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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02
THE OLD COTTAGE CLOCK.

-i-i1oi BIZ C. SWAIN,
OH me old old clock, Of the household stock,
Wa, fbe brightest thing and nestest;
II, hands, though cold, had a touch Of gold,
And its chime rang still the sweetest;
Twas moniter, too, though It's words were
few,
Yet they iised, though nations altered;
And its voice, still strnne, warned old and young
When the voice Of friendship ALTERED;
Tick--tiek! ii said; quick. quick to bed;
For ten I've given warning.
Up, up--and go--or else you know
You'ii never rise soon in the morning!
Afriendiy voice was that cid, old clock.
As it stood in the corner smiling,
And blessed the time, with merry chime,
The wintry hours beguiling;
But cross old voice was that tiresome clock
As Il called at day-break boldly,
When the dawn looked grey. Ger the misty way
And the early air blew coldly;
Tick--tict . it said; (; quick out Of bed;
Fer four I've given warning;
You'll never have health, you'll never have
wealth,
Unless you're soon up in the morning!
Still bourIy the sound goes round and round,
With tone that ceases nsver,
While tears are shed for the bright days fed,
And the old friends lost forever!
Its heart beats on--thongh hearts are gone
That warmer beat and stronger;
It's hands still inoye-though hands we love,
Are clssped on earth no longer!
Tick--ticki it said; TO the church-yard bed;
The grave hath given warning,
Then up and rise. look up to the skies,
And prepare for heavenly morning.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02

burst assunder as il were the band:
Of love which had bound her TO her
fathers fireside, aud sought no Other
boon than your affections; left, il
may be, the care and delicacy Of q
home OF indulgence, and now, what
must be her feelings, If she gradually
awakes TO the consciousness that you
love her less than before; that your
evenings are spent abroad, that you
only come home at all to satisfy the
demand Of your hunger, and TO find
resting place for your head when
weary, or a nurse for your sick
chamber when diseased "
Why did she leave the bright
hearth OF her youthful days? Why
did you ask her to give up the enjoy.
ments of happy homel Was il
simply TO darn your stockings, mend
your clothes, take care of your child
ren, and watch over your sick bedl
Was it simply to conduce to your
own comfort? Or was there some
understanding that she was TO be
made happy in her connection with
the man she dared 10 lovei
Nor is il a sufficient answer, that
you reply that you give her home,
that you feed and clothe her. You
do this for your help; you would do
it for any Indifferent se-keeper.
She is your wife, and unless you
attend to her wants, and in some
way answer the reasonable expecta-
tions you raised by your attentions
before marriage, you need not won-
der if she be detected, and her heart
sink into insensibility; but if this be
SO. think well who is the cause Of it.
We repeat, very few women make
Indifferent wives, whose feelings
have not met with some cutwa rd
shock, by the Indifference or thought
lessness of their husbands. 1t is
our candid opinion that in majority
OF the instances OF domestic misery,
the man is the aggressor. .s
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AQUIET MAN DtsPosuNo OF ArIr.
sULr.-Lord Mark Kerr,who ais,iu-
guished himself at thH battle Of Fon-
tenoy. was a good but eccentric OH.
Ger and a terrible duelist. His debut
was remarkable. He was lad Of
slight, effsminate appearance, appa-
renIly void Of spirit. His father, the
Marquis OF Lothian, when be brought
him to London to join his regiment
the Coldstream Guards-requested
the Colonel, who was his particular
friend, to watch over him 10 see that
he submitted to no improper li5sr-
ties. and to instruct him in the way
he should 60 in case he had the mis-
fortune TO be insulied. Those were
the days Of hard drinking, "prodig-
ious swearing" according 10 my Un.
Gle Toby, and much brutality of man.
ners. This pacific young scion Of no.
billty soon became butt at mess, q
stop peg TO hang their practical jokes
on, until at last captain Of years
standing actually threw q glass of
wine in his face. He still said moth
ing, but wiped his face with his hand
kerchief, and took no further noiice
Of the insult he had received.
The Colonel thought il was high
time to interfere, and invited him to
breakfast, tete-a-tete, on the follow
ing morning at nine O'Clock. Lord
Mark arrived punctualIy, ate his
breakfast with perfect composure,
and spoke but little. At length the
commanding officer broke ground
"Lord Mark" said he, must speak
to you on, rather delicate subject;
but as your fathers friend lam COM
PEELED to waive ceremony. Captain
l., yesterday morning, publicly
passed an affront on you, which both
your honor and the crsdit OF the reg
imenl require you to notice. "What
do you think. sir, / ought to DOR in
quired Lord Mark. "CalI on him for
an explanation" rejoined the Colo.
mel. aft is, fear, too late for that"
replied the young ensign; al shot him
at eight this morning, and, if you
will take the trouble to look our of
the front window, will see him on .,
shuiterl" aaa.-s
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02
THE MODEL BABY.
BY FANNY FERN.

Ii never wants TO nurse when
mamma has on her best dress, that is
made to fasten behind.
II wears but two clean frocks a
week.
II has no objection, when lying
on its back in the cradle, wide
awake, 10 have dozen flies walking
over its little face in different direc-
tions, and doesn't get mad because it
can't hit them in the right spot with
its little fat, useless hands.
II never goes into fits when the
large black cat jumps into the foot Of
the cradle, and stands whisking her
tail round, and staring al it with her
great green eyes.
Ii is unnecessary for visitors who
wish to tend it, to dress in oil cloth
or India rubber, or to hold its hands
to prevent their eyes from being
clawed out.
1t knows the difference between
Valenciennes lace and imitation, and
never lays profane fingers on the
former.
If it is taken to the common by
Peggy, the nurse, and she meets John
(as agreed upon) and puts the baby
on the grass, whilst hey "cast
sleeps eyes," and make love, il
never interrupts the thread Of their
discourse, though half an hour since
| it rolled oven on its face; has been
snuffed at by the dogs, and had a
dozen blades Of grass or more tickling
its nose all through that interesting
period. Its patience is still unex>
hausted. on their march homeward
when Peggy, in a "brown study,''
lays it over her right shoulder III
should have been over the left), quite
unconscious that the sun is scorching
its eyes out.
When it returns home, and visions
of a "land overfowing with milk''
begin to, float through its brain, and
mamma is in the parlor with COM
pany in full dress, and can't think OF
being bored 10 nurse, and Peggy, still
thinking of John, and loving her
ease as well as her betters, silly ad-
ministers dose oil paregoric-it re-
signs itself TO its fate without any
signs of discomfort whatever.
Its also enough of a Spartan 10
make no objection TO being made a
living pincussion, and never thinks
of demonstrating, though the pin
has been working IFS way into its
shoulder, ever since it was dressed in
the morning, and; remains undis-
turbed until il comes off with the
dress at night. -
Lastly-its crowning excellence
lis that il never wakes when papa
comes to bed, but stays in the crib
until morning. IN s.ivigL
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j DIyIDING THE HoUsE.-An old fel-
low was turned out of doors for dis
respectful behavior: repairing to the
next neighbor, he hailed him with a
"Good morning, Mr.. ~" eGood
morning johnny was the reply
'eWell, neighbor 6. and l have been
dividing the house" "Ahl Johnny,
and how did you divide itr' "Hal
hal hal--Why, he look the inside and
gaven.e the out" -
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02

UNFoRTUNATE AFPAIR.-When the
fine steamer Buckeye State, Capt. Belts
hoover, came down upon her last trip,
happy party of four, two ladies and two
gentlemen, got on board at Pt. Pleasant
for the purpose of visiting our city upon
a marriage excursion. twas the inten.
ton Of two Of these young people, Mr.
Hiram Blake and Amanda Corning, to
be united in the holy honas-of Eedlnck
as soon as they arrived here. But how
strange is the mutability Of affairs. Not
long after the party got on board, the
boat got aground; and Mr.. Blake, in
passing along the guard near the cap
stan. got his leg entangled in a line,
pitched overheard and drowned. He
never rose to the surface Of the water,
and therefore all the efforts made to res
cue him proved futile. The party len
yesterday on the Buckeye State for
home, the young bride IN expectance
with heart so broken that she hardly
knew her own friends.
ai n9- sf- Gin. Eng, 18Th.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02

AN INCIDENT OF lSI2.-In a.
speech delivered at Newark, on,
Wednesday last, Judge Conrad, Of
Philadelphia, in answer to the charge
of cowardice, made against Gen.
Scott, produced a document, which
was sworn 10 several years since, as
part evidence on pension claim
This was the evidence Of a soldier at
Lundy's Lane, who stated in his af-
firmation that Gen. Scott, after he
was wounded, rode TO the lire where
the soldier was stationed, "his neck,
breast and arm in a gore of blood,
which ran down his leg and trickled
from his foot upon the ground, and
said to'the commander OF the line,
Il am ,0ounded and Very ,Ceak-I
,gant one OF your young men to get
up behind me on my horse.' A
young man threw down his musket,
and at one spring leaped on his
horse, enclosing the General in his
arms, and they slowly gallopeG away
10 the main body Of the army"
The excitement produced by read
ing this document was thrilling in
the extreme. The hundreds present
rose 10 their feet and gave most vehe-
ment cheers, So that il was some
minutes before the speaker could
proceed. .~,.-l-
This is the man over whose first
defeat the Locofocos are now firing
and getting up illuminations
and boniresI
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02

A few years since, at the cslebra-
ton Of our national anniversary, a
poor tinker who was present, being
called upon for a, toast. offered the
following: sHere is a health 10 pow
erty; ii sticks to man when all his
friends desert him." sn
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02

DEAR SLEEP.-The Parkersburgh
(Va.) Gazette has the following good
one: -l'
One night this week a stranger
called at our wharf boat, took Iodg,
ings, and requested 10 be called in
time for the first boat that was going
westward. ~
An hour passed, and down. came
the packet, blowing and whistling as
only our liners can blow and whistle.
Our passenger was aroused, and
told 10 "hump himself" as the boat
was in, sight. eE .T SIT
"How long," inquired the drowsy
traveller, rubbing his eyes, shave /
been asleepi" .T 3s 80, -
"About an hour" was the reply.
whats the damage for lodgingr'
1.-TWO bits" replied the, polite
wharf.master, in his biandest tone.
1.-TWO bitsl well, mister, I'm
mighty glad you woke me so soon.
Two bits an hourl Why, stranger,
at that rate, if ! had slept till morn
ing | would have been dead broker
So saying, our calculating friend
forked ovsr,s stepping aboard the
steamer, and went his way rejoicing.
He was one Of the k'chaps. and can
travel on. e-s ,lt,,s;vs.g
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02

: aYou quarrel with your wife. my
friend; and why-do you not think
and wish alikei"' "God knows we
dol" said poor Caudle; "each Of US
wants 10 be master.'' ~ -
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02

Billy Bowlegs, il is now supposed,
will not voluntarily leave Florida The
Savannah Georgian hopes that he will,
be among one Of the FIRST removals. Gen.
Pierce makes after bis inauguration. eSs
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02

. "Always be prepared for dsath.''
This was the admonition OF a Ms
souri, eIder,-as he placed in his sons
belt two bowie-knives and pair ol
revolvers. ~ ts..
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02

An Eastern Editor says that in the
town where bis paper is published, a
rattlesnake was killed few days ago
by man with thirteen rattles.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02
GALLIPOLIs. OHIO. DECEMBER 1854! !..l1

natians how to turn a penny on
that also; and then the pig was used
upl-M Y. Times. ri. 7o.egr .i..
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02
FEMALes. IN JAPAN.--The besI

An advertisement in a newspaper
is like a circle in the water, con-
tinualIy spreading itself. Throw in
your rocks and try it.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02

POPULATION OF THE GLoBE.-The
population of the globe is supposed TO be
less than one thousand millions--937,-
100000. A French writer, alluding to
the subject, says:
If all mankind were collected in one
place, every four individuals occupying
a square metre, the whole might be con.
tanned in a field ten miles square,
Thus, generally speaking. the popula-
tion ofa country might be packed, with
out much squeezing, in its capitol. But
the mean idea this gives US OF the num>
Der Of the human race is counterbII-
anced by its capability of extension
The new world is said TO contain OF pro-
ductive land 4 100000 square miles OF
middling quality, each capable of sup
porting 200 inhabitants; and 100000
of better quality, capable Of supporting
500 persons. According TO this calcu-
lation, the population Of the new world,
as peace and civilization advance, may
attain TO the extent of 4,000,000,000.-
If we suppose the surface of the old
world to be double that of America land
notwithstanding the comparative poverty
of the land this calculation may be ac-
cepted, if we say nothing of Australia
and the various archipelagoes) it would
support 100000, 900; aud thus the ag-
gregate population of the entire globe
might amount TO l9,000.000,000, or
twelve times the present number. .f
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Theory is the guide Of practice, the
practice is life Of theory. i'''-
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-02
From the Cotton Plant. -,
Scenes In Waskingisn-Luneh Besm In
n ths CapIfsl.
BY A SMOKER.

D1 n oMOAnae
The best lunch to be had in the city
of magnificent distances, is in the lunch
room at the capitol. The readers of the
universal Cotton Plant must not be sur.
prised to hear that within the walls ol
the capitol of this great republic is just
as snug and eozy restaurant as to be
found anywhere in the world. Here
chubby looking pigs, that seem to have
been caught las the artists have ii, and
cooked in the agenies of death; turkeys
and chickens kicking up their legs; ducks
with folded wings; beefbeautifully roast,
ed; ham 'in champaign;' suspicious
looking bottles; long necked do, silver
capped do, black do, blue do. green do,
short do, square do and stout do; with
eggs and butter, and coffee, and sugar,
&c, &C., are congregaied to satisfy THE
assembled wisdom that all's right in he
country (The roast Pig which looks
as though it had died ofaPoplexy shows
ihat.) no
II is marvellous sight, 10 see Gen.
Cass and Gen. Rusk talking over the
Texas boundary with their mouths ful!
of bread and butter; to see Soule and
Sumner Uis uis over the agonizing
turkey; TO deliberate upon the sublimity
Of Seward preferring his fingers TO a
fork, as he munches away at the drum
stick of chicken, (of which he is fond. }
| say ii is a marvellous sight.
Just fancy old Jacinto and Borland,
after tilt in the Senate, to breathless
audience: rHt
HoUsroN-"Borland, | rather got you
on the n.sti-tu~tion-al al"-(his voice
lost in huge mouthfull Of roast beel
and dry crackers.)
BoRLAND-"I don't know exactly
tpiece OF Pickle)-I think the constitu-
ton is clear on the point. piece Of
ham.) There may be some slight mod
ifcation-( brandy and water)-due the
question in all its expansions-(unbut-
ions the lower button of his waistcoat)
but I'm ofopinion, General-(another
piece Of ham) that you are wrong-(fin-
ishes the brandy and water.)
Just behind these. Hale is making
Hunter laugh his eyes out, while in a
corner, you will see a couple of Cabinet
men (ths 'undertakers' ofths Admins
trGtiOn) with the Speaker mingling the
probability of war with England, with
'toddy' that would even tempt Sam
Houston.
The room is always open, but con-
Quoted with great propriety.
There are many other mice little
things about the Capitol which have
in nv notes. and which are at your
cnnnmand &c daanad infarnsfinn
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
Signed by III names
ULY "a, 1S5

What faith can be put in the certificate OF
the space of a few paragraphs? The Memphis
Eagle and Enquirer has the following COM
ment:
But the hundred certihers have most grossly
stultifed themselves in their own card. For in
stance, speaking of the report of Gen. Pierces
speech at New Boston, as published in the Man
chester Democrat, they say:
I'VE do not hesitate to pronounce it. without
any qualification. tissue OF ialsehoods from begin
ming to end. In Whole and n. part IN SUBSTANCE
and DETAIL, it is entirely grossly false"
Mark the particularly of this language. They
declare that the report is false 'in whole and IN
part" in substance" and in 'pErAIL"-n short.
that every WORD of the report is entirely; and
grossly talse' and sheer fabrication from begin
ming to end. And yetimmediately afterwards, in
the very next sentence, in order, we suppose, to
give their testimony something like the color of
truth, they used the following strangely contradic
tory language:
No one expression there imputed to General
Pierce is correct, and MOST THEM are entire fab
relations, without the sig htest shadow OF truth"
In the first place, they set out by declaring that
the report, in substance and dea' is entirely,
grossly false" and then for fear that would be too
much Tor human credullty. they go to modify
their language by saying that the Expressions"
Imputed to Gen. Pierce are only not CORRECT"
and that not ALL of them, but only MOST OF them"
are iabrications!
We have often heard of dishonest witnesses
catching themselves and tasiiying their own
testimony before jury OF twelve men; but to see
one hundred eager partlsans come FORTH and be-
lore the whole country. III the face OF the world
thus deliberately stutily themselves and discredit
their own testimony, is certainly the sublimest
instance of the kind on record
"MosT'' of the expressions imputed to Gen.
Pierce are "iabrications," but not aH of them
Will these very willing witnesses be good enough
to inform the country which of them are fabrica-
tions and which OF them are not? The people OF
the South would like to know. And then too
they would like to hear what Gen. Pierce HIM
self, has to say on this interesting subject
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08

The Land Reformers'' held meeting
at New York on the 10th instant 1t was
resolved to hold a mass meeting at an early
day in the Park, to express their disappro-
baton of the proceedings of the Land Com
mittee of the Senate in the rejection Of the
homestead bill A resolution was offered
to the effect that the Land Reformers of the
city of New York would not endorse either
of the candidates OF the two parties till they
endorsed the measure which they advocated;
and that Il committee be again appointed to
communicate with them. But, after discus
sion it was laid upon the table.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
From the Republic, July %, 1852
Affidavit of Wr. FOsS.

I, Andrew T. Foss, of Manchester, in the
county of Hillsborough, and State of New
Hampshire, depose and say, that on the I'd
day OF January, 1852, attenaed political
meeting at New Boston, in said county,
which was, addressed by General Franklin
Pierce; that [ went there for the purpose
of reporting the speakers, and that the re-
port of the speech of General Pierce, where
in he declares that he "loathed the Fugitive
Slave law" &C., was furnished by me to
the editor of the Manchester Democrat ;.
that the same was written out by me on the
evening after the meeting from notes taken
on the spot and that the facts therein
stated, as published in said Manchester
Democrat and also in the independent
Democrat, are true. l distinctly recollect
that General Pierce said, among other
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08

in the Manchester Democrat of the 9Th
of January last, and republished in the
Washington Republic of the 18th instant,
purporting to give an account of General
Pierces speech at New Boston last winter,
deem it due to truth to make the following
statement:
Viewer all of us present on the occasion
referred to, and are. therefore, able to speak
positively in regard to the truthfulness of
that report We do not hesitate to pro-
nounce it, without any qualification. tissue
of falsehoods from beginning to end. In
whole and in part, in substance and detail
it is entirely and grossly false, and was so
denounced by those of us who saw it at the
time Of its original publication. No one
expression there imputed to General Pierce
is correct, and most of them are entire fab
relations, without the slightest shadow of
truth
General PIERCE 5 speech upon this occasion
was an able, bold, and eloquent vindication
of the course pursued by the Democratic
party Of the State in resembling the nomi-
nation of John Atwood, their former candi-
date for Governor, on account OF his joining
with the Abolitionists in their opposition to
the Compromise measures He spoke Of
the Fugitive Slave law as an act in perfect
conformity to the requirements of the con-
stitutor, and one that we were bound by
the highest consideration to observe and ex-
ecute in good faith. He alluded to the ar
guments made use of by the higher law
politicians, and denounced their doctrines as
fanatical and dangerous. He showed that
their objections to the present Fugitive
Slave law applied with equal force to the
act of 1893, and even the Constitution it.
self The law OF 1898, he said, had re-
ceived the approval of Washington and
many Of the wisest and purest patriots
among the founders of our Republic; and
he considered these men as moral, as virt;i-
Gus, and as conscientious as those noisy Alb
oltionists who were now trying to overthrow
the institutions they have established.
To us who are acquainted with the char
acter of the warfare the Abolition organs of
this State have been accustomed to wage
against the Democratic party, communica-
tions in their columns like the one above re-
ferred to occasion no surprise. Here they
can deceive no one But as desperate at
tempt has been made abroad to prejudice
General Pierce by reviving some Of their
miserable Enlsehoods. we have deemed it no
more than a simple act Of juctice to publish
over our own signatures the foregoing de-
claration
July "a, 1852.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
get your kindness and friendship toacaads

ger n01tr Gzn0'aeSS ana frae2adSh1p t01cd9dS
me.''
We can merely touch upon few of the
remarks of General Pierce. His speech
will probably be published at full length ;
when it is, We shall lay it before our read
ers
He was interrupted several times by El-
der Foss, Who propounded various questions
to him, which General P. promptly answer
ed to the satisfaction of the audience certain
ly, however it may have been to the Elder.
This Mr. Foss is one of the wisest men in
New Boston, that is, in his own estimation.
For several days previous to the meeting he
had made great splurge about what won
derful things he was going to do at the
meeting. "Bill Grove Of Weare, had
been invited down to meet General Pierce,
and the Elder intimated that resolutions
would be introduced and passed by the
meeting. which would not be quite SO salts
factory to General P.s friends. But the
magniloquent and valiant Elder made DO de-
monstration of the kind, no "coup d'etat,"
as the French would say. No "Bill Grove
appeared.