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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29

that Poole was murdered because be
was active in the organized Native
American interest,-because he was 3
very difficult man for the foreign row.
dies to manage or to conquer. He has
been regarded very generally as a mar
tyr to the Native American cause;-and
consequently the most conspicuous
among the organizations that attended
his funeral were the Chapters of the
Order of United Americans, to which
he belonged, and the Protestant assooia-
tons which act in sympathy and in har-
mony with them. And to this feeling,
more than any other, We are inclined to
attribute the immense popular demon
stration of yesterday afternoon. r
The tragedy will result in good to
the city. if it is properly followed up by
the authorities and the Courts of law.
The chief murderer seems TO have
escaped, and we have no doubt that he
has done so through the connivance and
aid of members Of the Police Depart
ment. But other actors in the affair."
men known to have been concerned in
planning the butchery and putting it in
execution,-are in the hands of the law;
and it only remains that the full meas
ure of justice should be allotted to
them.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29

earth, anxiously inquired if she had
been taking the degrees7
Taking the degrees?' exclaimed ou,
lady. if you call tumbling from the tor
to the bottom of the stairs, with the
devil jumping on ye too, taking things
by degrees, I have them, and if ye
frighten folks as bad as ye have me,
and hurt 'em to boot, IN warreni
they'll II make as much noise as did,
i hope you did not open the closet,
madame said the door-keeper.
open the closet? Eve eat the apple
she was forbiddenl If you want a wo-
man to do anything, tell her not to do
it, and she'll do it, sartin.' =.
I could not stand the temptation
The secret was there-I wanted to know
i'll opened the door, and out popped
the tarnal critter right in my face. ]
thought the devil had me, and / broke
for the stairs with the devil butting me
every jump-I fell over the tub, and
got down stairs as you found us-all in
a heap
But madame said the door-keeper,
you are in possession Of the great Sc
cret of the order and must go up and
be initiated, sworn, and ride the goat
in the regular way
Regular wayP exclaimed the lady,
and do you suppose that 1 am going
near that tarnal place again, and ride
that critter without bride or ladies
saddle? No, never! I don't want no.
thing to do with the man that rides 1t.
I'd look nice perched on billy goat, if
it was goat, wouldn't 1? No, never!
I'll never go nigh it again, or your hall
mother; if 1 can prevent it, no lady
shall ever join the Odd-Fellows. Why,
I'd sooner be a free mason, and be
broiled on a gridiron as long as fire
could be kept under it, and pulled from
a garret to cellar, with halter, in a
pair of old breeches and slippers, just as
my poor dear, dead husband used to tell
me they sarved him, and he lived over
it too, but l never could live over such
another ride as l took to-day.
You may rest assured l shall never
see goat but what l shall think of the
Odd-Fellows and the degrees.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29

FACTS ABOUT THE UNITED STATES
The United States are composed of 32
States and 9 Territories.
They contain population of 95,OoO,-
600, of whom 21 900, 900 are white.
The extent of the sea coast is 12, $50
miles.
The length of its ten principal rivers
is 10000 miles.
The surface of the FIVE great lakes is
10000 So. miles.
The number of miles of railway in
operation is $40, cost s62I ,316, ,3O3.
The length of its canals is about FIVE
thousand miles.
1t contains the longest railway on the
globe--the Illinois Central-which is
seven hundred and forty-three miles.
The annual value of its agricultural
productions is $500, 900, 900.
Its most valuable production is Indian
corn, Of which it yields annually four
hundred millions of bushels.
The amount of registered and enrolled
tonnage is four millions four hundred
and seven thousand and ten tons.
Amount of capital invested in manu-
features is six hundred millions.
The amount of its foreign imports in
1853 was s967, ,968. .947, and its exports
$3.50, ,971, 1877.
The annual amount of its internal
trade Is $500, 100000.
The value of its farms and live stock
is FIVE billions of dollars.
Its mines of gold, silver, copper and
iron are the richest in the world.
The value of the gold annually pro-
1uced is SlCO, ,OOO, 900.
The surface of the coal fields is 1885,
l31 square miles.
It's receipts from customs, lands, &C.,
n 1859, was s51, ,472, ,974; and its ex-
,enditures S43, ,543, 1913.
Within her boundaries are 10000
chools, 5000 academies, 231 colleges,
md $500 churches.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29

The OCEAN AND ITS DEPTHs.-Pro-
fessor Olmstead, of New Haven, has
contributed to the last number of the
Nev Englander, Ia quarterly publica-
ton an article entitled ga Philosophi-
cal Survey Of the Ocean," from which
we extract the following paragraph
The author commends highly the labors
of Lieut.. Maury:
The waters of the ocean cover nearly
three-fourths (or more exactly, FIVE
sevenths of the surface of the globe;
and of the thirty eight millions of miles
of dry land in existence. twenty eight
belong to the northern hemisphere
The mean depth of the ocean has been
variously stated, but may for the present
be taken at four miles; the numerous
soundings now in progress will soon
enable US to speak with more definite
ness on this point. Enough has already
been done to prove that the depth is
exceedingly unequal; that like the sur
face of the earth, the bottom of the
ocean here rises in mountain peaks. and
there sinks in deep valleys. Until re-
Gently the deepest sounding ever made,
was that by Captain Scoresby in the
polar seas, which was short of mile
and half. As late as 1848, the maxi
mum sounding was that of Captain
Ross, in the South Atlantic, and gave
q, 800 feet, or little over FIVE miles,
without finding bottom. But more re-
Gently, at point of the Atlantic far
ther north, Lieut.. Walsh, of the u. s.
schooner 7dney, sounded, withoutreach-
ing bottom, to the depth Of "a, 200 feet.
or nearly 81 miles, Within short
time Captain Denham communicated to
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29

SPEEcH BY THE Hon. SFrT-FIRE BUx-
cox.-The Wheeling bVtelIigsnesr must
be held responsible for giving to the
world the accompanying eloquent ex-
tract from patriotic and thrilling speech
Of the Hon. Spit-fre Buncom, in favor
Of 64.4O. or fight:
"FKLLow CoUNTRYMES:--When I open
my eyes, and look over the vast expanse
of this country-when / see how the
yeast Of freedom has caused it TO rise IN
the scale Of civilization and expand on
every side-when see it growing, swell
ling. roaring like a spring freshet, whose
music murmers over perpetual power,
which, like a bounding cataract, dashes
the enemies of Universal Freedom to
the vortex below, or sends them bound
ing down the river Styxl When look
at these everlasting mountains milking
the clouds of their most nutritious fluids
which find an unobstructed pathway
to market when butter commands the
highest cash price. When / behold this
Vesuvius of burning, impassioned-un-
bought souls-these sinewy Vulcans of
the Universe-this eternal tilt-hammer
of creation-I cannot resist the idea,
sirs, the day will come when this great
nation, like young school boy, will
burst its straps and become entirely too
big for its boots. Sirs, we want elbow
room; the continent, the whole conti-
nent, and nothing but the continent
and we will have it. Then shall Uncle
Sam, mot SAM the infamous leader Of
the cabalastic band of dark lantern,
midnight conspirators, placing his hat
upon the Canadas, rest his right arm on
the Oregon and California coast, his
left on the eastern seaboard, and whittle
away the British power, while reposing
his leg like freeman, upon Cape Hornl
Sirs! the day will-the day must come"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29
"PoHI" OR, ONE WoNpER TOO MANY.

"PoHl" OR, ONE WONDER TOO MANY
Some fifteen years ago, Major -,
an Indian agent, was taking to Wash
ington an old Pawnee chief, with an in
terpreter from the same tribe. The
chief had never seen a steamboat, and
knew but little respecting the wonders
of civilization. The interpreter had
been to Washington once, and on his
return to his native wilds, he kept silent,
knowing that his brothers would set him
down liar if he mentioned half what
he saw. The Major and his companions
went on board steamer on the Mis-
souri,, en- route for st. Louis. The old
chief carefully examined everything on
board the boat and manifested much
surprise at the machinery, etc. He
was greatly delighted, after the boat
started, with the everlasting "puff"
puff !" puff" of the steam pipe,
which he regarded as the breath of the
huge monster.-but he was astonished
at the progress the boat made through
the water-and she was an old hulk at
that. The interpreter inwardly chuckled
as he observed the interest the chief
took in these things, all Of which he had
himself previously been familiar with.
"Tell the chief" said Major -, to
the interpreter, as they all sat down on
the hurricane deck,-"thst we have
steamboats, at the eastward, which 60
- ca,k -, fb,sitJ
The interpreter told him.
"Poh!" was the answer of the un-
believing chief-as only an Indian can
pronounce the monosyllable.
"Tell him we have iron horses on
land which go sixty miles an hour"
The information was conveyed.
"Pohi poh!" bluntly answered the
chief.
"Tell him that we have a machine
which can take his likeness so faithfully
that his wives could not tell the differ
ence between the picture and himself"
"Pohl pOh" replied the chief still
these msrvels,-with which
we have said, the interpreter was ac-
quaited. The fast steamers on the Hud-
son, the railroad, daguerreotyPe, he
knew all about.
"Tell him, finally" said the Major,
''that we can place two men three thou
sand miles apart, and they can talk just
IS easily as we do now." h
This staggered the interpreter him (,
elf. He had never seen the telegraph.
L was too modern for him. 1t had
,een introduced since he had left civil !
zed life.
"Three thousand miles apartl" he
reclaimed. "That story too tough. I
ant believe that. 1 pohP that my =
elf. PoHP Z
The old chief vociferated "PoH" and Il
be stesnPipe taking up the ssrain' :
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29

A HARD CAsE.-Application was
made to Sheriff Miller, on Sunday, to
allow J. s. King, who is in the County
Jail awaiting his trial for stealing goods
from the Ohio Penitentiary, to attend
the funeral of his son, who was buried
on that afternoon, but the Sheriff could
not grant the request consistently with
the duties of his Office. Poor King, his
fate is a hard one. A few weeks ago,
and he stood in this community without
a breath TO tarnish his fair character
To-day, confined in prison to await his
trial for a penitentisry offense-denied
the privilege of attending the funeral of
his son, although the melancholy pro-
cession must have passed within sight
of the barred windows of his CELL
Truly "the way of the transgressor is
hard" cd. Journal.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29
A TALE OF ODD-FELLOWSHIP,
OR, woMAN's CURIOSITY,


A Lodge of the 1. o. OF, at Woods
town, determined to have their lodge
room done up clean and nice, it was
unanimously resolved that Mrs. k
should be employed to do the job.
After the meeting adjourned, the
Guardian, who knew the inquisitive
character of Mrs. K, procured a
lilly goat and placed him in closet
which is kept as reservoir for the Sc
cret things. He then informed the lady
of the wishes of the lodge, and re-
quested her to come early the next
morning as he would then be at leisure
to show her what was and what was not
to be done.
Morning came and with it Madame
K with her broom, brushes, pals,
tubs, DC, prepared and armed for the
job, and found the guardian waiting for
her.
Now, Madame, said he, l will tell you
what we want done, and how we came
to employ you. The brothers said it
was difficult to get any body to do the
job and not be medling with secrets in
that little closet: we have lost the key
and cannot find it to lock the door.
assured them that you could be de-
pended upon.
Depended 1onp said she, Il guess l
can, my poor, dead and gone husband,
who belonged to the Free Masons or the
Anti -Masons, don't know which, used
to tell me all the secrets of the con-
earns, and when he showed me the
marks of the gridiron made when he
was initiated, and told me how they
fixed poor Morgan, 1 never told living
soul to this day; if nobody troubles
your closet to find your secrets till l do,
they'll lay there till they rot-they
will
4 thought So said the guardian,
tand l want you to commence in that
corner, and give the whole room de-
cent cleaning, and as l have pledged
my word and honor for your fidelity to
promise, now don't go in that closetp
and then left the lady to herself.
No sooner had she heard the sound
of his feet on'the last step of the stairs
than she exclaimed, Don't go in that
closet! why, what on earth can there be
in that closet? I'n warrent there is a
big gridiron, or some nonsense Just like
the nti-Masons, for all the world, I'll
be bound. I will just take peep, and
nobody will be any the wiser, as I can
keep it to myself
Suiting the action to the word, she
stepped softly to the forbidden closet
turned the button-which was no sooner
done than-Ba-ah ahl went the billy
goat, with spring toregain his liberty,
which came nigh upsetting her lady
ship. Both started for the door, but it
was filed with the implements of house
cleaning. allwere swept clear from their
position down to the bottom of the
stairs.
The noise and confusion occasioned
by such unceremonious coming down
stairs drew half the town to witness
Mrs. ks effort to get from under
the goat and pile of pals, tubs, breoms,
and brushes in the street. s.f
hAWho should be first on the spot but
that rsscaliy door-keeper, who after re-
leasing the goat, which was a cripule
for life, and uplifting the other rubbish.
that bound the good woman to the
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29

LAWRENCE DID NOT SAY Ir.-That
memorable and patriotic cry of Com
modore Lawrence, "Don't giOe up the
ship it is said, is bogus speech
What Lawrence did say were these
words, which, according to our idea,
are quite as emphatic as the above, and
a little more American in expression.
"Figlt her TIL she sinks" A cores
pondent of the New York Courier is
the authority for this, he having seen a
person who was present in the cockpit
of the Chesapeake when the next officer
came down to Captain Lawrence after
he had been mortally wounded.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29
THE POOR MAN TO HIS SON.
TOBACCO AND BACCHUs.

With tobacco and Bacchus you pass all the day,
To Bacchus tobacco you puff;
So you use up your system and drive health
away,
OH is not one poison enough?
Is not Bacchus himself strong enough for the
deedf
Why, tobacco can dry you alonel
But tobacco to Bacchus-the grape to the
weed
Is the cruelest folly that's known.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29
Number 18.

|belehed forth 'POkf' which made the
forests echo again.
The Major never told q story after.
wards, that some mischievous fellow did
not interfere with ''poh." at the pre-
else moment he wished to be most inn
PIicitly believed. He generally had the
opportunity, however. to return the
favor before the night ended.-BosfoH
Times.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29

If our Maker thought it wrong
for Adam to live single when there was
not woman on earth, how criminally
guilty are old bachelors, with the world
full of pretty girls. Let young men
think Of this.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29

re- A newly-msrried couple, some
years since took up their abode in a
place named Poplar. At breakfast the
next morning the gentleman said to his
lady, MY dear, this is Poplar, and by
putting in (you) it becomes popGiar.'
And By putting as in it, promptly re-
piled the fady, it viii become popuioEs.'
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29
IN THE MEADOWS.
sY BGYARD rAYLoz

,Ifr : ~ BAYARD TAYLOR. .s--.- .s
flie'in the summer meadows, 10.
81 In the meadows all alone, 10 rsf
With the infinite sky above me,
And the sun on his midday throne.
The smell Of the towering grasses
e Is sweetef than any rose, r. --
, And q million Of happy insects
Sing in the warm repose. as-
The mother lark, that is brcoding,
- Feels the sun on her wings,
And the deeps Of the monday glitter
With svarms of fairy things. .-1
From the bill0wy green beneath me - @
To the fathomless blue above,
The creatures Of God are happy
In the warmth Of their summer love.
The infinite bliss of Nature
/ feel in every vein;
The light and the life Of summer
Blossom in heart and brain. 1.-
But, darker than any shadow
By thunder clouds unfurled,
The awful truth arises, t-r .-
That Death is in the world, l,es =.
And the sky may beam as ever, e. ~
.s And never cloud be curled,
And the airs be living odors,
But Death is in the world.
Out Of the deeps of sunshine
The invisible bolt is hurled;
There's life in the summer meadows,
But Death is in the world.
THE POOR MAN TO HIS SON.
Work, work, my boy, be not afraid,
Look labor boldly in the face;
Take up the hammer or the spade,
And blush not for your humble place.
Hold up your brow in honest pride.
Though rough and swarth your hands may
-aif be,
Such hands are sap-veins that provide
The life-bloodO Of the nations free.
There's honor in the toiling part,
That finds us in the furrowed fields;
1t stamps crest upon the heart,
Worth more than all the quartered fields.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-31

CAPTAIN GIBSON AND THE DUTcH GOVERN
MENT.-In another column will be found
statement addressed by Capt. Gibson to the
Chairman Of the Committee on Foreign Rea-
tions, in reply to Mr. Secretary Marcy's COM
munication to the President, dated January 10.
1t will be recollected that in the latter docu-
ment Mr.. Marcy insinuated that an important
letter, addressedb by Capt. Gibson to the Govern
or of Netherlands India, which is missing from
the files Of the State Department, and to which
the Captain had had access had been distracted
by the latter. Capt. Gibson undertakes in his
statement to establish three conclusions--frst,
that Secretary Marcy, at the time of his writing
the letter referred to, did not seriously believe
that he had taken the missing paper secondly,
that the manner in which it was laid before
Congress was irregular and calculated to do
him the greatest amount of injury possible
and, thirdly, that until the absence Of the letter
was discovered it was considered of no i'm
portance by the government. The facts on
which Capt. Gibson relies to establish these
positions are put forward in clear and tempe
rate manner. In the first place he alleges
that he could have no possible motive for the
destruction Of the letter, seeing that imme-
diately after his return to this country he
stated in his first communication to Mr.. Marcy
that he had addressed letter to the Governor
General Of Netherlands India expressing re-
greet for much imprudence of language while in
Suinatra, but denying tie doing or advising of
any hostile act against the government of Ne
therlands India This personal appeal to the
Governor. Generals justice and magnanimity
was handed over to the Attorney General as
evidence against him, but was rejected as such
by the Court Of Justice at Batavia. He points
out the absurdity OF his attempting to destroy
the evidence of a letter the fact. contained in
which he had already laid before the Secretary
Of State, and several copies of which are in ex-
istence. With regard to his being the only per-
son who had access to it, he shows that such was
not the tact, for before he was aware that Il was
missing ne saw copy of IL in the hands of q
correspondent of one Of the New York papers
and subsequently, four days before the message
was laid before Congress. in the journal itself
So far from the suppression of the letter being
any advantage to him, its absence, from what
ever cause Il might arise, could not fail to en-
barrass his relations with the executive. and
lay him open to attack on the part of his ene-
mics
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-31

of the Maryland and Delaware lotteries are
duly received and declared. Thousandsof dol
lars are spent in thee places every week, aud
the sale of policies was greatly increased after
the distribution of the funds raised at the fash
ionable concert and ball for the poor, recently
given at the Academy of Music.
These facts 60 to show that the work Of
moral reform in this city has only commenced.
We expected that 'he new city government
would give us clean streets that we should be
relieved from the load of filth lying upon our
great avenues; but now there is still more i'm
portant work for our new rulers to perform.
We may remove three feet Of mud on Broad
way, but there is q still greater deposit Of
moral filth, which has become so fastened upon
the city that the work Of clearing it away
will be as difficult as the accomplishing of the
labors of Hercules. The greater the difficulty,
however, the greater the inducement to
proceed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-31

MYSTERIOUS DIsAPPEARAEcE OF DRovER.-
Considerable anxiety Is i. Ia city concerning the
whereabouts Of y. l. Turner who during the ast two
years been engaged Ia the business u selling beeys
IN the New York market Nr 7. has been in partner.
ship with a brother residing at Lexington Kentucsy
who purchases cattle In that state sends them 20 this
city the Of Nr. r., who takes them 20 New York
and dsposes Of them Mr. Turner when in this cit
asalways stopped at Stanwix Hall which place he LETT
about one month since for New York having In charge
large number Of very superior cattle His arrival and
sale the animals in that city has traced out
brother but he had oncthng like 81 600 or So 900
s IN his possession, and neither his brother
any ~ his friends have heard Of him since, the most
painful apprehen lions entertained for his safety
friend in New York made journey TO Lexington In
quest of him, but has returned without obtaining any
slpe.-AIs9ry Srgw, yaP. 70.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-31

ENGINE HOUSE AND MACHINE SHOP BELONGING TO
BUFFALO AND CRAWFORD RAILROAD DESTROYED
BY FIRE-ATTEMPTED MURDER--TERRIFIC Snow
STORM, ETC.
BUFFALO, Jan. 80, 1855.
fire broke out at Fort Erie &C. w. last night, about
one O'clock by which the engine house and machine
shop at that place belonging to the Buffalo and Brant
ford Railroad destroyed, with all their contents
In the engine house there FIVE locomotives The
loss is about twenty five thousand dollars but may be
The locomotives not insured, and the
buildings only partially The Buffalo fire companies
could not cross the river, as owing to tremendous
storm which raging, boats could come
for them. AL efforts proved ruitless to the pro-
perry The fire originated in the oil room.
Mr. Wadsworth, President Of the Buffalo and Brant-
ford Railroad, will, Monday next make full exposi
ton Of the affairs of said road which will be published
An attempt made recently to murder Mr.. Old
fields prominent director Of the Buffalo and Brantford
Railroad Az he took his seat in his sleigh at Port
Cobbum, he was shot by man whom he had previously
noticed crawling along by fence. The ball passed
through his hat, making slight lesh wound upon his
head
The storm that has prevailed all day increases
in fury, and it is almost impossible to face It,
Trains on all the roads very irregular. Weather
moderately cold.