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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-13
F~LAsrERERs' WORK.

The outside surface Of the whole of tile brick
work Of the principal front shall be ~plsstered with
cement nortBr composed of the best quality of
frs-k hydraulic cement aud coarse sharp gritted
Horn Island sand. properly mixed and put on In the
most iudicious manner and neatly colored ana
iointedt 70 Initiate masonry, Tbs color 70 be chosen
by the City surveyor.
The man cornios, mculdings, etc. shall be run and
finished according to the detailed drawings, brick
work TO be wettsd before the cetment is applied.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30

THE BLACK HLLs.-L. &. Bennett writes
to the Winona REPUBLICAN as follows con-
corning the accessibility and mineral resour-
ces Of the Black Hills, which are said to con-
tain gold aud are much nearer to civiliza-
ton than the Rocky Mountains
'In 1865 l was in the government SER
vice az engineer on the staff of Gen. Con-
nor, and accompanied the eastern division
Of the Powder River Indian expedition,
which set out from Omaha, marched up
the Platte to Columbus thence up the
Loupe to its source thence to Bear Butte
and the Black Hills; crossing the great
sand hill region and the Bad Lands. Our
business was hunting indians and not gold
aud no thought was given to the mineral
products of the region until we reached the
naighb0rhood of Crow Peak, near the north
ern slroe Of those hills when some soldiers
brouget into camp specimens Of quartz rock
which All old miner pronounced rich III gold.
rode over the hills and found quartz rock
in abundance Some OF the soil was wash
ed in our cooking utensils, and the ''color''
obtained every time. This was found near
Red Water Creek, nearly in direct line
between Bear Butte and Crow Peak, and
about eight or ten miles from the latter.
In branch of these hills, rallied Powder
River Mountains, gold was found in con-
siderable quantities in crevices in the rock,
where the rains had washed away the soil
One specimen was valued at six dollars,
and many pieces were picked up the size OF
grain Of wheat and smaller
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30

New REAPER AND BINDER. There is no
Improvement more needed by farmers on
our western prairies, than a complete Grain
Binder Every thing else pertaining to the
work of sowing reaping and thresbing, is
now successfully performed by machinery
Machinery for binding grain, is one of the
wants if net yet reached, is certain TO be,
letore long. A Minnesota paper, speaks
of Grain Binder invented by a gentleman
of that State as follows
This machine-rakes the grain directly
from the grain end of the sickle and plat
form; there the bundle is bound and drop
ped directly to the ground. Every motion
is made by the same power cad the drive
wheel that drives the sickle. The rake ie
SIMPLE In construction, and it is the opinion
OF the best mechanics in Chicago aud other
cities, who have examined it, that it takes
less power to work it than any other rake
existence. In the binding apparatus, adj
vantage is taken of the screw power-upon
the rim of wheel, and in such a manner
that all the twisting, cutting the wire aud
dropping the bundle requires the use of not
more than eight or ten pounds of power
The binder is relieved of those awkward
combinations that have embarrassed other
machines. and works so naturally that you
wonder that some one had not thought of t
before If all that is claimed for the ma
chine shall be realized in operation, it will
work a complete revolution in wheat har-
vestiug.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30

The VALUE OF CABBAGE The Southern
ColLIvator contains an article on the COM
par4tive value Of various kinds of food aud,
among other farm produce, compliments
the cabbage :-''lt has been chemically ex :
amined, and has been found to be richer in
red flesh forming matter than any crop we
grow IL contains more fbriue. or gluten,
OF which substance the muscles are made,
and hence is richer in the materials essen
tiaI to the growth and strength OF aumal
life. Wheat contains about IL per cent,
beans aud pear ahout 50 aud dried cabbage
about 80 per cent, ofthis all important ma
terial 1t appears fron careful analysis,
that the young plant, before being headed,
or outside leaves of these that have formed
solid heads, are much more valuable for feed
ing stock than the white center Of the
full grown vegetable, and therefore the
most nutritious if not the most desirable,
for the table From the fact that it is so
rich in heterogeneous rnatter,it deserves more
extensive cultivation. 1t Stands a hard
frost is very productive, for milking COWS,
it increases the flow of milk and its quality,
and butter made from it is free from an I'm.
pleasant flavor"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30
s.r KENOsHA WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 80 1868
Suggestions to Farmers.

The New York Tribune in an article
under the above caption offers, timely ad
vice to Farmers The T. ibune represents
the surplus of human labor in the large
cities as unusually large. Thousands of
the unemployed are in pressing want.
eve urge farmers to improve their CD
portunity, and supply themselves at once
with ample ''help' for the season that will
soon open. Club together, ten or twelve
of you, and send one of your number to this
or some other city to employ all the labor
you will want this year Hire more than
you expect to need; for some will pretty
certainly prove worthless Or clear out or
have to be turned off. Make fair, clear,
written contract with each person have it
witnessed and executed with due formali-
ties take your help" home, and set them
to work. Most of them will of course prove
awkward, Ignorant, Inefficient: now is the
time to drill them for service, before your
work shall crowd and your duties absorb
all your time. He is very poor farmer
who cannot find fit employment in Februa
ry and March for all the ''help" he will
more urgently need in May, June and July.
1t will be too late to drill rude strangers to
and obey your orders When
yourself and all hands must be busiIy plow-
ing, seeding, tilling, moving, cradling, bind
ing, &c almost necessarily from daylight
TIL dark, He is not wise general who
leads his troops into a great battle before
ond drilling them.
Let us resolve on busy season. Of late
labor has been dear and largely absorbed in
mechanical and manufacturing operations.
Now that 1t is abundant and cheaper, let us
al resolve that agriculture shall come in
'or ITS full share Food is scarce and high
priced; let US make 1t more abundant after
The next harvest. lie must be poor stick
who cannot grow grain at profit at the
prices now ruling; and the empty graner-
es OF nation are pot readily filled Men
and women can be hired for the ensuing
year far cheaper now than next May, June,
'r July, let the golden moment be fully i'm
proved.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30
Will Salt Lake City be DESTROYED.

4 The correspondent of the Cleveland (Ohio,
HERALD, writing from Salt Lake City, makes
the following remarkable statements in re-
latlon to the impending destruction of that
town He says:
"Ihe beautiful and picturesque Salt Lake.
with its hundred mountain islets, has now
long been in sight, with its varied and chan
ging grand views, with its placid and un-
ruffled bosom. He who beholds. bshoids
but to admire 1t is about 1875 miles long,
apd 70 miles across at its widest place. /
am informed that In it are drained and pour
ed' by river and rivulets, the water of an
area OF country of over 800, 600 square
miles A vast amount of water and yet
tins lake has no outlet. What becomes of
this water 2 Can evaporation alone dispose
OF 1t? am also informed that the water of
tho lake rose last year three feet, and is now
continuing to rise at the Same rate. Should
this continue for a few years longer, beware,
ye saints, OF the sanity city /! Ys will be
swallowed mp as were the saints Of the cit
les OF old, together with their cities, by that
other Dead Sea! On the sides of the noun
taIns surrounding the lake, at vertical
height OF 200 feet, distinctly traceabIe, can
be seen the evidence of water-mark, made
6oy the LAYING of waves perhaps of centuries
duration, make it plainly evident to even
the most incredulous that in some former
age the lake had been every much larger
than it now is, possibly of twenty times its
present area If this is true as it surely is |
the lake now rising why may it not attain
It's former level? What drained it? We can
not see, nor do believe that reasons can be
given therefor. The cause of draining hav-
ing ceased or ceasing, it will again fill up.
The lake is generally shallow, and no liv.
ing thing exists below the surface of its
waters, nor floats upon its BOSOM"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30
The Era of Assassination Revived.
From the Arkansas Nittle Rock Republican
January 15

From the Arkansas Nittle Rock Republican
January Is.
We have just learned that Uriah j. Dow
} thit, sf Lawrence county, was assassinateC
, near his home in that county a few days
: since. This is another Union man who has
fallen victim to the hate and revenge en-.
gendered by the rebellion. Mr. Dowthit' 8
life has often been threatened, but the fends
have not till recently mustered sufficient
courage to do the bloody act
! We call upon the Military authorities for
a rigorous investigation iuto this murder, as
1t would be farcical to leave the case to the
OH GERS OF civil law in that region.
MIR Dowthit was prominent leyalist,
one of the REGISTERS for Lawrence county.
| 1t is believed that considerable number of
persons we're engaged in the murder. They
should be ferreted out and tried by Mill
taEy Commission.
We are informed that the military subor-
dinate in command in that vicinity, who
seems to be too dignified or inefficient for
the position he occupies, declined to take
any steps to investigate the case, or to ap-
prehend the murderers 1t would, probably,
have interfered with his social relations"
with secessionists.
murdered in the vicini4y of Dardanele :;
Joseph f.. Bennett, man by the name of
Perkins, and the last one a Mr.. Ferguson, a
well known citizen of Yell county. Ferguson
was shot by a man named Turner, He
leaves wife and five small children in des
tltute circumstances.
The informant who sends us the above
adds that he has just learned of the murder
of Mr.. George Biggerstaffe who was killed
while riding in his wagon about five miles
west of ClarksvilIe negro boy named
Allen, who accompanied Biggerstaffe, was
murdered at the same time. The killing of |
Biggerstaffe and the colored boy, as we'll |
as that of Ferguson, is supposed to have
been done either through private revenge
or political animosity, as the former had |
considerable amount of money on his per-
con, which was found untouched. Bigger |
static and Ferguson are reported to have
been Union Men.
We think it is about time for the Con-
vention, or some other authority, to inter
pose and stop this bloody work. Murders
and assassinations seem to be the order of |
the day. The villains that perpstrate them
know very we'll that as courts and juriea are
now organized in many parts of the State,
they will go unwhipped ofjustice. How to
reach the scoundrels should be seriously
considered We hope Congress will prompt !
ly amend the Reconstruction acts as pro-
posed, and we feel sure some plan will then
be adopted for the apprehension and pun
lshment OF these criminals, who are now
stalking abroad with impunity.
How many nameless and unknown ne
groes these fiends have slaughtered in this
State since the close of the rebellion, God
only knows. We frequently hear of their
bodies being discovered in the woods or by
the roadside. Sooner or later the vengeance
of Heaven will fall on those who commit
these numerous crimes, and upon the peo-
pie who permit them to go UNPUBLISHED,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30

DR. t. IA. EDDY, editor Of the North
'Oestern Christian Adoocate, we learn from
a gentleman who had occasion TO examine
the files of that paper for the past year, Of
ficiated III 1867 at the dedication of no few
er than thirty Methodist churches. The
aggregate cost of these was 5000, 600; and
of this sum 5000, 900 was raised at the ded
ication through the efforts of the persuasive
Doctor Other church collections in which
DR.. Eddy has singularly figured, increase
the amount raised by his personal efforts
to quarter of million OF dollars That
we should call a wholesale business, even
for Chicago a good man to have ronnd
on such occasions is Eddy. lie both edi.
fies and edifcates.
The thirty churches were situated in the
following States, mentioned in numerical
order: Illinois, Iowa. Wisconsin, Indiana
and Michigan; while Ohio had two, aud
New York, New Jersey aud the New Do
minion had one each.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30

The TOMB OF GEORGE WHITEFrELD.- I'm a
recent letter to the London Star, written at
Providence, Rhode Island, Mr.. HENRY Vim
GENT gives an account of the old town of
New berryport, Massachusetts,, and visit
he made to the tomb of GEORGE WHITE
FIELD, who died there in ITO 1t is under
the pulpit of the first Presbyterian church
MIR. VINCENT says:
We descended into cellar through a
trap-door behind the pulpit, aud removing
a paddock from an upright door, we entered
the tomb of the great preacher The coffin
OF Whltetield is placed across the other two,
aud the upper. part of the lid opens upon
hinges. We opened the coffin carefully, and
by the light Of the lamp saw all that was
mortal of the eloquent divine, who had
crossed the Atlantic thirteen times to preach
the Gospel The bones were biackened as
though they were charred by fire. The
skull is perfect. placed my hand upon the
forehead, and thought of the time when the
active brain within throbbed with love to
Tod and man, when those silent lips,
moved by eloquent speech, swayed the peo-
pie Of England from the churchyard in Is.
lington to Remington Common, from the
hills and valleys of Gloucetshire to the
mouths of Cornish mines, and on through
the growing colonies Of America
In these days of high church Pantomime,
when so many attempts are made to gal
vanize the dead past, would it not be well
to turn the attention to the times of White
field and his glorious friend Wesley, 10 see
what was done for the salvation of souls by
the faith and power of these divinely in-
spired servants of Christ? Not by new dec
orations and scenery not by candles and
'crosses'-not by what Wickliffe boldly
called the priests rags,'-or by 'PanAn-
glican Synods, or by moaning out bits of
scripture in unearthly chants,-but by such
lives of WhitefieId and Wesley are the peo-
pie to be reached aud won. | confess that
as an Englishman, | envy America the pos
session of earthly remains of dear George
Wbitefeld but perhaps it is appropriate
that while England claims the dust of
Wesley. the Great Republic should be the
guardian of the dust of his holy brother
May the two nations grow into closer sym
pathy with each other, not only in the
memory Of the mighty dead, but in their
living aspirations for truth and liberty"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30
Why Don't Our Farmers Study their Pro-
fession2

Why Don't Our Farmers Study their Pro-
fession2
From the California Farmtr.1
We ask our cultivators why is it that all
who come under the denomination of farm
ers should take SO little interest in agricul-
ture?
Why should the noblest profession on
earth have for many of it's professional
friends and co-operators those who rarely
open book, or read paper, or study line
OF truth IN the science from which thew make
their daily bread?
No lawyer that would make himself emf
nent, but feels the necessity of a good H.
brary aud secures the opinions Of all dis
tinSushed jurists, courts, etc and he reads
the opinions and finds ideas to guide him
III his own advancing way
No physician but seeks from the practical
labors of his fellow craft, and from these
written and printed opinions, light and
knowledge to guide him on his way.
No clergyman but that will peruse the
writings and discussions of all of his own
sect, and even those who widely differ from
hih,i IN order that he may select the true
and reject the false
NO manufactures or mechanic bnt that
stores his mind with information from the
best books and the journals that treat of the
science appertaining to his own bust
ness.
But the noblest science. alas! for the farm
er, he thinks too often that as he has pillow
ed from his boyhood, he understands all
about farming, and books and papers are
but little use to him
How fatal to his success is this folly. A
lifetime spent in practical farming only
shows to the intelligent man that he has
but just entered upon the threshold of the
great Temple of Nature and according as
he disires true knowledge, so certain will be
his success but the man that folds his arms
believing he knows all, Heaven will with
draw the light of truth from him, and sue
cess can never rest upon his Iabors.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30

In the provSrb, "a prophet is not with
out honor, save in his own country" sub
stitute e0sn for SGpe, and it would meet the
case of General Grant for the more he is
known the better he is liked. The Galena
Gazette, speaking of the Generals home
popularity, says;
1--WE believe there is not single Repub-
lican in Galena, and perhaps not one in 10
Daviess county, who is not in favor of Gen
eral Grant for our next President There
are also Democrats here who, although not
agreeing with the General in politics, be-
lleve him to be the fittest man n the ma
ton TO settle our national difficulties, and
will vote for him for President. The nenti-
ment in his favor is rapidly growing, and
nowhere is it stronger than in his OWL
town aud county.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30

low Miss ANTHONY ATTACKED A. JOHN
soN.-Miss Susan B. Anthony thus describ :
es her visit to the White House, while in
Washington soliciting subscriptions to her
new paper, the REVOLUTION
Il waited two hours in the ante-room
among the huge half bushel measure spit-
toons, and terrible filth Of the outer cham.
bers, where the smell of tobacco and whis.
Ky was powerful, and | could but mentally
inquire If the ante-room of the Empress at
the Iuileries in Paris, or Queen Victoria,
tloo D0mt@ rulers, were SO condescending to
their guests as to put pacards at the en-
trance of Buckingham Palace and the Tuil-
cries -Gentlemen, please use the spittoons.
johnson stood at his desk Said "No.n
had thousand such applications every
day; more papers than he could read.
told him he was mistaken that he never
had such an application in his life. You
recognize, said Mr.. johnson, that Mrs.
Stanton and myself for two years have
boldly told the Republican party that they
must give ballots TO women and negroes and
by means Of the REVOLUTION we are bound
to drive the party to logical conclusions, or
break it into thousand pieces, as was the
old Wing party, unless we get our rights.
That brought him to his pocket-book, and
he signed his name Andrew johnson, with
a bold hand, as much as to say, anything
to get rid of this woman and break the
Radical party"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30
Death of John Jacob Astor Jr.
From the N. Y. Tribune.

GAOhl bAlC M L. 1TlDUQe.
John Jacob Aston, the second son of John
Jacob Astor the Millionaire, died in this CITY
yesterday morning, in the Goth year of his
age, In early youth, Mr.. Astor gave much
intellectual promise, but at about the age
OF II, ne accidentally fell, striking on his
head, and thus his mental faculties were i'm
paired. His father, after vain efforts to of.
feet his restoration, built ON Fourteenth
street, near the North river, mansion for
his accommodation. 1t occupies an entire
block, aud is surrounded by high fenos,
to prevent pryiug and curious eyos from
seeing the movements of the occupants. On
the death of the father, one of tie princi-
pal items in his will was provision intrust-
ing the younger John Jacob to the care of
a physician in whom he placed implicit con-
hdence, aud settling a handsome income
upon the Fourteenth street mansion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30
Sheridan's Last Ride,
From the New York Mail.

Some very pleasant society gossip reaches
us from Albany in relation to the romantic
engagement Of Major General Phil Sheri-
dan. The young lady to whom rumor says
he Is enga god, is Miss Grace Nh, a
beautiful young lady of the Knicker- booker
clty-on-tbe ii udson, Albany. We learn
that she was to be married soon to DR. e.
H, well known physician of that
city. Not long since she was sitting before
her drawing room window richly dressed,
when carriage drove leisurey by in which
were seated two rather distinguished look
lug gentlemen. One of these was General
NJ, but tie other gentlemen was unknown
to the lady. The unknown one gazed at
Miss It's lovely face with grea, admira-
ton, however, aud it seems, insisted on
alIghting with Gen. NJ, and entering the
mousse with 1lm, where he begged an intro
auction His wishes were gratifed, and
MISS d----was presented to Gen. Sheri-
dan His agreeable impressions were
strengthened, and in the evening he re-.
peated the call. The General soon became
40 attentive to Miss Grace that her former
lover Or. H., ventured to demonstrate with
her. She assured the doctor that so distin-
guished son of Mars was to be preferred
to disciple of Hippocrates, and by mutual
consent their engagement was broken, the
gallant doctor acknowledging the situation,
and gracefully surrendering. A few eve
nings later Gen. Sheridan and Miss III. an
peared at the Governors reception, where
their engagement was publicly announced.
At least this is the way the story runs in
fashionable circles.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-30
The Law of Newspapers,

ANY person who takes paper regularly
from the post office, whether he has subscrib-
ed or not, is responsible for the subscription.
A person ordering his paper discontinued
must pay all arrearages, or the publisher
may continue to send it until payment is
made, and collect the whole amount,
whether it is taken from the office or not.
The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers and periodicals from the
post office, or removing and leaving them
uncalled for, is prirha facie evidence Of
intentional fraud.