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new GOOD S.
FOR FALL AND WINTER!
EVANS g. APPLEMAN.

HAVE JUST receitsd and opened an en-.
IL tire new and splendid assortment Of
SRAS0NABHIN o
For Fall and Winter at their Brick store on
Main street abo e Irsn street, 10 which they
invite the %ai.enliol of the public. Their as.
sor;ment will compare in price and quality
with any to be found on this side of Philad-
elphia, and includes
DmH @DOD@a
QUEENSWARE, HARDWARE,
GLASSWARE, HITS, CAPS,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
They have on hand every desirable and
fashionable style of
LADIES DRESS GOODS
Shawls. Silks, Merinoes, D~elains, ginghams,
prints, and every article of
House Furnishing Goods,
Sheetings, ticking, checks, SC.
Their stock is selling fast, ann will be re-
plenished every few weeks, for their motto
is 'small profits and quick sales"
Call and see our goods. We charge moth
ing for showing them, and will always take
contemporaries in pay atthe market prices.
Bloomsburg, October "a, 1881
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GRE ENWOOD SEMINARY
AT
MILLVILLE. COLUMBIA co.. PA.
For Youth OF both Sexes.
wM. BURGESS, PRINCIPAL.

THIS Institution which has been in suc-
L cessful operation for several years has
ecenlly been enlarged to give better accom-.
modations for boarders and increased facili-
ties for Tuition, &c.
The School year will consist of "A weeks
and vacation will occur during July and part
Of August, but pupils will be taken at any
season.
Instruction is given in all the English
branches usually taught. Natural Philosophy
and Astronomy will be illustrated by appro-
pirate apparatus and access given TO a Lii
brary and the use of Mathematical instru-
menis. Books and Stationery will be pro-
vided for all who desire.
ElENMlSo
TUITION. SO, 81 and SIS per quarter, graded
by the course of study.
4 Boarding 81 so per week. Board, Tuition
washing, lights, SC, Sal per quarter ; or $40
for two quarters, if one half is paid 10 adj
vance.
For further particulars address the prinoi-
pal.
Millville, Nov. 1854.
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On STkUFFER & HARLEY. On
Cheap Watches g. JewcIry.

VEJAOLESALE and RETAIL, at the
w Philadelphia Watch and Jewelry
Store, No 90 North Second Street corner Of
Quarry, Philadelphia.
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Gold Pens with Pencil & Silver holder, l co
Gold finger Rings 37a cents TO $50; watch
Glasses, plain, 1873 cents; Patent, 1s3 Lu-
net, 25 other articles in proportion. All
goods warranted 10 be What they are sold
for, STAUFFER & HARLEY.
On hand, some Gold and Silver Levers
end Lepines, still lower than the above rri-
ces.
September 9 fsf. tS5I-fy.
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1ABLE CuTLERY-A Splendid asso
ment received and now on hand at
MENDENHALL s. MENSCH'E
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A4N BOOKS!
JOSEPH

HAS just opened a new lot of Books, Cap,
IL letter and mole paper, portfolios &C.,
which he will sell at the lowest prices al the
Bloomsbury Book Store. He has iLe Stand
ard School Books, and a variety of the most
desirable historical, religious, scientific pub
locations of the day. He has also a stock of
the
@GS4 S@voOGs,
Blank books, Bibles, and Religious works.
A nun Der of
GOoUVIOLINS,
a stock of jewelry; and an assortment Of
canes, lam pc, tops, perfunery,s CONNECTIONS
ries, knick knacks and notions for sale.
AZ He will furnish at short notice any
work that may be desired and ordered.
Bloomsbury, October 18th 1854.
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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-02-01

vices of competent housekeeper, to
take charge of his establishment. As
he keeps two servants, her chief duty
will be to superintend and preside at
the table. Early application is desira-
bic. GREGoRY McKIx.'
Gregory McKim!' exclaimed Miss
Penelope, i remember to have heard of
him as bachelor, inheriting a large for
tuneNfrom his father. l suppose he
must be thirty-fve by this time. So it
seems he wants house-keeper. Iwon-
der whether, supposing / were to apply,
he would give me the situationp
1t was a new idea, and the novelty of
it struck Penelope SO favorably, espe-
cially as she had become heartily tired
of her present mode of life, that, after
a little consideration she determined to
carry out the plan, and if successful in
her application, to obtain the situation
for month or so. Possibly another
thought recommendedethe adoption of
this course, but we must not inquire
particularly into a lady's motives.
The next morning at an early hour,
Miss Penelope sommoned her hand
maiden.
Sally said she, 4 am thinking of
going out of town for month or so,
during that time 1 shall close up the
house. If you have friends that you
would like to visit you are at liberty to
do so. Your wages, however, will be
continued as before, and you will let me
know where you go, in order that may
call upon you if should return unex-
pectedly.'
This proposal suited very well with
Sally's inclinations, as will readily be
believed, and though she was at a loss to
conceive what had all at once sent such
a home body as her mistress, on a
travelling expedition, she was very we'll
to take advantage of it.
Eleven o'clock found Miss Penelope
in the cars, flying with all that speed
could impart towards her destination.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-02-01

al CAN DO IT."-The late Hon. Viii
liam H. Maynard, of the New York
Senate, used to relate that when he was
fitting for college in Plainfeld, Mass,
and teaching a school there. on entering
his school-room one cold clustering
morning in December, 1907, he OBJ
served a lad he had not seen before, sit
ting on one Of the benches. The lad
soon made known his errend. He was
fifteen years old; his parents lived about
seven miles distant; he wanted an edu-
cation, and had come from home on foot
that morning, to see if Mr.. Maynard
could help him contrive how to obtain
it.
e Mr.. Maynard asked him if he was
acquainted with any one in the school
district. "No." "Do your parents
know any one here?" "No." "Can
your parents help you towards obtain
ing an education?" "No." "Haye
you any friends that can give you as
sistance?'' fsNo.7 s'WeH. how do you
expect to get an education?" Il don't
know, but 1 thought would come and
see You"
Mr.. Maynard told him to stay that
day, and he would see what could be
done. He discovered that the boy was
possessed of good sense, and he was
particularly struck with the cool and
resolute manner in which he undertook
10 conquer difficulties which would have
common minds. In the
course of the day. Mr., Maynard made
for having him boarded
the winter in the family with
himself, the lad paying for his board By
his services out Of school. He gave
himself diligently to study, in which he
made good proficiency, improving every
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-02-01

GENERAL ScoTT ON THE EASTERN
WAR.--The agreeable and well-informed
Washington correspondent of the Char
lesion Mercury writes as follows:
81 had recently the pleasure of hear
ing the criticism of General Scott on the
war in the Crimea. / look upon Scott
as one of the great captains Of the age,
and | listened with great interest to his
ideas. He says the allies committed a
great blunder in delaying the attack
upon Seyastopol as long as they did;
that, Immediately after the raising Of
the siege of Silistria, they should have.
attacked Sevastopol, at which time there
was comparatively small force in the
Crimea; that the allies cannot take Sc
vastopol unless they receive re-enforce-
ments, giving them a superiority of
force to the extent of from thirty to
fifty per cent; that the Russian regular
soldiers are the best troops in the world
for defense; they never fly, but perish
unless ordered to retreat. He thinks
the allies labor under great disadvan-
tage in having two commanding gen.
erals; that the road to victory is through
unity of design. The inference would
draw from General Scott's ideas is, that
SevastoBsl will not be taken; for doubt
whether The allies can throw such pre-
ponderance of force there as is necessa-
ry. The General further said, that the
allies could not re-embark now without
immense loss of men, and all the mate
rials Of war in camp, except the weapons
in their hands"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-02-01
MATED AT LAST.
1.

Miss Penelope Penrose sat in her
comfortable sitting room with her feet
upon the fender. Every thing around
her looked neat and cheerful. In one
corner of the room stood piano, but it
was shut and had been all day, Pene-
lope had no disposition to play. Why
should she? There was no one to play
to. If, now, she had a husband
1t was upon this very point that Pene-
-lope Penrose was meditating. The fact
was, Miss Penelope wanted but six
months of being thirty, and thus far no
one had made her proposal.
1t was rather singular that it should
be SO. Penelope was good looking, had
received an excellent education, was
skiilful in music, had a good temper,
and l verify believe, would have made
a husband happy. But such things
can't be accounted for. She has seen
the most unpromising of her compan-
ions, even to ugly little Miss Henderson,
with not-even an accomplishment in the
world, and moreover, face pitted with
the small pox, married off in quick sue
cession, and yet, there she sat, on that
cloudy morning in December, devotee
to single blessedness, and likely to re-
main SO. Was there ever a woman
who did not consider a married life pre-
ferable to single one, provided she
could get the right companion? l be-
lieve not. s ..f-. ,,-:..~ er
To revert to Miss Penelope. In ad-
dition to her other specified attractions,
she owned the neat cottage which she
occupied, and sufficient sum in funds
to give her an income amply sufficient
TO live upon with comfort and even ele-
galce. Surely all the beaux must have
been blind! ~
Something must be done; and that
quickly said Miss Penelope, as she
thclght of the approach of her thir-
deth birth day. Something must be
donel But what9 That is the ques-
ton. Such is the state of society that
woman is hemmed in on all sides. She
has not even the privilege of choosing
a companion for life, but must wait
meekly till some one comes along, and
take him or nobody. It's wrong, de-
cidedly wrong
90 MISS Penelope was in a suitable state
OF mind at that moment to become an
out and out advocate of Woman's
Rights. Meanwhile it was growing
dark, and Miss Penelope rang the he'll
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-02-01

AN INTERESTING LAND ROMANTIC
CAsE.-A case of quite a romantic
character is now pending before the
Surrogate Of New York. The Tribune
says: h
at is that of the estate of Jeanne
Dulux, formerly a French milliner in
Broadway, and more recently eapi-
talist and money-lender in William
street, who died last autumn quite sud-
denly, though at an advanced age, leav-
ing an estate worth nc less than S1OO-
600, accumulated by avarice, lucky in
Vestments and shrewd management
This large property is claimed by one
Ferrie, from Cincinnati, hair-dresser
by trade, and apparently above fifty
years old. He was brought up by
Madame Dulux as her nephew, but be
now asserts that he was her son by an
early marriage, which took place amid
the troubles of the French Revolution
Of 1898, and which she afterward con-
cealed. That he really is her son was
clearly made out on the trial; but the
public administrator, acting in behalf Of
unknown heirs, contends that it is not
proved that he is her legitimate son,
born in wedlock. The evidence goes
back to the Revolution, and involves
some complicated and curious points Of
French law and social usages."
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A GOOD EXCUSE FOR BACHELORS.

I do not blame a bachelor,
If he leads a single life;.
The way. the girls are now brought up,
he can't support a wife.
= Time was wheR girls could card and spin,
= And wash, and bake and brew,
But now they have to keep maid,
If they have aught to do.
/ do not blame the bachelor,
His courage must be great,
To think TO wed modern Miss,
If small be his estate
Time was when wives would help to buy
The land they'd help to ill.
And saddle Dobbin, shell the corn,
And ride away TO mill.
The bachelor is not TO blame;
If he's aprudent man,
He now must lead single life,
And do the best he can.
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lFOr the Gallipolis Journal
NEW YEARS EXCURSION.

The return of the holidays awaken
in the mind, by an association of ideas.
scenes of my early childhood, scenes
glowing with memories of the past,
"Oh glad New Yearl thou comest
As other years have come;
To gladden. many loving heart,
To darken many a home
And yet with blessings laden,
With truth and love sincere;
To many weary fainting one,
Thou comest glad New Year"
Having assembled quite number OF
us at the house of our friends to par
take OF a sumptuous repast, richer than
the wines of Belshazer's feast, the after
noon being so bright and beautiful, so
inviting to the young and vigorous as
well as the weak and sedentary, to bask
in the warm sunshine and inhale the soft
and balmy breezes floating up from the
South, a party consisting Of several
young ladies and gentlemen set out on
horseback for Mount Prospect. Our
meandering pathway lay over, hills and
ravines through the dense forest.
But Notwithstanding the difficulties of
the way we had very pleasant ride,
with the exception of one of our party
getting disloged from her saddle and
was safely landed on terra terna, to the
no small amusement of the party, as no
serious injury occurred. In few min
utes we were all mounted again and on
our way pursuing. Up, up the noun
tain's brow We quickly assembled, until
we reached the highest summit, where
the sublime grandeur of the scenery
bursted upon our astonished vision.-
Here one may gaze upon the beauties
OF the scene until the eye grows dim in
the distance.
See mountains on mountains rise until
their dim outlines are lost in the smoky
horizon. Here is place for the artist
and his canvass; contemplating scenes
like these the poet may exhaust his
poetic fires. The tourest may tell us of
Naples with its lofty domes and splendid
temples glittering in the sun, from
which you can look out upon the calm
blue waters of the Mediterranean, or
turn your eyes and gaze upon the clouds
of curling smoke rising from the wide
mouthed crater of Mt. Vesuvius. Or
stand on the Apenines and look down
upon imperial Rome with their ANCIENT
piles of Gothic architecture. Or wan
dering along the banks of the beautiful
st. Lawrence and listen to the deafening
roar-of thunasFing cataract. Yet we
love the grand old woods of Gallia, our
romantic hills crowned with giant oaks
and lofty pines. Grand old trees with
spreading boughs reared Ike emerald
domes high into the mid heavens. Yes
we love the place of our nativity, where
our youthful feet were want to stroll in
by gone days, when we used to ramble
over meadow and lawn and start the
timed rabbit in its lair.
But to return to the subject we were
delighted with our excursion and re-
turned to our homes long to remember
The bright sunny New Years day of
1856. ...- F. ]. G.
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~ Many of our readers will be sur
prised to learn, says the New York
Post, that the freights received by our
ship-owners on all the products of our
fields, mines, forests, aud workshops,
sent to foreign countries, and on all the
goods we re-export, do not equal in
amount the passage money paid to them
by the emigrants who arrive at our
ports. This fact is stated in the report
of committee of the commissioners
of emigration.
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fRroin the Home Journal
YOUR HAND 1 TAKE IN MINE.

BT GEORGE P. MORRIS.
Your hand take in mine, Willie,
And fancy I've the art
Toread, vhfle gazing on your face, 1
The records Of your heart;
'Tis joy an honest man to hold.
That gem Of modest worth,
By me more priced than all the gold
of all the mines of earth, Willie,
OF all the mines of earth. s lr
I've marked your love Of right, Willie,
Your proud disdain of wrong;
know you'd rather aid the weak
Than battle for the strong. r-..-
The golden rule-religion's stay
With constancy pursue,
Which renders others all that they
Can ever render you, Willie,
Can ever render you. o.
A conscience void of guile, Willie,
A disposition kind,
A nature, gentle and sincere
Accomplished and refined,
A mind that was not formed to bow,
An aspiration high,
Are beaming on your Thoughtful brow,
And in your cheerful eye, Willie,
And in you cheerful eye.
Inever look at you, Willie,
But with an anxious prayer
That you will ever be to me,
What now I'm sure you are.
I donot find fault to chide,
Afoible to annoy.
For you are your fathers pride,
And all your mothers joy, Willie,
And all your mothers joy.
You're all that could hope, Willie,
And more than l deserve;
Your pressure Of affection now
I feel in every nerve.
1 love you-not for fashions sake,
But for yourself alone;
And this is why your hand I take
So fOndly in my own, Willie,
So fondly in. my own.
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@The London correspondent of
the New York Tribune thus speaks of
the war before Sevastopol: j."
GA peculiar feature of the present
war is its unusual cruelty, reminding us
of the middle ages. The English Off
GERS do not take any care of the we'll
being of their soldiers, either in the
camp or in the hospital; of the 10000
men sent during the last year from Eng
land to the seat of war, only 18, 900 re-
main on the rolls; the remainder have
died, or are rotting in the hospitals of
Balaklava and Scutari, whittier they
are conveyed in a way in which equals
all the horrors of the middle passage of
the slayers. The great Russian hospital
in Sevastopol has been shelled and de-
stroyed by the English, in spite of the
yellow flag which fiuttered upon it, and
which would have been respected even
by a Radetzky or Haynau; 1000
wounded Russians found here a terrible
death. The English excuse this act of
barbarism by saying that it was a mis-
take, and that they were induced by
Polish deserter to believe that the great
building was powder magazine. You
know that from the time Of Copenhagen
and Navarino, the English have always
been great in mistakes and untoward
events. The Russians, in retaliation,
bayoneted the wounded Englishmen on
the battle-feIds of Balaklaya and Inker-
mann. Indeed, we must ask, where is
the civilization and progress of the nine
teenth century?
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-02-01

The NovEL-sELLER HEADED Or
A colporteur in Eastern Ohio, while
visiting place nearly year ago, left
either the tract on Novel-reading, or
that entitled, Beware of Bad Books, {"
in every house. While recently re-
visiting the place, he met young man
who one evening left an advertising bill
in every house, for which he was to call
the next day as he went round with his
basket of novels. He told the colpor-
teur that he had spoilt the market for
novels, for in every house they showed
him the tracts that had been given them,
so that he could sell them no novels
In town few miles distant he sold
800 novels in few hours, but in this
place he could not sell three.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-02-01

CANADA AND THE WAR.-The Mon
treal Commercial AdUertiser says:
''Lord Elgin carries home with him
the offer of company of Quebec cav
airy Immediately to proceed to the seat
of war. believe our Montreal corps
is willing and ready to do the same. It
is said that Author Rankin, Esq, the
honorable and gallant member for the
county of Essex, has offered his services
and his fortune to raise a battalion in
Upper Canada, and have them ready to
proceed to the East next summer; and
let it be but known that England needs
assistance, and is willing that we shall
aid her, and hundreds will follow his
example" Il s3 ,.,.rl !, ~
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-02-01
Number 10

opportunity of reading and conversation
for acquiring knowledge; and thus
spent the winter.
This is the early history of Rev.
Jonas King. D. D., whose exertions in
the cause Of oriental learning and in
alleyiating the miseries of Greece. have
endeared him alike to the scholar and
philanthropist, and shed bright ray of
glory on his native country.