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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-09-11
p0HT'S CORNER
THE CAPTAINS WIFE.
AN IscrDrxr OF TIE WAR.

NJ, sister Blanche, her child, and sat on the
lawn that morning,
ooh would vife's strong love-" she cried,
could shield soldiers fate"
A voice q little trembled as if touched oy
some forewsFning.
Then rode soldier up the lane, and haHeo
at the gate.
(Which house is Malcolm Blake'sf L prng
letter to his sister"
/ took It. Blanche, half murmu1ng, SAID,
"Whatr none for me, his wifel
The stranger dangled Msdge's eurls, and,
bending over, kissed her:
"Your father was nv captain, ehildl-I loved
him as my life"
Then suddenly he galloped of, without q
word more spoken.
read the letter. Blanche exclaimed, "What
makes you tremble soP
o God! how could / answer her? How should
the news be broken?
For first they wrote TO me, not her, that
should break the blow.
~Another battle foughtr' said. sour troops
were brave, but lost it."
Her quick eve saw the letter was not writ in
Malcolm's hand.
l glanced a moment at her face-a sudden
shadow crossed it:
"Read quick, dear May-read all, l pray
and let me understand"
l did not read but told the tale-and tenn
nered so the phrases
That scarce at first she guessed the worst.
kept the fatal word
Till had told of his march, his charge, his
comrades praises
And then,-the endi... While she-a statutel
never spoke nor stirred!
Oh never yet a woman's heart was broken Sc
completely
So unbaptised Of hopeful tears!-so passion
less and dumbi
She stood there in her agony, till little Aadge
asked sweetly,-
"Dear mother, when the battle ends, then Will
my father eome"
! touched my finger to her lip, and led her 10
her playing.
Poor Blanche; the winter on her cheek grew
snowy as her name.
What could she do but kneel, and prayJ-and
hnger at her praying?
% Christi when other heroes die, moan other
wives the samet
Must other women's heart yet break, to keed
the cause from fallingf
God pity our brave lovers when they face
the battles blazel
And pity wives made widcwsl-ShalI 1t all
be unavailing?-
o Lord. give Freedom first, then Peaee.-and
to Thy name the praisel
THEODORE TILTON.
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OLD EAGLES AND NEsT.-Tne Girard
fPa. Unien, gives the following inter
esting account Of an old couple ol
eagles, their troubles and their con-
stancy. 1t says:
Sixty years ago, when the township
was first settled, a pair of eagles, ol
the white e-besded or bald species, had a
nest in tall tree on the farm of Mr..
Kelley. They were not disturbed. and
for twenty years they occupied the nest,
annually roaring and sending forth a
brood Of eagles, when violent storm
overturned the tree, and of course de-
stroyed their habitatios. They then re-
built their home on a lofty and inac-
cessibIe sycamore, on the farm Of Riley
Pettibone, adjoining Mr.. Kelly's, and
enjoyed aquiline happiness with unin-
terupted security forty years longer,
raising to eagIe-hood two or three
chicks yearly.
A few weeks ago a high wind
wrenched off the limb containing the
nest, and threw it to the ground with
such energy that it was torn to atoms
and a very young and very bald eagle
killed. The nest was large, being
made of about ten bushels of sticks
and leaves. This aged and persever-
ing couple are now making third nest
on another sycamore near the one lately
destroyed. How old these birds are is
not known, but that they are the same
pair found here by the earliest settlers,
there is no doubt. They are SO long
familiar with the presence of men that
they can be approached within a few
feet; and their great age, constancy and
friendliness have given the respect oi
the neighbors, who would turn out en-
asosss and mob the unlucky sportsman
who should attempt to shoot or despoi
this loyal family.
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TIE FRUIr-TREx BoREK.-We re-
Gently called on friend who is famous
for the success Of his apple crop. He
is no believer in the generally received
opinions about the changes of climate
since the days Of our forefathers, wear
ing out Of soil, degeneracy Of varieties,
and the theories that are satisfactory to
most people for their i'll success. and we
asked him for his receipt that we might
add to it the number we have already
on file.
Ny plan said be is simply to keep
away the borer. The borer, he contin-
ued, weakens trees, and once weakened,
the fruit drops before it is mature, or it
cannot recover from the slightest injury
that any insect inficts on it; moreover,
the tree becomes sickly, and then m
sects pray upon it; for they do not Ike
healthy trees. Insects have an Office
in nature to perform. which is to hasten
70 decay what nature has intended to
remove from living families, Just as
worms soon take away the life OF sick
ly pig.
friend with us, but how do you keep
away the borer? Tobacco stems? No.
Lime? No. Ashes? No, none Of
these. Pray what then? Now you
give it up, / will tell you. l merely
keep the soil scrsped away from the
trunk down TO the bare roots all the
year round-summer and winter. My
companion laughed incredulously, il
not contemptuously; and he said, friend
c., / have given you credit, for better
understanding than TO suppose any
amount Of freezing or roasting will kill
tree, do not suppose it will, be re-
Piled. l have no such object. If l
can find one in, / trust to my jack knife
or wire for its destruction, and not to
heat or frost. This was poser.
What then is your object? was the
next inquiry. 1t is to keep the borer
out. Did you ever see the borer enter
into the stem of the tree, at any height
above the ground? No. And why!
1t requires soft moist bark for the pur-
pose; and whenever you remove the
soil and render the bark hard and firm
to the collar, the borer instinctively
goes to other more favorable places for
the secure raising of its young. Bat
will they not 60 into the main leading
roots? ! have found them to avoid
these roots as If they were unfit to rear
their young; in fact l have never known
them TO attack mine.
Nor had they, that was evident. A
clean healthful orchard-neverc cropped,
annually top dressiDg-grass kept away
several feet from the stem, SO that nc
insect could find cool and moist bar-
Dor for its larva, and every success
following. Certainly the borers did
not attack these trees; and the novel rea-
son struck US as SO philosophical thai
we thought it worth recording in oul
pages, for further observation, and-fol
we want to be repaid for the sugges,
tion-report in these pages Gard
asr's Monthly.
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LOUISVILLE JOURNAL ITEMS.

A Southern paper says that our
Government cannot much longer raise
the wind. 1t will always be able to
raise a wind so strong that you might
lean your back against it like post.
The putting down of the rebellion
would be greater blessing to the people
of the loyal States than to any other
people on earth-except those of the
disloyal States.
There is not a man in the United
States whose private business is of a
hundredth part so much Importance to
him individually as the vigorous prose
cution of the war is.
The rebellion is to be put down not
by campaign against Democrats or a
campaign against Republicans but by a
campaign against the rebels.
The difference between a man with
two blacked eyes and refreshing
drink is that one is punched eyes and
the other is iced punch.
The Confederates say that ''the right
Of rebellion is sacred right" but we
guess the right to put it down is q sa-
creder one.
After battles, the rebels generally
ask leave 10 bury their dead. But they
don't half bury them when they get a
chance.
The gallant Germans are among the
most forward in this war. 1t would be
hard to lead the "Vans."
The officer, who, in this crisis, re.
signs bis commission to the Govern
ment, resigns himself to shame.
JEFF Davis's message is exceedingly
offensive. But JEFF can assume the of.
fensive only on paper.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-09-11

TEE AGE OF OUR EARTH-We ex-
tract the following from Agassiz' ar
ticle on e" Methods Of the Study of Nat
ural History" in the Nay number Of
the Atlantiee> Monthly:
"Among the astounding diseov-
cries of modern science is that of the
immense periods which have passed in
the gradual formation of our earth.
So vast were the cycles of time pre-
cedipg even the appearance Of man on
the surface Of our globe, that our own
period seems as yesterday when COM
pared with the epOchs that have gone
before it. Had we only evidence Of
the deposits of rock hesped above each
other in regular strata by the slow ac-
cumulstion Of material, they alone
would convince US Of the long and slow
maturing of Gods work on the earth;
but when we add to these the success
i've populations of whose life the world
has been the theatre, and whose re-
mains are hidden in the rocks into
which the mud or sand or soil Of what
ever kind on which they lived has
hardened in the course of time-or the
enormous chains OF mountains whose
upheaval divided these periods of quiet
accumulation by great convulsions-or
the changes of different nature in the
con6guration Of our globe, as the sink
ing of lands beneath the ocean, or the
gradual rising Of continents and islands
above it-or the wearing of great river
beds, or the filling of extensive water
basins, till marshes first and then dry
land succeeded to inland seas-or the
slow growth Of coral reefs, those won
derful sea- walls raised by the little
ocean architects, whose own podies fur
nish both the building-stones and the
cement that binds them together, and
who have worked so busily during the
long centuries, that there are extensive
countries mountain-chains. islands and
long lines of coast consisting solely OF
their remains-or the countless forests
that must have grown up. fourished.
died and decayed. to FIJI the storehouses
of coal that feed the fires of the human
race to-day-if we consider all these
records of the past. the intellect fails to
grasp chronology for which our ex-
perience furnishes no data, and the time
that lies behind us seems as much an
eternity to our conception as the future
that stretches indefinitely before US"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-09-11

BRUTAL MURDER BY TIE REBELS
Soon after the occupation Of Pike coun-
ty by the rebels, they arrested Mr..
Peyton Justice, an old man Of 78 years,
whom they retained in custony for sew
eral days, and then took him to the
woods and shot him dead. His body
was left lying where be was murdered.
Mr.. Justice was Union man, but
had never taken an active part against
the rebellion. By reason Of his ad-
vanced age he could not even use a
musket to defend his home. He had
committed no offense, and the only
crime Of which he was guilty was that
of devotion to his country. He was a
worthy citizen of Pike county. where
be had lived all his life. He has been a
subscriber to our paper from the first,
and although not personally acquainted
with him, we knew him to be one Of the
best and most worthy men in that sec.
ton of the Sandy Ady.
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HOW HORSES SHOULD BE sHoD.

A recent issue of the American
Stock Journal contains Q most valuable
article on this subject. Young horses,
the writer says, il shod at all before
four or FIVE years old, should have their
shoes taken of and reset as often as
once in three or four weeks. The hoof
should be kept pared at the heel SO that
the frog may come to the ground.--
This keeps the frog moist and healthy,
and has tendency to spread the heel
and keep the foot in its natural shape.
The soft and healthy frog acts as "a
cushion, and saves the foot from dam
age while the animal travels upon hard
roads. 1t also keeps the foot in a
healthy state, and is therefore Of great
Importance to the value Of the horse
II the heel is suffered to grow down,
the frog becomes dry and bony, and
when it comes in contact with stone,
or ether hard substance, the horse Grip
pies. and subsequently becomes lame.
When the hoof grows down long at
the heel, it becomes dry and contracted,
and the horse stands upon his toes in an
unnatural position. The frog, however
ragged, should not be touched by the
shoer's knife. To avoid raising the
heel so that the foot must come down
to the ground in an unnatural position
the shoe must be Of the same thickness
at the toe rs al the heel.
When the foot is properly pared, the
shoe should be made to fit it SO per-
fectly that the outside crust Of the hoof
will not have to be cut down to fit the
shoe. The shoe should not be opened
at the heel wider than the hoof, as this
has tendency 10 crowd in and con-
tract the foot at this point; but If the
outside Of the shoe is brought in even
with the outside Of the hoof it has the
opposite effect. The hoof should nev-
er be rasped or filed above the clinches,
nor the natural enamel, which is given
to it for some wise purpose, disturbed.
Fancy sboers--from all of whom good
Lord deliver us--are too much in the
practice of rasping, fling. and sand
papering the hoof to make it look nice,
without ever thinking that they are do
ing it an injury that is beyond their
power to repair.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-09-11

PHILosoPHYoF SEKEzING.-As sneeze,
TO be in good taste, should crack like a
rifle on a clear morning. A recipe for
sneeze of this genus. is as follows:
When you feel tickling at the root
of your probocis, just jump up if you
be seated, run 70 the window, through
which the sun shines. throw your head
back until the bump of philoprogeni-
tiveness presses on your coat collar,
open your mouth, snarl like a half
starved hyena at piece of fresh meat,
inhale deep breath, and then-blaze
away. The effect will be prodigious.
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A HERo.-During the fight between
the Home Guards and the rebels at
Pikeville, KY, Mr.. Harvey Childers,
one of the Guards, became separated
from his comrades, and found himself
on the top of high hill, alone. A
company of the rebels, about rs in
number, came to the hill and COM
menced ascending it. Mr.. Childers
concealed himself in rock house, but
concluding be would be discovered,
left his retreat for the purpose of ma
King his way down the hill through the
tall weeds. After leaving his place of
eoncealment, he had proceeded but a
few steps when be saw the weeds ahead
of him shaking, end he knew the rebels
were coming. He crouched to the
ground and waited a moment till be
got sight of the foremost rebsl whom
he instantly shot dead, and attacked
the next with the butt of his gun, at
the same time shouting at the top Of
his voice, "Here they are boys; rallyP'
The rebels believing the weeds to be
alive with Home Guards, broke and
ran with all speed down the hill, giving
Mr.. Childers an opportunity to escape,
which be did successfully, before the
rebels discovered their mistake. Mr..
Alex. Smiley, who was on an adjacent
hill, was an eyewitness to the scene
and corrOborates Mr.. Childers state
ment.
Mr.. Childers was formerly a resident
of Pike, but was obliged to flee from
the comfy some time since. He re.
moved his family to that vicinity. and
returned to fight against the desPoiler
His name is terror to rebels in the
Sandy Vslley.-Sandy Advocate.
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NO CURE NO PAY.
DIR. /. w. THOMPSON

4 NN0UNCES to the sick and unfortunate
n that he has opened an Office at the Furni
ture store Of S Hayward d Son, for the recep-
tion Of patients, and that he is daily making
rapid and permanent eufes in all eases, with.
out the use Of Mercury. By long course o.
study and practical experience, DR.. T. has
now the qualification Of presenting the unfor.
tanate with remedies that have never failed
since he first introduced them, to cure the
most alarming eases of private diseases, and
that in very short but reasonable time
Within the last twenty years DR.. T. has cured
more than fifty thousand eases Of the above
character, and it may be said safely, that NOR,
than one halfo the patients had been pre-
viOusly treated with mercury and other miner
al pOisons.
DR.. 7. can be successfully consulted upor
all diseases peculiar TO the female sex. will
cures warranted in all eurable eases. Refer
enees can be given in Gallipolis.
Fevers, cancers, and sores of all kinds sue
eessfully treated.
Jan. l6, 1862.
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- Col. Mulligan has been released,
and is again in command of the Irish
Brigade. The charges against him
we're merely technical.
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@A carpenter and joiner Of this
city, says the Cleveland Herald, Of
English birth, has his card nailed over
bis bench on which he has drawn in
pencil the stars and Stripes surmOunted
as follows:
May the Rose of England never blow,
May the Thistle Of Scotland never grow,
May the Harp Of Ireland never play,
Till the Stars and Stripes have won the day.
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All Right.
TUsT received and for sale.

lust received and for sale,
10 brls Carbon oil, mot explOsive)
5 dozen Carbon oil Lanterns without chin.
neys-)
8 dozen Lard oil do
10 dozen Oil Cans, gallons and half gallons
Also, large assortment Of Coal oil Lamps
Shades, Wieks, Brushes, Burners. etc, by
G. 4 A. HENKING.
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RT swear, by those blue eyes
and red lips, that love you," said a
modern Romeo to his Juliet. "And il
my eyes were red, and my lips blue,
would you love me still?" asked the
lady. The gentleman skunk away
abashed.
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Building Material.

Building Material.
WE have on hand the following articles. to
w which we invite the attention Of Build
ers and Dealers:
$50 Panel Doors, assorted sizes;
40 pair Window Blinds, assorted sizes;
1000 lights sxl0 sash:
$500 lights l0xl2 sash;
1000 lights l0xl4 sash;
500 lights l0xl6 sash;
so doz. Door Locks, assorted sizes,
25 dOz Thumb Latehes;
100 doz. Door Butts from to 4 inches;
$50 doz gross Gimlet Point and Ratchet
Screws from to 3 inches.
ALSO,
500 lbs. Finishing Nails, assorted from < tC
. inches;
5 kegs Casing Nails, assorted, from I'D
TO l2d.:
70 kegs Nails, assorted, from ID. to sod.
ALSO,
% boxes sxl0 Glass, city brand;
20 boxes l0xI2 Glass, city brand;
Is boxes l0xl4 Glass, city brand;
10 boxes l0xl6 Glass, city brand;
THOS. HALLIDAY & CO.,
Hardware Dealers.
May q, go.
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EWhen the Hon. A-op Ni.L.

SWhen the Hon. A. o. P. Nicbol.
son, formerly of the q. S. Senate. was
arrested recently in Tennessee. by
order of Gen. Negley, his loving vile
bade him rot in prison rather than take
the oath of allegiance. He affection
ately promised her to rot. No doubt
he isrotiing. But We guess she keeps
far enough of not to smell him.-Lox,
journal.
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Real Estate Agency ana
Collection of Claims.

T PURPOSE devoting my entire time and
i attention to collection Of claims in Calls
and adjoining counties, and all business there
in connected with a Real Estate Agency
Lands bought and sold, taxes paid, lands re
deemed, or leased, rents collected, deeds an
mortgages executed, &C., &c.
Having an extensive acquaintance in Penn
sylvania, my facilities for procuring pureha-
sers, are not surpassed by any in Southern
Ohio.
Remittanees made promptly, and all busi-
ness attended to with fidelity and dispatch.
Office on Second street between the Court
House and Public Square.
March I3, 1862. RI. STEWART.
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Sale Of Real Estate.

TN pursuance of an order granted by the
i Probate Court of Gallia county, Ohio, /
will offer for sale at public auction, on Friday,
September 26th, 1862, at 2 o'clock P. NJ. of
said day, on the premises in the township Of
Clay, Gallia county. Ohio, the following real
estate, situate in said Gallia county and State
of Ohio, to-wIt: Part of Lot No. l247, be-
ginning at the northeast corner thereof.
thence running west 80 rods; thence south so
rods; thence east so rods; thence north so
rods to a place Of beginning, being in said
Lot No. l247, section No. "a, township No. 2,
of range No. IA, in Ohio eompany's purchase,
containing 40 acres. Appraised at S400.
TERMS OF SALE:-One-third in cash, one
third in nine, and balance in ls months
Deferred payments to bear interest and Sc
cured by mortgage on premises.
s. A. NASH,
Administrator Of Jas. Walden. deceased.
August 81, 1862.
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Fruit Cans.

1S0 Dozen selfsealing Glass, Stone and
lou Tin Fruit Cans, Of the latest and most
approved styles for sale at greatly reduced
prices, by G. d A. HENKING.
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Bacon and Lard.

CEvENTY THOUSAND lbs clear and
y ribbed Sides, plain and canvassed Hams
and Shoulders.
10000 lbs Prime Leaf Lard In tierces. barrels
and jars.
For sale in quantities to suit at very low
prices by
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KEEPs CoNsTANTLY on HAND


All kinds of Watches. Violin Trimmings;
Gold Amer. Watches; Italian Violin Strings
Silver American Lever Gold Lockets;
Watches; Plated Lockets;
English lever Watches Gold Keys;
Ladies Gold Watches; Gold Pins;
Duplex Watches; Gold Finger Rings;
Lepine Watches; Gold Shirt Studs;
8 day alarm Clocks; Gold Sleeve Buttons
30 hour alarm Clocks; Gold Bracelets;
Weight Clocks; Gold Breast Pins;
Spring Clocks; Gold Ear Drops;
Silver Spoons; Colored Spectaeles;
Plated Spoons; Double Glass Specta-
Silver Thimbles; eles;
Gold Chains; Near-sighted Specks;
Plated Chains; Coral Beeds;
Steel Chains; Pocket Books;
Silver Chains; Fancy Hair Pins;
Guitars; and great many other
AccOrdeons; articles.
Flutinas;
All articles sold by me will be warranted
as recommended at the time of sale. Also
cash paid for old silver.
Clocks, Watches and Jewelry neatly re-
paired and warranted.
WIN. SHOBER,
Public Square, Gallipolis, o.
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Notice.

A LII persons are notified not to trade for n
II note of hand, executed by me to Joseph
Bennet, calling for the sum Of sl43.5O, dated
March Doth, 1862, as l have offsets against
said note. W. c. EAGLE.
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CIGARS.

A LARGE assortment Of Havana: German
IA and domestic manufacture. All tastes
suited. D. s. FORD & BRO.
May l, 'G2.
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Rye Coffee.
Immediately
Tobacco,

DRIGHT pounds, various Quantities;
ID Dark sweet pounds;
Half pounds, Bright and Dark;
In quantities to suit.
D. s. FORD & BRO.
Nav 1, so.
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For Sale.

CEVERAL houses and lots in Gallipolis,
- very low and on easy terms.
Two lots of forty acres each, in Clay town
ship, unimproved, cheap.
An improved farm in Guyan township on
long payments.
One lot of so acres near Dixon, Lee county,
Illinois, very valuable. and for sale on good
terms, or viii be exchanged at fair rates for
land in Gallia county.
March l3, 1862. R. l. STEWART.