Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-05
The old Year and the New.

one of signal interest aud importance =
Never have human activities been more
busiIy emplOyed-never has human gen
ius achieved greater triumphs- never, in
the space of one year, has the world
seemed TO make greater progress
towards just government and tue estab-
lishment of equitable political principles
In this country, the triumph of the
Union cause at the ballot box was ar
event scarcely secondary in importance
to the triumph Of the National arms, and
the temper of the people gives good rea
sou to hope for Just and permanent set
Element of the political questions which
agitate the country.
The past year has also witnessed the
successful laying Of the Ocean Telegraph
the most marvellous work ever achiey-
ed By human skill.
In Europe, the colossal, threatning
power Of NAPOLEON has been Shaken
BIsMARk has proven himself bis equal.
and the ambition and power Of the self
constituted French Emperor is no longer
source of disquietute and fear. The
long cherished dream of Italian indepen
denee and unity IS nearly fulfilled; and
even in slowmoying England, the work
of BRIGHT and his fellow laborers in the
Liberal cause begins to take effect, and
the signs of the times point unmistak-
ably to great concessions by the Govern
ment for tho benefit of the common
people.
In our own county, We have good rea-
son to be satisfied with our growth in
population and wealth. All branches Of
business have prospered. The country
has been rapidly developed, and the sew
eral villages have nearly all made large
and substantial imDrovameuts.
IT1elLIs rutered the imperial box at the
opera house. They had ali been dining d
quite literally, and Don Agustin was Ia ;
a condition to speak his mind reck-
Iessly. He was soon recognized bY the :
people, who cried ont ''DOn Agustin =
Ispeech a speech :" In spite of the Il
circumstances of his friends, Don Agus- o
IL arose and made his way to the front u
of the box. Placing himself where he Il
could see and be seen by all, and silence q
being gained, he thus addressed his q
cOuntrymen
''Mexicansl you want a speech from me, .;
chr We'll, you shall nave one. You want =
me to speak the con Of the hbeTatOr OF s.
Mexico. the immortal ItuTbide. Well he o
was your chosen Emperor; be was the only c.
honest man In Mexico, and 80 you snOt hlml II
Ia doing SO you acted like the parcel Of rob
DeTs and sssassins that YOU always were and d
always will be" c.
Whether the truth of these fiatter- II
ing remarks was felt by the audience, y
or whether they we've IN too good hG y
NOR to be iTritated by them, is not 3
known; but the speech was received
With storm of applause and Outbursts =
II laughter, under cover of which Don e
Augustin Was carried off by his friends. y
His father, Augustin lturbIde, EN- r'
oerOr OF Mexico, was born in VailadO- II
nd de MicnOacan in 1854, and execut- "
I'd in Padilla, July IS, 1924, AT an 81
early age he entered the militia OF his
native province, aud in 1910 became a y
lieutenant IN the regular army. La the ~
anne year, the revolution projected by Il
Jon Miguel HidalgO. curate OF Dol -
res, broke out, and ItuTbide was offer u
d the rank of Lieutenant General by 81
be insurgents, II he would Join them. ~
lie refused the offer, and so exerted u
imself in quelling the rebellion that ="
was made commander of the prov OF
ices OF GuanaiualO and Valladolid, as u
tell as the Army of the North. About !"
his time he was accused by some roy r'
lists of want of fidelity to the cause, !"
nd, although he was acquitted OF the 0
barge by the NicerOys Cslleja and APP q
daca, he was so disguised tnat he re- d
.gned. He subsequently, accepted the az
Ommand of an army, and marched !"
18th 1t to Acapulco in 1910. lie there "
latured q plan for emancipating Mex "
- from Spain, securing the independ- ~
nee of his country, and extend e
~ freedom to all orders of q
eopIe. 1t is however known as .
ne 'Iguala Pian," as it was first pro- a
lulgated from place OF that name. 1t 1
as eminently and entirely successful. "
\ the account of his political life by u
imself, he says of 1t: ~ itho"t ~ =
Alexander Smith thus immortalizeI
this. thoughfin his "life Dyama."
WALTER.
Ais drOss but love. That largest Son o
Time
Who wandered singing through the listen
ing world.
viii be as much forgot IS The canoe
That crossed the bosom Of lovely lake
A thousand yeaIs ago. Ny Beautiful
would not give thy cheek for all his songs
Thy kiss for III his fame. Why do yOl
weepf
VIOLET.
To think that &c, 50 happy non, must die.
WALTER.
That thought hangs like cold and Shiny
snail
On the rich rose Of love. Shake it away.
For tho present, we will shake thi
thought away. The New Year open