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The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19

- The pugilistic match for the English
championship between Mace and Wor-
maid has come to an end by the latter
FORGETTING the money down. 1t appears
that he hurt his arm badly while using
the dumb-bells, and the surgeons told
him that it was useless to think of fight
ing. Perhaps it is better, SO far as Wor-
maid lie concerned, for the general opin-
ion is that if the match had gone on he
wouId have had his head hurt badly
and lost as well. Mace was regarded a
too able and scientific customer fol
him. Wormald's hackers lose the
money up, some $780, WRke's Spirit o
this week, ... -.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19


cry is left unimpaired. You cannot feel
sure that slavery may not In some Iorih
OF other be revived in some OF those
States. r r.... l...f.-a
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AGAINST TIE AMENDMENT
] fear the power of that great party
organized against us, called the Demo-
cratic party. That party has, as gen.
eral thing, opposed this amendment
from the beginning, and from before
| the beginning. In Congress two of the
| delegations in Wisconsin opposed il.
Mr.. Eldridge, of Fond-du-Lac, and MI.
Brown, of Milwaukee. They belong t.
| that party. This party wherever they
had the power opposed this amendment.
| This party opposed it and defeated il in
| New Jersey, and they opposed it and de-
feated it in Delaware. They opposed
and defeated it in Kentucky. Wejudge
their future by their past conduct. They
do not in any platform now declare that
they are for it. They rather seem to de-
| clare, by the doctrine of unqualified
State rights, without any reference to
| thisquestion, themselves against it. I,
adopt il the votes of twenty-seven State
are necessary; and il is necessary to
count the votes of several of those
States whose representation has not been
y
admission to their seats. | refer to the
States of Louisiana, Tennessee, and Ar
kansas--States which are necessary to
be counted towards making up the ma
jority of three-quarters of all the States,
necessary to the ratification of the
amendment; and if, as is commended by
some, these States are not to be recog-
nized as having properly chosen their
Legislature, the vote of these Legisla-
lures cannot be counted How, then,
will il be possible TO get the necessary
constitutional majority? 1t cannot
practically be done. We must have the
votes of these three States have named,
and the votes of the two others, because
it is necessary for its ratification to have
twenty seven votes.
know there are some who have some
times said that it is not necessary to
have three-fourths of all the States, but
only three-fourths of aehdt y0u can get.
1t IL too absurd u proposition for argu-
ment. tfa4 ..'. .ts.4#E.. l.llr
fit should happen that, by any course
of proceeding on this question, we should
refuse admission to the representatives
Of those States in this Congress, and We
should lose New York, Pennsylvania,
and other great States, in the next Con-
gress, it would throw the Government
into the hands of our opponents, and
this constitutional amendment might be
wholly lost for if they are not in favor
of il, and will not adopt policy which
will secure such thing at all, they will
| say to these representatives of these
States, 1--WE are for State rights. Come
in and take your place in Congress; we
do not ask you to adopt any such consti-
tutional amendment. You can. come in
without it. Come in with all your State
rights just as they existed before the war
began, and you will be free to re-cstab-
lish slavery or not, as you please, and
, lust AZ you could before the war began"
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19

The st. Johnsbury (Vt.) Cdledon;on
says the potato crop in that locality is
large and excellent. The only fault is
that they grow SO large that they have
to be "biled' like Josh Billings Shang-
bae rooster--''oDe end to time"
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19
The following wall recahes us as a
Norfolk production. 1t will do the au-
thor good to see it in print. HH


Norfolk production. 1t will do the al
hor good to see it in print.
l5tts THE CONQUERED BANNER
Furl thai banner for Ills weary,
Round its ataif It's dropping dreary,
POO Furl it, fold it, it is best; ,''H -
For there's not man to wave it, tI
And there's not sword to save it,
And there's not one left to lave it,
i. In the blood that heroes ga, il, go
And its foes now scorn and brave il, .f..zt is f
p Ful it, hide il, let it rest. ..rt
+ Take that banner down tits tattcred, |t#s#
Broken in its staff and shattered,
And the valiant hosts are scattered
Over whom il foated high; I5E
Oh It's hard for us to fold it, .. II.. -
Hard to think there's none to hold it,
Hard that those who once Ilnrolled it
Now should fold it with sigh.
Fi that banner, furl it sadly,
itli Once five million hailedit gladly, ..s =
And ten thousands wildly, na,iiy, .4#sa
Sworo it should forever wave; -
Swore that foemat's sword should never,
Hearts like theirs entwlned discover, -
It'll that flag should float forever, ,...zs
Ger their freedom or their graves
Furl it, for the hands that grlsped it,
Add the hearts that fondy.claspcd it,
Cold and dead ara lying low;
And thot banIer tits trailing,
While around it sounds the waling,
OF its people in their Woe;
For though conquered they adore it,
(. . love the Geld, dead hands that bore it,
And oh wildly they dcplore it, o. .'...
Now to ftIrl and told il SO.
Furl that banner: true It's CORY, r.s=i
Yet It's wreathed around with glory,
And twill live in song and story,
4,. Though its folds are in the dust;
For it's fame on brightest pages,
Penned by poets or ty sases,
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19
NTH HEn -
IhhMo UCTION SALES,
THE NGOVERNMENT SALE

Offers the best terms to OF
always correspond with TEBMAsTERs
other &.l. eis,Gs 49,, o. lass win IND MULES
For a single Insertion per squ'
charged, and for each subscqu6, VA S.. -ta
FIVE CENTS. 900 y and Mules at this
Merchants, Auctoneers and all otthe highest bidder,
regularly, and occupy one-fourth of a column drn.
make special TERMS and viii receive liberal deu,+
Business Cards, FIVE DOLLARS per month or nPrT
LARS per gear. t....-
All transient advertisements payable In adVance-ai
Others monthly.
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IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS

IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS
THE OLD AND ESTABLISHED
BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET CO.,
So well and So lavor,bly known to the Public as the
M. N. FALLS LINE,
Are now Running their Faverite Steamers
LOU IS L A N A,
CAPT. GEO. W. RUSSELL;
ADELAIDE,
CAPT. JAMES CANNON;
Ef.F GLE o r G E A N A,
CAPT. p. PEARSON
They cave the Government Wharf, Norfolk, daily at
az o'clock and High street Wharf, Portsmouth, at
O'clock, p NJ. for Baltimore, touching at Old Point
These Steamers carry the u s. Mail and Adams Express
Freight and for freight and passenger accommodations,
are unsurpassed.
Passengers taking these Steamers arrive in Bamoroin
time to connect with the early trains to Washington and
all points North and West . .'-'l =
Through tickets be procured these Steamers for
Washington, Philadelphia, New York, and all points
NortI, and Wost. II faefEI..t
Baggage checked to all points free of charge, and spe
cia atteato given to their delivery. -
These Steamers in connection with the celebrated
Steamers THOMAS C0LLYER and NJ. MARTIN, of the
Norfolk and Richmond Line.
Any information desired will DO cheerfully given by the
Clerks of the Steamers application to the Office
tho Company in Norfolk.
Rs. Be sure to inquire for the FALLS LINE.
TH0S. II. WEBB, Agent.
augl9--H Norfolk, Va.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19

The Steamers of this Line are all new, and their re,
markabe speed is due to their construction the most ap
proved Modern Models of the fast Hudson river steamers
having been adopted. a. hH84a4gral Iit d
The superiority of these models gives them great adj
vantage over the boats Of the old style of naval contc
ton and the newness of their Boilers and Machinery
guarantees to the public tbeir perfect safety .f T
1t is hardly necessary to inform patrons that with
~ .tr p,;ra.a i;"ht,t ra,h w . .cino 20 na
BILE them to attain much better rate of speed than any
boats in these waters.
The NEW lin is composed of the following elegant
SdeWhee Steamers superby fitted mp with Saloons and
single and family State Rooms;
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19

A Wharf.-The following General in
yitation from Confederate country
maiden to a friend in this city, was pen
ned before the Confederacy event up -
-. Come leave the noisy LoNGsTREET H
And come to the FIELDS with me-: .-
Trip DER the HFTH with flying feet
And skip along the LEE. 'ii =
~. There EwTLL find the flowers that be -
Along the SToNEwAtL still, 3D..
And piiclS tn, buds Of towering pea
.' That grow on A. y. HUI ID. ..
Across tho IsoDEs the FORREST bOugbs
stately AEcnwAY form, ...#-
Where sadly pipes that EARLY bird
That never caught the worm.
Come hasten for the BEE Is gone B.. Ha.sa e.
And WHEAT lies on the plains .. .# E.
b y Come braid a GARLAsD ERE the Inaves !
Fail in the "Basting &RAiss" It ' t
*Rains will be recollected as partner
of Mcdaniel in the torpedo business
Richmond Times. ....
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19

GEORGE LEARY, CAPT. BRAKEMAN,
JAMES T. BRADY, CAPT. LANDS,
CITY POINT, CAPTAIN TALBOT,
DICTATOR, CAPTAIN DEERING.
MAGENTA, CAPTAIN BAULsER.
The TABLES ara supplied with every Injury the mar
kets Afford and equal to rstciass hotel fare and not
withsanng the superior advantages offered to the pub
lie in point of elegance comfort safety and speed the
fares are low -asIly any other line. '' li'-t =
They connect with the elegant New Line Of Steamers
for Newbern, Eenton, Plymouth and all other points
in North Carolna. 81. 5t UG4ft.. L. pa
Passengers transferred to and from all depots, and bag
gage handled free of charge.
They navigate the James river entirely in the day. thus
aordng passengers time for seeing the fortiicahoDs,
Dutch Gap aud other objects Of interest. . .
EXCURSION TICKET to Baltimore and Richmond at
reduced rates. -'- '4Nu HAsstAH. .. .-f 0t
The Proprietors OF the Line now negotiating for
OF the most superb and fast Steamers of the Hudson
river to the James river and intend to make
their Line the permanent institution of Norfolk and,
grateful for the very large share of patronage they
have already received, request continuance of the
public favor. - H. V. TOMpklNS, Agent :
A. W. SHAW, supt New Line Steamers. sep2o-2w
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19
OPINION OF THE PRESIDENT.

Mr.. johnson, the President of the
United States, informed me as early as
1857, after the Fremont campaign which
occurred in 1S56-he informed me that
in the State of Tennessee there arose an
instruction. you remember, sever
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19

There is great vitality in this institu,
ton of slavery. Our fofefathers believer
that slavery would exist but LOT very
short time; that it would die out. rms
was their belief when they first formed
the Union and the Constitution. But
slavery had such vitality that it spread
with rapidity all over the South, and ac-
ouired such strength and power as to
rule parties as with a rod of iron, and
through them ruled the Government; it
still lives, as have said, in Kentucky.
Tt still lives i'm Delaware, and if this
amendment be not adopted, the abso-
lutte right of the States to maintain slav-
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-30
The Trade of Prescott.

Prescott has always had larger trade in
proportion to her population, than any ether
town on the UPPER Mississippi. One reason
OF this IS that il las always been an excellent
market for produce Of all kinds wheat espe-
cially aud another Is tie enterprise of her
business men. There have always been sew
eral hOgses here which did a very large BUSH
ness. and were a credit TO the town. The
firm Of BEAEDsLEr & Co. have This fall par
chased a larger stock than any other house
between la CTUsse aud ST. Paul. Their
large sales rooms are literally piled with rner-
chandise Of every description. and they have
. trade to warrant their extensive purchases
BESIDES their large retail trade, they sell 4
good deal to country stores at Wholesale
Prescott j. good point for the wholesale
trade, aud It is the inteHtion of this firm to
extend their business in tlIat direction.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-30
Few Plain Questions.

The following pertinent questions are not
put BY Northern Abolition paper. but by a
Southern sheet-the Whig-published in Ce-
ell. Maryland
Which is the best eitizen-the white man
(. " no staid al home during the rebellion. and
gave his influence 10 " the South :" or the
black man who went TO tho battlefield and
gave his assistance to the government
Which is the most loyal--the white man
who BY words justified and aheited the rebel
lion or the blaak nan who by deeds aided
in crushing it ?
Which is the most worthy of belief in
court of iustice--tle white man who has vio-
lated all his oaths for purposes OF treason or
the black man who Sc simple word alone, in
behalf of the cause Sf the Union, has never
been broken ,,.s1.,.
Which is the most deserving of our esteem
and conference.-the white men who murder
ed bv inches thousands of our brave soldiers
in the vile pens at Andersonville. Milton.
Salisbury, Belle Island. etc. or the black
men who aided and piloted them in their es-
cape from those vile pens
Which is the most entitled 10 the ballot
the white man who has fought four years to
destroy the government or the black man
who has fought, ever since we would permit
him, 10 preserve it !!
Which is the most entitled to voice IN
framing and administering our laws--the
white traitor, Jefferson Davis. ami the thons-
ands If white men, equally as disloyal. who
endeayored to build Southern COnf.deracy
upon the ruins of The Union ; or the loyal
black man, Frederick Douglas, and the thous-
ands of black men equally as loyal. who,
with their money and their blood. did all they
could 10 preserve that union from dtsiruc-
ton
Which are most entitled to al the rights
and privileges of citizenship-the white reb.
els whose bullets brought death TO many OF
our fathers. brothers and loved ones or the
black lOyalists whose bullets caused many of
those white rebels TO bite the dust, and aided
materially in restoring peace 10 the country !?
These are questions so plain and direct that
they need neither note or comments and the
heart of every man who is loyal TO the gov
ernment and the old flag will respond to
them with instructive correctness.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-30
Interesting to Young Men and
Parents who have Sons 10
Educate.

AWestern Institution Of Eastman Nation
al Business College. that has acquired such
popular reputation in the East for practical
6itity and usefulness. is about to be establish
ed in Chicago. The inaugural Exercises take
place the first week in October, and contin-
ues through the week On Tuesday evening,
Oct, Sd, Hon. Horace Greeley. of the N. Y.
Tribune, delivers an address. and Geo w.
Bungay. the distinguished poet and author
a poem. The 6rand Concert by the celebra-
ted Cornct and Orchestra Band Of the Col
lege, lakes place the evening preceding. The
exercises are to be in Crosby's Opera House.
The illustrated Paper of sixteen pages. Civ
ing fall Information of the Institution, and
the new system of Commercial College Train
ing. may he had by addressing the Princi
pal, K. L. EASTMAN wGN
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-30
The Model Church-Member,
PY THORPE BEALE.

The model church member attends di-
vine service regularity, when, in sober
suit of black, white neck cloth, shining
boots, and thin, lank hair, he creeps in
10 his pew on. up7toe, with something of
the whipped-spaniel air. iis ncigibors at
no time mistaking it, as he wishes them
to. for the manner Of a godly man; fuds
the text in his gilt-edged, go'd-clsspel,
pocket Bible, which be often declares is
his bosom c"inpanion-when his v ife sc.
cretly wishes he hal never declared any
thing else-raises an elongated face 10
the desk, while his eyes are on recon
noitering commission, to see that others
attend to the sermon; during pray ers
ogies through his fingers the younger
sisters with less spirituality in his heart
than appears on his countepance; pays
them private visits, in the hope, Of
course, Of being instrumental in helping
them keep the covenant they have enter
ed into; denouhces in scripture language
his erring brother, and thinks no place
too bot to hold him--particusrly if he
has been held in higher esteem among
his fellow men than himself aud refu-
ses TO sit at the communion-ta longer,
if the offender be not cast out; wrests
his due from the widow and orphan re-
CARELESS of their signs and tears; for
getting how tenderly God has besought
his chilren to care for those whom be-
reavement has made desolate and needy !;
prays with loud voice, and with loud
noise drops his mite into the contribution
box; hopes. audibly, all men will be
saved, but in wardly that few against
whom he has grudge, may not outrun
the cloyeD-:ooted; sscretes his cash, then
fails, At which he Processes deep sorrow,
begging his creditors TO take all that's
left usually nothing; after which he as
sumes higher social position, and be-
comes the cynosurs of admiring eyes;
the life member of various charitable soZ
cieties; the great gazsd-at; the over
valued Of all but the poor, the sorrow
ing, and Heaven. iar4
SEASIDE. Mass, Sept. 1865.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-30
From the Chicago State journal
S0ug for the Freedmen.


Behold tie dark-browed millions stand,
In their new birth of Freedom;
They wait upon the Red Sea strand,
Aud where's he hand TO lead them
There lies wilderness before. 8 Ia
Der which their feet must travel.
Through many year of trial sore.
"a Gods purpose must unrayel.
Above the dark and surge Of war
Their freedom notes are yelling.
While still upon the murky air a...t
Our requieIns are swelling.
Now lead them onward TO the light,
And show them all the glory;
The star of love still burneth bright,
Though all the olden story.
Their dusky bosoms have been barred,
TO the dread storm OF battle;
Now let their dusky foreheads wear
The seal Of mali, not chattel.
They have been brave. they will be true,
Toevery noble teaching; at .
Soon as they feel the shack fall.
Their earnest souls are reaching,
VI the Tlcn DOOn tflal knOWleuge brings,
And makes their freedom blessing;
Unyeil them then. the hidden 81 rings.
Let them go up possessing.
Turn not in scorn the Savior's love
Stops yearning to the lowly,
HIS purpose lifts them far above pre- t4
Your pride and hate unholy.
See at your door the harvest stands.
In golden richness bending,
Dark Ethiop stretches forth his hands
Oil tarry not in scnding.
Till God shall cover all our wrong,
And all men free and equal.
Go forth a nation true and stroag,
TIE read the wondrous sequel
1t is the work he left for you,
Whose dear blood sealed his mission,
Forever to his memory true.
Take up his great commission.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-30
Union county Convention.

A Union Co. Convention will be held at
Ellsworth ON Wednesday. Oct. 4th. at one
o'clock, for the purpose of nominating candi-
dates for Co. School Supt., Supervisor for
each Supervisor District, and electing ten DEL
egates to the Senatorial Convention, to be
held at Hudson, Oct. -; six delegates to the
Assembly Convention. to be held at River
Falls Oct 7th, and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before the Con-
vention. The several towns will be entitled
to delegates in the Convention as follows:
Prescott, Ist ward, 2; Cd ward. 5; River
Falls, s. Clifton, A; Oak Grove, 4 Martel,
4 Trimbelle. 3 Diamond Bluff, ?; Tren-
ton, 1 Isabelle. ; Hartland, 2; Perry. 2 I,
Salem, Union. i; P. Valley, 2; Ell Paso.
/ Rock Elm, l.
Lutte A. TAYLOR,
FRANKLIN OTIS,
OSBORN STRAHL,
Union Co. Com.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-30
President johnson.
The Daily State Journal saws =

The Daily State journal says -
Wesee in some Union papers articles de-
Signed 10 excite appreheIsiOns that the Presi.
dent is about TO betray his trust. and to be-
come the tool OF copperheads and traitors
The people will be slow 10 yield to any snch
suspicion respecting ANDREW JOHNSON Let
them remember his record. let them re-
member how he stood in the United States
Ser ate at the beginning of the war, like Az
DIEL, among the fathless faithful found how,
- Among the innumerable false unmoved,
mistaken, unsedueed. unterrificd,
His loyalty he kept, his love. his zeal
Nor number nor example with him wrought
To swerye from truth or change his constant
mind"
HIS party was false His State was false
The administration was false. The South
was aroused and confident The Moth seem
ed Paralyzed with stupor All his asSocia-
tiOns were calculated TO induce him to Join in
the rebellion. The current opinion in Wash
.ngton was that the Republic was dissolved.
From Europe that opinion was echoed back.
Other Sol thcrn men: who had at first been
strenuoGsly opposed To secession, yielded TO
the solicitations of ambition and seeming in
terest. Places Of power and profit were open
to him if lie joined with his Southern friends;
if he did not. poverty and exile were before
him. Then il was in that hour of trial, that
he stood with swerveless fidelity to his coun-
try. We shall not readily distrust the metal
in which. under that crucial test. no baseness
was found. Still less shall we distrust him
while he surrounds himself with counsellofs
like seward, Stanton and Harlan, continu-
ing the Cabinet selected by ABRAHAM LIN
colin. There is every reason to believe that
harmony prevails in the Cabinet, and if we
suspect the President we must suspect the
Cabinet also
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-30
Attempt az Murder.

Last Tuesday there was the coolest attempt
at murder which has ever occurred in the his
tory of tbs town. Two Frenchmen, named
Prudent LeIaay and Frank Belot, came down
here from saltwater ON Monday. on a raft,
ard stopped over night. Belot was intend
ing 70 60 on 10 st. Louis, but in the morning
Lemay told him he knew where they could
get three collars day at work in the coun-
Try. short distance out. and in the forenoon
they started out together Lemay led him
out into ravine. up the Lake nearly mile,
where he knocked him down with sharp
pointed rock, horribly InGtilating his head,
robbed him, and LIFT him for dead. lie may
then came back to town, told the landlord to
keep BelOt's trunk, as he would not call for it
for several DAYS, took few drinks. bought
and put Oh a new suit Of clothes, and hired
out ON a rafl to go down that afternOon.-
Surprising his victim dead. he seemed in no
haste.
In the meantime. Belot, after lying senses
less several hours. recovered his conscious
ness, and was able after while to get back
to town ard tell his story. There being no
officer in town. John Dale volunteered to ar
rest Lemay, which he did just as he was leav-
ing Lemay was terribly frightened when
lie entered the court loom and beheld the
bloody features Of the man whom he confess
ed he supposed to be dead. He was exam
ined before Police Justice Button, and is now
confined in Jail to await the sitting of the
court. &c deserves hanging.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-30

~. The following is the ticket put in
nomination by the Democracy of this State
For Governor, Gen. ii. G Hobart; Lieuten-
ant Governor, ID. W MaxoH; See. of State,
Levi b. Villas; Treasurer. John w. Davis;
Attorney General, Milton Montgomery; Bank
Comp, Thos. Mcmahon; Prison Conn.,, Con-
rad Hornsffer; supt., John B. Parkinson
About half of the nominees have been Un-
ion men. and about half are pestilent copper
heads