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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
GALLIPOLIs, OHIO, MAY25. 1854.

nal jurisdiction Of all crimes and often
ces, except in cases of minor offences,
the exclusive jurisdiction of which is
invested in justices of the peace, or that
may be vested in courts inferior to the
common pleas; Provided, however, thai
in all criminal cases where a person
shall be indicted and tried in the court
of common pleas, for an offence proper.
" cognizable therein, and he shall be
found gnilty of any such minor offence
embraced within the terms Of the indict'
ment, the jury shall so return in then
verdict, and the court shall thereupon
proceed to pass the sentence prescribed
by law, in such case.
Sec. 2. Section fifth Of an act entl-
tied can act to amend an act relating to
the organization of courts of justice, and
their powers and duties, passed March
fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred
and ffty-three, be, and the same is
hereby repealed.
F. @. LEBLOND,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
JAMES MYERS,
President Of the Senate.
April a9, 1854
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
AN ACT

To amend section five, Of an act, entitled can
act to amend an act, relating to the organic
alton of Courts of Justice and their powers
and duties" passed March fourteenth, one
thousand eight hundred and ffty-three.
SEC. 1 Be l. enacted By the General
Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
Section FIVE, Of an act, entitled 'an act
to amend an act relating to the organ
ization of Courts of Justice, and their
powers and duties passed March four
teenth one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-three, be so amended as to read;
(Section S. The court of common
pleas shall have original jurisdiction in
all civil cases, where the sum, or mat
ter in dispute, exceeds the jurisdiction
of justices of the peace; and appellate
jurisdiction from the decision of county
commissioners, justices Of the peace ana
other inferior courts in the proper coun-
ty, in all civil cases, subject to the reguia-
ton provided by law. 1tshsil have origi-
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
AN ACT
April go, 1854

To authorize County Surveyors to acknowledge
deeds and other instruments, and to ad-
minister oaths.
SEC. |. Be IL enacted By the General
assembly of the State Of Ohio, That
the several County surveyors, now and
hereafter in Office in the several coun-
ties of the State Of Ohio, shall each, in
their respective counties, have the same
power to take and certify the acknow-
ledgment of deeds, mortgages, powers
of attorney, and other instruments at
fecting real estate, that justices Of the
peace now or at any time hereafter may
have in their proper counties.
Sec. 2. That the several County
Surveyors, now and hereafter in offic'
in the State of Ohio, shall each, withlr
their respective counties, have the same
power to administer oaths and afirma
tons, and to take sfidavits, and certify
all of the same, that Justices of the
peace, now or hereafter, at any time
may have in their proper counties ex'
cept in trial of causes before such Jus
tices.
F. @. LEBLOND,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JAMES MYERS,
President Of the Senate
April 30, 1854.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
LAWS OF OHIO.
BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT

AN ACT
Supplementary to az act defining the mode Of
laying out and establishing State Roads,
passed March llth, 1853.
SEC. /. Be It enacted By the General
Assembly of the State Of Ohio, That
whenever any part of State Road, or
free turnpike road, within any county OF
this State, shall become useless, or
where a State Road, or free turnpike
road may remain unopened for the term
of five years, after the same has been
established, the commissioners Of such
county may, on application of twelve
freeholders of the county, appoint three
disinterested freeholders to view the
same and report whether such State
Road or free turnpike road is useless,
or whether it would be of public advan-
tage to vacate it; and if such freehold
ers shall report in favor of such vaca-
ton, then the county commissioners
NAV order said State Road or free turn
pike road to be vacated, and the same
proceedings shall be had on such appli-
cation as are directed by law to be had
on application TO vacate County Roads.
F. c. LEBL0ND,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT LEE,
President Of the Senate, pro TEN.
March 1st, 1854.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
Volume XIX.

eE 1t is mournful to pause and pom
der over the untimely fate of genius
whatever may have been the errors OF
his life. when +he grave covers them
from our view, we would remember
only what was good, beautiful and god
TIcLtbat which allies him with angels
and fixes him in the immortal memories
of men. Edgar A; Poe; wnne na,f,, nyn' ds'
was lunatic angel; mad; sGolIra, tSa hatsr oe ef
bang in his aRgsdtSi Rgd Th inf the spp poWeTs 1H Of Of
a seraph. The following beautiful re-
ouiem for that erratic man IS IRON one
of his latest and best friends Jane Ermi-
ma Locke, of Boston. 1t is found IN IN a
new volume of poems entitled "The
Recalled; in voices of the Past and
Poems of the Ideal"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
AN ACT
To provide for the distribution of Swans Re
vised Statutes of Ohio.

To provide for the distribution Of Swans Re
vised Statutes of Ohio.
SEC. I. Be IL enacted By the General
Assembly of the State Of Ohio, That the
Secretary of State be, and he is hereby
authorized and directed to distribute in
the same manner as the general laws
are now distributed, Derby's New Re-
vised Edition of Swans Statutes of
Ohio, in the following manner:
To each Judge of every Court of Re-
cord, and to each Clerk thereof, each
Justice of the Peace. Sheriff, Coroner,
County Treasurer, Comfy Surveyor,
County Recorder, Prosecuting Attor-
ney, Auditor of the County, Board of
Directors of any County In6rmary. and
each Township Clerk, one copy; and
to State officers, as follows: To the Gov
ernor, for his own use, one copy, and
for exchange with States with whom
this State is accustomed to exchange
copies of law, such number as may be
required for that purpose; to the Audi
tor of State four, to the Treasurer OF
State two, to the Attorney General one,
to the State Libraries FIVE copies. for
the use Of the Library, and to each
member of the Board of Public Works,
and to each Superintendent Of the Be-
nevolent Institutions of the State, one
copy.
The remaining copies, if any, to be
preserved in the State Library, for pub
! lie use; and if the number now ordered
be insufficient for the foregoing distrlbu,
ton, the said Secretary of State shall
order such additional copies as may be
necessary, under the provisions of ar
act entitled can act to authorize the
Secretary of State to contract for copies
of a new revised edition of Swans
Statutes of Ohio" passed April 18th
1854.
Sec. 2 The copies herein ordered tt
be distributed to officers, shall be pre-
served by them and delivered 10 theil
successors in Office.
+. G. LEBLOND,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT LEE,
President of the Senate, pro TEN.
May 1st, 1854.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
AN ACT

To extend the Jurisdiction of Justices of the
Peace in civil cases, and to amend sections
four, five, and seven, of the act entitled "an
act for the jurisdiction and procedure before
justices of the Peace, and of the duties OF
Constables in civil cases." passed March
fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and
ffty-three
SEC. 1. Be It enacted By the General
assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That sec
ton four of the act entitled an ''act for
the jurisdiction and procedure before
Justices of the Peace, and of the duties
of Constables, in civil cases." passed
March fourteenth, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-three, be SO amended
as to read as follows: Section 4. Under
the restrictions and limitations herein
provided, Justices of the Peace shall
have exclusive original jurisdiction OF
any sum not excee ling one hundred
dollars, and concurrent jurisdiction with
the Court of Common Pleas, in any
sum over one hundred dollars and not
exceeding three hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. That section FIVE of the above
mentioned act, be so amended as toread
as follow: Section 5. When the balance
claimed to be due on any open or un-
settled account, or on any bill, note, OF
bond, shall be less than three hundred
dollars, the party by whom such balance
shall be claimed, may commence his ac-
count therefor before Justice of the
Peace, who shall have power, and he is
hereby authorized to hear and deter
mine the matters in controversy, without
regard to the original account or con-
tract, and he may render judgment fol
any balance found due not exceeding
three hundred dollars; and if any plain
tiff appeal from a judgment entered in
his favor for such balance, and shall
fecover judgment for a sum greater
than three hundred dollars, besides in
terest and costs, he shall not recover
costs, on such appeal.
Sec. 3. That section seven of the
above named act, be so amended as tc
read as follows: Section 7. If any
debtor shall appear before justice o
the peace, without process, and confess
that he is indebted to another, it shall
be lawful for such justice, on the ap
plication of the creditor, to render judg
ment on such confession against thu
debtor for any sum not exceeding three
hundred dollrrs.
Sec. 4. That the original sections
four, FIVE, and seven, of the act to whicl
this is amendatory, be, and the same i
hereby repealed.
F. G. LEBLOND,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT LEE,
President of the Senate, pro TEN.
May 1st, 1854.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
D. B. HEBARD, Auditor.

SENSIBLE LAw.-The following has
been passed by the Massachusetts, Leg.
islature, with a view to the preservation
of public health: eff any person shall
kill, for the purpose of sale, any calf
less than four weeks old, or shall know.
ingly sell the meat of any calf killed
when less than four weeks old, such per-
son shall be punishedyby fine not ex.
ceeding S2OO-ErckGngs.
We call the attention Of the Town
Council of GallIpolis to the Importance
of similar law here, having in view
the health of our citizens. While max.
ing laws it would be well for them to
have an eye to the protection of the
aged eoSs frequently slain in this vicini'
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
AN ACT
April 90, 1854

Amendatory of an act entitled, an act for the
relief of the poor, passed March IA, 1853.
SEC. 1. Be Il enacted by the General
assembly Of TIE State Of Ohio, That
any person or persons, other than those
hereinafter provided for, who shall re-
side one year in any township in this
State, shall be considered as having
gained legal settlement in such town
ship. Every indented servant or ap-
prentice, legally broughtin into this State,
shall obtain a legal settlement in the
township where such servant or appren-
tice shall serve his or her master or
mistress one year; and every married
woman, during coverture, or after her
husbands death, shall be considered
legally settled in the place where he
was last legally settled; bnt if he shall
have had no legal settlement, then she
shall be- considered as settled in the
place where she was last legally settled
before marriage; Provided, that nothing
in this section shall be so construed as
to release any township from its obliga-
tions to support any person or persons
removing from such township, until
such person or persons shall have, gain
ed legal settlement in the township to
which such person or persons shall have
removed; Provided, further, that If any
person or persons shall become town
Ship charge, before such person or per-
sons shall have gained a legal settlement
in any township to which any such per-
son or persons shall have removed, they
shall not be considered as having gain
ed a legal settlement in such township,
during the time that such person or
persons shall remain township charge.
Sec. 2. That the trustees of each
township shall afford relief or support
to any person or persons within their
township, not having a legal settlement
in the same, when such relief or sup
port is needed; Provided, that whereas
the trustees Of any township shall be
called upon to afford relief from the
township treasury, in any county hav'
ing county Infrmary, to any person
or persons, who have no legal settle
ment in this State, or whose place o
residence is unknown, it shall be the du
ty of the trustees to make out an ordel
to the directors of such county infrma
ry, to receive and provide for such per
son or persons so long as the said trus
tees may direct; Provided, further, tina
whenever the trustees Of any township
shall be called upon to afford relief IRON
the township treasury, in any county
! having no county infrmary, to any per
son or persons, who have no legal set'ie,
/ ment in this State, or whose place y
residence Is unknown, 1t shaii DC 'n'
duty of such trustees to keep an ac
curate account of all moneys SO expend
! ed and certify such account, together
with the vouchers for the same, to th'
county commissioners of the. county
wbo shall cause the amount so paid, t.
he paid to the township, out Of the
county treasury; Provided, further
. that in case any person or persons, be
, coming chargeable to any township, al
aforesaid, shall have no legal settle
ment within this State, the trustees may
remove such person or persons to tn
: State where he, she or they have q ie
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25

ZIoN's HERALD VS.. PHREKoLoeY.-A
recent number of lions Herald con-
tanned long article against Phrenology,
the substance of which may be thus
summed up:
"Phrenology. as taught by its leads
ing advocates, is antiscriptural, unphi'
losophical and impracticable, false in its
theory, unsound in its philosophy, BIAS
phemous in its assumptions, infdel in
its tendency, corrupt in its morals, er:
roneous In its practice, and eternally
ruinous in its consequences.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
fFThe decision Of Messrs. Had

EgThe decision of Messrs. Halde'
man and Guthrie, steamboat inspectors,
in the case of the recent collision be:
tween the steamboats, Pittsburgh and
Virginia, has been appealed from by
the Pilot and Engineer of the Pitts
burgh, whose licenses were suspended.
Benz. Crawford, Supervising Inspector,
was yesterday engaged in investigating
the matter. There is much feeling ex:
hibited in this affair, by those nearly
concerned.--Cin. Com.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25

CUpA.-There can be no longer any
doubt that the administration is now
through its subsidized presses and its
diplomatists preparing the way for the
seizure of Cuba. The Washington
Union claims the right to do so on the
ground of its being nuisance, and
quotes from Alison's history, for pre-
cedent, the following passage:
Upon this principle, as alleged,
"Cracow was struck down and incor-
operated in the empire of Austria-lf
<'not with the tacit assent, at least with
<'out any hostile demonstration by any
.'of the great powers of Europe. Its
.'integrity was guaranteed by the treaty
"of Vienna, yet its annihilation was
"connived at by most of the parties
-'contractant and resisted by none, from
.'the circumstance of its being too free
<.for the security of its nearest neigh
-.bor! Great Britain alone, if we mis-
stake not, protested against the deed
@tbut in an informal and reluctant man
<snef."
"From the circumstance of its being
TOO FREE for its nearest neighbor.
We are come, then, to the time wheI
the ORGAN OF. the PRESIDENT of th'
American Republic of the North cite
as an authority for its proposed action
the thrice Infamous partition of Poland
When
"Freedom shrieked and Kosciusko fellp'
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25

E In anticipation Of the proseeu-
tions for violation of the liquor law, .
combination is being entered into BY the
various tavern and bar-keepers, with
view to test its constitutionalitv, and TO
resist it generally. Truly, the legIsi.a;
tion of Ohio IS an anomaly. Both the
tax law and the liquor law are to be the
subjects of active resistancel Great
State this.-Cin. Com.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25

MARR1ED-At the residence of John
Walter, Esq, in the vicinity of Woos-
ter, Ohio, on Thursday, April 81, at 8
O'Clock P. NJ, by the Rev. ]. H. Jones,
HERR DRIEsBAcH, the celebrated "Lion
King" to Miss SALL1E. A. WALTER.
"And the Lion-tamer and the lamb
shall lie down together. - Wooste'
Democrat.
Don't mutilate the Scripturesl You
left off "snd little child shall leat
themI"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
REQUIEM FOR EDGAR A. POE.

Strike the anthem, bards and brothers,
Softly sweep your many Tyres;
Let the low and solemn requiem,
.Linger on their silver wires!
One hath broken from your number
Think not of his errors here
And hath laid him to slumber,
Beyond earthly hopes and fearl
One hath broken from your number,
With harp of mightiest tone;
And has passed through deaths dead
slumber
Onward to the eternal throne!
Let the turf press lightly on him
Lay his Tyre upon his breast,
And the laurels Fame had won him,
Hang them Ger his place of rest.
Though they bear full many an earth
stain,
Deaths dark stream should wash
away
All the mildew clinging to them,
All the soiling of the clay!
Earth stained laurels hanging heavy
With the cold and midnight dew!
Weep, We brothers, it is mournful
Thus to decorate the yew!
Had the prayers of those availed him.
O'er whose path his shadow fell
Darkening with its raven pinions
Life's dim way, it had been well.
But vet strike the anthem, brothers
Think not of his errors now
Mourn him-mourn his harp-strIngs
broken,
And the crushed wreath on his brow
Take ye-take the scattered fragments,
Lay them kindly at his breast,
OF the Tyre he swept SO wildly
Let them mark his place of rest!
Strike the anthem low and solemn,
Let its mornful echo swell
Though the haunted woodland" open
ings, :, ,
Where the "Ghouls" Of "Wier" dC
dwell.
Der the s'dank tarn" of ''Auber"
Let its mournful numbers swell,
And through cypress wales TITANIC
Paths his spirit loved so well!
Nevermore shall strains so mighty
Wind along that lakelet "dim;"
Nevermore shall float such music,
None could sweep the Tyre like him!
Strike the anthem, then, ye brothers
Think not of his errors now
Mourn him-monrn his harp-string
broken,
And the crushed wreath on his brow
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
+ O. LrBLOND
AN ACT

To enable any person to designate an heir al
law.
SEc. /. Be Il enacted By the General
assembly Of tie State of Ohio, That
any person of sound mind and memory,
may appear before the Probate Judge
of his proper county, and in the presence
of such Probate Judge, and two disin.
terested persons of his acquaintance,
file his written declaration, which shall
be attested by such persons, declaring
that, as his, or her free and voluntary
act, he, or she. did designate and ap-
point any other, naming such person
specially, and stating the place of resi-
dence, to stand toward him, (or her, IN
the relation of an heir at law, in the
event of his death; and thereupon the
Judge of Probate, if satisfied that such
declarant is of sound mind and memory,
and free from any restraint, shall enter
that fact upon his journal, and make q
complete record thereof; and thencetor-
ward, such person thus designated, shall
be taken and held, in all places, to stand
in the same relation, for all purposes, to
said declarant, as he, Tor she, could.
if child born in lawful wedlock; and
the rules Of inheritence shall be the
same, between him or her, and the rela-
tons by blood, of the declarant, as if so
born; and certified copy of such re-
cord, shall be prima facie evidence of the
fact stated therein, and conclusive eyi-
dence, unless impeached, by reason Of
actual fraud, or under influence.
F. G. LEBL0ND,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives,
JAMES MYERS,
| President of the Senats.
April 90, 1854.
1 thereby certify that the above laws
are correctly copied from certified copy
furnished this Office by the Secretary OF
State.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25

other taxes, except as herein peovided in
section one of this act; and the taxes so
collected, shall be paid over to the pro-
per township treasurer, which shall be
expended on the public roads within the
district from which the same has been
collected.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect from
and after its passage.
Sec. 4. That section thirty-three of
the act prescribing the duties of super
visors, and relating 70 roads and high
ways passed February 18th, A. D. 1858,
is hereby repealed.
W. B. VAN HOOK,
Pro TEN. Speaker of the House of Representa-
tiyes.
JAMES MYERS,
President of the Senate.
April I, 1854.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
Number 26.

gal settlement; unless such person or
persons shall give sufficient security to
indemnify the said township.
Sec. 8. That sections one, three, and
seven of the act to which this is amen
daiory, be, and the same are hereby re-
|pealed.
F. @. LEBL0ND,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
ROBERT LEE.
President of the Senate, pro tenn
May l., 1854.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25

F- A man named Henry Felltmani
yesterday recovered Judgment in an the
court of Esquire Hanselman, for s2OOl
against the steamer Audubon, for abuse
received from the mate Of that ooat
while she was aground, recently, on the
falls Of the Ohio. Feiltman was TuP-
tured bv a brutal kick.-CiH. Com,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25

~ The Liverpool albion affirms
that, with the exception of the comman-
der-in-chief, there is hardly an officer
of distinction in Her Majesty's service
now fit for active duty who has not Ell
ther gone or is on the point Of going to
the East.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25
r. Late accounts from Cuba sa

H Late accounts from Cuba say
that the Spanish Government approve
of the conduct of the Captain General
in relation TO the Black Warrior affair,
and deny that there is contract be-
tween England and Spain by which the
latter is bound to emancipate the slaves
of Cuba.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25

~ 'Biddy, has that surly fellow
cleared of the snow from the pave,
mentr Yes, sur Did he clear IL
off with alacrity, BiddyP No. sar'
wild shovel.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-05-25

HIS A BR1oK-The origin of this
term is said to be as follows: One
Eastern prince went to visit another
who, having been shown all the curiosi-
ties. he expressed wish to see the for
ti6cation. Hereupon the entertainer
took him to a review of his troops, and
exclaimed, These are my fortlhcauons
every man is BRIcKp