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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

THE CoLT PATENT.-A letter to the
Philadelphia Enquirer, from Washing
ton, says:
A report, was very quietly made to
the House yesterday by the Committee
on Pensions, for the relief of Samuel
Colt. 1t turns out to be an extension
of the patent to Samuel Colt, the cele-
brated manufacturer of firearms. He
has already had his patent extended
once, and has made colossal fortune
out of it. The system of issuing
patents at all is considered by many of
doubtful propriety- 1t is at best only
defensible on the ground of encourage
ment to genius, by a tax upon consum-
ers. In the case of Colt, who has al
ready enjoyed his patent for fourteen
years, the idea of still further increas-
ing it so as to continue his monopoly for
some years longer appears to me re-
pugnant to Justice. So long as Mr..
Colt retains the patent, all attempts to
improve the arm or use any of its pecu-
liarities in an improvement, areviewed
as Entertainments, and at once sup
pressed by law. The effect. therefore,
of letting patent run too long, is to
check inventive genius, and thus run
counter to tie very principle which in
the first instance recognizes the justice
of a limited patent. The extension IN
question viii meet with great deal OF
opposition. .r..r.- a-a.z. s5f,I
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

RIoF AND Loss OF LIFE.-We learn
from Mr.. Geo. II. Thornton, of Bed
ford, that a terrible riot took place on
Friday last amongth the Irish=laborers on
the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, about
seven miles from Lawrenceport, Law
renee county. 1t seems that the Irish
were divided into two factions, the
Munster" men and the 'Leister" men,
who as usual were very jealous of each
other. On Friday last the Munster"
men, numbering some forty or fifty,
undertook to drive away the ..Leister"
men, Insisting that they should not work
on the read. Aterrible fight ensued in
which many were seriously wounded,
and number of houses burned
During the riot party of the "Mun-
ster" men proceeded to a boarding
house kept by an niAmeriean by the name
of Driskiil, and demanded that some
"Leister" men that were there should
be given up. Aparley ensued in which
an Irishman struck at Driskill with an
axe, who Immediately attempted to
shoot the Irishman, but failed, as his
pistol would not go off A nephew of
Driskill then pulled out pistol and
shot the Irishman dead They then
escaped from the mob by breaking
hole through the back part of the house.
Ten of those engaged in the riot were
and are now lying in jail
at Bedford to await their trial The
leader of the mob escaped. -Nsw Al5a-
ny Tri6arne. nd G t.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

Death Of Kentucky Soldier.-Major
Alexander Dunlap died at the residence
of his nephew, Col. James Dunlap, in
Jacksonville, on the 10th ult., in the
68th year of his age He was Ken
tuckiansby birth, volunteered as pri-
vate in the war of 1919, was taken pri-
soner at Dudley's defeat, and would
have been sacrificed if he had not been
recognized as Mason by British Off
Ger. He was afterwards in the battle
of the Thames, and for bis gallantry on
that occasion was made Captain in the
U. S. A. He fought through the Greek
war, and was for some time a member
of Gen. Jackson's military family. He
was a witness Of the execution of Ar
buthnot and Ambrister. President
Polk made him Major in the Mexican
wan He assisted in the taking of We
ra Cruz, and was with Scott in several
other engagements. He was instru-
mental in forming the Grand Lodge of
Illinois and was elected Grand Master
and was a man of great frmness,
probity and fidelity.-L0a. COar.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

THE HARPER BRoTHERs AND rrx,a
LossEs.-The loss of the Harpers has
not been overestimated as appears from
statement now made public. But it is
said the amount of their insurance is
more than enough to discharge all their
debtedness; and their outstanding ac-
counts and private resources. is more
than adequate to replace the establish
ment in the position it held before the
fire.
1.-The establishment of the Harpers
was founded by James Harper, the
eldest of the four Brothers who now
constitute the firm. He came to this
city in 1910, lad fifteen years old,
and served an apprenticeship of six
years to Paul & Thomas, the leading
printers of that day. His brother John
soon followed him, and learned the
trade of Mr.. Seymour, a printer in
John street. In 1917, with small
capital James had saved, the brothers
opened small book and job Office in
Dover st. The first book they printed
was Seneca's Morals;-the second was
an edition of the Methodist Catecism.
The first book they published on their
own account was Locke's Essay on the
Human Understanding. They toiled
with unremitting industry, and main
tanned the highest character for enter
prise and integrity. In 1890, the third
brother, Joseph Wesley, joined them.
and in six years later, Fletcher became
member of the firm. From that time
until now they have carried on the pub
fishing business with degree of well
directed energy, which has few paral-
lels. They removed to Cliff street
about 1890, and have added one build
ing after another to their establishment
as the demands of their business re-
quired. The amount of books they
have issued is almost incalculable. For
the last few years they have published,
on an average. twenty-five volumes a
minute for ten hours day:-and from
three to four thousand persons have
obtained livelihood from their employ
ment. ."-NeW York Paper.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12
THE LOST DAY.
By MRS. sIeouRxET..

BY MRS. SIG oUREEY.i
.Lostl lostl lostl
A gem of countless price,
Cut from the living rock,
And graved in Paradise.
Set round with three times eight
Is Large diamonds, clear and bright,
And each with sixty smaller ones,
All changeful as the light.
Lost-where the thoughaess throng
In fashions mazes wind,
Where trilleth folly's song,
Leaving sting behind;
Yet to my hand twas given
"A golden harp to buy,
Such as the white robed choir attune
TO deathless minstrelsy.
LOST lost! lost! -
L feel all search in vain;
That gem of countless cost
Can meier be mine again;
l offer no reward, .e as1
?; For till these heart-strings sever,
I know that heavens intrusted gift
Is reft away forever.
But when the sea and land
Like burning scrolls have fled,
I'll see it in his hand
Who judgeth quick and dead;
And when to seattle and loss rc4
That man cannot repair,
The dread inquiry meets my soul,
What shall it answer there?
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

DREAM OF A QUEEN.-A letter from
London states that the recent death of
the Queen of Portugal singularly YER.
ifes dream which her majesty Queen
Victoria was said to have had last Jan
uary, and which had rendered her ex-
tremely uneasy. 1t was to the effect
that there would be a cold spring, wet
summer, a fine autumn, and dead
queen "We shivered in the cold
spring, mathematical the incessant rain
in the summer, which prevented so
many anticipated benefits and enjoy
ments, have been glorifying the remark
able fine autumn with which we have
been blessed, and suddenly we find to-
wards the close Of the year the announce
ment of the death Of the Queen of Por-
tugal. The dream was as remarkable
as its verifeation. tIo71l oi ~ i-
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

FRIeHTFUL.-0n Tuesday last, the
wife, Of George Watlington, who resides
about five miles north of the city, while
in fit of insanity, threw her little child,
four months of age, into the FIRE, and,
no one being Immediately at hand, it
was so badly burned as to die almost
Immediately. A coroner's inquest was
held over the body yesterday Mrs:
w, we learn, had been subject to fits
or mental arrangement for several years,
but, having escaped such attacks en-
tirely for FIVE months her friends were
strongly impressed with the hope that
they would no more return The hope
however, was delusive. and on Tuesday
while the husband was absent but Tor a
few moments,, the terrible occurrence
narrated above occurred III haa .s9i4u
y - 80 Madison Banner.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12
From the Louisville Times.
THE PAST.
BY HARRY HAYS.

Hi i@A BY HARRY HAYS.
There is memory of the past,
Which fingers round the soul, go
And often makes us gladly spurn
The presents stern control; a
And bears US back to joys long gone,
To dear ones early dead
To sunny scenes and youthful hopes,
Which have, like Visions fed. s.Rs 90
There is a sadness in the past, nail,4e
Which drapes the heart in black, gg7q
When, calling for its youths return,
IT'S only answered back o. 81 E1o
''Forever fled are those bright days,
Which guileless childhood knew. ?
Nor mortal prayer, nor power divine
Their freshness can renew" -.
There is a rapture in the past, 4 7s,
If smiling with the gay z irzzi a.57,
And weeping with the humble poor
We've spent each fieeting day;
If, from the path our brother trod,
We have removed the thorn,
Or made the heart to thrill with Joy, a.
Which must have been forlorn.
g'a
There is lesson which the past "a
-eso the present brings l.l,'.' .isi
Which should influence us to stamp
Improvement on its wings; ,ai5 s1.f y
1t flies, and quickly past becomes,
5GIo 1f eka~x
And soon twill bring the closing hour,
Life's transient day. - H. =. :
CIARKsv1LLE, Tennessee.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

The DEMON SPECULATIoG.-The un-
certain character of wealth was forcibly
brought to mind by an incideut related
to us recently. Merchants know that
during the latter part of the summer
and early fall much speculation existed
in hogs. Extrayagant anticipatiOns
were indulged in by dealers, and heavy
losses have been the consequence. A
young man in the vicinity of Indianapo-
lis had recently come into possession o f
a handsome fortune--some $4,000 in
cash. He determined to make a grand
speculation in the hog business; he vis-
tied the farmers about Indianapolis, and
purchased $4,000 head at IS per cwt,
paying down one dollar on each hog,
the remainder to be paid on day nam
ed in the future. ai
Meanwhile the commodity declined
95 per cent, and at the time specified
for the delivery of the hogs they had
fallen to 80 75 per cwt., which was a
dead loss on the contract price of S34-
500. By advice of his friends he COM
pounded with the farmers by losing
what he had adyanced-they relin-
quishing their sale. From competency
he is suddenly preeipitated into begga-
ry, from affiuence to indulgence. He
was rich-he would be suddenly richer
now he is poor. 11ai
Speculation is the demon of the mer-
camille profession. Its track is strewn
with the bleached bones of blown up
Thousands are annually
crippled for life, or for years, by the
falls they received while blindly rush
ing to grasp the gilded bauble held be-
fore their excited cupidity by the demon.
as mirage in the desert tempts and tan >
talizes the thirsty traveller. But stran-
ger yet, the disastrous example deters
few or none of the concourse behind
from pressing madly in the same wild
pursuit. Forest City Democrat.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12
ADDRESS TO THE COMET.

You shining orb of fiery lustre; b.;a
As you skim along the sky, -5aaia'
Eclipsing every starry cluster, -.
Which with thee in splendor vie.
aai1ss 4Tss
De-yeu threaten desolation, -
BY some foreign nations sword,
Or some horrid devastation I Z
By the handof IsraePs God.
.Gsak 8 sac
Or is the dreadful day approaching.
When the moon shan turn 70 blood,
And the elemental scorching aT fse
Be more dire than Neah's food. .
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

NOVEL SrEAMER.-An iron vessel,
named the Enterprise" intended for
the Deep Sea Fishing Association of
Scotland, has been launched on the
Clyde She is about 100 feet in length
and 16 feet beam, her measurement
about 100 tons, and her engines are
100 horse power. The propelling pow
er, on a totally new principle, by Mes
srs. Ruthven,3 of Glasgow, the patentees,
requires neither paddles nor screw
One important feature ofthe invention
is, thatby simple movement the ves-
sci can be either stopped, turned, or
backed almost instantaneously, without
requiring the steam to be let off, or the
machinery stopped. The principle of
propulsion is the injection of water
through pipes, to act upon the mass Of
water in which the vessel is moving
Jas. Rumsey employed this principal,
but Ruthven's improvement relates to
the exit tubes. 7nii s1l1'" ssin'i %,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12
sEWoman's Rights'-to hayeI,hul,s

ewWoman's Rights'-to haveh hus-
bands and children.a' Woman's wrongs
Ito be compelled by the force Of public
opinion to obey the former and take
care of the latter Hard, but honest.
What says Mr.. What's -her1nane, who,
having survived her bloom takes to
;'bloomers,v and talks about enfargihe
her "spear?,ABostoa Post. % .sns
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12
MIKE wAIsH's Lasr.-we hear tha

MIKE. WALsH's LAsT.-We hear that
one of the every hards" was congratu7
latino himself yesterday in Mikes pres
ence upon the cordiality with which the
President treated him in recent inter-
yiew-"shaking him by the hand with
an affectionate warmth" as be ex
plained. He asked Mike if it didn't
look as though his Excellency might be
coming roundsto the Hards. "No," |"
said Mike, sit looks more like the sheriff
shaking hands with fellow after he has
pulled the cap over his eyes ''-Star.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12
FrOm the Cincipnati Enquirer.

The IrIsh RxIIe's Address 10 America.
- BY HELEN TRuEsDELL.
Cold and dreary blew the night winds
Sad, oh sad, this heart of mine,
When, like some pilgrim weary,
First l sought these shores of thine.
Stars and stripes were proudly floating,
Freely fiuttering in the breeze;
Which with low and solemn cadence
Sighed amid the leafless trees.
Many broad and shining river hrn
Like fair sheets of silver lay;
Snow-capped hills and towering noun
tains
T. Glittering meath the moons soft ray;
Birds had sought kindlier climate
Meath the myrtle's gentle shade,
Or amid the orange flowers
Their little nests had made.
Home with all its fond endearments--
'Home, sweet home," was far away;
Not single thought had cheered me
Through that live-long winters day.
Then came worn and weary slumbers,
Sadly broken through the night;
But woke and saw thy banners
Proudly floating in the light.
Then murmured Erin, Erin, as9
Thou bright Emerald of the sea,
Fain I'd linger always near thee,
But, alas! thou art not free.
Tyrant hands have strongly bound thee,
Fettered power and might and will
Yet thou still art precious to me,
tWith thy faults l love thee STILL"
But beneath these stars so glorious,
Far from kindred, far from thee,
Though all other ties are broken,
Let me dwell amid the free.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

~We were yesterday shown bill
on the northern Bank of ofKentueky, by
Messrs. A. B. Shaw q Co., which had
been changed from one to ten dollars,
by pasting over the one in each corner
very neatly engraved $40, and in the
body of the bill one dollar had been
changed to ten dollars by the same pro-
cess. The change of the figures in the
corners is well executed, and but the
gum with which it had been pasted Civ
ing way and exposing the cheat, might
have deceived close observer. The
ten dollars in the body of the bill is not
SO neatly pasted on, having been en-
graved a little TOO large for the space,
and by holding it to the light may be
easily detected.-Memphis Eng.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

-EaThose sewing machines are
great inventions, 2 said 8 friend to Wag.
eyes, sir" said he, $50 it sexms.r sd
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

AN AFFECTING ScEsE.-Lieut- Par
sons, in his 'Nelsonian "reminiscences. ="
relates the following:-Richard Bennett.
when mortally wounded in Nelson's
great battle, had requested that minia-
ture and lock of hair should be given
by Lieut. P. to his sweetheart, Susette,
in Scotland. The gallant Lieutenant
thus describes the interview:-1t was
at the close of day, when bright
July sun was setting, that l arrived at
the pretty cottage of Susette's mother.
l tremulously stated who 1 was, to the
most respectable looking matron i ever
saw, of French extraction. In broken,
bitter accents of HEARTFELT grief, she
told me her daughters death was daily
expected, and requested time to prepare
her to see me.
AT last she expressed a wish to see
the friend of Richard Bennett, and l
was admitted to the fairest daughter of
Eve, and / found the world unequal to
her in charms. She was propped up
with pillows, near the open lattice of
her bedroom, that was clustered with
roses. Her white dress and the drape-
ry of the room, accorded with the an
gelic vision, who now turned her lus-
trous eyes upon me, veiled in long
fringed eyelids. She held out her
transparent hand, and gently pressed
mine as Istooped to kiss it; and as she
felt my tears fall-on it, softly murmured:
-'1 wish could cry; it would relieve
my poor heart" She gasped for breath
and respired with dificulty,-..The
lock of hair, quickly. let me see it,"
She caught at it, wildly pressed it to her
heart, and fell back. Her mother and
| thought she had tainted, but the pure
and innocent soul had returned to God.
SHARP's BREEcH LOADING AND SELF
PRIMlNG GUN.-We have been very
agreeably entertained to-day by the ex-
hibition of gun, bearing the above
name. Without going into details, or
Disgusting our meaning by scientific
terms, we may state that it is very
elegant piece of work, weighing about
eight pounds, with a groved barrel,
closed by a temporary plug at the
breech. The cartridge attached to a
conical ball is easily inserted at the
breech; the lever which acts as guard
to the trigger when moved to its place
cuts the cartridge and closes the breech.
An air chamber around the cartridge
allows the oxygen of the air to do its
full share in the process of ignition, so
that all the powder is burnt. The ham,
mer which explodes the cap, by very
ingenious and simple contrivance, places
the cap on the nipple at the moment the
gun is cooked. The caps are placed by
ifties in a small chamber and come to
their places singly as if by magic. The
firing is executed with the greatest ra-
pidity, and the point blank range is
about $50 yards, not varying great
deal from the Minnie. 1 "I-
We understand that patents have been
taken out in Europe, and that the Earl
of Ellesmere, the French commissioner
to the Worlds Fair, Col Stratton Of
the British army, now in India, and the |
Emperor Nicholas, have ordered each |
one of these pieces.-No y Express.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

eREsIt is yeryeurious," saidsanold
gentleman a few days since to hisfriends,
%that lwatch sshould be perfectly dry,
when it has arunning spring inside"
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-03-08

1 DEIOCR.ATIC MEETING fN5Q1NsA9N
at 4 Denaocrsafic meeting held at the Court House
in SmifhIIeld on the 1st Instant, Powell Blackman
was appointed Chair1la and D. q Carfing Seq
hair1nan On mofion of Linn B. Sanders, 4
committee appointed to draft and port Tesol'l-
tons for the action of the meeting. Through
chairman, L. B. Sanders, the commit ported the
following resolutions: g e ~
Rcsozsea, That the policy thus far pursued by the
Exsciitseo Of the United States meets with our cor
upon the election of Franklin Pierce to the Presl-
dency.
Resided That it is of the first Importance that the
Democratic party should be victorious in the APP
preaching campaign in August next; and that we
approve of the proposition to hold Convention in
the City of Raleigh the 10Th of April for the pur-
pose of efectng such an organization as will secure
the desired result.
Resozred That the Chairman of this meeting ap-
point two delegates from each Captains District to
represent this County in said Convention.
Resolred, That we tender to David s. Reid our
heartfelt thanks for the ability and fidelity with which
he has discharged his duty Governor of the State
and that he carries with him into his retirement
best wishes for his future happiness.
ResoIced That We recommend to the Democracy
of Johnston County for the purpose of moro perfect
organization that primary meetings be held in each
Captains District to appoint delegates to County
Convention to be held in Smithfield the 1st Sat
urday in May to nominate candidates for the ensu-
ing Legislature.
Under the 3rd resolution the Chairman appointed
thirty delegates as follows: Daniel Gardner, n g.
Gully, Linn B. Sanders, A. j. Leach Parker r. Tom
linson, Benjamin Goodwin, R. w. Stevens, Gideon
Kean Eli Olive, William Peacock, Westbrook Lee,
John c. Hood jr., Z. S. Jones, T. w. Whitley, B.
b. Afford, K b. Whitley, Franklin Philips, Henry
Eason Turner Joyner, VIM. II. Joyner, Hopson
O'Neal, John Brown, B. C. Richardson, n NJ. Vim
son. b. H. Tomlinson, Ephraim Page, Henry Gerhardt,
VIM s. Ballinger, j. W. B. Watson, W. H. Cuon,.
On motion, the thanks of this meeting were tender
cd to the Chairman and Secretary for the able
in which they have discharged the duties of their
respective stations Also to Sydney Smith, Esq, of
Wake County, for the able and interesting manner
in which he addressed the meeting.
Onmotion, the Secretary was requested to forward
a copy of these proceedings to the n. c. Standard
for publication.
On motion, the Chairman and Secretary were adj
ded to the list of delegates.
POWELL BLACKMAN Chm'n.
n ~ One,,I