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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07
ssols Words, hut not too oe2a
for g}se Times.
The St. Paul Times savs;-

AdaS N~S' . s'eiAT~ t''sSO
The Milwaukee, Free Democrat, aft
| speaking of the intriguing of the South
10 involve Northern men in tho late Har-
pc,'s Ferry instruction, giyos uttcrance
to lie following stirring paragraph. 1t
is the right Kind oftalk in times like these
and clearly indicates the drift Of the pop
u'ar mind. We long s;oce gave up sa-
wing the Union, for We found it to be an
annual contribution to thesuppression of
Southern gas. When he North has be-
como fnllv aroused TO the Importance of
II q is. n which should interest her,
| va .a!thoar loss Of the dissolution Of
Ito Union ard more Of the determination
Of Freemen to wipo from existence the
Jiaeb code Of Slavery. But read what
the Democrat says
Anlduring ali this time the North is
continuity threatened if she does not
quietly submit the Union will be di.soly-
! Ell. COY. Wise, we are toll, will make n
| re1pisition for Gerrit Smith. and If Smith
is not delivered up at once, the Union
! viii forthwith be dissolved. Every new
! scheme of deyiitry the slave power de-
/ viscs, we are warned in advance, We
MIST submit to, or the Union will be dis
/ solved. In Gods name let the Union be
| dissolved. Whatever it may have been
originally, under this internal policy
Which now governs the country, it's rap
lilly becoming all the Garrisonian AhoIi-
tonists ever declared it-a covenant with
the powers of evil. Whist IS the Union
10 the people of the North that they
| should lie alarmed at such threats p
! What interest, pecun;ary, moral or polit-
ical ofthc North, would Lo ieopardad n
moment, itlbo Union were blown to irag-
ments. The North is seif-sustaiuing.-
She GETS no aid from the Union and
asks none. She has no interest that she
wants the Union to protect. She has no
nigcers to run away, that can be caught
only by means of tie Union, no insurrec-
tons that can be queIed only by the
armies Of the Union, no mails to be sup
! porto. out of the purse of the Union, no
/ first families that would starye to death
IL they hal not the offices and purse OF
the Union to fab back on. If the South
which is supported by the Union and
| lives on the Union, and fattans on the
Union, rs n worm fattens Oh an apple
core, 70 its own great comfort butte the
great detrimaut # tho fruit, chooses to
Iissoiyo tie Union, ,et her do 50. Il
wou.d he ike a paupcr dissolying the I'M
ion between himself and the poor-house
but if he North is peopled with men let
us not be frightened from our propriety
an be driven to fo'ly and wickedness by
| such br3ats. ...
Letus rs men resent the attack which
is to be made on our leaders, and carry
, on tbs political reform we have inaugu-
rated, untiIthis parnicious principle, and
the rc1icious men it sustaiEs i'll power,
are finally and completely crushed.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07

Soon after the adjournment Of the late
Senatorial Convention, q paper, purport-
ing to be the record of its proceedings,
was drawn up bv this man Cox, as we
are .cred.bly informed, and 5000 copies
struck of in the form of an extra, and
freely circulated through the district
We have but to say that the whole re-
port is. a tissue Of the most cowardly and
contemplate falsehoods, aud were it not
that our own name has been freely used
by its vagabond authors, we should not
give it the benefit of a passing notice.
If this extra is sample Of the means IN
tended to used by Cox d Go. to secure
a victory, we cannot do better than to di-
rect their attention to tho scripture in
junction THE wages of sin is death" the
truthfnness Of which passage will be full
" Impressed upon their minds On tho 7th
of November.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07
Death Of Kit Carson.

This celebrated trapper and guide, one
Of the noblest Of our brave frontiersmen,
died recently at Toas, in New Mexico
He was native Of Madison county, Ken
lucky, md would have completed his
fiftieth year had he lived to the oath of
December next. While he was vet an
infant, bis pr rents removed to the terri
tory of Missouri, in which wild region
his youth and early manhood were spent
AS the borders Of ciyiiizat on enlarged, he
gradually withdrew farther and farther,
and further from the settlements, prefer
ring the hunts of the Indian to the abodes
of the white race. About seventeen years
since he fell in with Col. Fremont. His
services as guide to that intrepid explorer,
and others of his class, have won for him
a national reputation, In l847 he was
sent to Washington rs bearer of dispatch
es, and received an appointment Of Lieu
tenant in the rifle corps of the United
States army. Six years later he drove
$500 sheep to California. for the success
full execution of which difficult undertake
ing he was rewarded with the post of
Indian Agent at Toas, the place of his
death. His memoirs, edited by DIR. S.
C. Peters, have been published in large
octave volume.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07

Eg- The Democrat IS in bad fix
+ Il has two active editors, and badly needs
4 third, as there are unm;stakablc signs
Of an '.;rcprcssiblo couict" between The
! two.
D. II. LUsK, Junior Editor Of the
Democrat, writes leader in its last is
sue. He eyid nty wishes people TO un-
defstand that those sentiments are ''lis'n,"
ana he consequently signs his name in
large capitals. That leader is about tn /,
Harper's Ferry tragedy, and opens in the
following refreshing style:
"The late tragedy got up by the Re
pubicans at Harper,s Ferry, and the GER
tain fatal termination Oft to the imne-
d:ate anal active participants, las AVA
kened just such a feeling in the South
and North as such acts will awaken a.
mvng g people situated as we are. The
Republican, party fully sympathi-
zinc with this attempt Of Brown, cannot
but sv'npathizs with him i'll bis mistor-
tunes" r.a
The grievod Junior closes his solemn
and impressive discourse with the follow
ing emphatic declaration:
."Wc cannot blame the South if thoy
were to drive every Northern man from
their borders, and pass the most strin-
gent laws to protect themselves and their
little ones from the van lal hands of
Northern lanaticism."
Well, Mr. P. V. WISE also writes an
article on Harper's Forty, and signs his
name in large capitals. He closes in the
following manner:
u do not doubt that Brown was en-
courage1, and did receive "aid and com
fort" from some Northern fanatics, but
thattl. great body of the Republican
party, who are only momautarily strased
away from the folds of the Democracy,
is in snywiso or manner connected with
the Harper's Ferry affair, or any other
similar to it, is just "a absurd rs to say
that the mass of the Democratic party
are in favor OF. the reopsuing of the AT
rcan Save Trade. Either assertion re-
gard a., an insult to the manhood and IN
telligenes Of h, people. These are my
views aud alone ain responsible tor
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07
sFOras Painting by Hugh Mill
ia er.

"But let us trace the history ola sin
Gle pine tree ofthe Oolite, as indicated
by its petritied remains. This gnarled
and twisted trunk once anchored its roots
amid the crannies of q precipice of dark
gray sandstone, that rose over some
Lameless stream Of the OoIite, in what is
now the north of Scotland. The rock
which notwithstanding its dingy color,
was deposit of the lower Old red sand
stone formed by member of tho fish
beds Of that system-beds tlst were
charged then, as now, with numerous
fossils, rs strange and obsolete in the
creation of the Ooite as in the creation
which at present exists.
at was firm, indestructabe stone,
covered by n thin, barren soil; and the
twisted rootets Of the pine, rejected and
thrown backwards from its more solid
planes, had to penetrate into its narrow
tlsseres for q Strengthened and meagre
subsistence. The tree grew but slowly,
in Considerably more than half q century
it had attained 70 n diameter of little
moro than ten inches or foot over the
soil and its bent and twisted form cave
evidence Of the life of hardship to which
1t was exposed. 1t was in truth o
picturesque rag Of tree, that for the first
few feet twisted itself around lks an
overcome wrestler struggling to escape
m under his enemy, and then struck
Ut an abrupt angle, and stretched itself
ike bent arm over the stream.
"Thc seasons passed over it; every
opening Spring gave its fringe of tender
green to its spiky foliage, and every re-
turning Autumn saw it shed its cones in
TO the stream below. Many delicate
fern sprang up aad decayed around its
gnsrled and fantastic root, single leafed
and Of simple form, or frettcd into many
o sim rnnate leaiet, Ike the minu to
maidon hair or the graceful lady fern.
"Flying reptiles have perched amid its
bougLs: the IIght-winged dragon fly has
darted on wings of gauze through the
openings of its lesser twigs; the tortoise
and the lizard have hybernated during
the chills of Winter among the hollows
Of its roots; for many years it formed one
of the minor features in wild pictures
que scene, on which human eve never
looked and at length, touched by de-
cay, its upper branches began to wlther
and bleach white in the winds of heaven :;
when shaken by sudden hurricane that
came roaring down the ravine, the mass
Of rock in which it had been anchored ut
at once gave way, and bearing fast jam
med among It's roots fragment Of the
mass, which we still find there, and from
which we read portion of its story, it
was preciptatcd into the foaming torrent.
Dancing on the eddies, or lingering amid
the pools, or shooting, arrow-like, adown
the rapids, it at length finds its way to
the sea; and after sailing over beds OF
massive coral-the ponderous Iustrea
and more delicate Wamnastrea-and af-
ter disturbing the Enaliosaur and Belem-
mite in thelr-deep haunts, it sinks, saturat-
ed with water, into bed of arenaceous
mud, to maize its appearance, after lorg
ages, IN the world Of mana marble
mummy Of tie Old Oolite torosts-and to
be curiously Intercepted regarding lis
character ana history"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07

Eg Tho Democrat has always per
sisted that Republican rule would ruin
the county, and to prove this assertion, it
has JUST published letter from Sparta, Z
written by man who las jast been here,
attended the session of the County Board
part of one day, and left with the congic-
ton that the county was ruined.
Query.-Aro the editors of the Dem
ocras foolish enough to suppose that any
one will believe that article was written
at Sparta?
We have read m old fable Of m ass
who wishing to cut dash, covered him
self with lions skin, dashed in among
his fellows, and gave an awful roar. The
skin getting misplaced, his ears protru
ded, which exposed him anil he received
the punishment. lie deserved. The on.
Iy difference between that ass and the one
which wrote this communication, is, thai
the latter one never got his ears covered
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07
THE BrBLE.-"I am of the opinion that

THE BrBLE.-"I am of the opinion that
the Bible contains more sublirnity, more
exquisite beauty, more pure morality,
more important history, and finer strains
of poetry and eloquence, than can be col
lectsd from all other books, in whatever
age orlanguagc they may have been writ
tsn."-Sir HTm. Jones. 81 will hazard
the assertion that no man ever did or ever
will become truly eloquent without being a
constant reader of the Bible, and an ad-
mirer of the purity and sublimity Of its
language. "-FSsher Ames.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07

them. Love Of country prompts me to
give expression to them"
Ansor Potriae is a fine thing, Brother
Wise, and has led you to write the most
sensible political article we ever saw from
your pen. But then how will LUsK Ike
to be told that his profound uttersnce is
an ''insut to the manhood and intelligence
of the people,
Clearly, the Democrat needs another
editor. Wise and Lusk cannot safely be
left to regulate their institutions in their
own way"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07
R~ Previous to the late election

E Previous to the late election
we did very handsome thing for AR
THUR w. DELANEY, President Of the Dem
ocratic Senatorial Convention and Editor
Of tie Chippewa Falls Pioneer, by pub
fishing speech of his, somewhat remark
able for style and sentiment, which speech
gave him a blief noteriety. ARTHUR re-
turned the compliment, by wilfully, de-
signoIly, maliciously and wickedly styl
ing Chas. B. Cox, ourself aid others the
'',Scum of all tie Earth," aud he further
prophesied that Dir. Cox would be terri
bly, beaten on the 7th of Nov.
Now we have never told our readers
that Mr.. Cox was very mean man, or
that we are contemplate creature"
and as he is elected Senator and we are
enjoying good health, with a reasonable
prospect of editing the JOURNAL for some
time to come, it is perhaps just to our
readers that we show them the estima-
ton in which we are held by the Pic,
neer.
We would remark to Delaney that If
the ''wages of sin is DEATH" and he is
promptly paid, he may expect an early
demise. Here is his article.
''There is class of master spirits Of
the world denotninatofl the ''salt of the
earth," and we see no good reason why
another class, composed ofthe drippings
of meanness aud cowardIy falsehood
should not be styled the "scutn of the
earth" Certainly the term is as rele-
want in the last as in the first instance.
10 the latter class belongs the contemp-
tbie creature, who, assisted by Chas. B.
Cox, the Republican nominee for State
Senator, and others of the dirtier portions
Of that party, runs BiIingsgate machine
under the name Of the River Falls
journal
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07


to stop hero but being lei, almost thrust
info my mothers bedroom, which adj
I'D this department, found myself iD
the presence of her remains.
Till then [ haf fyague;y. realized the
crimes whereof | was accused. But this
SIGHT told me all. 1t wa, with a cry OF
mortal agony, tlat<tAose strong nlen who
he'd bcid and surrounded mo viii mover
f.rget, tha; / barst som tfeir grasp and
throw myself beside 4ny dead mother
Bat all uuayniling were my brrnlng
tssr, and bitter remorse. There vas the
rfastiy osa'Iwi4'cl had let ont lite ana
t.sayr, her face was caIrr and PEACEFUL
il was the fa.ee.ofihoalead ~
y-I -ha.iuo great difficulty in causing my
self 10 be recogn;se;l By my sister, and by
nv old friends and neiShbors; aud while
I related my nnw0rrant"b!' confidence
with the pedlar, and ny silly freak Of mas
,na.,.';pr nv self accusations were lar
,,r..tsr than any they couI,l utter. MY
story e,vo the clue to tho real roober anu
murderer; AMI aeli were presently scour-
ing the woods arI tho bleak bill country
beyond in pursuit,
I. ."'it n, was not to DO fousl, however,
the VILLAIN hal la;I lis plans we'll and
.contr;vei to grt Gear away, CARVING
with him a larg, SIM Of money, ani near
10 umy sister, more valuable wedding
gifts.
- These he hal taken from room with
in nv mothers AMI in returning had pro
habIx aroused her. There hal been no
str, gt!e, and he had evidently frat 'tran
eIed and then murdered her as she
Jay.
It was long, very long, ere recovered
f,or, tb;s terrific Shock. In fact | never
recovered Nv uaavaiiing regret and
never i wing remorso have made'ne sad
anil hn,,cl,-Ss man, forbid | moi direct the
rdBber'. footsteps and arm the assassin $
z hand?
That was the first and 'ast masquerade
Years, that ,eorn. to strs'c' to centuries
have passed. sineo ih''t dag OF horror
Truo mn still = youn& man, hut thong b
INV DAYS exceed by FIR tho allotted age
20 ofmlnn, never can forget, nor Will the
= memory Of my fatal folly ever be biottod
out.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07

An ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO THE GER
MAN LANGUAGE.-Jean Paul Ritcher, the
great German thinker, in illustrating tho
glorious materials of poetry that exist in
the German language, thus writes Of its
adaptation to sounds and ideas:
at rolls with the thunder, roars with
,t)rrn, busters with the sea, bushes with
the night, lisps with the leaf whispers
with the breeze, flutes with the field,
shouts with the heavens, bellows with the
hell. Its chastencnss and purity attirss,
in poetry, innocence, like white gar
ment, flows like the blue of the sky
around the perfect mankind. It's sym
metrical gait murmurs like brook, thro'
flower gard, thr, ugh gay fields of
life. Its internal seriousness, It's solemn
dignity, decks complaint with Grape
Its honest and upright sound renders it
the dear confident of hearers. Its man
ike strength bestows divine weapons to
tho hero, and falls, Ike mountain tor
rent, upon the rascal. Full of sublm-
eness, it stretches its hand to heaven,
presents its right hand to earthly virtue
when struggling, strews to it when vic
torious, with its left one, lovely flowers,
and with its mighty feet trsmples down
vice into the night of abyss. Whilst fools
and traitors rsade it beg at the doors Of
poverty, and decked its rosy face with for
eign dirt, as paint, it noiselessIy prepared
for itself an opulencs from which it can
reach regal glory alone in contrast to the
deep linguistical poverty of many other
nations.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07

g Wise styling Lusl's article an
"insult to tie manhood ana intelligence
of the people, reminds us Of the story OF
an editor, WHO, being lttlo drunk, or in
other words, slightly obfuscated," wrote
satirical article on ono Of his cotempo-
raries. A few days after, seeing the same
article in an exchange, without credit, ne
styled it "Wretched attempt at w.t.
and gave its author, a touch of his sever
est satire, pronouncing him unworthy Of
even contemp;uous notice.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07
A Horse Advertisement.

A man in Wisconsin advertises his
horse for sale, and thus discourses:
Thou canst trust thy labor to him, be-
cause bis strength is great.
Thou canst bind him with his band in
the furrow; he viii harrow the valleys
after thee
He will gather thy seed into the barn.
His strength is terrible, in which he
rejoiceth.
The glory of his nostrils is his pride
his neck is clothed with thunder.
He paweth in the valley, and waxeth
proud in his speed.
He mocketh at fear; neither turneth
he at hobgobln.
lie now. he movoth his tail like ce-
dar; his shows arc rs cables.
His bones arc like strong pieces of
brass, yea like bars Of iron.
He esteth grass ike an OK; behold he
drinketh up river, and trusteth that he
can draw up Jordan in his mouth.
Who can open the door Of his face ?
yet thou canst approach him with
a bride. His teeth are terrible, round
about.
I will not conceal his parts, nor bis
power. neither any his comely proper
tons.
"He is gentle, he is kind,
And his tail sticks out bshind,
And want to sell him for something
I can pay my debts with.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07
Pierce County.

As an agricultural district, there is no
OTHER county in the State that exeels it.
The yield OF all kinds is large, pure and
healthy. Our grain is sought for in the
markets, and the same may be said OF our
patatoes. Communication with the South
or East is open and unrestricted for sew
en- months in the year. And during the
winter months when sleighing is good, we
have markets to the North and West of
MS.
As manufacturing district, there is
no State nor part of any State that can
equal it. With numerous water-powers
Of mighty strength, which by a little aid
from ingenious man, drive machinery
to grind oil our wheat and corn into flour
aud meal, and TO saw our timber into the
various kinds of lumber required; and
make all kinds Of cunning works Of art
from picture to threshing machine !;
and to weave all the necessary or ornam-
entail clothing for our whole people,
With these advantages, to which is added
that Of good health, this country offsrs
unps ra 9 led inducements to ersons in the
Southern, Eastern, or Middle States, who
desire to earn an honest livelihood by
reasonable labor.
10 manufacturers especially, this county
has advantages that are not possessed by
any other. There is plenty of water and
timber contiguous, and as land is cheap
very cheap-now is the time for the emf
grant ard purchaser to strike, and profit
by the times. We think that the crisis,
panic, OF hard times, HIS touched 55ttom,
and the tendency will be upward in very
short time. We expect to see business
revive in the spring, and many emisrants
seeking locations in our fertile and bcauti-
! full county.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07

E While the senior editor of the
Democrat is ranting about tho County
Board, we would direct his attention to
a few very pertinent questions which may
be found in JOB, XIV chap :, 2, 3, verses.
Should rise man utter vain knowledge,
and fill his belly with the east wind
Should he reason with improbable talk
or with speeches auderewitb h. can do no god
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07

A MAN, whose appearance indicated
that he was laboring under the weight of
q brick in bis hat, being asked if he was n
Son of Temperance, replied-'HIc-no,
no relation
A WESTERN Editor thinks that HI
ram Powers, the Sculptor, is swindler,
because be chiseled an unfortunate Greek
girl out Of block of marble.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07

e. tits said that one of the editors of
a certain newspaper that soon otter he
went to learn the printing business, he
visited the preachers daughter. The next
time be went to church be was consider
ably astonished at bearing the minister
announce as his text: My daughter is
grieyously tormspted with a devil
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07

GE- The Star is very severe. in its
condemnation Of the Democrats of La
Pointe and Douglas counties, because
they voted for Mr.. Whittlesey for local
reasons. This comes with rather an i'll
grace from the Star, which invoked the
same kind of aid for Mr.. Harris in st.
Croix county. Here is q specimen of its
appeals 10 the voters. of St. Croix.
"This Mr.. Asaph Whittlesey, the man
the Republicans are running for the As
sembly, is "a tirst-rate man to repre-
sent St. CroiX county in the Legislature
II. NJ. Rice, of St. Paul, is the principal
owner OF the town Of Bayfield,, where
WbittIesey resides, and in common they
are both interested in the establishment
of line of Railroad, direct from one
point to the ether, which will cut St.
Croix county completely off, Mr. Whit
tescy wishes to 60 to the Legislature to
carry cut this an. Vote for him-if
you are crazy! If YOU have any inter
ests in the county. you will vote for Mr.
Harris"
Now don't bs too severe, gentlemen,
upon the Democrats of La Pointe and
Douglas You recommended tlls same
style OF faction, end you know q good rule
will work both ways. We certainly can
net complain, for your
-"Iudescretion serves us well
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-07
DEMoCRACY.-The Milwaukee Free

DEMoCRACY.-The Milwaukee Free
Democrat thus speaks Of Democracy in
this State.
Democracy in this State, is dead, DEAD,
DEAD. 1t stands just about where
whiggery did in the State ten years ago,
and has just about as hopeful q future
before it. Those who are still clinging to
the Democratic party in the hope of flu
turo power i'll this State, or continued
power in the nation, are doomed to certain
disappointment, and had better leave it at
once. Those who honestly believe, how
ever, that slavery is valuable institution
and should be protected and extended,
had better stand by their democratic col
ors, for if slavery is ever gloYifed and
made permanent and national, the Dem
ocratic party will do it.