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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24
Fight i'm the EEOEse OF HseErcscn-
aseaaVeS.
WASHINGTON, Feb 6.

WASHINGTON. Feb 6.
Tho House was in session all night,
mainly engaged in taking tho yeas and
nays, eating, smoking, sleeping, &c.
AT about half-past p. NJ, serious
ARRAY occurred, which is thus narrated
by member and witness.
Mr.. Grow objected to Mr.. Quitman's
making any remarks. Mr.. Keitt said
eff you are going to object, return to
your own side of the House" Mr. Grow
responded--'qh is free hall, and every
man has right to be where he plcases."
Mr. Keitt then came up to Mr.. Grow and
said; 81 want to know what you mean
by such IN answer as that!" Mr.. Grow
replied--'I mean just what say-this
is free hall, and a man has right to be
where he pleases." Mr.. Keitt taking Mr..
Grow by the throat said-"I will let you
know that you are a Id black re-
publican puppy" Mr.. Grow knocked up
his hand saying, 81 shall occupy such a
place in the hall as | please, and no mig
ger-drivcr shall crack his whip over me-"
Mr.. Keitt then again grabbed Mr. Grow
by the throat, Mr.. Grow knocked his
hand off, and Mr.. Kett coming at him a.
gain, Mr. Grow knocked him down.
The reporter adds: The respective
friends Of both parties rushed to the res
cue; various members on each side, enga-
ged in the fight which took place in the
area fronting the Clerks desk Mr..
Washburn Of Illinois, was conspicuous a.
mong the Republicans, dealing heavy
blows.
The Speaker loudly and inperatively
demanded order. and called on the Ser
geant-at-arms to interfere. That Junction.
airy, carrying his mace Of Office, together
with bis assistants, hurried to tho scene,
and crowded into the th;ckest of the fight,
in which at least dozen members were
engaged. Some minutes elapsed before
this truly fearful contest was quoted.
Further difficulties are apprehendcd.
From 4 till 81 o'clock, the time was
wasted on the rot motions Atthat hour
Mr.. Quiman submitted a resolution that
the House adjourn till Monday next, when
the subject under consideration. the Kan
sas Message shall be resumed, and the
vote on the pending proposition shall be
taken without any further delay being oc-
casioncd 10y debate orpreliminary motions.
Unanimous consent was given for the in
PRODUCTION of the resolution, which was
agreed to, and the Speaker announced the
House adjourned till Monday, when the
subject will come up as the special order
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24
pEs AND SCISSORS.

vbe normens have bank in Utah.
hi 40 Drover's Bank of Salt Lake CITY.
--.Piece. troubled sole, SAID Deaa
Swift, when he left his old boots Wifh 'h0
cobbler. Is
Since the establishment of the Y. ,.
mint to the present time, the total golo
coinage has been s5o5, 812,94o.
Gov. Packer, and majority of the
Democracy in Pennsylvania are opposeo
f. Buchanan in his Kansas policy.
The GAINESVILLE Standard says that
the red petticoats have made their appear
ance in that city, and prophesies an early
spring and pretty ankles.
The sales of real estate at Superior,
from the first Of June last to the first OF
January, amounted, says the Chroa'cls'
to $685. 51.
A mass of copper was lately sent a
way from the Cliff mine (Superior) weigh
inc 10, 400lbs. The Miner says this Is
much the largest piece Of native metal ev-
or vet sent away from any mine.
Columbus is the name proposed Tor
a new territory, to be formed in what Is
known as Carson Valley" and some
times called the "Great Basin. 1t is
vast region of territory, lying partly IN
California and Utah. 1t is stated that 1t
is now inhabited by 5000 whites and 100,
900 Indians The principal town Is, sn
gularly enough, called Genoa.
The wife of a painter in Syracuse
died the other day. Among the sympa-
thizing friends wasa young lady from Au-
burn, stranger to him. The sympathy
of the young lady made such an impress
sion upon the heart broken husband that
the next day after the funeral he consoled
himself by taking her to his arms.
james Russell Lowell, the poet, and
professor at Cambridge, is announced as
the editor of the Atlantic Monthly.
The Methodists have erected the first
church in Lecompton, Kansas.
1t is estimated that the people of the
United States spend $15, 100000 annu-
ally for newspapers.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

The Presidents Message may find sup
porters in Congress, but it gets but little
aid or comfort from the Northern Press.
The greater portion Of the Press brand it
as grossly false and shameful, outraging
alike the sentiments of the people and the
spirit of onr Institutions We heartily
endorse this view of the Message. The
more careful portion of the Democratic
Press speak of the Message MS honest in
spirit, patriotic, and all that sort of thing,
but erroneous in policy. This is the view
the Hudson North Star takes. 1t says:
''None but fanatical political oppo-
nents vii! deay that patri otism and
a high sense of duty aninates the Presi-
dent"
We d sire to be Chased with 'sfanatical
political opponents" A careful compari-
son of that Message with the established
facts of Kansas history, forces us to the
sad conclusion that the 'sycncrable" Pres
idcnt is afflicted either with amazing
weakness in the head or wickcdness in
the heart. Still the Star is compelled to
oppose the Administration. Its article
closes tllus:-
There is no necessity in our view, for
the administration to sanction the wrong
by reason Of the exigencics of the occa-
sion. An act which u-hers into e s..ence
n sovereign State is the grandest and most
solemn which can occupy the attention of
statesmen. Let not the future historian
have to say that the Bill of Rights of the
State of Kansas which recognized proper
ty i'll man as found upon the statute book,
was false to the sentiments and feelings of
the people Of that State. We regret ex-
ceedingly, that her admission has been
resolved upon by the administration ull-
der this constitution. Thousands of Dem
ocrats in the great Northwest will feel
that wrong has been done to princi-
pie upon which they nobly battled with
the enemy, and anxious forebodings of
the future will fill their minds.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

The LEGIsLATURE.-This sapient and
honorable body are busily engaged most
of the time in local legislation. The Land
Grant investigation is creating quite an
excitement. Messrs. Falvey and Stew
ems are likely to achieve notoriety by re-
fusing to appear before the Committee
and answer questions. We hope the Leg
isls ture may make thorough work of the
investigation. If there has been fraud,
expose it. 1t is belief in the corruption
of the Democratic party when controlled
by Barstow, that has given the govern
ment into the hands of the Republicans.
If they would retain their power, they
must be energetic and straightforward in
their action. In the Senate, there has
been an interesting debate on the Kansas
resolutions They will probably pass.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

KErrT's ApoLoGY. Koit's apology
S a curiosity in its way. The portion
peeulia ly interesting is the closing para
graph where he disclaims any knowledge
of being struck. No doubt conscious
ness of being knocked down would be a
little Illuminating to Southern sense of
homer. If Mr. Keith was aware that such
disagreeable thing actually occurred, per-
haps he would feel compelled to'3punish
the knocker, and this would appear to be
q somewhat arduous undertaking. How
fortunate then for Mr.. Keitt, that the
blow knocked conciousness out of him,
and SO he is spared any disagreeable MEM
ories of his humiliation, and escapes he
necessity of repairing his injured hon
or.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

The FLGHr IN CoNGREss.-From the
latest account of the recent fight in Con
gress, We clip the following:
Everybody is praising the promptness
and yigor with which Messrs. Potter and
Washburn of Wisconsin, and Washburn
of Illinois, dashed into the excited crowd
of Southerners and rushed to Grows aid.
The Southern men who were in the fight
declare that they found them very UGLY
customers. They are all natives Of Maine.
Messrs. Tappan of n. H., aud kiIeore
Of Ind, were equally prompt, and were
at Grows side in an instant.
Mr.. Grow 5 rooms were thronged with
visitors all day to-day aud Yesterday"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

will cease to bring reproach upon the
cause they profess, and will effectually
conserve the best interests of the State,
and prevent dangerous men from occupy
ing stations Of trust and power in the
government.
Ministers and Christians, will you
not act henceforth as if you believed there
was God on the Throne, and q religion
of love and truth in the world, that only
needs consistent living up to, to render
triumphant for good throughout the
Earth?
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24


The SQUABBLE IN CoxGREss.-
days of successful Southern Bulyism are
over. The prompt punishment of Keitt
will show to Southernors, disposed to be
insolent, that they will be SO at their peril.
Every right thinking man regrets the oc-
curence Of such scenes in Congress, but
the proyocation was too great to be over
locked. Knock-down argument is the
most potent to oppose to such insolence
as this manifested by Keitt. We are
glad that we have men in Congress with
the spirit of Rhoderick Dhu-the chief
tain who
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24
Your Sincere, Intire friend
and Humble SerYnt T.. Cor
a4z- Two classes of people must be ii

re Two classes of people must be in
an unenviable mood after reading the
Presidents Lecompton Message - those
who voted for him under the assurance
that he was not so pro-slayery as Pierce !;
and those who voted for Fillmore in the
belief that the Slavery question would not
be affected by the election in any event.
President Pierce never declared Kansas
to be Slave State as Buchanan now
docs for the second time; and except for
his election to the Presidency, Slavery
would not now hold Kansas in It's iron
grasp.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

''SAvING GRACE" = Grow knocked
the bully Keitt, of South Carolina, down
last Saturday, for which we are glad
Hard knocks are the only teachings these
Southern overSecrs can understand. 1t
is practical christianity teaching by exam
pics, of which we hope TO be ate to re-
cord enough to make salutary impress
ion. We hope for revival of such knocks
till the insolence of Southern bullies is
cured. 1t is the only salvation for such
men.-Free Democrat.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24
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will not go unearcd for, The publishers wish
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ATLANTIC, Giey will not hesitate To draw from
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potency of all author to treat a particular sub
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This way they hope to make their Periodical
welcome wherever the English tong@c is sFo-
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hope gradually TO make This critical department
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r. III ,,f y,' ;fsJf ;t, a,
ioct If a,;t;cs but With HAT bodyofmcn which
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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

Nearly four wears ago the Minnesota Hcc69g
1;a,,cs came. before the public, and from thai
ner;od TO the present If has been bat'llng l"i
Tho canso If freedom and the rights OF man,
REGARDLESS of the ties of party or the sneeis anu
iibes of paftizan leaders. By pursuing con
sistent and straightforward career, by persist
ent devotion to principles, IT has Won us way
IA rnblic favor. and notwithstanding II IS the
Youngest of the city press it has attained
very large and rapidly increasing clfcula'ion.
This has been accom- lished, not oy a > sie el
of self-laudation, but by the spontaneous lal,
ronage OF IFS friends throughout 11iii''e7
the Eastern States.
The Times has ever advocated, and VIII con-
tinue TO advocate. the cause OF the people, ana
in doing SO it has advocated the cause OF ,he
great Republican party whose principles II mas
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es from graphing with error herever Il exists
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= in an outspolen, manly condemnation OF
wrong in a Just appreciation OF the wants OF
the honest settler, to whom a home should be
Guaranteed by Congress- and in the develop
ment of all those resources which are cal9ulaf-
ed 10 place us first among the States OF this
great cOnftderacy.
Many new features Will be added to the
TIMES in the course of the year 1883. w shall
spare 10 pains to procure the latest aiid most
reliable news both at home and from abroad
shall publish weekly fill aud correct re-
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devote our exergies to make our paper equal IN
all respects TO any other in our new and rapid
" growing State.
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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24
N Sydney Smith WIS annlied to .

@ Sydney Smith was applied to at
one time IN his capacity as Canon of st.
PauI's Cathedral, by number of not YER
Y intellectual vestrymen, as to how q
sroOden pavement was to be laid round
the editice, AID at once gave his opinion.
pooh! pooh. gentlemen, You have only
to lay yo'ts heads together, and the thing
IS done
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24
Social Partnership

NOTICE is hereby given tlsl I. ". Still
/ = man and A. p. Wells who respectively re-
side in the city Of Prescott, i'll the County OF
Pierce and State of Wisconsin, have formed a
limited partnership under the name and firm
of I. ". Stillman, pursuant TO the provisions
Of the statute Of the State of Wisconsin, for the
buying and selling such goods as are usually
dealt i'll in a Wholesale and retail general store,
and any other business in which all the
parties interested are tie said Z. W Stllman
who is general partner and the said A. p.
Wells who is the special partner, and that tie
said A. p. Wells has contributed the sum Of
four thousand and five hundred dollars as cap
ital towards the common stock and that the
partnership is to commence on the fifth gay Of
February, A. ID. 1858, and to terminate on the
fifth day of February, A D. 1860
t. ". STILLMAN,
A. 2. WELLS.
Prescott, Feb. 5, 1883 35w6
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

The world is full of Judgment days
and into every assembly that man enters,
in every action that lie attempts, he is
guaged and stamped. 'Wkat has he
done, " is the divine question which search
os men, and transpierces every false rep
utation.-Emefs0n
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24
r Sheridan said beautifully. "W

men govern us; let us therefore render
them perfect; the more tbs Y are enlight-
ened, 50 much the more shall we be. On
the cultivation of the mind of women de-
ponds the wisdom of men. 1t is women
that nature writes on the hearts of men,"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

A broken down merchant, to con
sole himself got drunk. and while pouring
forth his warmest desire to make all men
happy, he wound up thus: Sand if owe
any man any thing, | RELY forgive him
the debt"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

-MARRIED, at Athens, Tenn, on the
30th ult., Mr.. James Bee and Miss Mar
tina Ann Flower
We'll hath this busy Bee
Improved life's shining hanr:
lie gathers honey now all day
From one sweet chosen Flower:
And from this hive, if heaven please.
Iiei, raise = swarm of iittjc Bees.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

A Southern paper asserts that the
'ieeompton Constitution is tie very cor
her stone Of Democracy"
From present appearances We judge it
is likely TO become the tombstone eff De-
mocracy.- CHI. Jon,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24
-s. Reck'd not if he stood

On Highland heath OF Holy Rood
But rights such wrong where it is given,
Though it We're in the Court of Heaven
Honor then to our own Representative,
and to every one who helped to promptly
punish insolence even on the sacred floor
of the Capitol.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24
EXACTLY. The Spiritual Tezeqraph

EXACTLY. The Spiritual Telegraph
says; -
"The warm weather actually oriei-
mates in spiritual causes resident in some
newly and divinely energised condition
Of the spiritual spheres enyeloping our
world and acting upon it as whole
There now, it is all clear. Speculation
as to the 'causc" of the warm weather
will cease.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24

81 We would request all our friends in this
and adjacent towns to aid rs in giving interest
10 our paper, by furnishing Us with items of
LEGAL news, articles ON any of the industrial
interests of the community. or of literary
character.
No communication will be inserted, unless
accompanied by the real name of the writer,
not necessarily for publication, but as guar
anty of the writers good faith.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-24
sEIERIFF;s SALE.

7GTAFE OF WISCONSIN,
County Of Pierce,
BY virtue of an execution TO me directed and
delivered, issued out Of the Circuit Cont of
said County in favor of Thomas Gordon nla;r1
tiff, and against Abner Blaisdell defendant bv
direction of plaintiff s attorney, Ihave seizod
and taken the following Real Estate, viz LOT
No 6 in Block 3. in the City OF Prescott IN
Pierce County, which I will sell at PubI;,.
Auction to the highest bidder for cash at tho
front door of the Court House in the CITY Of
Prescott and County aforesaid on the 28th dav
of December 1857, at o'clock in the aferrooH1
sss.s5,sss JAMES IT. EAMES, Sheriff
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

INDIA RUBBER Shoes By MACHINE
RY.-As an illustration of the mag
ic.,l celebrity with which India rubber
shoes are now made by machinery,
it may be stated that the sheets Of
rubber are cut up one day, the shoes
are made the next, and these are
packed ready for market on the next
again. There is no sewing OF stitch
ing in tie oper-tion. Such is the adj
hesive Nature OF the substance, that
whenever two surfaces are brought
together they unite as firmly as il
they had never been separated. The
only thing requisite after this is to
give them Coat oil yarnish, which is
done i'll the following manner: plat
form is brought by the lifting machine
up to the railway which intersects the
floor devoted to this purpose, and on
the platform are stuck some thee
hundred pairs of the shoes. by mt ans
OF spikes passing into the lasts. The
whole thing is now rolled into var
nishing apartment, where each shoe
is coated with a Particular kind Of
resinous varnish, and then it is thrust
into an oven, where it remins until
its exterior is thoroughly dried.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

NEwsPaPERs.--There are three
thousand three hundred and sixty
four newspapers published in the
United States and Territories, OF
which six hundred and thirteen are
in New York, four hundred and tbir-
teen in Pennsylvania, three hundred
and eighty-two in Ohio, two hundred
and twenty-one in Illinois. and two
hundred and nineteen In Massachu-
sets. There are fifty in Canada,
five in the Sandwich lslands,a and two
ia New Brunswick. In England and
Wales there are two hundred and
seventy-two. in Scotland sixty-six,
in Ireland one hundred and thirteen
and in the british Isles and Jersey
Sc, enteen. There are about fifteen
hundred in Germany. about SIX h1n
dred in France, thirty or lurty ii
Spain, very few in Italy, thirteen il
Constantinople, and about one hen
dred in Russia.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

THE AREA OF UTAH.-It may be
a matter Of some interest to our
readers to know something Of the
comparative extent Of that Territory
of the United States whose chief
officer is bidding defiance to our
government. According to Cotton,
the area of Utah is 2G9,l70 square
miles. To engineers, and few
Others, this will give just idea Of
its vast extent, but the majority of
people will form better estimate by
being told that it is as large as the
whole Of the New Englard States,
New York, New Jersey Pennsylva-
MIA, Delaware, Mary land, Kentucky
and Tennessee. Or to compare it
with European countries, it is equal
in extent to Great Britain and Ire
land, Switzerland, Prussia aud Den.
mark, with the Islands Of Guernsey,
Jersey, and Man and the Ionian is
lands added.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

An old woman. resident in Dor.
chester, Mass, who fer months
past has been the recipient Of the
bounties Of the charitable, and who
always professed the utmost desti-
tuition, died few weeks since. and
upon examining the few effects which
she left in her room, nearly S1500
was discovered tied up 10 rags con-
ceaied in a trunk.