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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08
Number SO.

A NIenr BArrLE.-A vivid account
Of the accessories Of night battle IS
contained in this passage from one Of
the letters ola correspondents of q Ion
don daily, journal, in the camp at Seyas--
topoE-.'For the last hssr fit is now
quarter TO eleven O'Clock at night q
furious fight has been raging ali along
our front. To person standing in
front of the Fourth division, the whole of
the Russian lines are revealed in sue
cesslve glimpses by bursts of red flame,
and bright star-like flashes Of musketry,
twlnkling all over the black expanse be-
tween us and the town, for three or four
miles in length, show that fierce con.
test is going on before the trenches of
the Allies. Shells, each marked by a
distinctive point Of FIRE where the fuse
is burning. describe their terrible curve
in the air, and seem to mingle with the
stars; and fiery rockets, with long tails
of dropping sparks, rush like comets
through the airl Above all, the pale
crescent moon is shining through
deep blue sky, covered with the con-
stellations of heaven. The roar of
cannon, the Kissing Of the shells, the
intermitting growl of the musketry, the,
wild scream of the rocket, and the
Of the round shot, form hor-
rid concern. A terrible thing is warl
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

~GEN. TR1MBLE may feel proud
of his friends in old Gallia. The off.
cial vote of that county stands, Trimble
1899, Medill 873, Chase 344. The
General carried Madison and ran ahead
of Chase in Highland. We have OBJ
served throughout the State, that when.
ever there was a county paper that es-
poused his cause in the right spirit, that
there he received good vote, if not a
majority. But unfortunately for Ohio,
the press was bought up in advance,
and the people thus coerced to vote con-
trary to their sentiments. They were
lied into the belief that Chase was not
an Abolition disunionist; that he was
not corrupt bargain and sale politician;
that he was not opposed to the Ameri-
can Union principles; that he was not a
heartless demagogue, and that he was a
worthy man, who alone could defeat
Medill, reform the State, reduce the
taxes, &c. And so the honest voters OF
Ohio were forced by corrupt press to
swallow Abolitionism, place the State
in false position and brand her with
the stigma of DiSunion, contrary to
their own inclination and sense of right.
Hills. Aner. Citizen.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

JcURNEYMAN PRINTERs.-From high
to low, they are the same careless well
informed men, knowing how to act better
than they dc, nothing at times and ev-
erything if occasion requires it, we have
seen one and the same individual Of the
craft, minister in North Carolina, a
boatman on the western Canal, a lawyer
in Missouri, a sheriff in Ohio. a sailing
master on board a privateer, an auc-
tioneer in New york, and pressman in
a garret printing Office.
Having nothing to lose, no calumny
can overwhelm them, and caring to
gain nothing, no tide of fortune carries
them upward from the level where they
choose to stand; the happiest dogs in
Christendom, philosophers by practice
and spendthrifts by inclination. They
complain not when the stomach cries
for bread and they have nothing to give
and the next hour, if fortune favors
them with the means, they expend
more for unnecessary delicacies than
would serve to keep them in wholesome
food for whole week.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

BALAKhAvA SIx oMoSTHs AFrER THE
BATTLE.-Reetangular patches of lonc
rich grass, waving high above the more
natural green meadow, marked tbe
mounds where the slain Of the q5th Of
October are reposing forever, and the
snorting horses refuse to eat the rn-
wholesome shoots. As the force moved
on, evidences Of that fatal and glorious
day became thick and painful. The skel-
eton of an English dragoon, said to be
one of the Royals, lay still extended on
the plain, with tatered bits of red cloth
hanging to the bones of his arms. All
the buttons had been cut off the jacket.
The man must have fallen early in the
day, when the heavy cavalry were close
up to Canrobert's hill, and came under
the fire of the Russian artillery. There
was also a Russian close at hand in
ghastly companionship. The small,
bullet skull, round as a cannon ball,
had been picked bare. all save the scalp,
which was still covered with grizzly red
locks. Farther on, amid fragments of
shell and round shot, the body of ano-
ther Russian seemed starting out Of the
grave, which scarcely covered his lower
extremities. The half-decayed skeleton
of artillery and cavalry horses, covered
with rotten trippings, harness and sad
dies. lay as they fell in the agonies of
death, or had crumbled away into
debris of bone and skin, and leather
straps. cloth and buckles. From the
numerous graves, the uncovered bones
of the tenants have started throu-n the
soil. as If to appel ~ss~:~-s 49, haSs~ r
with which they had been buried
With the clash Of drums. and the shrilI
strains of the fife, with the champing of
bits, and rngingof steel, man and horse
now swept over he remains of their fell +
lows in all the pride of life. ar
London Tines Correspondents.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

KEEPING SWEET PoTAroEs.-The
Ohio Cuitivator says sweet potatoes
may be kept through the winter with a
loss of not exceeding 5 or 10 per cent.
BY the following method: Dig them du-
ring this month, dry carefully, and then
pack in boxes not over two feet in depth,
first sprinkle a layer of dry sand or
road dust on the bottom Of the box,
then layer of potatoes from 0 to l2
inches deep, and then pour in sand un-
til all the spaces between the potatoes
are filed to the top. Then fill up the
box with potatoes and pour in sand as
before, and put on cover to keep out
mice. If several boxes are used they
may be piled upon each other, but
sticks should be placed between them to
allow circulation of air. They should
be kept in dry room at temperature
of from fifty to sixty Fahrenheit.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08
FA paragraph on istsrsst from
Henry Ward Beecher,s pen: - ~

" :
No blister draws sharper than inter
est does. OF all industries none is
comparable to that of interest. 1t works
day and night, in fair weather and in
foul. 1t has no sound in its footsteps,
but travels fast. 1t gnaws at mans
substance with invisible teeth. 1t binds
industry with its film, as a fiy is bound
upon spiders web. Debt rolls man
over and over. binding him hand and
foot. and letting him hang upon the IA
tai mesh until the loug-legged interest
devours him. There is no crop that
can afford to pay interest money on a
farm. There is but one thing raised on
a farm like it, and that is the Canada
thistle, which swarms new plants every
time you break its root, whose blossoms
are very prolific, and every flower faith
er of million seeds. Every leaf is an
awl, every branch spear, and every
single plant is like platoon of bayonets,
and field full Of them is like an armed
host. The whole plant is torment
and vegetable curse. And yet a far
mer had better make his bed on Canada
thistles than attempt to lie at ease upon
interest.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

EDITING A PAPER.-It is a somewhat
curious fact, says the Philadelphia Bull
letin, that vast number of men, who
are utterly incapable of managing their
own business or any other, still think
that they perfectly understand that Of
an editor, and regard themselves as un-
der special mission to give the latter
the benefit of their views on all occs-
sions. 1t is singular, but there are very
many who really seem to sincerely be.
lieve that wiring comes by natare--thAt
the editor rs without this endowment,
and they ought in christian charity to
help him out. Could some Of these
self-elected censors be put into harness
for while, realize what it means to be
a mental engine under parpetual press
of intellectual steam, they would prob
ably change their views of the ease with
which they would knock of little arti-
Gle.
People who thing that editing paper
is pleasanter diversion than digging
cellars by moonlight, or Juggling brick
up four story building in hot July's
sun, may profit by the following sensi-
bic remarks from the editor of the Bed
ford w. Gazette:
1t is not so easy task to write for
newspaper as people suppose. A man
may be profound thinker, a vigilsnt
observer of passing events, without be-
ing able to write for newspaper. The
power of writing leading article for
newspaper is tact which few possess,
and which we have known many, with
all their learning and diligence, unable
to acquire. 1t requires large amount
of Information on various sablects, and
readiness of application that must never
be at fault, or the writer will fail. For,
remember, the editor is always writing
against time, and the memorable printer
must have his copy, and that there is
no time to revise and amend; but as
slip after slip is written the "devil"
snatches it away. and one half is usual
" set up in print before the other half is
written. This exaets a decision Of
thought and facility of writing. which
like poetry. seems rather gift of nature
than an acquired facility.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08


A CANINE HERo.-The following ac-
count of the exploits of dog in the
Crimea surpasses everything heretofore
recorded of the devotion and bravery OF
this noble animal.
ga great sensation has been caused
in the camp of the allies by the heroic
deeds of dog belonging to Col. Met
mann, of the I'D regiment of the line.
On the 18th of August, during the bat
tie of the Tchernaya, the quadruped
broke his chain, fought in the ranks OF
the army, saved the life of sergeant
and soldier, and took three Russians
prisoners. A ball struck his foot, but
the wound only embittered the animal the
more. He threw himself upon Rus
sian officer. flung him to the ground,
and dragged him prisoner by his coat
collar to the French. A physician has
bound up the wound, and the four foot
ed hero is convalesing. He will proba-
bly, receive some mark of honor, as an
other dog in the English army has been
rewarded with medal for his devotion
to mis- master"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

INcIDENT.-A few months since lady
belonging to this city went to New York
and pat up at one of the Broadway ho-
tells. After going to her room for the
night, she took oHt her pocket book and
watch, laid them on the table and then
sat down to read. While engaged in
reading she thought she heard breath
ing from some one apparently near by
but 6nally concluded it must be imagi-
nation. Soon after she'comR1enced ma
king preparations to retire, and in adj
justing her hair she dropped one of her
hair pins. While STOPPING 10 pick it up
she discovered q hat under the bed, and
closer observation revealed to her
sight the fulf-length figure of man.
Without evincing any emotion she threw
shawl over her shoulder, went out of
the room, locked the door after her,
and stepping into the han she rang q
bell which summoned 10 her assistance
the Proprietors, who called in the assis-
tance of police officer, and the iaruder
was arrested. There was found on the
prisoner a bottle of chloroform. He
was conyicted'on the testimony of tho
lady, and sent TO the State prison for
six months. The sequel to the whole
was the dropping of the hair pin.--Ness
HoVeR Journal
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08
A CHINESE PRIEST AT HIS DEvor1ox


A CHINESE PRIEST AT HIS DEvorIoSs.
Hearing continual humping noise
in the room beyond, we push open the
door and surprise a Boodhist priest at
his devotiOns. He is seated at table
with book before him, from which he
is chanting prayers with monotonous,
drawing tone, while with one hand he
thumps necessarily with small wooden
hammer upon hollow drum of the same
material. This drum is called by the
same name as the great fish upon which
the earth rests, and which its sound
soothes into quiet. When at any time
even for minute, there is no drum bea-
ten throughout the whole world, the
fish at once becomes uneasy. and his
contortions occasion earthquakes. The
priest wears yellow robe, his skin is
yellow, his head is shaven bald, his
face is puckered with wrinkles, and al
together he is one of the oldest and fun
niest old men that ever was seen. He
looks up, mods, with a queer twinkle in
his eyes, looks down again and up again
but never once pauses in his chanting
or his humping.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08
Poor THAT THE Moon is NOT IxHABI

Poor THAT THE Moon Is NOT INHABI-
TED.-Dr. Scoresby, in an account that
he has given Of some recent observa-
tions made with the Earl of Rosse's tel
escope, says: "With respect to the
moon, every object on its surface of 100
feet was now distinctly to be seen;
and he had no doubt that, under very
favorable circumstances, it would be so
with objects go feet in height. On its
surface were craters of extinct volcanoes
rocks and masses of stones, almost in
Vulnerable. He had no doubt that if
such building as he was in were upon
the surface of the moon, it would be
rendered distinctly visible by these in
struments. But there were no signs of
habitation such as ours-no vestiges of
architecture remain to show that the
moon is or ever was inhabited by race
of mortals similar to ourselves. II pre-
sented no appearance which could lead
to the supposition that il contained any
thing like the green fields and lovely
verdure of this beautiful world of ours.
There was no water visible-not sea or
river, or even the measures of a reser-
voir for supplying town or factory-all
seemed desolate."
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

@-h few days since German was
riding along Sansome street near Sacra-
mento, when he heard the whizEling ol
a ball near him, and felt his hat shaken.
He turned about and saw man with a
revolver in is hand, and took off bis
hat and found fresh bullet hole in it.
Did you shoot at me?' asked the Ger
man. Yes replied the other party;
that's nay horse; it was stolen from me
recently You must be mistaken,
says the German, Il have owned this
horse for three years. WELL says
the other, 'when come to look at him
believe that / ana mistaken. Excuse
me, sir; won't you take drink?' The
rider dismounted. tied his horse; the
two found drinking saloon by; they
hobnobbed and drank together, and par
ted friends. This is the California fash
ion To make acquaintances.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

A NEwsPAPER.-1t was Bishop Hor-
ner's opinion that there was no better
moralist than the newspaper. He says:
The follies, vices. and consequent
miseries of multitudes displayed in a
newspaper are so many beacons contin-
ually burning to tsrn others from the
rock on which they have been ship
wrecked. What more powerfully dis
suasiye from suspicion, jealousy, and
anger than the story of one friend being
murdered BY another in duel? What
caution likely to be more effectual
against gambling and profigacy than
the mournful relation Of an execution or
the fate of desparing suicide? What
finer lecture on the necessity of econo-
my than the auctions of estates, houses,
and furniture? Only take newspaper
and consider it well, pay for it, and it
will instruct thee!
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

A STRIKING CoNTRAsT.-From a long
article on the crops IN the Indianapolis
Journal we make the following extract,
which describes the difference between
last year and the present in unmistakea-
bic language:
Probably no two years, since the
Almighty promised to send the early
and the later rains, in season to the end
of time,' furnished so striking con
trast as 1854 and '55. at least in this
State Last year heated term of two
nEths burnt up vegetation. and during
the whole time hardly drop of rain
fell to relieve the thirsty soil and dying
crops. This year, duriug the same In
terval, we have had rain. on an average,
every other day for one month, and a
liberal allowance during the other one.
Last year in some sections of the State
the air was foul with the exhalationS Of
the carcasses of hogs dying of starva-
ton, and in others the people had to
feed the straw filing of their beds to
their cattle, to keep them alive till spring
vegetation came on. This year Nature
has emptied her wealth into the farmers
hand; not even stinting her bounties TO
the measure of his abilities to care for
them, but lavisbly overflowing barns
and mows, and cribs, until Ike the H.
linois farmer, Wearied with taking care
of his wealth, he contentediy declares
he's got enough leaving the weather
to work its will with the rest. The
morn of plenty has not merely been
tumbled over on its side, but turned
mouth downward, and its riches drop
ped down upon US in lump.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

HAY FOR Cows.-An observing, in
telligent, and successful farmer informs
US that he is in the practice of feeding
his cows hay in summer, particularly il
the season is such as to afford fresh
pastures. His reasoning is, that full,
rapid, and vianrn..s- sro"th' OF grass
gives to cattle that feed upon it, a de.
sire for something to absorb the excess
of juice in the food. Dry hay they de-
YOUR greedily, and though in ever so
small quantities, evidently with mos.
beneficial effects. Every farmer must
have observed that, in dry seasons, hor-
ses, cattle and sheep keep in good con-
dition upon herbage parched and appar-
emily scant, while in wet seasons, in tall
pastures, though always full, the process
of fattening with them was slow. Dry
fodder in such cases is required to give
substance and tenacity to the green,
and can be proitably used by feeding it
to horses and cattle.-NewJury Tele-
graph.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08
From the London Literary Gazette.
THE HUSBANDS SONG.
sF CHARLES SWAIN.

5F CHARLES SWAIN.
Rainy and rough sets the day,
There's heart beating for somebody,
Unjust be up and aw v
Somebody's anxious for somebody,
Thrice has she been tothe gate
Thrice has she listened for somebody;
Midst the night stormy and late,
Somebody's waiting for somebody;
There,ll be comforting FIRE
There1l be welcome for somebody;
One, in her neatest attire,
Will look to the table for somebody
Though the stars fed from the West,
There is star yet for somebody,
Lighting the home he loves best
Warming the bosom of somebody.
There'u be coat Ger the chair
There will be slippers for somebody;
There1l be a wife's te der care
Loves fond enforcement for somebody
Theren be little ones charRs-
Soon they'll be waken'd for somebody;
When have both in my arms,
Oh, but how blest viii be somebody
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

HIeHER.-Higherliis q word of noble
meaning. the inspiration of all greai
deeds--the sympathetic chain that leads
link by link the impassioned soul to Its
zenith of glory, and still holds its mys-
terious object standing and glittering
among the stars. 7srl g.Ia ~
Higherl lisps the infant on its parents
knees, and makes its feeble essay to rise
from the foor-it is the first aspiration
of childhood to burst the narrow con-
fines of The cradle in which its sweet
moments have been past forever.
Higherl laughs the proud school boy
on his swing; or, as he climbs the tallest
tree of the forest, that he may look
down on his less adventurous compan-
ions with a flush of exultation. and
abroad over the fields of his native viii
lage. He never saw so extended pros
pect before.
Higher! earnestly breathes the stu
dent Of philosophy and nature, he has a
host of rivals, but he must eclipse them
all. The midnight oil in his lamp burns
dim, but he finds knowledge in the lamps
of Heaven, and his soul is never weary
when the last of them is hid behind the
curtains of the morning.
And higherl his voice thunders forth
when the dignity of manhood has in
vested his form. and the multitude is
listening with delight to his oracles bur-
ming with eloquence and ringing like
true steel in the cause of freedom and
right.
And when time has changed his
locks to silver, and when the world wide
renOwn is his; when the maiden gather
ing flowers by the way-side, aud the
boy in the field. bow in reverence as he
passes; and the peasant looks to him
with honoI-can he breathe forth
from his heart the fond wish of the
past. ..-
Higher yeti he has reached the apex
of all earthly honor, yet his spirit burns
as warm as in youth, though with
steadier and paler light, and it would
borrow wings and soar up to high heav-
en-, leaving its tenement to moulder
among the laurels he has wound around
it, for the never ending glory to be
reached only in the presence of the most
HIGH -r
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08
TRUE LoVELINEss


She who thinks noble heart
Better than noble mien,
Honors virtue more than art,
Though 'tis less in fashion seen
Whatsoe'er her fortune be,
She's the bride, the wife for me.
She who deems that inward grace
Far surpasses outward show,
She who values less the face
Than the charm the soul can throw
Whatsoe'er her fortune be,
She's the bride, the wifefor me.
She who knows the heart requires
Something more than lips Of dew,
That when loves deep rose expires,
Love itself dies with it, too;
Whatsoe'er her fortune be,
She's the bride, the wife for me.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

REMARKABLE ExPERINRNr.-Ar recent
work of science gives the following
novel experiment which settles ques-
tion of some importance in philosophy.
Two hundred Po~~1s weight of earth
was dried in an oven, and afterwards
put into an earthen vessel. The earth
was then moistened with rain water.
and willow tree, weighing FIVE pounds,
was placed therein. During tire space
of five years the earth was carefully wa
tered with raiR water, or pure water;
the willow grew and fourished, and to
prevent the earth being mixed with
fresh earth Or dust blown to it by the
winds, it was covered with a metal
plate perforated with a great number
of small holes suitable for the free adj
mission of air only. After growing ia
the air for FIVE years, the tree was re-
moved and found to weigh 1863 pounds
and about three ounces; the leaves
which fell from the tree every autumn
were not included in this weight. The
earth was then removed from the vessel
again dried in the oven, and afterwards
discovered to have lost only about two
ounces of its original weight; thus l64
pounds of woody fibre, bark, and roots,
were certainly produced, but from what
source? The air has been discovered
to be the source of solid element at last.
This statement may at first appear in
credible. but on slight reflection its truth
is proved, because the atmosphere con-
taiHs carbonic acid, which is the COM
pound of TIA parts by weight of oxy-
gen, and 33S parts by weight of car
bon.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

~"The noblest art of all arts,
says Sir James Macintosh, ''is the art
of forming vigorous, healthful and
beautiful mind. 1t is work of un-
wearied care, which must be constantly
retouched through every part of life.
But the toll becomes every day more
pleasant, and the success more sure"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

HAn editor says that friend Of
his carried his sense of honor SO far as
10 spend all his time in perfect idleness,
because he does not like to take advsn-
tage of time.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-08

TThe best defence that we ever
read, was in the remark of Chas. Lamb,
related by Leigh Hunt, that truth was
precious and not TO be wasted on srsry-
bOdy.