Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-09-14
FIRST ARRIVAL
OF NEW AND SEASONABLE
GOOD S

~ tue SuUSCTlOcI dL MS Wcu k0OWl
Store in Gallipolis, few boxes of --latest
styles of DRY GOODS, among which
are some very rich and fashionable
Dress Goods. This arrival, with stock
previously on hand, renders his assort-
ment complete, all of which he offers
to sell at the lowest possible rates either
for cash or produce. Thankful for the
very liberal patronage heretofore exten-
ded to him he would respectfully say to
his friends call and examine his stock
before purchasing elsewhere.
Cash paid for Wheat, Oats, Corn,
Rye, Beans, DC. He wishes 10 pur-
chase $4,000 bushels Wheat; 10000
bushels Oats; 5000 bushels Rye; 5000
bushels Corn; 1000 bushels Beans, for
which he will pay the highest market
price, and as much Butter, Rags, Gin
seng, Beeswax, Eggs, Feathers, &C., as
he can get.
The Goods referred to above were
shipped from Philadelphia on the 18th
of August, by the Pennsylvania rail-
road to Pittsburgh, and on their arrival
there the river was found so low that no
boats were running, and ordered them
from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati by rail-
road, thinking they could be shipped
from there to this point on a small
steamboat, but on arrival at Cincinnati
it was found the river had fell to so low
a point that no boat could get up this
far. The Goods were then ordered to
Portsmouth, by small boat and from
there to Oak Hill by railroad, and from
Oak Hill to this place ry wagon, where
they arrived on Saturday evening last,
having been on the way nearly one
month, while with the Marietta and Gin
cinnati railroad completed, and our road
built to a connection with said road,
they would have been received in about
five days from the time of shipment, at
a saving in the cost of transportation of
about one dollar and fifty cents per 100
pounds; and at present the route by
which those Goods were received would
be the cheapest practicable route by
which the surplus produce of this coun-
ty could be got to market, which is the
cause of the usual difference between
the price of many articles of produce
in this market and others but short
distance from US. With the GallipoGs
railroad built to a connection with one
of the railroads traversing this State
from East to West, wheat would have
brought in this market for the last month
or six weeks 81 so to go per bushel,
and other produce proportionable rates,
but as we are now situated we are but
little better off in reference to disposing
of produce or receiving supplies than
we would be if we were placed on an
island in the midst of an ocean, without
any means of transportation to other
markets.
Citizens of Gallia, look at this state
of things, examine your maps, see the
circuit goods or produce have to take to
get to market, count the additional ex-
pense, loss of time, difference in price,
and all the other Inconvenience atten-
dant upon low water, in the absence of
a connexion by railroad with some one
of the railroads traversing the State,
and l am satisfied you will be convinced
of the great necessity for building this
large talked of railroad. 1 am well
satisfied the citizens of this county can
build the road themselves in three years
if they are so disposed, without much
and at the end of five
years be better off in addition to own
ing one of the most profitable roads in
the State, for the length of it, than they
can possibly be without the road.
VIM. H. LANGLEY.
Gallipolis, Sept. IA, 1854.