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The New York herald., 1865-02-02
THE SOUTH.
THE CABINET CHANGES AT RICHMOND.
Davis Not Disposed to Appoint Lee and Johns.
ton to The Positions Offered
Them by Congress.
Breckinridge Installed as Secre-
tary Of War,
The Rebel War Department.

The Rebel War Department..
GENERAL BREckINRIDGK SECRETARY OF wAR-THA
COMING TAX BILL.
From the Richmond Despatch, Jan. 30I
We think II certain that General Breckenridge has been
appointed Secretary Of War; though his appointment has
not yet been presented TO the Senate for lis approval
II is said that Mr. f. NJ Bruce, of Kentucky is TO bo
Commissary General He Is spoken OF possessing pc
cuar fitness for the Office But the truth should Con-
gress, probably will, pass law giving market vauo
for all property taken for use the abors Of
the Commssary Department will be immeasurably de-
creased There will be then necessity for impress.
ments being known that the government Civ
ing the highest market prce, the hidden stores Of the
country will be crowded into the market.
In this connection may mention that the House
Finance Committee are now perfecting sweeping tax,
BILL which will be ready to take the redundancy Of tho
currency that would otherwise be created the
necessarily dsburscd by government pays
kct price for property taken for public The Tax bib
will raise hundred million dollars and d scount
Of fifteen per be allowed for prompt payment
Passage OF tire Bill To Employ Slaves by
the Rebel Congress.
From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 30
The rebel House Of Representatives Saturday passed
the Senate bill to provide for the employment OF free
negroes and slaves TO work upon fortincaons &C. with
amendments.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23
THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE UN
DECE1VFO

Why should the rebel leaders won
der that the people around them no
longer trust themf The Southern
people are rapidly discovering that
they have been fooled by men whose
aim was their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
not the welfare of the whole. These
men cry frantIcally to their followers
to stand fast. But why should they?
Don't despond, says General Lee
But why should they not2 Have the
results of the war orits conduct been
such as to teach them confidenceY
The Richmond Examiner despair
ingly exclaims: "II Richmond be
held but another six months the fate
OF the Confederscy will have been
favorably decided -
This was not on the 9th of Feb
1865; but in February, 1861, Just four
years before, Jefferson Davis said in
Stevenson, alabama: "Your border
States will gladly cone into the
Southern Confederacy within sixty
days, as we will be your only friends.
England will recognize us. and a glo-
rious future is before us. The grass
will grow in the Northern cities
where the pavements have been worn
by the tread of commerce. We will
carry war where it is easy to advance,
where food for the SlCord and torch
await the armies in the densely pop
ulated cities"
Do the rebel chiefs suppose that
the men to whom they appeal have
no sense and no memory7 At the
opening of the war jefferson Davis
told them il would be holiday task
to establish .'the Southern Confede-
racy." To day Jefferson Davis
quakes in Richmond, and his confed-
crates implore the people whom he
deceived four years ago to cling to
Richmond and all will be well. 1t
is too late. The Southern people
have seen the terrible handwriting
upon the wall. They know that the
leaders who dragged them into re-
belliOn for their own selfish ends now
entreat them to remain that the lea
ders may escape their just DOOM
No wonder that Lees army comes
into our lines by companies No
wonder that hasf the rebel army hes
deserted.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23
HORRIBLE CONDITION OF UN.
ION PRISONERS -.

Wilmington Correspondents Of H. I. World
When Hcke's army evacuated the
city, some three hundred, more OF
less, of our prisoners were left be.
hind, being too feeble to be removed
with the thousands of others who
had been sent here from Florence for
exchange, and who were carried
away beyond our reach before we
entered the city. The appearance OF
these is pitiable IN the extreme. All
Of them. with scarcely an exception,
are nearly naked and shoeless; many
of them are hopeless idiots; one-half
of them will probably die, while the
survivors have no hope bsfore them,
but OF 4 short, miserable existence
In some cases. such is their black
ness and dirtiness, it is very difficult
to say whether they be white men or
negroes. Several of them are suffer
ing extremely from frozen feet and
hands, while the bodies of others are
sciorched in many places from lying
without blankets too near their prison
fires. Their gaunt forms, sunken
eyes and ghostiy appearance bear
terrible testimony TO the cruelty in
hicted upon them by their jaiIors.-
They are from several States, and
have been in the various prisons of
the South for periods of from six to
twenty months. They speak in
strong terms Of indignation and
wrath against the Fifth and Twenty
ffthSouth Carolina Regiments, which
guarded them at Florence, and the
Fifty fifth Georgia, which had them
in charge here. These, to q great
extent were green troops. which had
never been much under fire. Many
of them, it is said, under the impulse
Of thirty days furlough offered for
shooting q Yankee deserter, never
hesitated to fire upon our men if theE
even bent their heads over the well
at Florence from which they drew
water, and which was near the ''dead
line"
Our boys who have seen those
prisoners, have sworn vengeance
against the members Of the regiments
mentioned, and if the latter. by the
fortunes of war, over fall into their
hands, no mercy will be shown them.
1t is gratifying to know that about
eight thousand Of our prisoners are
Dlomentarily expected here for ex-
change. Arrangements are being
made for their reception. and when
their condition viii allow they viii
be shipped north, ~
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23
@ The following letter has bee

R The following letter has been
furnished US by one of our Iowa
Greybeards. 1t was written by a
loyal woman of Ohio, to rebel pris-
oner at Rock Island, without
any expectation Of seeing it in print.
The patriotic sentiments of this noble
woman should bring blush of shame
upon the cheek of Northern sympa-
thizers and copperheads who ty their
miserable craven course have pro-
longed the struggle of the nation for
life. Our soldiers will read it with
pleasure, and thank the writer for
her glowing words of encourage
ment, and approval OF the cause they
are fighting for:
PowHArTAN, ONO, May 6, "a.
Mr.. ALEXANDER CATION, SIR:
1 was very much surprised at
receiving letter from you, hut more
surprised to hear that you had taken
up arms, and gone forth against your
brothers and father. Imagine for
one hour the feelings of that fond
father, and affectionate mother and
loving sisters and brothers, when
they learn that one who stands near
and dear to them by the ties of ma
ture, is a traitor to his country. Oh!
sh ame and vengeance on all traitors.
beg of you to repent, and take the
oath, go bone. and listen to the ad-
vice on your christian father, for you
know he is a christian. and always
was. he said he would wade in blood
to his knees, before he would sub
nit to the rebels. George and John
are both in the Union army, ] want
you to write, and tell me how you
came to be eniclled among that un-
godly, and sin cursed band of blood
hounds Perhaps you have been
one of those unlucky ones who have
been forced in, butI fear not, for l
think you would have taken the oath
before this. i am sorry to learn that
one. of my playmates has gone astray
so far, that lie has gone forth against
that ''old fag," that now floats in
all our loyal States, and part of the
rebellious States Yes. the "Stars
and Stripes" still float, end l trust
the day is not far distant, when they
shall wave defantly over the dead
body of JEFF. Davis You.perhaps,will
think that L am too hard, particular
ly for lady. think not. A rebel
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23

EE The past three days, have
been pleasant and Spring seems just
at hand. It is gratifying to notice
the spirit OF improvement manifest
ing itself along our streets in the
planting of shade trees. This is
commendable and we urge every
citizen white or colored TO set out q
few naples, locusts, or sugars in
front OF his residence. The expense.
is tri1ing, compared with the advan-'
tage to our public thoroughfares.
Now is the time to plant these trees.
Don't wait until the warm weather
has so far forced vegetation that it,
planted then, your labor will be vain
Plant now, this week, TO day yet II
possible. Select good sized thrifty
trees. Dig them up carefully, and
plant them still more carefully
Plant stakes about them at the same
time to prevent unruly cows from
breaking them down, or still more
unruly toys, more to blame because
they know better. Our City authori.
ties viii likely enact stringent ordi.'
nances for the protection Of your
trees, and we think will enforce them,
The tirae of improvement in CALI
polls is at nand. Start in time to keep
pace with the new City. Let old
fogies slumber on in the good old
way. Young America is awake, and
determined to lift our town out cf
the mud.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23

left to the enemy, and It has seeded
from secession. The want of all
means Of defense at Hattera5 and
Roanokc Island abandoned the gar
ner Of grain and the meat house of
all Eastern North Carolina and the
city of Norfolk and the navy yard at
Gosport. The retreat from Manassas,
sacrificed provisions and munitions
of war enough to last years cam
paign. The sudden and surprising
evacuation of Norfolk, and the blow
ing up of the Merrimac, abandoned
Eastern Virginia, snd stripped US
still more OF our main means of sup
ply and defense. The retreat from
the York peninsula lost still more of
provisions and munitions of war,
and exposed Richmond to the bloody,
indecisive battles of the seven days.
Doubtful orders and divided armies
left Tennessee and Vicksburg both
to fall, between disputing comman.
ders and conflicting commands, for
which there seems to be no response
bility. The death Of the self reliant
hero, Jackson, left the valley of
wheat and corn and cattle to be
scourged and devastated. The neg
lect of Cole Island exposed Morris
Island to capture and Charleston to
bombardment by land as well as by
sea The rear movement around the
x,-aef o.,, l,o,,J 80 fbo Ta,noe-oo h,a
repulsed and crippled the army of
Hood, while Sherman has been left
free to thread Georgia with desola-
ton, and to capture Savannah, and
to threaten the trunk and branches
Of all our Southern communications.
Aud all this time the retirement of
such Generals rs Beauregard from
the command of armies in the field
can not be compensated by his engi-
neering OF Charleston Harbor, or Of
6. W Smith cannot be compensated
by his engineering in the State Of
Georgia. and Joseph Z. Johnston's
retirement can be measured only by
the losses and lamentations which
have followed in its train. Fort
Fisher has fallen and BY Grants
crossing the Chickahominy and the
James, without q blow. Richmond
and Petersburg are both Sbesieged.
the line OF railroad Is cut and the
army is Advancing and threatening
from every point of the compass.
General Scott's programme, at the
war, for our invasion and destruc-
tion, is fast tending Representation.
We are cut into fragments OF terri
tory, divided by the Mississippi, aud
in every section driven into q close
interior, and forced to self reliance
apart from all the rest OF the world.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23
THOU ALSO.

thought that we twain together
In one might have bent our days;
If under no light Of pa>.iUn,
Yet in safer, shadier ways;
Or never, be sure, that evening,
Yourself had | dared to claim;
So thought:-soHe day, proud maiden,
You may wish you had thought the same.
It true, am grave and silent,
You, light as o bird on a wing
But there's strength in the latter summer,
And only promise in spring;
And thought that our differing natures
Would have liuked in the welded name
So thought;-some day, proud maiden.
You may wish you had thought the same.
There are GALES that change in an instant
Still seas to foamIng snow;
And | thought would be your pilot
If ever thcsr gales should blow;
I'd have guarded you, oh! so safely,
Against all i'll that came;
So | thoughtI-some day proud maiden,
You may wish y0u had thought thesarre-
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23
~ The notorious Henry A. Wise

w The notorious Henry A. Wise
who figured 70 extensively in drag
ging Virginia into secession, in s
late speech made TO his brigade, and
The Virginia Legislature, draws the
following graphic picture of the pres
ent status of the Confederacy. For
once Wise states plain facts, unre-
lieved by his usual rhodomontade
and bombast. It viii be seen that
his tune is quite changed from that
of his manifestoes, published when
he visited the Kanawha valley in 81;
Eosthwsstsra Virginia has been
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23

HEAVY BOOK SALEs.-The no5t
signal literary success Of the last
publishing season was Horace Gree
iey's History Of the American Con.
fict. 1t was brought out during ths
GUNNER, and up to the first of Jsnn
ary last, there had been sold 90 .TG
copies, besides many thousand Eori
subscribed for, which the pubisssu
had been unable to deliver. Bescr
the end of the first year from It's pci
lication, ct the present rates of. sal
scription. it will have sold'to tbs q
tent of not less than 8 hundred q
fifty thousand copies For q lari
extensively illustrated, costly fo
there has been no success Ike y
American literature. - -e-
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23
MY DREAM.
ORIGINAL.

ORIGINAL.
/ dreamed were with Angels;
thought | heard them sing,
] listened to the Angels,
| heard their voices ring. CHoRUs
/ dreamed | were with Angels;
Floating up so high,
Bright Stars shown around US,
While around them we did fly.
dreamed were with Angels;
felt their snowy wings.
They famed my checks so lightly
Pretty Happy things.
Celestial Souls wouli were with thee,
With thee NJ SO high,
Then would | be happy.
To thee forever nigh
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23
POSSESSION.
BAYARD TAYLOR.

ait was our wedding day, ,3i-..r- ! Z
A month, ago. dear hest, hear you say,
II months, or years, or ages since have passed
/ know not; Il have ceased to question time.
1 only know that once there pealed chime
Ofjoyous bells, and then held you last,
And aft stood back. and none myright denied.
And forth We walked; the world was free
and vide ~
Before Us, Since that day l---.s-q
I count my life; the Pas. IS vsshed away. &
1t was no dream, that vow;
Ii was the voice that woke me from dream, I,
A happy dream. think but au waking
now, gs se-y s..s s,.r .-...s--
And drink the splendor of a sun sdpreme
That turns the mist Of former tears TO gold,
With these arms hold
The fierce promise. chased so long in vain;
All, weary bird. thou will not fy again;
Thy wings are clipped, thou canst no more
depart,
Thy nest is bullded in my hearti
/ vas the crescent; thou
The silver phantom Of the perfect sphere,
Eeld in its bosom, in one glory now
Our liyes united shine, and many year
Not the sweet moon Of bridal only-we
One luster, ever at the full shall be;
One pure and rounded light, one planet whole,
One life developed, one completed soul!
For in the and thou in me,
Unite our cloven halves of destiny.
God knew hIs choyen time:
He bade me slowly ripen to my prime,
And from my bougks withheld the promised
fruit,
Till storm and sun gave vigof to the root,
Secure, o, Love, secure
Thy blessings is, / have the day and night;
Thou art become my blood, my life, my light;
Gods mercy thou and therefore shalt endure.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23
REBEL ATROCITIES AT SAILS
BURY.

BALTIMORE, March 14-Captain
Mcdonald OF the light ship at Smith s
Point. who was captured nearly s
year since by the rebels, has just re-
TUNED home after a long imprison-
ment at Salisbury, n. c. He fully
confirms previous accounts of the
horrors of the rebel prisons. He
learnt from one of the corporals, who
had charge OF the matter, that from
the 10th of October to the lst of
January, 5,S75 of our men died ont
of the 10000 imprisoned there.
He says tire physicians of Salisbu-
~ volunteered their services to at
tend the hospitals, and showed evi
dent sympsthy for the sufferers, doing
what little they could, indicating thai
they were in heart Unionists, but the
rebel officers would permit nothing
to be done to mitigate their suffer
ings. Patients with typhoid fever
and other diseases, with scarce rag
to cover their nakedless, were laid
upon the bare floor Of some wretehed
workshops, which were used as hos
pitals. z1.siI7a 20 i-T ..iI.5s
Sometimes q little straw or other
litter was obtained for the sick, bat
such was the accumulation Of flth
and the want of nourishing Iood,
that death was theonly relief for the
sick. Thousands of our men, dying
of hunger, lay ont night after night,
without shelter and nearly naked,
through biting frosts and cold rains.
In the language of Captain Melon
al' the horrors of the place can
never be written, aud scarcely cred
tied when read.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23
To Soldiers Heirs.

The subscriber continues the prosecution Of
all claims against the Government lie is not
frttered with a multiplicity of business, pre-
venting his roper ettention to the claims in
hand. - From late gulatiohs la the pension
office, the labor and time ereeuired IN establish
Ing pensions is greatly increaset,-but with
no other business in hand lle detotes his whole
time. to the busIness in which he is engaged
He has 7beena Notary Public for the last ten
yeare, and continues to execute deeds, mortga-
ges, and sill other instruments to be acknowl-
edged before such officers
He MAY be found. at his Office on Front
stteet below the steam boat landing
;a.s 70 . LEWIS EEWS0M.
Jan. II, lS66.-3ms
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23

A FUNcTloNARY.-It seems that a
lawyer is sometimes a carpenter; he
can file a bill. split hair, make an
entry, set up case, frame an indict
ment. impanel a jury, put them in 9
box, nal a witness, hammer judge
bore court, and other like things.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23
Good BY
MAG

@ Fanny Fern, who ought to
know, says, speaking of cotton;
The ladies, as we all know, owe
something of their angelic symmetry
to the pure Southern staple. OF all
the products of the earth, 1t is near
est to their hearts"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23

E Up to Saturday last thirty
seven cotton vessels from Savannah
had arrived at New York. bringing
an aggregate of p, 800 bales of cot
ton. Thirteen more are expected,
with oYeg I1,6Q0 bales
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23

EE All the male members of Z
family named BIrkholder were sr.
rested the other day near ak ,oua
Pa, for plundering goods from the
eastward trains. Fifteen Acu sand
dollars worth were found eeE0 ,alsJ
on their premises.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-03-23

~ Ifyou are in search q { bar,
gains in dry goods, boots shoes
groceries, notions, DC, exs6 iine the
advertising cosarsy.s Of the Jou1Ak
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-09-06
tUsintss Gar0s.
Hotels.

urEsTCOTT'S HOTEL, Cambridge Boro' W
" D. WestcOtt, proprietor, travellers VIII
find this pleasant place to stop.
r,DEy H0DSE, Eden Mills, VT. DR.. D. RAN
dali, Proprietor. ~
Y MON HOUSE, North Hyde Park. Il. H.
6N SAITH, Proprietor. 2S
WATERBURY, Hotel, Waterbury, VT N. p.
y N Keller, proprietor, New house and new
4 4Iaiture IL
4 iuTTHEWs' HOTEL, Stowe U.ower village)
FL Mt. W. Matthews, proprietor. IL
1lEyREvILLE HOUSE, or" OLD FAR.
jNER'S HOTEL" Waterbury Centre, VT.
Manuel Lyon, Proprietor. Travellers VIII hnd
Ntsn excellent place to stop. ~
Y, CENTRAL HOUSE, Johnson, Vt. G w. DEMO.
4 Proprietor. Stages leave this House north
d south Daily. 20
Z XuORRISVILLE HOUSE, Morrisville, VT, r.
o. Spauldng, proprietor. The proprietor
4 es to be able to make the traveller feel at
4 Ds IA
REEN MOUNTAIN HOUSE. WolcOtt vt.
TX. Day, proprietor. This house has been
4 I'D up and additions and improvements made
n hing the last season, SO that the proprietor
IN Comment tudt uc Cuu ulhhc thN "o'Si'S' 'SS'
X lNme.
h |LLAGE HOTEL, Hyde Park. VI. ]. l.
~ yesmith, Proprietor.
rLLAGE HOTEL. Waterbury, VT. Jeremiah
scl Brown. proprietor.
~ MORE POND HOUSE. Elmore VT. A. W..
~ Averil, proprietor. Conveyances to any
| Eof the county on short notice.
N \WRICAN HOUSE. st. Albans, VI. s. g.
AAvsd, proprietor. 10
4 JRlBURGH HOUSE. Irasburgh, Vt, by X.
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F,lFsy stations. Horses and carriages to let. 80
1UBBELL'S HOTEL. Wolcott. Vt. Justus
Hubbell. proprietor. on the stage road to
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man and beast.
g AGILE HOTEL, by H. p. Seeger, Cambridge
~ B0ro'.. Vermont. ~
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Attorneys.
Attorneys.
S. PIKE. attorney and licensed Claim and
Insurance agent. Johnson VI. Having had
ey nor;ence in collecting Military claims for

insurance agent, johnson Vt. Having had
he experience in collecting Military claims FOR
Elty land. arrears, money bounty ana pen
as; am prepared to prosecute all such claims
d speedy termination, for a reasonable com
asatiOn, 90 I'll U
'B. SAWYER. attorney at law and solicitor
|, in chancery, Hyde Park, Vt.-Agent t0r
vroseCution OF all claims against the u >.
|sfnment Office in pOst-ofiiCe building. q
/ c. BENTON, Attorney at Law and solicit.
Aor in Chancery, Hydepark, Vt.
|NGHAM a. WATERMAN. attorneys at law
Isld solicitors in Chancery, Hyde Park. VI.
|rcular attention given TO the collection OF
! tam. against the Government, widows, in
+ Md, and other pensions. bounties, back pay,
/ WALDO BRIGHAM, GEO. l.. WATERMAN. IS
". HENDEE. attorney and counsellor at
| U, hw and solicitor in Chancery, Morrisvile,
I OGce in Masonic building. 64
lylSHSS d GLEED. attorneys at law and so
Gil0bin Chancery, MOrrisyille,Vt. (Ofhc'
hHagonupied by Hon. T. Gleed.) II. II. row
hhE GLEED.
\ T. PARKER. attorney and counsellor Al
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in to collecting all kinds Of military claims
alg an experienced agent and attorney IL
Nalgton, d. g.. am prepared 10 procure pen
n' Oounties, back pay, &c, on reasonable
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Physicians.

fnyttciduss
NORWOOD, NJ. d., physician and surgeon
L" Hydepark VI. 33m6e
zkGA nR. MOVIE has taken rooms at
<QIHVA DChadwicks Hotel ,JefiersonviIe
HIb where he will insert TEETH upon
sURbER BASE at as low PRICES "a any Dentist
ne state. Also teeth cleaned. filed and DIS
IN Of the gums treated. Teeth inserted upon
"%atfrOm 81 to SIS per sett.
"A DENTIsTRY.-P. W. J. pEck,
nfssyz.ss ~ dentist. johnson. Vt. Natur
IfttSss2 al teeth put in the best state OF pre-
4sUJJ servation. Artificial teeth made
ICY style known TO the profession. 40
,llssAS, COREY, NJ. d.. Physician aud Surgeon
e'aerVille, W. Office at the residence Of II. N.
,kea 81
HOLBR0oK, NJ. D., physician and sur
n rOl, Wolc0tt. Vt. Office at his residence,
z use formerly occupied by @ A Root. sm6'
y l. Il. WHITE, NJ. D., physician and sur
sson, Hyde Park. Vt. Offce at the for
y ''''dehce OF J. T. Alien.