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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
EXAMINE FOR YOURSELVES.

Those who take Democratic papers
and read them, are affectionately
invited to answer these questions:
Did you ever see in ony of them
an earnest, hearty appeal for volun-
teers, since the fall of 81?
Did you ever see in one of them,
a word of commentator of any ac:
Of the Government?
Did you ever see in one of them
word of hearty condemnation OF
the rebels or their cause?
Did you ever see in one of them a
word of encouragement to our brave
soldiers?
Did you ever see in any one of
them one word in advocacy of any
practical measure for the benefit of
the Unionsoldiers?
Did you ever know one of them to
accept as true, the news of a Fed
eral victory?
Did you ever know one that did
not believe at sight, in every rumor
of Federal defeat?
Did you ever see one that credited
any statement ofrebel cruelty to our
wounded and sick7
Did you ever know one that did
not publish all the Confederate stories
of cruelties practiced by our men on
the rebels?
Did you ever see a line in one of
Shem commencing a successful
Union officer?
In short, did you ever see one,
that by a simple change of name
would net do admirably as a southern
rebel paper? tI-- H.-s-
Examine the files of your so cal
led democratic" papers ard see.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
.sanafs aepaftnla't.

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"FIrrERING CIsTERN WATER.-It
seems to be pretty generally admit
tedthst soft water is the most health
full for drinking and cooking pur-
noses. Rain water is about the only
source of supply in most parts OF
the country. It then becomes an
important matter how it can be
cheaply and thoroughly purified.
As 70 cistern water, i use it every
day as pure and limpid as though
it came from spring. 1t is filtered
through cement pipes, which are al
most as solid to appearance as our
brown sandstone, yet perfectly po-
rous These pipes are the invention
of NJ r. Pierce of this city, and the
secret of their porosity consists in
mixing the sand and cement, with
the least possible portion Of water
to make it adhere under powerful
pressure. About ten feet of inch
pipe is laid down in the bottom OF
the cistern, one end cemented tight,
and the other attached by cement to
the pipe of the pump, so that all the
water drawn has to pass through the
substance of these stone pipes
When sediment; aecumulates in the
cistern, pump out the water and clean
It. Once or twice in the Summer, il
the water emits an unpleasant smell,
sift in about four quarts of pulver-
lied charcoal--N Y. Tri6aae.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
A NUT FOR THE COPPER
HEADS TO CRACK.

Married in the Presbyterian
Church in Vicksburg, by the chap
lain of the 63d Regiment U. S. In
fantry (colored,) on Sunday, Apri
Is, 1864, William Smith, Esq, sor
of Governor Smith, of Virginia, tc
Mrs. Lutitia Parker. both oi
Vicksburg. .-.-
These parties are colored people
Query. = Is ''miscegenation" to
be approved or blamed? If the
latter, shall the son of this distinguis.
he'd parentage be blamed for being
only almost white (it being under
stood that he gave no previus con-
sent to this mlscenenage) or the
father, who was no black Republi-
can, and who surely did something
more than consent to the wrongi
That fact, is music which the
Copperheads may play upon their
harp ofa thousand strings, with all
the customary variations.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
..MIScEGENATION'"

This word, we believe, is Anal
gamafion in q new dress, at least we
suppose so, from the fact that the
Copperhead papers are full of it,
As they have ever done, they. are
now doing, viz: Charging their op-
ponents with a desire of marrying
blacks, of mixing the races, and
supplying the place of the pure
white and the. jet black with the
new saddle color.
"'Twas even thus from childhood's hour. "
When the opponents of the Dem
ocracy wanted a High Protective
Tariff, they were nigger-lovers and
Amalgamationists. When they op-
posed the extension of slavery into
the territories they were Amalgama-
tionists and nigger-lovers.
Now that they are in arms for the
purpose of saving the Governmet,
they are "Miscegenationists." which
is the same thing. A remarkable
propensity this desire to marry q
nigger, which appears only to affiict
those who oppose the Democratic
party. We deny, however, the
impeachment. The Democracy are
the only real Amalgamationists this
country produces. The Southern
States had once a race Of pure
blacks, genuine Guninea niggers.
How many have they now? Every
soldier will affirm that pure black
is rarity not often met with, while
mulattoes, quadroonsi and octoroons
are as common as blackberries.-
Therefore the case stands with our
Southeron brethren thus:
They had pure blacks.
They have none now. --gT Tgef .
They have mixed with the blacks
legally or illegally.
If legally, they have asserted the
equality Of the races by taking them
as wives. EET 10
If illegally, they are a race of
adulterers, worse, by all odds, than
the degraded beings they have pro-
stituted. #- .-ElT
Let our Copperhead friends crack
this nut. In the North, Amalgama-
ton is matter that has never been
practiced - only feared. In the
Democratic States it is a palpable
faet-a sober reality, that is yet
gong on. Will they turn their
attention to "Miscegenation,"- =
among their own friends?-HaneoeE
Jefersonion. , g
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26

How TO TRAP ANTs.-Houses that
are infested with ants, black or red,
may be disintested by little atten-
ton to trapping them. A sponge is
one of the best things for trapping
them. Sprinkle it with dry white
sugar, the sponge being slightly
moist, it will adhere. The ants will
go into the cells of the sponge after
the sugar in large numbers, and can
be destroyed in hot-water, and the
sponge squeezed out and sugared
again, and returned to the closet for
another haul, until all are caught
Housekeepers will please not to com
plain any more, after they learn this,
about the way they are tortured with
ants. .
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26

PATENT HEN WALKER.-Some man
from q considerable distance way
down East, has invented what he
calls the ''Patent, Never Failing Gar
den Preserver or Hen Walker" II
consists of a small instrument, some
thing like spur, only considerably
longer, that is attached to the hens
leg, pointing at an angle of As de-
grees toward the ground. When the
hen, with this instrument on her legs
enters the garden in the Spring after
the seeds, she puts her foot forward
to scratch, the walker catches in
the ground and forces her forward;
and thus she walks, in her efforts to
ecratch, entirely out of the garden" !"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
DEMOCRATIC HUMANITY.

Whenever we gain a victory over
the rebellion, the Democratic press
has an attack of humanity, and sets up
an universal howl over the blood
shed and widows and orphans. 1t is
remarked that the same press is never
troubled in this way when we suffer
a disaster, and when our soldiers are
slaughtered and widows and orphans
made, and made in vain, by a rebel
victory. Then they regard blood
shed with complacency. They raj
lied swiftly to the massacre of the
unresisting troops at Fort Pillow, and
in their officious zeal they made out
that it is justifiable by the laws of
war to massacre all troops that fight
behind intrenchments.
Nor have these Democratic human
itarIans ever manifested the least
concern at the horrible cruelties
perpetrated on our soldiers who are
prisoners in the hands of the enemy.
The description of hundreds of men
in the prime of early manhood, sys-
tematically reduced to physical and
mental imbecility by starvation and
exposure, and then exchanged only
because they are at the point of
death, the sum of all horrors and
barbarities, has never touched their
sympathies. Evidently they have
mistaken their sensations. 1t is
over Union victories that they
NOUN. 1t is because more of our
soldiers have not been slaughtered
and more widows and orphans made
by the defeat of our armies.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
'GyoDI IANnE oURI oOHNTRY.

The history Of this struggle for
free government, now being written
in bloody Scharacters, will be read
in after time with wonder and awe.
The battles between the contending
principles of.democrasy znd slavery,
or rather between the we'll adjusted
government Of a mighty people and
the improvised system 'ofa desperate
aristocracy-these battles in the vir.
ginia that lies nearest the Federal,
and in that Georgia which lies In
the bosom of the far off South-sre
incontestably more sanguinary and
more bitterly contested than any
battles known to human annals We
read of them with an hourly increas-
ing interest in the issues they in
volve. and with a steadily increasing
confidence in the triumph of the
Republic. That confidence is the
rock of a loyal and an answering
faith in our God and our country.
And behold how God disposes events
and distributes his judgments! We
mourn over the unforgotten dead,
early and suddenly called; we attend
at the couches of the wounded with
beating hearts and weeping eyes; we
pour out our money and give up
our enjoymeuts and our treasures
that the cause may succeed; and we
pray for place with eager. and with
sincere devotion. But, as we do all
these things, we are directed to the
record that tells how they have died.
how their surviving mangled com
panions speak, and how the released
captives, long suffering in the dens
and purlieus OF Richmond, think and
talk. From the lips of the veteran
now cold in death, from the prison
and the hospital, where our best and
bravest have suffered and wasted,
not a voice has come that is not
eloquent of almost fanatical devo-
ton to the American Union And,
better still. The effect of these
battles upon the loyal people out in
the army teaches alesson only little
less impressive. Whether it is be-
cause war is terrible fascination 20
the human soul, or because there is
a controlling element Of right in
this struggle, it is fact that even
households filled with mouners over
the dead bodies of their idols of yes
terday, now volunteer and go forth
to fight in the Union columns
Surely, God is in these manifesto
tions. God and our country. God
and Freedom. Do not say that if
this is so Of US. it is equally SO of
the rebels. They fight, are killed,
and die like our own, and their
decimated ranks are supplied by
new levies. But here the compari-
son closes. Those who enter the
Union army do so freely and gladly.
Those who enter the rebel army do
so reluctantly and by force. For
witness, look at the thousands of
Southern prisoners who have taken
the oath of allegiance, and at the
other thousands of Southern people
who remain in the South and defend
the Union, and offer their lives in
its cause. Row many Northern men,
taken prisoners By the rebels, hare taken
the oath to the Southern Contederacy,
and many Northern men are serving in
the rebel arnyg He who does not see
that the hand of God is in all this
must doubt that there is God.
Chronicle.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26

re- The committee on elections
in the House of Representatives,
have reported against Frank Blair,
the sitting member from the St.
Louis district. The report shows
that Blair was never entitled to the
seat, from whence his efforts were
directed to underrate the valuable
services of ethe Secretary of the
Treasury The way of the transgres-
sor is hard.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
RI will tell you what.I told on,

Eel will tell you what.I told one
Of my neighbors who was overrun
with dogs, how to get rid of them
l advised him to buy slut and tie
her under his wood-shed. But,
said he, that will attract all the dogs
in the vicinity and there is a host of
them So 1 suppose, replied
But you can place under the same
shed some small pieces of meat, with
a grain ofstrychnine in each of them.
l do not know that he followed my
advice, but 1 did hear about great
epidemic among dogs in that neigh
borhood.-Farnaer Club.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
sEThe LouIsiaua State Conven

~The Louisiana State Conven-
ton on the 1lth. inserted the follow.
ing in the new Constitution by vote
of 20 to 16: Slavery and involun
tary servitude, except as punish.
ment for crime whereof the party
shall be duly convicted, are hereby
abolished and prohibited throughout
the State. The Legislature shall
make no law recognizing the rights
of property in man."
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
A ROADSIDE DIALOGUE.

sAnd so, Squire, you don't take .
country paper?'
mo, Major, / get the city pape
on much better terms, so 1 take .
couple of them"
but, Squire, the country papers
often prove a great convenience t.
us. The more we encourage them
the better the editors can afford tc
make them"
"Why, I don't know any convent
ence they aIe to me-"
1.-The farm you had last Fall was
advertised in one of them, and there
by you obtained a customer. Die
you no'P"
"very true, Major, but I pait
three dollars for it."
"And you made more than thre,
hundred by it. Now, if your neigh
bors had not maintained the pres.
and kept it ready for use, you would
have been without the means Il
advertise your property. But
think saw your daughters marriage
in those papers-did that cost you
anything"
"No, but"
tAnd your brothers death with g
long obituary notice. And the des.
truction of your neighbor Rigg' &
house by fire. You know these
things are exaggerated till the au-
thentic accounts of the newspapers
set them right"
30, true, but"
s'"And when your cousin Splash
was up for the Legislature, you ap-
peared to- be much gratified at his
defence-which cost him nothing. u
Eyes, yes; but these things are
news to the readers, They cause
the people to; take the paper.'' y
mo, Squire Grudge, not if all
were ike you! Now, / tell you, the
day will surely come when somebody
viii write long eu1ogy on your life
and character and the printer will
put itin type with q heavy black hue
over it, and with all your riches, this
viii be done for you, grave as pau
per. Your wealth, liberality, and
all such things viii be sp oxen OF, but
the printers boy as he spells the
words in arranging the type to these
ssyihgs,, will remark of you-"P oor
mean devil, he is even. spunging an
ebituaryF" Ess Ysv4ss is.s--1 sai - sf7i-
= tGoedmofning, Squire.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
RJeff. Davis homestead

SJeff. Davis homestead in
Mississippi is now occupied as a
school for the freedmen. The plan
tation, a thousand acres in extent,
is said to have been given to JEFF.
by his wealthy brother, Joe Davis,
whose own plantation adjoins.
1Rebel papers, publish the late
address ofaLong in Congress, with
great favor, likewise the addresses
of Harris, Cox, Pendleton and Wood,
delivered at that time; also the
secesh editorials of the Ohio press,
come in for share Of their com
mendation.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
Suffers Goods.

A LMONDS, Cr. Nuts. Pea Nuts, FIlberts,
"A Raisins. Cove Oysters. Lobsters, Com
mon Candies, Fancy Candies. Gum Drops,
Chewing Guano, Canned Fruits, Sardines,
Catsup, Pepper Sauce, Lemon and Vanilla
Extracts. For sale in quantities to suit
- . ID. s. FORD 4 BRO.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26

re- Vallandigham, according to
the strtement of Detroit paper, is
said to have passed from Canada to
that city, in the night, on a late
occasion, and to have addressed a
large Democratic meeting. If this
report be true, it shows the absence
of loyalty and self-respect on the
part of the audience. -.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
For Sale.

OFFER at private sale, my property. sit
i uate on Spruce, between Second and From
streets, in GalliPolis. 1t is full lot, on which
there Is fine two story brick house, large and
eommOdious. Also, q one story frame tenan
house, with all necessary out buildings.
a private residence, it Is pleasantly situat
and very desirable. Price 50 500.
A. RoBINSO
March 3, 1864.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26

The following is the conundrum
which took the prize at the glass
blowers entertainment in Iowa City.
why is the Glass Steam Engine of
the Glass Blowers like Gen. McClel-
lan?i Because it is built up by a great
deal of blowing from very weak ma
terial.'
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-26
Sundcries.

MAS0N'S, Burtlett's, and Buffers Shoe
vi Blaeking, Brushes and Brooms. Bed
Cord and Cordage, Buckets, Tubs, and Wash
boards. Clothes, Murket, and Hickory Baskets,
Powder, Caps, and Lead, with general as
sortment of goods in our ine, ''always on
hand" Call at the City Grocery, corner Of
Court aud Third streets
s ID. S. FORD L BRO.
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t.Goedmofning, Squire.

NwHy would ladies make good
soldiers? Ans, because they are
always ready to take arms. y r9t
The Cecil Whig., 1864-05-28
Honorable Mention.

Our readers arc already aware, many o!
them painfully SO, that our Cecil county sol
dicrs suffered severely in the late battlcs.-
True to the the splendid reputation for pa.
triotism and bravery, which the county has
maintained since the very inception of the
rebellion, our soldiers went into the battles,
"not rs the fool gocth," but with calm
and intelligent realization of the great prin,
ciplcs involved in the contest. There was
no blind prejudice, no narrow, petty pas,
sion, there was thorough knowledge that
they were fighting to retain the glorious in
stitutions won by the sacrifice, and suffering,
and death of the fathers of the Revolution ;
and thus, possessing their souls in patience,
and urged by the lofliest sentiments, they
"movcd on the works" of treason with a
steady step and stern front, which insured
success. All honor to the brave heroes =
And "when this cruel war is over" and
the rich prize which these noble young men
have won shall be firmly in our grasp, let
those who survive, and who enjoy the fruits
of their bloody toll, not forget what it cost.
Let them hasten to rescue from the oblivion
of those namcless and unmarked graves the
names of these young heroes, and let mon.
umeht, which shall be as enduring as time,
be reared, bearing the name of every son of
glorious old Cecil, who fell in this contest
for freedom.
The following extract of letter from the
field, to the Baltimore Ameriean, tells how
the Maryland Line" went into the late
fight and bravely acquitted itself:
The Maryland Brigade, led by its able
Commander, Col. II. N. Bowcrman, of the
ith Maryland, with other troops of the See
ond and Fifth Corps, came on che field in
"double quick in time to give their much
wanted aid: 1t was truly grand and mag
nilicent sight to see how nobly the % Mary
land Line y came over the hill and down the
long slope at Il " double quick" and with Il
cheer, fell into the line Of battle and stead
lily delivered volley after vollcy into the Rebel
| hordcs, who were unable to stand the we'll
directed and Calling fire of our noble troops,
| but yielded ground.'
The Cecil Whig., 1864-05-28
Things about Town.
REPORTED FOR TIE CECIL WIG.

Young men dcsirous of serving their
country for n short period, and lending a
helping haad toward the putting down of
this Internal rebellion, have an excellent op-
portunliy of doing 20 now, by joining the
Company being recruited by Mr.. Ii. C. Reg
lister, of this town. This Company is being
raised under the call of the Governor for
three Regiments of volunteers, and IS to be
mustered into the State service for the term
of 100 days; they are to take the place of
those veterans who have been used N garris.
oning Notifications and guarding railroads,
but whose services arc now needed in the
Army of the Potomac. Ir addition to the
regular pay of volunteers they arc to receive
$50 bounty. The Company is rapidly filling
up, and any one who wishe. to join il should
do so Immediately. Mr. Il. has been in the
service, and, consequently, is competent to
command the duties will be light, and now
is the time to prove your patriotism and
show your love for your "nativc land," by
volunteering to defend it.
In consequence of the absence of the
Presiding Elder, on Sabbath last, the pulpit
of the Methodist l.. church, in this town.
was filed by the Rev. Mr.. Wilber, of the
West Genncssce Conference, who delivered
two able and interesting discourscs, both
morning and evening, to good and attentive
congregations. The Sacrament of the Lord 4
Supper will be administered TO- morrow,
(Sunday,) at the same church, after the
usual services.
Trains have been running on the new
track from Philadelphia to this place, the
past week. On Sunday last the Switch
tenders house and the signal apparatus were
brought down and placed in position.
The pic mic of the Elkton Public School,
which was to have come off in Frazier's
woods on Friday last, was postponed, on
account of the inclemcncy of the weather,
till Tuesday next, when it will be held in
Mccullough 5 grove, sholt distance from
toHn.
The Cecil Whig., 1864-05-28
Welcome the Veterans.

AS the time of the Second Delaware Reg.
Ament, of which one company is from this
town and vicinity, is nearly out, and they
may soou be expected home and as it is
proper that we should give these nobo men
such welcome rs will show them that VIC
appreciate their splendid scrvices-now,
therefore, all loyal citizens are requested to
meet at the Court House, this evening, to
make arrangements for giving these heroes
good reception.
The Cecil Whig., 1864-05-28

THE ATLANTIC MoNTHlY.-The June No.
of this periodical completes the 18th volume.
Among its contributors are II. w. Longfcl-
low, Bayard Taylor, Professor Agassiz, Mrs.
Stowe, 0. W. Holmes, George Augustus
Sala, Robert Browning aud Miss Prescott.
No magazine in any country, can boast IN
ADLER staff of writer's. Terms So year,
Ticknor & Fields, Boston.
GoDEYs LADy's BooK.-The June num-
Der of this Magazine completes the 3ltl
year of its publication, and is equal to any
of its predecessors. A large portion of the
pictorial matter of this number is devoted
to childrcn's dresses, and will therefore DC
especially interesting to mothers. Cooley
gives so much time and attention to til,
fashions that they are always up to the latcs
date; =; hence, the Book is invaluable to the
ladies'. Terms SO year. l.. 4. Cooley
Philadelphia.
PETERSON for juno is Ms attractive n
usual, containing its monthly store of beau
tilul Fashon-platcs, Engravings, Poetry
Music, and stories. Among the two dola
Fashion Magazines Petersons Ladies' Ma
tonal Magazine ranks No. l. PuBlishY
by G. }. Peterson, 60G Chestnut Street
Philadelphia.
ARTnUR's HOME MAGAZINE for June con
tains seven illustrations and its usual varict,
of reading matter. 1t stands formost anon:
the two dollar Magazines, and l., worthy o
a place in every house. Terms 81 u year
+: S. Arthur & Co., Philadelphia.