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3Uuni<il.
A Perfect Sai age.
BY MARY E. CLARKE.
‘Elia, read thia,’ said Mr. Clarkson,
t. <sii;g a letter to his daughter, as he
came into the room where she sat tew
ing.
JJkc a dutiful daughter she obeyed.
‘Well, papa, the spare room is ready.
When will become V
‘To-night. He will stay two or three
months. I don't suppose it will be very
nleasant, dear; but as ho is my cousin
Tom’s only child, I can scarcely refuse to
receive him, as a visitor, tor a short time.’
‘Wheie is Serin ptown, father ?’ said
Elia, referring to the date of the letter.
■ln Washington Territory. Poor Tom,
after his wife died, became a perfect Ti
mon. and resolved to avoid any inter
course with humanity. He took Lionel,
ibis boy, with him, and emigrated to the
far West. He gave no one bis addrsss;
wrote no word home; and this letter,
communicating the news of bis death,
and bis son’s wish io see something of
tv life, is the first I have heard of him
♦’ r eighteen years.’
•llow old is my cousin f
•Let me see ! Lionel must bo neatly
thirty-
‘And has lived all his life in Scrimp
town !’ , ~
‘Since he was ten or twelve years old.
I ct he is a perfect savage, my love:
but we must be hospitable for poor Tom's
-ake. He was my classmate. Dear,
dear '. how time tlies I Is dinner ready,
Ella 1’ ......
‘ 1 here’s the bell, now,’ said the iittie
ng aside her work; and
the father ai d daughter left the room.
‘Atrnt L zzie, said Ella, as they met an
eldcrb. Indv in the hall, ‘wo expect a
lisihr to night. A young gentleman,
aunt'e. Trim up your best cap, auntie,
to set at him.’
•Tom Boyd’s son,’ said Mr. Clarkson,
handing Ler the letter.
‘Tom dead! Poor Tom! Well, Lionel
v.r. a pretty boy.’
Dinner over, Mr. Clarkson was enjoy
ing hb nap on the sofa, aunt Lizzie was
kuiuii.g. and Ella reading, when the
parlor door opened, and a tail, very tali
tigtire, tilled the vacant space.
•Is Mr. Clarkson here ?’ A deep, not
i .musical voice asking this question
rui>‘ d the sleeping man, who sat up and
Lok J at the speaker.
* I r.m Lionel Boyd,sir.
•And heartily welcome here said
Mr. Claikson, grasping bis hands. ‘Ella,
r,. dear, your cousin, Lizzie, you re
lumber Lionel’s father ?’
Pro Lab! v if the choice Lad of
fired him, Lionel would rather have
f.cc i a loaded cannon than the two
•naceful, elegantly dressed ladies who
... w erected him: lus be bowed silently,
and then turn.r g his back on both, sat
an L -'•!<• Mr. Clarkson: aunt Lizzie
Mikid hoi elbows, Ella shitigged her
si. ilders, and then with one exchanged
j<e they resumed their seats.
Ella's thoughts ran something in this
svie :
L.'m, manners are scarce in Crnnp
tuwn, so are tailors, I guess. Light
■at-coat coming to his heels, twenty
ars old if i>’s a day: and where did
animal get that hat be keeps on to
diowits beauty I presume? What boots!
Bi ,wn as an Indian. A perfect savage!
I'll go n ake him talk. ‘Cousin Lionel!’
sue said, aloud.
jbe young man started ns if she had
fired a pistol at I is ear, and turned his
hair to face her, with a jerk that almost
upset the young lady's gravity.
•Ma'am !’
‘I hope you had a pleasant journey.
‘Cold, ma’am, awful !’
‘I Lt.vo noticed that is apt to be so in
| January.’
•It is in our parts, ma’am !’
‘WI at shall I say now ’’ thought El
la. ‘How the man stares !’
A sudden jerk of her cousin's chair
back to its first position, made the mus
i!cs round her mouth so rebellious that
J.e was gad he did not seo her. Mr.
Cinikson succeeded rather better in draw-
ii g f. itb the young man's conversational
powers; but his awkward bashfulness,
whenever Ella joined into the cbat,made
the afternoon a mixture of ludicrous and
cnibairaising attempts to entertain him.
Tea time was still worse. The useful
hat was removed only upon Mr. Clark
son's giving a mild bint to that effect,
and, like Dickens’ Captain Cuttie, lie
s - med lost without feeling it upon his
head. His dark hair was very long, and
urled almost like a girl’s in his neck ; be
wore a heavy beard and moustache,
through which glimpses of white, even
teeth appeared; his eyes, which he nev
er raised, were large and very dark, and
altogether he was a lino specimen of a
handsome Western man; but his okl
fiu-bionod, ill-fitting clothes, his extreme
ba-hfulness and ludicrous terror of Ella
and her aunt made his emotions con
strained; nnd he seemed to Ella to fairly
swell his hands and feet,so much did they
appear to be in the owner’s way. He
-lined his ten with all the energy neces
sarv to dig a well, and then swallowed it
scalding hot at one mouthful; be dried
the tears which followed this operation
with his i apkin, and then put that arti
cle into his pocket. Ella's inquiries and
offers to serve him with the food before
him were the occasion of such a deluge
of ermson over his face, and such ner
tons jerkiug movements, that finally, in
sheer pity, she left him to her father.
Days glided into weeks. At Mr.
V arkson’s suggestion, Lionel had his
f ter man put into civilized trim by a
barber and tailor; but EHa made no pro
jn ss in her endeavors to place him at
L > ease. He went out with her father
’•'cry day, and she soon heard of his in
vesting large sums of mony in different
business concerns, and of his intelligence
and shrewd, ‘wide awake’ conversation
among men; but—did ste propose mu
-1 he listened with grave attention,
tut not a word of comment could she
''in; the proposal to introduce him to
• r trends seemed to fairly convulse him
terror; aed one ev< ning, when she
a party, he vanished, and was not
morning, when he was seen
wrapped in a blanket, fast asleep in tho
summer-house in the garden.
“Brother tho man I” muttered the little
beauty, as she sat, one day, turning the
leaves of some new music, “I can’t get
him out of my head. Hero he has been
for one whole month actually in the house
with me, and I know no more about him
than if he lived at the North Pole. He’s
as mute as a fish; not a compliment, not
a word if wo sit together for hours, ex
cent ves, ma’am, no ma'am, as if I were
bis grandmother.”
“Cousin Ella!”
The deep, grave tones were close beside
her. She started up, for in her cousin’s
face was no sign of bashfulness, no
awkwardness iu bis position, only a sad
earnestness.
“I am the bearer of news that will pain
you,” and two strong hands prisoned
her little ones he put her gently in her
chair again, and bent over her. “I camo
because I am, I feel, a better messenger
than one of your father's clerks!”
“Fa.her!”
“Has had a bad fall, cousin. No,you
cannot go. He will be hero immediate
ly. I will not deceive you ; be is very
much injured.”
“How ?”
“He slipped on the ice, at tho head of
a flight of steps. A can ingo stopped !
He is here. Will you have Lis room
ready when I come ?”
Wisely he gave her something to do,
for she threw off’the faintness of terror
ar.d went to her father’s room. Her
cousin came soon, and in his strong arms
he held her dear father, who smiled to
Eila as Lionel placed him gently upon
the bed.
A week of pain followed, the fall—
cruel, agonizing pain, and the cousins
were constant watchers. In the earnest
desire to be useful, Lionel forgot to be
bashful; and many a tear of tenderness
started to the father’s eyes, as he saw the
strong man’s care for the little nurse. —
Every hour found aim at his post, now
altering the invalid’s position, now gently
tenderly comforting the pale girl. Ail
that doctor’s skill and tender nursing
could do was vain, and Ella had the ag
ony of an orphan’s grief to bear. It was
a bitter blow and seemed unendurable.
For weeks she was in a itato of entire
apatbv, smiling sadly when she found
the traces of her cousin’s care at every
step, but pining, sinking under her grief.
Another blow fell, but it roused instead
ofcrushing her. Her father’s affairs
were found to be in a complicated state,
and the knot was finally unraveled only
to show that he died penniless.
“A teacher, Ella?”
“Yes, cousin, I am sure of my music
and German.”
“But—l it many be premature, Ella.
I did not mean to say anything now—
while—trouble—l know 1 am an un
couth savage, not fit tor such a dainty
darling—l mean—l ”
Crimson and confused lie stood after
this eloquent address, and strange to say,
her color and embarrassment equaled hid
own.
“Eila!”
‘•Yes.”
“I am rich—l mean poor if you w ill
let me give you—l mean ”
“You mean that you would like to
marry Ella and go shares,” said aunt Liz
zie, from the other side of the room.
“Just so I” said the Western man em
phatically; and he took the little figure
to his broad breast, where the poor sor
rowful head rested content to find its
Lome with the perfect savage.
—Petersons Ladys' Magazine.
lictter from Mr. Ileymert.
We notice that the name of J. D. Rey
mert, is attached to the call for a Demo
cratic State Convention. Does Mr. Rey
mert favor party nominations? Will he
please inform us?— North Star, Any
28th.
Edit rs North Star—Gentlemen:
—ln reply: I much prefer “a Union of
all Patriots for a vigorous prosecution of
the war, until the rebellion shall bo un
conditionally subdued, and the authority
of the Government re-established iu all
the Slates.”
It does not follow, because my name is
attached to the call, fliat I am in favor
of keeping up a partisan ware-fare. Ido
not think that either of the State Central
Committees could do otherwise than to
issue the calls. It is for tho Conventions,
and not for the Committees to suspend
or dissolve the party organizations. lam
ready to join in obliterating forever party
lines, and forget all past differences, but
I expect to see the dominant party lead
the way, before a “requiem” is sung ov
er the grave of a party, which has proud
ly stood by the Constitution and the
Union in all trials, until treason rent the
country in twain, and the democratic
party became powerless. In my 7 opin
we all should join in sohu phalanx, pre
senting no other issue than the prosecu
tion of the war with the whole energy of
the Nation. “Our Country, our whole
Country, and nothing but our Country,”
should be our motto, and I shall be hap
py to vote that ticket this fall.
Yours Respectfully,
J. D. Reymebt.
St. Croix, Sept. 1, 1861.
The Boston 7 raveler publishes
the following extract from a letter writ
ten by an influential gentleman at Wash
ington :
“ Montgomery Blair called to see
Gen. McClellan on Saturday, and began
to give him his views. ‘ Gen. Scott and
myself will bo responsible for the cam
paigu,’ he replied, ‘ and wo shall con
duct it as we think best.' Mr. Blair took
his hat and departed.
The national detective police,
says the World, will speedily be organ
ized and in active operation. At its
bead will be placed a well-known western
detective of national reputation, and the
supervision of the force will extend over
the whole country.
Struck.—The laborers in the labra
tory in Memphis, when the carriages
are made, struck on the 23d ult, and re
fused to work any longer.
THE PRESCOTT JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1861.
General Election Notice,
For Pierce County.
Notice is Hereby Given, that at the Gen
eral Election, to beheld in the several Towns,
Wards and Election Precincts in the State ot
Wisconsin, on Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday, being the fifth day of November
next, the following officers are to be elected,
to-wit :
A Governor, in the place of Alexander AV.
Randall, a Lieutenant Governor, in the place
of Butler G. Nol le; A Secretary ot State, in
the place of Louis I*. Harvey ; a State Treas
urer, in the place of Samuel 1). Hastings ; an
Attorney General in the place of James H.
Howe ; a Bank Comptroller, in the place of
Guysbert Van Steenwyk ; a State Superin
tendent, in the flace °f Josiah L. Pickard ;
and a State Prison Commissioner, in the place
of Hans C. Heg ; whose several terms of office
will expire on the 31st day of December, 1861.
A State Senator, for the twenty-eighth Sen
ate District,comprising the Counties of Pierce,
St. Croix, Polk. Dallas, Burnett, Douglas, La
Pointe and Ashland, whose term of office will
expire on the first Monday of January, 1864.
A Member of Assembly, for the Assembly
District comprising the Counties of Pierce and
St. Croix.
One or two County Superintendents of
Schools, in the several Superintendent Dis
tricts, as determined by the County Board of
supervisors.
County supervisors, in the several supervi
sor Districts, and such other County Officers
as are by law required to Le elected at such
election.
At the same election the question will be
taken upon the approval by the people, of the
amendments proposed to the General Banking
Law, by Chaptej 212 ot the General Laws of
1861, as amended by Chapter 1 of the General
Laws of the Extra Session of 1861, as follows :
CHAPTER 212.
As Amend'd by Chapter 1, Evtra Session.
AN ACT to amend the General Banking Law,
and the several acts amendatory thereof.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre
sented in Senate and Assembly,do enact as fol
lows:
Section I. Section 22, of Chapter 71, of the
Revised Statutes, with the thereunto belong
ing amendment, (see chapter 98 of the Gen
eral Laws of 1858.) is hereby amended as fol
lows: by striking out the following words :
•• Said stocks to be valued at a rate to be esti
mated and governed by the average rate at
which said stocks have been sold in the city oi
New York, within the next six months prece
ding the time when such stocks nun Deleft
on deposit with the Comptroller.” By Stri
king out the words “ equal to” and inserting
after the words “ not exceeding,” the words
“in value.” By striking out the tbllawing
words : ‘but such public stocks si.all In all ca
ses, be, or Ih; made to be equal to a stock pro
ducing six per cent, per annum ; and it shall
not be lawful so the Bank Comptroller to take
such stock at a rate above its par value, nor
al>ove its current market value in the city of
New York at the time of deposit, by such
person or association of persons,’ and inserting
in lieu thereof the following: “and it shall be
lawful for the bank comptroller to issue for
public stocks which have been ranging at or
above par during the last six months, and up
to the time of deposit in the New Yor mar
ket, circulating notes up to the par value. of
said stocks; but the Comptroller snail not is
sue tor public, stocks ranging below par in
said market more circulation than ninety per
cent, of the current market value of said stocks
at the time of deposit, nor more than ninety
percent, of the average market value during
the last six months have been at and above as
well as below par, the Comptroller shall not
issue more than ninety per cent, ot the aver
age value during the last six months, nor in
any event more than ninety per cent, of its
market value on the < ay of deposit, nor mole
than ninety per cent, of the par value of such
stocks :” so that the said section shall hence
forth read as follows : “ Whenever, hereafter
auv person or association of persons, formed
for the purpose of banking under the provis
ions of this chapter, shall duly s«-t-zn and
transfer in trust to the Treasurer of this State,
anv portion of thepubl.e stocks i-sued or to
l«-'is«ued by the United States or any State
stocks, on which full intern st is annually paid,
such person or association oi persons shall be
entitled to receive from the Bank Comptroller
an amount of such circulating notesot differ
ent denominations, r.g.stored and counter
signed. ami n<*t exceeding in value the amount
of public stocks assigned ami transferred as
aforesaid’; ami it shall be lawful for the Bank
Comptroller to issue for public stocks, which
have been ranging at or above par during the
last six nionthe, and up to the time ot deposit
in New York market circulating notes up to
the par value of said stocks, but the Comp
roller shall not issue fur public stocks ranging
below par in said market, more circulation
than ninety per cent, of the current market
value of said stocks at the time of deposit, nor
more than ninety pet cent, of the average
market value during the Last six months ; and
for such stocks as during the last six months
have been at and above as well as below par.
the Comptroller shall not issue more than
ninety per cent, of the average value during
the last six months, nor in any event more
than ninety per cent, of its market value on
the day of' deposit, nor more than ninety per
cent, of the par value of such stocks: Provi
ded. that if in the opinion of the Bank Comp
troller, together with the Governor awl Secre
tary of Stat j, any stocks offen d shall be deem
ed insecure, they shall not be received as such
securities under the provisions of this aet.—
And provided Z'wriA t, that from and after the
first day of December, 1861, the Bank ( oiup
troller sdiall not receive as security for circula
ting Bank Nut's, any other public stocks
than those issued by the State of Wisconsin
and the Unitnd States.”
Section 2. Auy public stocks described in
the preceding section, and issued at a rate of
interest less than 5 per cent, per annum to be
receivable by the Bank Comptroller, shall be
made, to be equal to stocks producing five per
cent, per annum.
Section 3. Section 40 of chapter 71 of the
Revised Statutes, is hereby amended by in
serting between the words “located” and “to”
in the 19th line of said section, the words “or
to the judge at chambers.”
Section 4. Every bank and banking associ
ation nor organized in this State, and all
batiks ami banking associations that shall be
organized before the first day of December,
1861. except such tmnks and banking associa
tions as are or may hereafter be located in the
oitie* o< Milwaukee ami Madison, shallron or
before said first flay of December next appoint
an agent, who sbalrikccp an office in the city
of Milwaukee, or in the city of Madison, for
the redetnption of all circulating notes issued
bv such bank or banking association, which
shall be presented to such as ut ft»r payment
or redemption.
Section 5. The appointment (?f such agent
shall be made in writing, and such written ap
pointment shall be delivered to the Bank
Comptroller on or before said first day of De
cember next, who shall file ths same in his of
fice. If any bank or banking association
shall neglect or refuse to--appoint such agent
within the time above mentioned, the Hauk
Comptroller shall appoint such agent for such
bank or banking association.
Section 6. The. Bank Comptroller shall, im
mefliatclv after-said first day of December
next, during such time as he may deem advi
sable, publish a list of such agents in one’dai
lv newspaper published in the city of Madi
son, and in one daily newspaper published in
the city of Milwaukee, the expense whereof
shall be equally divided among the several
banka or &nkipg associations so published
and be paid by them to the comptroller on de
mand under penalty of forfeiture of one hun
dred dollars, to be collected and applied as pro
vided in respect ta the forfeiture named in sec
tion 19 chapter 71 of the Revised Statutes.
Section 7, Every bank or banking associa
tion hereafter organized, shall before receiving
any circulating notes from the Bank Comp
troller, appoint an agent for the purposes of
this act; and such appointment shall be inime
diately published in the manner aforesaid, at
the expense, ot such bank or banking associa
tion, to be collected in the manner above pro.
vided.
Sect ion 8, Appointments of agents made in
pursuance of this act may be revoked and
new appointments made from time to time, by
delivering such revocation and appointment to
the Bank Comptroller, who shall cause the
same to be published as before provided.
Section 9 It. shall be lawful tor any num-
L r of banks or banking a-sociations authoriz
ed by this art, to appoint an agent to associate
together for raising a joint fund, to he placed
in the bands of their common agent, for the n -
demption of their circulating notes, in the city
of Milwaukee or Madisor. and also the circu
lating notes of other banks in such manner
and under such regulations as may be agreed
u|x>n. and to employ such agents and clerks as
they may deem necessary to carry on the bus
iness of such common agency . but nothing in
this section contained shall authorize the re
demption or purchase by such agency of any
circulating notes ata rate of discount greater
than is herein provided for, nor relieve such
banks from any duty or liability required or
imposed by this act.
Section 10 Every such bank and banking
association iu this State, except such banks or
banking associations as now are or hereafter
may be located in the cities if Milwaukee and
Madison, shall redeem and pay on demand in
the lawful money of the United States, all cir
culating notes issued by such banks or bank
ing associations, presented for redemption at
the office of the agent of such bank or bank
ing association during the usual hours of bus
iness of bankers, between the hours often and
three o’clock, at a rate of discount not exceed
ing three-fourths of one per cent.
Section 11 Every bank or banking associ
ation whose agent shall neglect or refuse to re
deem its notes on demand as aforesaid, shall,
on proof being made to the bank comptroller of
such neglect or refusal by the affidavit of the
person who presented said notes for redemp
tion or payment, and on depositing in his of
fice the notes so presented, be subject to the
penalties and be proceeded against in the same
manner as is now provided by law for cases
where the circulating notes of any bank or
banking association are protested for non-pay
ment, unless the comptroller shall be satisfied
that there is a good and legal defence against
the payment of such notes.
Section 12 Every bank and banking asso
ciation shall redeem its circulating notes as
now provided by law, but in case of neglect or
refusal to redeem its notes on presentation at
its counter and of protest therefor. such bank
or banking association if not located within Hie
city of Milwaukee or the city of Madison,shall
not be liable to the holder of such notes for
damages •provided, it shall within fifteen days
after receiving notice from the comptroller to
pay the same, redeem said notes in the law ful
money of the United States, w dii interest at
rate of fifteen per ct per annum; provided, that
the offic r or officers of such bank or banking
association so neglecting or refusing to redeem
its notes on demand, may endorse ow the bills
or package of bills so presented, an acknowl
edgment of such presentation and refusal and
waiving protest upon Ihe same . and such en
dorsement shall be held as evidence of the
stt merit therein made.
Section 13 Nobank or banking association
shall hereafter receive upon the deposit of
bonds, circulating notes to an amount exceed
ing three times its bona Me cash capita! actu
ally paid in, and the bank comptroller is heie
bv authorized and required to ascertain what
the actual cash capital of any bank or banking
association applying!.>r circulation, except in
exchange for mutilated bills, may lie, and for
this purpose he is authorized to examine any
person on oath, and to compel answers under
oath from any officer or stockholder ot any
bank or banking associatien so applying, or
any other person.
Section 1 t No bank or banking association
shall hereafter be. organized in this State, nor
shall any more circulating notes be issued to
any bank or banking association in this State,
unless said bank or banking association shall
have a honaf.de cash capital of at least fifteen
thousand dollars actually paid in, w hich shall
remain in such bank or banking association as
capita], and employed in legitimate banking
at the place where the bank is located ; and it
is hereby decl.'iroJ tl,»t tL« deposited
vitti the bank comptroller shall not be consid
ered as any evidence of the existence of capital
in anv such bank or banking association nor
of the amount and extent of such capital . and
it is hereby made the duty of the comptroller,
before issuing any more circulating notes to
any such bank or banking association now or
ganized, or 1 at shall be hereafter organized,
except in exchange for mutilated notes, to sat
isfy liiniselfby an examination under oath of
an officer or stockholder of such bank or bank
ing association that it has fully complied with
the provisions of this section ami of the next
proceed ing section of this act,and for the pur
poses of such examination the comptroller or
in his abseencetlie deputy comptroller is here
by authorized to administer oaths ; provided,
that nothing in this act shall be -o construed
as to permit anv bank to issue circulating notes
to anv greater amount than its nominal capital
Section 15 From and after the first day of
December next it shall not be law ful for any
bank or bant ing association, barfker, broker,
company o” corporation to circulate or attempt
to circulate or to pay out as money any bill,
note, orot' er evid< uce of debt, issued or pur
porting to have been issued by any bank,bank
ing association, company, corporation or indi
dual located or residing out of this State,unless
said bill or note or evidence of debt shall for
the last six months preceding such circulating
or paying out, hate been redeemable in thecity
of New York or Boston in current money of
the United States at a rate of discount not ex
ceeding three-fourths of owe per cent ; and the
decision of the bank comptroller as to the rate
at such discount shall be filial and conclusive.
Every bank or banking associat ion, banker or
broker, corporation or company offending
against the provisions of this s c ion shall for
feit for each and every offence the stun of one
hundred dollars, to be recovered w ith costs oi
suit in the name and for the use of any person
who shall stie for the same ami prosecute such
suit to judgment in any court having cogni
zance thereof.
Section 16 Eash and every person awning
or holding stock in any bank or banking asso
ciation, who shall selltransfer or assign his
stock or any portion thereof, in any s ch bank
or banking association,shall be hivd and re
main for the term of six months from and after
such sale, transfer or assignment as aforesaid,
personally liable to the amount oi stock so as
aforesaid sold transfered or assigned hr him,
for the payment of all the debts and liabilities
of such bank or banking association existing
at the time of such sale, transferor assignment.
Section 17 This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after the Ist day of Decem
ber, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
Section 18. All acts or parts of acts conflic
ting with, or in any wav contravening the
provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.
Section 19 At the general election to be
held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first
Monday in November, in the year 1861. at all
the usual places of hohiing ejections in this
State, for the election of all officers required
bv law then to be elected, the question w heth
er this act snail become a law and go into ef
fect, or in any manner be in force, shall b<?
submitted to the people, anil if the same shall
be approved by a majority of all the votes c ist
on the subject, it shall go into etlect; other
wise it shall not go into effect nor be in force.
Section 20 The votes cast on the subject
specified in the last preceding section shall
be by separate, bidlot, and shall have written
or printed, or partly written and partly print
ed, on each of them, the words : “ For amend
ments to the Banking Law or, “ Against
Amendments to the Banking Law,” which
words shall indicate the vote for or against tho
approval of this act; aud the ballots so cast
shall be canvassed and returned in the same
manner as the votes cast for State officers arc
required by lew to be canvassed and the Sec
retary of State shall immediately, on the
completion of said canvass, publish a state
ment of the result thereof in the official state
paper, ai.d shall communicate the same to the
next legislature at the commencement of the
session, and he shall also deli'er to the State
Treasurer a certified copy thereof, with a state
ment of result of the canvass upon the subject
immediately after the completion of the can
vass.
Chaiitcr 242, approved April 13,1861, chap
ter 1, Extra Session, approted May 25, 1861.
Said election to be conducted, the votes can?
vassed, and returns made in nccoidanca with
the provisions of Chapter 7, of the Revised I
Statutes of 1858.
Given under my hand aud the great :
Seal of the State, at the Capitol in i
[L. S ] Madison, on the Ist dav of August,
A. D. 1861. ' i
LOUIS P. HARVEY.
Secretary of State. I
I N pursuance to the above, notice is hereby
yiven, that there will be an Election held
in each town and ward in the County of Pierce
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday,
being the stli day of November next—at
which time the following State and County
officers are to be elected :
A Governor, in the place of Alexander Ran
dall : a Lieutenant Governor, in the place of
Butler G. Noble ; a Secretary of State, in the
place of Louis P. Harvey ; a State Treasurer,
in the place of Samuel D. Hastings; an At
torney General, in the place of James H.
Howe ; a Bank Comptroller, in the place of
Guysbert Van Stenwyk ; a State Superinten
dent, in the place of Josiah L. Pickard ; and
a State Prison Commissioner, in the place of
Hans C. Heg, whose several terms of office will
expire on the thirty-first day of December, A.
D. 1861.
A State Senator for the twenty-eighth Sen
atorial District, comprising the counties of
Pierce, St. Croix, Polk. Dallas, Burnett.
Douglas, La Pointe and Ashland,
A member of Assembly, for the Assembly
District comprising the counties of Pierce and
St. Croix.
Also-a County Superintendent of Schools,
aril three County Supervisors in the r»-spective
supervisor districts, as follows, to-wit: One
in District No. 1, comprising the city of Pres
cott and towns of Clifton ans Oak Grove ; one
in District No. 2. comprising the towns of Ri
ver Falls. Martel and El Paso ; one in District
No. 3, comprising the towns of Trimbelle,
A rry, Diamond Bluff, Trenton, Isabelle,Hart
land and Pleasant Valley.
Also, a vote will be taken on the amend
ments proposed to the General Banking Law o
the State.
Said election to be conducted, the votes can
bass d, and returns made in accordant • with
the provisions of Chapter 7, Revised Statutes
of 1858.
Dated Sheriff’s office. Prescott, Aug. 23, ’6l.
John R. Frefw'N.
Aug. 23, td Sheriff of Pierce County.
jOb
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semi-annual STATEMENT, NO. 102.
CAPITAL AAI> SLRPLI’S
$932,302.9 8.
May Ist, 1851.
Cash and cash items, ------ <J«79.588 78
Loans well secured, ------- 56,253 29
Real Estate. - -- -- -- -- - 15,0
2626 shares Hartford Hank Stocks 27-1.859 00
2125 “ New York “ “ 193,350 00
1010 “ Boston “ “ 100.750 (>b
s<*7 “ other “ “ 58,085 00
U. Slates and State “ " 73.367 00
Har d A- N.H. R. R. Bo’ds <t 39.700 t‘o
Haltford City Bonds, 36,750 00
Conn. Ki r Co. it R. R. Co, Slock, 4,600 00
Total Assets. $932,302 98
Total Liabilities, ----- 73,241 27
For details of investment, see small cards
and circulars.
Insurances mar be effected in this old and
substantial company on voi r reasonable tenns.
Apply to J M. WHU’FI. , A<>it.
Dwellings and Fann Property insured,
fol- a term of years at very low rates. nil J 1
The Independent.
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umns will be greatly enriched for general
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Among the special departments is a Com
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groat care every week ; an interesting page of
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Children ; a weekly digest of Foreign Mi-cel
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Address PUBLISHER OF THE IN
DEPENDENT.
No. 5 Beekman street. New York.
VYYATER POWERS lor sale or lease on
VV the most favorable terms bv
N. N. POYVELL.
4 FEW choice pieces of farming land in
/ v this immediate vicinity, for sale at a bar
gain. N. N. POYV ELL.
fTIHE Subscriber offers for sale 250 lots in
| the v ilageof River Falls, among the most
desnabie fol’ business or residences in the
village. N. POYVELL.
Y ACRES on Lake St. Croix, conve-
ZUv nient to mills. One-fourth in hand,
and the remainder in one and two
years. Will exchange for logos.
N. N. POWELL.
vy'f LOTS in the vicinity of the Ycademy
i r)To those wlio will contract to build and
improve these lots, 10 per cent, wf the pur
chase money only will be required ; the
remainder on time to suit purchasers.
N. N. POWELL.
Oi'J/Y ACRES. 2*J miles from Green’s Mill
J on the Eau Galla River. There is a
quantity of good pise timber on the
above tract. The soil is ot superior
quality, Terms, one-fourth in hand,
and the remainder in lumber deliver
ed at Green’s or Holman’s mill the
coming winter. This is a rare oppor
t unity for an enterprising man of small
means to secure a home.
N. N. POWELL.
River Falls, September 1, 1361.
THJE OF PEACE
AND
THE HEROES OF WAR
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS,
Card size, on Bristol b id. suitable fur .Ylbums.
rUBUSHEII ANU SOLL> BY
E. ANTHONY,
501 Broadway. New York.
By special arrangement we publi. h in addi
tion to other portraits the Celebra'ed Collec
tion well known both in Europe and
America as
Brady’s National Photograph
Portrait Gallery.
Brady’s collection of Imperial Photographs
is justly considered one of the lions ot New
York, and in the Phonographic reproductions
of these every centre table can now have an
additional attraction in a miniature Brady’s
Gallery.. Among our publications are
Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis,
H.innibnl Hamlin, Lady Davis,
Wm. H. Seward, AL t. H. Stephens.
Salmon P. Chase, Robt. J. Toombs,
Simon Cameron, Howell C«»bb,
Montgomery Blair, Edward Bates. Gideon
Wells, Caleb F, Smith. Gen’! Scott, Col. Ro
bert Anderson. Major Slemmer. Col. Ells
worth, Gen l Butler, Gen’l Mansfield Colonel
Freinout, Col. Lander, Stephen A. Douglas,
Maj. Gen’l John A. Dix, Maj. Gen’l N. F.
Banks, Henry A. W se. John Tyler. Gen’l
Beauregard. Gen l Lee, John B. Floyd, Jacob
Thompson, P. F. Thomas, John C. Brecken
ridge, Gov. John Letcher, John Bell, John C.
Calhoun, Herschel N. Johnson. L. G. W igfall,
Ben. McCullough, Lieut. Maury, Henry
Ward Beecher, Oliver Wendeil Holmes, Hor
ace Greely, Pi of. Morse. N. P. Willis, James
Gordon Bennett, W illiara C. Bryant. W ash
ington Irving, Henry Clay. Andrew Jackson,
Commodore Perry, Dr. F.. K. Kane, John J.
Audubon, Mis. Sigourney, Mrs. Gen’l Gaines,
Charles Sumner. Gov. Andrew J J. Critten
den, Prince of Wales, Duke of Newcastle,
Zackary Taylor, George Bancroft, Lathrop L.
Motley, Sam Houston, J. tj. Adams, Emer
son Ethercge.Andrew Johnson,Farson Brown
low, Brownlow’s heroic daughter.
Together with about 500 others, to which
additions are daily i«»de. Catalogue nt on
receipt of stamp.
Price of Portraits $3 pet dozen. Can be
sent bv mail. Remittances may be made in
! postage stamps.
: Also* large collection of Photographs of
distinguished Europeans, Emperors, Kings.
, Queens, Marshals, G<nerals, Dukes, Lords,
I Authors, Actors. Aetia>*eg. Politicians and
i Clergy. Price, from 25 to 30 cents each, ac
; cordiiig to maker ai d quality.
Our establishment is also headquarters fyr
PnoroGiraj’HiC Amins
• both as Agent for the best French manufac
turer, iwid as manufacturer tinder a patent of
our own.
We have a Large assortment, varying iu
price from 90 cents to and holding from
12 portaits up to 600.
Also folding ca-es of morocco or cloth for
the pocket, to hold 2,4, 6,8 or 12 portraits.
Also various styles of framing card )>or
traits, of carved wood, metal, fiaper, composi
i tion, etc., of elegant and tasteful designs.
| Our Photographers now in the field are
daily sendaig us
CAMP SCEN’S <>F THF, PR ESENT WAR
and views of points and things of interest,
both card size, for Albums, and in Stereosco
pic form. As for instance tne Seventh Regi
ment at Camp Cameron—Tn the Trenches—
j Cooking their Meals—The Gymnasts—The
i Junction—l letmonico’s—Laura Keene’s—Gen
! eral Street Views of the Camp, etc. Also the
i Relay House, and camp scenes and scenery
thereabouts. Also Harper's Ferry before and
after the scenes of destruction. Together with
I vaj-WAV.S otl»*»»‘
Card sixe2s cents each; Stereoscopic 33cts.
■ Parties who would like a lot of these camp
■ scenes to select from—the balance to he re
> turned in good order at their own expense, and
■ without delay—can be accommodated on giv
! Ing proper New Y’ork reference.
STEREOSCOPES AND VIEWS,
! Our establishment is the great Emporium
j for everything in the Stereoscopic line, and
| our assortment is the most compete probably
i of any in the world.
The Stereoscope i* the most insturctive. in
' foresting, entertaining, amusing, and exciting
; of modern inventions.
None are too young, none too old, none too
intelligent, none too uneducated to acknowl
edge it, worth and beauty.
No home is complete without it, «nfl it must
and will j.ien<'trate everywhere.
I It pivsents to your view every part of the
j world, in all the relief boldness, perspective,
i and shapness of detail, as if you were on
I the spot.
We have an immense vaiiety of Views of
■ Sews in Paris. London, England, Scotland,
j Ireland, Wales, France, Bcigim, Holland,
I Switzerland, Spain. The Rhine, Vcrsailh s. St.
Cloud. Fontainebleau,- Tnilerics. Italy, Tur
kev, Egvpt, Athens, the Holy Land. China,
India, Crystal Palace, also Groups Historical,
amusing, marriage scenes, breakfast scenes,
picnics, statuary, etc., etc. An exqisite es
sortmcTit of Illuminated Interiors of Paia ;es,
Ohurciies. and Uath«dralsof France Italy, etc.
The effect cf th.se illuminated views is most
remarkable,
Anthony's In<?ti»nianco::».Stereoscope t jews
are the latest Photographic wonder. They
are taken in Ihe fortieth part of a second, and
everything, no matter how rapidly it may lie
moving, is depicted as sharply and distinctly
as if it had been {>erf ctly at rest. This gwna
an additional value, for to the beauties of in
animate nature it adds the charm ot life and
motion. The process is a discovery of our
own. and living unknown iu Europe, we re
ceive from London and Faris large ordi rs for
Anthony's Instantaneous Views of American
life and scenery.
Our Cat.-ilc- •of subjects and priceswill be
forwarded to ai> v address on receipt of a stamp.
Parties at a d.b,tanc<‘soiiding us $3. $5, $lO,
sls, S2O, or $25. can have r. good inftrui.ient
and such pictures as they may request, sent
by Express.
Y'iews alone (wit! ont instrument) can he
sent by mail. Id. A A TPli(l A\ ,
(3 doors south of £t. Nicholas’Hotel.) 501
Broadwav. N: v. r York, Importer and Janu
facturer of Photographie Materials, Stereo
scopes and Stereoscopic Views.
ilerchanls from every section of the
country are respectfully invited to make an
examination of onr stock.
To Photqgra; hi rs. Our Bulletin of Photo
graphic Invention and Improvement will be
sent to any address on applies' ion. Ilm6
wioinLLs;
RIVER FAEES,
PIERCE CO., WIS.
tl'ilE SUBSCRIBER maiiufactnres and
i keeps constantly on hand for sale the very
best kinds of
FLOUR, MEAL, & MILL-FEED.
GRIST-aRINDINC
Done right off and Right. Cash paid
for all kinds of Grain.
€. R. COX.
l)IS8OLl'TIO.H I
THE copartnership heretofore existing be
tween the undersigned under the name
and style of Barnes A Hutchins is this day
dissolved bv mutual consent.
C. L. BARNES.
W. W. HUTCHINS.
Frercott, June 17,1861.
The businers will be contidued by C. 1..
Baines <fc Co, b7W
Gifts!
J. A. COL 13 Y
(Former!'- J. A. Colby < C 0.,)
HAS ENLARGED HIS STORE
And now !■•* ane
THE LAKCtST STOCK
OK—
BOOKS iffl JEfflßl
11 the Country. lie has recentljr
Issued a CaUlsgua
EMBRACING E-VERYTHINO
IN THE WAY OF READING
Ift hich is tn.ai'ed free to evervbody
Are better tLau any oilier of the kind iu the
■ country,
Se’id for one £ook
And j. will bo satisfied.
BKSIDKS THH
EXPRESS CHARCES
Will not be
OA>; Q J S MUCH
A a from the Eastern cities. And vou get re
nins quicker, as the distance is much less.
WE PROPOSE TO GIVE
A Proportion of car Profits
TO OCR CUSTOMERS,
Instead of advertising so many thousands of
dollars a week in papeis, Ti qm ■'tion is,
who has to pay for it. It is i .■ < .-iomers.
lfweadverti.se less, of course can rive
better inducements to our customer* . a
gents. YY’e propose to advertise leas an., make
our Books and Gifts advertise themselves.
SEND FOR A CATOLOGUE.
ADDRESS
118 RANDOLPH ST.,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
I! ’ Death to all Vermin!! I
—IT IS TRULY WONDERFUL
with what certainty Rata, Roaches, Mico
Moles, Ground Mice, Bed-Bugs, Ants,
Moths, Musquitoes, F leas, insects on Ani
mals, in short every species of
are utterly destroyed
BY
“CoffuKs” it- itoach Exterminator,
Costafs'' Bed-Bug Exterminator,
“ Cosfar’s” Electric Powder for Insectsi
de., dec., d'C.
[The only infalliableremedies known.]
J. C. COVER, (IM. “Herald,”) Lan
caster, 87.9. “We highly r«Jccotn
mend tho Exter. More grain and pro
visions arc destroyed annual!) here
by Vermin, than would pay for Luns of
this Rat Killer and Exter., yet u hun
dredth part of the value of such prop
erty laid out in Gostar’s Exter. would
save all from loss.”
W. CURTIS, (Druggist,) Oakland, Til.
“Wo rec’d the box-care Blaksley St.
Louis—it gives great satisfaction wberc
ever tried—is a shot" every time
and no mistake.”
OSBORN PARSONS, Tq/?on, B7s.
“Your Rat Roach Exter., is all sold.
It, gives universal sati.i.'action.”
GEORGE ROSE, (Dragfst,) Carding
ton, O. “I Lave been selling your Ex
ter., for the last year, and have not
known it to fail in a single instance.”
R. WRIGHT. Troy, 0. ‘-I
hav.o.s -Id out the Ra‘, Roach &c. Ex
ter. The Rat Killer sells fast, ’
Principal Depot 410 Broadway,
New York.
AU Wholesale Druggists in New
York are Agents.
Wholesale Agents in all large cities
Druggists and Dealers everywhere
sell them.
10,000 Boxes sold per week iu N.
Y’. alone.
!’ Beware!! of spurious imitat'ons.
Examine each Box, B >ttle or Flask, and
take nothing but “COSTAII’S'’ .
§1 Boxes can be sent by Mail, suf
ficient to destroy the Vermin on any
premises.
12 Sample Packages, (1 doz.) by
Express to Dealers.
For Agencies, send for Circular,
Terms, Ac.
■Wholesale Agents for Illinois,
lowa, Wisconsin, Ac.
At St. Louis. M0.,-H Blaksley and others
“ Chicago, L’l.-J. H. Reed <fc Co. “
“ Mil., Wis..-11. Bosworth <fc Sons. “
For sale by W. F. Lewis <t Co.
Remember thit
N. S. DUNB ' R will always be found
earlv and late, at his new Brick Store, No. 12,
on the Levee, where he keeps constantly on
band everything in the line of Groceries. Dry
Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, etc., etc.,
cheap for cash. Goods given at cash prices
for all kinds of Produce.
Also, Ticket Agent of the Illinois Central,
Galena ami Chicago Union Railroads.
Prescott, May 8,1861. nltf
KTOTICS I
UVTOTICE is hereby given that thecoparf
fN neraldp heretofore existing between A.
D Andrews and B. Wilcox Under the firm
mime of A.D. Andrews &. Co. is this day
d»»lv<dbj , D ,. , u a U...«e. j t. AXDRgwa .
B YV ILCOX. njfiw4
River Falls, July 20,1861,