The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-02-22
1etter from Gallipolis.

Ens JOURNAL: Gallpolis Is e"y
charter arrived to-day, authorizing II 10 Oe
to do and TO suffer as "Ci,y OF tho see'nu
class" Just What that 10, s"pp0Sc' vi"
very ,oon be defined and al! Glasses viii "s
and c.,;,. and tho effect will he sor~' h'nS
af,.r n. fashion Of that produced upon tue
crrinr sons Of Jacob by the laying OIL '"@
fop,do,isus Of the second temple" some
shouted and some rept;' it was m'ng"ns o.
clements and feelings hard to define. II VIII
10 50 in these latter days. The ladies' VINO
have been compelled opereGrina'e inc s''ee''
in depth Of mud unlawful to be meh''0"eu'
in their pursuits Of business and P'easu'e'
will rejoice with exceeding great JOY ~"eh
their fec, shall be taken from thu miro a"a
the clay" and set upon rock, or what Is tue
mex, bee, thing 10 it, good brick pavement;
and them if they do not sing rex '0"S' "
will be because their dear souls are destitute
of gratitude. Bu, the gcn.lemen-,hc prop
.rtv holJ.rs-men who own "raluable corner
tls,s for srcculution. md SO forth, may drop
tear or two, rs they sroan beneath their lo"u'
aud, ia their secret souls, may Wish tha' INC
charter milking the town city OF Tue
" second class" was safely deposited IN GER
tain place where they expect never TO conc
! Bu, utter they shall have enjoyed the iE"s''-
muble blessings Of city Of the second class
all will 20 "merry n: u marriage bell, ana
for their own .akes, aud the sake oil the dear
ladies, they will bless the wisdom that deH'sel
,hr plan Of cities Of the second class.
Whether the name will be change! or not
have not been informed. II it shall! he de-
cided to change il, there arc two names al
this time particularly suggestive. The iirs'
/ i, ~ Cir IT .Wud" That would have the nd-
vantage Of originality, aud ny there ir but few,
if any, other place, knonn by that d's''nc-
tive title, there would lie no danger Of mixing
i, with any other Mud. And jus, now mud
! sccrus to reign predominant. Some say That
Cotton is King and some. TINT Oil has Az
ccnded the throne; but wayInring man,
though fool, can see that Mud holds the
sceptre. |, seems literally 10 have spread
! itself from shore to shore, and from the rivers
! TO the ends of the earth. And then the mud
Of this locality is especially "loynl. In the
ARA n cement Of its elements, cspccinl pains
seems 10 havo been taken to exclude every
principle Of secession, and 10 retain 0dhrsi"n
throughout. 1t sticks to fellow, through
evil report as we'll as good
The second name is - CITY Of R:jYt;;' and
if any place on earth Should he entitled ~
city OF refuge" it is Gallipolis. Refugees
have crowded the place 10 ove,fowing. This
is perhaps we'll enough. There is "eorn in
Egypt" but starvation in Dixie and tic
loyal clement is fleeing ont Of the midst Of
her, and it won't be long till the lines will be-
| distinctly drawn, and every loyal man will
be found upon the one side, and every traitor
uron the other. Then the Emitted States will
embrace every lover Of law and order md
Jeil. pnyis will he Hmg.f Treason, and every
! traitor should seek home in his dominioMs.
! This has truly been City Of Refuge, but
whether it will he thought worth while to
give Suiicicn, prominence to that fact to name
the city in honor thereof, remains to be seen.
The draft being expected to come of to-day,
has rather drawn away public attention from
the fact that Gallipolis is city Of the second
class md get imagine can sec All unusual
degree Of gravity in some Of tho City Fathers
whether owing to the fact that they have
suddenly found themselves the inhabitants OF
city, or Of c1rcctant hOnors, or the DRAFT,
judge ye! J. BIRD.