Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-03-06
.corr..pond.ne. Of G.llipoli, Journal
CNcInNATI, Feb. D.


leave the city as | had hoped. to en-
;oy trip TO Cleveland over the new
Railroad, / will send you a few jot
ings from here as usual. notice in
several papers the advertisement o
Amos Kendall, notifying the stock
holders OF the N. o. and o. Tele.
graph Co., that their line is finished
80 N. y. | remember re ding
in the tgood book" of certain one
who. on giving UP the ghost, exclaim.
ed, 'sIt Is finished" and so a; last il
seems 20 me a certain aboard of con,
iroln may now say, and breathe free
again, Was there ever a humbug
In this wide world that did not al
last have ,"a fnishl" What right
have We not to think that ever as
great haR1bug as the N. o. and o.
Telegraph Line should not gel
ssinished2' By the time the Con-
stitutional Convention adjourns, and
can say they have finished" their
iabors, the people also will be ready
80 exclaim, "another humbug is fin.
fshed." By the way, said Conven-
tion iogs along at little more rapid
pace than usual or heretofore, and
the prospect is, that it UiH by the
10th prox., be ready and willing TO
exclaim, sit is Finished" but its ghost
will no. depart from among US like
decent and respectable ghosts, but l
fear me that il will, like a bad story,
return in part or in whole to trouble
its inventors, If it do not kick them
into obscurity. Some OF its members
will return TO their homes TO receive
the congratulations Of their friends,
and the plaudils OF "well-done good
and faithful servant" but others,
some will go TO that land OF shadows
and OF dreams. where all forgotten
things OF earth will reappear; but
they will never again be dug from
the tomb Of obscurity, 10 figure upon
the political stage of life-at least
my prayer is $50 mote it be-"
The most exciting thing here upon
the carpet of late, is a rather spicy
''pass at quilts" between two or three
of our prominent citizens, involving
the reputation and management OF
ssthe Western Art Union;" and has
been prolonged in the columns Of one
Of our papers, in which both parties
are handled without gloves, and by
the time the subject is dismissed, il
is my opinion that neither the presi-
dent nor directors OF that addle con-
cern, of the past year, will have
much to be proud of or many laurels
to repose upon. 1t is charged that a
species of petty favoritism has been
pfacticed by the managers, towards
artists of inferior merit, their works
bought up FOR the "concern" at great
prices, whilst other artists like the
Frankinstiens, Sontags, Reid, Bran
nan and others, have been overlooked,
their works passed by, and themselves
left 10 shift as best they might. How
much Of these charges are true |
will not say, but certain it is that
with the large sum Of $23, 500, TO
dispose Of in purchasing and pro-
noting works Of art, the greatest
dissatisfaction prevails in regard 10
the whole concern, and the appa-
rent defaIcation Of certain member
of the board Of managers, has not
.aIlayed nor quieted this feeling. but
on the contrary, a large number Of
subscribers to the Western Art
Union are pretty well satisfied, that
that institution is first among great
est humbugs afoat, and that all The
"outlines'' capable of being stitched
foQeiher between New York and
Cincinnati, can't save it and its hum
bnga ,ps:;centees from sinking. One
word as 10 the al: Union in my own
Behalf, (andI believe speak the SEN
timents Of hundreds and thousands
ia the West) il an institution Of this
sort could be gotten up and conduc-
ted upon FIRST and honorable princi-
ples, directed by men in whom the
,uhole public could rely, men who
would have at least one eve open to
see in Western artists all their merits,
and who would labor 10 promote
the arts in their true sense as we'll as
toisdevelope and encourage native
genius, thereby adding additional
glory. 10 their country, you would
see such a generous and enthusiastic
support given TO if. as would aston
isbthese adun COW" potentates that
have swayed the destinies, for the
last iwslvemonih, Of this great Wes-
tern funky hnmbug. Imay refer to
this subject again. sra esq
On Wednesday last, we received
.hs Glad news that the Cincinnati,
Columbus, and Cleveland Railroad
Was afnahed," and that on Friday
fhs train would make IFS first regular
trip from Columbus 10 Cleveland
Invitations were given to the Mayor
and Council OF Cincinnati. 10 60 over