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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-22
Number SO.

HUNTING SNAKEs.-Dr. Thomas, of
Monticello, Ind. reports a case of rat
tlesnake bite. Mr.. J. H. S. (age SO,
who stands SIX feet in his stockings; who
by the way, was very fond of brandy }
who had just been bitten on the inside
of his left heel by large rattlesnake
both fangs had been well inserted in
the muscles. In So hours he was sound
and well. gave him, in the short time
alluded to, one quart of brandy and
one and a half gallon of whiskey-all
without mtoxication. He wanted more,
and l refused to supply him.
The next day Mr.. II. his next neigh
Dor, was passing along. and saw him
with his pants rolled up to his knees,
barefooted, and wading round in some
weeds and grass with his feet. He ask
ed if he had lost anything.
"No, SIR"
"What are you doing then?''
I'm hunting a snake. There amt
any liquor only what Dr.. Thomas has
got, and he won't let me have any un-
less I'm snake-bite so am hunting one.
-Nortk Western and Swgical Journal.
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BOOTS.

There is something, to my thinking, partc
u!arly imposing in that simple monosylable
boots" 1t conveys to my mind an idea OF
solidity, strength, swiftness, power of endu.
rance, personal capability it images all the
energetic and active properties of our nature.
There may be other integuments equally indi-
cative of manhood, but there are none of which
male weareris so proud as of his boots. To
Undue the femoral garment on ones first entry
into life is something; but to be booted is to
have life itself at the point of the toe-a foot
ball to be kicked whithersoever il may please
the fantasy of the kicker.
The man walks not ON two legs who has for
gotten the JOY and pride with which he put on
his first pair of boots, particularly if he be old
enough to remember the palmy days Of Hes
slams and Tops, when the material terminus of
humanity was shining well shaped boot :;
even in the more than half concealed Yelling
ton, there was consciousness of stability and
grace which nothing else that was wearable
could impart
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A MOTHERS TEARS.

! We clip from an g Address delivered be-
fore the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association,
July 18th, 1855, by Beverley R. Wellford, Jr,"
which we find in the Southern Literary Mes
senger, the following striking passage:7tI1is-
tory records no more suggestive incident than
the memorable termination of the siege of Rome
by Coriolanus. No child ever perused the mar,
rative without extraordinary emotion. There
is something in it which appeals with an effect
that may not be resisted to the heart and th
consciousness Of all. Who has not in imagi
nation dwelt upon the scene? A stout an
sturdy warrior, steeled by years of active mil
tary service against the pitifuI appeals of 81
fering humanity-the victim of fierce and u
governablc passions-smarting under ke'
sense of accumulated wrong-consecrates t.
energies of his life to the avenging of his i
jury, and exilcd from the city whose annals ]
military prowess had adorned, sallies forth ::
nfuriated minister of wrath. Sacrificing
higher and more enpobling aspirations-srH
ing forever the hard earned laurels of the
tor of Corioli-he seeks, even at the pric'
traitors fame, to purchase satisfying ~
geance. Rallying around him an army 0: i
enemy he had prostrated for her, he tn
himself with an exulting legion upon the
Tending city, and tbundcrs at her gates. !,
palled and PROSTATE at the realization of
seemingly inevitable doom, Rome trembes :
fore him. With humbled pride her haug!
senators, in solemn procession, come to sue
mercy. Disdainfully repulsed, they disp:'
the ministers of their religion to WOO with
hopes of future bliss and intmidate with
prospect of coming retribution. But all
vain. Unrelenting and unmoved by every
peal, the stern veteran relaXis., lrIS.
Tbon onma thu pothar'c zazSollF5r
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MR.. BAIRD'S REPLY.

To the Editors of the Spartanburg Express:
GENTLEMEN: Having noticed in your pa
per of the 9th ultimo, Il Litter from the Hon.
T.. VI. Keitt, addressed to yourselves, in rela-
tion to the statements made in his late speech
respecting the agitationS and the divisions in
the Churches upon the slavery question, to
which had called his attention, | desire to
make few remarks in reply.
In the honorable gentlcmen's aversion to
''rcigious controversy [ most cordially SYM
pathize. Certainly the less of that article the
better Still, had he been better posted up in
relation to its true {" status past and present
even this Speck of war would not have occur
red. His full disclaimer of any intention to
place the churches referred to in any improper
light is all as it should be- and is just what
gave him credit for in advance.
His written statement of the positions taken
by him in his speech, is certainly much less
full and strong than the effusion uttered in the
ardor of debate The "pictures" of the pu-
trid masses with which we were supposed to be
in contact are left out no mention is made of
the qualifications; ;" and the positive assertions
respecting present "agitations' and future ''in-
evitable divisions" have changed into modest
Difference for the opinions and statements of
Mr. Calhoun So far as it goes | take no ex-
ceptions to tam glad only that it so far con-
firms the account of it which | had before
published.
As no attempt is made to refute anything
which I had asserted respecting that whole
matter, except the introduction Of MIR. Cal
houns statement in relation to the diOtsion of
the churches, 7 shall consider all the rest as
tacitly assented to, and con6ne my remarks to
that Que feature of his letter.
It has been too much the custom OF potl-
clans to make statements at random respecting
church matters. Divisions occur; but they
do not know for what One it is known, was
caused by "the explosive powder of the aboli-
tion agitation" The inference without examl-
nation, is. that it was so with them all One
took place upona sectional line-allmust have
done the same. Some have divided Inc
oracular response forthwith is" division in
the remainder is inevitable v' Thus all are
booked alike, and shut up to the same fate =
Such is the sum of the knowledge, in ecclesl-
astcal matters, of many of our most eminent
statesmen such are their hasty conclusions
and their declarations, in their public speech
es Nor can we expect it otherwise, absorbed
as those men commonly are in professional du-
ties, and in the investigation and the discus
sion of the great political questions which agl-
tate our State and national councils. But
these things being SO, I trust it will not be
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Atligilons.
From the Carolina Spartan.
LETTER FROM COL. KEITT.

LETTER FROM COL. KEITT.
Mcssrs Editors: In your issue of the 18th
instant, noticed letter addressed to me BY
the Rev. Mr.. Baird, to which you cditorially
invite attention. Ny disincination to eccle
siastcal controversy arises from my studies,
taste and habit, and | cannot beinduced into it;
but will relieve myself from an erronerous
position, however, unintentionaly placed IN
it.
n inference legitimately deducible from
the letter is, that | charged the Presbyterian
Church South with lukewarmncss or indllfer
encc upon the subject of slavery. emphati-
caly disclaim any such inference or imputa-
ton.
70 put myself right, will re-state my pro.
positions, and adduce particle of testimony.
[ said that we were upon the eve of uncon-
iecturable events. That struggle of unc-
qualled fury was swiftly approaching us, and
that if the ties of the Union came out of it
unrcnt, they were made of sterner stuff than
the history of the past assured. That the
bonds of the Union had resisted political agi
taton, but could they withstand religious fury:
That abolitionism had travelled from political
dominion to religious convictions, and had in
fected the whole mind and heart of the North.
That under its palsying touch some of the
strongest cords which held the Union togeth-
erhad snapped, and that others were as>ailcd,
and, Ibelived, would give way. | said that
the Methodist and Baptist Churches had di-
vi1ed upon the slavery question that the agi-
tation was embracing the Presbyterian and
Episcopal Churches; and I bclived they, too,
would be rent in twain by it.
alluded to the Presbyterian Church, as to
other churches, because knew that the North
crn members of that particular church were
not beyond the reach of Northern sentiment,
which now believe, to be radically abolition
lied and because l had distinct impression
that it had not been intact from agitation.-
This impression l had obtained from passing
events, and from grave and specific declara-
1ion Of Mr.. Calhoun. I have just referred to
the speech of Mr. Calhoun which contains the
declaration and find it ample and conclusive
10 MY vindication. Speaking of the effect Of
the abolition agitation upon the religious cords
which aided to hold the Union together, he
said:
The first of these cords which snapped under
its exp,osive force (aboiitionisnD was that Of
the powerful Methodist Episcopal Church.
The numerous and strong ties which held it
together are all broke, and its unity gone.
The next cord that snapped was that Of the
Baptist, one of the largest and most respecta-
BILE of the denominations That Of the Pres
byterian is not entirely snapped, but some of
its strands have given away
This was uttered by Mr.. Calhoun in his dy
ing speech, in the Senate Chamber, on the
4th March, 1850. In this, his last legacy to
the country, who will charge him with perver-
sion or careless statement, or want of inform
alton upon the slavery question:
| have the honor to be-
Your most obedent servant,
LAWRENCE VI. KEITT.
OrangeJury g. H., Stpt. IS, 1855.
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ANOTHER "BABy"

They have got new "baby elephant" up
town, the product of one of the elephants, VIC
believe, belonging to Barnums travelling men
agerle Being too unwell to 90 upon her usu.
al summer tour, it was left at home We believe,
to recuperate for a season. The result is this
addition to the elephantinc domestic circle
Both Button and Goldsmith tell us, as scien-
tifie fact, that elephants never gcxtate in cap
tlvlty. However prolific IN their natural state
they never give birth in the domestic condition
those authorities assure us, to other captivcs
and such used to be the case. But, e..
years ago, one Of the female elephants in Il
geological Garden, at Regents Park, LonGc.
set the example. An elephant in the Jard.
"es PlonteSat Paris followed it within tweh,
month. A year after an elephant in this ci
gave us an imitation; and now, as if our cot
try must still keep ahead of all competiti
behold, we have another!
These baby-elephants are very intercs
objects. They are perfectly formed throg
out, and differ from their parents only il
but that difference is so amazing that
comes ludicrous; and when you see the !.
walking to and fro under its mother, you T..
not resist the impulse to laugh at the od,
of the comparison. And then the bulky
theirs care of her baby is so human-like +.
afectionate! Give the baby an apple, fof
stance. The mother elephant first takes it
her trunk, examines it closely, and then
turns it to her infant to eat, having apparent
satisfied herself of its innocuousness. And
with everything else. The watchful care, T.
jealous fondness, the assiduous and untrina
tenton of the parent-monster, is emneh
worthy OF imitation by many being who ma.
profession of greater share of intelligence
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some prominent and permanent shape shoult
surely by this time be visible! Again, then,
ask; What and rhcrc o1u h'y?
In conclusion, would add, that havingmy
self "seen some service" in defence OF the
South, and also in direct assaults upon tl'
Northern Abolition forces, my synIpathes ar
wholly with those who are pursuing the sam
line ofaction. But l dcprccate the results
such efforts when the thrusts made at t1cs riv
down friends as we'll as enemies Or when the
guns employed are so loaded that like those oi
olden time,
''When fired at duck plover,
They kick their owners over"
Very respectfully yours, &C.,
WASHINGTON BAIRD.
Spartanburg, Oct. 10, 1885.
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NO.. 43.

year, till death seizes them, and they peris;
unrepentant, because forever "behind time,
The Allies have lost nearly year at Sebasto'
pol, because they delayed a superauous day
after the battle of Alma, and came up too late
for a coup de main just twenty-four hours "be,
hind time" Five minutes in crisis is worth
years. 1t is but little period, yet it has Of.
ten saved fortune or redeemed people Ii
there is one virtue that should be cultivated
more than another by him who would succeed
in life, it is punctuality; if there is one error
that should be avoided, it is being bcbind
time.
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Hats and gloves are temporary ornaments
.ther articles of clothing depend more or less
N the skill of the tailor, but boots depend up
III themselves; self-reliant, they stand alone.
What wretched slip-shod creature human
,eing is without boots In that forlorn condi-
ion he can undertake nothing all enterprise
5 impossible; he is without motion; thing
it only to have his toes trodden on. But if
lie thought flashes through his brain that be
rust be up and doing, what are the first words
hat rush to his lips? "My boots !" Moth
ng else could express the fixedness of his new
BORN purpose. Suppose he called for his horse
,r his arms, what sort of figure, having them
,nly, would he cut without his boots? He
could not ride furlong, or hold his ground
lgainst his foe single inch. But give him
time enough to draw on his boots, and new
man starts at once into existence, ready for
anything.
You have only to say-in language that
savors rather of blank verse or the Elizabethan
period-that an effort is bootless, and the folly
IF attempting any adventure without boots
becomes at once apparent.-HousehoM Words
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TEMPERANCE MADE EAsY.-A barkeep,
in Rutland, VT, complains that the autho;
ties have put back the temperance cause f,
years by prosecuting him. He says that t..
people were becoming so we'll trained that the
took liquors from him which were two.thir
water, and if he had been let alone he wou.
have got them so that they would have drar
clear water within six months.
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1f(istcllanrous Ataomg
From the Washington Union.
A GLANCE AT THE FUTURE.
Spartanburg, Oct. 10, 1885.

Srbastopo has fallen before the allies, and
Eurlaud and France arc in full possession of
rho Rl,ck Sc, and IFS vast and MIGHTY trade to
tho East Russian mower has been swept from
those rcoions and the allies will find no EN-
plovmcnt there for their immense naval forces.
Thrir steamships with all the imnr0yemepts
IN modorr warfare arc tbc most nowcrful the
world has ever seen, Where will thew employ
them? Inactivity will be their ruin. There
is no question but many, if not most of them,
wiIlbe sent to the Gulf of Mexico and the Pa
intricate connections, will be rc-opcncd under
,bc direct auspices Of France. In fact. the
impotcnt Crown of Spain must inevitably fall
into the hands Of Napoleon, and he will direct
the policy of Spain as absolutely as if it were
one Of his PROVINCES England, in attempting
TO check the power Of Russia, has built up
n,r Greater. and practically more to be dreaded.
rowrr:undcr Napoleou. He has done. in
very short timc. more by his dinlomacv to sub
u.I;,;. Euui,ud than his Great uncle did for
twenty wears By his arms.
Are We nrcnarcd for these new and great
questions of policy! Where is our navy to
meet all this tremendous armament Of France
and E..n.land? True, We have i commercial
marine the finest in the world. and which has
heretofore been the basis Of our great naval
,nw.r and resources. But tie new inventions
and new mode of naval warfare have to some
..nt relieved France from the great necessi-
Is OF an cxtcn>iy -l--nrrr1rrcTl.' l.'ila...ll.--1 "
>cntial in tormc{ times. JIoro.lr Daii"e' SO es
has buiitup. treat nayics in ,.,.s,r o'o'e France
mich, de>tr4 'cm in war AMI -, ''' IN I;ally
arose from tht commercial m.n;s r!'Hh he one.
ana its wants n the other. u
But no, 50 noy EnrI,,d h. ,st nosscs-
sons all over til, world. and h.S y divide her
forces but Franc with bcr oon rentr,tcl navy
in the present poison o. the world i, tbr
equal of l,n.land. L.fwncrc ar, WEI Snlit
up into miserable factions, and tormipo com.
bimtions to nlundor thc revenue Of tbc @ovorn.
mcnt in local expenditures Of selfish nnrnosos
instead of looking abroad to the de,p game
;or power which is now plavnr before the
world.
From Cane Florida to tbe Rio Gr,rdo tboro
s not , s;r,r,o foot rhnro ,r..,.o,..I aoa,.
nrotect;on oxcont ~ por..oo,, oI,bonah :.
r,uhronos , co.st e s,r,u,oa ~ h,',J,'1 ,s. e..
tbe mnst ovnnsod ~ ,l,o ,s1I "une'eu l: iL!s1'
.sro tLo nrJat;,n W ~ O,' w. ;h'0. l"u ~" "nl:n
the wnrId III unnrotootod Wv Tho 49, nn.J''a.ia oJuS
wh;.L n"w oontnr ,to s,S.; ~ o,ll'0 p'oou''O"s,
rohan,roa ~ t;O' .,0 0o,. 1 ,On q .O"'l'c''e anu
Inr tbn ,n, of uauoaa ,ha a nI'. 80 pSss u'',
s'I r 'ii,ouS" '''"' '''''''ei
wi,, ha WI,s S .n I; ~ 'e.' tli'' 'n.or i'0n'"S
n.;,h stonn, w .n u sSa,, 'O''ol O1l u -,"po,con'
torror ;nta ~, hs., Wv" '''r''"'o' 90 ~ ~ :,'iHo
,Lo c,n,h s'nIo'a.e s.o"' en, VI o','S i''n''y !"
>'nono's Wv ] o'o'"' " '.'i"ue u 'te coiSeI
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n@ AT meeting Of the unmarried pri,
ters, which convened not long since, the f,
lowing toast was drank in silence woman
Heaven reward her, she is always in favor
a well-conducted Press
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TOTICE..-Application viii

will a. zs{ g 3
nert session Of the LEGISLATURE q 5f
o9e,a a a' assI oH!As!noT gr p.: ':'ls' sin sd sss
spury s 1ql'V slce1 O. ions and msi~g fs<>
FSE t'''th ansss--, wild tumut of Ms-. r<
sion, awaken at the whisper of mother
name, to beat in every pulsation of the hear.
and thrill through every fibre of the frame
There is sentiment of holy veneration in th'
soul of the child to its mother, which he mus:
sound the lowest depths of infamy who ma
forget or disregard. With streaming eyes an,
anguish heart, the Roman mother knccls t,
plead with her traitor son. Appealing to hin
by all the hallowed memories of his uncorrup
ted boyhood, and chiding with the atfectiouat,
rebuke and tenderness that swell up FROM il
mothers soul towards an erring child, she con.
jures him to relinqush his cherished purpose.
The warrior is unnamed. Talk not of grie
till thou hast seen the tears of warlike men.
Fearful, bu. of brief duration, is the struegl,
of contending emotions. Instinct triumphs-
the cup of vengeance is dashed untasted from
the lips. Rome is safe again. A mother
tears have changed the destiny of the world"
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gs5r The author of "Babie Bell' sends us
the following, entitled "Queens," addressed

to T""" -
Myself unto myself did breathe thy name:
TWAS but little moment, and gush
Or darking fancies, like n twilight rain,
Made music in the pauses Of my thought!
I had been reading of some ancient danes,
Both famous now in history and song
OF Boadicea, the English Queen,
Swart Cleopatra, and the Joan of Arc
How each had thrown her woman nature of,
And that exquisite modesty which should
Forever drape woman. Some wore crowns;
Aud one did wear the martyr robe of fire:
Onc stakcd through blood. thirsty she for fame,
And one eapt in the fostering arms of Death,
Becausc-bccau. c, it was her humor to!
Now fame hath taken these women by the hand
And led them down the Ages. Let it be.
Famc'S smile is not Gods smile. Sometimes the
World
Fawns like spaniel at the feet Of Sin.
And musing thus in twilight sort Of mind,
4 sweet thought purplcd and grew ripe within
\ heart. hower-cal it as thou wilt. Twas this
There has been queenlier women than these
queens!
Some that have tempered and subdued their souls
Unto fine and unheard melody
Firc-sdc martyrs-martyrs whom Time knows not
There ever have heen women in this world
Whose loves might touch the angels; who have
walked
With twilight in their natures and their eyes,
And suffered more and dcarcr been to Christ
Than these fantastic Amazons.
The pure the meek the beautiful nheart. -
'.Know Of fnue whose love has been rehuketf =
Iii: OF ost i; ofss1ss sekfi sH W e. n
--, --Fe strong, and weak, and passiomSIs1
1T her, heaven? Was she not wonNe, |
"nrch Is 10 he deity in strength, VI
saintin purity, fcnG in hate. ~
Know of such one?" Ard thus it was
Myself unto myself did breathe thy name.
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Marriage is the nursery Of Heaven.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-03
nYOGHEss.--PATENT AMER o.

l. TYPES.-The Subscribers having associated them.
selves together for tho purpose of conducting the Pho
tographio Art in all its branches under the style
md firm of GIBBS Il KEAGY, sre now prepared to
frnh pictures in every style of the nrt known in this
country or Europe. 'rhey call e.pecinl attention to
their new style Pictures, Ambrutypcs glass, far
exceeding in beauty md durability amy thing ever be-
fore made. These Pictures not reversed as Da-
guerreotypes arc, md may be seen in any light They
nrc irnper,habe. bci's hermcticolly sealed between
glass pates which seolingis sccuredby by Letters Pnt
emf in The United States and Europe, and owned 10 this
place by Gibbs keagy only.
TnCse Ambfolypes are pronounced ny coinPeteit
Judges to be the grindcs achievement in the Phoo'
graphic art having relief and cearness truly astsnsh
ing. Made from the smallest life size
Ambrotypr Stereoscopes must be seen 10 be aPpIoci
aied, the relief being fully perfect as life.
Also then Mezographs or Pictures puger from liie
These equal the finest enenvings nnd more ne
curate in detail Any number from II single sitting
from one a thousand-ether pa or coloied, in wa
ter or oil.
Citizens and strangers are invited call and esnm
inc specimens in tho various branches, they
sured Of polite attention and superior Pictuies.
Gallery at the old stand of 7. Il. Gibbs, next door
tn Vircinia Bank Lynchbure p. Il. GIBBS,
JAS. KEAGY.
=. s In Ambroiypes the style OF drapery or the
color of the eve makes difference, ali equally
well t,ken. Daguerreolypes copied into Atnb' o'yPe'
ond made permanent aug CTS u. II.