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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
Prescott, Jan. 90, 1860.


In the contest now opening between the
the people and the great Carrying MonoTo-
lies, the Monopoiies have all the Advantages
on their side. They are versed in the arts of
controlling legislation-they have the pres
tige of past successfully have. an army Of
active men in their empley-the business
men of the country are more or less depend
ent upon them. and naturally DESTROYS of Sc
curing and retaining their fdvor-they have
organization, wealth. and the best taleat in
the country ready to serve their interest and
do their bidding.
But the people viii win. Public opinion
is like the air which surrounds Us. When at
rest, it j. powerless. unfelt unseen but
wake it will, mighty enthusiasm it
with strong purpose-unite and rouse il by
dire necessity, and If is as resistless as the
sweep OF the whirlwind and old abuses, and
chartered privileges, and corporated powers
60 down before its indignant voice, as tie
strong tree-trunlSs go down before the hurri-
canes breath. The people will win.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
ANTs-MoNoPOLY.
NOTICE
m THE MERCHANTS, SHIPPERS,
.,.D FARMERS IF TIE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

At "a meeting ofthc people. called by the
merchants Of S. Paul. and members OF the
LEGISLATURE Of Minnesota, and held AZ 81.
Paul on ;he Gin day of January. a Conven-
ticn r the people Of the Upper Mississippi
and the Sta,e at Minnesota, was calIed TO
meet 81 St. Paul. on
wEDE ESDAY FEBRUARY 7TH.
"a form Le.cc, Of the Merchants. Shippers
and Farmers Of the Upper Mississippi Valley
ar1 the State of Minnesota. whereby they
nav be able IL concentrate tkeir patrOnag'.
sd five Il - 4 unit 70 such Lines of Trans
no-,Stion rs viii bind themselves to carry
treirIts az reasonable raiss.
p. rsaant % Inc call Of that meeting. the
7Sor e are ] en- ~ invited 10 send delegates
u sail Convention who viii cooperate "a
il. rIcnoeed movement - fee OR people
ON lie oppressive exactiOns Of the Rall'oad
- StpsRl,oSt SsaIopoiiss. the owners of
tilicai and Stea.nboat Lines ,.s.t belonging
he aFoaCpaiiss. ere alxo invited tu attend
II Tapsts freddy 70 the Development qml
snerisy of he West. are requested TO pub
TINS Gail
EARLE 6. Y3UMASS President.
". ECCLUSg. Secretary.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
Fhe Govcrnor,s Message.

Il. e = complete and fall exhibit of
sonditior aud business affairs CT tire
=. Tie u;ultifoEr! Interests Of which
rss;s have exlsnisi t.is message 10
unusual length, but Ibis is com?ensa-
3y ths ful.aess o. information It coz
in regard TO matters o. vital Inter
70 ,hs people L viii lie universally
!, ais. wi; pu; the industrial classes in
Session az facts whiea they desire to
Nv. !; presents q razor! Of which
peOpiO Of v isc0nsin may justly be
gui. lis is own best commentary.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

ISIERNAL REyEsUE-IScoNE Re-
--sSs. The income tax is based upon
gains q each year, closing on the
rs. e. December. 1t viii not be long
F. til lie revenue officers viii be look
Ing after he Incomes of 1865; and it
be Of immense advantage TO them,
!: II persons are fully prepared with
-a.r figarss when they come. Now is
e. proper time to make up the balances
slsat foF the past year. The longer it
Is delayed, the more difficulty there viii
b. found in doing il. Let then every
man pvoceed ct eOes to balance his books
zoe 1898.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
The SpeakcTsEIjp.

lion. IL. D. BARRON, Of Polk, has
a. elected Speaker Of the Assem-
=
a1dgs BARRON viii maze Al excellent
rasid'ng offiosr. Courteous, prompt
s.se. be vi.i '.rua" the Assembly
sell. His appointment; Of committees
-e'as . give very general satisfaction.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
senator HOwe,s speech.

5saa,or iIowE, OF this STATE. male
s.abcra'e sYsec,. on the 10Th inst,
RI his views on reconstruction AMI
eating the establishment hy act Of
s. is:ess Of provisional civil govern
Is Al Tie South. The New Yo.k
Yae's Washington special says " The
sh, exhaustive in argument, bris!!ing
!. /. sha.P po.uts and harry Illustrations,
full Of eloquent and pathetic rassa-
-. vas dec:lelly the MOS! brilliant de
81 in tho Senate OF that subject
: c5sc.usion, tic Senator's political
-rls ihronged arouni him and con-
...,lsies him uncn l;s success"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

SUDDEN DEArH.-Mr. Geo. w. Fuller, who
lived near the Monument" in the town OF
Malone. st. Croix Co., was suddenly killed
last Saturday. by the falling ofa' shed under
its weight of snow. He was examining the
shed. and had seut his little boy into the
house for one of his neighbors 70 Come out 10
assist him. and whom they returned the shed
had fallen. and he was lying under it. with
bis neck broken and has head badly crushed.
Mr r ller wss one of the most valued citi-
zens in that town.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

So The citizens of this county feel
mors than usual interest in the action OF
the Legislature this session. Every one
who wishes to keep well posted should
take paper from Madison during the
the session. We can chserfully recon-
maud the State Journal rs paper
whose Legislative reports are always full
and reliable. In general interest, and
fullncss Of State news, II is surpassed by
no paper in the State. Send for the
Daily. or Tri-Weekly.
Address. ArwocD & RvBLzx, Mad.
SOD, Wis.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
CONSCIOUSNESS. ]

LEcTURE.-Dr. Walden expects IL lecture
the evening al the 9th of February next.
The subjscf. Religious Liberty. FROM the
sublime standpoint of pure republic, or
genuine democracy, as being the liberty of
giving and requiring pref as 60 S oracle,
of what is real religion and snrernmcnt-or
.principled fec self government.
Such freedom that the world never vet APP
preciaied, end"ws America a. the model of
mankind, ensncipated from mental slavery
and its demon fanstica, that sacrifices mill
ions of people AMI billions Of treas.re. on its
ttle-fieid aitara 10 the God Mara. ihis gift
of nipoteni Providence pats down irreii-
gion of the whole world, an all it, wars, "a
nothing but atheism, ss Mormon faith and
its criminal adultery the sword,
bullet, bayonet OF speculation. II should ex-
ait America above all people. as the first re-
ligious rGtion-and thereby rut down all 9th
or faith as all ususpa'icE CT DIAL empire, such
as Judaism. Mosleilisln. Buddhism. Bramin-
ism. Christianity. Then. as 10 the last. would
not that be skepticism, infiielity Not
where Religious Liberty exists. because then
America is no longer popular empire-that
is fanatics-a sacrifcal ogre. Can honest
phiologists make such, Infdclity. before the
tribunal of henest government and religion
America is not the province of the dead
Cpsars nor the slave of faith dic'ation,
mush less of Bible slave codes. Let Religi-
Gus Liberty bury the whole corpse of dual
empire, faitite and political.
The representatives Of journalism. and all
clerical faiihdom. imnaterialist and material
list, are respectfully invited-to all such Lee
lures.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
Dill & Co.

We have = large assortment Of ZaPhyr
Knit Shawls. Bssques. Childrens' Goats,
Hoods, Nujias, Breakfast Shaw,s, etc,
which We will ss!i at Cest for Cash.
GKo. A. DiLL < Co.
Wa have good ass ,rt,nent Of Far
Capos, Cufs Nuhs, and skstipg CAPS.
which we viii sell on: at Cost Tor Cxsli.
CSC. A. Dbl Il Co.
We have very large lot of Bclknap
Flannel and Cassimsfo Shirts aud SLir.
tings, which We viii sell a; greatly re-
ducad rates for Cash.
GEO. A. Di;L s. Co.
We have anything IN tho Inc Of D
Goods, Boots and Shoes, Nutions AID
Crockcry, from suit Of clothes to pa
per of pins. aud viii sell them at prices
to compete With arr house. in ;Ac coun.
tr!, for Cash
GEu. A. DILL 4 20.
We hsve everything in the shape Il
Groceries. Notions Nails, Glass. Paint,
Oils, etc., froH a hid Of Su az ta a
tooth pick, oil OF which is FOR sale at sc.
~ low figures for Cash.
GEo 4. Dit & Co.
We have SO bLis OF Kerosene. which
we will Wholesale at cost aud carriage.
Country Merchants will fiud j; for their
interest 90 give US call before purcbas
ing elsewhere, IS ne will undersel any
House in the country, for Cash.
Gro. 4. Dat & Co,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

On motion, the following Resolutions were
offered:
Re,olrcd That a vote of thanks be rendered
10 the Clerk Of the Board of Supervisors and
Deputy County Treasurer for their kindness
and courtesy in conducting their official re-
lations with the Board. and also their fidelity
to their respective duties
Rssolsed. That when we adjourn. we adj
iourn till the sixth day of March. 1866.
Rssoltsd. That the Clerk of the Board be
instructed TO adopt ihs same rule that governs
the State. in regard to The paying Of County
Aid Fund % wives or orphan children Of de-
ceased soldiers.
A few appropriate remarks were made by
Supervisor Maynard. when the Board aG.
iyurncd 10 March 6. ls66.
J. W. WYNN, CLERK.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

EE- SIDSEy SMfTu once said that Cor
porstion had neither body to be kicked
nor soul TO be damned. As the writer in
daily paper is safely yelled behind the imPen-
etrable eve so the extortions of Railway
are always charged over to the account Of
some unknown directors in New York or
London. These corporations, Ike DICKENS
Law firm of "SPExLow d. JoRxISs," Away.
have an memorable partner who IS absent
The people are hunting for Mr.. JoRKrSs, now,
and will give him lively time when found.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

EE On Saturday, the 9th inst,
there is 10 bs large Mass Meeting st
Hastings, to devise means to get rid of
the exactions of the Freight MonOpolies.
The call is signed By nearly every bust
pess MN il that city.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
SPECIAL NOTICES.

NorIoE.-Dr Thos. J. Walden has the
pleasure to announce to his fellow citizens.
that he still practices his profession in medi-
cine, &c. His friends arc aware that he has
had glorious, complete and perfect moral
triumph over tho malignant, stupid. sosdid
and ignoble clique.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

A-RoyND.-0n Friday. r. B. TERanL, of
D. p, Clark & Bros, $50 Broadway. New
York, Judge" L. E. PLArr, and Major
SMITH. of the same city. were in town. They
made it lively while they lived here. DkA.
PER, of Hastings, was the ranking officer. and
had charge of the company.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

AocrpEKr.-On Friday of last week. LEN.
Could. formerly of this city, was severely in
Jared by the falling of a limb upon lis head.
whileat work in logging camp, above lake
Bear Trap. DIR. Hoyt attended on him, and
thinks he will recover.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
at COST.

At COST.
for ONE HALF CASH, and the balance in
three. six, and nine months, with good secu-
rity.
The stock is one of tie best in the country
being almost entirely composed of the most
staple articles in the market. ANY person
wiahing to enter into business in this place,
will cor suit their interest by giving them q
can before purebssing slsewbsrA
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
Splendid Opening for
Investment!

Wishing to Withdraw from business for
couple of years, GEO. A. DILL d co. offer
20 close ont heir entire stock Of Dry Goods,
Groceries. Hardware, Boots d. Shoes, DC,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

Ii Kinds of Groceries, Gloves, Nit
"A tens, Yarns and Hosiery, chesp By
MILLER 81 YoRx.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

On Gases of Boots & Skoss, at manu-
~ fscturer's prices, by
MILLER & YoRx.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
, . U q n A Z
OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SPECIAL MEETING.

ELLswoRrH, Dec. %, 1865.
The Board of Supervisors met pursuant 10
adjournment, aud the following bills were al
lowed
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
NOTICE.

Whereas. my wife. Polly A. Walker. has
left nv bed and board without cause or prov
ocation, the public are hereby uotifiod that
will not be responsible for or pay any debts
of her contracting.
I'm. II. WALKER.
Prescott. Dec. 22d, 1865.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
ADDITIONAL BOUNTY

ADDITIONAL BOUNTY.
EROM 5000 to $500 for Soldiers who en-
3 listed in 1861 aud 1864.
Gv Come in and have your
Claim Secured. Charges $40.
~ WILL PRACTICE LAW N ALL
COURTS.
eE- Lands for Sale in every torHship IN
Pierce County.
sE" Agent for the Old Aetna Ins. Go. OF
Hartford The Underwriters and Security OF
New York. and the Madison Mrtrsl of Wis
cotsn. The New York Life Mutual. the
Connecticut Mutual. and the Proviaent lns.
CO. az iust Accidents. The best Companies
in America.
sTTAXES PAID.-E
P.y. WISE.
Prescott Wis. Dec. 6. 1865. 3l-ti
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

SECOND DAY.
County Orders amounting to seven thous-
and seven hundred ninety and 72-l00 dol
lars. (SITa072) and Court Certificates
amounting &c four hundred forty-onc and
79-io3 dollars, (S44l,7s,) were cancelled
and bBrned.
G. W. Cairns. Deputy County Treasurer,
submitted the following report,
ELLsveRrH, Pierce Co., Wis.
To tie Hon. Board of Snps. Of Pisres Co.:
Herewith submit a report of the receipts
and disbursements of the Office Of County
Trras.rcr from Jan. 4ih, 1855. to December
2s;h. 1865.
WI WNcuEsrEs. Co. T-eas'r.
Per q. ". Cairns. Deputy
". H. IVsacL.sser 20. Treasurer. in Gceoua.
80
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-24
Secretary Seward and Wells,

Mr.. Seward and Mr.. Wells, have both
written letters sustaining the President, and
approving the call for National Convention.
Mr.. Wells letter is very strongly written,
and presents the condition of the country.
and the fagranty unconstitutional acts of
the present Congress, in condensed, but
forcible manner. We make the following
extract:
Propositions to change the constitution and
unsettIe some of the foundation principles
OF our organic law-to change our judicial
system in such manner as to destroy the
independence of the States by insiduouslv
transferring to the federal tribunals all cues
tons relating to the ''life, liberty and PROPERTY
OF the citizen" -to change the basis of rep
resentation, which was one of the difficult
and delicate compromises of the convention
OF 1887, when no States were excluded from
representation-to change the existing and
wisely adjusted distribution of powers between
the different department of the government,
by transferring the pardoning power in certain
cases IRON the Executive, where it properly
belongs, to Congress or the legislative branch
OF the government, to which it does not le-
ultimately pertain-to incorporate into our
constitution, which is to stand through all
time, prescription of citizens who have erred
and who are liable to penalties under existing
enactments, by disqualifcations. partaking Of
the nature or er post .tacto laws and bills of
attalnder-these propositions or changes,
aggregated as one and called an amendment
to the constitution, designed to operate on the
people and States which are denied all repre-
sentation or voice in the Congress. which
originates them, are of radical, if not rev.
dictionary, character.
These and other proceedings, and the
political crisis Which they have tended to
produce, justify and demand convocation of
the people by delegates from all the States
and from the whole cnnntrr
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-24
INJUSTICE DONE.

Last week, in commenting on the course of
Mr.. Raymond, one of the New York NJ. C.'s,
we stated, upon the authority Of some of cur
exchanges, that he had withdrawn his en-
dorsement of the proposed National Conven-
tion. This now is denied by Mr.. Raymond
He and his paper, the New York Times, still
favor the Convention and, we suppose, will
continue to do so-till the Convention meets.
The versatile member has done one good
thing, however, in standing by the President
in his veto of the Freedmens Bureau bill. and
We have some hope that if he actually stays
of his present mind till lie gets into the Con
Vention-if he can find any people willing to
make him delegate-that the good class of
men he will find in that body may induce
him to stand fast for once in his life, and to
give Thad. Stevens and his congressman the
by-bYe
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-24
SIGNIFICANT SPEECH.

The elections take place in Pennsylvania,
in October ensuing, and an animated contest
is going on as to the Gubernatorial Office
The Democratic nominee is Hester Clvmer.
a conservative in principle and a gentleman
by antecedentS and instinct, whilst the radi>
cal nominee is old Geary, known throughout
the late war as terror to the women and
children of this region, as a Brigadier Cen
erai, who scrupled at nothing that a little
brief authority might permit of his doing
without risk to himself In good old Berks
county, a meeting was recently held at Read
ing, which was addressed by Montgomery
Blair, George II. Pendleton and others. Mr..
Blair predicted that should the radicals carry
the October election, the result would be the
establishment of two Presidents and two Con-
crosses, for the radicals would Immediately
impeach President johnson and turn him out.
while on the other hand, the Democratic
members of Congress would unite with the
regularly elected members from the South
lie also warned his hearers that they were on
the eve of another civil war, the battlefield
OF which should be in the North, while the
South should remain a unit
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-24
THE II. c,s WEST VIRGINIA

OF the five NJ. C.'s who represent at Wash
Ington ffty-odd counties stolen from Virginia
and designated as West Virginia, Senator
Van Wrinkle is the only one who voted to
sustain the Executive veto of the new Freed
mems Bureau bill. His colleague, Senator
Wiley, and all three of the members of the
lower House, have proven themselves negro
lists out and out, thus disgracing themselves
and the great majority of their constituencies.
They have all gone by the board of supervi>
sors; and if they are looking to reelection
they have done the smart thing-for, accord
ing to the wise and wonderful laws of West
Virginia, these boards of supervisors consti~
tute the only electors of the State We are
sorry for Latham, as he has frequently shown
a disposition to be conservative and to kick
against old Thad; but his knees were too
weak to stand out against the brutal Lancaster
lashman. This latter day repentance will
not save his seat however Old linn, or
Chapline, or the ex-judge of Leetown, or any
other of the radical thick heads of the dis
trict, will be able to lay him low in the dust
even old Myers, the judicial magistrate of
this town, can beat him out of his boots
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-24
THE so-cA11BD ooNaRHss.

AS all things in the Providence of God
have an enc, 80 with the present Congress, that
has dishonored the nation and itself, by reso-
luton, has agreed to adjourn on tomorrow,
Wednesday. Itsinfamy, its fraud, peculation
and treason to law and the Constitution, have
become record and a blot to the American
people, and will follow its craven-heartcd hyp-
ocrites to the end of recorded time Under
the guse of T" reconstructing" the Union, in
defence of which, when imperilled, scarce one
of its radical members ever shouldered mus
ket. the most iniquitous measures have been
passed-most burdensome taxation imposed
the Constitution of our fathers made the foot>
ball of demagogues, until its landmarks have
been obliterated, and its provisions scarcely
to be understood by the wisest of the land
10 the South, no measure of justice has been
awarded, but on the other hand, every out
rage committed and every wrong done, that
could estrange its people and provoke its ha-
tired. Not content with warning with the
South, aud degrading its citizens to the level
of the negro, it has proved equally vindictive
as to the Executive Department of the Gov
eminent, and it will be seen Ey reference to
other parts of to-days paper, that it is deter
mined to carry its ends, Unnecessary, over the
Constitution, and at the peril of revolution,
anarchy and civil war.
Through the influence of Denison, Speed
and others, of the retiring Cabinet, however,
it has been induced to change the forum of
operations from the Capitol of the nation, to
the people, who placed the motley herd in
position and power, the one of which they
have used to their own damning disgrace, and
the other to the ruin and bankruptcy of the
nation. That the majority of the present
Congress will be consigned to utter oblivion
we cannot doubt, as little as we hope from
Northern radicalism, but surely, as one of
their statesmen once said, there must be a
sober second thought of the people which will
bring mattersright. AS to this, nous Uerrons,
and il not better, the true patriot, North
and South, may we'll mourn for his country,
for its days are numbered
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-24
TENNESSEE D1sHoNoREn,

Through the pertinacious efforts of old
Brownlow, who dishonors the State in which
the remains af the illustrious Jackson repose.
he has succeeded with his usurped authority
as Governor, in forcing on the people the last
congressional Unconstitutional Amendment"
by which they have yielded their birthnght
for mess Of pottage. The Legislature as
heretofore constituted was largely radical,
on the adoption of the Amendment he at
once convened it, and after using all the pa
tronage Of the State and invoking the militia
ry Intervention Of the Federal Government.
was at length successful in its adoption, as
the following telegram from this mounte0ank
parson and political blackguard establishes
NASHVILLE, July 10, 1866
Zion. J. W. FOTncy,
"4Secretary United States Senate:
eve have fought the battle and won it.
We have ratified the Constitutional amend
ment in the House-forty- three votes for it.
eleven against 1.-TWO Of Andrew Johnson's
tools not voting. Give my respects to the
dead dog Of the White House.
''W. G. BRowNLow."
On the reception of this, the Congress of
the United States, in the magnanimity of its
love for the Union and its patriotic devotion
to the loyal people of Tennessee, adopted the
following:
IMereas, The State of Tennessee has in
good faith ratified the amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, proposed
by the Thirty ninth Congress to the Legis-
latures of the several States, and has shown
otherwise, to the satisfaction of Congress. by
proper spirit of obedience in the BODY Of
her people, her return to her due allegiance
to the Government, laws and authority of the
United States; therefore,
BE At ResolOed, &C., That the State of
Tennessee is hereby restored to her former
proper practical relations to the Union, and
again entitled to be represented by Senators
and Representatives in Congress, duly elected
and qualified, upon their taking the oaths of
Office required by the existing laws.
The vote on its adoption in the House was
125 yeas to II nays. Comment is unnecessary,
as our hearts sickens at a recital of the enor-
nifty Of the consequences to which such
fragrant legislation may lead.