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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01
Probate EGticc-Em Probate.

Pierce County Court, Tn the matter of the
Estate of Alyah White deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Henry
K. White administrator ofthe estate cfsa:d de-
ceased. praying for an extension oftime in said
matter,
1t is ordered that said petition be heard be-
fore the Judge of this Court, on Monday the
5th dav Of March next. at o'clock p. II. at
his office in the city eff Prescott.
And it IS further ordered, that notice thereof
be given to all persons interested, by publish
ing copy of this Order for three weeks sue
cessively prior to said day Of hearing. in the
River Falls Journal, a weekly newspaper prin-
ted at River Falls in said County.
Dated Jan. 81 1860
WILLIAM HOWES,
County Judge.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

EsS- Libraries are the shrines where
the relics of the ancient saints, full OF
true virtue, and that without delusion or
imposture, are preserved and reposed.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

Ew 1t is worthy of notice that while
second thoughts arc best in matters OF
Judgment, first thoughts are always to be
preferred in matters that relate to moral
ity.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

The Eye.-The great majority of
mankind do not and cannot see one frac-
ton Of what they might sec. "None are
50 blind as those that will not see" is as
true Of physical as moral vision. BY
neglect and carelcssness we have made
ourselves unable to discern hundreds of
things which are before rs to be soen.-
a powerful modern writer ha. summed
this up in one pregnant sentence; 1.-The
eye sees what it brings the power to.,see.''
How true is th;s! Tho sailor on thu
lookout cGn see ship where the lands
men see nothing; the Esquima TX can dis
tingush white fox admidst the white
snow; the American backwoodsman will
fire a rifle ball so as to strike nut out OF
the mouth of q squirrel without hurting
It; the Red Indian boys hold their hands
up rs marks to each other, certain that tho
unarring arrow will bo shot between the
GUS }Tead fingers; tho astronomer can
see a STAR in the sky, VI hen to others the
bluo eXpause is unbroken; the shepherd
can distinguish the face of every she p in
his flock; Tie mosaic worker can drtect
distinction of color where other soe nsne
multitudes OF additional examples might
be given Of what education doss for the
eve.-,Se.ecicd.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

x<,- Patience is sublime virtue
Tho truest h:ro;sn ia life IS that private
hcroisla which bears-.with csllnness inev-
table Ills, regardless of the consultations Of
q ftuitless sympathy, and without the
soothing consciousness Of public attention.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

ScoTr says that every man that livea
has his lights aud shades. We are not
SO certain about the shades, but there Is
no liver without lights.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

Rg- A cynical Brenchman once said
there are two parties TO a love atfair-the
party who loves, and the party who con-
sents to be so treated.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

~ Wnona, Minn.-Over a quarter
of a million of dollars have been paid out
in Winona since the LIST of September,
for wheat, oats, corn, potatoes, barley,
pork and other kinds ofproduce, and the
merchants have received most of it bfck.
About 1000 hogs have been packed there
and they come in at the rate of 400
weekly.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

Gg Tho Sheriff Of W;n)na county,
MINI, il is said, IA, been hunting for
several days 20 find ct al, for whom be
says lie has y writ lie swears Ct al is not
q resident Of tie county.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01
For the journal.

Mr.. EDITOR. = Please to pint in
your paper the following remarks Of Mr..
CAss in 1850 on the California ques-
ton and the compromise Of so and obIgo
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01
d Lam Z S.

For sale at his office,
Wauantce Deeds. Mortgage Deeds.
Bonds for Deeds, Quit Claim Deeds,
&c, DC, &c.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

T-z*~ Grac:o,,s Heavens. Queen Vic
toria is again ---. st her tilGc Of life,
too .-Uo5toa Post.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

A ToPER's SoLILoQUY.-
Leaves have their time TO fall.
And so likewise haveI
The reason, Ttoo's the same
1t comes cfgetting dry.
But here's the difference 'twixt leaves
and me, falls ''more harder" and more
freq.ently.
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Special Notitts.
Dissolution xDsIce.

Notice is hereby given that the firm of s
D. d. DGE d Co. is this day dissolved by mu-
tual consent. All accounts Of the firm will
We settled by s. D. Dodge.
JOB DooLIrTLr, S. D. DoDGF.
River Falls. Jan. 2Sth 1850
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

Tot!co.-Notice is hereby given that the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES existing between l.
II. Pomroy and f. Pomroy is this day dis,
solved by mutual consent
FRANCIS r0MRoY. LUKEA. PoMGoY.
Troy, Jan. 2, 1860.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

NOTICE Tile River Falls Eicleotic
Association hold their regular meetings. at
the School House, al l o'clock p NJ ON san.
day ofoach week. II arc invited to attend.
n36-tf 5. l.. COX, Secretary.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01
ST. Groix Valley Paint.

ST. Groix valley Paint.
4 new and superior ari lie fer the use Of
Farmers. Manufacturers. and the public gem
erally 1t recommends itself
lst For its E}ssrsasriEity-an important
essential in its use upon surfaces subject to
the weather.
2nd For It's Resistance 10 Fire.
affordng an extra protection TO exposed build
in"s,
81 For lis Csacapgcss, making it snita-
bic for the times, and adapted TO general use.
Prepared by OLDs, CURTIS co,
Glenmont, Wis.
Orders solicited and promptly filled.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

Masonio.-Tho regular meetings Of The
River Falls Lodge of !. Z. a. NJ. are held on
the l@t and 81 Tuesdays Of each and every
month at Masons Hall, AZ I o'clorI1 7. NJ.
a. SAUNDERS, II. IL
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01
-sxrs H~ssEEga -
60 .0p0yy

It's a aovelfy how EBB sells Goods 81
cleap. but the matter is easily explained iy
taking iA.o cons lerafon that. he buys his
Goods in New orit anl Boston, thereby Sal
wing from 10 70 - per ceat over small tradsFs'
who buy in Chicago, and other Western VII
lagos.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01
q. a Esebzs u

n ENLIST, Office oyer r. S Grifin'y
D store. Prescott, Wis.
Pr. HoaN tenders his professional services
70 t.e citizens Of River Falls and vicinity. and
would be happy To wait upon those wishing
Dental operations. 1t the Greenwood fIoasT,
where he can be found every two mlontllscon-
n, ucing Nov. lst, 1859
Al kinds of ProiGce taken in exchange for
work. All work warranted as represented.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01
Keep It Before the People

That lie has receired large and
well selected stock of Goods,
which lac will sell at prices to
suit the times, and all persons
f,yoring hi,n with call viii be
convinced that he can sell bet
ter qral;ty of Goods. at Lower
Prices than at any other place in
town. lie respectfully solicits
an examination Of his goods and
prices. He fears no competition.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

LJems.-The Prescott Democrat of
flee is removed to Concert Hail. good
location.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-01

NEW. ENLARGED AND REVISED
NOW READY FOR DISTRIBUTION.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-02-24
For tn. Union and journal.

Mr.. EDIroR = Some persons having made ins
quiries relative to the object and nature of the
amendment to our City Charter. in the 7th
section thereof in regard to the location. alter
alton and discontinuance of streets and ways
I will, for the benefit ofaI, give q brief explain
alton.
As the Charter now is, the City Council
have exclusive authority to lay out, widen, al.
ter or discontinue streets and public ways with
in the city, to estimate the damages sustained
by individuals sc.
The practical mode of doing this business un-
til the present municipal year has been to re-
fer petitions for alterations or locations OF new
streets &c., to committee, usually the COM
mittee ON streets, who examined the route OF
the street or way, heard the parties interested
for or against it, determined the amount oil
damages. and reported their doings to the City
Council, whose final action thereon was based
upon the report of the Committee entirely, rs
ly accepting or rejecting the report &c.
The legality of this proceeding having been
called in question, not only here but In other
places, II has been held by the highest legal
authorities that such proceedings are not legal,
that the power conferred upon the city council
by such provision as the one in our Charter,
involving the power of deciding whether In
dividuals should have their lands taken for
public streets and roads, and what compensa-
ton they should have &C.. was in its nature a
judicial power, and therefore could not be del
egated to committee.
Under this construction Of the law 1t would
be necessary tor the whole City Council to view
the route of proposed new streets and hear the
parties, award the damages &C., instead Of del
egating this power to o committee, and then act,
ing on the report Of the committee as in other
matters. This would be very announcement
and troublesome mode Of doing such business
The amendment simply provides that such
business may be done through committee,
precisely as it has been done heretofore, until
the present year-the object Of the amendment
is to make sure that proceedings in future shall
be legal, where without it, it is probable, they
might not be valid.
understand that the same difficulties have
existed in the Charters of the cities Of Portland
and Bangor, and have been obyiated by amend
ments passed by the legislature. -.
j. NJ. GOODWIN.
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the sentiments OF George Washington. and
Washington City applauds An upright men,
Der OF Congress from Pennsylvania utters, TO
his friends in his own hotel, the current opin-
Ion OF the country In regard to the imbecility
OF Virginia In the face OF the John Brown raid.
ana ne Is maylaid and maltreated In the Capt.
tol grounds by functionaries high In Office, and
washington lauds the assailants and jeers at
the assailed.
DO such cowardly creatures, does such de-
moraliIed community, deserve any forbearance
from freemenI Is II a At spot. and are such
the fl custodians, Of the Capitol OF the Repub-
lie I! The country demands that these outrages
and their parent cause. cease to exist, or that
the seat OF government be removed TO spot
where freedom OF opinion, OF speech, Of publ
cation, of locomotiOn, can be respected.
The Capitol could hardly be established In
more detestable locality than Warrington
Originally swamp and quagmire, the climate
is eXecrable. engendcring rheumatism, chills
and fever, pneumonia, bronchitis, and cognate
diseases. As TO the public buildings, erected
and being erected, even were they TO be utterly
abandoned, we doubt whether this would ulti-
mately be dollars loss to the country. They
are to the last degree ill-contriyed. To COM
plete such rs are unfinished, upon the scale now
contemplated, will cost more than TO erect en-
tirely new buildings Of suitable descriptions
elsewhere. They are mere sinks ofjobbery and
corruption. Therefore, we trust Congress will
not vote dollar to GO on with them Until the
country sees whether the crimes aud yillainies
Of which we complain are TO cease. And, II
they d" not, AMI il should be finally resolved
to change the Capital, then, as the new loca-
ton would doubtless be accessible from WASH
ington by vessels, II any Of the materials in the
existing structures were worth Transporting
thither, they could be taken down, removed
aud used in the new edihces. At oil events,
Congress should not sink another dollar in the
present public buildings until these questions
are determined-not n dollar.
We have an able Committee in the House OF
Representatives upon the District Of Columbia.
A majority its members are Republicans
They are all men Of ability. viii they take ac-
u.-.N. Y. Tribune.
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sherman on the state f,he Country.

Mr.. Sherman of Ohio was 'ongue-tiei while
he was candidate for Speaker add suffered the
abuse Of the democrats with patient heroism'
for the good Of his party. Amer the election
OF Pennington, he with others was called out
for speech, and gave ~ very good answer 10
those who have attempted to brighten the peo-
pie into Democracy, telling them that property
would be worthless, II Republican Speaker
was chosen, aud the Union Blasted, II q Repub-
lican President succeeded. Sherman spoke as
follows:
"a Republican Speaker Is elected and the
people rejoice. A Republican Speaker is elect
ed. and cotton is worth eleven cents a pound
and upward-and may II advance higher
(Cheers.) A Republican Speaker Is elected,
and slave property remains the same In value.
ICheers.) A Republican Speaker Is elected,
and the Union il safe. (Cheers.) SO II will be
when Republican President is electe l.-Pro-
lonped cheers and cries Of "good"-for In that
event every right OF every citizen OF every
State will be secured In his hands. The only
dissolution of the Union which our adyersarie'
fear is a dissolution Of their union win TN
public treasury. This is the "union they clam
or about; and il must be confessed they chhe
TO IL with sincere love. lLaughter.)
This Is the source Of their injustice 10 all
We tell them our determined, only purpose
and they quote Mt us the language OF some era.
nv fanatic. They represent US rs believing VIVA
we do not believe; they say we intend what W.
do not intend, and then they howl and rave a.
us. / will tell you my fellow citizens, II you
take away the pressure Of money, the pressure
of Office, you will not hear these men crying
out ''Disnnion," and ende,voring to separate
the people of one part Of the country from the
other. (Cheers.) My friends, we will conquer
their injustice, we will bear down their preju'
dices, VIC will quiet the fears of the few among
them who are sincere. We will do II with
frmness and love, with brotherly kindness and
respect. Dissolve the union Of these States!-
Fellow citizens, my people live afar oil, on tho
shores of one of the beautiful lakes OF the west
II they were TO hear among them such talk a,
we hear from the democratic Office holders Of
the federal Capital, they would not hang them
but they would dcnounce and curse them. DIS
solve the Union! 1t can't be done. Ohio
Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana have recently
met and resolved 1t shall not be done. (Cheers.
/ tell YOU, my fellow citizens, my heart Is ~
this contest. A voice, "Your pocket, too.
Yes, my pocket, too, and every energy L pos
sess' [ tell YOU, you will live TO see not only
Republican Speaker, but, l trust IN uod, we
publican President. (Cheers.( My fellow
citizens, let us greet the new Speaker rs I'M
barbinger of coming events. The past Is viii
our adyersaries-we rejoice in the present.
Let as hope for the future"
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r,., and In,o,r had TO be divided, and let

East, and Lincoln had to be divided, and let
Hancock and Washington be formed AT
length, Bangor and other towns on the Penoo-
scot, became large business places, in trade and
numbering operations, and demand opened Tor
another county, and Penobscot was formed.
Again, Belfast and surrounding towns became
phases of Importance in business and popula-
ton, and found II great hardship to be oblig-
ed to go to Castine fer shire town, although
but - miles across by water, and Lincoln and
Hancock and Kennebec had to give up their
territory and Waldo was formed. Since then
Bath with its large shipping interest, and Lew
iston with its extensive manufactures, and 9TH
err aourishing towns in that region have been
growing up, and hence in 1854 the two new
counties of sagadahoc and Androscoggin were
formed
The following is the number Of acres Of wild
land in the State of Maine, with the valuation
affixed thereto by the commissioners
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Gbe Clinton T. yourna
Biddsford, Friday Morning, Feb. 81, 1860.

OuR CRY ELEcrioS.-0ur annual municipal
election will take place on Monday, March ~.
Last year the report of the expenditures of the
city was delayed for some cause until day or
two before the election. There was considera-
BILE complaint respecting this delay. This year
we hope the report will be printed in season
We express the general wish when we say the
Taxpayers of the city viii expect the report at
a reasonable time before the election. Reasons
of more than ordinary force exist, which would
seem to require that the report should not on
ly be seasonbly printed and circulated, but also
that II should be full, giving in detail the
amounts paid in the different departments OF
the public service, and oil information that can
be given respecting the affairs of the city.
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Matters at Augusta.

The letter of our correspondent gives some
idea of matters before the Legislature. There
are several questions of a local character which
have caused quite rush to Augusta of "out-
siders," this week. One respecting the rc-an-
nexation of a part ofNorway to Paris, another
division of the town of Frankfort, and still an
other, the establishment ola new County form
ed out of the counties OF Lincoln and Waldo
with Rockland for its shire, to be called Knox.
The questions growing out of these subjects
have occupied the attention of the Legislature
the past week chiefly. We understand that the
committee on valuation will probably report
that prepared by the valuation commission
with only a few slight alterations, and without
altering the aggregates OF the counties
The Committee of Investigation on Peck's &C
counts, it is understood, will report in the
course of few days. The report will undoubt-
edly show that the brilliant fancies of the Dem.
ocratic editors, that the missing money was used
for ecctioneering purposes. is myth. SO far
as one OF these hncies are concerned VIC are en-
tirely certain that the report, Tit shows any
thing about the matter, will show that it has
not even the baseless fabric of dream. If the
argus which seems to have pechant for fool
ish stories, and whose gulibility is only exceed
ed by its meanness, in making ntimatons and
insnuations which it has not the courage to
put into direct charges, will wait patiently un-
til the committee report, 1t will find that the
editor who is said to have had an 'unaccounta
bic conversion" ab Dut the time Of the Congress
onal elections, is all right, and that his view of
that matter which so much disturbed the .Ar-
gus, and which led that paper to deal in sneak
ing inuendoes against the editor IN question,
and which had not u particle of foundation to
stand upon, will be sustained by the unani-
nous report of the Committee.
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ADMISSION or KASsAs.-Tbe foIeshadowed
hostility Of the democracy to the admission OF
Kansas, in endeavoring TO attach conditions TO
the acceptance Of her petition TO be admitted rs
n State. II consummated. will be n fragrant yio-
lation OF right and justice. The people Of Pixies
Peak gold mines, however they may quarrel
about state or territorial organization, are
nearly II not quite unanimous in their opposi-
ton TO being incorporated within the limits OF
Kansas. The geographical contour Of such
state would convince any one nj first sight Uf
the extreme inconvenience that would result
from such boundary. Kansas would then be
about 1000 miles long by 200 miles wide, con-
sisting Of two separate communities, one agri-
cultural and the other mining, and with an in
teryale between them ofsome two hundred miles
Of barren territory. Neither party desires
union, and II would be an arbitrary stretch OF
power 10 endeavor 10 connect twosuch diverse
communities. The only real motive which has
caused the project TO be brought forward y
desire to punish the people OF kan,s. for their
hostility 90 slavery. and TO prevent 'he,, eiec,
toral vote from being given Mt the Presidential
election.
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s.sAsSAsAN

from this embarrassment, and to give them and
their States the option OF slavery of no slavery
Individually or collectively.
The truth is, the Republican party is, in its
truest aud noblest sense, the party Of the I'm
ion, because its principles are those which
brought the Union into existence, and vivifed
that Constitution. The so called National dem
ocracy is an organized conspiracy against the
Union; party which threatens to bisect, to
cut in two the Government and country, unless
a minority is allowed to control the majority,
If the term has any significance at all, is a Sec
tional party. Toput the Government into their
hands again, In the hope TO preserve il, Is to
put the wolf to guard the fold-it is tn put the
power ofthe Union into the hands of its enc
mics, to be used for its destruction.
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~ The secrets Of the Democratic prison.
house are leaking out. Mr.. Wendell has tcsti-
fed that out Of the Post Office blank printing
he paid, in 1857, the sum Of $4,000 TO tho
PenRsyirdniaR newspaper, of Philadelphia,
and to the Ersning argus Of philadelphia the
sum of $4,000. He informed the Committee
on Printing that he went into doubtful demo-
cratic districts in Pennsylvania and spent mon
ey freely for the benefit Of the supporters ofthe
answer the question rs 10 what particular pur-
poses he applied the large amount Of money he
processes to have spent In the Pennsylvania
elections. The committee contemplate bring
ing him before thcSenate, in consequence Of the
refusal
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.'THE MAN IN BLACK. We have received a
copy ofthis great historical romance, by 5. p.
X. James, cheap edition Of which, has just
been issued by T. P. Peterson 4 Bros. Philadel.
phia. It Is work Of much dramatic power,
the characters deliniated with great skin, and
the interest Of the story is keptup from the first
page to the last. The scene Is laid In England,
during the reign OF Queen Anne. Price 50 cts,
and forwarded by the publishers post free on
receipt Of the money.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-02-24

" The democrats call us Black Republic
cans: very innocent but very unmannerly
way they have Of displaying themselves Let
us see IL they cannot be repaid for some Of their
ill-breeding
Several years ago n subscriber TO this paper
discontinued both the paper and his visits to tho
until two years afterward, when IL appeared he
had gone over to the enemy. Seeing n gentle
man from the neghborhood. not long since,
we enqired how 1t was that Mr. had desert
ed the cause, and he promptly replied, "Oh
he turned drunkard, and then of course, join
ed the Democratic party."-.N n. Standard.