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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-10-05
ATTEMPT TO KILL LIEUTEN.
ANT T-GENERAL GRANT.-AS
SASSINS NOT ALL HUNG
SPECIAL TRAIN THROWN
!. ERRAI RIE- q,I2 A-kyfH. q

iSASSINS NOT ALL HUNG
SPECIAL TRAIN THROWN
r, FROM THE TRACK.
Lieutenant General Grant, in or
der to gratify the wishes of the peo-
pie of Indiana, visited indianapolis
on Tuesday, where he was received
with that enthusiams which has
greeted him everywhere on his round
of travels through the United States
He was conveyed safely to the capt.
tai of Indianab by special train on the
indianapolis d, Cincinnati Railroad.
Desiring to return to this city
Tuesday night, special train, con-
sisting of locomotive, tender and
passenger coach, was placed at his
disposal. This started from Indi-
annapolis late in the evening, and no
nj shap was experienced until it
reached Guilford, about TEN miles
west of Lawrenceburg, at one o'clock
A. NJ. At this point, just before
reaching the bridge, the switch had
been partially displaced. The engine,
tender and the fore truck of the pas
senger coach, however, kept the
track, but the hind truck of the latter
was thrown of, and was dragged
over the cross ties aud across the
bridge before the train could be
checked. There being heavy curve
at this place, the engineer had fortu-
nately checked the speed of the
train and it was moving slowly at
the time of the occurrence, so that
the displaced car remained on the
bed of the road. The General and
party were then transferred to the
engine and brought safely to Law.
rencehurg, where another car was
provided.
The President of the road, H. C.
Lord, Esq, on hearing Of the occur
renee. Immediately proceeded 10
Guilford, to investigate the matter.
1t was found that some infamous
scoundrel, as wicked as Booth but
with less courage. had broken the
lock from the switch and turned the
latter with a view of throwing the
train from the track. Fortunately,
the work was bunglingly done, and
to this fact the escape of the train
from being smashed is due, the loco
motive and tender having as des-
crihed, kept the tract, and thus pre-
vented the car containing the Gene
raj from going over. 1t was a mar
row escape, and while the public
will rejoice that this dastardly at
tempt on the life of the Lieutenant
General failed, they will regret that
here is little probability of finding
the scoundreI who would plunge the
nation into mourning second time
for another of its great and valued
men. The occurrence took place as
stated about l o'clock yesterday
morning.
1t was not far from this place, on
the same road, that train contain
| ing Governor Morton was thrown
from the track some time ago. There
are doubtless sneaking rebels, Of the
n eanest Northern type; in that part
Of the country, and now since a sec
ond attempt Las been made to take
the life of a man who has been s
chief instrument in suppressing the
rebellion, vigorous measures should
be taken to apprehend the author oi
| the crime.-C Gin. Gazette.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-10-05
Number 46.

zation has not she'd l. brightest rays
there yet for I understand shat hoop
poles and coon skins are stilf the
legal tender of that loeklits. fLaugh-
terl AAnd there We fnd this plucky
individual butting away at orr Union
gatepcsts; and havine butted himself
away to the fag end of nothing, II
seems to me We miehtas well let him
alone He czn,tJ do nss much harm
now . Laughter aud cheers ]
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-10-05

~ The following article from
the Cincinnati Gazette, is the very
quintessence of truth. Wecommend
it to the careful attention Of our rea
ders, all would do well ts-preserye
it, for future reference. 1t is an in
dictment against the corrupt and in
quitous party now clamoring to be
the Democracy, which cannot be
Iebutted or denied. The Bourbon
Vallan 1lghammers of Gallia county,
would do well to read it also. Sol
diers look at it, and then decide for
yourselves, whether you can consis-
tently vote for the candidates of that
party, although some of them did
wear shoulder straps, and draw pay
from the United States as long as
they could do so: t rrs Fdal..
WHATTHE DEMOCRATIC PAR
TYHAS COST THE COUNTRY %
The national debt, the whole cost
of the war, its vast slaughter of men
and destruction of property, and the
taxes it has entailed, are the return
the people have received for their
confidence in the Democratic party.
From its invention to its attempted
execution, secession was purely
Democratic. The members of a
Democratic Administrator conspir-
ed the plot to precipitate the re-
bellion. A Democratic Administra-
ton disarmed the Government be
fore secession, and gave it immunity
by the declaration that the Govern
ment had no constitutional power to
defend itself A Democratic Admin
istration transferred the public arms
to the control OF the rebels, and left
the national forts deTenseless before
them. The leaders of the Demo
cratic party were the leaders of the
rebellion, and they still continued
the leaders of the whole party.
10 The rebellion made no division in
the party. The same leaders con-
tinued to exercise the same control
Their -confederates in the North
maintained that the G Government had
no constitutional power to put down
rebellion. They opposed o every
measure to raise troops for the ma,
tional defense, and to provide means
to pay them. They opposed the
.arming Of the Northern States fol
their defense. They sought to di
wide the North, to reduce it to the
Confederate term. They continu
ally declaimed that every act of de
| tense against rebellion was a viola
| ton Of the Constitution. They boas
ted their consistent adherence tC
their resolution never to vote mar
or dollarHto put down rebellion
They elabored- to magnify and pro
ltract the war, with the deliberate de
sign that. its burdens should breal
down the Government
i They strove to discourage yolun
teering, and to stir Cup dlsafection
and to organize sedition- The de
\ nounced the draft as unconstitutional
and incited forcible resistance to it
They organized eonspiracies to pre-
; cipitste revolt in the North, and q
, bring in a savage Southern army u
ravage and lay waste the country
They melted the barbarous treat
r ment of our soldiers in the South
5 snd the spirit Of murder against d
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-10-05

HEADo'RTERs Co. C, 194rH o. VII
CAPITOL HILL BARRACKS, :
WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept, 26,)
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-10-05

% The 4th Resolution of the
Bourbon Vallandigham Convention,
which met at Columbus to nominate
a State ticket, reads as follows;
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-10-05

81 am conscious dear master, quoth our cop
perhead friend,
"That We have come very shnrt Of gaining our
end ..l-
"Yet still with your help, we firmly intend
"a very strong delegation to your eoErt to
send,
If we can.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-10-05

"What is most needful now is trife Of cash"
triAe you say you shall have it ina fash"
And accordingly out of his wallet, the trash
He planked right down with terrible crash,
Confederate scrip.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-07-28

STATES AND THEIR SoNs.-In the two
DAYS review of our armies in Washington.
it was noticed that the western troops had
a longer, more swinging gait than the
eastern, and that their boards had a strong
disposition to redness. The report of the
secretary of war for the year 1864 furnish
es some additional grounds of comparison
for the study of the curious Eleven
states, of which, however, only three were
strictly western, kept statistics of their
recruits. In hight, Michigan excelled the
rest, while Ohio was sixth. and Minnesota
ninth. Vermont, which stood second in
this respect, was first in breadth of chest.
her average measurement being a little
more than thirty-six inches at inspiration.
Singularly enough for a mountainous re-
gion, one would suppose, New Hampshire
was least capacious in lungs land eighth in
respect of hight; but her northern count
les, which are most rugged, are least popu.
lous, and sent fewest men to the war;
New York and Delaware furnished the
shortest men, and agreed upon the average
five feet five inches,-7k Nation.
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WHOLE NUMBER l46l

and left. knew that the masters guI
was now useless.
Come on, Nix, Its the cove him.
self. L saw him by the light of the shot
his stlng's gone now" And one of the
men rushed TO where my master stood
followed by his oomrade.
F.. l had one of them covered. but if fired
Il heard the noise of struggling) l might
kill my master. Thus l stood with the
gun at aim, undecided and half mad
The voice of one of the men saying.
Damn you, knife him." =" resolved me,
and fired amongst them. | saw some
one sink down. but could not tell who ii
was. and as he appeared TO let 60 his hold
and rush to the horses. | took a hurried
second aim at him and fired: then | bound
ed across the entrance, Just in time TO see
the wounded wretch bending over Mr.,
Christmas and trying to strangle him. In
a moment the gun was poised and smash
ed TO fragments on his skull. But We had
exposed our strength, and the remaining
busl.ranger, who believed he had stabbed
my companion, seized one of the guns left
standing at the fence. and fired The ball
was unpleasantly close, and had scarce
time to know that l was uniniured, when
Red Jim himself was upon me with the
weapon dubbed. l made a rapid spring
at him before the blow could fail, and
grappled with him. We rolled on the
ground together With all the force of
my strength l resisted his efforts TO grasp
me by the throat. but at last his hideous
face sunk close 10 mine, and his teeth met
beneath my chin experienced a suffo-
eating giddy feeling, and then | heard
hurried voices and running feet just As l
felt my grip relax powerless. But the
frightful grippe relaxed too. and Red Jim
rose to his feet, and jumped on my chest
with all his force
When came TO consciousness, | found
myself in the cheerful parlor. and the la
dies hands were tenderly washing away
the traces of the fight. Mr.. Christmas
had tainted from loss of blood, but was
not dangerously wounded
Red jim escaped, but his two compan-
ions. neither OF whom was killed. were
given into the safe keeping of the authori-
tie-. and afterwards hanged. Three years
after the aiiray. Mr.. Christmas made me
his orer>eer, and finally his manager. \
long time has passed since then. but Yet a
closer relationship exists between us l
am writing The tale Of my early expert
cnceS at the same table whereon | saw the
bible on that memorable night There Is
4 lady who sits opposite 10 me- She was
the reader OF ivanhoe, the daughter of
Mr.. Christmas. and she is my wife
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-07-28
The Third Vermont.

The Third Vermont regi iment has ar
rived home. 1t numbers PA men and Il
officers, and is under the command of COL
H. w. Floyd. The regiment was organ
lied at St. .Johusbury in 1861. On the
10th of July, 1861, the command was
sworn into the United States service, and
Immediately proceeded to Washington. 1t
soon after joined the army of the Potomac
and has remained a component part of
that famous organization ever since
During the Peninsula campaign, it served
at first under Gen. keyes, being subse-
quently merged into the 9th corps, under
Gen. Franklin. Subsequently Maj. Gen.
W. +. Smith Baldy) who originally
brought out the 3d Vermont. assumed the
command. Thus the Sd had the pleasure
of serving under a corps commander who
had come out with them as colonel. Af-
ter the command of the sixth corps was
transferred to the lamented Sedgwick, the
Sd Vermont continued under his command
until his death in the Wilderness. Since
that time Gen. Wright has had command
of the corps
| 1t will thus be seen that the Sd has par
ticipated in every battle of importance
fought by the army Of the Potomac, ex-
cepting those which occurred while the
9th corps was with Gen. Sheridan, in the
Shenandoah Valley. The first battle in
which the Sd was engaged was the diSas-
trous charge across Warwick Swamp,
while the siege of Yorktown was in prog
ress. Crossing the swamp at Lees Mills,
April 10th, 1862, four companies charged
upon the enemys work, and out of 100
men 81 were killed. drowned or wounded.
At the four days fighting, comprising the
battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylva-
MIA, the regiment lost over 400 men. AT
the battle of Cold Harbor, month after
the regiment (hen only 800 strong) lost
70 in killed and wounded.
The Sd has had on its rolls, during its
four years service, nearly 1900 names,
and now returns with about three hund.
red men, all told. The following are the
battles to be placed to their credit:
lSG2-Warwick Swamp, April 1G
Siege of Yorktown, April Williamsburg.
May West Point, May g. Seven days
battle before Richmond, June 26-July
2; Seven Pines; Fredericksburg (undel
Burnside) Dec. Is.
ls63-Lee's Heights, May 1-3; Get.
tysburg, July l-5; Funkstown, Md,
July 8; Mapping Heights, July p
Rappahannock Station, October; Mine
Run, Nov. 2G.
1S64-Wildeness, May 5; Spottsyl
vania, May IS; Totopotomy, North
Anna, Cold Harbor, June l; Bethesda
Church, Siege of Petersburg; Charles.
town. Va, Aug. 2l; Halltown, Va.
Aug. 22 Winchester, Va, Sept. 10:
Fishers Hill, Va, Sept. 2l Cedar Creek
Oct. 10.
1S65-Third IIatcher's Run, Feb. 4
assault upon the enemy's works, Casually
known as Fort Fishery, March % granC
assault upon Petersburg, April 2; pur
suit of Lee; Amelia Court House, Apri
6; surrender Of Lee, April g. entered
Danville, April q.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-07-28
Rich and Mean.

The last considerable sum he was
ever known TO give away. was a coniribu-
tlcn 10 aud the election TO the presidency
OF his old friend Henry Clay, The old
man was always fond of compliment,
and seldom arerse TO a Joke Ii was the
timely application of a jocular eompli-
ment that won from him this has, effort
of generosity. When the committee Were
presented to him he began TO excuse HIM
sell. evidently intending TO decline giving.
Il am not now interested in these things"
said he. Those gentlemen who are in
business, and whose property depends
upon the issue of the election. ought TO
give. But / am now an old man. |
haven't anything TO do with commerce.
and 1t makes no difference TO me what
the government does | don't make
money any more, and haven't any concern
IN the matter" One of the committee
replied, why. Mr.. Astor. You are like
Alexander, when he wept because there
were no more worlds 10 conquer. You have
made all the money, and now there Is no
more to make" The old eye twinLled at
the blended compliment and Jest. ..IIa.
ha, ah. very good. that's rery good,
Well. well, will give YOU something"
Whereupon he drew his check for fifteen
hundred dollars. When all else had died
within him. when he was az last nour-
ished like an infant at woman's breast.
and when. being no longer able TO ride in
a carriage. he was daily tossed in blan-
ket for exercise, he sill retained a strong
interest in the care and increase of his
property. His agent called daily upon
him, TO render a report of money received,
One morning this gentleman rhanced 10
enter his room while he was enjoying his
blanket exercise The old man cried ont
from the middle of his blanket. Has Mrs.
- paid that rent yet! M" replied
the agent ..Well, but she must pay ii"
said the poor old man. Mr. Astor.''
rejoined the agent. ''she can't pay il NOW;
she has had misfortunes, and We must
give her time" No. no." said AStor:
Il tell you she can pay ii, and size will
pay it You don't 90 the right way TO
work with her" The agent took his
leave. and mentioned the anxiety of the
old gentleman with regard TO this unpaid
rent 10 his son. who counted out the
requisite sum. and told the agent 10 give
IT 10 the old man As If he had received il
from the tenant There exclaimed
iMr. Astor, when he received the money,
Il told you she would pay il if you went
the right way to work with her" Who
would have twenty millions at such 4
price 2-..John Jacob dScr,'' az Har1,r's
Ner Monthly -Haylcins-
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-07-28
The Saratoga Gani6lihg Heiis.

The Saratoga correspondent of the New
York iI,orA writes a. follows about the
facilities and prospects III The Springs
this season:
The present promises 10 he the finest
gambling season ever known. Greenlacks
are plenty, the facilities for gaming are
ample and enticing, business l. dull, the
war is over. time hangs heaHily-in short
all things are pro;'iiiouS for the <portlne
element. and The ta>ie for hazard l. spread
ing under the a,lroii influences SET IN mo-
ton. Such moral reaction a. we are
now beginning 10 experience ms ght nave
been expected 10 follow the closing up of
a great calamitous WHY. believe that
there are now fifteen or twenty OF the fiery
furnaces IN full hlasi here. and al the lake.
whittier ali visitors ii The heiels take fire.
guent rides about srrm,lown or twilight
In order 10 transact business without risk
of coming 10 sudden deadlock. these
banking institutions have 10 hold large
cash capital. varying. of course, in namomi,
according TO the class of gaIneSters who
paironize them Ii i probable that up
ward of S3.0o0.a isihi> season invested
i'm this highly lucrative trade, and a. fifty
per cent. prof. Is bui 4 moderate estimate
of the average earnings OF these establish
mcnts. ii follows that, ii the season ceniin-
ucs brisk. many hundreds OF thousands will
be deposited 10 the tigers account within
the period dating from July 10 Septem-
ber II. The luxurious style ON which
these club houses are conducted renders
them places OF curiosity for nearly all per-
sons- The hotel tables are simple IA aims
house boards in comparison with the epi-
curean displays made at Hills, Morrissey's
and elsewhere. The choicest Heidsick,
Mumm or MorceauN flows In streams a.
the tempting g:une, fresh from the Adi-
rondack region, is servel up ho. on SILVER
plate that 4 duke mi -ht covet- While
poor liquors and aboninable riglrs are sold
al old Richmond prices IN ihe hotels, The
most fragrant llavs,nas, Fisaro> and E.
panolas. and the costlie>t brsndie> are ur-r-
ed upon the guests If the ti-erine man-
Sions. The parlors and reading rooms are
carpeted a Ia Fifth Avenue, and rich fires
coing gives life TO the walls The furni-
ture Is tempting TO The weary or the lazy
dropper-in. The easy, quiet manner OF
the host The as>iduity and promptne~s
of his corps of trained walters, and tie
genial atmosphere OF high reSpoctabiiiiy
and refinement prove all-powerful charms
10 youth, 10 maiured men seeking relaN:l-
ton from the furmoils of business and e.
pecially TO those who have borne The hard
ships Of camp life. and are once more free
TO follow caprice or inclination, Let the
reader fancy another picture, If he can-
wherein a hearf-broken wife, a ruined
family. are seen. cast from position, from
comfort. from friends, by the knocking de-
mon of the cards Lei him Reason out The
dismal sequel TO the sliiiering chapter "i
fast life at the springs, and draw such mcr-
al from this rapid sketch As hest lac can
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-07-28
THE SECRET SERvICE-The Field, the Dungeon,
and the Escape By Albert D. Richardson
Hartford: American Publishing Company.


The above is the title of handsome
volume of 5l2 pages in which Mr. Rich
ardson relates his experience of four years
in the South; first as secret correspond
ent of the Tribune when that country was
in the throes of secession, and afterwards
with our armies both east and west until
he was captured at Vicksburg, then taken
prisoner to Richmond, thence south again
to Salisbury, n. c., whence, after wea-
ry captivity ola year and half he, with
Others. escaped and wound his devious
way, by the help Of Jealous Unionists,
more than three hundred miles, to the
Union lines east of Knoxville. Probably
no other Northern Unionist has had such
various and thorough opportunities for
taking inside views of the Confederacy
from the hour of MIR. Lincoln's first cleo
ton down to that OF his ASSASSINATION and
its own collapse, as has Mr. Richardson;
and this volume evinces how we'll they
were improved. Over his own initials
Mr.. Greeley speaks Of this work thus:
"a great many books will yet be writ
ten concerning this war, in addition to
the many already in print but not one
of them will give within similar COM
pass clearer, fuller more readable ac-
count, entirely from personal observation,
OF the nature, anlmus, purposes, tenden-
cies and instrumentalities OF the slavehold-
er's rebellion than does the unpretending
narrative of Mr.. RichardsOn.'
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-07-28
4 Gauder'S Egg.

Nearly sixty years ago there lived near
l.eman Far, in Shoreham, two families of
the names of llolcomb and Truesdale. -
Each family kept geese. and in each fami-
iy was a Girl of eight or nine years of age
These girls practiced hunting for eggs, and
frequently met while thus engaged When
they met one day they found Il very long
and slim cggg and both laid claim to it,
the Holcomb girl laid claim to the egg be-
cause she saw their goose on the nest the
day previous. but the Truesdale girl said
she kne~ it was their egg, because she san
their old yaader lag It! Enough said,-
the TrueSdale girl took the long slim eggGe
that their yander MM!-Vt Record
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-07-28

Tie MIsERIEs OF Rich Man.
The New York correspondence of the
Rochester Democrat is responsible for the
following:
Alexander H. Stewart clears one thou
sand dollars per day, Sabbaths excepted,
all the wear round. Cornelius Vanderbilt
pleads guilty to double that sum, while
William Il. Astor rates his income at four
thousand three hundred and thirty lollar>
per diem. Sleeping OF waking, the latter
gentleman finds three dollar bill drop
ping into las hat every minute of the
twenty-four hours. He cannot sit down
to talk with his physician without having
little more wealth, if not health he
cannot unburlen his mind ten minutes
without feeling the burden increasing IN
his pocket. and he cannot walk broadway,
however the weather may be, without
meeting a shower of money. Al every
turn cash stares him In the face IN The
most insolent manner Banks fiing their
dividends at his head; ruthless financiers
beat him with coupons; unplttying and
soulless corporations dump their filthy lu-
ere at his door step. and contemptuous
bill stickers plaster his house with green-
backs. One might ask what the fellow
has done to merit this treatment, and the
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-07-28

The coquettish Mrs. L has just re-
turned from a pleasure trip to Washing
ton. She only took with her forty-two
dresses, twenty shawls, nineteen bonnets
and two hundred pairs of gloves. "Sure-
ly." said friend who happened to be
present when she was unpacking, "you
did not take all that with you7" 81
merely took what was indispensable, my
dear. | left behind me all that was cum.
bersome," All, yes, understand, Jane
your husband
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CoCkNEr ZOOLOGY. Precious young
lady: Law, ma. heres a heagle- -
Mamma trepruachfuiiyl; 8 \ heasie' oh
you ignorant girl, Wy, liz howl,
Keeper of the menaserle, - Axes pardlngs-
mum, It's an awk-"