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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09
~ In Washington last week, q

E In Washington last week. .
hcrseman clad in sort Of cavalry cos
tune, with . heavy Overcost and
slouched bat. had been noticed for some
time dashiug about the city 10 rather .
suspicious manner. At last the author
tiles felt themselves warranted in arrest
ing him; and accordingly one morning,
when trotting down Pennsylvania av'
enue, be found himself suddenly sur.
rounded by file Of soldiers. and wa'
carried of to prison. The investiga'
ton that followed resulted not only il
the discovery Of certain important pa
pers, but also Of the fact that the gal
lant cavalier was q woman. How hong
she had been at the game It IS impossi
bic to guess.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09
E The number of letters male,

R The number Of letters mailed
at the Office in Gallipolis during the
quarter ending SIstDec.. 1861, amoun-
ted to 86,701, of which 5,633 were
free. The labor required in the Office
now is enormous, but as several regi-
ments have lately left Kanawhs, the
ensuing quarter will show a correspond
ing falling of. The mail coming in so
late at night, and leaving before day,
is a great inconvenience to our business
men, and il possible should be reme-
died at once. Arriving at Gallipolis at
10, A. NJ, and departing at. 2, P. NJ,
would afford time to reply by return
mail. As it now is, the service is
hardly so beneficial as the old tri-
weekly.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09

WAsHIEGros, January 4.-The des'
tination of the expedition Of Genera
Burnside remains as much mystery
as was that of General Sherman.
The agent of the Government who
superintended the removal OF Mason
and SIidell from Fort Warren to The
English gunbost Rinaldo, returned this
morning. No papers exchanged be-
tween the agent and the English COM
mander in connection with the delivery
and reception Of the rebel commission
eTs.
General Lsne Of Kansas, is making
preparations for the active campaign on
which be viii soon enter. The Gov
ernment has been prompt in giving di-
rections for furnishing all the necessary
supplies.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09

TIE BLACK FLAG IN LHEcHBURG.-
Our people were greatly surprised on
Saturday morning to see the "black
flag" waving over the depO. OF the Vir-
ginia and Tennessee Railroad Company.
We are for displaying that flag through
out the whole South. We should ask
no quarters at the hands Of the vandal
Yankee invaders, and our motto should
be an entire determination Of every one
who has set foot upon our sacred soil.
Let the flag then float over every hill
top and valley throughout the whole
South, and as the breezes fan its foldss
let it tell to the Hessian seoundrels the
welcome they will have on Southern
death to each, one and al.
Lynek6urg RspublieGn-
Well. if you can "eIevate" any thing
blacker than the shirt tails you have
shown in the recent skirmishes, we1l
acknowledge the "scare."
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09

STATEMENT OF RELEASED PRISONER
FROM RIoHMoRD-TERRIBLE CONDITION
OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY on THE Po-
ToMAc.-BALTIMoRB, Jan. 4.-One OF
the released Union prisoners has an ed
itorial from Richmond paper, which
he cut out and secreted in his boot. il
gives an awful picture Of the condition
Of the rebel army on the Potomac,
saying that the entire army is utterly
demon allied. Regimentsl drills have
ceased entirely, the men spending their
time with cards. Great numbers are
offering large sums for substitutes, some
having offered as high as 81, 500.
The editor urges the Government to
do something TO remedy the evil
Such demoralized condition OF the
army can not go on. Thousands who
would enlist are deferred by the dis
couraging condition of the army.
A New Orleans dispatch Of the 99th
ult., says that the powder mill opposite
the city exploded last night. The
guard had inspected the premises only
half an hour before. It is attributed
to an incendisry. The prisoners say
their clothing and boots were looked
upon with longing eyes by the rebels,
especially their boots. Many were Of
fered as high as twenty-five dollars a
pair for them.
Coffee is held in Richmond at 81 so
per pound.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09

E There was an auction sale al
Camp Wood on Saturday last, of arti-
cles taken by Col. Willich's men in the
skirmish with the rebels near Munfords-
vile. The articles sold netted the
sum of three hundred dollars. A fine
horse taken from the rebels was pur-
chased and presented to the Drum Major
Of the regiment.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09
H About sixty head Of horses ba,

H About sixty head Of horses have
been taken out Of the Government sta.
bles here, and sent to Guyan and Sum-
merville. They have recruited won-
derfully, and are ready to undergo
another term of service, starvation,
cruelty and death. We are credibly
informed that ~ Kanawha. horses
have been tied to picket ropes. without
food or water for seven days, until
starved to death. Yet nobody is to
blame-tbat is. according to military
regulations.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09

@ 1t is stated at Washington that
England cares much more about a
slice out Of the Northeastern part Of
Maine, than about Mason and Slidell.-
Shouldn't wonder il she did. A mill
tary railroad from Halifax into Canada,
via Maine, would greatly benefit her
in pouring in troops to act extensively on
our Northern frontier. We opine she
will hardly realize her wishes quite SO
easily, as she did the traitors Mason and
Slidell. But now is her time to "pitch
iu," for should she delay until we have
settled the difficulty with her new friend
and ally, niggerdom, she might find nc
Canada to govern.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09

E We are very well convinced
that the Mason and Slidell affair, disa-
greeable as it may be in some respects,
has, in its results, rendered hostiHties
with Great Britain less likely to occur
than they would otherwise have been.
Very many persons have heretofore
believed that Great Britain would seek
a prstext for beesling our Southern
blockade or doing some other act that
would render war unavoidable. There
were certainly good grounds for such
an apprehension, but, since our Gov
ernment has manifested such prompti-
tude in conceding to her that which
according to her own theory and prac-
tice she had no right to ash, but which,
according to American theory and
practice, was undoubtedly just and
right, she would dishonor herself and
weaken herself in the eyes OF all civil
lied nations if she were likely to pick a
quarrel with US. And. il she does pick
such q quarrel with US we believe that
the next two years il not the next year
will be the last Of her existence as a
power OF the earth.--LOg. Jour.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09
~ The fine weather we have el

~ The 6ne weather we have en-
joyed for weeks past, came to sudden
close on Friday night last. First il
blew, then it snew, then it friz up"
was a Yankees description Of nor
easter. and it would apply very fairly
TO our weather on Saturday and Sum-
day last. No appearance of ice in the
river yet, and boats run without any in.
convenience from freezing. 1t is to be
hoped we shall have a supply of ict
next summer, and advise our friend:
who put it up to be on the look out fol
the first run. The winter is passing
rapidly away. Do not wait too long
in hopes of getting better ice. Any
quality is better than none.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09
- Mr. Wm R.,.,d - D.,

R Mr.. VIM. Bayard, of Brook
lyn, who rendered such valuable aid to
Mr.. Charles Anderson in effecting bis
escape from the rebels in Texas, ar
rived at New York on Tuesday in the
schooner Sally Gay from Tampico.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09

E John G. Heenan withdraws his
challenge to meet "qhe best man in
England. and writes to Wilkes Spirit
that when the time comes to repel a
foreign foe he will be the first volunteer
to defend his country.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09
ILO HOOL.AHA.
Keena Gihana, Wal,

heene Olndbd' wal
Honolulu. September. 1861.
No ka unku ka wal iloko o ma piula
wal aupuni, nolails. malama ia keia
mau Rula malalo nei ka poe lave wal,
pencil:
1. o ka poe pau loaa ka pala-
pala ae lave ka Wal, hoopaa no
lakou na ki wal ka hors o ke ahiahi
j ma la pau.
A literal translation Of this gibberish
is as follows:
Superintendent of Water Work'sl
Office, Honolulu, Sept. 1861.
Owing to the scarcity Of water al
the Government Water Works, the fol
lowing Regulations must be strictly ad
hered to BY consumers:
LIST. All persons having Watel
privileges. must close their Tap, at
O'Clock P. NJ, every day.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-01-09

FWe clip the following from the
POlynesian, a paper published at Homo
lulu in the Sandwich Island, merely for
the purpose of furnishing our readers a
specimen Of their language, which
looks to us as uniuielligible jargOn as
can be produced:
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-03-06

cry whit OF information that l need
information that the enemy would give
millions to keep from Us. The fate OF the
war is settled.
"The rebellion truly seems very forml-
dable, but it is only struggling in the path
of an avalanche. The mighty topping
mass of National power and retribution
will, until the proper moment comes, now
and then let slip down upon its victim
forerunne-s of its approach. And when
the proper moment does come, it will
sweep down upon and forever annihilate
disunion, with thunder that shall rever-
herate throughout the world fer ages upon
ages to come.
"Sir, there will be 10 more Bull Run
affairs,
"God has stretched forth his arms, and
the American Union is saved And our
beloved, glorious Washington shall again
rest quietly, sweetly in his tomb, until,
perhaps, the end Of the prophetic century
approaches Shat is to bring the Republic
to her third and final struggle, when he
may, once more, laying aside the cere-
ments Of Mount Vernon, come messen-
ger Of succor and peace, from the Great
Ruler, who has all the nations Of the earth
in his keeping.
'.But that future is too vast for our
comprehension we are the children of the
present.
"When peace shall again have folded
her bright wings, and settled upon our
land, that strange, uncarthly wonderful
map, marked while the spirit eyes Of
Washington looked on, shall be preserved
among American archives, as a precious
reminder to the American nation, Of what,
in their second great struggle for existence,
they owed to God and the Glorious Spirit
of Washington"
"yerily, the works Of God are above
she understanding of man"
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cyrpCHEs. MINISTERS. sc.

P-ssbyterian-REy. D. HARRISON, Fastor.-
Preaching every Sabbath morning at lo3
o'clock. and in the eTening at 3 O'Clock Sab
tsth Scboo! at o'clock, \. NJ Prayer meet
inc ersrv Thursday evening at o'clock.
Ut6oaist Episcopal Church-REv 5. /. 0EoW,
Preacher in charge. Rev. J. g. Cooley, As
,fs.,nt Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
a. IO3 o'clock in the morning, or IN the
srani6r Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A NJ:
PRAYER meeting every Thursday evening, at
o'clock.
VeIci Ta4spendsnt-REv Ii. r. POWELL,
P.s-or.-Preaching every Sabbath morning at
II o'clock. and in the evening at o CLOCK.
s.bbath School at l o'clock, 2. Il. Pra.er
meeting on the first Monday evening OF el~h
month and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening. excepting the first week III
each month.
Cslpiass,ic Uet6odist-REv. JoHN WILLIAMS,
Pastor.-PEeaching every Sabbath evening at
.su4 6 o'clock Sabbath School at 10 clock,
!. Il Prayer meeting every Friday evening,
It : o'ciock Society every Tuesday evening
1t o'clock.
DisetyIss-REv. W. LLOYD, Pastor.-Preach-
Ing e-e-v Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Plricuiar Bap;ists-REv. DAVID JENKINS,
P.=tor-Preaching every Sabbath evening at
soclock. Sabbath School at ut O'Clock, = NJ
C4.to5ic-REv. 81 J, MITCHELL, Pastor
Services every Sabbath morning at lO5 0 CLOCK
and Vespers at O'Clock in the evening
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NUMBER "A.

those works by assault. Are you ready 20
''Aye, aye, sir, ready Hurrah - And
a shout came from that phalanx Of brave
men such as comes only from patriots
upon great occasions.
"Ready Close ranks Charge bayo-
nets Forward Double quick March ~
And march they did in close order, the
advancing brigade looking more like
blue porcupine, with its quills turned for
ward, than aught else can compare it
to. right up to the rebel works. Though
the enemy kept up an incessant fire from
howitzer, field-piece and musket, Of shells,
solid shot and lead, still that brigade
marched on, nothing daunted, to the enc
Inys earthworks, which reached, over 1T
went, right into the midst of the butter
nut eolored devils who had had so savage
" welcomed them inside the entrench-
ments When the blue coats appeared
inside the breastworks, the old veteran,
Charles Z. Smith, at their head, brandish-
ing his sword, and looking for all the
world like dozen regiments of regulars
boiled down and quintescenced into one
man, the rebels took to their heels and
left for the next line of entrenchments
as though the devil or some other justice
of the peace was after them with war
rant for treason. Our boys fired one VOL
ley after them as they retreated, then
planted the Stars and Stripes upon the
walls, gave three times three cheers when
it svelled 70 the breeze, and settled down
for further orders. This was the turning
point of the fight. When it was discov-
cred that the national ensign had been
planted within the enemy's entrench-
ments, Captains Hillyer and Rawlings
rode along the lines, and waving their
swords, announced it to the respondent
troops of McClernand's and Wallace's di-
visions, who gained new courage and raj
lied to the assault upon the right Then
a charge was made all along the enemy's
front. lie was forced back to his earth
works, leaving the open field to our troops,
ard securing to Us an easy victory on the
morrow.
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Select }0oetrll.
National EEymaEa.

Praise to His Right Hand that made us
Nation, soil and empire one;
And while that Right Hand shall aid us,
Spoil the hallowed work shall none.
God be nigh
Speed the cry,
Union, Law, and Liberty
Heirs of freedom, could we cover
Give the way to traitor rage
Stand and see a slave-born power
Rend our glorious heritage?
This we've armed tor-not defiant,
Not athirst for vengeful strife
But on Duty's sword reliant,
Strike we for the Nations life.
Conflict dire-yet Heavens probation,
Bracing into one our might;
Strength is born of tribulation;
Right is sure TO come out right.
To the Lord of Hosts, Hosannah
Rebel madness, pray Him, cease
Make undimmed our star-lir Banner
Float again DER realms of peace.
Praise Him, praise Him, ever giving
First or last, the just award
Praise Him, praise Him, ever living
Our sole King and sovereign Lord!
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GENERAL E.'CLELLAH'S DREAM.
BY WESLEY BRADSHAW.

Two o'clock of the third night after
General M'CleIlan's arrival IN Washing
ton to take command Of the United States
army. found that celebrated soldier poring
over several maps and reports Of scouts
AS the hour came toiling through the
night, together with the dull rum mbllng OF
army wagons and artillery wheels, the
weared hero, pushing from him his maps
and reports, leaned his forehead on his
folded arms upon the table before him,
and fell into sleep so deep that even the
occasional booming Of the heavy guns,
being placed in position on the eutrench-
mcnts, was insufficient to disturb it.
81 could not have been slumbering thus
more than ten minutes" said the General
to an intimate friend, to whom he related
the strange narrative, "when l thought
that the door Of my room, which | had
carefully locked, was thrown suddenly
open, aad some one strobe to he, and,
laying hand upon MY shouiGer, sad IN
a slow, solemn voice:
General Mcclellan, DO you sleep at
vour post? Rouse YOU, or, ere It can be
prevented, the foe will be on Washing
ton :.
"Nevor before in my life have l heard
a voice possessing the commanding and
even terrible tone of the one that address
sed 70 me these words. And the sensa-
ton that passed through HE, as 1t fell
upon nv ears, and | coweringly shrunk
into myself at the thought of my OVID
negligence, I can only compare to the
yhistline, shrieking sweep Of j storm of
crane shot discharged directly through my
brain. | could not move, however, al
though l tried hard to raise my head from
the table. As a sense Of my Willingness,
and vet helplessness to make an answer to
the unknown intruder, oppressed me, /
once more heard the same slow, solemn
voice repeat:
General Mcclellan, do you sleep at
your post?
..There was popularity about 1t this
time: it seemed as though Ia mere
atom of water-was suspended In the cen
ire of infinite space, and that the voice
came from a hollow distance ail around
NE. AS the last word was uttered, | re-
gained by some felt and yet un known
power, my volition, and with the change,
the grapeshot discharge sensation IN my
brain ceased, and a strange but new one
seized my heart-one rs if a huge, rough
icicle was being sawed back and forth
through and through me.
81 started up, or rather | should say
thought i started up, for whether | was
awake or asleep | am utterly unable to
decide. My first thought was about my
maps, and, before my eyelids had half
opened, my hand was grasping them
But this was ALL The table was still be-
fore me, but everything else had disap-
peared. The furniture was gone, the
ceiling was not to be seen. All saw was
the tableau | am about to describe to you.
"My gaze was turned Southwark, and
there, spread out before me, was living
map-yes, Il living map is the only ex-
preston [ can think of as betting the
scene In one grand co"p daH, my eyes
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Money Defined at fle South.

The Norfolk correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch, gives the following ac-
count Of the miscellaneous trash that goes
for money in rebeldom
"'Do you call this money p Leaning
over the counter puzzled volunteer was
endeaving to reckon up the change just
paid out by the sleek haired clerk. Be-
lore linn lay quantity Of mutilated bills,
ragged and dirty pieces of paper, bits of
card board, printed checks, few copper
pennies, milk tickets, postage stamps, and
other interesting specimens Of the outra-
geous ''coin Of the realm" Over and
over again the puzzled volunteer essayed
to count the yilfainous currency, and over
and over again he failed to find it satisfac-
tory. It was too much for his rustic
arithmetic the problem was too difficult
to solve upon only ten figures. The by
standers laughed. The money was spread
out upon a showcase, as young ladies lay
cards upon u table IN telling fortunes, and
the soldier stood before it carefully ex-
amining every piece. "Do you call this
money 2" he asked, taking up a small
yellow parallelogram, looking very much
like the brass card on the top of sardine
box "Do You call this money % hol-
ding UP an advertisement of fine Havana
cisa-s-"and this, "a bill for Is cents,
on which some weak minded printer had
gone raving mad in different kinds OF
type "Good for one shave; (reading
slowly Dick, the barber-''Do you call
this money ?" The sleek haired clerk
was puzzled also. 9TH pass all over
town; indeed it will, sir"
sOnce more the soldier scrutinized the
ragged and incongruous pile, and grasping
it in one hand, soliloquized ''that is
money-money ha call it stuff. Why,
man might hold his handful, and then
have but thirty seven and half cents
money
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GEN. Charles p. Smiths Charge

A correspondent Of the 4. Y. Herald
describes one OF the most exciting scenes
OF the battle of Fort Donelson as follows /:
General Grant left his headquarters on
the field to visit Commodore FoOte (the
second time) at half-past four O'Clock, on
Saturday morning, leaving orders with
Captains Rawlings and Hillyer to ride i'm
mediately to Smiths, Wallace's and Nc
Clernands briSades, and instruct them
not to make any advance upon the rebel
works until he should return from the
fieet-to make no movement Of any kind
unless attacked. Rawlings carried the
order to General Smith, who commanded
on the extreme left, and IIiliyer started
to convey it to Wallace, III the center,
and McClernand on the right. He de-
livered it to Wallace; but when he reach
ed McClernand he found that brigade
had been attacked by a superior force,
and partially compelled to fall back
Hillver saw what was going on, and i'm
med;ately ordered Wallace to send n part
OF his brigade to reinforce AcCletnaud,
which order was complied with. -Four
regiments marched at double quick TO the
rescue. McClernand, with almost super
human ezertion, rallied bis forces, which
charged bayouets and regained their old
position-on the right, alter seven hours OF
the most severe fighting Of the day
While this fight was raging, Captain Hill
yer started off to find Gen Grant, who
had not been on the field since half-past
four o'clock in the morning-it was now
near noon. Hillyer met the General
coming back from the transports, and
communicated TO him the fact that Me
Clernand had been attacked and compel
led to fail back, but had rallied and re-
gained his position. General Grant I'M
mediately rode upon the feld-it being
then halfpast Que o'clock-and there
learned the status Of the army. A body
Of from ten to twelve thousand of the en-
envy had cut through our right flank and
escaped. This was the attack upon Nc
Clernand A calling fire was being kept
up upon our left and center from heavy
siege and field artillery, and our forces
were being fast decimated- To remain IN
this position would surely prove our ruin ];
to fall back out Of range of the enemy ;
guns would demoralize the army, and no
alternative was left but to hazard every
thing upon a united charge upon the
whole enemys works. Though officers
clamored and men were impatient to
make the assault, still the General hest
tated. and it was not until half-past two
that the order 10 assault the works was
given. Then Captain fillyer rode down
to General Smith to communicate the or
der. when the old Generals visage gleam-
ed With new light Said Captain Hill
yer er:-..General Smith, General Grant or
ders YOU to assault and take the enemy's
works in your front, at all hazards" ."
"Better late than never said Smith /;
..but I'll do it Tell General Grant I'll
do it - Aud, turning to his men, be
said "Soldiers, we are ordered to takc
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EgEEsRURG MAILS.

MAILS ARRIVE.
Eastern, daily, at II O'clock noon
Western. at Il o'clock, noon.
MAILS CLOSE.
Eastern, daily, at 8o.ciock: :. NJ
Western - at o'clock, P. VI.
sEg~Tha mails from Butler, Indiana, ,Strongs-
town &c, arrive on Thursday Of each week,
a. o'clock, 7. VI.
Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week,
ats 4. VI.
b. The mails from Newman's Mills, Car
rs,ltown. &c, arrive on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday of each week, at o'clock, r NJ.
Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, at ! O'Clock; y. NJ.
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RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Jndges Of the Courts-President, Hon. Geo.
Taylor, Huntingdon Associates, George ".
Lasley Henry C. Devine
aoaotary--Joseph NJ Donald.
Regis er and RecorGer-Ed ward +. Lytle.
S1egf-John Buck.
District 1tt0rney.-Philip S. Noon.
County CommissionerS- ID. t. Storm, james
Cocper, Peter J. Little.
Freq9urer-Thomas Calm.
Poor House D,rectors-Jacob Horner, vii
lam Douglass, George Delany.
Poor House Tredsurer.-GeOrge c. K. Zahm.
s'oor House Stewdrd.-James J. kayior.
-HercGHtiie apprehension Farrell.
A4iitors-John f. Stull, Thomas j. Ne
hn, Edward r Donnegan.
Coaaty Sur0eyOr.-E. A. Fickroy.
Coroner-James s. Todd.
SPt. Of Common Schools-Wm. \. Scott.