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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13

PEPPER1Ne 'EM.-'Did l ever tell
how near came losing my election as
Senator?' said the squire.
No, l believe not
We'll, it was altogether owing to Wa
terem's not having a sufficient supply Of
liquor on hand. You see. The main
strength of our party lies in the upper
end of the county-especially among
the inhabitants of the Swamp, as it is
called. So you see, about two days be-
fore the election, sends Sam up among
the Swampers with five gallons Of the
real NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stuff-knock
a horse down-the last Waterem had
on hand. About four hours back came
Sam, horse in perspiration, himself in
a fright, and everything indicating an
untoward state of affairs.
What's the matter, Sam?' said |.
'Matter?' said he; matter enough
you have outraged the feelings of the
virtuous Swampers; they swear that any
man who expects to go to the Senate for
three years, and can't afford ten gallons
of whisky, is too mean for the post, they
won't vote for him.
Matters looked squally enough =
Only one other storekeeper within a
days nde, and he Whig. Of course
he wouldn't sell liquor to me so near
election
What did you oo?'
Called council of war Immediately
lawyer Boss, and several more
Ross proposed letter of apology to
the disaffected. Rejected-wouldn't do
without the whisky. Gale Albright
was the fellow to help US out, always
full of expedients. He proposed to wa
ter the liquor up to the right quantity.
We did so, but on trying it, found it
much too weak for our friends. Such
stuff would not go down with them
Gale asked if we had any other spirits;
handed him about gallon of gin; in it
went; tasted it; not strong enough
Found about a quart Of rum-poured
it in. Sam tried it; too weak said he.
We were at our wits end. Red pep
per- said Gale 1t was brought; in
went a pound; he stirred it up. Cap
ital, said he. We tried it, and nearly
blistered our throats, it would have kill
ed rats. Sam took itup the next day,
explaining that it was all owing to the
scarcity of liquor in the neighborhood
that fresh supply of the best odd
Monegahale' had been obtained, and in
vited trial of its merits They were
mollifed-pronounced it the 'rale stuff,
and became Senator by majority of
200 votes
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13
MISS BRIDGETTA FIDGET.

A wonderful Fidget is little Miss Brid-
get,
Pm sure she can never be mated;
At home or at school, all order and rule,
Are things 10 be perfectly hated.
Is work to be done-Miss Bridget is one,
Can do it as well as another;
But should she attempt it, you soon will
lament it,
On finding her only bother.
Her foot and her hand without COM
mand,
Are good at perpetual motion;
When requested to go, they move very
slow,
To obey is SO silly notion.
Or if she obeys, with very i'll grace,
She waits to consider the reason,
The why and because, of such rigid
laws,
With her, they are all out of season.
Then should you engage in an argument
sage.
In hopes of convincing Miss Bridget,
She'll tell you, that she an exception
must be,
Because she was born in Fidget
You may talk till you ache, for consis-
tency's sake,
Pm sure tbs useless endeavor,
For still the last word from Miss Bridget
is heard,
Replying for ever and ever.
So onward she goes, with her fingers and
toes,
AS though St. Vitus had caught her,
And even her face, with scrowl or
grimace,
To tWistout of shape. had taught her.
remember one diget, resembling Miss
Bridget,
Can stand on its head if it choose,
Be nine or six, according to fix
Forgive if the likeness amuse.
o Bridgetta, friend, you never will mend,
As long as your name is Miss Fidget;
For work as we may, by night and by
day.
You will ever be Fidgetty Bridget.
Cadet.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13
THE CHILD AND THE SUNBEAM.

The following beautiful lines we find
In Willis Home Journal They were
contributed to that valuable paper by
Mrs. 7. h. Beveridge of Galveston,
Texas:
/ saw a youthful mother
Once, on summers day,
Set down smiling infant,
To watch its frolic play.
1t gambolled on the fowerets
That decked the carpet Ger,
Aud seemed, with childish wonder,
Each object to explore.
A something on the instant
Its glad career arrests;
And earnestly it gazes where
A golden sunbeam rests:
While on the new-found glory
1t fixed its wondering ewes,
And tastefuly reached forth its hand,
To seize the glittering prize.
And now, its tiny fingers clasp
The treasure, rich and rare,
Which, in its baby innocence,
It surely thought was there.
But ahl that hand uncloses,
And to its earnest gaze
Reveals no gem of beauty
No bright, imprisoned raysl
And then the first OF many tears
Fell on that cherub face
The frat sad disappointment
In hfe's uncertain racel
And thusit hath been with us al,
Who its dark game have played;
Ws'ye sought TO grasp the suash;re.
And only found-the shade!
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13
[FOr the GallipOlis JournaI1
THE HOME IN MY NATIVE LAND.s
By DANIEL 1. EDWARDS.


By DANIEL L. EDWARDS.
Oh bear me again to my native land,
To the home of my childhood's mirth,
Let me view the scenes of my early
youth,
Ere take my farewell of earth.
Let me climb once more the green hill
side,
Where I've strayed with childish glee,
And hear the song of the woodland bird
And the hum of the laden bee.
Once more let me ramble thy woods
among,
Where I've gathered the blushing flow
ers,
And where from the glare of the noon
tide sun,
1 have sought thy ieafy bowers.
Again let me hear the tuneful lark,
Pour forth his matin lay;
For those scenes are traced by mem'ry's
hand
With love that can ne'er decay.
With fond affection / turn to thee,
My home, meath the elm trees shade,
For there have often at days decline,
With my young companions played;
And though l have travelled in other
climes
Enriched by natures hand,
Yet ne'er met spot that was half SO
dear
AS the home in my native land.
-*The above lines can be sung to the air of
the Carrier Dove"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13

A TaouGnr FOR You've MEE.-No
wreck is SO shocking to behold. as that
of dissolute young man. On the
person of the debauchee or inebriate,
infamy is written. How Nature hangs
labels over him, to testify her disgust at
his example! How she loosens all his
joints, sends tremours along his muscles,
bends forward his frame. The wretch
whose lifelong pleasure it has been to
debase himself and to debauch others,
whose heart has been spotted with sin
so that it is black all over, is an offence
to the heart Of the unblemished.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13

Ike 6ugie blast. ''Clang. clane, " It
resounded on, ever higher and clearer
and more joyous, blending in its deen
and thrilling vibrations, and proclaim
ing in long and loud accents over all the
land, the motto that encircled it. Glad
messengers caught the tidings as it
fioated out on the air, and sped off in
every direction, to bear it onward
When the news reached New York, the
bells were set ringing, and the excited
multitude surging hither and thither, at
length gathered around the Bowling
Green, and seizing the leaden eques-
trian statue Of George III, which stood
there, tore it into fragments. This was
afterward run into bullets and hurled
against his Majesty's troops. When the
Declaration arrived in Boston, the people
gathered at old Fanueil Hall to hear it
read, and as the last sentence fell from
the lips of the reader, a loud shout
went up, and soon from every fortified
height, and every battery, the thunder
of cannon re-echoed Ike JOY.
PoLrGAMY.-A lady in Utah, wife Of
one Of the Mormon leaders, writes to
her sister long letter, published in the
newspapers, defending polygamy by
the example of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, and the holy men mentioned in
the Bible. The argument is as ingenu-
Gus as many others drawn from the
same source, and would satisfy the con-
science of any Turk, whose harem con-
tanned not less than two hundred wives.
The letter is curiosity, as exhibiting
the social relations of the polygamist.
The lady says her husband has seven
other wives, which is a moderate num-
Der for leader of the faith, as Rigdon,
the high-priest of Mormonism, has
thirty-six. The children Of these eight
wives number twenty-five. The hus-
band, she says, is a good and virtu 'us
husband and all these mothers and
children are endeared to her by kindred
ties-by mutual afection-by acquint-
ance and association; and the mothers
in particular, by mutual and long con-
tinued exercise of toll, patience, long
suffering, and sisterly kindness. The
husband, of whose affections she is en-
titled to just one-eight, is a practical
teacher Of morals and religion; pro-
moter of general education; and at
present occupies an honorable seat in
the Legislative Council of the Terrific
ry. She concludes her remarkable letter
with the hope that enlightened legisla-
ton in every State will be so modified,
and the customs and consciences of in
dividuals will be so altered, that any
Utah gentleman, with more than the
Christian number of wives, may Be
able to travel in any part Of the United
States with his hsrem and children, and
enjoy as much consideration and honor
as he does at home, or in the same man
ner Jacob of old would have been re-
spected had he, with his wives and chill
dren, paid a visit to his kindred. We
have heard much of the good time COM
ing probably it is the period the lady
refers to.-Phila. Ledger.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13

was considered one of the most splendid
specimens of naval architecture which
belonged to the British navy, lay on
the water, an unsightly, unmanagable
mass; when he had no longer the stump
of a mast left from which to display the
proud flag of his country, the gallant
Briton began to think he had got into
an ugly scrape, from which he could no
longer oppose feeble resistance to his
more fortunate foe.
Capt. Hull sent an officer to take pos
session of the Guerrero. When he had
arrived along side, he demanded of the
commander of the English frigate if he
had struck.
Dacres was extremely reluctant to
make this concession in plain terms, but
with a shrewdness which would have
done honor to Yankee, endeavored
to evade the question.
L do not know that it would be pru-
dent to continue the engagement any
longer said he.
DO understand you to say that you
have struck?' inquired the American
lieutenant.
Not precisely replied Dacres, but
1 don't know that it would be worth
while to fight any longer
IF you think it advisable, will re-
turn aboard replied the Yankee, and
we will resume the engagement
why, l am pretty near hOrs du com
bat already said Dacres; i have hard
ly men enough to work gun, and my
ship is in a sinking condition
i wish to know peremptorily de-
manded the American officer, whether
1 am to consider you as a prisoner Of
war, or an enemy; l have no further
time to parley.'
Il believe now there is no alternative.
If 1 could fight any longer, would
with pleasure. But I-must-surren-
der-myself-a prisoner Of tOdr.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13
aa-The Madrid Gazette, of June 2

NJ 1he Madrld Ga1ette, OF June =,
confirms the statement that the Carmen,
a mail steamer, had been attacked and
captured by Moorish pirates, near
Alhucemas. and that all the crew, with
the exception of cabin boy, had es-
capped. The next day, the Gazette adds.
the authorities of the fortress of Alhu-
cemas sent an officer with flag of truce
to propose topurchase the vessel, but he
was received with musket-shot. The
Spaniards fred some cannon in return,
but they produced no effect.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13
RF An examination Of the persons

charged with firing the store of Jennings
& Co., at New York. by the burning Of
which number of lives were lost. took
place at New York on Monday. The
persons concerned in it number seven.
One of them turned States evidence, in
which he revealed that the store was
first robbed and that the burglars then
gathered pile of papers. poured cam
phehe on it and then set it on FIRE.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13

MURDER CASE IN KENTUcKY.-Iu
December last, Charles Cushing was
murdered in Lexington, by William
Wright. The offence that provoked the
fatal shot being slight offence to the
assailant's wife. On the 18th ult., the
prisoner, who had lain in prison from
that time, was brought out for trial, and
was convicted of murder in the first de-
gree. Cushing kept a confectionery,
which the wife of the prisoner entered
in the dusk of evening, in presence Of
several witnesses, for a purchase
Gushing mistook her for another person,
placed his hand on her shoulder, saying,
"How are you, pretty?" In an instant
he discovered his mistake and apollo
gised, but the lady left in a rage, and
soon after her husband and she returned
to the shop, when the unfortunate young
man was shot down in his tracks
When the jury had returned. after only
twenty minutes absence, and had an
nounced their fatal decree, most dis
tressing scene was witnessed by the
crowd. The prisoner, entirely over
come, let his head fall on his breast,
while his wife, his sister, and his mother,
gave vent to their anguish in most heart
rending screams His wife threw her.
self upon his neck, and exclaimed, "Oh,
why did do thisl-why did do this"
and "Oh, how could those men find hum
guilty. when they have families! OH I
will dieH The screams gradually sub
sided into sobs of grief and anguish,
while the mournful, narrowing scene
afflicted the judge, jury, bar, and specta-
tors.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13

lamentable tale. He stated that they
had taken fine young hunter near Lex
ington and brought as far as the Ohio,
that while engaged on the bank of the
river, a party of white men had fallen
upon them in the night. and Killed his
companions. together with the poor de-
fenceless prisoner who lay bound hand
and foot, unable either to escape or re-
sist.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13
Number 33.

RKvoLUrroEARY REMTEIscEScEs.-It
stirs ones blood, in these latter days, to
read the speeches and record Of the ac-
tons Of those who lived in the days Of
the Revolution. When the news of the
fall Of Ticonderoga reached the capitol
OF New Hampshire, John Langdon, who
was speaker of the Provincial Legisla-
ture, seeing the public credit exhausted,
and his friends discouraged, rose and
said:
81 have $4,000 hard money. and I
will pledge my plate for 50, GOO more.
1 have seventy hogsheads Of Tobago
rum, which shall be sold for the most II
win bring. These are at the service of
the State. If we succeed in defending
our hresides and homes, may be re-
munerated. If we do not, the property
viii be Of no value. Our old friend
Starke, who so nobiy maintained the
honor of our State, at Bunker Hill, may
safely be entrusted with the conduct Of
the enterprise, and he viii check the
progress Of Bergoyne."
Those were the days Of patriotismi
The offer was accepted, the money paid.
The plate hypothecated, and the rum
converted into cash. A corps of noun
taineers was soon raised and placed
under Starke's command. When he
came in sight of the enemy at Benning-
ton, he said
"Boys, there are the Red Coats. We
must beat them, or Molly Starke will be
a widowP
He did beat them. The tide OF war
turned-the fresides and hearths of our
fathers preserved; but whether old John
Langdon ever got back his plate, except
in Continental rags, we do not know
There are many who lost everything in
the service of the country, made ad-
vsnees and sacrificed estates, whose de-
scendants are now poor.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13

EAmerchant, being hurried, called
upon waggish neighbor the other day,
and asking if he had a spare clerk to
lend him, was referred to s-very thin
young gentleman; with a pen behind
his ear, as being the sPAREsr he had.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13

SWEET ISSocENcE.-A young lady Of
Harrisburgh, Pa, was out riding few
days since. The horse commenced
kicking, when she, in the most simple
manner, requested her companion to
get out and hold the horses leg, or he
might iniure the vehicle.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13

In short-ladies and gentlemn.' said
an overpowered orator, i can only say
II beg leave to add desire to as
sure you-that wish bad window
in nay bosom, that you might see the
emotion of my heart (VulgaIA
from the gallery )--'Wouldn't
vour stomach do this time2'
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-13

H Come here, my dear, l want to
ask you all about your sister. Now,
tell me truly-has she got beanY-
No, its the janders she's got; the dser
tor says so.'
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-18
IHE EUROPEAN WAN.

THE AuSTRIANS IN THE PRINCIPALITIEs.
(Yrom the London Times July8l
II is stated in all the last accounts from Germany
that on Monday, the I'd Of July, exactly one year
from the day on which the Russians crossed tho
Pruth last year, General Coronini marched at the
head Of column Of rs 900 Austrian troops from
Orsova into Wailacha, and that he will immediate
Iy be followed, in the course Of the present week
by other detachmcnts Of the imperial army sent to
execute the treaty between Austria and the Porte,
and. II necessary, to expel the Russians from the
territory they had seized The c5nduct Of the Court
Of Austria In the psent crisis and the final deter
minaton ofthe Emperor francis Joseph TO throw his
armies into the ed in defence Of the Independence Of
Turkey and the principles fthe Conference Of Wen
na, afford the most decisive evidence to which We
appeal explain and justify that system Of policy
as applied to the relations OF the continental Sate
which We have habitualiy defended. That system
Of policy, indeed requires no defence atthe moment
when has succeeded in placing this country at the
head OF the greatest political combination formed
since the Grand Alliance Of Isi3--in concert with
Fcance, In concert with Germany anmating and
directing the public opinion OF Europe prepar.
ed to exert the gigantic strength OF these united
empires to protect the rights OF the weak and TO 70
store the peace Of the world 1t is not for rs to an
ticpate the results Of this war, or TO determine be
forrhand when the tide of conquest will turn
or when the arm Of avcpging justice will b. stay
ed; bat We have the right 10 assert that up !,
this point the efforts Of the government have 6esl
crowned with succsus and cur own nsntcipations an
! dedres hAye been fulfilled. Az "a eariy pe-sot I
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-18
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
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MHWS HI THE FXAMRxIM.
MILITARY MSURRECTt0N IN SPAIN.
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Proposed Abdieation Of the oueen.
Entrance OF the AuStrians into the
Principalities.
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THE CAR DOES NOT FLINCH.
ANTICIPATED BATTLE ON CgsNSTADT.
.>~~~>~~>~>~>>~>>~,-~
THE RIGHTS OF NEuTRALS.
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DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE or COMMONS.
EreadstusIs Lswer-.-c often Unshanged---.
Censok 93 l-s,

by special messenger from the steamship Frank
lin, ashore of Montauk, l.. L. we have received pa
pers from London Of the 9th inst.
The Franklin left Southampton on The 9Th inst,
at six o'clock. She brings lG0 passengers and 800
tons Of merchandise. She now lies ashore of Mon
tauk. and her position is considered dangerous.
The news is very important.
military insurrecsion broke out at Madrid on
the 18th nit, headed by Gen. O,Donnell. The gar
rison fraternized with the insurgents, and Geo.
ODonnell threatened to attack the palace. He had
also proposed the abdication Of the Queen. -Four
thousand troops had marched from Madrid to Tole-
do. At last accounts Madrid was tranquil.
The news from the Continent is to the effect
that corps of %, 600 Austrians has entered Mol
dava. and that other troops are shortly to follow.
The Austrian Commander In. Chief has proceeded to
the seat Of war with instructions to insist upon the
evacuation Of Moldavia. This the Russians refuse
to do and it is stated that the Czar in reply to the
demands Of Austria and Prussia, said that he wouid
resist to tho last man and the last rouble. The
Russians have determined to defend the line Of the
Sereth, and, consequently, collision between the
two Powers is most imminent.
The Liverpool corn market was unchanged. with
bnt moderate business doing. Breadstufs had
decined--corn Is, and -four Is. to Is. Consols left
of on the 4fh inst at 93a.
The steamship Pacific arrived at Liverpool at
4 A. NJ, on the 5th inst.
The three per cents closed on the Paris Bourse
yesterday at 73R roc for the end of the month and
the four and-s-half per cents at 98f. SOC.
At Madrid, on the 3oth, the Spanish three per
cents were at $40, with no business doing
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-18

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SyRAcysx---A fire broke
out in q wood pile belonging to the Genital Raj
road Company, on Saturday evening, ct Syracuse,
by which not less than twelve hundred cords ~
wood were burnt. The STANDARD sums up the
Losses as foll0ws:--
Two long woodsheds, worth about ~ 500 tweavs
hundred cords of wood, worth about 81 900; and
road Company, were burned. Besides this lon, q
number Of freight cars that stood between ths
burning piles, and were rescued with difficulty,
were considerably damaged, and the iron Of thd
track warped and rendered useless. The whols
loss is estimated at 81 900 or s. 900.
Mr.. Chaplin, the contractor for saving the woei,
lost one Of his engines worth about four hundred
dollars.
Michael Dolan's dwelling and barn, worth aheoe
eight hundred dollars, totally destroyed. The far
niture saved, although in damaged conditioa-
Said to be fully insured.
Jacob Wright's dwelling partially burned-losx
about 5000. Fully insured
James Ryans dwelling nearly destroyed.-ioeS
about $400. Fully insured. @e
A wooden building, owned by the Binghantoa
Railroad Company, was badly damaged, by having
all the windows doors, o., broke, but the building
was not touched by fire. It was occupied by Mr..
ScoGeld, whose furniture vas removed in damaged
condition. -
couple Of Irish wosaen {widows) who resided
in the upper part Of Wright's house, named Ms.
except what they wore on their persons Thor case
is the hardest Of all although the value Of their
property is probably least.
The fire probably originated from spark from o
locomotive falling On the roof OF the w0odshed.
which burned like tnder, and before the hose BE-
longing TO the company could bring ssxesm Of wa
ter ON the fre the whole shed was In a-blaze.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-18
The Very Latest Intelligence.

VIENNA, Monday, July ,, 1854.
The Aschduke Albrecht has joined the army.
General Leinngen, a. Adlstus, acts rs Governor
Of Hungary.
II 10 believed that General Corotin has this day
entered Little Wailachis, from Ouovs, with 1000
men, and that brigade from Transyivsnia has
passed through the Tomosch Pass into Grsat Wal.
lacha.
All the troops in Russian Poland have been or
dered TO march towards thu Galician frontier, and
levy en- masse has been sxdered in Poiand. Each
landed proprietor u to supply "a men, IL Of whom
are TO be armed with sithes.
Notification OF the Convention between Austria
and the Porte has heeA sent to st. Petersburg.
Baron MeyendofR ia permitted 10 20 70 Gastein !,
but must then ret1a to his estates in Finland.
The OF Deusseie Post has every reason 10 believe
that the Russian answer TO she summons has At
| length arrived.
BERLIN, June 2s.
II is stated u.at the Prussian government has re-
| ceiyed from Colonel Manteufei, who, o. il known
was sent to 81. Petersburg with q despatch in sup
port Of fhs summons from Austria, information In
dicatinS marked coldness on the part OF the Cour
| OF kuslia. At the departure Of the last courier I
was not known what would be the answer Of tha
Cours. or In what terms Il would be couched. 4
Boiin, "a well ~ Vienna. he fettcgrsde mcytale'