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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-19
The Pacific Railroad.

The grand and magnificent enterprise
OF constructing a Pacific Railroad has
been defeated in the u. S. Senate. For the
present, at least, this matter is postponed
Is not. the cause of its defeat plain to the
mind of every intelligent man? That n
decided majority of the Members of Con-
gress are favorable to this project, there
is no room for dispute. g eaa .Ts EFe
That it is the most magnificent measure
ever undertaken by the, United States,
and one that would redounl t., its glory,
MI admit. a1.as e are
=, That the people have for years favored
the projection of this enterprise, is well
known fact 1t was introduced into the
present session, with a hopeful prospect.
What then has caused its defeat? why
has Congress indefinitely postponed this
matter? Simply because .Slauery had
interests which must predominant over
this glorious project - --1ay5a sai
Slavery must look to her interests first,
must, if possible extend her domain--In
short, Kansas must be made slave state,
and this done in preference to, and before
anything else.
Farther, the South contcndcd if a Pa
7citic Railroad was built, itmust pass thro'
the Slave territory. a
1t matters not, though tho North offers
decidedly the best route shortest and
cheapcst.-It must pass through the do
main of Slavery. Thus h this great
ancasure been defeated. ,7-
Slavery had demand, and int rests be-
fore WHICH this magnificent enterprise
must slccumb as thing ofmiror impor-
tance. 5s s-N1e
Thus has the U. s.. Senate laid over
the Pacific Railroad Bill, to attend to the
all-alsorbing interests Of Slavery.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-19
Another letter from Frederick
Loba, tERe EX- mormon
s- High Priest.

The New York Times, of saturday,
published a second letter from Frederick
Loba, until lately a High Priest Of the
Mormon Church. We give below the
more interesting portions.
Loba is native of Lausanne, in Swift
erland, and was manufacturer of gas on
an improved principle until about five
years since, when he yielped to the per-
tuasions of the Mormon Missionaries and
emigrated to this country, arriving at St.
Louis in '53. While in that city he was
APPOINTED by Orson Pratt, temporary
President of a Mormon Church. He soon
discovered that his new brethren were far
from virtuous, and learned to his horror
that Captain Gunnison was not murdered
by the Indians, but by Mormon assassins
Although somewhat shaken, his faith in
Mormonism was not abandoned, and he
started for Salt Lake with strong conf
dence in the truth of his church, if not in
the sincerity of all its protested disciples
On arriving in Utah, Brigham Young
presented him with a house and some land
on condition that he should manufacture
gunpowder. Shortly after he was made
''Prof,ssor of.Chelnsty" and High Priest,
and initiated into the mysteries of the
Church, which at once opened his eyes
to the terrible position in which he was
placed. He found himself in the midst
of q wicked and degraded people, with
the conviction forced upon his mind that
Brigham Young was at the bottom of all
the clandestine assassinations, plundering
of trains, robberies of mails, and the ex-
ampler of every other species of wicket
ness practiced among his followers
Speaking of the unhappy effects ofpolyg-
amy, he says:
81 have seen two young SISTERS sold by
their own father to General Horace Ell
dredge for some groceries. l have seen
men marrying both mother and daugh-
ter. [ have known another in incestuous
intercourse with his own sister, and then
witnessed Brigham Young, taking this
last woman as his wife when about to be-
come mother. One of my own person.
al acquaintance, w. G. Stains-one of
Br;gham's favorite "destroying angels"
and spies-applied to the Prophet for
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-19
Minnesota Admitted.

We learn from the st. Paul Times OF
Nav 18th that Minnesota has been admit
ted into the Union.
This is gratifying news to our Minnie
sofa neighbors. They now anticipate
speedy revival of trade. We believe that
there is q glorious future for Minnesota,
when her vast resources shall become ful-
" developed-she will be among tie
leadingsstates of the Great West. We
doubt not, there has been influences at
work to delay the admission of Minneso-
ia, which, when the parties are exposed,
will reveal a mass of corruption that will
startle many Of the inhabitants of that
The Times says: "We are in posses
sion of facts relative to our delay, which,
when made public, may mako certain
parties vince tt' t'is
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-19
VIII They Accept 1t.

The question whether or no, the peo-
pie of Kansas will receipt the English
Bride is in the mouth of the entire nation.
Every hateful measure has been concoc-
ted by the rabid advocates of slavery, to
bring Kansas into the Union slave state.
Now that every other measure has fai-
led, they have attempted to bribe them TO
do, what they could not compel them to
do by violence. Under the ruling of dem
ocraric supreme Judges, the territories
must have slavery whether they viii or
not; and now, the Administration requires
twice the number of inhabitants to form
a free state, that it does to form q slave
state. The government has not unfre-
quently favored the institution of slavery,
but never before has it offered reward
for slave state. The people of Kan
sas are left perfectly free to choose wheth-
or they will have tho Lecompton Consti-
tuition or not, but if they reject it, they
must suffer the penalty. They are offer
ed additional motives to accept this Con-
stitution as a choice of evils. We, fully
believe we shall see them spurn the bride.
They have thus far withstool every at
tempt to force slavery upon them, and
we cannot believe that they will now yield
to bribery, and cover with shame their
former glory. .sss31ar .ssrfueg
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leave to take third wife. Leave was
granted. The next day the lover appear
ed before Brigham with is betrothed,
when greatly to his establishment that
worthy changed the programme slightly
aud married the lady to himself, as he
found her very pretty woman. Poor
Stains accepted bis cruel bereavement as
trial from the Lord "
He accuses Brigham's brothers, and
even the prophet himself, Of murder. 1t
any body was even accused of having IN
dull ged in any disparaging remarks con-
corning the head of the Church, that man
was certain to disappear suddenly and
mysteriously-being privately destroyed.
All the the roads leading to the Valley
were generally infested by the destroying
angels, either for purposes of murder or
plumber. -,.,-.........e.-s-
Disguised with the condition Of affairs,
Loba prepared to escape. Notwithstand-
ing all his dissim ulation, he could not es-
cape the suspicion of the despots who sur
rounded him. He was frequently advised
to take two or three wives--he had but
one-but he always excused himself
This neglect, and some remarks in regard
to some of Brigham's friends, determined
the latter to order bis private execution.
Finding that no time was to be lost, in
company with his wife, the latter dressed
in mems clothes, he started on the lst OF
April, and after great sufferings, reached
Fort Laramie in safety, although pursued
by thirty-two horsemen whom Brigham
had despatched to bring him back. Mr..
Loba is described to be an intelligent and
highly educated man, and is now residing
in Kansas. 7s.74~
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-19
PhiIadcIphia Election

10 The Anti Adminstratio men have
carried this heretofore Democracy-ridden
city by an overwhelming majority We
clip the following in regard to the senti-
ment there from the Milwaukee Sentinel:
The Pennsylvania Democrat, confesse'
defeat as follows -9.. s.9s1 ~ li#
"The coalition was most thorough and
complete, and although the Democracy
fought nobly and manfully to the end,
still they were overcome by superior num-
bers."
The Philadelphia Inquirer thus an
nounces the result: - bis atsr--
II SUCCESS OF THE PEOPLES TICKET.
Signal re5uke Of the Lecompton .Sacindle
81 philadelphia true to Constitu-
honal Principles. ba
s There was no i" hating between two
opinions" ''Lecompton" and can't lie
compton" were as Enthusiastically the
watchwords of the opposing parties, yes
terday, as g Whig' aud Dem" were in
40. a l .i a ei.''.
The entire Peoples Ticket for City
Officers, was elected by majorities ranging
from 5000 to 1890, and the same parry
secured large majority in the City
Councils. On the night of the election
the victors formed in procession, ten thou
sand strong, and marched to the house of
the Mayor elect, where a number of brief
speeches were made. Mr.. Henry, the
Mayor elect, said: +'t % aa
In the results of the election which
YOU have this day determined, l look be-
yond the locality of the contest, and see
in the future national party, which shall
arise at your bidding, and which shall
have for their motto, "Popular Soyer-
eighty, and protection to American III
dustry."
Mr.. King said that like Mr.. Henry, be,
too, looked beyond the mere local scene
of this contest, and anticipated the forna-
ton of a national party. This victory,
he said, would be beacon of hope to the
people of Kansas, and when the tidings
were heralded to all quarters of the land,
the flame kindled here would spread until
the nation was warmed by their glow.
Ex-Mayor Conrad followed in some
stirring remarks:
Yesterday, We were slaves-the regis
tered, signed, and recognized slaves of
the slave drivers. To-day, we are free
Immense applause free from our fet-
tiers, and have given a check to executive
tyranny that | trust will be effectual.
Liberty arose in Philadelphia, and Phia-
delphia has been the scene of is second
birth. So long as Philadelphia is true to
herself, she need shrink from the accom-
plishment of nothing"
We think it tolerably evident, from the
above extracts, that there was deep
political significance in the result Of the
Philadelphia election, and that Mr.. Blu
chanan and his hackers, If they are not
blind, may plainly see in it "the hand
writing on the wall"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-19

KANsAs.-The upholders of the Leav-
enworth Constitution in Kansas, at the
Convention recently held at Topeka,
nominated Henry J. Adams of Leaven-
worth for Governor, and M. +. Conway
of Lawrence for Congress. Mr.. Adams
is the present mayor Of Leavenworth, and
prominent Free State man. Mr.. Con-
way is Baltimore man, and like South
ern Free State men generally is true to
his cause. The opposition to Conway
will undoubtedly concentrate on NJ. J.
Parrott, the present popular and faithful
delegate, and it is probable he may be
elected. There VIII doubtless be many
of the unprincipled who will support Par
rott in order that they may more surely
'lefeat Conway. The passage of the
English Bill invests the proceedings in
Kansas with additional interest. We
think there is but little doubt that it will
receive an overwhelming defeat at the
hands of the people of that Territory.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-19

Observation-Disclosures stronghold Of
the Slave Democracy has surrender ed.
Philadelphia has polleda strong anti
Lecompton majority in her municipal
election. There is not a city of note in
the North, that has not elected Anti-Ad-
ministration men in their municipal cleo
tions. The Administration meets with
defeat on every hand. Almost every mail
from tho East brings the glorious news
of the overthrow of Lecompton in the
cities and States heretofore Democratic.
Do the Lecomptonites begin to see what
is in store. fol them next fall? If not
now, We think they will when the Eng
lish bride has been offered to the people
of Kansas, and they hear of the reception
it meets with there. =
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-19

reference to the distribution of the powers
of Government, and to show that the
power they were then attempting to ex-
ercise was vested fully in the judicial de-
partmcnt, and that it was not and ought
not to be vested in the legislative depart
ment. | thought little information IN
reference to their constitutional powers
could do them no harm, and it would be
novel entertainment. Moreover, it was
evident, that if the Legislature possessed
no such power, then was fully justified
in my refusal; but did not base my
refusal upon that ground, being satisfied
that whatever others might think, the
majority of the Legislature would adopt
the opinions OF the Supreme Court. My
only motive in that part Of my defence
(Which might be called the .extraneous
part) was to do the little which lay in my
power, to bring the minds Of the people
to Al consideration of this subject. and OF
the danger to their liberties; which the
exercise by the Legislature Of this vagrant,
underlined, discretionary power was liable
TO work, in the hope that in the exercise
of their sovereign authority, they would
reform the Court, or the Constitution, or
both. ...s. t..-
After speaking of the difficulty Of judg-
inc of the motives of others, recounting
the service he has done the State, dwell
ing on his love for it, and his respect for
the Legislative ofice-Mr. Strong says:
The question as to what my motives
were, for refusing to be sworn flor that
is the whole question in this casey wheth
er they were such as | have stated, or
whether my statement is mere pretence
to cover up some improper and UNIV orthy
motive, is now before you for your decl-
sion. To that decision | am content to
submit, and [ shall cheerfully acquiesce
in the verdict of my feilow-citizens, with
a full consciousness that | have done no
intentional wrong, and that my most Sc
rious error was in trusting to the justice
of a Black Republican Legislature, to
respect rights guaranteed to the hlmblest
citizen of the State. a
The important portion of the appeal
closes with a copy Of the protest of mi
nority of the Legislature against the ac-
ton of the majority.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-19
NOTARY PUBLIC.
CHAIN OF TITLE

of any piece of Real Estate in Pierce Co.
furnished or shown on short notice from
complete and systematic general abstract made
from the public records.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-19

Mrs. Cunningham, of the Burdell
affair is not living in poverty, as has been
reported, but occupies an elegantly fur
nished house in New York, has five chill
dren with her and lives in luxury and
style.
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HOW DO you no.

National forms of sa!utiou are finn :,
''ices Of national character. The Who'll.
history of race may be found in the die.
'lonary Of its language. Words and pl,ra-
ses are the offspring Of previously exis.iny
Objects thoughts and circumstances; and
their paternity is readily traced.
lhnS' among all savage aud warlikc r.o.
pie, the common salution convevs a y;s!, 49,
prayer THAT tie person salutei may enjoy
peace the greatest good of individual, and
OF nations, and the boon most freduen,,,
WITHHELD III that phase Of life. Tbro,r,,-
out The Bible this is the invariable blessinc,
-sl'"'um and the wandering Bedouins OF
the desert have, to this day, the same form
OF sa'nlioh: Another phrase of the,rs ";f
God will thou art we'll" betrays tile fatal
ism Of Islam:
Peace be unto thee" say. the auen.
and facie Persian II make n,sv.,s c,r
Thy greatness; may thy shadow never
be less !" This last form smacks Of sum-
mer and the South. Such ssl,i,ion would
make Nor'hman silver. I, shows. too a
great RESPECT for fat-for dignifed, alder.
manic rolun'lity.
The Greeks, joyful people; full of tho
v'gor of life Of action, expressed tlieir ssl-
"ta''o" in single wofd-"rejoice"
The commercial and cn.err-;.;ng Geuo.
csc of the middle ages, used to say, sene-
fofd f"eddgno-"IIealth and gsin,"-than
which no phrase could be more character.
istic.
In similar spirit, the "swaggering Hol-
lander" salutes you with Hoe vayat'. oee
I" How fare you"
The oasy, ph'esniatic German says Lc.
oeu sac 'eoAl!-"Live thou welll' ,
The Frenchman's Comment vous uoytcx
r0us allow do YOU carry yourseIfr'1-
reveals the very soul Of the French charac-
ter. How is the for'nularity; and not what.
And then the portez rdus; how we'll it cx-
presses tho eager rcstlessness and vivacious
manners Of that nation. Continent ca ya
IT,? is of the same.tone and character.
John Bull and Brother Johnathan, in a
hearty, hut business-like tone, greet you
with "How do you do? 2" What could be
more characteristic Of the great and poten-
t'al Anglo Saxon race. To do, of courso
OF this there is MO question; it is the all
OF life; but how do You Z" "How are
you!" This embraces .all-heallh, wealth,
power, knowledge: What more could one
says and here it IS ali in three words
allow are You a' allow do you doe"
Again the answer ii; " wel"-I do we'll,
Reader, allow do You do l"-Lye Mlussra-
ted.
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Experiment ,oith Plaster Ed;tor Er.e

Experiment ,oiM Plasser.-Eaiior Free.
man Il give you my experience in the use
OF p"ster, for the benefit Of your many sub
scribers. In the spring of '55, planted
tw" and half acres of potatoes on green.
sward, part Of it broke in the fall and part
i'll the spring, in rows three and a half feet
apart, dropping cut seed, one piece to a
hill once in eighteen inches, put about a
level table spoonful of plaster on each piece
before covering. OH all the field, except one
row, which left without any. In autumn
when dug the same, there was, in the row
without plaster two bushels in the row =:
each side of the same, having plaster on
them, two and half bushels each. There
were on the piece 525 bushels-credit to
plaster IS bushels. The credit was owing
to the size, there being as many in number,
in the two bushels with plaster, as there
were in the two and half with plaster
The soil was light loan, inclined to SANDY
have tried several experiments since with
plaster and ashes, separate and together, the.
results of my experiments are that plaster.
alone is better than either alone. From
experience plant no potatoes without plss.
ter,
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is not t" tc reg retted. But we should ru.
member that there were whole lives Of ma
''ons bound up in this lost history. It fur.
n'shes hint to ourselves that our history.
our early records, should he written with
the point OF diamond and engraved in
'ea". l"'s must be done in the language
OF living literature. When Tacitas wro,.
these ancient nations Of America were alive
and vigorous; but now they arc dead, anil
he lives in immortal history Cincinnati;
Gu.cttc.
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Natural Hieroglyphies.-Grand animals
trod this globe in hundreds of thousands.
tor thousands. Of years, and left their skel..
etons behind; and the geologist uncover.
their strange forms from the ice gravel Of
Russia, the mud Of tho Pampas, and gyp,
sum Of Montmatre, and learns to deciphes
their history, as RawIinson interpreted the
Inscriptions Of Bnbaylon and Nineveh,> not
passage Iy passage and line hy line, bpt
letter by letter, bopa by ho6s, tooth by
tooth, and stratum BY stratum. till the dis.
inferred Skeletons becamp living Witnesses,
and the hygope history Of myriads otif past
ages stand Rl,A revealed: Stone, 4 ef III
Fulley: .r.p 'sase"Ss
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onsaf ass Tsa siors, speaking of
= large asd. sssassrhporsrs. remarked
that hat il an ashf Hasgfass be must be a load
ct hay. =. .-A p; y 49, s,.3 ..3as 4
= ! : : suspect i; am" said the fat man. i, sp.
efroia tue twsysihe donkeyo arc pibbliua q.
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The editor Of an exchange .sys be- -, asyar ,ir
saw but one ghost, 'and that was, the clscst
Of sinner Who died ed, without, paying fs fos
his paper. ~" Twas horrible to loolsupa
ohn "'"a 9f,'' 4; I'29f]'''7:''s 'seda 40 nsii
Ts.l ~ !, VA s2st st.,s I,s,1issssg
Stealing never mates annaEs HsA,o-sin1
g. 1syss ss.rH'l pafs =. msr poor, and ftay. s
,hinders a mans business. Il ssss, is.J :osri
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pr. South says:. "The. ,tale-bearer and
the tale-hearer should be hanged up both
together--the former by''tlle tongue, the
latter by the carp ~ '''" 's-E-
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Jerfod says that young. boys who marry
old maids, gather in the spring of life the
golden FRUITS Of autumn. 49, -
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Better to to be upright with poverty than
wicked with plenty. 1''::''' ''''' '"'' y '| ''1
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Now.-Mr. Emerson, in his lecture or
"Works and Days" said many things
worthy to be repeated a thousand times
Among the numerous striking passages that
lodge in our memory is the following =
The days are Gods best gifts TO man, but
like many other gifts, pass by unheeded
and pnapPreciated. We ask friend, what
arc yoh doing now and are answered,
haOo been doing thus and SO, and am going
to commence some other work, soon, bu:
just now am not doing anything. Aud
yet we complain that We have no time An
Indian chief of the Six Nations once said
wiser thing than any philosopher. A
white man remarked-in his hearing that be
had not time enough. Well, replied Red
JACKET, gruf1y, I suppose you have all there
isl" Heis' the wisest and best man who
can crowd tho most good actions into
now. 49,,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-06-12
A New Town.

REPUBLICAN CRY is new town sltua-
ted on the Republican river. about thirty
miles above Fort Riley, and the same dis
lance from Manhattan. The Town site
was surveyed in April last, and there is
now one large log house, in which four
families reside. Materials are on the
ground for three more houses, and others
are in the course of preparation.
We understand that hotel is to be
erected soon. During the summer it is
represented that steam saw and grist
mill will be erected on the town site.
The resources ofthe country around are
inexhaustible, abounding in nch beds of
coal and iron. The valley of the Repub-
lican is well adapted to agriculture, and
not an acre of ground within twenty
miles of Republican City which is not
adapted to cultivation, the high rolling
priarie being the Characteristic of the
country. This region is fast filling up
with an industrious population. and there
are yet as desirable claims near, as any in
the Territory. Pure water is very album
dant, and plenty of timber for all practical
purposes. Persons desiring to locate
where the lands will not soon come into
market. would do we'll to visit the valleys
of the Republican. Smoky Hill, and SINH
lar portions of Western Kansas.