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SCHUYLER COLFAX.
MIR. COLFAX,s STRENGTH

MIR. COLFAX'S STRENGTH.
The Chicago Post says that "a gen
tleman who had unusual facilities for as
certaining the feelings of the delegates to
the lave National Convention, says be
found none who were not satisfied with
the nomination of Colfax, aud but few
who were not fully convinced that he
was. by far, the strongest man who could
have been selected. Mr.. Colfax- is un
douttedly the most thoroughly podular
statesman of the day. The current of
bis political life has been even, but it has
been strong. 1t made no fearful plunges
nor has it been dashed into foam by par
ty storms. Whoever follows Mr.. Col
fax may expect to make no sudden and
painful turns. Guided b. his principles,
his course has been straight forward. 1t
could not have been otherwise.
1t IS only the politician who is unrella-
bic, who is always studying the currents
of eddies, and calculating the personal
advantage of jumping into rehuent wave,
he patriot statesman, while he does not
attempt to realize bis principles in legis
lation at inapportune times, never aban-
dons them, or ever seems to abandon
them. Mr.. Colfax has. by his sincerity,
his genial love of liberty, his undoubted
goodness of heart, his acknowledged
claarnes of intellect, and his charming
gentlemanliness of manner, obtained r
bold upon the respect of his opponents,
and the love and respect of his friends,
which is probably possessed by no man
in the whole country.
When men of such reliable qualities of
mind and heart rs characterize General
Grant and Mr.. Cofax are candidates
for the two highest offices in the Govern
ment, with little question of their election
the people feel that stability of affairs is
assured to the future. Should the fist
be removed by death, the Presidential
mantle would fall upon no second An
drew johnson, nor upon enc akin to him
in temper of mind or habits of life. II
would fall upon gentleman, statesman
and Christian--one who would admin
lister the Government in tho spirit of the
great party placing him in power, and
yet in complete harmony with the in
terests of all men everywhere. He is so
hateful to those who love oppression and
corruption, that he is bright shield
held by loving nations hand between
General Grant and the daggers of DEM
ocratic Booths"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

- TALKING in the rough comes by
nature; talking well is an art which only
some women care to cultivate. Like
other arts, also, it requires basis of n at
ural capacity for the process of cultivation.
1t demands q certain self,confidence,
much frankness, patience, and quickness
of sympathy, and the more humor it can
get the better. Practice enters so large
ly into the process of cultivation, that it
is seldom one finds young girl who
can talk well-except to her lover.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

ONE of ''the boys whw say actual
service during the late troubles, hits off
the realities of war in the following graph
&c enpicture:
"The popular idea Of battles is derived
from certain wrters--historiaDs thew
call themselves--who have Tuck of de
scriptions, whereby colossal horses with
distended nostrals are made to bear
plumed troopers with bloody sabers
through agonized infantry and lost bat
teries, or long lines of gleeming bayonets
are promiscuously "mixed"--while strug
Cling men, with patriotic war-cries, or
prodding or prommeling each other in
Discriminatory for hours, around waving
flags, where shells burst with artistic
precision, and slain horses encounter
wound d heroes, who still flourish def
ant weapons; disabled pieces furnish pic
turesque touches for slaughtered cannon
GERS, and e crything tells Of the rage and
terrible spleud of conflict, the agony of
wounds and ,ufferings, or the beautiful
abandonment of death. To the readers
of such thrilling things, it would seem
very tame to tell the story of crest bat
tie without establishment. They would
turn disappointment from the simple sto-
ny of "a line of blue coated soldiers toll
ing slowly across broken valley or tan
gled swamp, against crest or wooded
slope, or scarcely visible line of works;
while few distan. knobs are crowned
with the smoke of bate les, and men are
falling here and there with little regard
TO artistic effect. Two murderous mo-
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19
- SOME enthusiastic writer III,

- SOME enthusiastic writer thus
writes of enthusiasm -
Enthusiasm is magnetic. Like the
magic fiddle of little Fritz in the german
legend, it facinates and draws after it
the crowd. No eloquent enthusiast
ever lacked followers, whether his creed
were aight or wrong. The earnest man
of action, even though very burgler in
his retoric, is sure to have friends
His deeds speak for him. Cromwell's
speeches were generally uninteligible,
but he was terribly in earnest both as a
fanatic and soldier. 1t was impossible
to doubt the sincerity of bis prayers, or
misunderstood the logic of bis victories.
Mahomet was man of vast capacity, a
great orator. furious sectaran leader,
and lion hearted hero. Such comb
nation was irresistible, and he founded
at once new empire and new creed.
Had the intellect of Luther been of a
more passive type, his conquest over err
ror hail never been achieved. 1t was the
warlike ardor with which he challenged
aud defied his antagonist, his enthusiasm
as controyersialist, that enlisted sympa
thetic spirits under his banner, and made
the reformation success. To come
down to later times--confidence in bis
own destiny was the inspiration of Ma
poleon, and it was because he believed
in himself that his army believed in him.
He thought himself irresistible, and so
thought every man in his hosts, from
the marshals of the empire to the mean
est followers of the camp. To this de-
fusion, as much as to his genius. may be
ascribed the glories of his dazzling ca
reer.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

SOMEBODY says: "Thcre is an ease
and grace in the manners of married
men. a sensible want of flutter in their
conversation, which enables them to be
readily distinguished 10 mixed comps-
ny. Unmarried men may be distin-
guished by general 'greenness,' GER
tain frivolousness of conversation, and a
peculiar futter of department, that moth
ing but matrimony can entirely cure"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

- AS great many people now liv
ing are mothers, and great many more
hope and expect to be, we give the fol-
lowing for their benefit. 1t is from the
chronological Journal:
Each mother is a historian. She
writes not the history of empires or of
nations on paper, but she writes her own
history on the imperishabls mind finer
child. Thai tablet and that history will
remain indelibe when time shall be no
more That history each mother shall
meet again, AMI read with eternal JOY
or unutterabIe grief in the coming ages
of eternity. The thought should weigh
on the mind of every mother, and deeply
circumspect, rrayfuI and faithful in her
solemn work of training up her children
for heaven and immortality. The minds
of children are very susceptible and
easily impressed. A word, a look, Il
frowG, may engrave an inn r ssion on the
mind cfa child which no lapse of time
can efface or wash out. You walk along
the seashore when the tide is out, and
you form characters, or write words or
names on tie smooth white sand which
is spread out go clear and beautiful at
your feet, according as your may die
tate; but the returning tide shall in a
few hours wash out aud efface all that
you have written. Not so the lines and
characters of truth and error which your
conduct irnprints on the mind of your
child. There you write impressions for
the everlasting good or i'll of your child
which neither the floods nor the storms
of earth can wash out, nor Deaths cold
fingers Grace nor the SLOW. moving ager of
eternity obliterate. How careful, then
should each mother be in her treatment
of her child! How prayerfu!, and how
serious, and how earnest to write the
eternal truths which shall be his voice
aud teacher when her voice shall be ST.
lent in death. and her lips no longer
more in prayer in his behalf, in com
mending her dear child to her covenant
God.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19
- HENRY WARD BEECHER in

HENRY WARD BEECHER in re-
cent sermon thus discusses of Christian
Womanhood -
s'Maidens, look to the God of your
fathers. If there is any one in this world
who cannot afford not to be a Christian,
il is woman. If there be any one whose
beauty fades rs a flower and whose
grace needs the sustenance of the in
effable; if there be any one whose power
is in beauty, in purity, and goodness, it
is woman. 1t there be any one more
than another upon whom blight falls
more rudeIy; if there be any one more
than another, who is more burdened
with grief or more wrung with sorrow,
it is woman. / marvel to see wo-
man that is not Christian. The lad
der between her soul and God is not
half so long as that between our souls
and God. God made woman to be bet
ter that man; aud the perversion is in
proportion when she is worse"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

- The sun is always shining; the
flowers are always blooming; the birds
are always singing; the golden grain is
always swayiDg-somewhere in this
wicked world.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19
: BEEcHER in sherwood" thus Oh,

- BEECHER in "NOrwood" thus char
acterizes Love and friendship
Love is War! The friendship Of a
brother and sister. unrelated, is truce
in which both parties are secretly prepar
ing for the onset of victory. First
comes acquaintance-that is May; then
friendship--that is June; then brother
hood and sisterhood-that is July; and
then love, which is August; but July
and August are SO much alike that no
one can~tell when one stops and the
other begins.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

recollection of some men are but the
shadow Of a butterfly on a garden at
noontide--they cover an atom of the
soul, and that but for a moment; those
of others are like the image of the earth
cast upon the face of heaven, that reach
es to eclipse the farthest star, and to hide
glory Of its shining.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

ments of the .'double-qack," ard one of
close, hurried, aud dlsordered fighting.
would not content the myriad readers OF
the imaginative historians. And yet
this, repeated at mode rate intervals
through the day, is. perh APPS. all that we
could offer IN truthful description of any
of the great battles of the war;"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

- THERE isa Gaelic proverb: eff
the best mans faults were written on his
forehead, it would make him pull his
hat over his eyes.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

THE SABBATH.-The streams of relig-
ion runs deeper or shallower, as the
banks of the Sabbath are kept up or
neglected.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

"Why are old maids so devoted to
their cats 2" asked fellow of an elderly
lady. because having no husbands
they take to the next most treacherous
animals" was the reply.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

IF YOU WANT Striped and Plain Jaco-
Il nets. Nainsooks, Victoria Lawn. or any
thing i'm tie " hite Goods or Trimming line.
such as Ruffling and Edgings, DC. call and
see DILL BROS. Their stock and assort-
ment is the largest ever brought to Prescott
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19
OUR CHIP BASKET.

WHEN Charity walks into the low
est places Of want. we see the beautiful
purity of her robes most distinctly.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

Why is man ascending Veseuv US like
an Irishman trying TO kiss pretty girl?
Because he wants 10 get at the cratsr's
mouth.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19
THE PRES EKCE OF GOD.

THE PRES EECE OF GOD.
o summer winds whose restless feet
Now wander to and fro:
0 Stars whose radient gems complete
The crown on Natures brow:
o bright-eyed moon whose golden disc,
Swings in the vault of Night,
And like hooded friar walks
The star-begirdled height
o forest deep, and mountain high,
And ocean wide and free,
The presence of the living God
Is manifest in thee
hear his voice amid the rain
That patters on my roof,
see his eye amid the flowers
That wave golden wool,
/ feel His presence in my soul,
His hand upon my heart;
And know that this poor, humble life
Is of his love part
A 1.-THE even OF the wOndrous skill
His handiwork displays;
And with all Nature will | life
Ny voice TO hymn His praise.
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DILL BROS.
J. @. BUTTON.

A TroRNET AND COUNSELOR AT Law, will at
IA tend 10 all bu siness entruste to ais ca e.
Also, District ttorney for Per,C,. l2-l
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

NOR ANYTHING in the Dry Goods. Gro
II Gerry or Hardware line. go to DILL
BROS. You will find what you want, and
at the lowest possible price.
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j. w. Beardsiey, M. Id.

OFFICE PRESCRIPTIONS and Chronic
" Diseases particularly attended to. Office
in Cisy Restaurant Building. Prescott, Wis.
March 90, 1865. I7-tf
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

- THERE are other things in life be-
sides love; but everybody that has lived
at all knows that love is the very heart
of life, the pivot upon which its whole
machinery turns; without which no hu
man existence can be complete, and with
which, however broken and worn in
part, il can still go on working somehow
and working to a useful and cheerful
end.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

- VIM. WIRT's letter to his daughter
on the "smalI, sweet courtesies of life,'
contains a passage from which deal of
happiness might be learned:
81 want to tell you a secret. The
whole world is like the miller at Mans
field, who cared for nobody--no, not
he-because nobody cared for him.
Let all persons, therefore. see that you
do care for them, by showing them
what Sterne 50 happily calls the small.
sweet courtesies, in which there is no
parade, whose voices are too still to
taste, and which manifest themselves by
affectionste looks and little kind acts of
attention. giving others the preference in
every little enjoyment at the table, in the
field, walking, sitting or standing"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

NOR THE Very Best White Leads, Oils
l. and Paints, or anything you waEi, go to
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

TT YOU WANT the Latest Styles and large
assortment Of Dress Goods 10 select from,
go to DID BROS. Their Goods are new,
and no Old Styles.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19

square win be counted the space Of ten lines bre-
yier which is our ordinary advertising type.
Business cards, 8 lines or less 100 a year. .
Legal charged at the rates prescribed
by statute. -
Loaded displayed advertisements Will be charged
so per cent. above these rates
SpeciaI notices Is cents per line for first insertion,
aud 10 cents for each subsequent insercion.
Transient advertisements must be paid for In adj
vance all others quarterly.
Advertisements not otherwise ordered, will be con-
tinued until ordered out, and charged accordingly.
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Dill BROS.

90 TO DILL BROS. the only store in
" towIrrwhich has received full stock of
new Spring and Summer Goods of all des-
criptiOns.
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- Mrs. MANvILLE, Of La Crosse,
"NELLIE A. MANN" contributes the fol-
lowing poetic gem to the Republican, of
that city:
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E RE .RAlLW AY
The Broad Gaage Double Track
ROUTE To
NEW YORK, BOSTON,
AND NEW ENGLAND CITIES.

TTNHIS Railway extends from Dunkirk 10
IL New York, 40 miles. Buffalo to New
York. 423 miles, Salamanca to New York,
AIS miles, and is from
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European E'icsC Of EHspsacjs-
ale,sf,

The conduct of Mr.. johnson in this whole
matter is ineXplcable That the President
has the constitutional right to remove I'M
faithful public officers or those whom he con-
.siders 10 have acted improperly, has been es-
tablishcd in America ever since the days of
Washington. This power was n plain corol-
larry dcduccd from the clause of the Constitu-
ton which makes him responsible, and him
alone, for the execution of the laws re-
sponsibility mamfestly incompatible with a
tenure of office by his subordinates indepen-
IDENTIFY of his will. This plain prerogatve of
office was menaced for the ayowcd purpose
of keeping Mr. Stanton in the Cabinet, as u
thorn in his side; yet, despite the advice OF
his friends, Mr.. johnson still declines to dis
miss his rebellious subordinate and only
Secretary suspended The President even
gave an implied recognition of the validity of
the law by reporting to the Senate, in con-
formity with its requirements, his reason for
the suspension.
Probably not man in America, certainly
no observer from this side of the water,
doubted for moment that the Senate would
disapprove the suspension, and decree Mr..
Stanton's return to Office. The President
saw the result coming and dallied with the
emergency, in fruitless conferences with Gen
Grant, until his official enemy was actually
back in possession ofthc War Department.
He then openly quarrelled with the General,
instructed him to obey no orders from the
Secretary of War, and finally directed Mr.
Stanton's removal Every step that he has
taken has come too late for the object intend
ed. His conduct has been marked by a hest
tation signally in contrast with the resolute
aggression of his adversaries. He has dis
olution and firmness. He is Athelstane the
Unready he halts, hesitates and is unpre-
pared when action is imperatively necessary
to anticipate attack yet, like that doughty
Saxon warrior, he is immovable in his firm
resistance when the attack does come, how
ever unprepared it may find him.
The unprecedented condition of affairs in
America cones at q moment most disastrous
for the welfare of the country. A few days
ago we pointed out how completely the whole
reconstruction scheme of Congress had top
pied to the ground. BY simply refraining
from doing anything, the South rendered the
Congressional policy abortive, and the State
of Alabama has led the way in demonstra-
ting its signal failure. This has no doubt ex-
asperated the Republicans beyond measure /;
for they must devise and execute some new
scheme, sudden and violent, or they must bid
adeu to their cherished expectation of count
ing the Southern votes in their favor at the
Presidential election in November They
have now but few short months to remove
Mr.. Johnson, to readmit the Southern States,
to organize them so as to force votes in their
own favor, TO revise taxation, to regulate fl
nance, to reform the tariff, and to go before
the people as stewards rendering an account
of their lease of power since the close of the
War-J0n10p Tpler,unb
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y9syi;siCa{,

York, Pa, March 20.-David Small, ESQ.,,
democrat, was to-day elected chief burgess of
this borough by n majority of 3Sj. This is
the largest democratic majority ever given
in this borough.
BEDFoRD, Pennsylvania, March 20-At
the municipal election to-day the democrats
carried this borough by IS majority-a gain
of Al over last fall -
TTUsvILLE, Pennsylvania, March 20-At
the city election held to-day in Corny and
Titusville the democrats elected mayors and
a majority of council in both places.
HARRISBURG, March 20-At the election
today Harrisburg, as usual, went democrat
&c. The day was very stormy and the vote
small
SAN Francisco, March 20-Thc Assembly
rejected the 18th amendment to the federal
constitution by vote of 46 to "a.
OF AGA towns in New York. in which local
elections have recently been held, the Repub-
licans carry PSI and the Democrats $780, Last
year the Republicans carried 1927, and the
Democrats 1877
The Democratic State Convention of Mis-
souri, has been called to meet at st. Louis,
May 20. to elect delegates to the National
Convention, and to appoint State Central
Committee
In joliet, Illinois, has elected the whole
Democratic ticket by 6sS majority, and five
out of six aldermen.
The Conservatives of Florida are organ
izing to defeat the constitution which has
been presented by the bogus convention
The leading papers are endeavoring to bring
about concerted action. Two methods are
suggested, free consultation among the peo-
pie of the State OF the calling of a conven-
ton. 1t is probable that convention will
be called
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Cost Of EM,pencE,n.eisH.

The cost of reconstruction has been reck-
oned to amount to hundred millions year
but the cost of the impeachment of the Pres
ident is likely to exceed that sum. 1t cannot
be estimated by any comparison with the ex-
pensc of the often refcrred-to trial of Warren
Hastings. This trial will exceed that in cost
by as much as it does in importance. The trial
of Hastings lasted seven years. but it occupied
the House of Lords only one hundred and
twenty days, at various intervals, which were
required for obtaining testimony from India
In the end, Hastings was acquitted, but re-
quired to pay the cost ofprosecution, amount
ing to seventy-one thousand pounds, while
the cost to the Government was over one
hundred thousand pounds.
But the trial of Hastings did not interrupt
the course of business, nor shake the public
credit, nor threaten the Empire with dissolu-
ton. The impeachment of the President
has already disturbed the business relations
of the country, and has postponed indefinite
ly that attention to its deranged fiscal con-
Germs which was expected and required from
Congress.
If the agitation so persistently promoted
by Congress should continue much longer,
and mingle with the strife of the Presidential
election, it may cost the bondholders and the
banks more than one-half of their entire in
vestments. 1t is very plain that the radical
majority in Congress will stop at nothing in
pursuit of their purpose to overthrow the
Government as it was established by the Con-
stitution, and concentrate its powers in the
hands of this central directory. Their Presi-
dent, if they obtain one through impeach-
ment, will be n mere puppet in their posses
sion-a sort of supple-jack," for amusement
and dcrision.
The cost of the impeachment can onlyabe
estimated by the amount of damage which it
has done and will do to the credit of the Gov
eminent abroad and at home, and by the loss
which must be sustained by paralyzing every
effort in the future for the material recupera-
ton of the Southern staple producing States.
-Ndt Int