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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18

answered the jingling summons as
lshe had expected no milder new
than that the house was On fire.
Miss Trevor, is she IMP
No. sir; she has gone to the boa
with Mr. Thorn
/ could have stamped with rage
The boat left at eight precisely.
then glanced at my watch, and saw
that it wanted just three minutes ant
a half of that hour. Perhaps / nigh
yet be in time 1 recollect little o.
that chase to the pier, save that il
was a series of diving under horses
heads, skillful darting around fat old
ladies, and abrading my ancles
against boxes and barrels lla-
Has the boat gone yeti / gasped,
too bl eathless for distinct speech, as
I approached the pier. Don't know;
said heartless stevedore; do you
suppose there amt but one boat in
the world? If / could have been a
magistrate with power to put that
wretch into handcuffs2 But there was
the boat at last. Surely, she was not
moving? Yes, she was! The plank
had just been drawn on board, and
the boat was swinging away from the
pier, amid ringing bells, groaning ro-
pes, and gushing steam. Too late!
Yet I could not despair. Icould GER
tainly spring over those few feet of
heaving, turbid water and leaped
forward-only, however to find my
self drawn back by strong arms!
Don't be Grassy, mister! said my
friend, the stevedore. Do you want
to be drowned?
I didn't care much whether l was
or not at that moment, for had just
caught sight of Weston Thorne on
the upper deck waving his handker-
chief to me, while the blue ribbons
of Fanny's gypsy hat, futtered at his
side.
When they came back, they were
engaged. To this day. cannot meet
Mrs. Judge Thorne without a curious
stirring at my heart, although she,
like myself is old and gray. But she
was pretty then. And now master
Harry, concluded my uncle Simon,
go and put on respectable beaver,
and remember that your uncle's whole
destiny turned on the pivot of an
old hat.
1 followed my uncle Simon's advice,
secretly remembering Rouchefou- !
cald's maxim that in the sorrows of
our best friend, there is something
agreeable to us; for if my uncle had
worn the right hat and married Miss
Trevor / should not have inherited
his fortune. 1t is selfish world.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
CIVILIZATION IN JAPAN.

No Asiatic nation has attained so
high a degree ofmaterial civilization
as the Japanese, and it is astonish-
ing how little they have, until quite
recently, been indebted to Europe for
the progress which they nave made.
Their swords andcutlery are of finer
temper than any which Birmingham
or Sheffield produce. their silk manu-
factures are admirable, their land
scape gardening is distinguished
for its taste, and they are no mean
profcients in the arts of design
The roads of the country are shaded
with magnificent trees, and are con-
structed with as much skill and care
as the best highways of Europe
Architecture is not much cultivated,
but the earthquakes to which the
country is subject make that science,
at least in its highest branches, al
together useless. Whatever may be
the moral defects of the japanese
people they have very short code
oflaws which possesses the rare merit
of being simple and intelligible. On
the issue of every new edict the mag
istrates assemble the people and
proclaim the will of the Emperor in
their presence. The law is then
posted in the public halls or places
appointed for the purpose in every
village, town and city of the empire.
The Japanese are said to highly ap-
prove the concise terms of these
edicts and never for a moment to
question their propriety. The judi
cial administration has been highly
praised, and competent observers
bear witness to the decortim with
which trials are conducted. There
is scarcely any graduated scale of
punishment, almost all crimes are
punished alike. There is but one
recognized offense-that against the
law-and the penalty is death. The
severity of this Draconian code has
almos. annihllated crime, and its
simplicity relieves the Government
from the solution of many social
problems which perplex European
philanthropists. 1t needs no refor-
matories, penitentiaries, or model
prisons, and the security of proper
ty is not endangered by the presence
of liberated convicts. They have no
lawyers, nor (stange to say!) do
they appear to need any. A certain
fear of disgrace is universal; but
suicide purges stains from the char
acter, for death has no terrors for a
Japanese. Manners have acquired g
high degree of refinement, and when
it is considered how much of the
comfort of life depends on the de-
meanour ofthose about US this is GER
tainly no slight merit in any people.
Even the humblest classes exhibit a
studied politeness. The relation be-
tween the sexes differs from that OF
most Oriental countries. The posi-
tion of women is well defined and
natural. She is not the slave but
the counsellor of her husband; she
assists him in business; her sphere is
the house, and her duty the education
of her children. There are no
strong minded women in Japan,
remarks with satisfaction an accom-
plished Prussian traveller; all are
joyous girls or amiable wives
There are peculiarities in the mar
riage rite which show that they attach
high importance to this connec-
ton 1t is not exactly . religious
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
a woMAE's "No."

Oh, no; could not wed you-noi
But hope you won't forget
love you as sister should
Oh. please, VIII, don't go yet
Yes, love you as q sister should,
But marry you7 Oh, mol
I'm grieyed that you should think Of it.
Come back-don't leave me so.
There. now, sit down and talk to me,
Instead of Frowning so;
One cannot love just whom they would,
I'd Eketo have have you know.
] don't believe you love me much
] do not, on my life;
But if I really thought you did
Tsil-yes-I'u b your wife.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18

EThe New York Herald says it
has been acquainted with the organ
ization known as the Democratic
party for forty years, snd it "knows
It to be dead and buried. Not YES
tige of it is left" 1t further re-
marks: There is an organization
of contract brokers that oscillates
between Tammany Hall and Mozart
Hall, and buys and sells votes, that
calls itself the Democratic party, but
therei is no Democaic party.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
Mr.. NASBy MAKES AN.aPPEAL
IN BEHAI.FOF THE EXIL."
Church NV the Slawtered innoecnts,l
Lait st. Vallandlsum)
Ia,n FL o SAl. sSA

NHuHCH Nv the SlaWtcreu fnnOeentS,(
(Lait st. Vallandlqum) !
Jan. the 5th, '64.
Ther bein beyutiful farm fer
sale handy to town, an ijee has
struck me.
PARTS as well as RepubIix is nm
grateful. The CRATE allsndigum
wuz exild fer principle, wich is
deer 2 every Dimokratik hart
Fer our saik he langishes on a ferrin
shoar, sad, soletary, gloomy, magn6-
sent and melancholy. yalIandigu1u
wuz never O money maxim man. -
To git hisself electid continoolv to
cougriss, cost him moar than his
salary--pertikerly senee his consti-
tceuts RAID the price Nv voats on
him.
The staneh Dimocrisy haye bin
slngerly forgetful NV the welfair NV
ther CRATE champion. now an excl
far away, fer showtlu the battle-cry
Nv Freejum.
He's short. The wife NV his
busum is nearly starved, haviu ben
forst to subsist on froOt kaik and
waues fer the last week. His chil-
dren hev noe new cloze, and are
now WARM the identikle garmenes
they put on the 1st Of December.-
They he'd no hobby hossis given EN-
Chrismus. His aged mother is livin
on the cold charitis of the Ablishun
Presbyterian church, wich is con-
denst humiliashen. Vallandigum
hisself has ben redoosed to "a nips
per day, which is barely sufficient
to sustane nacher. and to-day the
patriot and statesman, may be saw
IN wood fer his sustenanse fer mig
gers! Hoomilitan ijea.
Imaik the follerin sejestions:
l. Let the Dimokratic wimin Nv
Ohio, (them ez carrid and sung
that bootifie song,
"FOr we'll rally round the flag. boys.
Wen rally wunst agin,
Showtin the battle-ery of Freejum,"
at onr monster mass meetins last
fall, and who wanted to be saved
from niger equality, etc) contribbit
each 10 sents to to this grste OBJ
gik.
The mummy to be maild 2 m e.
2. The Demokratik children con-
tribbit one cent each, to raze fund
fer Vallandygum's children.
The mummy to be sent 2 me.
3. The Demokratic grandma
thers each contribbit cents to
raze afund fer the support nv Val.
landygum's children.
This mummy may be sent to me.
Dimocrats NV Ohiol awaik! A croo- :
ell despot enjoying power which he
aboosez, hez stricken him down.
Vallandygum is saffrin in our sted.
He wuz the litenin rod wich reserved
the bolt NV executive wrath wich was
aimed atthe entire Dimoerotic par
y. 8, r. .-- -
Let us show our detestation Nv the
and our sympathy for the
,pprest, by contributin literally.
P. ST. notis that Ssmmedayre heE
'ejisted the same lice, and hez pro-
,oord the apintment nv hisself as
he Treasurer. Against this l enter
ny solum protest. The Crisis is
oayin paper--I myself borrowed 2 =
iollers to subscribe for it. Besides
lez rich enough without 1t. I allus
vuz opposed to molopoly. Let the
benefits be ekually distributed!
PETROLEUM v. NAsBY,
Faster NV sed church in charge,
-Haaeuek Jsfsrsonian. 1851. -. ]
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
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SONG or the UNION MEN.

Upon the Burial by Traitors, Of the "Star
and Stripes" in Tennessee, near the com
meneement Of the Great Rebellion, 1861.
["By the side Of the statue of Andrew
jackson large pit was dug. and about 50t
men now slowly approached, headed BY
band of music performing the Dead March.
The corpse was no more nor less than a large
standard of the Stars and Stripes, which wa:
solemnly lowered into its final resting place
The eartn was then thrown upon it, and the
pit was filed uPf''l
Aye, bury it deep!
he men who keep
Their watch of love around it,
Will bury your name
In the depths of shame,
Where no mortal line can sound IT,
o, the dear old flag!
Every shred and rag,
So soiled by the clutch of your fingers,
Wakes a vow and prayer,
And to heaven we swear
To love it while life yet fingers.
II shall rise Goain!
We shall wave it when,
On fields that shall 1--we in story,
Brave brothers North
And South come forth,
Togsther to lift it in gloryl
Every star in its blue,
Every stripe so true.
Shall CLEAN on the night Of sorr0w;
And clearer shine
With light divine,
When God brings a glorious morrow.
V.
Stars never to fade,
By our fathers made
With day as with night in communion;
Nor fainter shall grow,
When the heavens glow
With the sunrise ct Peace and Reunion.
".
Lo! the day! It is here!
Heaven sends us cheerl
And Treason to its darkness internal!
Our praises rise
With our shouts to the skies
Right! Liberty! Union! eternal!
Lou. Journal. WToxISa.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18

eEThe following beautiful lines are from
the pen of factory girl, who, by the labor of
her own hands, secured the means of, educa-
ting herself. She is now regular centrbu-
tor to our leading magazines The true
mother will not fail to see the rare pathos
and originality contained in many Of the pas
sages of this fine poem:
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
Weep, mother, weep,

For the little one asleep
With his head against your breast
Never in the coming Years.
Though he seeks for it with tears,
Will he find so sweet rest.
oh, the brow of baby Bum!
oh, the scarlet mouth of Bunnl
One must wear its crown of thorns,
Drink its cup of gall must one!
Though the trembling lips shall shrink,
White with anguish as they drink,
And the temple sweat with pain
Drops of blood like purI lie rain
Weep, mother weep.
Winsome haby Bum.
Not the sea-shell's palest tinge
Not the daisy's rose-white fringe,
Not the softest. faintest glow
OF the sunset on the snow,
Is more beautiful and sweet
Than the wee pink hands and feet
OF the little baby Bum
Winsome baby Bum!
Feet like these may lose the way,
Wandering blindly from the right.
Pray. and sometimes will your prayers
Be to him like golden stairs
Built through darkness into light
Oh, the dimpled feet of Bum,
In their silken stockings dressed!
Oh, the dainty hands Of Bunn.
Hid like rose leaFes in your breast
These viii grasp at jewels rare,
But to find them empty air;
Those shall falter many days
Bruised and bleeding BY the way.
Ere they resch the land of rest.
Pray, mother, pray!
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
Kinson1e haby Bum

Winsome baby BunnI
Brighter than the stars that rise
In the dusky evening skies,
Browner than the Robins wing,
Clearer than the woodland spring,
Are the eyes Of baby Bum!
Winsome baby Bum!
Smile, mother, smilei
Thinking softly all the while
OF q tender. blisBful day,
Stole your girlish heart away.
Oh! the eyes Of baby Bum!
Rarest mischief will they do,
When once old enough to steal
What their father stole from you!
Smile, mother, smilei
Winsome baby Bunni
Milk-white lilies half unrolled,
Set in calyces of gold,
Cannot make his forehead fair,
With its rings of yellow hair
Scarlet berry cleft in twain,
By a wedge of pearly grain,
Il the mouth of baby Bum!
WinsOme baby Bum!
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18

Stars never to fade,
By our fathers made
With day as with night in communion;
Nor fainter shall grow.
When the heavens glow
With the sunrise Of Peace and Reunion.
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-05-04

THE LOVE OF HOME.-The following noble
sentiments were uttered by Daniel Webster
They are, indeed, pearls of the rarest value We
place them here in order that mothers may see
them and read them to their children 8" 1t is
only shallow-minded pretenders who make
either distinguished origin matter of personal
merit, or obscure origin matter of personal re-
proach. A man who is not ashamed of himself
need not be ashamed of his early condition. It
did happen to me to be born in log cabin.
raised among the snow-drifts of New Hannp.
shire, at period SO early that when the smoke
hrst rose from its rude chimney and curled over
the frozen hills, there was no similar evidence of
white mans habitation between it and the
rivers of Canada. Its remains still exist. 7
make it an annual visit. 1 carry my children to
it, to teach them the hardships endured by the
generations before me- 1 love to dwell on the
tender recollections the kindred ties the early
affections, and the narration of incidents which
mngle with all l know of this primitive family
above. L weep to think that none of those who
inhabited 1T are now among the living and if
ever fail in affectionate generation for him who
raised it, and defended it against savage violence
and destruction, cherished all domestic COM
forts beneath it's roof, and through the fire and
blood of seven years of revolutionary war,
shrunk from no TOLL no sacrifice to serve his
country, and to raise his children to better
condition than his own, may my name and the
name of my posterity be blotted from the memo
ry of mankind
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-05-04

ARMY LIFE.-The Rev. Henry Clay Trumbull,
OF the 10th c. ", one of the best chaplains in the
whole service, speaks thus, in recent letter to
friend in this village of ''the elevating infiuen-
ences OF army life." These words, from one
thoroughly qualified to judge, will be source of
much comfort to Christian families having hus-
bands and sons in the army. Mr.. TrumbuIl
says:
do believe there is wide spread error on
this subject in our home communities. NV posi-
tive conviction is that the moral standard is far,
far higher in the army than out of it, that each
soldier is lifted above his correspondent fellow
outside, the lowest and the highest being rea-
lively elevated by the very nature of the service
and that it will be bright glad day to our coun-
try when the disbanded army throws back the
Inconsistencies for the evangelization of our
land. dreaded for the men love- the tempta-
tons of home, and of Connecticut social life
when they come north furoughs, and long
for their return to the pure atmosphere of camp
and field. If had son or brother for whose
soul was anxious would sooner put him in
the army than elsewhere to-day, in the hope of
his Improvement and conversion. I cannot 90
into this matter in such letter as this / oniy
announce to you my radcalism, believing /
could prove the correctness of my views if / were
with your to talk it over.
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-05-04

DESPERATE INDIAN FIGHT.--A desperate en-.
counter occurred at their hotel in Washington ON
the Goth ult. between "Hole-in- the Day." Chief
of the Chippewas, and "Look-Around," one of
his young warriors. The latter fired pistol.
the ball entering near the right ear of the Chief.
passing round his head and, coming out of his
mouth. He lies in a.critical condition. "Look-
Around" had his face injured with a pocket.
knife in the hands of "Hole-in-the- Day.
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80

pericial and hollow pretender, and the man of
solid merit, and he invariably has the right one
In the right place when permitted to make the
selection.
If any one should think this production too
eulogistic of the man, the writer will conclude
that such person has not studied the life and
character of the subject of it, and cannot appre-
ciate either.
An additional remark or so will close this
sketch OF Gen. Grant He sent no foolish prOca-
nations before him-issued no arbitrary edicts
against the press-has graced his victories with
humanity-covetted no flattery, and molested no
citizen in his rights or liberty. Original and
self-reliant, he has patterned after no model but
marked out with his own hand the bold outlines
of his success and glory. In Short he combines
in himself all the great essentials of character,
and is nobly appropriating them to his country
in the hour of it's needs and darkness. He has
no gift which he is not willing to lay upon it's
smoking altar, and there is no sacrifice except
that of personal honor, he would not willingly
make to repair its broken framework and close
up the deep gashes in it's convulsed and bleeding
body.
Such is the man the people delight to honor.
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-05-04

ONE MORE CHANOE.-An eccentric preacher
seeing fly light upon the Bible, improved the
occasion as follows:
Ye goddess sinners, we shall be damned ev-
cry one of you, as shall catch that fly p
Here he made fell swoop with his hand, and
thought he had caught it; opening each finger
slowly till the last he found it was not there.
and said, "By the hockey, have missed it =
There's chance for we sinful ragmuffins vet p
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-05-04

INVISIBLE Acknowledgement Schuyler was one
of the officers in the army which fought for our
freedom. He figured largely in those stirring
scenes which took place the Hudson and Mo-
hawk Rivers, when the English generals hired
General Schuyler had great influence with red
men. They loved and feared him; so the Eng
ilsh wished he was out of the way; and as he
did not get shot on the field of battle, plot was
Matched to waylay and murder him.
Two men were picked out to do this bloody
deed, Englshman and an Indian. The
day and time were set; they shouldered their
rifles, and took their stand behind clump of
trees which he had to pass on his way home
After waiting and watching some time, the gene
raj hove in sight. He was on horseback and
alone. Now, or never! they took aim. In a
minute more the general would have been q dead
man. AT that instant the Indian knocked down
the Englishman's gun, crying
cannot kill him, have eaten his bread too
often p
The gentleman rides on unframed; he has
buckled on an invisible armor stronger than
brass, and he is safe. What was it? The armor
offriendly actions. The general had often re-
ieved the distresss of the poor red man; he had
fed them when hungry, and clothed them when
naked; and now British gold cannot buy up the
grateful memory of his kindness, as it melts the
murderer's heart
81 cannot kill him; I have eaten his bread too
oftenW
Oh, what power there is in friendly actions +
your enemies,
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-05-04
What Becomes Of the Money Raised for
the Sanitary Commission.

What Becomes of the Money Raised for
H the Sanitary Commission.
The cash which has actually reached the treas
ury of the United States Sanitary Commission.
Washington, has in three years amounted to
about one million dollars, of which the Pacific
coast has given three-quarters. 1t would be well
for those on the Atlantic coast who sometimes
question our economy, to consider this fact
Fifteen-sixteenths of this amount is expended
for supplies and transportation the other six
teenth goes into the support of it's homes it's LODI
ges, its machinery of distribution, it's hospital
directory, and hospital and camp Inspection
Supplies purchased such as country homes
do not supply-such as
Condensed milk, by the ton.
Beef stock.
Wines and spirits, by the barrel.
Crackers and farinacious food by the ton
Tea, coffee, and sugar, by the chest and hogs
head.
Clutches, bed-rests, mattresses, and bedsteads
by the hundred.
Cargoes OF Ice, potatoes, onions, picked cab
bage, sour krout, lemons, oranges, vegetables by
car loads
Anti-scorbutics and tonics.
The Boards of the Sanitary Commission, con-
sisting of president, treasurer, medical commit
tee, and standing committees, give their services
and their time gratuitously. They receive moth
ing. Their travelling expenses are alone partly
refunded them, and these are trif1ing, except the
cases of one or two, who go frequently on tours
of observation.
The Commission supports twenty -five Soldiers
Homes or lodges, scattered over the whole field
Off, =, from New Orleans to Washington, inclu-
ding Vicksburg, Memphis, Cairo, Chattanooga
Nashville, Louisville, Washington, &c. Twenty
three hundred soldiers per day are taken care of
in these homes. Multiply 1890 by 365, and you
will get faint idea of the number of men thus
relieved.
Three other agencies to secure the soldiers
rights are sustained by the Commission l. A
claim agency to secure his bounty. q A pension
agency. g. A back-pay agency. Often 500. 900
back pay is secured in one day. hospital di-
rectory is also sustained, by which the where
abouts of the sick men is determined 1t costs
$4,000 a year to maintain it, and is worth a
Million if human anxiety can be estimated in
money.
The Commission also has sixty hospital in
spectors nearly constantly in the field They also
have hospital cars the main roads East and
West along which sick soldiers are carried
They also supply the hospitals with daily car
loads OF supplies from the principal markets.
The cost of distributing supplies is less than
three per cent.
The battle service of the Commission REQUIRES
large funds and supplies. AT Murfreesboro. An
tietam, Gettysburg Chattanooga, Vicksburg,
Port Hudson, sudden and vast demands were
made. $4,000 would not cover the outlay the
first two weeks after great battles At Get
tysburg it was $4,000. The average cost is $50 20
to each man, often, as at Gettysburg $40 per
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-05-04

$4,000 per month-for this vast human machin-
cry of the Commission, stretching from Texas to
the Potomac, and from before Charleston to Kan
sas.- Washington Chronicle.