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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-23


/ OLD FRIENDs-REGULARITY OF LIFE
Forty years ago this present montl
of October. two young merchants of thi
city, who had been school-fellows to
getheT, met on bright autumnal after
noon, after the business of the day wa!
over. in front of the old Tontine Coffee
House, and as they walked up Wal
street together, one said to the other
Come and dine with me to-day: Mon.
day always seems dull day, and my
wife and | like to have some one drop in
socially and dine or take lea with US. f"
The invitation was accepted, and after
dinner, as they sat over their wine,
(limIted TO a couple of glasses each,
and talked of their schooling days and
of their pleasant intercourse in the years
that succeeded. they agreed to dine with
each other on alternate Mondays, unless
prevented by sickness or other causes,
so long as they should live. Time
passed on. sons and daughters were born
TO them, grew up, married, and settled
in life: grand children. too, have not
been wanting. New York has grown
from one of the pleasantest of little
cities to be one of the greatest cities of
the world; her commerce has increased
beyond the widest dream of imagina-
ton in former days; hotels and ware
houses line her streets, steamers and
other shipping her wharves, and private
dwellings Of more than princely ele-
ganee. her up town squares and avenues,
all on scale Of such magni6cence that
he who had prophecied of such things.
would once have been thought an enthu-
siastic dreamer. Our whole country,
and indeed the world, has changed in
the same ratio, until mind is lost in con-
jecturing what two score more years
will produce. Eleven different Presi-
dents have governed our own nation.
and the older nations Of the world have
their rulers. from revolutions
and other causes, again and again
Such are the changes time has made
and still these two old friends, hale and
healthy yet. may be seen on every Mon
uo! 0'eeihoon' 6oinS up t"S SeiSS ~
yether to fill the mutual promise they
made TO each other in early manhood
They set high standard at the com
Of their mercantile life, Of
what an honorable, unright merchant !
should be. and have never departed
rom it; and if they have not been
among the wealLhiest Of the mercantile
princes of tile Empire City, they have
rad enough-and have spared not
title when the demands of public and {
private charities have been presented to /
hem. May they long live TO enjoy life $
IS well as at this present period, and set ,
he same good example to younger men
o follow in their footsteps.-N T. Er- II
rsss. IL
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-23
by bis owe Or bis nsighbor,. cad.

tie.
His plow, harrow, and other imple
ments lie all winter in the field Eher,
last used; and just as he is getting in
hurry, the next season. his plow break
because it was not housed and properly
cared for.
Somebody's hogs break in and de
stroy his garden, because he had no
stopped q hole in the fence that he hac
been intending to stop for week.
He is often in great hurry, but viii
stop and talk as long as he can find any
one to talk with. a MI
He has, Of course, little money; and
when be must raise some to pay his
taxes, DC, he raises it at great sacri-
fee. in some way or other, by paying
an enormous shave. or By selling his
scanty crop when prices are low.
He is year behind, instead of being
a year ahead of his business-and al.
ways win be.
When he pays debt. it is at the end
OF an execution; consequently his credit
is at very low ebb.
He buys entirely on credit, and mer-
chants and all others with whom he
deals charge him twice or thrice the
profit they charge prompt paymasters.
and are unwilling to sell him goods at
any cost He has to beg and promise,
and promise and beg, to get them on
any terms. The merchants dread to
see his wife come into their stores, and
the poor woman feels depressed and de-
graded. .a
The smoke begins TO come out of his
chimney late of a winters morning,
while his cattle are suffering for their
mornings feed. -f I--
Manure lies in heaps in his stable;
his horses are rough and uncurried, and
his harness trod under their feet.
His bars and gates are broken, his
buildings unpainted. and the boards and
shingles falling off--he has no time to
replace them-the glass is out of the
windows, and the holes stopped with
rags and old hats.
He is great borrower of his thrifty
implements, but never re-
turns the borrowed article, and when it
is sent for, it can't be found.
He is, in person. great sloyeI rQa.
never attends public worship;
does. occasionally do so. he con
ing in when the service is half O.
He neglects his accounts. ands
his neighbor calls to settle with him has
something else to attend TO.
Take him all in all, he is a poor
farmer. poor husband. poor father.
a poor neighbor, and a poor Christian.
Farmers Mag.
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NEw oa1EAxs, Sept. II, 1916.

! SIR: / have the honor to acknowledg,
the receipt of two favors from you, on,
dated 3lst July, the other 9th August
| can only answer by yarn.
/ A couatryman Of mine was once in
dulging in the very intellectual oceupa
ton of sucking eggs raw and reading ;
newspaper. By some mischance he
contrived to bolt live chicken. The
poor bird chirruped as it went down his
throat, and he very politely observed
BE the powers, my friend, you spoke
! too late" ..r-
| / can only say, sir, that your favors
have reached me too late. They have
been chasing me through the Mexican
post Offices; that is to express myself
more clearly, when l received them.
they (tbe letters were down in Mexico
and l was up here; and when | didn't
receive them, they were up here and l
was down there.
The fact is, that most of my men
have been paid off, and are scattered to
the four quarters of the globe. They
were mostly sailors, as 1 was myself
From them if there be charges moth
ing can be expected. The camp and
garrison equipage has been turned over
to the proper officers, with the excep-
ton of sundry axes smashed and placed
hOrs de combat in chopping down those
amiable chapperals on the banks of the
Rio Grande. l except. also. the camp
kettles and pans. many of which were
used up in roasting. boiling, stewing,
and frying our pork and beans, bacon,
and fresh beef, not to speak of the slow
venison, which some were ill-natured
enough to call Mexican beef.
For my own responsibility in the mat
ter, / regret, more on Uncle Sans ac-
count than on my own. that ] am not
worth continental damn. have not
only been paid, but / believe overpaid
by about $40. Ny conscience COM
pelled me to demonstrate with the pay
masters, but they assured me that, they
made no mistakes; bank tellers some
times say the same. i considered their
feelings, and INDUCED them. However.
l made good use of the money. II
gave it to the sick and unpaid soldiers.
Most of the other captains are in the
same fix with myself barring the over
pay] about responsibility. and refer to
my eplstle as an answer.
II you have any further communica-
tons tor me. please direct them to the
care of Major General John L. Lewis, J
New Orleans. seldom 60 to the post
Office, because / have nobody TO cor
respond with: and yeti am not the man
who never had father nor mother. but
was won at rattle
Very respectfully.
G. II. TOBIN.
Captain Company D.
Washington Reg't La, Volunteers. i
P. ST. don't know whether to sign
myself captain, ex-captain, or late cap.
tain. ! pus captain. 2sJ - sss,7
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or how he could honorably release him.
self from his engagement. He had too
little fortitude to unmssk his change oI
sentiment to her. personally; and to do
SO by letter would betray want Of
manliness. which he had the reputation
of possessing In the midst of this try
ing situation, he called to his assistance
a friend in whom he had placed the ut
most confidence, and to whom he en-
trusted the transaction of much impor-
tant business. To this friend Mr.. Tom
linson gave instructions how to proceed,
directing him at the same time to use
the utmost caution in the information
he might carry. His name was Samuel
Gordon.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-23

BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcr.-It was the
temple reared by the hand of man,
standing with its high pinnacles in the
distant plain; the storm beat upon 1t,
the God of Nature hurled its thunder
bolts against it, and yetit stood as firm
as adamant. Revelry was in its halls,
the gay. the young, the happy and beau
tiful were there.
returned. and the temple was no
more; its high walls scattered in the
ruins. the moss and ivy grew wildly
there, and at midnight hour the OWLS
cry added to the desolalion of the scene;
the young and the gay who had reveled
there had passed away.
saw the child rejoicing in his youth,
the idol of his father. / returned and
the child had become old. Trembling
with the weight of years he stood, the
last Of his generation, a stranger amid
the drsolation around him.
saw an oak standing in all its pride
on the mountain; the birds were car
rolling on its boughs. returned-the
oak was leafess and sapless--the winds
were playing their pastime through the
branches.
''Who is the destroyer said l to my
guardian angel.
cit is Time" said he. When the
morning stars sang together with joy
over the new made world he commenced
his course. and when he shall have de-
stroyed all that is beautiful on earth
plucked the sun from its sphere-veiled
the moon in blood-yes when he shall
have rolled the heaven and the earth
away as a scroll--then shall an angel
from thethrone of God come forth. and
with one foot upon the land. and one
foot upon the sea. lift up his head to-
ward heavens Eternal. and say:
Time is, Time was, Time shall be
no more. -
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-23

Crr THIS oUr--A- correspondent of
the London Gazette, alluding to the
numerous cases of deaths from acciden-
tai poisoning. adds: Il venture to af.
firm there is scarce even cottage IN
this country that does not contain an
invaluable certain. immediate remedy
for such. events; nothing more than a
desert spoonful of made mustard, mix.
ed IN tunabler of warm water and
drank Immediately. It acts as an
emetic. is always and may be used
with perfect safety in any case where
one is required. By making this simple
sntidote known. you may be the means
Of saving many > fellow creature from
an untimely endr
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-23

FxPANDIEG THE CHEsr.--Those ID
wealthy circumstances, or who pursue
sedentary employment within doors,
generally use their lungs very little;
breathe but very little into the chest,
and thus, independently of position,
contract a wretchedly narrow, small
chest, and lay the foundation for the loss
Of health and beauty. All this can be
perfectly obviated by little attention to
the manner of breathing. Recollect
the lungs are like bladder in their con-
struction, and can be stretched open to
double their ordinary size, with perfect
impunity from consumption. The
agent, and the only agent required, is
the common air we breathe, supposing,
however, that no obstacle exists, exter.
nal to the chest, such as lacing. or tying
it around with stays, or tight dress, or
having shoulders lay upon it. On
rising in the morning, place yourself in
an erect posture; your chest thrown
back, and shoulders entirely of the
chest; now inhale or suck in all the air
you can, SO as to FL the chest to the
very bottom Of it, so that no more can
be got in; now hold your breath and
throw your arms off behind, holding in
your breath as long you please
Done in cool room is much better, be-
cause the air is much denser, and will
act more powerfully in expanding the
,hest. Exercising the chest in this
manner, it viii enlarge the capacity and
'ize of the lungs.-CommOn School I'D.
yocute.
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f,afe From the Republ;e.l
THE LOVER, BRIDEGROOM, AND HUs.
sgr.s.s BAND.
sr iins. A. L. RtrEa DurOur.

- A--S- a. - ASAEA OSFSS.. -.raa
A noble form in nanhood,s beauty beaming
With youth and hope all radient in his eye;
he eane--with soft and wcoing words that
ma thrill = s-7 'a.iss
The liehtest pulses of the heart A smile
PLAYED. ever and anon around his lips,
And the souls earnestness was seen, and felt,
In pleading looks no nolanguage could reveal;
How hope and Joy hung on one single die.
Asweeta and modest Difference DER the whole,
Shed holy charms which truly marked at
once
The nobler love from the more sensual.
Again that noble form
Was by my side more beautiful than eier,
In all the lofty attributes Of man,
And nova smile, triumphant, yet benign,
Shune out in looks more eloquent than words,
So sof fly murmured in my lst'ning ear:
So softly breathed, that their sweet music
Myvery soul as with holy spell.
"My bTtde, he whispered;
Aha ny Young heart ieaped wild with joyous
ness -
.Atthose dear words Then blushing trem-
bhngly, ,-. a I.,s -. $500
Ny head was piIlowed trustfuliy, and fond
Upon his manly breast, where thro6bings deep,
Told, oh, how welcome was it folded there;
Within the sanctioned, holy, dear embrace
vi lOuQlJ CAdliucQ dS OIlQe-BfOOIQ.
Lt 80 Long years have fed,
Since then, ON loves bright pinions borne;
And yet that form is dwelling by my side
And in my heart. The prime of manhood
beams,
More lovely Ger bis lofty brow serene;
And oh how much more dear, TO me,
This heart alone can tell. Again he smiles,
But Oh stis one Of fond enduring love,
Made chaste, and pure by all the sacred ties
Heaven can bestow. And now that gentle
voice
In full rich tones. more calmly sweet than
e'eT, s-
Greets me again in fonder whispered words,
MY ot-n dear Icite:" and am clasped again
In a fond husbands arms A sense Of ioy,
OF happiness not known peryades my soul,
Save but TO those whose hearts and souls are
linked
BY Gods most sacred rite inseperably,-
Now can read the deep confding tone,
That rules within his soul, from the proud gaze
OF purity and strong affection high
That rests upon the blossoms God has given,
Unto our nurturing care; that have enfwined
Themselves, as tendrils of the youthful vine
Around our hearts as one.
.a. sF1 2. Tho dear the lover,
And dearer still the bridegroom; yet
Pre-eminent, in all the regal splendor pure
OF high. superior love, beams gloriously
The husband.
VETAT, May. 1882.
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TRKAsuRY DEPARTMENT,
sd Auditor's Ofice, July 3l, 1876

ed Auditors Office, July 81, l846.
Sra: You are charged on the books
of this Office with 81 ,525, the value Of
the clothing and blankets furnished for
the use of your company, and for which
you viii be held accountable. In order
to relieve yourself from this accounts-
bility, you will enter on your first mus
ter-roll all articles of clothing and
blankets issued to the men under your
command, and request the paymaster to
deduct the several amounts from the
FIRST payment. 90
You are also, held responsible for the
camp and garrison equipage received
for your company until turned over to a
United States quartermaster.
1 am, sir, your obedient servant,
JNO. M. McCALLA, 90
A -a Second Auditor.
Capt. G. H. ToBrS. Washington Regi-
ment Louisiana Volunteers. MI
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THUS ended the life of Marv Wilsor

Thus ended the life Of Mary Wilson.
Struck down in the vigor and bloom Of
youth, this young maiden has left many
friends to mourn her loss. She was
much esteemed; so much so. that every
personal defect was forgotten in the
charms of her spirit, with which she i'm
parted to her friends q look of kindness
and blessing. -
"Yon willow shades marble stone,
= On which the curious eye can tell
That underneath there lieth one
Who loved not wisely, but TOO vel"
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TREAsuRr DEPARTMENT,

I'd Auditors Office, Aug. 8. 1876.
SIR: By decision of the honorable
the Secretary of War, each soldier under
your command is entitled to six months
clothing, to the amount of sci; all over
that they are to be charged with
There will be other charges. of which
YOU will be informed by this office.-
You will please consider this letter your
guide, in addition to the one you re-
ceived from me Of the 31st ultimo.
Very respectfully,
JNO. N. McCALLA,
Second Auditor.
Capt. G. H. ToBIN, Louisiana yolun-
teers.
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CAPTAIN ToBIN's LETTER.

The following correspondence actual
ly occurred, in 1896. between the Sc
cond Auditor and Captain Tobin. The
gallant captain was a son of Erin. Full
of mi-th, wit, and vivacity. he could
not be grave even in official correspond
enee. His letter was published all over
the country at the time it was written,
and excited the merriment Of every
body: ,sEu ss-e
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-23

RATHE. CURIOUS Some two or
three hundred persons drowned by the
sinking of steamship sends thrill
of horror through nation and the la
ments ions are loud on account of her
loss. More than twenty thousand hu-
man beings slaughtered in the Crimea
causes all the bells in England and
France to be set ringing for joy, and
the organs in The churches peal forth
strains of exultstion over the glorious
result. What a curious world We live
in.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-23

T Barnum offers Eve hundred dol.
lars for the hen that laid wager
One hundred for the cat that was 'les
out of the bag Two hundred for tbs
COW that 'ehewed the eud of sweet and
bitter fancy And three hundred and
sixty for the horse that lives upon the
wild OATS sowed by fast young
man.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-23

EThe panic in the money market
at Pittsburgh has subsided. The sus-
pension OF King. the broker, was but
temporary. and will resume business in
fsw days.
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GFrOm Graham's Magazine !
NARY WILSON.
By D. W. LESLIE.
CHAPTER /.

'sShe never told her love, but deep
Within her heart concealed there Law
The worm that preyed upon her cheek,
And stole her bloom away
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-23

~ IL is pretty evident that when 8
mans buys hundred dollar hsndker-
chief for "a duck Of q wife, that he is
, . goose of husband -le' =
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"She seldom smiled-and when she did,
1t was so sad, subdued and brief,
As though her mourning heart she'd ehid,
And strove to smile away its grief.
, 1854-01-21
10 ne Voters Of Pierce County.

At a mass meeting of the citizens ol
Pierce county, called together without dis
,tinetion Of party at Balch's Warehouse,
Steilacoom, Dec oath, on motion Of Capt.
Bachelor, T. M. Chambers was called to
the chair, and John o. Cole appointed
secretary.
Col. Wallace was called upon 10 state the
object Of the meeting, viz ; the nomination
Of candidates for the Legislature, irrespec-
tive Of party,--a union ticket that should
comprise the strength of the county.
On motion, the chair appointed a com
mittee Of fve, consisting Of MessIs. Abner
Martin, ]. D. Weber, J. P. Lccky, VIM.
B. Wilton and L. ]. Reach, 10 make nomi-
nations. Aller mature delberation the
committee presented the following list Of
candidates:
For the Council = Cart. LAFAYETTE
BALcH.
For Representaiives-J. M. CHAPMAN,
L. F. Thompson, W. P. DoUGHERTY.
The nominations received the unanimous
approval of the meeting, and on motion it
was resolved that they should receive the
entire support Of Pierce county.
On motion, these proceedings were Or
derrd to be published in the Washington
Pioneer.
T. NJ. CHAMBERS, Chm
JOuS Q. Cole, S.c'y.
, 1854-01-21

"The most beautiful flowers are those
which are 5cuhl,, uch as the double pinks,
double ro.es, aud double daIlias. What an
argument is this against the thrilling detorm-
ity Of sirgl, bl ,sedn.,sl 60 marry is
written on ever, thing beautiful that the
eve rests upon, beginning with birds Of par
adisc, and leaving eff with apple blossoms"
, 1854-01-21
Henry johnson s. Co.,
importers and Wholesale Druggis,,
lac, Washington Street. neal MontgoscTv -
SAN FRANCISCO C.AIIYonNtA -"

importers and Wholesale Druggis,.
lac, Washington Street, neal MontgsServ -
SAN FRANCISCO, oALIPoRNiA, ="
OFFER for sale, for cash, OF the <T0It
" lowest wholesale prices, large W.
and well selected assortment Of Fast d
India, Mediterranean and European A 4
Drugs and Medicines !; French, Engiisb "a
American Chemicals Of oil kinds; also, an e,'s''
sye variety of Perfumery, Fancy Articles, FDN,.
Soaps, Brushes, Paints and Oils, Dye s,us:
Labels, Window Glass, Extracts, Bronzes. Trp,.'
cs, Lcechcs, Surgical instruments, Drusoi,,,'
Glassware, Haiters' Goods, Shakers Herbs ,rd
Roots, &C., together with every article eompr,.l
in the stock of Druggist or Physician.
II. j. & Co., are the proprictors' Whols,al,
Agents for DR.. Jayne's Family Medicines, sapdJ
Sarsaparila, Old Townsend's Sarsaparilla, Mot.
fats and Brandreth's Pills, Davis Pain Kill.,
Congress Spring " ater, &C., &c.
Henry Johnson & Co., have made such n.
rangements in New York, Boston and Phlad,L
phia as will enable them to purchase their s,O,I
at the lowest rates, and they are determined d
give their customers the benefit Of low prices sna
at the same time the best quality Of goods.
July %, is53-46ly
Washington sentinel., 1854-02-01

Hay~ We lay before before our readers the
speech on tonnage duties, delivered by the
Hon. l.. NJ Keitt, of South Carolina, in the
House of Representatives, on the 10Th of
January. ~
Our readers will remember that, even before
the meeting of Congress, we advocated the
levying of tonnage duties, as the true Legitimate
and constitutional method of raising the means
for improving rivers and harbors. Since then
we have published the bill relating to this sub
ject which was introduced into the Senate by
Judge Douglas, and also the able letter which
that distinguished senator addressed to the
governor of his State on this important matter.
The speech of Mr.. Kett, which we publish this
morning, will amply repay an attentive peru
sal for it sets forth in "a strong manner the
great advantages which tonnage duties offer
for the economical construction Of useful i'm
provements, vindicates the true constitutional
construction by clear and lucid argument, and
presents, as contemporaneous expositions of
that instrument an interesting sketch of the
use which the trainers Of the Constitution made
of the power of the States to levy tonnage
duties with the consent and approval of Con
gress. #a ,. .,.. .-. .. ".
Washington sentinel., 1854-02-01

Dsy~ Those of our readers who wish to enjoy
the luxury Of a really good cigar will, we are
sure, thank us for directing their attention to
the advertisement of Edward G. Dyer which
appears in our columns this morning.
Mr.. Dyer has recently received direct from
Havana, another large supply of cigars of va
rious popular brands and, having tested the
samples, we can most confidently recommend
them as very superior. Mr.. Dyer has been for
tunate enough to secure the services of gen
tleman, formerlya resident of Washington, who
has been for several years residing in Havana,
and who, although not personally interested in
the cigar trade, has the advantage of an init
mate acquaintance with the leading manufac-
turers of the island of Cuba, and makes his
selections with great taste and Judgment.