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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-09
WRITTEN FOR THE JOURNAL.
Hodge, odge Papers.
BY OLIVE R ODD.
NUMBER EIGHT.

"EvE had no clothes to mend, no din
ner pot, no washing day Hawthorne.
The idea that labor was imposed upon
man as punishment, for dlsobedience,
though it has prevailed in enlightened So
eiety from time immemorial, is neverthe
less, simply absurd. 1t is evident from
man'svery organization, that he was made
to work, he was made to ''till the ground"
Exercise develops the physical man. and
since labor, or exercise in some way, is
absolutely necessary to healthy vital ac-
ton, we must conclude that maaevas new
or made to rnst outSin sloth and inactiy
ity. Idleness then, of body or mind, is
not the legitimate, the natural condition
of man. Laziness is q disease rendered
doubly malignant when the mind is labor
ing under the delusion that labor is pun
ishment inflicted on the whole human
family in consequence of the disobedi-
ence of one man, under the advice of q
woman. With all due Difference to Di-
vine authority, and to those who put this
construction upon the record found in Gen
esis, we shall claim that labor is o God
ordained insttution-that God himself
worked for six days, even ending his work
on the seventh, aud then resting. But
man has sought out many Inventions"
and has, no doubt, put himself under the
absolute necessity of performing far more
manual labor than would otherwise have
been required of him. Be this as it may,
labor is both dignifed and necessary.
Action. both of body and mind is al
ways necessary to accomplish any end
whatever. Life aud ambition are what
make the man-they make the man of
business, the man of wealth, the man of
influence anywhere. 1t is the go-ahead
men, rather than men of genius, of edu-
cation, who rise to distinction everywhere.
When we see a man 'raisin' thunder" in
some dep lrtment of society, we some
times suppose he is man of genius, of
great literary attainments and acapacious
mind, hence we give the credit to the
head, which in majority of cases, be-
longs to what we denominate pluck. 1t
matters not whether this kind of pluck is
IN the head, or in the chest, if it is only
IN the man. It's necessary to his success
and he will never ascend to the top round
in the ladder without it. Nor must he
look back, if he does he soon grows dizzy
and is liable to fall. A man of genius
often stops short in some narrow sphere
of life, and is dead weight to laudable
srnbition, hence his genius without pluck
is detriment. The truth is, if such a
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GERMAN FUNERAL HYMN.

From Longfellow's New Volume of Poems.
Come FORTH come on, with solemn song
The road is short, the TEST is long:
The Lord brought here, He calls awayl
Make no delay,
This home was for passing day,
Here in an inn a stranger dwelt:
Here Joy and grief by turns he felt;
Poor dwelling, now we close thy doorl
The task is DER.
The soiourner returns no more.
Now of lasting home possessed,
He goes TO seek deeper rest,
Good night the day was sultry here,
In toll and fear,
Good night the night is cool and clear.
Chime on. We bellsl again begin,
And ring the sabbath morning in.
The laborer's weekday work is done,
The rest begun.
Which Christ has for his people won.
Now open to u.s. gates of Peacei
Here let the Pilgrims journey cease,
Ye quiet slumberers, make room.
In your still home,
Fora new stranger who has come!
How many graves aronnd us liel
How many homes are in the sky.
Yes, for each saint doth Christ prepare
A place with care:
Thy home is waiting, brother, there.
Jesus, thou reignest, Lord. alone.
Tkou wilt return and claim thy own.
Come qnickly, Lordl return again!
Amen! Amenl
Thine zeal is ever, now and then!
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Beautiful Actions.

How many beautiful actions, says an
exchange, are overlooked by us because
they are so little and common. Take, f r
instance, the mother who has broken
slumber, if any at all, with the nursing
babe, whose wants must not be disregard
ed; she would fain sleep awhile when the
breakfast hour comes, but patiently and
uncomplainingly she takes her mely Sc:
at the table. Though exhausted and
weary, she serves all with the refreshing
cup of coffee or tea, before she sips her.
self and often the cup is handed back to
be re-filled before she has had time to
taste her own. Do you hear her COM
plain, this weary mother, that her break
fast is cold before she has time to eat it
And this not for one, but every morning
perhaps through the year. Do you call
this small thing? Try it aud see. Oh
how does woman shame US by her for
bearance and fortitude in what are wrong
fully called little things. Ah-it is these
little things which are the test of character
it is by these little self-denials, borne with
such self-forgetting gentleness, that the
hunnblest home is made beautiful to the
eyes of angels, though we fail to see il.
alas! till the chair is vacant, and the hand
which kept in orderly motion all this do
mestic machinery, is powerless and
cold.
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The Priest and Sheriff.

AN eccentric English divine was calle.f
upon to perform the funeral service Of
dead debtor. After tho ceremony Was
performed, and the body on its way to
the. church-yard, the sheriff made de-
scent on the corps and attached it fordebt,
as by the then law Of England he had the
power to do.
"Mose onw said the priest.
"Stopm shouted the sheriff
'sMore on" exclaimed the priest lou
der than before.
''This body is mine!" shouted IT, sher-
if.
"This body is Gods" roared the priest.
Gin the kings name | command you
to lower the coffin z exclaimed the sher-
if.
Bury the mani shouted the infu,i-
ated priest, "and if the sheriff says three
words take him too I've read the fune-
raj service and somebody shall be bur-
led"
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Mrs. FuDbs and MIR. FaDbs.


"Fnbbs, want to talk to you q while
and | want you to listen while I do it.
You want to go to sleep, but [ don't; I'iu
not one ofthe sleepy kind. It's good
tn ng for you, Mr.. Fibbs, that you have
wife who imparts information by lectures
else you would be perfect ignoramus.
Not thing about the house to read ok.
cept little bible that the Christian As.
soclatlon gave you, and tract which that
fellow called Porter left one day, entitled
Light to. the Heathen. It's we'll he lete
It, Tor you're heather, Fubbs; you may
ieel thankful you amt Mormon Yes
| understand that insil uation, too. Won
profane wretchl You mean you're glad
you havnt but one wife. You never
would have known there ives a Mormon.
Mr. Fuhbs, if | hadn't told you, cause
you're too stingy to take a paper. Now
Fubbs, | declare your name ought to be
tibs,-you tell so many of 'em. TIA
only last week l lost dollar and half
on butter | sold to peddler, because
didn't know the market price. This would
have paid for the paper the whole year.
And then you're so ignorant, Fubbs.
Don't you remember when you took the
gun and walked down to the big marsh
hunting because some one said the Turk
eys were marching into Rushes9 Yes
yo"d5d. You needn't deny it, Fubbs.-
Didn't kill any, did you9 1t was bad
day for turkey, wasn't it Fubbsi Ha!
IA! ha! QG.
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were he to live two hundred years, he
would bea Professor still. "Station HIGH"
is more frequently the reward of good
pluck, than of great genius.
WhatI would suggest then, is this
In early life we should contract habit
of patient enduring toll, both ofbody and
mind. We shonld employ our hands dill
igently, and never be ashamed of manual
labor, nor curse our father Adam, for the
supposed sins which he never committed.
A sound mind must have healthy body
"a healthy body can only be secured by
hardy culture. Why then whine about
what our ancestors did? Why should
the young lady shrink from household du-
ties, and go moping about, constantly
complaining that ''E've had no clothes to
mend, no dinner pot, no aoashing day."
Remember that soft heads usually ac-
company soft hands-remember that
there is no true dignity in man or woman
without labor. Nor should we take la
Dor as a medicine, in doses prescribed to
us by moral and physical doctors, just suf-
ficient for exercise. Do we need to make
an apology to a friend if he calls on us
and finds us in the field, in the garden, in
the shop or kitchen? Do we need, like
some Of our temperance men. who take
measured doses of brandy, to state that
we are only taking this for medicine?
Nay--"put thy brandy on thine eyes,and
thy goggles on thy mouth" and take
work as you would the balmy air with
out making excuses or apologies.
My readers may think me tedious, but
there is sort of excrescent matter con
stantly accumulating in nay mind, and |
find it necessary to shake it Off sometimes,
so, G.a .H-s Taaf
while Enropes eye is fixed on barbarous
things,
The fate of empires and the fall Of kings"
and while some of the wise-acres of our
neighborhood are discussing the tendency
of too much exercise, / wish to thrust out
a few suggestions about the vant of it.
| have shown that exercise is necessary,
and now l wish to show that Incidence
is detrimental. The energies Of the hu-
man system are constantly accumu|ating
and they must be worked offin some way
or the whole body becomes hot-bed of
impurity. The mind sympathizes with
this unhealthy condition of the body, and
the moral feelings become subject to the
passions, while the intellect is left without
the admonitions ofconcience.
There is, then, no neutral ground
The man who fails to work, or who fails
to take a proper amount of exercise is a
sinner; and the man who fails to give to
the hungry, OF perform any act of hu-
mainly, is also sinner, and for these
sins will be held responsible.
FROM these facts we conclude that
there is no feeling orfaeulty in man which
does not have its legitimate sphere of &C
ton, and is, when duly and prop
erly exercised, a fountain Of pleasure, and
when thus exercised, no enlightened mind
need ever be ashamed Of them.
Every thing we do tends in some de-
gree to develop the man, and every duty
left undone has an equally important in
fiuence against health, intellectual growth,
morals or religion.
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WHAT MAKES a MAN2-The longer
I live. the more certain | am that the
grent difference between men, the great
and insignificant, is energy-invincible
determination--an honest purpose once
fxed-and the victory. That quality
will do anything that can be done in the
world, and no talent, no circumstances,
no opportunity, will make two-legged
creature man without it.
--Goethe.
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In time Of great exc t2ment some
one reported that DR.. Ely David Ely,
D. d. had be.l preaching politics in
neighbcring parish. 1t was deemed adj
visable to trace the report to its origin
The parish was visited and inquiries made.
IBID Er. Ely preach politics when
herew Yes "What did he say f'-
".Say2 He said, Though hand joined in
baud, yet the wicked shall not go znpun-
ished.'" The case was clear one.
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FALLS PIERCE COUNTY, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH g.

incredible and contradictory stories.-
We should say make Pixies Peak your
goal, until you shall have ample reason
for diverging on one sideor the other.
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A1a ertract from Mrs Stones "lfSn-
ister' Wooi3ag," IN tile AAantic Monthly.
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RRON NEW yNE.TICO.

srElLAooOM, W. T., Nov |, 1858.
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than mere political agitation and personal notorety.
II We Compare the negro and white populations Of
these States, shah find that the preponderance of
the former is already sufficiently great for permanent
safety and stability. The effect of new importaons
would be to unduly increase this preponderance of
the blacks, without proporhonaly augmenting the
product Of the labor of the negro population. Such
too, is the peculiarly happy condition of the cotton
market as to producers that an increase of the pro-
duct would only operate to relax the monopoly now
possessed by the cotton growers and to diminish
prices, by augmenting supplies and multiplying the
number of selling competitors Of all the commu
mites all the interests in the world, we think it
most behooves the cotton growers to observe the
conservative maxim, "let well enough alone.
But the subject opens up too vast field of dis
cussion to be pursued in few hasty and casual
newspaper paragraphs. We have said enough 10
answer the object we had in view-that of show
ing not only that the people Of the South as com
munity, do not look with the least favor upon this
monstrous projectof revivng the African slave trade
but that it morally impossible that they could do SO
consistently with wise regard for their indus
trial and social interests They would be found
on actual test as bitterly opposed to this trade as
their fathers before them who protested against
tfor centuries and who brought abouits abolition by
long and persevering effort in despite of the most
energetic exertons Of northern men to defeat their
purposes.
AS the circumstances attending the landing of the
"Wanderer" and the spriting away of her sable
cargo may be conceived to have thrown suspi-
ciop upon the South of infdeliy to the constitution
and laws that section probably owes it to it
self to yindicate its real sentiments by expressing
them in unequivocal and emphatic terms through
hor State legislatures. Her best and wises men
may however be of opinion that her real sentiments
on project so monstrous and preposterous ought to
be presumed by all rightthinking men, and that
the declaration of them is incumbent upon
her than is the formal expression of her belief in a
beneticent Providence the righteousness of good
works.
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covTRADIcuoY or cALUMgK

We invite attention to tho following letter which
publish by permission Of the writer complete denial
Of Of the many alsehoods sent from here by Nash
ngton correspondents IL will also b, observed that
although this SANDER published In New York under
Geographic head il was in reality from here by
mail is the with large portion Of the Especial
despatches coined in this city for circulation at dis
lance:
WASHINGTON Dec 81, 1858.
DEAR SIN l hasten 10 deny, in the most emphatic
manner, all knowledge Of eonnexon with, OF sympathy
In the expressions contained In Washington letter dated
the 28th inst and published in the Nsg York Times of
yesterday the woll-known signature of IS, so far
said communication reflects upon his ecay The Pres
sa directly OF upon yourself the Hon Judges Black
and Holt by implication and to any resident at the
Executive Mansion any person who TO my knowledge
has the entree there and particularly every member
Of the cabinet and Presidents household first learned
of this communication by having it handed to after
10 o. clock last night It's author 49, have not
communicated with since left Washington last spring
Although dated the 29th learn ii mailed hence
the 25th two days before arrived here, / have not
given utterance by word pen--no not even in the
privacy of my famly-to any such imputatons or
sentiments as are contained in that communication in
reference TO the President My suerings have been too
great to find relief In any such way rely upon the power
of TRUTH and it will yet prevail dePate the publication
of the letter alluded TO- rpdde il any such
of defence is contained In its illusions TO the Pres-
dent am in way responsible for those expressions
AS to the personal illusions difficulties set up by it,
shall know how TO treat them. The record which you
have had under consideration proves by the evidence
the president of the court that my personal courage
tried and proved, he stated it, sin eminent de-
gree on the field of action.
Mere personal issues have been too insignificant for at
tenton pending the struggle in which have been ac-
lively engaged for the past three years they shall
have due attention.
earnestly request that you bring this my dsayowal
of that letter. to the attention of the President.
Very respectfully am sir, your obedient servant,
WASHINGTON A. BARTLETT
Hon. Isaac TouoEY.
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THE GOLD MINES or OREGON.

CAsYoSynLE, Nov, 4, 1858
You will doubt have learned something OF the rich
gold dggngs that have been recently discovered about rs
miles east of this place. north of the South Umpqua on
small creek called by the miners Coffee Creek
will give you, as far as know, description of the
mines. Coffee creek empties into the South Umpaua
about twenty miles above this place. and from mouth
up Tor distance OF about five six miles gold found
along the edge of the water and in the crevces of the
bed rock The first claim that has paid well is at the
mouth OF small stream coming from the east The claim
is owned by Daniorth Cranmer, & Co. and prospects
from 10 cents TO 81 to the PAN from feet pay
dirt " one large lump of gold has been taken out Of
this caim and weighs about Sl06 The second claim on
the guch creek ID owned by the Texas Company and
prospects from 10 cents to 81 to the pam about five
pay dirt, Claim No 3, owned by Mitchell Il Brown
prospects about the as Texas claim Claim No
owned by Hibbart CO.. prospects from ten cents to " to
the PAM several specimens have been found in this claim
the largest weighing nine dollars Claim No g. Russell
Co., prospects from 10 cents to to the pan and
about four feet pay dirt" The claim above Rus
sell is Pierce and prospects about like those below
There IL longer any doubt about the ggings being
rich and extensive the streams all head tho great
quartz mountain, and the being prospected and
worked is precisely similar to North Humbug in Siski
you county, California. Great preparations being
made those having claims building and preparing
for winter There are this time, about seventy five
miners all told and all agree to the fact Of the diggngs
being rich and extensive This is humbug no Fraser
excitement, no Indians to fight mountains to climb
Miners anywhere in southern Oregon test the matter
steamboat monopoly, town excitement but the real
genuine gold ITSELF and only continuation of the ed
found at Yreka, Jacksonville, and north Supplies
of all kinds produced ia the neghborhood or are 10
be obtained at moderate prices. 1t is certainly an in
ducement to the miners to try the prospect. T.
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WASHINGTON, d. O., Dec 20, 1855.
bliAsRs EDnoRs Ny attention has been directed 10
notices In several newspapers relative public meetnga
held la the third congressional district of Mississippi
within the past two or three weeks occasoned by the in
teretence OF the government In the plans and
OF VIM Walker and bis followers The articles which
ande 10 calculated think produce an erroneous
impression upon the minds Of the people OF tho country
at large and being Mississlppan and a democrat
knowing the sentiment which prevails the third dis
trict IN regard TO Walker, deem myself usliable ia
placing an emphatic contradiction upon the report that
The meetings were participated In by leading democrats
party.
While the democracy of Mississippi are ever ready
nay eagerto give their united efforts to advance any
movement that has for its aim the acquisition of south
ern territory you may rest assured that they will rown
down such proposition 60 obtain il that which Wall,
presents TO them
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defers band outlaws aud refugee and that they
shall never come back aguin unless the murderer Is given
up They say they want him caught and punished
The war may be considered NOW closed which 10 your
correspondent an end devoutly wished for" 1t
has been remarkably successful one nasmuch as one
Of the results, and by far the most important has been
the radical removal Of the false notions Of their strength
by the Indians, and the complete subugaton Of their
minds and spirits to the belief that the United States Is
their master.
Now the most important thing to be done in order 10
rvet these convictions is TO take of them to the
States TO SO our power nasmuch they have Jeh it,
Congress could do wiser act than TO appropriate few
thousand dollars for that purpose
We learned here yesterday from Indian that thirty
Mormons were at the Mog Pueblos selling firearms and
ammunition 10 the Navajo Indians They will doubt
less be attended to by the proper authorities
In haste SMY
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FRENCH EMGRArIoy.--Fra with population of
thirty-fve millions, has furnished but compare
lively small contingent TO the European emigration
During the last ten years 1850 900 persons emigated
from Great Britain and Ireland and from Germany ST.
200, 900, while France in the period lost only 200
900 persons by emigration In 1856 III 997 persons
igraed from France of whom 1864 settled in Algeria
In 1857 the emigration from France numbered 49, soo Of
whom 1892 sought new homes in Algeria
LOTTERY DEALERS CASE PosrroSEp. Judge Russell,
of New York has postponed his decision in the case of
Wood, Eddy Co., and Others, charged with carrying
the lottery business in that city, until halfpas ten
o'clock Monday morning The decision was postponed
at the request Of Recorder Smith, counsel for defend
ants
by the election Of Mr. Cofey DEM speaker, and Mr.
Aossy as clerk of the house and Mr. Hough secretary
of the senate,
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WASHINGTON CITY.
SATURDAY. JANUARY !. 1860.
business Notice.

the business the proposed
change terns win be conducted strictly cash basis all
subscriptions for the Union dseon
payments should be made after this date
cept lipscomb authorized 10 make collections
in Dcls~afe, Maryland, and Virginia.
WksnS0r0s March 20, lS5S.--tr
foregoing oneude any colec-
tors W. nov employ employ this city but
only performed uch serce In other pars Of the
country, Ap 2g-u
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lotteries IN DELAwAnE,--The Delaware general as
sembly will be applied to at the coming session for an
extensive lottery grant Memorials however, are in
calculation among the people Of New Castle and other
counties in the State earnestly protesting against the
passage of an act for such purpose The memorial
says, very truly,
1T Is time to take warning that the deprivation of
moral principle, that first winks at wrong and then pro
notes 1t, viii prove difusve and its maturity win be
manifested in fraud and kuavery eating out integrity
from business transactions and social relations ending IN
violence and subyerting the power Of government"
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ses- The next number Of the Union will be issued
on Tuesday morning.
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The payers OF New Yolk assessed 81 GA 1896 II
for the support of schools for the year 1853