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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01
Girls in College.

A number of young lalies havc rresen-
ted themselves for admission into the
State University of Michigan. The qucs-
ton is freely discussed as to whether they
should be admitted. The institution is
free to all residents of the State qualified
to. enter it, its support being derived from
public lands appropriated to it by the.
general government, and as nothing IS
said about the sex of students the girls in,
sist that they have right to profit by its
advantages.
The State Superintendent of public in
struction sustains hheir right, the Board
of Regents is divided, but the faculty of
the Colleges unanimous against the girls,
declaring that the institution was not in
tended for them, that the course Of il,
struction should be different for the sexes
and that cases of violation of propriety
wouldibe likely to injure the institution.
We hope the girls may carry the day.
Give them fair chance at the classics
and comic sections with the boys and per-
haps we shall have some new data for cs-
timating the mentality of woman.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01
wisconsin Banks.

Last week we published circulai
signed by a plumber of Chicago bankers,
refusing to take the bills of nearly thirty
of the Wisconsin Banks.
This act caused considerable surprise
and would have caused much trouble if
the difficulty had not been promptly met
by the Milwaukee Banks. They imnedi-
ately issued circular declaring their in
tention to take the notes of all Wiseon-
sin Banks at par, and requesting all the
state banks to make arrangements for the
redemption of their issues at some central
and convenient point. The brokers' in
Chicago take the bills on all the disered-
tied banks at discount of one per cent.
The Madison Argus says all of these
banks have ample security deposited with
the Comptroller, and the Milwaukee cir
cular advises that ifanv of them are un
able to furnish exchange or gold,a respon-
sible party be selected at Madison who
shall have authority to retire the circula-
ton and redeem by selling the securi-
ties. -...
What reason the Chicago Banks had
for their action is unknown: 1t was Ger
tainly injudicious and unwise not to call
it by harder name, ind the Milwaukee
Bankers deserve credit for their prompt
and efficient action.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01
The Chicago Bank Movement.

The motives of the Chicago bankers,
in throwing out the bills Of twenty-six of
the Wisconsin banks, are severely criti-
cised BY tie Wisconsin press generally.
The Madison Argus says:
The fact is, Chicago brokers own moro
Wisconsin banks-ell of which are of the
most inaccessible kind-than any other
three cities, and when these brokers dis
credit their own money ISSUED in neigh
boring State, to avoid fatAering it) with
out an hours notice, least people might
rid themselves of it, it is quite time that
their motives should be understood 1t
is only for the purpose of buying their
notes at five or ten per cent. less than
their value, and then call them good
again-as they really are.
While we deprecate the abuse, of our
most excellent Banking Law, and hope
Il a soon its intent may be strictly carri-
ed out, we at the same time feel bound to
announce the truth that the circulating
notes Of the banks Of Wisconsin, are per-
fectly secured to pay dollar for dollar, as
they always haze 6eeu when pat to test.
By careful examination of the stocks
Deposited for the redemption of the select
ed etwenty-six,'' we find that their New
York market value exceeds the amount of
the circulation issued thereon by over
$4,000, exclusive of the justified and
personal bonds of the stockholders, which
in the aggregate amount to upwards Of
100000.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01

A YOU'VE LADY BURNED TO DEATH.
We have another painful and fatal &C
cident to chronicle, from burning fluid.
At about eight o'clock last evening, at the
residence of Mrs. Meyer widow lady,
on Adams street, between Clark and La
Sale, fluid lamp was upset from the ia
BILE, by little boy, spilling its contents
on the dress of Miss Mary Meyer, young
and interesting lady about seventeen years
of age. Tho lamp being lighted, the
young lady was instantly enveloped in a
blaze. She ran with screams into the
street, and was there caught by Mr.. Bur-
key and the policeman Nelson, who did
all in their power to extinguish the flames
by wrapping her in their coats, but did
not succeed until nearly all her clothing
was consumed and her person terribly
burned.
She was taken into the house in great
agony, and Drs. Commit and Smith
were called to attend her. They did
everything that was possible to relieve
her, but all was unavailing. She contin-
ued in great pain till 2 o'clock this morn
ing, when she expired, retaining her con-
sciousness until within ten minutes of her
death, and bearing her suferings with
great fortitude, scarcely uttering moan.
The deceased was young lady of fine
social and intellectual qualities, and had
been examined and admitted as member
of the High School only few days since.
Chicago Journal.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01
Decline of Factions.

The sun of Black Republicanism is fast
declining. Its shadows are already lem
gthning, and ere long twill sink beneath
the political horizon, never to rise again.
Its progress has been meteor-like-a mo-
mentary flashing across the political fir
mament, dim, uncertain trail Of light
during limited period marks its path
way, then going out forever, tho precise
point at which it disappeared, uncertain
and unknown.
The day of humbugs and fanaticism is
,apidly passing away, and with the lesser
impositions of spiritualism and free love
goes out this latest ard most formidable
fnllacy-Black Republicanism. Its breth-
eren have already been interrs1. FEEDER
alism, Whiggery, and the late offspring
from this common stock, Know-N othing-
ism
Have lain them down in their last Sleep"
and soon to follow in their wake; to be
quietly laid aside with its fated prede-
cessors is doomed the remains of Shang-
haism. Every evil, however great it may
be, yet has its advocates,-every repro
bate will have some friends, and there
may be those among the immediate reip
tents of its favors, who will mourn the de-
cease of this misguided party, but save
by these alone, its burial will forever be
unwept, its name unhonored and its re-
QUEEN unsung.
This choice extract was first got off by
tho GAINESVILLE Gazette, and was copied
into the Star last week. How weak must
be cause, how pitiful party that seeks
to bolster itselfup by such senseless "a
wing. The course of the Republican par
~ has been steadily onward; it flashed
on the world like meteor, but its conrse
is as sure, and its light as steady as
planets.
That party which in its first great bat
tie, without organization, without his
tory. without everything except prinei-
pies, could combat W til an organized OPP
ponent, flushed with long success, with
the vast power of Federal patronage un-
der its control, and nearly wrest away the
victory; that party which is omnipotent
in the New England states, and sends
an unbroken delegation to the national
Senate; that party which is most power
full where there is most intelligence; that
Republican party is the ire party of to-
day, and sauguine fogies singing jubilant
strains over its early death are engaged
in very foolish business.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01
PEN AND SCISSORS.

The citizens of New Haven, Connecti-
cut, adopted a novel and original device
for celebrating the Cable success. The
city lies at the foot of two high and pre-
cipitous bluffs known as East and West
Rocks. On the face of the first they dis
played the name of Cyrus w Field, in
letters of fire, twenty five feet high, and
extended line of tar barrels and brush
along the entire front. The West Rock
had been completely covered with tar, and
presented wall of flame from the bot
tom to the top of the entire precipice.
The particulars ola shocking muir
der are reported in tho Montreal papers
A man named Paterson and his wife,
both got drunk, quarrelled and the hus-
band beat and stamped the woman to
death. He was asleep in the bed next
morning, and the body Of the woman IT,
ing on the floor.
Henry Ward Beecher's ''Life Thot,s
the most popular book of the season, has
reached n sale of $4,000 copies. 1t is
book adapted to every circumstance of
life, and is likely to become standard
volume in our language.
A novel feature in the celebration at
Syracuse, was the array of fifteen huge
locomotives of the Central Railroad, with
their bells ringing, and blazing lamps,
ranged on the track, in the hear. Of The
city, all gaily decorated, and at intervals
making the very welken ring with the
shrill screams of their brazen whistles.
The total expense Of the immense
batteries used to telegraph across the At
lantic will b. only shilling an hour. A
dollar word will be the charge for mes
sages.
There is some talk of VIM. G. Bryant
the venerable and venerated poet, editor
and politician, as the Republican candi-
date for Governor of New York, this
fall.
"A friend thus describes bis summers
gardening operations; "The bugs ate
our cucumbers, our chickens ate the bugs,
neighbors' cats ate the chickens, and We
are in hopes that something will eat the
cats"
Woman has found her true sphere
at last. 1t Is about twenty-seven feet
round, and is composed of hoops and erin
,line. /
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01
The Fair.

We fcarour people are not enough a
wake to the Importance of each ones con-
tributing what he can to make the COM
ing Fair success.
No doubt there will be people enough
present. but we fear that the general dull
ness of the times will operate to prevent
good display of articles. The officers
of the Society are doing their work in an
energetic manner, and we hope others
will initiate their example. Local pride,
should be sufficient motive to induce
the citizens of River Falls to do their part
towards making the coming Fair sue
cess.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01
The ssHeayen.Cirls,,

Rev. L. L. Harris, who has swung a.
round from the Universalist into the New
Jerusalem church by means of spiritual
ism, has lately visited the planets Mars
and Ju ,iter-we take his word for it
and has been allowed to enter one of the
spheres of the heavenly world. He met
Walter Scott there, who took off his hat
TO him very politely, and acted as his cic-
erone through the celestial regions. Scott
was on his way to a wedding, however,
and soon left him to explore alone, saying
to him politely as he left;--"My house
is situated on that rising ground, which
you see to the right, and l shall be happy
to receive you, whenever you experience
an inclination. That is our law. Our
inclinations are always right, and there
fore social decorum is retained by strict
compliance with their monitions."
He next encountered lad selling the
morning Star, one of the heavenly daily
papers, and he was delighted to find that
"there was no personal gossip, no hostile
criticism, no inuendoes, no unkindness of
any species, and not a solitary word out
of charity from beginning to end" The
most curious thing about the paper was
that Sin some parts of the paper I noticed
blanks, and was informed, afterwards,
that such articles alone as it was in order
tor me to peruse were apparent to my
eye, and this was the uniform law" The
paper contained advertisements of PLAYS
to be performed at several of the theatres
IN the heavens-a circumstance which
must have disturbed the puri:annical por-
ton of the population.
But what most interested Mr.. Harris
was the pleasant discovery that love,
conrtship and marriage are not only
known in heaven, but are universal there.
No grabbed old bachelors or melancholy
old maids inhabit the celestial city. Mr..
Harris visited q Grace Hall Institution for
young ladies'" and was evidently touched
in susceptible spot. Hear how he glo-
rifles the "heaven-grls," oh! We earth
girls, who would like to captivate the
stray Harrisses among the earth-boys:-
"The heaven. girls are fond and true;
the earth girls too often inconstant and
cold at heart. The beaven-girls are not
ashamed of aught in divine order which
the Lord has bestowed upon them as a
gift. Their true womanhood wells itself
in no false disguise. Their artless sim
plicity lacks no guidance of proper wis
dom, nor do they seek to know aught
but the good, the right and the truly no
bic. They put on no meretricious arts,
affect no graces which are not their own,
and speaking always from right motives
and from divine purposes, discourse with
lucid clearnesss of pure thought, in
which the language flows and sparkles
like the waters Of a sunny stream. Girl
hood there is real, dealing neither with
the frippery of compliments, or the impu-
rity of unchaste ideas. "-Sprmgfeld Re
publican.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01

The Legislature Of last winter passed
an act for the protection of Fruit, and
Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees and Shrub
berry, to which it may be well to invite
public attention at this reason.
Section one provides that ''every per-
son who shall willfully and maliciously
enter any orchard, nursery or garden, and
carry array, mutilate or destroy any tree,
shrub or vine, or steal, take or carry
aaoay any fruit or JqoUers, without the
consent of the owner thereof" &c. &C.,
"shall be deemed guilty of misdemean-
or, and, on conviction thereof, shall be
punished by fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars. or by Imprisonment in
the county Jail, for period not exceeding
three months"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01

q BEEcHER ON THE TELEGRAPH.-At a
meeting of the inhabitants of Fishkill
Landing, in honor of the Atlantic Tele-
graph, last Friday evening, Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher made the opening speech.
After commenting upon some Of the won
drous results of the new channel Of COM
munication with the Old World, he then
said:
81 dare scarcely any longer think O
what shall be. remember the derision
with which Whitney's plans of a railroad
to the Mississippi was hailed. | remem-
Der when it was disputed whether steam
err could cross the ocean or not. All
these marvels, when they first were pro-
posed, to us seemed incredible, but one
by one they have been executed, and now
I am prepared to believe almost anything.
If man proposes to communicate with
moon, should no longer think he was
moon-struck; ali / ask is that the story
shall be big enough. daughter and APP
plause.
You may put cable in every seaport,
you may build your warehouses where
they stand five stories or fifteen, and you
may fill them with the costliest merchan-
disc, you may increase your science and
skill to any extent, yet you are not more
powerful, for power is not in the material
texture, but power remains in the man the
individual, the family, the village, the
state, the nation; these are the reservoir
of power: and while we are enlarging the
sphere of action, let us see that at home
we spread our common schools, multiply
our newspapers, make books more plen-
ty th IN tle leaves, so that each man will
Ec an actor, and when all men over the
globe are actors, when from the rising of
the sun to the going down Of the same
there is no barrier to free intercourse of
thought, and there is also one current of
heart, love, virtue, religion, then the earth
will have blossomed and consummated its
history"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01

Proceedings of the Republican Assem-
bly, District Convention, held at
Dunnville, on the Goth day of
August, 1858.
In pursuance with the call of the Dis
trict Committee, the delegates from the
several counties convened at the Court
Htus, at halfpast two o'clock, P. NJ, and
were called to order by H. C. WILLIAMS
ESQ.,, whereupon G. B. Cox, of River
Ealls, was elected chairman, and I. G.
Pound, of Chippewa Falls, secretary of
the Convention. A committee on ere
dentials was then appointed, consisting Of
Messrs E.. E. Evans, G. S. Bundy and
Rodman Palmer. After elaboration said
committee reported a full delegation with
qualifications entitlin. the following per-
sons to seats in the Convention, to wit ::
c. HI. Howard, with proxies of Clark
county; E. E. Evans and c. s. Bundy
vi bttuL3 l.. W L Ouiiu dHu IGOUIlHu
Palmer of Chippewa; G. E. Porter of
Eau Claire, with full vote; H. G. Will
liams-and Lucius Cannon of Pepin; and
c.. B. Cox of Pierce county, with full
vote.
On motion of L. Cannon, the report
W; s accepted and Committee discharged.
After some disagreement in regard to
the Pepin county delegation, the report
was finally adopted,
The Convention then proceeded to bal
lot for two delegates to attend the Con
gressional Convention at Prairie du Chen,
resulting in the choice of GILBERT E
PORTER of Eau Claire, and LurIUs CAN.
NON of Pepin as said delegates
Being no further business, Convention
adjourned sine die:
G. B. COX, Chairman.
T. C. POUND, Secretary.
Dunnville, August goth, 1858.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01
To Yankees at the West.
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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01
Wem Abbertistments.
RIVER FALLS ACADEMY.

THE FALL TERM of this
u Institution viii open Monday, August
3Oth, and continue Is weeks.
No student received for less than half term.
No deduction made for absence except in
cases of protracted illness. M
Students leaving the school during term
time, will be charged with tuition till they
give due notice to the Principal of their
wish to discontinue
We do not wish an irregular attendance -
it discommodes the school and is disastrous
to the student.
Parents OBTAINING their children are re-
qnested to notify the Principal that it NAV
be mutually understood.
BENJAMIN WILCOX, a IL, Principal.
Rirer Falls academy. dug. 25, 1885, lO-aw
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01

"A writer from the Zip Top House
Mount Washington, who with others
reached there in a rain storm, says that
after dinner they sat around charcoal
fire counting noses, and found that the
party consisted of five rain dears and IL
rain beauz.
In view of the late returns from
Kansas there are grounds for suspicion
that the English Lccompthn bill has pro-
we'd an uucurrent bin and that the peo-
pie have refused to honor it.
--"Columbus pho" exclaimed friend
Of ours the other day in his excess of en-
thasiasm about the Atlantic Gable; "Col-
umbus pho! he discovered America, to
be sure, but it took Berkshire boy to
hatcfa At on. a,i II
bred Scott is now citizen of Vancou-
vcr's IslanA a |
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01
NOTICE.

The co-partnership heretofore existing UNI
der the name of L. A. d Fl. A. Taylor, is this
day dissolved by mutual consent.
Persons indebted to the above firm must
settle either by note or payment. Accounts
now due the JOURNAL OFFICE will be settled
by III. A. TAYLOR.
L. a. TAYLOR. III. A. Taylor.
River Falls, Aug. 2Sth 1858.