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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12
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THREE YEARS,

Eow moycs the tide OF great events
Which through the nation ebb and ao~.
Since from F0rt suntcrs baltleueR:s
The Banner fell three years agOi
hear the tatlle'sprges beat.
hear theslash OfswOrd and lance,
mark the onset and retreat
And still through triumph and defeat,
see the glorious flag advance.
Asbright and beautiful al first
That starry banner still appears,
Unscathed by treason's angry burst
And battle-tcmpests Of three years;
And never waved it prouder. grander,
Than in the dreadful trial hour.
Disdsining ever to surrender
One CLEAN Of its old heavenly splendOr.
One right of its old earthly power
All. never banner yet unfarled
In cause as holy and sublime
We fight the Battle Of the World,
We make the Conquest Of all time;
The battle of the deathless Free.
The conquest Of eternal Right;
A million bayonets We see,
But unseen million blades there be
or Gods own angels in the fght.
Thins not the years move laggaidly.
Or that events are marching slow;
'Twcre well to let an age roll by
lfonc great blessing marked its flow.
Seven years people wrought in pam,
Till freedoms birth.hour came at length;
II needs what, faint heart can complain
That seven years we fight again
To guard that Freedoms life and strength.
The great events Of time always
Have been brought forth in travail long;
'Tis moi the labor Of day
To do away century wrong.
When centuries Of idle tears
Have Aourned wrong of toll and pains,
'Ts work enough fer three short years.
For cen million volunteers.
To cut arst four million chairs,
Bear on the Banner, with its folds
ny fiery tcrnpests scorchcd aud tcrnl
Through every rent mine eye beholds,
In brighter glory, battle born,
A land whose boast'ot liberty
/. mot the scorn of million slaves
\ nation that is truly free,
Aud swea r.,at it will ever be
by all it's heroes sacred graves, !
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

Il wonder whore those clouds ore 60.
ingl' sighed Flora, pensively, us she
pointed with her thin, delicate fngure.
to the heavy funeral masses that aOatcd
lazily in the sky.
4 think they are going 10 thunder!'
said her brother.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

ETA wag seeing lady at a party
with o very lOw.neckod dress and bare
ARM, expressed his admiration by say
Ing she .Out.striPpOd" the whole party
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

when | am in pocuniary difficulties
said pensivo bankrupt. my garden, my
flowers, all fresh and sparkling in the
morning, console my heart
'lndocdl' asked his sympSthising
friend, 4 should have thought they
would reminded you of your trouble. for,
like your bills, they are all over dew
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

lure. 'yca Just give me thai hAe Ofyourn
aud I will 6x The oiltcrin no time. /
am an Old hand At the business and
could Bit The varnins il he war twice as
high, Them paws Of youm shake so.
tie no wonder you eoald not totch the
cAianouPt'
ThetslTas something in the behavior
oIIhs batkEoodsmau calculated 10 in.
spirc confidence at once, aud the captain
allowedShim to take The weapon from
his hand. He was fcartulIy excited and
his whole frame shook like an aspen.
Bill hld scarcely elevated his piece
when another fash of lightning illumi'
mated thS ship and wild exclamation
of anguish burst from the captains lips
as he behcld the ferocious beast olsen
gage from the rope and make a spring
toward ne boy. But the exclamation
was almost drowned in the report Ofthc
rife discharged by the bOckwoodsman
al the same time. Then wild piercing
cry went up amid the storm-a cry like
that Of human being-and something
dark was seen as it descended through
tho gloom, and fell with o loud splash
into tho sea,
The captains face grew as palosas
dcath-so pale that we could see it
flash out distinctly through the darkness,
That cry he goupcd, laying his hand
on Bills shoulder, was human. o. God.
Wretch, wretch, you have killed my
sonl
Bill did not answer.
With outStretched neck he gszcd
steadily upwards, as though hc would
pierce lhe gloom which shroudcd tho
yards from sight.
Has this shot struck the beast or the
captoip's son!' was the question shout
ed 10 iho men aloft. The wind howled,
the thunder crashed, tho seas roared and
the shiPs's limbcrs croaked dismally, but
there came no answer. The suspense
was fearful. The captain groancd, and
then staggered agrinsl the rail, while
Bills face grew as sheet. We could
hear his big heart humping against his
bosom. The question was repeated a
secoudsime.
~ gal!' frOAa The lips Of che men
aIoit. isS-~7
'All right, fAihor,I'm safe!' from The
lips Of the boy, and a few minutes after
wards ho leoped 10 The deck, and was
casped to the neck ofhis parent. Hav.
ing thus vented the first gush of joyous
feelings, the captain stepped up to Bill.
and clasping him by the hard, said;
"Bll, I feel that I have wronged you
-Inow ask your forgiveness for oil
that has passed-for every harsh word
that | have uttered against you--Ior eve.
ry needless task that has been imposed
on you through my inslrumentality. |
have said that you were good for moth.
ing. declare to all hands that you
are the best mSn in the ship, and from
this moment truer friend to you than
Capt. Blake does NOT exist
The Captain kept his word, and as the
result Of kind treatment, before tho end
Of the voyage. better seaman than the
noble heart of Bill Slings never walked
the deck Of ship
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

A lady stepping into a railway car,
riage, said TO her little son, Aren't you
going to kiss your mother before you
go?' The little rogue could not wait,
and called out, Guard won't you kiss
inoihe for me?' N. b. = We are opeh
10 an engagement as guard.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

A recruiting agent iu Ward One has
a large dog, which hO calls Quota. be-
Cause hO never appears 70 get full.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

A lady in a Western city advsstiSOS
for a gentleman for breakfast and tea -
DooS she intend 10 make only two
meals oil him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

A person who has been travelling
Down East, says that ho saw plenty Of
piuo.orCh ards, but no pino.appleS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

The lady who tried to keep her pre-
serves in family jar, found they wolo
soon sourod.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

Did you pull my uosA in earnest siri'
Certainly, did, sir A
: II it well you did, iot don't take a
joke in that way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

ETLovs and discretion are sworn
foes; the former is nearly always tho
cOOqueTOr.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

John, SO to the pump and bring me a
can Of water--l am as dry as a fish,
so is the pump, father
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-12

EVA gIcSt man is most calm in
storms, a little ono most stormy in
cnlmS.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
SOUTHERN CHIvALRY

An example of Southern chivalry is
to be seen in the refusal Of the rebels
at Chickamauga to let our men, un-
der flag of truce, bury their dead;
this was refused by the cold -blooded
murderer, and military despot,
Bragg. Iany ofour dead remained
not only unburied, but their dead
bodies were mutilated, and they
were stripped of their clothing to put
upon traitors engaged in trying to de-
stroy the Government
Our prisoners they consign to the
loathsome dungeons of Richmond;
and the sad tidings of human woe,
come up from the few exchanged, in
heartsickening tales Of cold, hunger
and the robbery of those whose
friends have sent the scanty supplies
from the North. Such is Southsrn
eAivalryi Common humanity weeps
over their barbarity. Deadly diseas-
es, the miasma of their ill-ventilated,
crowded. and lousy prisons, they pro-
fanely allege are just what is due to
Lincoln soldiers. Such is Southern
piety!-BroacnlotO.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18

ceremony, for hzrriages IN Japan is
regarded as civil contract but the
celebration of the nuptials takes
place in temple and in the presence
of q priest. The bride, at the
conclusion Of the ceremony, kin
dies torch from the altar, and the
bridegroom kindles another from
hers. The sanctity of the matrimo-
NAL relation is beautifully typifed in
this symbolic rite, and the conduct
of women after marriage is allowed
by all to be pure, although it must
be admitted that the penalty for in
fidelity is death; but the national Gus
tom of blackening the teeth and pull
ling out the eyebrows is calculated,
and probably intended to repel all
further advances. Women in Japan,
however, are not free from the uni
versal weakness of the sex. The
family of the Governor of Hakodadi
and the British Consul were on visi-
ting terms, and the first request of
the Japanese lady on entering the
drawing room of her hostess was to
be allowed to inspect her wardrobe,
in the examination of which she oc-
cupied two hours, trying Partisan
bonnets and putting English dres-
ses over her own.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
The Maiden Bank Murder-A Post

The Maiden Bank Murder-A Post
/ master the Acknowledged Perpe-
traitor Of the Crime-His Confes-
sion.
1t will be recollected that we pub
lished several weeks since, an ac-
count of the murder on the 18th of,
December last, of Frank Converse,
assistant cashier of the Bank of
Maiden, Mass. The victim. a boy of
II, was shot dead about noon day
while in the bank, and $4,000 taken
from the money drawer. A post
mortem examination revealed the
fact that his death was caused by two
pistol balls which entered his brain,
but for sometime no clue could be
obtained. Suspicion finally rested
ON Edward W. Green, the postmas-
ter of Maiden, first. from his never
showing any interest in the tragedy
which had taken place, and absent
ing himself from all the meetings of
citizens called to ferret out the MUIR
der, and secondly, because he paid
a debt of 500, in Maiden bank bills,
which he had been owing for two
years. On Sunday night he was ar
rested, and more ofthe bank bills
were found on his person. Finally
he made full confession, stating
that he bought six barreled revol-
yer in Boston and having loaded
all the barrels went to the bank
twice on the day the murder was
committed. The first time he found
a customer there, and accordingly re-
tired. On his second visit, Con-
verse was alone and he fired at him
twice, both discharges taking effect.
He then robbed the drawer, and
made his escape unseen. He had
$4,000 of the money concealed
which he gave up. Green is "a
years old and man of small stature
being but five feet high. He has
wife and infant child. the former of
whom is distracted over the horrible
revelation. Green at first took the
matter coolly, but afterward express
ed a good deal of regret over the
disgrace he had brought on his fami-
ly. His pecuniary embarrassments
were the principal incentives tc
crime. He has been lodged in Jail
at Boston, and will doubtless soon
be brought to trial.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
HOW TO GET UP HIGHER.

There are some who do not exert
the powers they suppose they pos
sess, because they do not occupy
position adapted to call forth these
powers. They stand idle, because.
they say, no man has hired them
When asked If there Is nothing for
them to do, they reply in effect
nothing worthy Of their powers
Those who thus wait for stations
worthy Of their supposed powers,
may spend a life in idieness.
The true man does vigorously
whatsoever his hand indeth to do.
He is never out Of employment
No one never need be out ofein.
ployment. There 10 always work to
be done. Some may complain that
all avenues to employment are closed
to those who have q mind to
work.
A merchant In this city had made
what was regarded IS fortune. In
consequence of flosses by the war Of
1872, he failed. He surrendered his
property to his creditors. He was
not out Of employment . week.
Though he had been the head Of .
large jobbing establishment, he took
a clerkship in q small one. He at
tended to the duties of his clerkship
as faithfully as to the duties of the
firm of which he had been the
leading partner. OF course it was
not many years before he was among
the merchant princes.
Let no young man wait in idle
ness for o situation worthy Of his
powers. Let him do with his might
whstever his hand indeth to do
The way to get better place is TO
perform in afirst-rate manner the
duties of your present one. The
way to prepare for greater nssaai-
ness is to make yourself IS useful -
possible in your present calling
Ere6an1e.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
OUR HAPPIER HOURS.

What have been our happier
hoursf We turn our thoughts to
wards the days of our infancy. 1t i:
sometimes said if we are not happy
in childhood we are never happy
That is not true in all cases. Some
who had a miserable childhood have
passed happy old age. But, gen.
orally, men look back to the hours
of childhood as among their happier
hours. Why? Because of its compar-
alive innocence If happiness be
proportioned to innocence then
should men recover the innocence,
and more than the innocence, OF
childhood. God says, though your
sins be as scarlet, they shall be white
as snow. Why should men spend
time in looking back with aching
hearts upon the lost innocence of
childhood, when the means of ac-
quiring purer and more lasting in
nocence are before them.
Again when our thoughts would
recur to our happier hours, they fix
themselves upon the hours spent
with beloved friends,- hours in
which our affections were exercised.
Thepurer, warmer, more self sacri-
ficing those affections were, the hap
pier we are. 1t is certainly in our
power to repeat those hours-at
least to exercise our Affections
Perhaps we have allowed our affec-
tions to run to waste. As former
objects have been removed, perhaps
we have not sought for new objects.
To allow our affections to be with
out exercise, is like allowing the
spring from which we slake our
thirst to be filled up with rubbish.
Finally, our happiest hours are
those which we employed in doing
good These are the hours that
come up in our remembrance with
joy which attaches to no other re-
membranes. Why have such hours
been so few in our history
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
THE FAMILY.

No earthly circle can be compared
with that of the family. 1t cOmpri-
ses all that humane man most val
ues and delights in. 1t is the Gen.
ter where all human affections meet
and entwine, tie vessels into which
they all pour themselves with such
joyous freedom. There is no one
word which contains in it so many
endearing associations and precious
remembrances hid in the heart like
gold. 1t appeals at once to the very
center of mans being-heart OF
hearts All that is sweet, soothing,
tender, and true, is wrapt upin that
one name. 1t speaks not of one cir
Gle or one bond, but of many cir
cles and many bonds all of them
near the heart The family home,
the family hearth, the family table,
family habits, family voices, family
tokens, family salutations, family
melodies, family joys and sorrows,
what a mine of recollections lies un-
der that one wordl Take these
away, and the earth becomes mere
church yard of crumbling bones; and
man as so many grains of loosened
sand, or at best, but as the frag-
ments of torn flower which the
winds are scattering abroad
All this is beautiful in relationship,
or tender in human affections, or
gentle in human intercourse; all that
is loveable and precious in the move
ments of human heart from its
lowest depth to its uppermost sur.
face, all these are wrapt up in the
one name of family. For close knit
bonds, for the depth of sympathy,
for endurance in trial and danger
where shall we find any thing that
can be compared to the story Of
earth's family circles. Conjugal
love, parental love, brotherly love
sisterly love-all are here. Toe
many streams for human affection
empty themselves INTO it, or flow .ou
Of it for the fertility and gladnes'
ofthe earth.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
THE FEMALE TEMPER,

We like to see q woman of spiri,
and life; for a dull, supine, prosy
woman is poor affair indeed. And
we have no particular objection to
seeing the sparks flying occasional
ly,"when something really stirring
occurs. We like to see her joyful
and lively; and if she has 8 little spice
OF waggery, we can put up with it
very well; nay, we like it all the bet
ter. But a cross, sour temper we
have no good opinion of. for a wo-
man who can never look pleasant,
but is always fretting and scolding,
will make an unhappy home for
all within her house. And we had
as lief undertake to live in 8 barrel
OF vinegar, or in a thunderstorm, as
to live in a house with such q woman.
Solomon was right when he said,
cit is better to live in the corner of
house top than to dwell in q wide
house with brawling woman"
Let woman wear sunshine on her
countenan &C, and it will drive the
dark clouds from her husbands face,
and joy will thrill through the hearts
OF her children. Let a woman's
words be soothing and kind, aud ev-
cry thing is happy around her. Her
influence will be powerful. Others
will catch her sweet temper, and will
strive to see who can be most like
her. Sweetness oftemper in q wo-
man is more valuable than gold, and
more to be priced than beauty. But
may heaven keep us from an untamed
shrew whose looks are wormwood
and whose words are gaul We had
rather take Daniels place with tho
lions than think of living within gun
shot of such terrnagant- If wom-
en- knew their power, and wished to
exert it they would always show
sweetness of temper, for they are ir-
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18

Government, bus not upon the crazy
platform Of peace. When the cam
paign begins we shall see this breect
widen.
Everything tends to unanimity in
the Union party 1t has one pur.
pose, it will have one leader, and all
of its members are firmly united in
upholding its plain and unshaken
principles. But fate has thrown the
apple of discord into the ranks OF
the Opposition. Never was the divi-
sion of party more certain
Those whosread the opposition jour-
mails will find them united only in
hostility to the Administration, and
this is but the inevitable false union
of the Outs with the Ins. On all
questions of public interest they
have diverse opinions. Mr.. Wood
says the war should stop at once
The World declares that the war
should 90 on, but that the method Of
prosecuting it is unconstitutional
Another element ofthe Opposition
believes that slavery is a curse, but
that the war should have nothing to
do with it. Another assumes that
it is a blessing, and approves of
Gen. McClellan's advice to the Presi-
dent that, he should use the army to
return fugitive slaves. Another
clique denounces slavery and Aboli-
tionism with equal violence. Yet
another has for its sole cry the cor
ruptions of the Government Then,
deep in the democracy of the peo-
pie is a conviction that the Govern
ment is right. There are men who
bear to the Opposition precisely the
relation which CAN'T did to the re-
bellion the moment before he aban-
doned it forever. There are thou.
sands more who are to Copperhead-
ism pre- ;isely what the Raleigh
IN. C.. Standard is to the Richmond
tyranny. That journal processes to
desire the independence of the
South, but utterly condemns the
course of the rebellion. Now, how
many Democrats will read these
words who will not admit that,
while they still desire the indepen-
1ence of their party, they will not
help the men who are its head?
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-18
THE POLICY OF THE OPPOSI
TION.

We know well upon what ground
the Union party will stand in the
Presidential election. Its course is
as clear as its principles, and it
would be. somewhat superfuous to
trouble ourselves about its success.
Just now there is more interest in
the movements of the Opposition,
for it is not certain that the Copper
head leaders will be able to control
their party as effectually as they did
last October. No one can have
failed to notice that the defeat of
the Opposition was accounted for on
different theories, and resulted in its
division. One wing blamed the
peace policy, the other the war poll
cy for the loss of the elections, and
both were, wrong. The party was
beaten simply because it was
in Opposition to the Government
We grant, however that its defeat
was so overwhelming because of the
adoption of such men as Vallandig-
ham, and the evident hypocrisy of its
profession to support the war.
The problem now before the lead
ers of the Opposition is simply this:
"How shall we reconcile the peace
policy of Vallandigham, the Woods,
the Seymours, with the growing ha-
tired and contempt of it in the mas
ses of our voters?' 1t is a problem
they cannot solve. Fernando
Woods latest speech in Congress
was the most war-like plea for peace
by which he has yet distinguished
himself and bold. deliberate at
tempt to commit the party to uncon-
ditional opposition to the war. On
the other hand, We find such journals
as the World shrewder than Mr..
Wood, advocating war policy,
smothered with ':ifs and butts s'-just
such purpose as would delight a
coward in uniform. This wing oi
) the Opposition trembles at the
thought of placing itself openly
against the war, and would rather de.
ceive than defy the spirit of the ma,
ton. How, then, shall this difference
among the leaders be reconciled2-
Itmay be smoothed over, as it wa:
when the convention which nomina-
ted Mr.. Justice Woodward, inserted
a war resolution in its platform, and
at the same time warmly approved
of the nomination of Mr.. Vallandig
ham. Yet. even then the grand diff
ficulty remains in the radical division
!. of the masses. There are hundred,
of thousands of Democrats. wht
have thus far clung to the part,
: from a blind instinct of fidelity to
J name, who will vote no longer fol
men who are in any way associated
: with Yallandigham, or sustain hi
cowardly and detested policy. B.
next November, many of these voter
will be in the Union ranks. Th
other men who still cling to the de
lusion that slavery is not an evil
; and had nothing to do with the re
bellion, will continue to oppose tn