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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
Rnchauan's Incompetcncy.

The Washington States leading Dem
ocratie organ, speaking of the ineficiency
of the Administration, says:
ain vain will the President throw the
responsibility of this inactivity upon Con
gress, and plead the want of constitution
al power. If Congress fails of its duty,
that is no excuse for executive dereliction.
No Congress could withstand the ring OF
true Presidential metal, and no Congress
is so stupid as not to be able to distih-
guish between the harmless notes of the
sheperd's pipe, and the stirring tones of
the bueIe's blast. The President must
do, as well as write messages, and when
he shows an ambition above the appoint
ment of village postmasters and the reg
ulation of New York clique politics, Con-
cress will believe him to be an earnest
man, whose heart beats for the honor of
his country, and one worthy to be trusted
with the sword and the purse, to MAIN
tain the stand of the republic at the coun-
Billboard of the nation"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
stolen EEOnOrs.

A few weeks ago we published little
scrap of selected matter, without giving
credit It is our Custom in common with
nearly all other offices, to set such matter
solid, leading only original matter o.
such as is duly credited; but by some
chance, this article was loaded, and tho
the Saltwater Messenger gave US credit tor
writing it, and was justified in doing So
we no more thought Of committing liter
airy theft, than does that uncertain, yet
highly interesting and probable person
ape-ssthe babe unborn Well, the
Democrat assures its readers we did not
write the article, and the Star admins
tiers to us a rather caustic reproof.
We own up, Gentlemen. We did not
write it, but we have concluded to write a
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
The Legislature.

Mr.L. III. D. CRANE, the accomplished
Clerk Of the Assembly, has comp Id a
very neat little Msnual for the use of the
members, which, with other information,
gives the name, occupation, nativity, age,
&C., of each ofthe Members and Officers
of the Legislature. A brief synopsis OF
some of the statistics thus collected may
not be uninterestiug to our readers. VI
the 80 Sci ators, IS were native born, and
4 are adopted citizens, one each from Ger
many, Ireland, Switzerland and Scotland
The Oldest Senator is Martin L Morgan,
of Green Bay, who is put down at 53
years of age; the youngest is +. Walsh
of Milwaukee, % years old. There are
in the Senate,
Farmers-1I; Lawyers;
Merchandise; Physicians-3;
Millers-2; &c.
Thirteen of the so were born IN New
York, in New England, and l south OF
Mason and Dixon's line.
Of the 81 Assemblymen, IS are native
and "a foreign born; the senior member
is William Ballock. of Yorkville Racine
County, who is 81 years of age; and the
youngest, James T. Murphy, of Lafayette,
who is rs. There are in the Assem-
bly,,
Farmers-43; Lawyers-13;
Merchants-9; Physlclans-2;
Lumbermen-7; and others of vari-
Gus occupations-among them two Mil
tia Captains, Captain H. S. Orion, ofthe
Dane County Cavalry, and Captain F.
w. Horn, of the Cedarburgh Rifles
8 | of the 81 were born in New York, 26
in New England, and only one in Wis
consin.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
WHY She Believed il.

Mrs. Stowe in the course of her serial
in the last atlantic, writes as follows;-
There was a legend current in the
neighborhood, that the first efforts to cat
echize Candace were not eminently Sou
cessfu, her modes of contemplating theo-
logical tcnets being so peculiarly from
her own individual point of view that it
was hard to get her subscription to re-
ceived opinion. On the ver err bile clause
in the Catechisn, in particular, which de-
clares that all men snned in Adam and
fell with him, Candace made dead
halt -
Il didn't do dat ar, for one, l knows.
rs got good mem'ry alters knows what
| does, -nebber did eat dat ar apple
nebber eat a bit oh him. Don't tie Il me!
1t was of no use, of course, to tell Can
dace of all the explanations Of this re-
doubtable passage, of potential presence,
and representative presence, and represen-
tative identity, and federal headship. She
met all with the dogged,-
sNebber did it, | knows; should ave
membered, if had Don't tell mel
And even in the catechizing class Of
the Doctor himself, if this answer came
to her, she sat back and frowning in
stony silence even in his reverend pres
ence.
Candace was often remained that the
Doctor believed the Catechism, and that
she was differing from a great and good
man; but the argument made no manner
ofimpression on her, till, one day, far
off cousin of hers, whose condition under
a hard master had often moved her COM
passion, came in overjoyed to recount to
her how, owing TO Dir. HIS exertions, he
had gained his freedom. The Doctor
himself had in person gone from house to
house, raising the sum for his redemption
and when more yet was wanting, suppl
ed it by paying half his last quarters linn
tied salary.
He do dat ar? 2" said Candace, drop
ping the fork wherewith she was spearing
doughnuts. "Den I'm gwine to b'liebe
cherry word he doesr'
And accordingly, at the catechizing. the
| Doctors astonlshment was great When
Candace pressed up to him, exclaiming.---
.'De Lord Dress you, Doctor, for open
ing de prison for dem dat is bound |
| b'liebos in you now. Doctor. Is gwine to
b'Hebe cherry word ycu say. I'll say de
Catcchize now,-fix it any way you like.
Ibid eat dat ar applet eat the whole
tree, an swallowed cherry bit oh it, if you
say SO.
And this very thorough profession
of faith was followed, on the part of Can
dace, by years of the most strenuous Or
thodoxy. Her general mode of express
ing her mind on the subject was short
/ and definite
claw me. what's de use? Is set out
to b'liebe de Catechize, an I'm gwine to
b'liobe it,-sor'
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
Chief sIS1ice Taney.

Chief Justice fancy is now some eigh-
tg years old. The Instances in which
people of that age arc fit to be entrusted
with any important responsibilities are
very rare, and we have much doul t
whether he is one of the instances. Yet
as Chief Justice of the Supreme Bench
he has more power in his hands over the
destinies of this nation than is entrusted
TO any other one individual. There sho'd
be limit to the age at which men are
permitted to exercise these hrnctions.-
It's matter which cannot be safely left
to their own discretion and sense of pro-
prIety, for the older they grow the more
oblirious DO they become to their own
imperfections. If we could have men on
thebeneh belonging to the living present
instead of the dead rast, the Court in
stead of being clog 10 the limbs of prog
ress, might be an aid TO healthy deyeIop-
nhent.-Eres Dem.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
Frozen I'm.

We don't like to joke at the expense of
bachelors, but the following story from
the Mansfield Herald IS too good to be
lost:
A morning or two since cries for as
sistance were heard proceeding from the
room ola highly respectable old batche-
lor, and the door being burst open, he
was found frozen fast in tub of water !!
Having been much troubled with bad
cold, he thought to take bath in tub
Of warm water the night before, AMI
felt so comfortable while setting in in,
that lie dropped asleep and did not awake
until morning. He was of course una
bic to stir, and was compelled to call for
help. TO his great horror, the first per-
son who rushed to his aid was an old
maid, who had a partially for him.
She supposing he intended joke upon
her, broke into the street again her coun-
tenance filled with Indignation. His con-
tinued cries, however brought our friend
speedy assistance when, by chopping him
out with Ratchet, and turning him
round and round like spit before the
the fire he was soon thawed out He
wishes us to say he is now candidate for
matrimony.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
American characteristics.

The New York Tribune, extracts from
the Nashville (Kcn.) Eagle, an account
of the lynching of q slave by burning
him alive, and then adds:
'.When we reflect that we have zone
Country, One Con :titution, and One Des-
tiny" we are led to infer:
First; That in roasting men alive
whole, our One Country stands alone
The Feoiee Islanders roast them, but
not alive, and then alwaysfor the purpose
of eating, while we waste the meat
Second: That our One Constitution
which recognizes the right to roast a man
whole, and may give the cooks the high
est political aud social honors in the Re-
public-including foreign missions and
marriages with Northern heiressess of the
Plymouth Rock, Bunker Hill, Manhattan
Island and Quaker City stock-is certain
" the model Constitution of the whole
world,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
The Oregon Admission Bill.

We perceive that disposition is exhib-
tied on the part of certain Republican
presses, to censure those Republican mem
bers of Congress whe voted for the ad-
mission of Oregon as State. On this
question friends can differ without beiro
eensured. Oregon desires to come iuto
the Union under Constitution which
her people have ratified. They are the
best judges of what kind of Const:tu-
ton they need. 1t would be foolish to
keep Oregon out because Kansas has not
been admitted-for tie simple reason
that two wrongs Will not nuke one right
Ii is also better policy to have this
question out of the way, preliminary to
the Presidential canvass of lS6O-for we
believe that in the popular vote of the
Union, the Republicans will gain more
by the admission of Oregon than the ma
tional democrats will gain by the course
they have adopted in keeping out Kan
gas, because she is manifestiy determined
to come into the Union with radical
anti-slaNery Constitution Wisconsin.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02

ALICE EAGAN is about seventeen years
old, and has pretty face; at least the
Milwaukee papers say 50. Alice was a
quiet, modest well-behaved girl but she
got a notion of going to low dance hou-
ses and this habit did not greatly improve
her character.
We'll, Alice wanted better clothes than
she happened to own and SO she simply
stole an elegant silk dress. Alice had
beautiful arms. She wished to display
the attractions of these useful and orna-
mental members of the body, and SO she
cut off the sleeves, went to the dance
house, and doubtless shone glorlously IN
her gorgeous array. The finale is that
''sweet Alice is in jail" and will doubtless
board for some time at public house IN
| Waupur, known as the State Prison.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
state Ticket.

We are credibly informed that there
is Club now in operation in this city,
composed of leading young men OF the
Republican party, whose express purpose
Is to secure the endorsement of the same
ticket. at the next State Convention otthe
Republicans, that was nominated by them
in 1857, to wit;
For Goyernor-A. W. RANDALL:
For Lieut.. Governor-CARL ScHURz
For Sec. of State-J. V. S. THOMAS;
For State Treasurer-SAMUEL D.HAs-
TINGs. and so on for the other offic> s.
Wisconsin.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
HaTd-Up.

Newspaper writers are sometimes hard
up for something to say. and it is not to
be wondered at, but prudence would seem
to dictate that when a man has nothing
to say, he should say nothing.
The following which we clip from the
local of the Washington States, is the
first paragraph of an article descriptive Of
an evening party at Secretary FIoyd's.
If this is not puerile nonsense, we would
like to know what is:
''In the dressing room we found nest
ng place fit for Cupid himself. In a lit
tie crib, a round, rosy face looked out
from its golden ambush of clustering
ha +, with an arch-roguishness of express
sion, the fat fingers clasped determinedly
ever pencil and paper, as if the little
night gowned chap intended taking sketch
es of the fair arrivals. The mot err of
this lovely boy (Mrs. H., daughter of the
host was bending over him, Der heart.
we doubt not, going up to Heaven with
all those holy aspirations which often
shed their lalo on the path of man When
the spirit that breathed them has gone to
It's rest. In the arms of her nurse reclin-
cd a little six years old fairy, whose bright
eyes and rosebud mouth were dmmed
by indisposition, which had caused the
unusual indulgence of leaving the nurse
~ for the dreSsino-room. that they miobt
be amused by the disrobing guests. Thu
dimpled arms of the embryo artist recev-
ed many a fond kiss before they were en-
seloped in the folds of their night-dress.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
Sam EEOssgeDn.

A correspondent OF the Times, after
completing portrait Of Buchanan, draws
one as follows:
Next after James Buchanan, and per-
haps ahead of him in the personal cur;os-
ity which he excites, is Gen. Sam Hous-
ton of Texas, who is much such man as
Leather Stocking" might have become,
had he lived to be near seventy years Of
age, and afflicted during the last half of
his life with the Presidential itching.
Tall, soIdier-Hke and stately, hating sight
ly on one foot, clad il q ieopard-skin vest
far cap, and with au Indian blanket fold
ed proudly round his martial shoulders,
the hero of San Jacinto enters the dining
room Of Wizards egrey day, after the
guests are seated, eats hurried dinner
at the table farthest from the and door,
and then stalks up the room again,
pausing to converse at ev, ~ table where he
can see a friendly face. In this way the
good, but not over clever General. at
tracts a heap of notice; and if any lady
sufficiently good looking pays him the
compliment due to courago and personal
honor, he will promise her one Of those
queer little wooden figures which he
whites out during debates in the Senate.
-"Released from the duties of State, he
says, 81 will return to my pasture lands
in Texas-there feed my sheep and fold
my white lambs to my BOSOM" Even
in the personal vanity of suca man,
there is touch of the sublime.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02

Sam Slick gives some advice about the
selection ola wife: Don't marry too poor
gal. for they are apt to think there is no
end to their husbands purse, nor too rich
a ga, for they are apt to remind you of
it unpleasantly sometimes, nor too giddy
a gal, for they neglect their families, nor
too demure aone for they are most apt to
give you the dodge, race off, and leave
You: nor too weakminded one, for
children take all their talents from their
n other" and W tn all the Difference to tho
ladies, we would ask Mr.. Slick if he
means to insinuate that the population of
the world is already large enough?
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Some one, evidently not fond of met
apbysical poetry and philoso ply thu.
writes of Emerson:
'sHe lives in Boston because the mud
dy vesture ofdecay compels him by sheer
force of gravitation to abide somewhere
on this planet, and he thinks Boston the
most cougenial place to abide in: but if
be had bis own way he would buy coun-
try scat on the tail of Donati's comet
His poetry is called transcendental be-
cause it transcends the comprehension of
everybody except the men and women of
Boston. To them it is unintelligibIe. -
II IS Of course written for posterity, 10 the
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02

CoNcEIr AND PRETENsIoN. = Ralph
Waldo Emerson, says, with his usual orig
inality:
Cities tended to take the nonsense out
of man, especially large cities like Lon
don and New York. The speaker wish
ed that cities would teach us the best les
sons of quiet manners. The error ofour
American youth was pretension. A
marked man was generally unpretending.
He does not make a speech, avoids all
brags, dresses plainly, performs much and
speaks in monosyllables.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
Religion i'm Daily Life.

Religion is moi perpet lal moping over
good books. Religion is not even prayer,
praise, holy ordinances. These are nee
essarv to reli9ion-no man can be relig-
ious with item. But religion is chiefly
the clarifying ofGod amid the duties and
trials of the world: the guiding of our
course amid the adverse winds and cur
rents of temptation, by the starlight of
divine truth ). the bearing us manfully,
wisely, couragesouly. for the donoa of
Christ, our great leader in the conflict Of
life Cary.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
PEN AND SCISSORS.

The Queen of England is n grand
mother before she is forty years old.
John H. Davis, Cincinnati packer
died suddenly on Saturday, and his en-
logy is: che was highly esteemed as man
of bcnevolence and enterprise, and was a
good ju 'ge Of pok!'
The President has remarked that he
was under great obligation to the Repub-
leans who voted for the admission OF
Oregon into the Union. Fifteen Repub-
licans so voted.
In band Of gypsies, now encamp-
ed near indianapolis, Ind, is beautiful
girl of eighteen, whose father the chs of
the tribe, offers her hand and $4,000 to
any respectable man who will marry
her.
"A Clergyman in Florida recently
undertook to prove in a sermon that AT
ricans had no souls. Prentice says he
had better be careful, for he can't expect
his disciples to consent to go to heaven If
they are not allowed any niggers here.
The Legislature Of Ohio have re-
pealed the ten per cent, interest law, and
from the first of April next the legal
rate of interest in Ohio will be six per
cent, with the usual usury provisions.
The smoothness of the ice between
Albany and Newburg on the Hudson
river, has brought out several ice boats.
which move along at the rate Of nearly
thirty miles an hour.
There is phrenologist in London
who can tell the contents of a barrel by
examining its head. He trepans the
head with gimlet in his researches.
Recently young man wrote to Hor-
ace Greedy for his autograph, and receiv-
ed the following reply:
"Young man! you can be IN better
business than in sending for anybody
autograph.
IT. GREEDY"
The New York Tribune referring
to some of the inconsistencies of spiritual
is in fine strain of ridicule, says, we
have mediums "filled with the spirit OF
Newton who if the pippin had fallen upon
their heads, would only have rubbed the
sore spot and eaten the fruit.
"A divorce case is now on the legal
| taps in Cincinnati between two parties,
both young and married but three years
whose disagreement arises out of a
night-cap, which the wife insisted upon
wearing, in spite other husbands wishes,
petitions, threats, tears, oaths and com
mands.
Ser ator Seward made one of his
very ablest speeches ON the Indiana Sen
| atorial case. 1t is said that he was never
listened to with deeper attention. We
preceive that DOUGLAS voted against the
confirmation of Bright and Fitch in the
seats which they have usurpcd.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02

Mosr truly did Theodors Sedgwick
say that it is ''the man of robust aud
enduring constitution, of elastic nerve, Of
comprehensive digestion, who does the
great work of life. 1t is Scott with his
manly form. It's Brougham with his
superhuman powers Of physical endu-
rance. 1t is Franklin at the age Of 70,
camping out on his way to arouse the
Canadas, as our hardest boys of 20 now
camp out in the Adirondacks or on the
Miramichi. It Napoleon, sleeping four
hours, and on horseback twenty. 1t is
Washington, with his splendid frame and
physical strength"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
Hudson Feb. 25th, 1859.

x x The Rev. S. C. Adams, COM
menced his labors here about five weeks
since; his sermons are Characteristic for
for liberalty of sentiment, and entirely
free from soctaranism, preaching Jesus
Christ and him crucitied; consequently
all the evangelical churches are united in
the effort to bring souls to Christ.
A deep feeling is now exhibited in our
community and many souls ara being
brought to the Savior. Professors are
being revived and experiencing a deeper
work of grace, and back-siders are being
reclaimed. think | speak within bounds,
in stating that at least seventyfive have
been either reclaimed or converted to
God.
Hudson never saw SO general an awak
ening or more of the presence of t.!
Spirit of God. The religious services are
conducted in such manner that none
can help being convinced that the work
is of God, and that his holy spirit is abb
ding with us.
Each day during the week excepting
Monday, there is preaching at the Meth
odist chuich at 2 o'clock P. M. Oh the
subject of Christian Holiness; prayer
meeting at the Baptist church at 6 o'clock
P. NJ, and preaching again in the eve
ming at the Methodist church. There is
also Young Peoples prayer meeting at
tie Baptist church at 9 o'clock P. NJ,
largely attended not only by the young,
but frequently by adults.
Yesterday was set apart by all the
churches as a day of fasting and prayer,
the interest manifested for souls was so
intense that services were continued with
out cessation from 1Oa o'clock A. NJ. to
81 p. M.
At the evening meetings the house is
generally crowded to such q degree, that
after preaching the congregation is dis
missed to make room for persons to go
forward who desire prayers.
Truly God is manifcsting his power!
Not only the young and middle-aged are
rejoicing in a Saviors love, but person
who for more than half century have
been living without God and without hope
in the world-veterans that had never
quailed, are now laying down their arms
and making an uncomfortable surren
der to God. The proud heart of the
skeptic is being BUNDLED, and he finds
that,
THAT there is a fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Immanuels veins,
and instead of there being any diminution
the work is constantly deepening and
widening and whole families are rejoice
ing together.
l may further add this protracted effort
has one pleasing characteristic and that
is, that the worth of the soul is taken in
to consideration without reference to what
church the anxious enquirer shall join
when converted.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02

JUVENILE INNoCENCE.-Al little child
of this city was holding very animated
years, few days ago. A portion of it
was overheard, and it appeared to be a
dispute as to what their mothers could do.
After naming over various meritorious
acts ofwhich their materials were capable
the one in question put an end to the dis
pute by exciaiming: "Well, there's enc
thiog that my mother can do that yours
can't aay mother can take every one Of
ter teeth out at once i'-New Haaen
News.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02
AnEncontroyertiDle Argument.

BooTu, Of the Free Democrat, evident
ly believes in Total Depravity. How
ever hereto he may be on some points,
he is orthodox here. Speaking of'Pump'
Carpenter, he says
ale is practicable, stubborn, unmis
takeable fact, in favor of the doctrine Of
Total Depravity, and until he passes a.
way and is forgotten, little hope for the
opposite theory can be entertained"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-02

In Mariposa, California, there lived a
large-eyed beautiful prattier-Mary Cam
eron. One evening when all was silent she
looked up anxiosly into the face of her
backsiding father, who had ceased to pray
in his family, and said 'Pa, is God dead 2"
"No, my child, why do you ask that p
"Why, pa, you never talk to him now
is YOU used to do" These words haun-
ed him until he was reclaimed.