," The bold Canadian
no doubt found himself for once in good
company, and he must have been some
what drawer than his successors in soldier
clothes, who ran away from the Fenians,
at Limestone Ridge, the other day.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

The JOINT CoMMIrTEE's RBPoRT.-The
document is a very strong one, and every.
thing is made to contribute to the main
purpose for which it was written with
great legal skill. We are compelled to
believe, however, that the picture is too
darkly drawn, and that the ~disloyalty,
the hatred Of the Government and its sup
porters, and the injustice and cruelty to
the Freedmen. which the report attributes
to the whole South. are in fact exceptional.
The previous reports Of testimony taken
by the Committee have not left the i'm.
preston Of any such hopeless state of
things as the Committee now describe.
Nor did they need to exaggerate the facts
in order to justify the most important
measures they recommend. If the South
| ern people were unanimously loyal, as
| they by no means are, it would neverthe-
| less be the right and the duty Of the States
| that have saved the Union to demand
such an amendment Of the Constitution as
shall make their own people equal in
| political power with those that require
pardon for treason before they have any
right to power at all. But there is re-
naming ~disloyalty in the South, and,
what is quite as dangerous, false ideas Of
| Government and States Rights, as well as
the hereditary notion that the negro is not
entitled either to equal political or civil
| rights with white men. Reasonable guar
antees on all these subjects may therefore
be sought, aud we do not need 70 prove
| that all Southern men are devils incarnate
in order to justify ourselves in requiring
and obtaining them.
Moreover, il will occur to many, upon
reading the committees report that its
anal result does not tally well with its
description OF the condition Of the South.
If the people Of that section are as incor-
rightly disloyal and every way perverse as
the committee think, and indeed profess
| loyalty only that they may get power to
do mischief again, is it safe to give them
the opportunity or the conditions the
committee has fixed, or on any conditions,
at present. II they will perjure themselves
to get power, they will pretend to accept
any terms for the same object. The logi-
cal conclusion from the committees report
is a long probation for tho entire South. If
that is what the committee really think,
and il they believe the probation is certain
to be reached by the rejection Of their
scheme by the South. then their report
and their plan are consistent, as they see
the case. What effec. this kind Of discip.
line will have upon the South Is matter of
opinion. Trial Of It will show.-Spring-
field (Mass:) Republican.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

A PRoPHBcY.-We have received q let.
ter from Mrs. E. B. Hill, Of Philadelphia,
inclosing a hand-bill, upon which Is print
ed "a prophecy by Mrs. Hill" She
writes to athat we must put this docu-
ment in tho most conspicuous place we
can, and concludes with the observation
Don't dare to hide the vision, as the
blood of souls will be required at your
hands," So here is "the vision
"a Prophecy BY Mrs. HiH.-Iprophecy,
by the true spirit Of the everlasting, eter-
nal and all-wise God, to every kindred,
tribe and tongue, that in 1859. February
8. at 9 o'clock in the morning, will be the
usherlng in Of the Milleuial Morn. Satur.
day, or seventh day, Is our Sabbath. The
dragon is bound.
ITO the churches: Baptism should be
administered. with the communicates on
their knees, by dipping forward In the
water, that we may be united. Hasten
IL! hasten It to the end Of the EARTH"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

P~REslDENr JOHNSON ssys that any man
sent up from the South who cannot stand
the loyal test must be sent back ; and his
constituents must be informed that no
man can help to make our laws who has
participated in the rebellion, Yet, the
country Is hiled with FORMULATING poll
ucians VINO coolly style the President q
TRAITOR DESTROYS Of filling Congress with
~red-handed rebels I" and denounce all his
supporters as Coppetheads, and enemies Of
the Union. Why a man like Horace
Maynard, OF Tennessee, who has been
true all through the contest, and has pre-
served his faith among the faithiess,
should be rejected by Congress, after be-
ing duly elected to Q seat in our legisla-
tive halls, we cannot divine.-St. Joseph
Asrad.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

The Union Convention of Kentucky
me. at Louisville, on May 30th. Among
their resolutions is the following:
Resolved. That the principles avowed BY
the President in bis annual message, look
ing to the practical restoration Of all the
States to their rights in the Union, meets
our hearty approval; that we cordially
'ndorse his general policy in his efforts
against secession and fanaticism, to restore
fraternal relations between the people Of
the States ; that IN Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, we recog.
nize the patriot who, above party, has
given to the. nation the influence and
power Of his position in restoring the
Union, and we pledge him the earnest and
disinterested support Of all Union men Of
Kentucky, in all his conflicts with both
extremes who seek to change, undermine,
or destroy the cherished forms Of oul
Government. ,' + q sax.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

ACCIDENTS IN NEVADA CouNrY.-The
Transcript, Of July 10th. chronicles the
following:
On Sunday last Mrs. Connolly, an old
lady, slipped and fell on the sidewalk on
West Broad street, near the residence Of
Louis, breaking both bones Of her left leg,
between the knee and ANGLE.
On Saturday last Mrs. Kraft, while en-
gagged in picking cherries, fell from a step.
ladder and broke two Of her ribs. Mrs.
Bulacher, who was near, started for medi-
cal aid, and fell upon the sidewalk, re-
ceiving several severe bruises.
On Friday last, Phillip Phelps. OF Co
lumbia Hill, was cayed on. and sustained
injuries which resulted in his death yes.
terday.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

A ROYAL LocKsurH.-A collector of
old ~curiosi,ies recently bought an elegant
little lock. covered with rust, from an old
iron dealer in Paris. Upon cleaning it
of, he discovered some words upon it,
that it had been made by no less a per-
sonage than Louis XVI. The lock, which
he bought for seventy cents, he afterwards
sold for $3.50. Louis XVI is said to have
been a very skillful locksmith, and was
ridiculed very much by the people Of
fashion of bis time for devoting himself to
wha, they regarded as a mental pursuit.
Had Louis stuck to his trade. perhaps the
guillotine would never have been invented,
and he might have been buried with his
head on his shoulders
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

Mr.. GooDwrN, the recently appointed
Naval Officer at Norfolk, Va, resigned q
clerkship Just before the war, and went
to Richmond and served twelve months
in the rebel army.-EntapriSe.
The Gold Hill News says A. J. has
never done anything inconsistent with the
letter and septiment of the Baltimore plat
form.-Hnmboldt Register.
II thereNwas ANYTHING wrong in the ap-
pointment Of Mr.. Goodwin, who is most
to blame, President johnson or a Radical
majority in the United States Senate for
confirming said appointment Have a
care, old Forbes, or you will stub your
big toe. We have seen the "rebel ser
vice" story .gainss Goodwin denied. Pre-.
sumo It's Q lie,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-12

The Reconstruction REPORT. The
full reportof the Joint Committee on Re-
construction made a day or WI since, j.
certainly a very able document, and would
be accepted as indisputable in its conclu.
sions by the reader who fails to examine
it IN detail and with ears open to opposing
arguments. I do not propose to discuss
it here, for time and space forbid it. ]
desire only to call attention to this one
feature Of the document as set forth BY
the leading Radical organ-the New York
Tribune-which says Of it:
"All discussion Of the question whether
the recovered States are u of or within
the Union is waived, and the repor,
assumes as beyond dispute that the people
of the rebel States had in fact withdrawn
from the Union and made themselves the
subjects of another Government.
With the evidence before them, it is the
opinion of the Committee that the rebe,
States were, at the close of the war, disor-
ganized communities /; that Congress can.
not be expected to recognize as valid the
election Of men from such communities
and that before their admission to a par.
ticipation in the Government, Congress
must provide such constitutional or Other
guarantees" etc., etc.
Now it is submitted that this begs thu
whole ~question-for the main issue be-
tween the Executive and Congress wal
one as to whether or no the Southern
States did succeed in getting out of TIT
Union. If they did. they are not States
if they are disorganized communities, they
are entirely without logical governments
for they are disorganized territories, II
which event the extreme Radicals wer'
logically correct in their demand tina
Congress should pass bills organizint
Territorial Governments for tho South
They must be either States or disorganizet
Territories. II they are States, then tn
Constitution prescribes that they shall
have representation, and be held response
BILE in Congress and the courts to behave
themselves. If they are d~isorganized Ter
r~itories, Congress is neglecting its duty BY
failing to provide Territorial Government
and Enabling Acts. In short, either tn
Conservative theory is true, and they AR
States from whom the Constitution abso'
lutely demands representation. or the ex'
treme Radical theory Of dead States !
true. Logically there is no middle ground
Cor, S, +. Bulletin.