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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19
From the New York Tribune
The Nattouai Riaauces.

p Our Federal Government now
owes a Public Debt of nearly Sew
enty Millions Of Dollars; to Mexico
as the Peace Indemnity and to GER
tain OF our own citizens injured by
her, whose claims on her we agreed
TO settle and pay, several Millions
more; Ten Millions more are to be
paid 10 Texas for not foggiDg the
resi- OF US; 10 our citizens or the heirs
Of our citizens who had been plunder-
ed by France more than fifty years
ago, and whom our Government, for
a valuable consideration, covenanted
with France to pay, but never yet
has paid, at least Five Millions
more; 10 other honest and meriio.
rious claimants al least Five Millions;
so that the actual Puclic Debt Of the
Union this day is not less than One
Hundred Millions of Dollars, on
which some Five Millions oil Dollars
are annually accruiEg. Our late
Territorial acquisitions have created
an.absoluts necessity for new and
largely augmented expenditures
Either new regiments must be Great
edor old ones mounted for the pro-
lection of our yast Indian frontier,
including sUery side Of New Mexico,
which ought, for the next two years,
10 have two efficient regiments Of
real Dragons and Light Cavalry de-
voted to its defense and the e1ieeiuaI
chastisement Of the marauding saw
ages who continually infest il. We
have positively bound ourselves by
Treaty 10 protect the People Of Mex
leo from murder and robbery by the
Camanches and other sayages living
this side ofihe Rio Grande or North
oflthe Gila; rbat this stipulation has
not ystabeen fulfilled, and willrmost
certaihlyisubject us 10 rheasy claim
ofdamsges from Mexico 4niessn~e
20 rrrf-~fsf 4 40 fnrrk =
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

%. A NoBLE SEErMENT.--Gov
Helm OF Kentucky. in urging upon
4, the people Of that State the great i'm
portance Of general education, thus
concludes his remarks upon the sub
iect: g .7a55fs .a-gr5.1s s-l..5
q Without knowledge, without edu-
cation, without sciences nation can
snnt long be free. An humble village
school-house, with its unpretending
zschooimaster and ragged urchins, is
more terrible TO the despot than le-
gions of armed soldiers. Rear your
children in ignorance, and they are
ready to be made slaves. Educate
them, teach them how 10 be tree,
and no power on earth can enslave
them. a.n1! .2
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

a
do promptly face its requirements. :
California, too, the Land of Gold.
has thus tar cost our Government
more than two dollars for every dol.
lar il has returned; and still, though
we hope the worst is over, the c1st
OF Steam Mail Service on either side
OF the lsthmns, Custom Houses, Rev.
enue Officers, Indian Agencies and
Hostilities, perhaps a Dry Dock and
two or three Forii6cations, will eat
heavily into the National Finances
for years. Every dollar of Customs,
Postage, aud Land Proceeds collect.
ed on the other side Of the Rocky
Mountains will be spent there, and
probably more, leaving all the cost
OF the general protection and defense
of the country by sea and land, of
Congress, the Executive Depart
ments, Diplomatic Service, &c. to be
raised on this side. We are not sur
Prised, therefore, to hear rumors that
a new Loan will be- required by the
Secretary Of the Treasury in his
forthcoming Report, though we hope
Congress will contriTe some means
OF obviating the necessity lor grant
ing any such loan. Let US increase
the Revenue, let US retrench Expen-
do something, any thing,
rather than borrow more money in a
time OF profound peace and general
prosperity, even TO pay existing
Debts. There must be some means
practicable Of avoiding further loans,
and we are confident the Country
will cheerlully look them in the face. |
We greatly plefer an increase of Du-
lies, but we would vote for a direct |
Tax in preference TO Loan.
Patriots and Statesmen in Con-
yressl be entreated to authorize no
neV Loan on any pretext, but de-
wise nd enact instead measures
which will secure payment Of the In
erest and at least Five Millions per
innum Of the Principal of our exist
ng Public Debt. Let all who live
en- years longer congratulate them
elves that the Union is once more
rec and clear OF Debt.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

The EXTRAORDINARY" NUMBER
SEvEN.-On the 7ih day of the 7th
month, a holy observance was or
dsined to the children OF Israel, who
feasted 7 days and remained Z DAYS
in tents; the 7th day was directed 10
be Sabbath OF rest for all things,
and at the end Of z times z years,
commenced the grand jubilee: every
7th year the land lay lallow; every
7ih year there was a grand release
from all debts, and bondmen were
sci free. From this law, might have
originated the custom OF binding
young men to Z years apprentice
ship, and Of punishing incorrigible Of
lenders by transportation Tor z. twice
z, and three times 2 years. An
GENTLY a achild was moi named be-
fore Z days, not being counted fully
TO have life before the periodical day.
The teeth spring out in the 7th
month, and are shed in the 7th wear,
when infancy is changed into child
hood At thrice Z years, the iacul-
ties are developed, manhood com
mences. and man becomes legally
competent TO all civil acts; at four
times7, man is in full possession Of
his strength; at FIVE times z, he IS fit
for the business of the world; at six
times 7, he becomes grave and wise;
at Z times z, he is 10 his apogee, and
and from that time decays; at eight
times Z he is in his first climateric; at
nine times Z he is in his grand china
teric, or year Of danger; and ten
times Z or; three score years and ten,
was by the Royal Prophet pronoun-
ced the period Of human life.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19
Tse Post Master Generar. Repsr,.

ne Eost anaster Oenef11s neport.
The Post Master General, in hi
Annual Report, says the number O
mail routes within the United States
at the close OF the fiscal year ending
on the Both OF June last, was $500
the aggregate length OF such route
was l7S,672 miles; and the numbe
OF contractors employed thereon, A,
100. The annual transportation 0
the mails on these routes was 46,
/ 54I ,423 miles, at an annual cost o
! $2,724,4 ,426, making the average cos
about five cents and eight I.od a hal
mills per mile. The increase in tIlt
number OF inland mail routes during
the year was 6l9; the increase in the
length Of mail routes was l0,96S
miles; and the annual transportation
OF the year exceeded that Of the pre-.
vious year by 8 ,997, ,354 miles, at an
increased cost of S342, ,440. The mail
service in California and Oregon,
having been irregular in its perform
ance and imperleclly reported 10 the
department, has not been embraced
in the foregoing statements. There
were, on the 30th of June last, FIVE
foreign mail routes, OF the aggregate
length OF Is, ,070 miles, and the annu-
al price of the transportation there
on, payable by This department, was
S264, SOC; being an increase of S9,-
TIA on the cost Of the peceeding year.
There should be added TO the cost OF
transportation, as above stated, the
expense of mail messengers, and To-
cal and route agents, (Which expense
is chargeable 10 the transportation
fund.- and which for the last fiscal
year, amounted to 07,042; being
an increase of S45,529 on the ex-
penses of the mail messengers and
local route agents for The preceding
year. The increase OF our mail SER
vice, for the last fiscaI year, over the
year preceding, was about $40
per cent, and the increase in the to-
tal cost was about 1910 per cent.
The extent and cost of such service,
for the last year, its division among
the. states and territories, and its
comparison with that Of the proceed
ing year, will more fully appear by
examining the report of the Assist
ant first Post Master General. The
Of Post Masters appointed
during the year ending June Both,
1850, was 6,5lS. or that number
$500 were appointed TO fill vacan-
cies occasioned by designations; 233
to fill vacancies occasioned by the |
decease Of previous incumbents; 262 |
on change Of the sites Of the offices
for which they were appointed; L.
444 on the removal OF their prede-
and l.979, were appointed
on the establishment oil new offices.
The whole number OF post offices 10
The United States, at the end OF that
year, was lS,4l7. There were L.
979 post offices established, a d
509 discontinued during the year.
The report 'recomnmeds the re-
luction OF postage on prepaid half
ounce letters TO a uniform rate Of 3
cents, and when not prepaid 10 five
,ents for any distance. II also re-
that newspapers be charg-
ID at the uniform rate Of one cent
or any distance. 5 s
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19
VIrEtnsA.

2 The two houses of the General
Assembly Of Virginia met at Rich
smond on Monday last. In the SEN
ate, Mr.. Dennis was reelected Spea-
ker: and, in the House Of Delegates,
Col. Geo. w. Hopkins was unani-
mously elected Speaker. Governor
Floyd's message was laid before the
Assembly. Ii is upon the whole a
creditable document. A very con-
eideFable portion of il is devoted to
tbs subject of the internal improve
menfs Of the State. He proposes
two additional modes of getting rid
Of the free negroes OF the State
one BY allowing the same amount to
every free person Of color who shall
prove that he has removed from and
purchased lands beyond the limits of
ihe Commonwealth Of Virginia, as is
nov by law appropriated to send
such person 10 Liberia, and another
adding expauiaiion to the punish.
tnent OF eoiered persons Tor larceny.
-nOn tAe subject Of the federal re-
lafions Of the Stats and the Fugitive
Slave law his remarks are in the
main temperate, slough there. is a
naft ofhis views and reconmenda-
fions IN which we cannot concur, and
which we. may more particularly no.
ice agasynoPsis Of his message,
which we propose TO make when our
columns sdfe notso crowded asdto-
dsyGzR ReSablsesiaF 6 hAs. 'siea
81 baE .f3a-aIs Do. uoI--iiiaei Ell
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

-t-flr - = =
She loves him yet, -
/ know it by the blush that rises
Beneath the curls
That shadow her soul-lit cheek;
She loves him yeti
Through all Loves sweet DISCUSSES
In timid girls,
A blush will be sure to speak.
But deeper signs -
Than the radiant blush of beauty,
The maiden finds,
Whene'er his namc is heard;
Her young heart thrills, @
Forgetting herself-her duty
Her dark eye fills,
And her pulse with hope is stirred.
She loves him yet!
The flower the false one gave her,
When last he came.
Is still with her wild tears wet.
She'll ne'er forget.
.Howe'er his faith may waver,
Through grief and shame,
= Believe it--she loves him yet!
His faxorite song
She will sing she sings no other;
- With all her wrongs
Her life on his life was set,
Oh doubt no more;
She never can wed another;
Till life iso'er, @ ..E-
She loves--she will love him yet.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19
BEAUrrrUL SESrIMENr.-The 70


BEAUTIFUL SENTMENr.-The fol-
lowing extract is taken from
Motifs address to young men. Ii is
gem of surprising brilliancy and
beauty. We have seen the extract
published once or twice before, but
so altered from the original as 10
have lost much OF its freshness and
purity.
"I would frown on vice, / would
favor virtue flavor whatever would
elevate, would exalt, would adorn
character, alleviate the miseries OF
my species, or contribute to render
the world which inhabited, like
the heavens TO which ! looked, a
place Of innocence and felicity
Though | were to- exist no longer
than those ephemera that sport 10
the beams Of the summers morn,
during that short hour, / would rath-
er soar with the eagle, and leave the
record Of my fight and my fall among
the stars, than TO creep into the gut
ter with the reptile, and bed my
memory and nv body together in
the dunghill. However short my
Part,I would act itweIl, that / might
surrender my existence without dis
grace and withoutcompunetion.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19
EpucArIoN IN MASSACHUSETTS,.

EDUcATIoN IN MAssAcHUsErrs.-
This State has an area Of 2 $50 square
miles, and about one million inhabi-
tants. Her school fund amounts to
$9o3, 900. The money raised during
the year l849 for schools was $3.50, 600.
Other educational expenses added make
the whole sum raised in the past year
81, ,168, ,334. In that year the Stste had,
in her 3I4 towns 3,749 pubic schools.
and 8, ,163 teachers more than two thirds
of.syhom are females Her school
houses in 1913 were valued at 81, 700,
600, most Of which was raised and en-
psndsdngiihin the Twelve PEseeding
yeeEssFGo3 sislDisessE 10 ,s9nssi 81
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

BERLIN, Nov. 81

BERLIN, Nov. 81.
The Parliament has just been
opened by the King. The Royal
Speech is TO the following effect:
"My intentlonto create a Consti-
tuition which shall answer the wants
ol the German nation has hitherto
failed.
"ln my hopes of the future have
clung 10 the idea which pervades
my endeavors, cannot resume its
realization on a new foundation until
after the decision respecting the new
formation Of the German Conlede-
ration. -
81 hope that the negotiations on
this subject will soon coma 10 a
prosperous end. ! hope that our arm
aments will suffice TO protect our
rights, 9 rr ll
II this point be gained, that anna :
ment has 10 danger for The tranquil.
ty oi Europe. For my people are
not only strong, but considerable
We seek not war. We seek not 10
infringe on the rights Of any body,
but our endeayors tend 10 effect an
arrangement Of the common faiher
land which shall be suitable TO the
condition Of Prussia.
EIGHT, P. M,-The royal speech
has caused the greatest excitement.
ltis thought TO be favorable 10 the
war party. Prussia has promised
to support the Brunswick protest
the passage ofgihe federal
troops. The ministerial journal ap-
Peals TO the Parliament, entreat-
ing Them not to prejudge the policy
of the Cabinet; nevertheless, the
overthrow Of the Manteufiel Cabinet
is considered as certain.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

sdnFThsg Washington National
AonumenF IS nov ssightysfsst drom
the surfaces ofahs ground auds il Is
sfpssfsd to be- two nieet higher ebe'
funssthncIGze Of fhezsasonIsdi VS.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

yaTnx EF1scorAL eoNTssrIoE, Of
New Z oIk sassembled to elect a Pro:
visiousi Bishop IN place of Bishop
Onsisrdonk, sadj0brnsd without ma.
kigsi nyiehoiessij1ile liias inc
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

ONO WINE.7-The New Richmond
Age enumerates the iwinegardens in
their vicinity and shows fhai,;on22
acres, theIi winners smadsg $3.50 gal.
Ions siofIwine, this year, ! worth aai
least $6.460gCi bns snohsiS eds no
,bslnIofIsg ssB zaoiis9il5o al a5ida
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

: THE WoRLD's FAIR.-In couse.
tquence OF the excessive demands for
space at the great Worlds Fair the
: erection Of an additional Gallery
has been decided on with an in.
crease area Of about 5000 superb.
cial feet, I29 cases have arrived from
the PruSsian Commission and a fur
ther consignment from Prussia ol
l2O packages.
TIE FUeITIvE SLAVE LAw.-The
working OF the American fugitive
slave law is the theme Of com
ment in the English pape;s, who
look upon ii as likely TO shake the
Union TO its centre.
IRELAND.-A dreadful storm has
visited the Irish coast, which ragged
with the greatest violence in LINER
lex and its environs. All the shops
OF the quays were filed with water,
Several vessels were sunk and
number damaged. No loss of life
occurred. Much damage is antici-
pated in other parts.
FRANcE.-The sitiings Of the Leg
islative Assembly in France, have
thus far passed over without any
very important event, bat the Noun
tain is evidently waiting for an op-
portonity TO break fully into vio-
lence.
The tone of humility in which
Louis Napolean abjured all thoughts
OF selfish, ambitious schemes, seems
already at variance with his deeds
Its alleged that the 10000 men re-
iniorcement is TO over awe the NAL.
Of Switzerland and the
neighbOring Provinces of France, but |
this statement is laughed at.
The Roman Catholics Of England |
are preparing an address to the /
Throne, said to have been written by |
Cardinal Wiseman, assuring the |
Queen Of unslterable LOYALTY and un-
shaken fidelity. The following sto-
~ is current:
The Rev. DIR. Jelf, declared at a
meeting al st. Clement Danes; a few
days ago that the Queen was the
hrst to denounce the Pope's nvasion
oi her authority. when che heard
oliI,' said the Doctor she at once
sent for Sir George Gray, the Home
Secretary. who, on obeying her sum-
mons, found her Majesty walking up
and down the drawing room in
state OF great excitement, Sir George
Gray said her Majesty, Il ar Queen
Of England; will not bear this
ExTRAoRDINARY SCENE AT PUsE-
YITE CHURcu.--Durinu the morning
service al the Chapel OF St. Barna-
oas, Pimlico, on Sunday, a large
:rowd collected outside Of the edi-
ice, hooling and yelling, and rem
iering it necessary to close the
yates. A police force having been
enl for, enabled the congregation 10
cave unmofested. The mob amoun-
o about 1000 persons.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

POrtance TO the supply Of water.
-d o4E es Republic.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

TRUE BLUE.-A Quebec CORES.
pondent Of the Boston Ranger, tells
the following story OF Yankee who
has been "all round" at that places
The Yankee approached a group of
English gentlemen in front Of the
Hotel, and flourishiDg red banda
Ia, observed: avail Tve. been all
round and I've concluded we don't
want ye.n An Englishman addressed
him With "What do you think Of
the CitadeIf' %Oh, Scott woldn,t
make anything OF taking THAI. had
land fifteen miles down ihs river aad
starvs them out. sBatitis stocked
with three years provisions" replisa
thsother. Wall he'd stay Eve. lien.
G0is Anglo-S Saxon, ,thOughsNss sE
'o 1sinau .Es-s e. !5s.s al eni.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-19

glsFs ssbsv1s7 haa ,fnsi=s sLrl
m bas sid ni roiiihao5 bne z,.l
-sIq slszGgo3 Isd'o Las ,hsyEiIs sasl
'HsasrTsypa asswis5 srolsfiioo ,liey
Jaw liv'o s2l8o1q ysm siios4 bne
-1o2 sai i2is5Iq aso eao o. h5itR &
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-06-21
sELFIsHYESS UNCHRISTIAX.

Live for some purpose in the world.
Act your part well. Fill up the measure
of your duty to others. Conduct your
self so as that you shall be missed with
sorrow when you are gone. Multitudes
of our species are living in such manner,
that they are not likely 10 be remembered
amoment after their disappearance. They
leave behind them scarcely any traces of
their existence, but are forgotten almost as
though they had never been They are,
while they live, like one pebble lying un-
observed amongst millions on the shore ::
and when they die, they are like that same
pebble thrown into the sea, which lust
ruifles the surface, sinks and is forgotten.
without being missed from the beach.
They are neither regretted by the rich,
wanted by the poor, nor celebrated by the
learned. Who has been the better for
their life ! Who has been the worse for
death ! Whose tears have they dried up
whose wants supplied whose miseries
have they healed Who would unbar
the gate of life to re-admit them to exist
ence Or what face would greet them
back again to our world with a smile
Wretched, unproductive mode OF exist
ence ! Selfshness is It's own curse-it is
starving vice. The man that does 10
good, gets none. He is like the heath in
the desert, neither yielding fruit, nor see
ing when good cometh; 4 stuntod, dwarf
ish. miserable shrub.
We are sent into the world 70 do good
and to be destitute Of public spirit, is 10
forget one-half OUR errand upon the earth.
Rec. d. H. James.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-06-21

When | first went to live up at the
Grange, Farmer Blake took me into the
fields to talk to me. | was young then,
quite old enough to understand what he
said
:" My lad," said the farmer, 8 if YOU are
to learn farming, and we are to go on tidily
together, either | must teach YOU or YOU
must teach me. Now, as | happen to
know more than YOU, it will be but rea-
sonable that | should take the lead, and it
will be time enough when YOU are wiser
of the two TO alter the plan"
Farmer Blake said this in kind tone
Of voice, but the firmncss with which he
spoke, convinced me at once that his word
was to be law.
You have picked up little knowledge
at the school house." said he, and now
you must try 10 pick up little at the
Grange Farm. The first lesson that / will
give you to learn, is this-d Httle at q time.
and go on. Almost all great things are
done on this principle. The rain from
the skies comes down in little drops, and
the snow comes down in little flakes yet
both of them, by going on, cover the face
Of the ground
Look here said Farmer Blake, stop
ping at a bush, on which q spider was
weaving his web, 4" see how the little crea-
ture IS employed. First he fastens one
line, and then another, without wasting
his time by idling between, and it ill not
be very long, | am thinking. before he
catches his fly. The weaving spider, is
following the rule--G Httie ut time, and
go on"
What Farmer Blake said appeared so
very clear to me, that | wondered the same
thing had not occurred before. But the
farmer determined TO impress his first les
son deeply in my mind.
On turning round a corner we came sud-
denly upon woodman, who was telling
an elm tree, and the dry chips flew around
him as he dealed his lusty stroke with his
axe. "Oh," thought /, - the farmer will
be at me again now, about his first lesson :"
but no, not word did he speak. | saw,
however, that his eye was now and then
fixed upon me. Though the woodman
did not appear to get on very fast, yet by
repeated strokes he made great cash more
than halfway through the trunk of the
tree and not long after down came the
elm with loud crash.
Farmer Blake walked on in silence, and
| was silent too; when suddenly he said
to me, g Well, my lad, what are you think
ing of" 81 was thinking, sir, said /,
{" that the woodman has brought down the
tree, by doing little at a time, and going
on" "Just as expected" he replied !;
g and now | see that you have learned my
first lesson.p
When left TO myself thought over
every word that Farmer Blake had spoken,
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-06-21
Cbntce Ertract9.
WRONG NOT THE LABORING POOR.

BY EBENEZER ELLIOT, OF SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND.
Wrong not the laboring poor by whom ye live
Wrong not your humble felloW-worms ye proud
For God will not the poor mans wrongs forgive,
But hear his plea, and have his plea allowed.
0 be not like the vapor, splendor roll'd,
That, sprung from earth's green breast, usurps
the sky,
Then spread around contagion black and cold,
Till all who mourn the dead prepare to die
No! initiate the bounteous clouds, that rise,
Freighted with bliss, from river, vale and plain,
The thankful clouds, that beautify the skies,
Then fill the lap Of earth with fruit and grain.
Yes! emulate the mountain and the flood,
That trade in blessings with the mighty deep
Till soothed to peace, and satisfied with good,
Mans heart be happy as child asleep.