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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

Nh. WEBSTER AT SPRINGFIELD, Mass
We find in the Springfield Republican,
the following report of the impromptu
and very happy remarks of Mr.. Web
ster at Springfield, on the occasion Of
his reception there by men of all parties:
Citizens of Springfield: This plea
SAINT interruption of my journey from
the cares OF public business to the quiet
Of home, affords me, assure You, the
sincerest qualification. / am glad to
see Your faces here to-day. I am glad
to meet You. feel that ] am in Mas
sachusetts-that ! stand on Massachu
sets ground--that am among Massa.
chusetts men. / feel that am at home.
In other days knew Your thrifty town
Of Springfield. | knew your river, your
public squares, your streets of shady
elms. ! knew your neighbors, Mount
Tom and Holyoke. They remain, but
all else is changed. New buildings
and new faces are seen on your tho
roughfares, and yet | feel that am not
changed in my feelings towards Your
people, or the people of Massachusetts,.
lhave as great desire to serve you, as
strong wish for Your welfare, and as
warm an attachment to your interests
as ! ever had, at any period of my pub
lie life, in the various responsible posi-.
iions to which you have placed me.
The cloud that has darkened the po-
litical horizon has passed by, and what
we now want, and what ali the great in.
terests of the country demand, is peace.
We want security in the prosecution of
business and Of enterprise. We want
proiection-I do not mean it in any
technical sense, although | should re-
joice most heartily in such an adjust.
ment of the revenue laws as would pro-
tect our business and our labor-but |
mean il in that broader sense, to be
found in mutual confidence, mutual re-
gard for law. and a universal disposition
to consult the highest good OF the whole
country.
II is for this end that | have labored.
and shall labor. l am now on my way
home from some months of arduous
toll in public business. am going to
my farm-te Marshfeld. am going
10 snuff the sea breeze, and seek for re.
inEigoration and for rest; but, before /
pass, allow me to re-assure you of the
high qualification which this brief inter-
view has afforded me. You have my
best wishes for yourselves and your
families.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

The Portsmouth Inquirer contain:
an interesting letter from California
written by one of the Portsmouth,
boys. 1t is dated Fort John, March
lst. 1t says:
NJ. Gregory, w. J. Finton, jerry
Kendall, Flint Kendall, Tom Burk,
A. G. Byers, VIM. Salters, Harris
Winkler and myself are here at work
upon claims secured by VIM. Finton.
Mr.. G. & Wolfe (of Graham's sta
lion) work one claim, and the rest
work upon three claims in company.
Finton-or uncle Bill, as he is famil-
iarly called-is at present away pros
Pecting for summer diggings. We
expect him back Tomorrow when, If
he reports favorably of any place, all
will probably leave together and re-
main together until fall, when we
propose 10 go home together, and
some even promise a gathering at
uncle Bill's should they reach home
safely. In the event of Finton not
finding good diggings.we may posi-
bly, go South TO the Calaveras river.
ByeFs and SalteTs were there a few
days since.
On the night of the 22nd Of Feb
ruary, the citizens of the place met
TO observe Washington's birth day.
NJ. Gregory, among others, addressed
the meeting. Mr.. Gregory is known
to most Of our citizens as the Wing
member Of the State Senate, while
Gallia was united with Scioto in a
Senatorial district.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24
Terrible AGair.

The Corydon (Ia.) Argus Of the
18th, gives US the details OF terrible
affair that occurred in Harrison
county on Thursday night last. On
that day an Irisman named John
flanagan, moved into house near
Elizabeth, in Posey township, and in
viied one Of his neighbors to a spree
or house Uarming. He was seen
about g o'clock, in liquor, and it is
supposed that portion of the family
consisting of John flanagan, his
wife and six children, Mrs. O'Don-
mel, Patrick Slave, one adult person,
name unknown, and one child OF
J John ODonnel, deceased--went
asleep under the influence OF liquor.
While asleep, the house, by some
means, caught fire, and the roof fall
ling in, every one OF the imates,
twelve in number, met with horri-
ble death. The Argus says:
"The spectacle presented to the
persons who first reached the scene
Of the disaster was horrible and dis
tressing in the extreme. No sound
was heard save the Kissing OF the fire
and crash of falling timbers, every
member of the family having already
expired: but through the burning
chinks of the house, the bystanGers
could descern the still unconsumed
bodies ol the occupants. There lay
the mother with the body Of her dead
infant still clasped to her bosom, to
which the little sufferer had clung in
the last agonies Of this horrible death,
the bright flames shooting even from
the eye-sockets of the unfortunate
mother. A sad, sad house warming
il proved to be, indeed. The charred
remains of eleven persons have been
found amid the ruins, whilst it is
known that one child is lost, whose
remains have not been discovered" E"
A coroner's jury rendered a ver-
dict in accordance with tbs above
facts.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24
Iron RaElrond.

The Register says Of this road and
its prospects:
The actual condition Of the work,
al present, is this, viz:
Ten miles of the Road is graded
and ready for the track, with the ex-
ception OF the tunnel on the seventh
mile. This extends the road to Law
renee Furnace.
We think that FIVE weeks time will
suffice to make a passage through
the hill, the depth Of the coal vein.
to. wit: FIVE feet, and that the slate
will be removed so as to fit this part
Of the work for the track by July
4th.
All in all, we are fully satisfied,
from our own observations and cal
culations. that the road can and
ought to be complete for use to the
tenth mile stake, a little beyond
Lawrence Furnace, on the first day
Of September next. And we can
see no good reason why the business
Of La Grange, Vesuvius, Etna, Law
renee, Centre, and Mt. Vernon Furna-
ces should not be done upon the road
when the first six miles are complete.
which ought 10 be done within a very
few weeks.
it is now, however, confidently
believed that the actual cash can be
raised ere long to extend the Iron
Railroad so as to form a connection
with the interior Of the State. The
importance of this connection is be-
ginning 10 be deeply felt, and the
road l0iR be bull. A strong effort j.,
we think, TO be speedily put forth for
the extension. This, however, we
state merely as our own belief-not
from authority.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

~The New York Legislature
adjourned on the 18th. On that day
the bill to enlarge the Erie Canal
was called up in the Senate for final
passage. A Loco Senator moved TO
postpone the bill indefinitely which
being lost, twelve Loco Senators re.
signed, and left that body without a
quorum.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

At the ticket Auction yesterday
morning, the seats in the second and
third tiers Of the house were sold for
last nights concert. The competition
was even greater than before. Seats
in the second tier were sold at a.pre-
MUM OF from SO to $40, and those
in the third tier brought from 50 to
$5 premium. The aggregate receipts
for The concert last night must have
been at LEAST S20.0O0l Hundreds
who desired 10 attend could not OBJ
tain tickets.-Cin Atlas.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24
COLUMBUS.

The RELIGIous RIoTs IN MmwAU-
KIE.-We gave on Saturday, BY tele-
graph, intelligence Of an exTaordi-
nary religious excitement at Mil
waukie, on account Of lectures by
the so-called Rev. Mr.. Leahy, for
merly Monk Of La Trappe, against
the Catholic Church and Confession.
.al. II appears that The. Catholic
Priests published a notice calling on
their people to keep away from the
meeting, which unfortunately they
disregarded. The following is an
account Of the original riot:
Chronicle and atlas.
On Sunday evening, yesterday
week. Mr.. Leahy was advertised to
lecture at the Methodist Church. A
very large crowd assembIed-about
"a third Of them females. He
had not spoken FIVE minutes when
there was rush at the door, a gang
Of men came in, armed with clubs,
and others tore off the rails from the
pews, and laid about them with great
violence. Several persons were
struck on the head and badly injured.
The scene was one Of the widest
confusion. Pews were torn down;
chandeliers smashed; and the shouts
of the rioters and screams OF the
'@dnI51 wsrg IeaTlul. me audience
gradually got out Of the windows
and doors; some few persons stood
around ;he speaker and protected
him. The Mayor commanded peace,
promised that Mr.. Leahy should
leave town in the morning.
The crowd did not disperse ill a
late hour, and many persons followed
The p eacher and his escort TO the
hotel, breaking with brick-bats
some Of the windows. The city IS
in a state Of great excitement, and a
meeting has been held.
On Thurday evening he announced
another lecture and the Mayor re-
ceived an anonymous commusica-
ton threatening to tear down the
church, if he was allowed to speak.
The entire fire department and one
hundred special constables were ac-
cordingly sworn in to preserve the
peace. A public meeting was also
held 10 manifest the determination Of
the respectable citizens to MAINTAIN
order and freedom Of speech, and the
second lecture was given without
interruption. Great excitement, how
ever, is said still to exist, and threats
have been sent to the proPrietors Of
the City Hotel to burn the building
unless Mr.. Leahy was dismissed from
the house.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

The RAcE.--The steamers Mes
senger and Buckeye State, left Gin
cinnati last Tuesday, night at 10
O'Clock and 40 minutes. The Mes
renger was about three lengths
ahead when the Buckeye State push.
ed out. At Maysville the Buckeye
State was twenty minutes in ad-
vance, and arrived at Portsmouth al
= O'Clock and 26 minutes. The Mes
senger passed the same place at 9
O'Clock and s minutes. The Buck
eye State will stop at our wharf for
passengers. The Messenger will moi
stop. These are the facts as we gel
them by telegraph from Portsmouth.
Jenny Lind and suit are on the Mes
senger. According to this statement,
the Buckeye is making about III
miles per hour, and the Messenger
about l0a miles per hour.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

CONNECTICUT ELEcT1ox.-Mr: Fos-
ter probably the GopernOr Elect
Mr.. La Fayette S. Foster, the Wing
candidate for Governor Of Connect
cut, will probably be elected to that
Office by the Legislature, as there b
no choice by the people, and the re-
turns Of members elected being n
favor Of a Wing majority 10 joint BAL
lot, over democrats and abolitionists.
Mr.. Foster is a prominent lawyer or
Norwich, and has once, certaialy,
and several times, we believe, repre-
sented that town in the Legislature;
he was chosen speaker Of the House
OF Representatives at one session.
He is about forty years Of age, and IS
a gentleman Of lair talents. He mar
ried the seventh daughter Of the lats
Judge Lanman, u. S. Senator from
Connecticut, from 1919 to 1926. :
N. Y. Herald, l2sh.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

TYPE THIEvEs.--We have been
put to great deal Of Inconvenience
Of late by the repeated dePredations
Of some one upon our Office, during
our absence. carrying off type, rules,
leads, &c, thus putting US to the
trouble and expense OF sending TO the
type foundry in Cincinnati to have
them replaced. The articles taken
are Of but little value 10 any one,
save ourselves, and we are at loss to
know what would induce the vaga-
bond scamp or scamps TO appropriate
articles that are of so little value.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

A.. .,oosrty within the corporate limits Of
-. a. That ths act passed March %.
1as0- entitled AN act supplementary 70 the
80 -, In ee6orticnuaent Of q State Board Of
4ublie Instrsetion,n - be, and the same Is here
hv 40 amended as to allow the granting OF certi-
fnEfes f5r lons year.
-. al That the 9TH and eighth sections
onlT n tie act relating to school district tax,
&e, passed March 2, 1850, and al other acts
80 lSFts Of acts, inconsistenf with the pro-
-. N This act. except an act to authorize
"A establishment Of separate schools for the
ed.eation Of colored children and for other
uurposes, passed February 10, l649. be and the
zane are hereby repealed, Provided. That this
act shall not be understood to ehange,,or modify
in any respect the several provisions If the act
fsr the support and better regulation Of Com
mon Schools in the town Of Akron, and the
Gmendafory acts thereto, and ''the act for the
better regulation OF the Public Schools, in
eities. towns. &c..1 and the amendatoFy acts
thereto. and the several acts creating special
sehoSl districts, except 60 far as to require of
the Clerk or Secretary Of the Board Of any such
district, to report to the township Clerk. the
statistics specified in the eleventh section Of
this act also, to require that no money shall
Be paid by any county Treasurer to the Treas
tiref Of any Board Of Education, or other board
having charge Of the schools in any city, town,
o. township, organized either under general
q special Law, except upon the order of the
Auditor Of the proper county, and no such or
der shall be drawn by the county Auditor, un-
less the Treasurer Of such board shall first de-
posite with said Auditor an abstract Of the
records Of all the schools under the charge Of
said board, from time to time, similar to the
49, lofE u
BY the proviso Of the twenty-ffth section Of
this act; and provided further, that the board
Of education Of any city. town or village, in
which schools have been organized under the
act for the sup )ort and better regulation OF
Common Schools in the town of Akron, or any
other special act, may. at rdiscretion, adopt
fine provisions Of the act "for the better regu-
lation Of thePublie Schools in cities, towns,
&C." in part or in whole, as fully as though
sAid Schools had originally been organized un.
der said last named act.
See. "a. That the provisions Of this act shall
not be construed so as to prohibit any School
district officer now in Office, from serving out
the term for which he was elected; and should
the voters at any animal district meeting, held
on the second Monday in April, Of the present
year, fail to elect Clerk and Treasurer,
Such officers may be appointed by the Director
and hold their appointment until the next an
nual district meeting
JOHN F. MORSE,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives,.
CHARLES C. CoNvERs,
Speaker of the Senate.
March "a. 1851.
l hereby certify that the foregoing
are correct copies from certified copy
Of the original roll, on file in the Sec
retary of States Office.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

1t has been proposed by some ol
our farmers that a county Agricul-
tural Society should be formed du.
ring the summer. The June term oI
the court has been suggested as the
most proper time for 70 ming such So
ciety. We will refer to this subject
again.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

UO. Follett, former President
Of the Board Of Public Works OF this
State, and son, have established them
selves as Commission merchants in
Buffalo, N. Y.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

Our neighbor Of the Courier is evi.
IDENTIFY anxious to bit somebody. In
the following extract from that pa.
per, he talks right out in church, and
shakes bis demure vissge at advert.
sers for not patronizing the press
with more OF the same sort and bet.
ter pay. After saying that advert.
sing customers will be duly appre.
ciated, he goes on:
Not your half-price concerns, but
good sized, living priced ones such
prices as are paid for legal advertis-
ing-not full prices Tor one, and one
fourth or less for others, but all alike.
But there is no difficulty where there
is honorable competition.
Hit 'em again.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

BIRTH PLACE OF TALLEYRAND.-The
New York Courier and Enquirer pub
fishes communication emanating from
what il considers a reliable source, in
which it is attempted to show that the
great French statesman-or politician,
for he was no better-Talleyrand, was
born at Mount Desert, in Maine. An
original notion. truly, but we remember
the period when similar fancy was in
duIged regarding Marshal Ney, the
"bravest of the brave," who was also
claimed to have been native Yankee.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24
THURSDAY. = ArErL -. Issi.
There seems to be considerable

There seems TO be considerable
difficulty among the Locos, in diffe.
rent parts Of the Union, in regard to
a candidate for President in 1852
Pennsylvania is warm for the old
Federalist, Jas. Buchanan; Gen'l.
Sam Houston, Of Texas, has bis
friends; Gen1. Butler having been
defeated for Vice, wants to try for q
higher place, while Gen. Cass is
more desirous OF the honors Of anoth-
er defeat than his quondam friends
are to aid in it. But the most signi-
ficant evidence that they know that
defeat awaits them is the verulence
with which the party press assail
Gen. Scott, and the present Execu-
tive.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

HUzzA FOR THE PAcKErsE-Ths
first packet of the. Columbus and
Portsmouth line, arrived at our wharf
at lOa O'Clock to-day, and we were
Immediately put in possession, By its
obIiging officers, Of the Columbus
Journal Of Friday evening, six hours
in advance OF the mail. Thank you,
kind Iriendsl-and ticket us for the
packet the next trip We take. *
These packets are very neat and
comfortable, and will prove excesd-
ingly convs9ient for North-and-
South psssengers.--Scioto Gazetts
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

The Court of Cannon Pleas fol
Jackson county closed its Spring ses'
sion on Tuesday last. But one jury
case was tried during the term.
Evans and Ven Bebber were indie
ted for murder in the second degree.
They wers admitted TO bail, and trial
postponed until next term. a Cd
Jacksea Standard.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

"T The editor of the Ironton
Register thinks that Ironton will
have a population of $500 by the
first Of January. next. At present
il contains 933, and is not twenty
two months old.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

The Portsmouth Tribune comes to
US with the following ticket:
For President.--Winfeld Scott.
For Vice President.-Samuel F.
Vinton.--State Journal.
We have nailed no flag TO our
masthead as yet. We are not at all
uneasy about the next choice OF the
Wings for the Presidency; and Vice
Presidency; feeling convinced that
whoever may be the nominees, will
be worthy Of support.--POrts. Trib.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

rThe WIN. PHILLIPS is making he
regular trips from Pomeroy to Ports
mouth twice a week. She leaves Pome
roy Wednesday and Saturday mornings
and Portsmouth MonGay and Thursda,
mornings. She is fine steamer fol
the trade and her officers accommoda
finp
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24
The Bounty Land Law bids fair n

The Bounty Land Law bids lair to
be poor speculation, except to those
who go and settle on the lands. The
Mexican warrants, which are more
valuable than those under the last
law-because they are assignable-
are offered in some of the eastern
cities for $50, for leo acre warrants.
Taking this as basis, the 40 acre
warrants-and most Of those issued
under the late law are Of that class
-Sfe worth $3.50, just about the
expense OF obtaining them.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

Our correspondent nav, and nav
not be right in the last line Of the
following brief letter from the Queen
City. If Jenny Is married to Belleti,
then all We have to say is, that MANY
a girl has married a worse looking.
less worthy, and less accomplished
man. But zoe do not believe the ru-
moF:-State Journal.
CINCINNATI, April Is, 1851.
The "Jenny Lind" fever IS still
raging, and il any thing. on the in.
crease There is nothing talked
about but her. have meyer seen
any Of the prints that look like her.
She is beautiful on the stage. The
house last night was worth about
$4,000.
The Wings and Democrats have a
hard time Of it in the sGHy COuncil'
here. w. Bleassilly. Esq, is the
Wing candidate for President. He.
is the best looking and smarfsai-man.
in the council. He would be good
man for the next Wing candidate for
Governor"
The city is crowded with tho beau
ty Of Kentucky and Indiana. Co.
lumbus has been well represented by
both males and females. The wea.
ther is charming. The Burnet House
has now some 100 persons in the
house; and 300 ladies in the number.
"Jenny Lind" is married, and no
mistake. to Bslleli.
Yours, COLUMBUS.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

~ SPaulding. Rodgers & Co.'s
Circus, &c, will be in town Friday,
May ID. Read the advertisement
and get the dimes ready, boys.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

Mr.. P. T. Barnum delivered an in.
ssres,ing and eloquent lecture on
Temperance, on Tuesday evening,
at the Walnut street Universalisi
Church.-B.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

DR.. S. c. Bailey, of Patriot, has laid
US under obligations, for file of Pitts
burgh papers. Also. our fellow-town-
men, F. Mathers and Henry Venier
have kindly furnished US with late Gin.
cinnati papers. All. Kerr, you ARE a
Captain-you never say FAIL.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

The hotels Of the city are filed to
-overfowing, with strangers who
have como to hear Jenny Lind. At
The Burnet House alone. last evening,
there were over seven hundred pro-
yided for, and the rush still continued.
n
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

U Greiner, the Wing Poet and
State Librarian, has accepted the ap-
pointment Of Indian Agent in New
Mexico, and has left for that terri
tory.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

The State Journal gives the fist of
the Grand Jury Of the U. s. Court
now in session in that city, and says
il is informed that three are in favor
and twelve against the adoption of
the New Constitution.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24
The WooIIen Fnciarr.

This company, after a suspension
Of few weeks, occasioned by ina.
bility to procure wool, is again in
full operation, as will be seen by ref
erence 20 our advertising columns
The quantity o. the different kinds OF
woollen goods manufactured at this
mill, is superior to Eastern manufac-
ture. To those who buy to sell, the
durability Of the article is moi OF so
much consequence; but to the actual
consumer it is a matter to be taken
into consideration. That the goods
manufactured by the Union compa-
ny possess this quality to a greater
degree than the larger Eastern COM
panies, where wool and the neces-
saries OF life are higher, all who have
tested the goods know, and others
who reflect for a moment will readi-
ly believe. Ii seems to US that it is
for the interest Of our merchants to
look at these home goods before
purchasing elsewhere, as it most GER
tainly is TO those who are purchasing
for their own wearing. As the COM
Pany promises to sell to merchants as
lavorably as they can purchase else
wheres why not buy OF themi
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-04-24

Go 1T BooTs.-Mrs. Boots, OF Penn
sylvania, has left her husband, Mr..
Boots. and strayed to parts unknown.
We presume that pair of boots are
rights and lefts. We cannot say,
however, that Mrs. Boots is right;
but there is no mistake that Boots is
Lef.-Cin. Nonpdreil.