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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25
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How happy tbs fate. 10 die, Leaving
one's nA,ae synonym for heroism! Tho
word IIerndon has passed into history
iIto poetrv--iuta romance. The apoth-
cess Of tie anc.cnts Nas poar in eoupar-
1son 10 the immortality ct remembrance
nov lighted Ike u new stas III tbs mama
Of this gallant man. 4 beautiful garland
Of poetic flowers for lis memory has just
como 10 land; an.! It has 3 significancv
which partial betrayal Of . secret though
It b.lwe c2nnos withhold frepl the rea:ler.
L is 3 poem from q hand that is wholly
new TO veIso-niak;ng. An inspiration al
most i.aprogis9l into poetic measure, and
coming from tbs brain and heart of ons
Of the NEST brilliantly gifted and ulost adj
nired ssoil3ea Of the highest social circle
OF New York, Sung by So lovely q muse
the memory Of n great act may web glow
more brightly. Thus writes the jewelled
hand Of orc of the queens Of the gay
world:
TO THE MEMORY OF HERNDOT;
Hsrntlonl That tempest was thy crowning hour
Showing the scLeel in vhich thy heart was
trained
Gods servant thou! He lent hie wondrops
Aid thiao the glory cf q ecu! s,sssairedi
Thou sowod' st the seed Of noble historiesi
a thousand lives viii be more itch and
grand,
AS boxing to that night Of miseries,
Against Kit. pcath they sec taee calmly
ssan9l
We have no"C1oItlcn Beck" as Venice lad.
Einblazonel with our names Of high renusn.
Else would the country. emulors yet sad.
On lis llustrio-s pages write thee doWni
Bet each white sail that leaves or grateful
shore,
Speeding away beyond the horizons dip.
Should bear these words which sourd forev-
Immortal words. u ayALL NOT LEAVE Tua
suIP'
Fair women aud brave men shall weep for
thee!
And from their glatenrng tears star shall
rise,
Clean on the shield and banner of the free,
Tlcn--li<e my soul-- ascend into tie skies!
and every nlother holding on her knee
Her hoy, who listenswith suspended breath,
Shall tell that victory DER the cruei sea
The noble story e Thy life and death!
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25

4 Glorious THIsa.-As John Foster
approached the close OF his life, and felt
his strength gradually stealing away, lie
remarked on his increasing weakuess and
added, sBut can pray, and that 8
glorious thing. Truly glorious thing;
10 look ny 10 an on1nipotent father, to
speak to lin, to love him; to stretch up
ward as bate from the cradle, that hc
may lift bis child in bis everlasting arms,
to the resting place Of his own bosom
He was overheard thus speaking to him
self: 20 death whore is thy stinga O
grave whore is thy victory? Thanks be
to God wi.o giscih the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25
THE PREss.

Tho press is the ruling power Of The
times. The age Of statesmen IS over, the
age Of bullets is over, and the age Of the
printing press has come. What the in
vention Of gunpowder was to the at Of
war. making any man who could lull 2
trigger equal to the most powerful warrior
the press is in a reading age. We haze
invented the pamphlet. We have called
into existence the fourth state Of tbs realm.
it is brains. Men sometimes think that
the great browa at Washing ten control the
nation So the boy who first sees q steam
boat thinks that the walking hcafn is the
propelIing power, but below there is 3 g f.
matte" feeding the fires.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25
VIC B x.

There is a pcronnial noblenoss snd even
sacredness in work. Were be over 50
benighted, forgetful Of his calling, there
is always hope in q man that actually and
earnestly works; in idieness alone there
is perpetual despair. Work, never SO
,namlnonish, mean, Is in communication
with nature; the real desire TO get work
done will itself lead one more and more
and more to truth-to natures APPOINT
ments and regulations, which are truth
Consider how, even in the neanest kinds
Of labor, the whole soul Of man is com
posed into kind Of real harmony, the IN
slant he sets himself to work, doubt, de-
sire, sorrow, reInorsa, Indignation, des-
PAR itsolf-all these, like hell dogs, lie be-
leagur;ng the soul Of the poor day-worlser
as Of every man; but he bends himself
with valor against his task, and ail these
are stilleJ, al these shrink nurnaurlng
far of into thor caves. Blessed is nc who
has found his work; let him ask no other
blesscdness. Carlyle.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25

There is a young lady living in Sarato-
ga who has visited the grave Of her sister
very morning for three years. A moro
touching sight VIC have seldom seen IL -fhls
inconstant aud forgetful world, than this
deyout maiden kneeling to place flowers
eupon the green coverlid ola sisters mar
rew bed, and to report her morning pray
ers where none but God can hear them
There IS A f..uat.cisrn of The affections which
one cannot but reverence; and the ser
we have alluded to makes the loyo OF "o-
man holy, even to those whose skeptioisn
has become chronic.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25
MISCELLANY.
a THORN IN THE MEMORY

~gN=TSSz N the general aeceptaton OF the
IN 4A term, a kind hearted man. His
feelings were easily reached, and these
gave, usually, ready impulse TO his ae-
tions. But quick feeling has, in most
eases, a twofold range-warlning now into
kindly emotion, and now burning with
sudden anger. Your SO called kind heart
oil men are often betrayed into cruel words.
ana even cruel actions. But there is this
merit about them; when the heat of pas
sion subsidies they repent, and sometimes
seek to heal whore they have wounded.
Such man was Hartley Bancroft.
While the currents of events ran smoothly
along, the surface of his life reflected the
unvarying sunshine; but . very little
obstruction sulficed to ripple tie waters,
and then their-aspact darkened.
One day Mr. Bancroft was sitting at
hi, desk, with pile Of checks and bills
bcfore him, the sum Of which lie was ta-
king, preparatory 10 q deposit in bank.
1t was late in the day for him to be fig
uring up his account; but he had unttsu-
ally heavy payments to make, and the
amount necessary to lift his notes had
been obtained with difficulty. Mr.. Ban
croft felt both hurried and worried as his
quick, nervous movements showed.
Just at this inauspieious moment a man
entered the store, anil walked back to
where Mr.. Bancroft was sitting.
f" Good-day, Alr. Cartwright"
There was not a very cordial tone III
the voice Of Mr. Bancroft, although the
other was customer who had bought of
his goods freely.
Good-day."
There was an embarrassed air about
Mr.. Cartwright.
"What can | do for you?' 1t was
only form OF speech on the part of Mr..
Bancroft, or rather new form of saying,
Don't ask me for anything"
Now it happened that day that Mr..
Cartwright was in q very " tight place"
rs it is called. It was two O'Clock, and
all of his efforts to get the full amount of
money needed had failed Several notes
had rnatured, and among hem one of
seven hundred dollars given to Mr.. Ban
croft. Al but this he had succeeded in
lifting; and, frightened at the aspect of
thing, he had come very reluctantly to
his creditor, whom he only knew as a
kind-hearted man, to state the extremity
of his case, and ask q check for the
amount OF his nots as a temporary loan.
81 am short seven hundred dollars.
Can you help me: Z"
"Nom was the answer, made in an
emphatic tone, aud with knitting of the
brows. . ssss eIzl7 s1sa5s =
Mr.. Bancroft noticed that his words
seemed to stagger the applicant for money;
he also noticed that he grew pale, and
had look of singular distress. But Mr..
Bancroft was too much excited and an
noyed for these to have upon him ut that
time any right influence.
Then" said Mr.. Cartwright, "you
viii have to withdraw my note from the
bank. | cannot lift it
Il shall do no such thing" angrily
replied Mr.. Bancroft "Take up your
notes as ] take up mine.
q have failed in all my efforts to get
money; and if You do not withdraw this
| note, ii will be pretestcd.a Mr.. Cart
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25
TEsGEaryG ENGLISH.

Ny friend tho foreigner, called on me
to bid me farewell before quitting the
town, and on bis departure said:-"I am
going at the country" ventured to COR
rect bis phraseology, by saying that We
are accustomed to say, going into The
country lie thanked me for this cor
rection, said he profited by my lesson,
and added, Il viii knock into your door
on my return
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25
Ne coqld not teach her holy things
She was Christ'a self in purity.

1t came upon US by degrees:
We saw It's shadow ere it fell,
The knowledge that our God had sent
His messenger for Babie Bell
We shuddered with unlanguaged pain,
And all our hopes We're turned to fears,
And all our thoughts ran into tears
Like sunshine into RAIN
We cried aloud in our belief,
o, smite us gently, gently, God
Teach Us to bend and kiss the rod,
And perfect grow through grief
All, how we loved her, God can tell
Her little heart was cased in ours:
Our hearts are broken, Babe Bell
VII
At last he came, the messenger,
The messenger from unseen lands:
And what did dainty Babe Bell
She only crossed her little hands,
She only looked more meek and fair
We parted back her silken hair;
We laid some buds upon her brow,
White buds, like scented flakes of snow
Deaths bride arrayed in flowers
Aud thus went dainty Babe Bell
Out of this world Of ours
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25
TT Tharo IS nnthinr innocent

n There is nothing innocent or good
that dies and is forgotten. Let US hold
that faith or none. An infant, apraillng
child, diving i'll its cradle, will live again
in the better thoughts Of those who loved
it; and play its part through them, III the
retleeining actions Of the world, though its
body be burnt to ashes or drowned III the
deepest sea. There is not an angel ad-
ded to the host Of Heaven but docs its
blessed work on Earth in those that loved
If here,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25

sure of education into the beautiful on
Of natural enthusiasm and innocent true
hearteiness; but the mass are SO moulded
that they ars often but pnstebosra, Lack.
ram, and whale hone things: creatures q
pufferY and art..1ee, whose every word,
look aud everything they dds but
q trick Of eustcn.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25

LEISURE HoURs.-It was a beautiful
observation Of William Hazlitt, that ''tiiere
is room enough in human life, to crowd
almost every art and science in it." If
we pass mo day without line, visit no
place without the company ola book, we
NAV with ease fill Libraries, or empty them
Of their contents. The more we do, the
more we can do: the moro busy we are,
III. moro leisure We have.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25

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Have YOU not heard the poet tell
How came the dainty Babe Bel
Itlto this world of ours ?
The gates Of heaven were left aiar
- Wit, folded hands and dreamy eyes.
E.. Wandering cat Of Paradise. VI. sf- Is
She saw this planet, like star, Fef.
Hung in the purple depths OF e'eri---
lis bridgas. running t" and fro.
Oey Is hich the white hinged Angels 60.
Bearing The holy dead 10 Heaven.
She touched bridge of tioH.egs-thosc feet,
saIight they did not bend the bells -
ofthe celestial aspElodels! ~
THey fell like dew Upon the flowers.
"a And all the air grew strangely sNeet .
8uGsthEs came dainty Babie Bel
Into this world of ours,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25
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o Babic. dsinff Bahie IN

o Babic. dainty Bahie Eel,
How fair she grew from day to day!
What nomenclature filed her eyes.
What poetry within them lay IS
Those deep and fender twilight eyes.
So full of meaning, pure and bright
b As if she vet stood in the light na
OF those oped gates of Paradise '
And we loved Babe more and more
- O never ia our hearts before
Was love SO lovely born. ,.f r
beNe felt we had liak between .
a This real world and that unseen
The land beyond the morn!
And for the love of those dear eyes.
a For love of her whom God led forth.
The mothers being ceased on earth
When Babe came from Paradise)- Il
For love of Him who srnotc our lives
And woke the cords ofjoy and pain.
Ne said. Sect Cfri.t-our hearts bent down
Like yiolcts after rain. t@ -Fs~x
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25
POETRY
Babe Il EEEl.
By 7. g, ALpRICu.

TIN FoEx OF A LIrrIK LIFE THAT WAS But
IHaER ArRtLs LCSG.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25

sle came and brought deliciors May;
The swallows built beneath the caves
IL Ike sasl Light in and out theieaxcs.
Thesro bins " nt. the lise-long day H. r.
The lilly swung its noiseless bell,
And DER the porch the trembling vine
Seemed bursting with IFS veins of wine =
How sweetly, softly twilight fell
o. earth was full Of singing birds.
And happy spring flowers.
When the dainty Babe Bell s-i..a +.
Game 10 this world Of ours. a. s.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25
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The journal Office il furnished with en-
tirely new and complete assortment of Job
Type, Material, and Stock; and is prepared to
execute Book, Pamphlet, Card. Circular, Bill
Head, Handful. Label. and all other kinds
plain and fancy Letter Press Printing in as
good style and at as reasonable rates as any
office in the Northwest
Orders. from distance, for printing, ac-
pani,daby cash. viii be promptly attended
10. and work Immediately sent by express or
mail IA desired.
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AID now the olcharls, which in June ga
Were white and rosy in their bloom
Filling the chrystal veins of air da.s}
with gentle pulses of perfume ~zs
Mere rich in Autumn's mellow prime
The plums we're globes of houeyed vine g
The hiyed sweets of snmmer time
The IVORY chestnut burst its shell
The seft-ehecked peaches blushed aud fell !.
The grapes were purpling in the grange. Sd
And time wrought just as rich a change
s. In little Babie Bell
Her tiny form more perfect grew.
And in her features We could trace
In soitened curves her mothers face
Her angel nature ripel,ed too
We thought her lovely when She came.
But she was holy, sanity now
Around her pale. angelic brow 81
We sawaa slender ring Of hame
t3kIa 2-si "
Gods hand had taken away the seal
Which held the portals other speech;
And otis said few strange words
hla Whose meaning lay beyond ON reach
She never was \ child TO Us.
We never held her beings key.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-11-25

f'Shs had 'irea, the lrorid acoG!d hare been
fWies .rist5t.t and roses 1eifhin.-I MAXWELL.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-10-10

The Democratic candidate for Senator in
this District, is following the lead of his
great prototype, BEN NJ. SAxUELs, on the
Bank question. At Sioux City and Ca
houn, he touched upon the question lightly,
allowing the inference to be drawn, that he
would not very strenuously oppose the es-
tablishment of banks of issue. This was
done, because the speaker found himself in
bank community, and wished to concili-
ate bank men. He does not come out bold
ly and manly and declare that he was either
opposed to, or in favor Of banks. At Cries.
cent City, an anti-bank locality, he said be
regarded banks as sort of commercial ne
cessity-that we now had no need of them,
and that the people of Iowa were not now
prepared to act in this matter-that the time
had not yet arrived, when the necessities of
trade and commerce required the establish
ment of banks. This we regard as cquiya-
lent to saying, that if elected, he would use
his voice and vote against the creation of
Banks. He dare not say SO openly, because
that would ''knock into cooked hat'' his
nice laid schemes for securing the votes of
both bank and anti-bank men, and deprive
him of the benefit of the services he had
rendered the party in ssblowing hot and
cold" with the same breath, all over the
district. ..... ~. r. ....4 ... = r 5.'t
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United States Sennfor.

Of late the Democratic organs of the
State have teemed with articles commenda-
tory of G. W. JONES, and the course he pur-
sued in the Senate of the United States
The late Democratic State Convention en-
dorsed his past course, and dubbed him
"sound on the goose" The General is a
candidate for reelection. The Dububus
Express & Herald (Dem.) reports him as
saying-"That NO NAN HAD A RIGHT
to be candidate for q. S. Senator again.t
him; that there is no man in the State as
yell qualified for the place as himself en-
ccpt General Dodge, and he d-dly doubt
eddy uhether he is" The General neei
give himself no trouble about that little Of.
fee, the people of Iowa will settle the sshash'
by sending to Washington good and true
man that will not prove a
lick-spittle to Southern nullifers, nor Nor
thern demagogues. They will send man
to represent them in the National Councils,
who believes that Freedom alone is nation
al, and that Slavery does not exist in all M
tional domain, by virtue Of our common
constitution. Such man will be sent t,
Washington to fill the place now occupied
and disgraced by General GEORGE WASH.
INGToN JONES.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-10-10

The Louisville journal wishes ssto know
what justification, if any, the Democratic
organs set up for that scandalous business
Of the fort Smelling reserve, where, as the
country knows, an immensely valuable tract
was privately sold to chosen favorites at
five dollars per acre, when it would, at pub
lie auction or at private sale open to fair
competition, have brought ct least fifty OF
one hundred dollars per acre.
"ln truth, there can be no justification Of
this vile job, nor any plausible apology for
it. 1t was neither more nor less than an
open, palpable, and direct sacrifice Of .
large and important national interest to the
rewarding of partisan favorites. The thing
was as bad as the grabbing Of half million
of dollars from the United States Treasury
for the same purpose would have BEEN
And the Administration, aye the President
himself, is responsible for tho iniouity.
whether he knew beforehand what was 10 Be
done, and assented to it, or not. He Ger.
tainly knows nosc what has been done, and
assented to it by keeping in Office those who
did it.
every much could justly be said in favor
of the allowance Of thefam0us Galphin claim
that is the allowance of interest upon a
debt, the principal of which had many wears
ago been acknowledged and paid by the Gov.
ernment-but We defy political ingenuity to
say one plausible word in extenuation Of the
corruption in the affair of the Fort Smelling
sale. That sale shows that all kinds Of dis
honesty and malfeasance in Office NAV be
expected to be practiced to the very end Of
the Buchanan administration"
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The P.,ic cea,,ns.

A late number Of the St. Louis Republican
has the following: hasa sr,
A good many merchants from the coun.
try presented themselves in this CITY yester.
day, and not q few thousand dollars came
with them. They were well received. and
the money distributed to various pasties.--
From this time until the season closes large
remittances will be received from our own
and the neighboring States, and an EASY
money market will follow, II the people do
not insist upon being miserable and refuse
to be comforted. In few days exchanges
vii be regulated, and then produce will 6nd
a market, and the sshriekers' about scurren.
cy' and the crisis which was to try the
backbone OF every man in tho community,
will feel not little ashamed Of themselves.
The other class, too, who have been quietly
Withdrawing their deposits from the vaults
OF the Banks and Bankers, and hiding their
money away in dark corners and old stock.
ings- little dreaming that expert burglars
were always on the watch, and ready TO ease
them Of their treasure; those who have
resolutely refused to accommodate their.
friends with this money ON any terms or for
any security, will feel rather shccrish If the
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L. R. FUTILE.

After accepting the assignment of the
"Western Exchange Fire 4 Marine Insu-
rance Co.." the undersigned proceeded care
fully to examine its liabilities and its assets,
and the result is, that not a doubt exists in our
minds that the assets will greatly exceed
the liabilities. But in addition, property,
to the amount of nearly eighty thousand
dollars at a low valuation, has already been
conveyed for the benefit Of the creditors,
every one of whom we confidently believe
will be satisfied in less than ninety days.
We therefore feel no hesitation in giving
as our opinion, that the depositors and note
holders should not make sacrifice of one
cent. fT
This publication we think due to all con-
cerncd. We certainly have no motive for
making any other than q true statement.
; JOIN A !; saSskER, Trustees.
A. U. WYMAN, epa
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The slony N1arke,-rhe Prospect:

There is little use in attempting to delude
ourselves or our readers with the fiction
that the money market is easier, or that
public confidence points with any degree Of
certainty to more harmonious working of
the commercial machinery of the country,
either in this month or next. Western men
must make up their minds to 60 through a
winter of extraordinary pressure; and we
believe it is better for them and all concern
ed to have comprehension Of the fact now i.
The season Of navigation is drawing to a
close, and there is no prospect that any con-
siderable portion of the immense surplus Of
the country's products will 60 forward to a
market. All arrangements for facilitating
its transit, on scale commensurate with
the country's wants, seem to come to naught.
The shipments, it is true, at this moment are
large; but our warehouses lily bear the drain.
The difkculty is further back-the farmers
are unwilling to sell at the rates that are
likely to rule during the fall; and if they
were, but little more than forty days remain
in which to carry of the tens Of millions of
bushels that we can spare. We trust that
enough may be done before the ice shuts up
the straits, to prevent the calamities that
would befalau if shipments should stop
now; but, 90 complete is the disorganisation
OF the credit system that We can hope for
no more.
] Exchange must be high, gold exceedingly
scarce and currency hard to get. There Is
much that 10 discouraging in this view Of tho
prospect ahead, but we have the consolation
OF knowing that matters might be worse.
We believe the West to be essentially sound.
ana we do not admit even now, in the face
OF the dif6culties with which her commerce. s
beset, TINT we shall not come out of the fur
mace the brighter for the Ere. Her eurplus
wealth, once in market Is enormous; but until
that cap be brought near the consumer, We
may not hope for any considerable relaxa-
alike. s -. = -. 81
The TRrsUNE has practiced what it preached
Tor others;itdid not recommend retrenchment
and caution to its readers, and let it, own.
analrs 30 at loose ends hence We may in-
sist, without suspicion that self -lntsrest dic-
tases, that there must be between debtor and
creditor, the exercise Of forbeaEance, aud a.