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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-02-17

COURT SCENE. "Sirl" said fierce
lawyer, "do you on your solemn
oath, swear that this is not your
hand-writingl"
81 reckon not" was the cool re-
ply.
"Does it resemble your writing?"
ayes, sir, think it don't"
"Do you swear that it don't re.
semble your writingl"
"Well | do, old head"
"You take your solemn oath that
this writing does not resemble yours
in a single letteI"
"Y-e s, STRIP
SNOW how do you knowl"
"Cause | can't write"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-02-17

RANCID BUTTER.--The Echo du
Monde SdUdnt says:-"A farmer in
the vicinity OF Brussels having sue
ceeded in removing the bad smell
and taste of some butter by mixing
it with chloride OF lime, he was en-
couraged By this experiment, and he
has restored to butter, the taste and
odor OF which were insupportable,
all the sweetness OF fresh butter
This operation is extremely simple
and practicable by ali. 1t consists
simply in working the butter in a
sufficient quantity Of water in which
from 25 to 80 drops Of chloride OF
lime have been added 10 every two
pounds of butter. Alter having
mixed it till all particles are in con-
tact with the water, it may be left in
it for an hour or two, afterwards
Withdrawn and. worked again in
clear water. The chloride of lime
having nothing injurious in it, can
with safety be augmented; but after
having varied the experiment, il
was found that from 25 to 80 drops
TO every two pounds Of butter were
sufficient"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-02-17
ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY Sol

ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY Sol
DER GoNE.-James Laffoon, aged
80 years, died at Fayette county,
KY, on the 9th of December. The
deceased was in the revolutionary
war, and served in the Virginia line.
He was in the battles Of Guilford
Court House, Cowpens, and was a,
the surrender of Lord CORVALLIS,
at Yorktown.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-02-17
Whole Number 500

Sec. II. That the Commissioners Of
the State Library shall, five days pre-.
ceding the commencement Of each reg.
ulsr session Of the General Assembly,
make a report to the Governor Of sll
receipts and expenditures. and Of the
condition of the Library and all other
matters in relation thereto that they may
deem expedient for the information OF
the General Assembly; and said report
shall be communicated BY the Governor
to the General Assembly, along with the
reports Of the Executive Departments
and State institutions.
Sec. 19. That the act entitled 1An
act relating to the State Library" pas
sed January 20, 1924. and the act TO
regulate the State Library, passed March
9Th, ls45, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed.
JAMES G. JOHNSON,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
W. MEDILL, ss q
President Of the Senate.
January q. 1853.
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GALLIPoLIs. OHIO, FEBRUARY IT, 1859.

them to the corner o. the room, as
far as we could get from Mr.. G..
He then told US every card we
looked at as correctly as though he
had them face upwards before him.
He carried this still further-we
shuffled and cut them again, and
then dealt several hands, when he
told what each hand contained with
out having them turned over. This
most wonderful feat closed the truly
astonishing exhibition.
There is deep moral lesson in
Mr.. G.'s private and public lectures,
and we hope he may not leave our
city until all have witnessed his ex-
positions Of gamblers and card
manufacturers. Our Legislature
should take this opportunity to avail
themselves of his knowledge and
pass such a law as will reach this
class of evil doers. We think Mr..
Green is doing much good and de-
serves the countenance of good men.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-02-17
AN ACT

Supplementary to the act for the relief Of in
solvent debtors.
SIC. I. Be u enacted by Re General .ass.uabiy
Of the Slate Of Ohio, That any person who may
be imprisoned under any process issued
from any Courts of this State, for the
collection Of any fine or penalty inn
posed by virtue of any law Of this Stale
for the punishment of any offense, shall
be entitled to all the benefit Of the act
EMIT ed "An act fer the relief Of Insol.
vent Debtors" and Of any law amenda-
tory thereof, in the same manner as
though the amount of said fine, penalty
or costs had been recovered against such
person in any civil action; Provided,
that the judgment defendant shall not be
entitled TO the benefit Of this act until
the expiration of sixty days imprison.
ment on said judgment, unless .he Court
rendering such judgment, or any Judge
thereof in vacation, shall otherwise di.
rect.
JAMES C. JOHNSON,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
W. MEDILL, -
President Of the Seaale.
February I, 1853.
| hereby certify that the foregoing laws are
correctly copied from a certified copy furnished
this Office. d. D. HEBARD. Auditor.
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The Wife.

II needs no guilt TO break hus-
bands heart, the absence Of content,
the mutterings Of spleen; the untidy
dress and cherries home, the for
bidding scowl and deserted hearth,
these and other nameless neglects,
without a crime among them, have
narrowed 10 the quick the hearts
core OF many a man, and planted
there, beyond the reach Of cure, the
germ of dark despair. Oh! may
woman before that sight arrives,
dwell on the recolIections Of youth,
and cherishing the idea OF that tune.
ful time, awake and keep alive the
promises she then so kindly gave.
And, though she may be the injured
not the injuring one--the forgotten
not the forgetting wi;e--a happy
allusion 10 the hour OF peaceful love
"a kindly welcome TO a peaceful
home-a smile OF love 10 Danish
hostile words--a kiss Of peace to
pardon all :he past, and the hardest
heart that ever locked itself within
the breast of selfish man, will soften
to her charms, and bid her live, as
she had hoped, her years in match
less bliss, loved, loving, and content
the source Of comfort and the
spring of joy.-Chdm6ers' Journal.
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From Oregon.

We have received the Puget
Sound Columbian and the Oregon
Statesman, by the last arrivals. That
distant territory appears to be -four
ishing; emigration is flowing in, and
the foundations OF new States on the
Pacific are being laid by the brave
and enteTprising pioneers from the
East. If
The people Of the northern parts
Of the territory are bound to have u
separate territory Of their own. We
think they are entitled to IT, and we
hope that Congress will lose no time
in granting their reasonable request.
Already steps have been taken TO or.
ganize separate department. We
clip the following items from the CO.
lumbar: l.--5
The New Territory Cenvenssou. %
II becomes our pleasant duty 10
announce that the delegates from the
different precincts OF Northern Ore
gon duly met at Monticello on the
25th ult. We have just received the
report Of the proceedings, but too
late for this weeks paper. Our next
number, however, will contain ths
iull proceedings of the Convention.
Notwithstanding the inclemency Of
the season, the great distance 10 be
travelled by large number OF dele
gates, and the present deficiency in
the means Of conveyance, the Con-
vention was largely attended, thus
showing that Northern Oregon is in
earnest when she asks for a separate
territorial organization. II appears
that the utmost harmony and una
nimity prevailed during the session.
The delegates were enthusiastic in
their support Of the common cause;
eloquent and moving speeches were
delivered BY different gentlemen, and
the whole proceedings are charac.
terized by energy and spirit. The
memorial is couched in strong and
expressive language, and is signed by
the names Of lorty-four delegates,
not single one dissenting.
We cannot think that such deci.
ded expression Of the people Of
Northern Oregon will Iail to attract
the favorable attention Of Congress,
nor can we believe that the justice Of
our cause will bs overlooked, or our
prayer disregardsd BY that body.
The wants Of the people oi North
ern Oregon demand division Of the
territory, and we are OF opinion that
our wants will be satisfied ere long,
by the organization Of the territory
OF Columbia" The day is not far
distant when the doings Of the Mon
ticelIo Convention will be referred 10
by citizens Of Columbia with feel
ings Of pleasure and pride. The
people are awake 10 their true inter-
ests, and are united as ons man in
favor Of division of the territory.
The ball is now fairly in motion. and
let Us keep II rolling until the great
object so much desired by aA shall
have been accomplished. RON {
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-02-17
w. MEDILL,
President Of the Senate.
January 81, 1853
AN ACT

For the reorganization Of the State Library.
and to provide for the appointment Of Ii
bCarian.
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-13

|, The New York 7saes ofyesterday morning con-
IA ms two lettes from Havana dated the LIST inst,
ffosa which We leasa that the accounts from the
country are quite disheartening. On plantation
they have lost two hundred and eighty negroes
from cholera. The Chinese have also suffered
terribly. In some instances the whole number
taken on the estate have been swept off If it
comes to the city, it will make sad havoc added to
the yellow fever
The late news from England and Spain has
produced quite excitement in regard to the slave
question. The most positive orders have been re-
ceiyed, there is no doubt, from Spain, to put it
down at all hazards. Zulueta and Forcada, both
large planters, already in prison. 1t is said
there is order for the arrest of Parajo and an
other considerable character. Negroes Of the late
importations are bought in almost daily from the
various plantations. These proceedings have
thrown great dependency on the planting inte-
rest. What the result will be il is difficult To
saw At this moment the old Spaniards are more
bitter against the Home Government than the
Creoles. Should they unite, goodbye to Spanish
ascendency. verify believe that if single rifle
regiment Of ilibusters were to land anywhere or
the island, they would take it without the loss Of
a man. The island was never in a better state
for an expedition Of the kind.
The Black Warrior arrived too late last even
ing TO proceed on her voyage same day. She
will leave this morning ats O'Clock for Mobile.
! We have wellgrounded information of two
more landings effected upon the coast by the in
lcotrigible slavers-one near Matanzas, covering
six hundred; and Mt the Isle of Pines, said L
be FIVE hundred and forty or five hundred ane
fifty. We shall have full particulars for mex
steamer This all jingles consistently with
the labors Of refutaton now in progress in the Of
fee Of our Secretary of State, and confirms the
reports Of my lord Howden, that there can be M
longer any doubt Of the entire good faith of Ca
hedo, any more than there could be of the honesty
of Martin Galano, his former Sancho. | SEM
YOU files to this date, via Mobile.
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LUxURIEs AND NECEssARIEs.-A correspondent
of the London Times, writing from Berlin de-
scrbes the causes of the excessive emigration
which s now taking place from the southern parts
of Germany. The exodus is mainly attributable
to the great enhancement in the price of provi-
sons. In Bohemia and Moravia hundreds of
families are constrained to subsist grass and
roots In the Palatinate of Rheinhessen, formerly
remarkable for cheap living, complaints of dear
provisions have become general. Potatoes cost
six times, hay five times as much as they did
thirty years age. Even in Prussia the price of
corn (rye) has more than doubled within a few
years, and there seems to be no prospect of
remcdying the evil. According to some autho-
rites, this diminution, want ofextension in the
supply of provisions, is attributed to the increased
cultivation of tobacco
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DREADFUL EFFECTS OF A SToRM.--A gentle.
man who arrived from Havorstraw last night in
forms us that several persons were killed, and
many more injured, by the falling of house at
that place, during storm about six o'clock in the
evening. The building was owned by Mr.. Peck
and was formerly used a carpet-wcaving es-
tablishmcnt, but of late had been occupied by four
families.
The house crammed with people at the
time, many of them laborers in the brick-yards,
who ran into it for shelter. OF the fifty persons
who are supposed to have been congregated be-
meath the roof, only six were known to have es-
capped.
AT seven clock seven dead bodies had been
taken out, and large number of the inhabitants
were searching for more. .4s
In addition to the above frightful calamity, we
learn that the wind blew with such violence as to
capsize and sink q sloop at the wharf.
The steeple of the Tarrytown church was also
demolished, and the steamboat shed was carried
bodily into the river.--.N Y. Herald of Sunday.
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CALPcRsIA.--The New York Sun Of yesterday
morning remarks that, excepting some matters
relating to morals and politics, the last news from
California is very encouraging. The gold mines
show no symptoms of exhaustion, and agriculture
prospects are reported to be most cheering. The
health of the country would also to be i'm
proving and there can now be little doubt that,
with discrimination in the choice Of legislat-
ors, and in the choice of men to execute the laws,
California will soon rank among the first States OF
the Union for advancement in every department OF
enterprise. Nt aN1 ss+
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The Great Coal Freight Fraud.

We have an vet seen no full and satsfactory
account Of this alleged stupcndous fraud; bat il
seems to b real event
It appears that several coal operators" o.
spectators, have for somo years had clerk Of
their own at Mine Hill railroad office, by whom
an account has been kept Of the coal sent to Thorn
over the Reading railroad and that tho conf
dence Of the authorities of the road company in
these persons and their clerk has been such as Ia
induce them to acquiesce in an arrangement con-
ducive To their own convenience, by which the
charges for freight have been based upon the GER
tifcates Of this clerk. Suddenly, however, the
info rmation has cleaned upon them that foul
play has long been practsed, and that, by the de-
ceptions that have been adopted, they have
within we do not know how many years. trans
ported to market without remuneration quaint
ty of coal, the tolls upon which would have
amounted to from $3.50, 900 to 100000
| The Philadelphia Register says:
"Marcus and Percy Heilner, and George ant
William Payne, and John Steinberger, are the
FIVE guilty parties; and David Deforest, Their
clerk, is the good-natured tool they used.''
The clerk, it appears, has been arrested, but
what is to be made of him we know not The
fraud appears to DO on too large scale to bs
classed among the disgraceful transactions thai
send their perpetrators to the pcnitentiary.
Another account says:
''The fraud has been going on for years, ant
| Investigations connected with it have been in pro
gress since 1851 by Mr.. Tucker, who finally trac
cd it to the Mine Hill Railroad Several indv
duals are said to have made immense fortunes by
the operation, while Others have been made bank
rnpts The fraud was pcrpetrated by returning
false certificates of weight; thus at the Mine Hill
Railroad Office it ascertained that the coal o
Messrs. Hulned, Payne, and Steinbcrger was al
most invariably understated, while that sent by
other parties overstated SO as to preserve tn.
equilibrium of the aggregate tonnage. The books
and data of the Mine Hill Railroad have bcel
seized by Mr.. Tucker, and the investigation il
still going on. The Reading Railroad is said t.
be loser of from $3.50, 900 to $4O0, 900, and pri
vate parties as much more
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JAPANESE CuRIosrTIEs.- learn from the
New York Commercial .4drertiser that on Monday
last Lieutenant w. c. Pease, Of the United States
revenue service, arrived in the Illinois, having in
his possession number of very curious articles
obtained recently by the schooner Emma Packer
from Japanese junk cast away near the Society
Islands These consist Of manufactured goods
pictures, and printed documents and about two
hundred coins Of different values. They are to be
deposited for exhibition at the Worlds Fair, and
cannot fail to be numbered among its rarest and
most interesting features.
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THE Ice TRApE.-The Richmond (Va) En-
quirer says the ice trade is becoming very extern
sve at that port, as well as in all the southern
seaboard towns The ice is chiefly procured in the
Eastern States.-Journai of Commerce.
The price Of ice in this city varies from forty
cents to a dollar bushel, depending upon the
quality and the agreement entered into between
dealers and their customers in the spring, Ice is
great blessing in the summer time, and he who
shall devise the means of rendering it cheaper and
more abundant will prove benetactor to his spe-
cics
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VERMONT MARBLE FOR STATUARY.-Italial
marble has been supposed to be the best in tn
world for statuary. But we are assured that tn
Rutland (Vennont) marble is preferred to an,
other, and that tive large blocks have been or
dered to be sent to Rome for the use Of Italian
artists. The correspondent of the New Yorl
Times relates the following, which will be inter
esting to every American citizen:
"Thc statuary marble of West Rutland is fal
more valuable for the works Of artists than AM
Italian marble which is imported, or that of any
other quarry in America At least | was told 81
by the proprietors, who said that the Italian mar
bic sells now in New York from SO SO to SO pc
cubic foot, and it has been sold as low al 81 J
whilst the statuary marble of West Rutland gen
orally commands "a so the cubic foot Even al
this rate the proprietors-Messrs Sheldon, Nor
gan & Slason, and William F. Barnes-are no
able to quarry fast enoughto meet the demand
and tco blocks for buss, Of ton each are ,o,,
ordered from Rome, Italy. As thought it rather
extraordinary that we should 'be sending Goals te
Newcastle, / was particular in my inquiries
about this order from Rome for West Rutland
marble, and learned that it was not an American
artist who ordered it, but native Italian sculptor
of great eminence in this country, who gave the
preference to the West Rutland marble as being
easier for the chiscl. The grain is finer, and il
does not break crumble as easily as the Italian
There upwards of five mills, which are turned
by water; they have at one of the works an en-
CINE of eighty -horse power, which saws an i'm
mense quantity of slabs daily. The production
annually is over million Of superficial feet, OF
one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars
worth per annum. The product Of all the mar
BILE quarries in Vermont amounts to something
over million annually, of which the West Rut.
land quarres supply onellalf in value, but not in
quantity, as the statuary marble produced is of a
superior quality to any that is found elsewhere.
The layers Of white marble at these quarries
(ninetcen) together are about fifty feet in thick.
ness in the aggregate, along line of half mile,
of which two hundred feet have already been ex-
plored and worked in an angle of forty -fve de-
grees.'
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WHERE Is PERNAMBuco.-The telegraph advises
us that the consulate at Pernambuco, South Ame-
RIGA, has been conferred upon our fellow citizen,
William Lilly A predecessor Of his, when in
formed at Washington that the President had
given him that post, was considerably nonplussed
to find out in what part Of the globe it was To-
| Gated. Pernhmbuco," quoth he, J" where IN
h is Pernambuco' Boys, let's drink" The
boys took drink, and assured him that, well
as their geography posted them, Pernambuco
WASH I in h, but it was pretty well on down to-
ward the torrid zone. The consul was satisfied
took drink, and made tracks for Pernambuco.
Cincinnati Inquirer.
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THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER, July 9th, 1853, says
the New York Express, lis the hydrophobia in
Richmond y wakes up to charge Willard Fillmore
with Abolitionsm. What capital is to be gained
by that The joke did very well in l848, but is
very stale piece of sport five years after, even
if it is not a piece Of intentional calumny
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-13

New ORLEANS AND MoBILE.-The Mobile 1ri-
bu,e learns that an arrangement has been made
between the Mobile and New Orleans Railroad
Company of Mobile and the Pontchartrain Rail-
road Company of New Orleans by which con-
tinuous road will be constructed from city to city.
Books will be opened in Mobile within few days
for the subscription of half million of dollars TO
the capital stock Of the Mobile company. Sur
veys of the route will be commenced Immediately
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-13

We learn that Peter G. Washington, esq, the
able and efficient Assistant Secretary of the Trea-
sury, has been appointed Acting Secretary during
the absence of MIR. Guthrie from the seat of Gov
ernment.-Uni0n.
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-13

An EDITOR DRowNEp.-Thc Mobile Daily Re
gister pays parting tribute to the memory of Mr..
ADoLPHE CAILLE, the late able commercial editor
of that paper, who persisted while bathing at Point
Clear on the 4th instant. lie was a native of New
York, had been for eleven years connected with
the Register, WINS in the meridian Of life and high
ly respected in that community. He leaves a
widow and two little sOns f.. U..
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A BopY recently exhumed in Paris, after being
buried for more than thirty years, was found to
be in state of good preservation. The man had
died of hydrophobia. Two or three other like
cases are on record in France. The virus of the
disease is hence inferred to prevent the bodys de-
composition.
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WAR IN New HAMpsHIRE.--It is stated in some
Of the newspapers that Mr.. Edmund Burke intends
to start daily paper at Newport, to be called
the Old Guard
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Qua CrTY's DErAnERs.-They are plentiful as
pestlential vermin in Egypt The Cleveland
(Ohio) Plain Dealer has very sagacious CORE
spondent here, to whom it is hoped leather
dial may be awarded soon his genius and
powers of discernment shall fully eliminate. He
has discovered that Washington city that has
been built around the nucleus formed by the Gen
eral Government, and that would not have been
begun but for the location Of the Government
here-needs the presence and expenditures Of the
Government to sustain it in prosperity; and he
expresses great adherence and contempt for the
people of this city, who totally without tact
and enterprise. So discourse those who would
exclude our citizens from the privilege of holding
Office under the Government, and who require
that the thousand men in Office here should repu
date and spurn our city as he does. To first rol
us, and then deride our poverty, is conduct wor
Thy Of its p crpetrators.
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1t is said that Barnum has lost thousand a
week on his illustrated .Ns,rs. Pho newspaper
business is out of his line. He thrives best by
newspapers when other men publish them.
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wilful and protected corruption, and. above all.
to punish the guilty without rsGard to tho po-
litical services whieh they may plead, or tho
peltssoAl associations 10 whish they may beIong.