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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15

~ A great excitement was ere
ated in West Chester, Penn, one
day last week, by the conduct of a
gentleman who drove up in front of
the principal hotelIn the village, and
began scattering genuine five and
ten cent currency among the crowd
which gathered around him. Hav
ing attracted the. attention of the
pOpulace, he sold ten dollar bill
for five dollars, and the five dollar
bill received also for half its value.
He !hen sold a quantity of gold rings
at merely nomin@l prices, and hand
ed back to purchasers the money as
fast as received. The eccentric ped
Ter then produced some medalions,
which he said were very valuable,
and which, the method of his deal
ings having become generally known,
were very rapidly disposed of at Ten
dollars each. Having closed out
his stock, the pcdler remarked: "I
didn't say would give you your
money back on these" and leftto%n
on the next train. The West Ches-
terites preseeded TO add -up their
gains, when they discovered that
their medallions were worthless, and
that notwithstanding the strangers
liberal dealings, they were in the end
above $50 out of pocket. Although
so green and excitable, the villagers
bad the presence of mind to telegraph
to Philadelphia, and the swindler
was arrested there. 1t may interest
some of our readers TO know that he
gave his name as John Smith.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15
H In the Museum of the Medi,

~ In the Museum of the Medi.
cal College of the University of
Pennsylvania, is d piece OF the skin
of sailors arm, which is vanished
like canvass, and inclosed in suita-
Bile frame Upon it is painted, in
India ink, a picture in two solors--
rcd and black-representing the
Crncffixion, with candles and an altar
at the foot of the cross, and above it,
in large letters, the word "Inri."
a hove this is handsome represen-
tation OF the lnslgnIS Va IIsitol
States, with spread eagle percheaa
upon the shield A surgeon who
had anputated the sailors arm, took
off the skin containing the painting,
and prepared it for preservation by
q process of his own.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15
AUTHORIZED
MILITARY AND NAVAL
AGE NC Y
e. w. CLARK, Jr.,

oFTicE ovER J. c. sHERARD's STORE.
GALLIPOLIS. OHIO
The undersigned takes, pleasure in. an.
nouncing that be has established an Agency
for the collection of all Claims. OF whatever
kindsagainst the Government OF The U. 5
Claims for Pensions, Bounty. Back Pay,
Prize Money, &c. promptly adjusted.
CLliNs FOX PRoTEE1Y I.KEN By The ARMY
for the use OF the Government NhetheT vouchers
were given OF otherW ise collected " in dispatch
Special attention given to-the collection OF ad-
ditional Bounty for two or three Years solisieis
who have never received but one hundred dollars
bounty,
Officers accounts carefully adjusted.
Call and see me or apply BY letter, ~
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15
H The London Times, IN its re-

H The London Times, IN its re-
view of President Johnson's s message
makes this confession, sThere is, at.
feast, this aapPy result OF The xr3t
ssest A Anersz.h Siieroption. ti,sz EEsrs
eannoS possissS sce sscead To.
.ohtain That haps y es~texs~y MN
Mon lives, an unfathomable debt, and
a few other trifing inconvenience
cannot be thought to much for an
empire with so grand destiny be-
fore it. There, is this sweet use in
adversely; this good out of evil. The
Old World prophesied utter extinc-
ton, and behold q new birth combin-
ing the vigor of youth with the ex-
perience of past age. TIE system
has done all this; the machine has
rightcd itself"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15

~ The commerce of the lakes
during the past year was enormous.
Thirty five millions Of Bushels Of
grain were carried over them to mar
ket; two millions of hogs; five hun
dred thousand cattle; two hundred
millions feet of lumber; besides the
iron and copper of Lake Superior,
and the immense amount of mer-
chandise that sought western mar
ket.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15
DR.. John Morgan.

DECENTLY Of the Army, offers his pro
II fessional services to the people Of CALI.
polls and vicinity. hoping by prompt and
faithful attention 10 business to merit and re-
ceire fair proportion Of patronage
Office, and residence on Second Street op-
posite the UniversAlist Church.
JOHN MORGAN N. D.
Jan. 25, 1856.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15
Notice.

To the Commissioners Of Gallia County.
THE Undersigned freehoIders in said county
Il hereby request that they ask for analtcration
in the county road leading from Gallipolis to
Harrisburg; beginning at, Or near the mouth of
j. fl. McDaniePs lane and running on the line
betwcenB.-white and j. H. McDanieIs' land to
the termination of said line, thence as near South
as a good road can be made across }. Whites land
to the salt-lick road thence on said road to the
junction of said road with the Harrisburg road
So much of the old road to be evacuated as lies
between where the new road commences, and
comes to it again.
PETITIONERS.
Feb Q, ls6e-4ws
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15
" me EngIish holders Of th

@ The English holders Of the
bonds of the defunct confederacy
still keep up an appearance Of expec.
tation that their claims will be paid
either by the United States or by
the respective State Governments IN
the South. They recently held an
adjourned meeting in London, to re-
ceive the report of the committee,
which decided that the bondholders
should press their claims, and appro
priated five per cent. on whatever
sum they might recover to pay the
sxpsnses Of collection
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15

~ A Washington special states
that SsMMs will be tried for piracy
but several other charges are under
'e The report recently
published that a commission for ms
trial had been ordered by the Navy
Department, is incorrect.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15

T Charles j. Faulkner, whose
rebeliious antecedents are veil
known, recently asserted the right
to practice as 8 lawyer in West Viz
ginia without taking the test oatn.
The supreme Court OF the Stale how
ever, decided adversely to his claims.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15
H The Herald's Fortress Cores.

pondent says, jeff. Davis imprison-
ment and the public execration OF his
crimes have made him irrascible and
soured his temper His attention
now is chiefly gwen to fault finding.
anu reading nis BiUie.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15

T The Russian Government has,
confiscated the entire property OF
the Catholic Church in Poland. It,
viii however, pay all the salaries Of,
the priests as well as other items OF
current ecclesiastical expenditures.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-15

The Internal revenue receiyy
gre over one million dollars ps7 lay.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-16
TIE TEACHERS CHARACTER.

A gentleman calling upon teacher
recently, said.
II notice with great pleasure that your
character is imprinting itself upon my little
girl. and on her own account, more than any
other, regret going iuto the country. The
other day overhearing her say to her brother,
Whatever you may say, Miss Wilson would
think that Is wrong, and it IS wrong. l
asked, Did YOU ever hear Miss Wilson ex-
press her opinion on the subject, No,
father, she answered; but we always know
without her speaking. She seems to make
you know what is right by just looking at you
e.zzl 4s,el % ash banaed when we do wrong,
because she's so good herself.
Here was the point. The gentleman had
spoken correctly; the teacher was imprinting
herself upon her class; her look, her tone
and manner, as well as her spoken words
were constantly protesting against wrong
and encouraging to well doing. She was
daily rejecting into the young minds around
her, her own poWerof judging and offeeling.
She was drawing them towards right, as the
sun draws moisture into the clouds, and was
sustaining them by the buoyancy of her own
loving smile She had won their love, made
them trust her. and now she could hold
their attention till the spark of truth had
been so enkindled in their minds that 0
could be acted upon, and used as part itf
their mental furniture
This is only teaching. To do this, our
own natures must be aroused to that intense
out going energy, which, like steam, seems
to infuse life into what before was dull and
motionless-Then how quickly the face re-
veals the glowing light within! The eye
the very attitude, bears witness to the quick
ening power. Every thing that arrests the
attention teaches either good or evil; and we
can confer no greater benefit on any one
than 10 influence him so that his mind shall
be set towards the light, and observe those
things which tend TO truth and holi-
ness.
Hero is the mother power. Day by day
as she answers the child's numberless ques-
tons, she may teach it to see Gods loving
care in all things, and turn its young affec-
tions heayenward. But, on the other hand, if
petulance rule her own spirit, she will surely
see full soon, It's manifestations in her child
and perhaps blindly wonder at its develop
ment forgetting that her irritable tones and
looks have surely taught their own lesson. =
Dgtrey
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-16

man who spends his days and evenings at
the tayerns, the saloons or the groceries?
These habits go to make up mans rep
Utation for the goings ont and comings IN
Of all are known to somebody, and SO be-
come notorious.
Wild young men comfort themselves with
the fact that some distinguished men were
fast young men. But they forget that such
is not the rule. In the exceptional cases
men have achieved distinction spite Of
youthful follies
The logic fsuch young men is bad Were
dissipation the prerequisite Of usefulness,
their conclusion would be correct. But the
premise is utterly false
Success is not the creature Of fortUitous
circumstances. Least Of all can young
man expect to succeed in life by disregard
ing all the conditions precedent TO success.
To shine is no evidence Of merit, or solid
attainments. Vegetation, IN certain stage
of decomposition, becomes luminous. Bril-
hancy in some men only marks the decay Of
moral force.
These are but fragments of thought Ii
a single one Of our readers gets profit out
Of mass, then our labor is well bestowed.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-16

In domestic happiness the wife influence
is much greater than her husband s; for the
one, the first cause-mutual love and conf
dence-being granted, the whole comfort Of
the household depends upon trifes more I'M
mediately under her jurisdiction. BY her
management Of small sums, her husband S
roepoetabiliey and credit are created or de-
stroyed No fortune can stand the constant
leakages of extravaganza and mismanage-
ment: and more is spent in triaes than wo-
men would easily believe. The one great
expense, whatever it may be, is turned over
and carefully reflected on, and the income Is
prepared to meet it; but it is pennies imper-
ceptibly sliding away which do mischief !;
and this the wife alone can stop, for 1t does
not come within a mans province. There
is often an unsuspected trifle to be saved IN
every household. a.
It's not in economy alone that the wife 5
attention is so necessary, but In those nice
ties which makea well regulated house. An
unfurnishcd eruet stand, a missing key, a
buttonless shirt, 8 soiled tablecloth, mus
tard pot with its old contents shaking down
about it, are really nothings; but each can
raise an angry word and cause discomfort.
Depend upon it there is great deal OF do
mestic happiness about well dressed NUT
ton chop or tidy breakfast table. Men
grow sated of beauty, tired OF music, are
often too wearied for conversation, however
intellectual; but they can always appre-
clate a well swept hearth and smiling COM
| fort.
A woman may love her husband devoted
| lv-mav sacrifice fortune, friends, family,
country, for him-she may have the genius
of a Sappho, the enchanted beauties Of an
Armida; but melancholy fact-if with these
she fails to make his home comfortable, his
heart win inevitably escape her. And wo.
men live so entirely in the affections that
( without love their existence Is void. Better
submit, then, to household tasks, however
repugnant they may be to your tastes, thar
doom yourself to loveless home. WomeI
of higher order of mind viii not run thei
risk; they know that their feminine, thei
domestic, are their FIRST duties,
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-16
TO THE APPRENTICE.

Aspiring apprentice, word or two IN
your ear. If you desire success in any mat
ter pertaining TO this life or the coming,
you must have purpose-a determination,
that God helping you, you aCW achieve sue
cess. You may be poor, friendless, un-
known your clothing scant, your stomach
half filled-your place may be at the foot Of
the ladder no matter Whatever your
position may be, do your duty in it, stoutly
and perseveringly, with your eye fixed far
ahead and upward.
Keeping the purpose before you that you
a0iU rise, be obedient to your employer, at
tentiye to your business, obliging to your
shopmates, and courteous to strangers and
seize every opportunity to improve your
heart, you mind and your workmanship.
Do everything well-no sighting, no hiding
defects, aiming always at perfection. Watch
those who are skilful, and strive to equal
and excel them. Secure the friendship Of
all by deserving it. Allow no opportunity
of rendering a service to pass without i'm
proving it, even if it cost you some labor
and selfdenial Be of use to others, even if
In a small way /; for a time may come when
they may be of service TO you A selfish
man may get ahead faster than you but
selfshness is contemplate, and you need
not envy his success; when you achieve
your object nobly, you will enjoy it, and be
respected.
Always bear in mind that character IS
capital. To gain this you must be so scru-
pulously honest that you would be as willing
to put live Goals in your pocket as penny
that is not yours. Never run in debt do
without what you cannot at once pay for,
even though you should suffer somewhat
No matter what the amount of your earn
ings may be, save portion every week, and
invest it in a savings bank of good standing;
it will grow, and will stand youin good stead
some day Better temporary abstinence
and constant plenty afterward, than unearn-
ed present comfort and future perpetual
want. Never lie, openly or covertly, by
word or action. A liar may deceive his fel-
lows,-God and himself never. Conscious
of falsity, liar can have no selfrespect,
reputation cannot be achieved.
With noble purpose as the end of your
actions, and with action becoming your Dur-
pose, your success is merely a question Of
time-always provided you have some brain
and abundant common sense. An1eTi-
can Printer.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-16
HOW TO COOK A HUSBAND.

Many of our married lady readers are not
aware how 9, husband ought to be cooked,
SO as to make a good dish of him. We saw
lately receipt in an English newspaper,
contributed by one Mary, which points
cooking husbands. Mary" says that
good many husbands are spoiled in cooking.
Some women 60 about it as if their lords
were bladders, and blow them up. 9th
ers keep them constantly in hot water"
while others, again, freeze them by conjugal
coldness. Some smother them In hatred,
contention and variance, and some keep
them in pickle all their lives. These women
always serve them with tongue sauce.
Now it cannot be supposed that husbands
will be tender and good, managed in this
way; but they are, on the contrary, quite
delicious" when well preserved. +" Mary"
points out the manner as follows Get
large jar, called the jar of carefulness,
(which, by the by, all good wives have Oh
hand Being placed In it, set him by the
fire of conjugal love; let the fire be pretty
hot, but especially let it be clear. Above
all, let the heat be regular and CONSTANT
Cover him well over with equal quantities
of affection, kindness and subjection. Keep
plenty Of these things by you, and be very
attentive to supply the place ofany that may
waste by evaporation, or any other cause.
Garnish with modest, becoming familiarity
and innocent pleasantly; but if you add kis-
ses or other confectionery, accompany them
with a sufficient portion Of secrecy, and it
would not be amiss to add little prudence
and moderation. "
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-16
BEL Pa. vi Err Is

the aggregate Of the events and persons he
groups and makes act against the enemy
whom he incessantly attacks.
Born at Landport, Portsmouth, In EebTu-
ary, Mr. Dickens is now fifty three years
old. Judging by his gait and appearance,
the vivacity Of his conversation, and the lus-
tire Of his gray blue eyes, one would scarcely
thing he was forty years old. Nevertheless
his hair which still curls is beginning to sill
yer. His family wished to educate him for
the bar The two years he passed in so
licitor' Office (this solicitor was an intimate
friend OF his father made him familiar with
the intricacies Of English law, and proved Of
signal service to him afterWard in more than
one Of his novels To escape the bar, and
at the same tine earn a livelihood, he report
ed for the True SIN, and afterward for the
Morning Chronicle. 1t was in this latter
newspaper he wrote some short, detached
articles, which were aftcrWard collected and
published under the title of Sketches OF
Boz. In 1887 he began to publish the Post
humous Papers Of the Pickwick Club. 1t
was published in numbers, and had an i'm
mense success, and established his reputa-
ton at once.
Charles Dickens possesses a remarkable
talent for reading. He reads admirably and
with wonderful spirit. / have been told by
several persons that he acts comedy with
rare perfection and that it was formerly one
of his fayorite amusements lie Is, as
have already said, on intimate footing with
Feehtcr, who has obtained an immense sue
cess in the part of Hamlet, and who is now
the manager and one Of the Chief actors OF
the Lyceum Theatre.
After my first excursion to Gadshill
returned there with NJ and Nine. Feehter,
and staid two or three dayswith him. 1t is
impossible for anybody to be more aimable
and kind to guests thanare Mr.. Dickens and
all his family.
There are two enormous Newfoundland
dogs in the yard, which visitors are warned
not too approach foo near, and two small
dogs of more friendly humor There is
very little seen Of the servants In his or in
any other English house. The service is
performed rapidly and noiselessly, and no.
body seems to pay it attention. Dickens
! favorite wine is Bordeaux wine. Dickens is
extremely hospitable He IS fond Of receiy-
ing company informally and intimately
every day Of the week, especially Sunday
| despite the English custom which Is begin
ming to be someR hat modified on this sub
ject 4 happy and kindly nature, his emi
nentIy systematic influence is a charm whicl
works on every one broughtin contact Will
| him
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-16
A PEN PORTRAIT

4 writer in the lH4atc Monthly for Sep
tembor. has made President Andrew John
son a study, aud shows himself in the de-
lineaGon Of character an apt limner The
following is the portrait produced. The
Cincinnati Commercial thinks it will answer
for a likeness.
The President Of the United States has
SO singular d combination of defects for the
Office Of a constitutional magistrate, that he
could have obtained the opportunity 10 mis-
rule nation only through visitation Of
Providence. iRslnceTa as well as stubborn,
cunning as well as unreasonable, vain as well
as i'll tempered, greedy ofpcpularity as well
as arbitrary In disposition, veering in his
mind as well as fixed in his viii, he unites in
his character the seemingly opposite quail
ties Of demagogue and autocrat. and converts
the Presidential chair into astump or throne
according As the impulse seizes him to cajole
or command. Doubtless much of the evil
developed in him Is due to his misfortune
in having been lifted to position which he
lacked the intelligence adequately tofill. He
was cursed with the possession Of power
and an authority which no man of narrow
mind, bitter preiudices, and inordinato eelf
estimation can exercise without depraving
himself as well asiniuring the nation. Ego
tistic to the point of mental disease, he re-
sented the direct and manly opposition OF
statesmen to his opinions and moods as a
personal affront and descended to the last
degree Of lttleness in political leader
that ofbetrayiug his party 10 order to crafty
his spite. He Of course became the prey OF
intriguers and scycophants-of persons who
understand the art of managing minds who
are at once arbitrary and weak Dy allowing
them to retain unity of viii amid the most
palpable inconsistencies of opinion, so that
Inconsistency of principle shall not weaken
the force of purpose, nor the emphasis to be
at all abated with which they may bless to-
day what yesterday they cursed. Thus the
abhorror Of traitors has now became their
tool Thus the denouncer Of Copperheads
has now sunk into dependence on their sup
port Thus the imposer Of conditions ol
reconstruction has now became the foremost
friend of the unconditional return Of the
rebel States. Thus the furious Union
Republican, whose harangues against his
| political opponents almost scared his politl
cal friends by their violence, hasnow became
the shameless betraFer Of the people whC
/ trusted him And in all these changes oI
base he has appeared supremely conscious
in his own mind, of playing an independent
consistent, and especially a conscientious
part. Indeed, Mr.. Johnson's character
would be imperfectly described if some at
tention was not paid TO his conscience, tht
purity of which is favorite subject OF hl
own discourse, and the perversity of which
/ is the wonder Of the rest of mankind.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-16
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WOMAN

Mrs. Stevens the sweet story writer, has
somewhere thrown off this excellent pass
age:
Woman, womanl-truly she is miracle
Place her amid flowers, foster her as ten
der plant, aud she is thing of fancy, way
wordness, and something of folly-annoyed
by dew drop, fettered touch of butterfy's
wing, ready to faint at the rustic of beetle.
The zephyrs are too rough, the showers too
heavy, and she is overpoWered by the per-
fume of rosebud. But let real calamity
come rouse her affection, eakindle the spirit
of her heart, and mark her then. How her
heart strengthens itself; how strong is her
purpose. Place her in the heat of battle,
give her child, a bird, anything she
loves or pities, to protect, and see her, as
in related instance, raising her white arms
as a shield and as her own blood crimsons
her upturned forehead, praying for life to
protect the helpless. Transplant her into
the dark of earth, awaken her energies to
action and her breath becomes healing and
her presence a blessing she disputes
inch by inch, the stride of the stalking pes
thence, when man, the strong and brave,
shrinks away pale and affrighted. Misfor-
tune daunts her not; she wears away life
Of silent endurance, or goes forward with
less timidity than to her bridal. In prosper
perity she is bud full Of imprisoned odors,
waiting but for the winds of adversity to
scatter them abroad-pure gold, valuable
but untrled IN the furnace In short, Wom-
an is a miracle mystery