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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28
Ohio Legislature.
COLUMBUS, Feb. Il

COLUMBUS, Feb. ID.
In the Senate the bill providing fol
the erection of a new Lunatic Asy
lum, was reported back by the Com
mittee on Benevolent Institutions
with several amendments, the prin.
cipal of which provides that the
new asylum shall be located south O.
the National Road, east of the Sciete
River, and not less than fifty miles
from the existing asylum. The bill
was ordered for a third reading to.
morrow.
In the House Mr.. Miller offered 9
resolution, which was adopted, in
structing the Committee on Common
Schools to inquire into the expedien-
cy of so amending the School Law
that all towns and villages having
three hundred inhabitants or upward
shall be separate school districts
whether incorporated or not
On motion of Mr.. Lockwood, the
Senate bill to revise the Road Laws
was taken from the table, numerous
amendments before reported by the
Committee were concurred in. and
the bill set for third reading on We'd
nesday next.
CoLuMBus, Feb, l9.
The Senate passed the following
bills:
Authorizing guardians of lunatics
and idiots to lease lands of their
wards. ~ 'sss 's'is i
Authorizing the levy of five mills
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g Details of another terrible
steamboat disaster are furnished by
the telegraph. Last week, tbesteamer
David White, bound for Louisville.
exploded in the Mississippi 15o miles
above VicksbDrg. The number of
killed is estimated at sixty-fve.-
Nearly all who escaped death sus-
tanned serious injuries. The boat
was a total wreck.
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The Reconstruction Bill.

The Rec0nstructlon Dill
On Wednesday compromise was
effected between the Senate and the
House, and the Military Reconstrue-
tion Bill passed through both houses.
Congress has now presented to the
South definite plan of reconstruc-
ton, and prescribed in plain Ian
euaee the terms upon which they
can obtain restoration to the Union.
That the terms thus presented are
not so favorable as those offered at
last Session in the Constitutional
Amendment, is true. Yet on the
ether hand the bill as amended by
the Senate is shern of mary of the
harsher, measures insisted upon by
Mr.. Stevens in the House. Stevens
plan in effect would have established
q military dictatorship over the
South, and placed the government of
those States exclusively in the hands
of the black population. as it propos-
ed not only to enfranchise the blacks.
but also to disfranchise the whites.
The Senate struck out these more OBJ
jeetionable features, and the main
provisions of the bill as finally pass
ed are that the existing civil govern
ments at the South shall be proyi-
visional only and subject to the para
mount authority of the United States,
which may at any time abolish, modi
fy, control or supercede them
That when the people of any one OF
the rebel states shall have formed 8
Constitution in conformity with the
Constitution of the United States and
framed by convention elected by
the male citizens over 2I years OF
age, of Whatever race or color; and
when such Constitution shall pro
vide that the elective franchise shall
be enjoyed by all male citizens, ire
spective of race or color; and when
the same shall be ratified by the pee
pie of the State and approved by
Congress; and when the Legislature
elected under such Constitution shall
have ratified the Constitutional
Amendment, then such States shall
be entitled to representation in Con
gress, and its Senators and Repre-
sentatives shall be admitted ON tax
ing the oath prescribed by law
The Bill in effect prescribes as the
conditions of reconstruction the
adoption by the rebel States of the
Constitutional Amendment and ne
gro suffrage. It also precludes from
participation in the State govern
ment such Of the leading rebels as
are disfranchised by the Amendment.
The Bill is now in the hands of the
President. If vetoed, it will be pass
ed over the veto. Reverdy johnson
voted for the bill in the Senate
And it is an interesting fact that the
Democratic members in the House
voted all the time with Thad. Ste
vens in his efforts to defeat the
Senate Amendment and retain the
severe measures advocated by him
SELF The bill will probably not
prove acceptable to the South, ne
more than the surrender of their
armies to Gen. Grant Let them
console themselves, if they can, in
the reflection that their own obsti-
nate refusal to ratify the Amend
ment induced the passage of the bill.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

w The Democrats in the House
voted with Mr.. Stevens for his radi-
cal reconstruction measure, the Con-
servative Republicans voting con-
trary. The Democrats are therefore
becoming known as "Thad Stevens
Reseryes -
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

R Gen. Grant has issued a cir
cular directing that hereafter none
bat unmarried men over five feet five
inches high, shall be enlisted in the
o. S. Army, except as musicians or
IN the Veteran Reserve Corps.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

~ The Charleston, South Caro-.
lima papers, print the Reconstruction
Bill as it passed the Senate, and de
clare that the South will never ac-
cept any snch h plan, but will prepare
itself to submit to military rule,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

R The chair of Jno Hancock;
and the table upoa which the Decla-
ration of Independence was signed,
are to be placed in Independence
Hall, Philadelphia.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

A gold mine is said to have been
discovered on the farm OF Jno. VIII
born, in Marion Co. Ky. Lots TWEEN
ty feet square are held ct $50, 900
each. 1t is not said whether any
have been bought, though the speci-
mems found appear to be the genuine
metal.
Surratt has been delivered by the
Navy Department into the custody
et the civil authorities, and placed in
safe quarters at the Jail. He denies
he is Surratt.
A meeting was held in st. Louis,
Friday night, to try and pump lit
tie vigor into the Democratic party
of Missouri, The result was the
passage of the usual grumbIing reso-
lutions, and the approval of the
movement to call q National Demo
cratic Convention at Louisville.
Surratt was on Saturday arraigned
before the Criminal Court in Wash
ington. He was attired in suit OF
black. When brought into Court his
hands were handcuffed, but at the
request of his counsel, the Court
ordered them released. The indiet-
ment was then read to him by the
Clerk. Surratt entered the plea,
mot guilty" The Clerk asked,
'.How viii you be tried?" to which
the response was made, "By my
ceuntrymen,p when the officer added
"Them may God send you safe
deliverance, The handouts were
replaced and the prisoner remanded
to jail. No excitement was manifest
ed during his presence in court.
The tax collector of Obion Co.,
Tennessee, was assassinnated few
days ago by the same band of rebel
outlaws that murdered Senator Case
and two other Union men few
weeks since
1t is reported that the President
has rendered the Collectorship ef n
Y. City to Gen. Sickles, who declin-
ed.
~ The Ironton Register pro,
poses the Hon. V. B. Horton, of this
place, as the next Union candidate
for Governor, and the Washing ton
correspondent of the Ohio State
Journal writes that his name has
been used in that city in the same
connection. We know not how far
this feeling may extend, but we are
very certain that, among all the lead
ing public men Of Ohio, there is ne
filter man for the position that hIr.
Horton, and should he be elected TO
that Office, he would doubtless dis
charge its duties with credit to him
self snd great profit to the State,
Heretofore Mr.. Horton has rather
stunned than ceurted positions OF
public trust, being content to remain
at his home III the performance OF
his social duties and in the manage
ment ef his extensive private bust
ness. What his present feelings may
be we know not, not having exchang-
ed word with him on the subject,
but as his private business now de-
msnds less of his attention than in
former years, we presume he would
not be averse to accepting q nomi-
nation from the Union party for Gov
ernor, if extended to him rs free
will offering We risk nothing, how
ever, in saying that he will never en-
gage in nor countenance any move
ment calculated to force public opin-
ion on the subject. We will only
add that, should the Union men OF
Ohio see fit to put him in nomination,
they will find in him a man on whose
private and public record there is nc
stain-Pomeroy Telegraph.
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Probate Notice.

Settlement of accounts.
TNHE following accounts have been filed in
i the Probate Court of Gallia county,
Ohio, for settlement, and the same will be
for hearing on the 18th day of March, A. D.
1867. First account Of John Varney, Guar
dian of the minor heirs of William Rawson,
deceased. First account OF C. O. Ross, Guard
ian of Emily Cheatham. Final account OF
John Glassbur, Administrator of the Estate
of Lewis Fisher, deceased. Final account Of
William Womeldorff, Executor OF the Estate
of Michael Womeldorf, deceased. FIRST ac-
count of Henry Huntley, Administrator Of
the Estate of James Fl. Johnson. deceased.
ALEXANDER LOGUE,
Feb. %, 1867.
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EhzED.

MADDY-On the 2ith inst. John r., infant
son of James w. and Mary A. Maddy; aged six
months and twcnty-four days
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28
Total Liabilities, 8
MISCELLANEOUS

The gaeatest amountinsured in any one risk
Is Thirty Thousand Dollars.
The greatest amount allowed by the rules to
be insured in any one City, Town, Village
or block, varies.
Deposited with California, S75 600; Iowa,
SI6, 500; Tennessee, so, 900; Ohio, $40, 600.
A copy of the Charter, or Act of Ineorpors-
tion of said Company, is on file with the
Auditor of Ohio.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

~ Members of the Kentucky
Legislature have decided to draw
their pay hereafter in gold.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28
Notice.

ENHE undersigned has been duly appoint
Il ed Executor of the last Will and Test
ament of Sophia A. Parish, late of Gallia
county, Ohio. deceased.
ANGUS D. RUFFNER.
Feb. %. 1867.-3w.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
TO erpire on the 3Ist day Of January, 1858 J
OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF STATE,
lNsUR ASoE DEPARTMENT,
ColvMBUs, ONO, january %, 1867

OEElCE Or The ACDIIoR OF C1AIEy
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT,
CoLvMBUs, ONO, January 2s, 1867.
Whereas, The INSURANCE COMPANY, OF
NORTH AMERICA, located at Philadelphia, in
the State OF Pennsylvania has filed in this office
sworn statement OF its condition, as required By
the act 70 Regulate Insurance Companies not
Incorporated by the State Of Ohio" passed April
g. 1886, and amended February 0, 1864; and the
act 10 regulate Foreign Insurance COmpanies''
passed April s. 1885; and, Whereas. said Conn
pany has furnished the undersigned satisfactory
evidence tbaE it is possessed OF an actual Capital
of at least One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars. Invested as required by said acts; and,
Whereas. said Company nas Eled in this office q
written instrument under its corporate SEAL
signed by the President and Secretary thereof
authorizing any agent or agents Of said Com
pany il this State 20 acknowledge service of
process for and II behalf Of said Company ac-
eOrIing to te terms Of said act of prii s. 1888.
Now. Therefore in pursuance of the acts
aforesaid, |. James II. GUdnlan. Auditor of State
for Ohio do hereby certify that said Insurance
Company OF North America at Philadelphia, is
authorized to transact tho business of Fire and
Marine Insurance in this State until the thirty
first day of January, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and s;xty-eight .I. rgTf
sEAL.l IN Witness Whereof. havo hereunto
subscribed my name and caused the
seal Of my Oilice 10 be affixed the day
and year above writtsil.
JASH. GOODMAN Auditor of State
BY JAS. Williams .Chf. Clerk.
p. A. SANNS, Esq, Agent.
GaIlipoiis, Ohio. a
Feb. 2s. 1861.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

~ The large and generous do
nations made at the North for the re-
lief of the destitute in the South, are
met with q resentful, rather than a
grateful spirit on the part of the
Southern press. Mr., George Pea
bodY's late munifcent gift Of one
million dollars to the South is no
exception. The Augusta Georgia.
Chronicle is highly offended at the
fact that three of the trustees of the
fund are from the State of Massachu-
sets, and thus gives vent to its
spleen:
"One Of two things is certain to
our minds--either that this is deep
laid scheme Of the Northern negro nor
shippers to take possession Of tie youth
Of tie Southern States, IN order to train
their minds to the belief that the great
struggle through Ohich we hare Just pass
ed aOas visi tdtion Of Providence upon
tie sins Of their fathers, or that George
Peabody thinks that there is not
enough of intelligence and virtue in
the South to take charge of and prop
erly invest the funds which he de-
sires to donate
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

NAME AND LOCATION The name of
the Company is KTNA Insurance
CoMPANY, and Is located at Hart
ford, Conn.
CAPITAL The amount OF its Capital Stock
is Three Million Dollars, ard is paid mp.
49,. MARKET Vol,1A
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

R The expense of running the
government of N. Y. City is enor-
nous. Eleven millions dollars will
be required, during the present year,
TO meet expenses and pay the interest
on the city debt. No doubt large
portion of the eleven millions will
find its way into the pockets of eor-
rupt politicians and dishonest off
Gals. The N. Y. City government
is becoming a synonym for corrup-
ton.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

BILITIES.
The amount of Liabilities, due or
not due, TO Banks and other
creditors, ................ None.
Losses adjusted and DUE. None.
Losses adjusted and not DUE. S II, 10000
Losses unadiusted, waiting for
further proof, ................ s77276.96
All other claims against the Com
pany are small, for printing,
de-, estimated, d,...,.-......-- 10000
e. - =.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

A Ex-Gov. ANDREWS, of Mass,
has arrived in Washington, and it is
reported that be IS to take Mr.. Sew
ards place after the 4th of March -
We are afraid the democrats and
rebels will hoapl. some ever the idea Of
tee President going among the Mas
saehusetts yankees for member of
his Cabinet. They would prefer he
should call on ] eff. Davis. :
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STATE OF 0oBNECTTOUT.l
CorNTY of HARTFORD,

STATE i OF oog " \ NEo - JUL SIS.
Lucius J. HExDEE, President, and JoTHAN
GooDyow, Secretary, of the KTNA INSURANCE
COMPANY, being severally sworn, depose and
say that the foregoing is full, true and cor
| rect statement OF the affairs of said Company;
that the said Insurance Company is the bona
fide owner Of ct least Two Hundred Thou
eand Dollars of actual Cash Capital invested
in stocks and bonds; that the above described
investments, or any part thereof, are not
made for the benefit Of any individual exer-
eising authority in the management Of said
Company, either as President. Secretary,
Treasurer, Director or otherwise, and that
they are the above described officers Of sGid
Insurance Company.
LUCIUS J. HENDEE, Prss'nt.
IS cent? JOTHAM GO0DNOW, See'ty.
! Rev. Subscribed and sworn before me
lStampA this lst day Of January, 1861.
~ HENRY Fowler, Justice of the Pesee.
OFFIcE OF THE AUDITOR or STATE,
CoLuMBUs, ONO, Jan. Ilth, 1867.
Irs HEREBY CEKTFIED, That the foregoing
is correct copy of Statement OF condition
of the AsTEA INSURANCE COMPANY,
of Hartford. Connecticut. made to and hled
in this Office, for the year 1867.
IsExL. WITNESS nav han0 aud seal officially,
IFivE oESr srAaP.1 JAMESH. GOODMAN,
Audiior Or State.
RE-. STEW wAkE, Agent.
GalTipStis, Chic.
NJ 90 1cc1
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STATB OF PENNSYLVANIA,
COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.{

Corsr1 OF PHlEADP1rurA. S..
Arthur G. Coffin, President and Charles Platt
Secretary Of the Insurance Company of North
America, being severally affirmed, depose and
say that the foregoing is full, true and correct
statement of the affairs Of the said Insurance
Company, and that they are the above described
officers thereof
ARTHUR G. COFFIN, President.
CHARLES PLATT, Secretary.
Subscribed and affirmed before me, this a5th
day of january, 1851, as-witnesSmy hand and No
tarial seal. ~.
lSeal1 SAML. i. CLEMENT,
Five cent Stampl Notary Public
OFFICE OF TIE AUDITOR OF STArE,l
COLUMBUS, Ono, January %, 1867.
I!is hereby Certified. That the foregoing is a
correct copy of the Statement OF Contliton of the
Insurance Company, of.f5orth America ut Phila-
delphia, made to and nled III this Ofice, fOr the
year 1861
. (Seal Witness my hand and seal officially. 'ii
JAMES II. GOODMAN, Auditor of State.
By JAMES WILLIAMS, Chief Clerk
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-02-28

measures to secure protection of life
ana property to the loyalists Of the
South. These two causes combined,
the rejection of the Amendment and
the failure Of the courts in the South
to protect loyal men, have undeubt-
edly led to the late movement in
Congress. And if the South Is tenn
porarily subjected to harsh and ap-
parently oppressive measures, she
cannot deny that she herself created
the necessity for the exercise of such
measures. Favorable terms she
could have had, but she persistently
refused them. The responsibility
lies at her own door.
The Democratic party at the North
must also share that responsibility
with her. Had the Amendment been
offered to the South at the close of
the war, we have every reason to be-
lieye that it would have been gladly
and heartily accepted. That it is
rejected now may be traced directly
to the false hopes raised at the South
by the false teachings of the Demo
cratic party. Democratic politicians
and journals, from the very close of
/ the war to the present time, have
been sedulously teaching the South,
that united they were strong enough
| to regain control Of the Government
and dictate the terms of recanstrue-
ton. Upon this false idea'the South
has been acting, and 1t has led her
from mistake to mistake. She has
yet to learn that the Copperhead par
ty at the North do not represent the
loyal sentiment of the country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-18
Tarribls Death Of an Old Man from a
Savage Bull.

A private letter from Hustisford
Dodge county, has been handed us, says
the Milwaukee Sentinel, of September
9th, which relates an awful affair in O
neighboring town. The letter says:
Mr.. John Wilson, farmer living neal
the town of Lebanon, Dodge county,
had bull which for some time past had
shown unmistakable signs of viciousness,
and was looked upon bv some of the
neighbors as dangerous animal Mr..
Wilson's father, an old man nearly
eighty years of age, lived with him, and
usually let down the bars of the pasture
every forenoon, so that the cattle could
60 down to brook near by to drink
On Thursday evening last, Mr.. Wilson
and his wife returned from Watertown,
and were surprised to hear the old man
relate how he had had fight with the
bull while they were away, and had con-
quered him, giving him the finishing
stroke by striking him between the eyes
with a stone. Mr.. Wilson warned the
old man not to meddle with the bull
again, as it was peaceable enough if let
alone, but it was unsafe for a man as
old as he was to interfere with such an
animal But he said he would surely
make him mind.
On the following day (Friday) the old
man went as usual to let out the cattle,
and it was rather strange that before
going he knelt down on the stoop of the
house aud prayed very fervently. Moth
ing further was thought of him till Mr..
Wilson's daughter happening to 60 to
the front door, heard a loud believing
from the field, and on looking saw the
bull with some large object on his horns,
surrounded by the other cattle, and all
in great commotion. As soon as the
fright of the women permitted, intelli-
gence was sent to Mr.. Wilson, who was
working about a half mile of, and on
going to the field in company with some
of his neighbors, they found the old mar
perfectly dead, every vestige of his
clothing torn off him except the wrist
bands of his shirt, the bottom of the legs
of his pantaloons, and a heavy leathern
belt which he usually wore around him.
He was in an awful mangled condition
"a space of ground of about quarter
Of an acre showing, by its torn up state,
as did also the clots Of blood, lying here
and there, and the strips of clothing
scattered around, the dreadful nature OF
the conflict which had but a few moments
before taken place. The old man en-
joyed the best of health, was powerfully
built, and those who had known him
years said he probably never knew the
meaning Of fear, but lately he had be-
come little childish.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-18
rho Seven Ancient wonders Of the world.

The Seven Ancient Wonders Of the World
|. The brass Colossus of Rhodes, one
hundred aud twenty feet high, built by
Cares, A. d. 2S8, occupying twenty
years in making. 1t stood across the
harbor of Rhodes sixty-six years, and
was then thrown down by an earthquake.
II was bought by jew, from the Sara
Gems, who loaded nine hundred camels
with the brass.
2. The Pyramids of Egypt The
largest one engaged three hundred and
sixty thousand workmen thirty thousand
years in building and has stood at least
three thousand years.
3. The Aqueducts of Rome, invented
by Appius Claudius, the censor.
4 The Labyrinth of Psammeticus, on
the banks of the Nile, containing within
one continued wall one thousand houses
and twelve royal palaces, all covered
with marble, and having only one en- =
trance. The building was said to con-
tain three thousand chambers, and hall
built of marble, adorned with statues OF
the gods.
s. The Pharos of Alexandria, tower
built by order of Ptolemy Philadelphus,
in the year 2S2 B. G. 1t was erected as
light house, and contained magnificent
galleries of marble-a large lantern at
the top, the light of which was seen
nearly hundred miles; mirrors Of enor-
nous sizes were fixed round the galle-
ries, rejecting everything on the seas.
A common tower is now erected in its
place.
G. The walls of Babylon, built by or
der OF Semiramis, or Nebuchadnezzar,
and finished in one year by two hundred
thousand men. They were of immense
thickness.
7. The Temple of Diana, at Ephesus,
completed in the reign of Servius, sixth
king of Rome. 1t was four hundred and
fifty feet long, two hundred broad, and
supported by one hundred and twenty
six marble pillars, seventy feet high.
The beams ard doors were of cedar, the
rest of the timber of cypress. 1t was
DESTROYED 365. B c.