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'HNIasH o~-< ".hasHfA ..t" 'L. # -
TNlIE drawing will take place 1T Masonic
day of September, 1900 ih A''t
Agents will furnish pamphlets, giving do
scription of the property, and containing the
act of the Legislature, AUTHORIZING THE SALE.
Tho responsibility and integrity of the, Com.
missioners, who have charge Of the Enterprise,
be found inithe +panphlets,) Of the following
gentlemen Governor j. W. Stevenson. Hons.
Garrct Davis, and Thomas G. McCrcery, United
States Senators. Hon. John Il. Bunoh, Speak.
or of tho Kentucky House;o f Representatives.
Hon. Archibald Dixon, Joseph Adams, Presi.
don't of Farmers, Bank i. @. Dallam, ,Prosi-
dent of National Bank; John II. Barrett, and
others, Of Henderson, XIV. Hon. W. i. Par.
rett, Judge Of thc Circuit Court Of 18th Judioial
District, and M. s. johnson, Judge Of Court
Common Pleas, Of Ind. lion. Wm. II. Walk.
CIR, Mayor John S.tIIopkins, President LIST
National Bank and others of Evansville. In.
diana, and many other gentlemen of position
and prominence III Kentucky and Indiana.
pay The Farms $500 acres cleared and undo,
cultivation have boon rented tho present ycar
QSG9,) for So per acre, money rent; bonds
for the, rent have been deposited in the Farmers
Bnnk ut Henderson, Ky, subject to control oil
the commissioners and will be assigned to those
drawing the Farms. Rent of tho capital prize,
$4,000.
TICKETS
Can be purchased of
j. II. LYME, Farmers Bank, Henderson, Ky.
Il. b. ALEXANDER, Commercial Bank. Lou
isvillc, Ky.
JOHN G. LATHAM, President Bank of Hop
kinsville, Hopkinsvillc, Ky.
JAMES l.. DALLAM, Commercial Bank, Pa
ducah, Ky.
3. G. THOMAS, Lexington. Ky.
w. B. TYLER, Greensboro, Ky.
MAY TO-, 1860 81 If
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In Bankruptcy.

IN THE NATTER OF NJ. R. uUNNIcUrT, BANKRUPT.
rENIIE Creditors Of NJ. II. Hnnnicutt. Bank
il rupt, holding Liens against said Bank
rupts Estate, arc horoby notified to provo thor
said Lions before "a. JAEceR,l Rogistor in
Bankruptcy, ut his Office in Ncwbcrry, S. c.,
within thirty days from this dato, upon pain Of
boing barred from any share in tho proceeds of
tho salo Of said Estate.
Ig"l WIN. A. LAY,
Assignee.
May 4, 1866. 4. .I.lN1l iY.NAN'' 3
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Piedmont Life Insurance Company
RICHMOND, VA.

TNIIIS COMPANY is based upon q paid up
Il capital of One hundred Thousand Dollars,
safely invested in Real Estate, and during the
first seventeen months of its origin had issued
about $1,000 Policies, and had received an in4
comeof about$350,0 900, a su~ccessncvcr equaled;
if reached, by my Company in tho world.
This Company insured, and paid promptly,
the policy on the life of General N. O.. Evans.
Call on tho subscribers, and secure q rPolicy.at
once, for delays are dangerous" All Of its
Policies are 'non.forfciting. l'f ''
WM. WA11NE, M. D., Medical Examiner.
NJ. L. SHARPE, Agent at Pcndleton, S.. C.
ISACC BRANCH, NJ. d., Agent at Largo.
Walballa, March 0, 1869. Uf 1tINh.
We refer to Coy. j. l.. Orr, Judge Murray,
Hon. j. p. Reed, Gen. McGowan, lion. w. b,
Simpson, Rev. D.. NJ. Turner, ROY. RI. Grior
and at least one hunllod from Abbeville, all
o fwhom arc insured in this Company.
March O., 1860 '' 22'HH' 3m&
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-.orE.-We would call the particular attcn
ton of our friends to the above card. p. P.
Tealc has a large Factory, aud such facilities
as enable him to supply tho hest work of his
own mako at low prices. a very largo and
complete assortment always on hand ut his
Factory, IIORLBECK'S WHARF, NEAR
NORTH EASTERN RAILROAD DEPOT,
CHARLESTON, S. G.
n. B:-Ordcrs from tho country. solicited,
and strict attention paid to shipping in good
order. |
April 5, 1860 2G If
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or and his devoted comrades during tho war
%intorost to oil lovers of tho daring, bravo and
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Pubilsh.ngg ITooussea, POS Kain.st., Louisville, Ky,
Nav 10, 1860 &SSIa 81 @ If
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Executors Notice.

A III PERSONS having demands against tho
"a Estate of j.. Gambrcll Bryce, decd, aro
hcrcby required to present them to tho under
signed within tho time prescribed by law, else
they will be barred. ih1.Hh
G.. w. BURNS,
M Qualified Ex'or.
April %, 1869 80 81
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-08-05
A Good Word for the Musquito

As so many readers will find them
selves in close contact with this insect,
presently, We quote what the Entomol.
ogist says concerning him, for their
edi6cation:
The eggs of the musquito are laid
in bowl shaped mass upon the sur
face of stagnant water by the mother
fly. After Matching out they become
the wiggletails or wiggling worms that
may be seen in the summer in any bar
rel of water that is exposed to the at
mosphere for any length of time. FL
nally the "wiggletails" come to the sur
face, and the full fiedged musquito
bursts out of them, at first, with very
short limp wings, which in a short
time grow both in length and stiffness.
The sexes then couple, and the above
process is repeated again, probably a
dozen times in the course of one season.
1t is curious fact that the male mus
quito, which may be known by its
feathered ant@, is physically incapable
of sucking blood.
The musquito is not an unmitigated
pest. Although in the winged state
the female sucks our blood and dis
turbs our rest, in the larvy state the
insect is decidedly beneficial, by puri-
flying stagnant water that would other
wise breed malarial diseases. Linneus
long ago showed that if you place two
barrels of stagnaht water side by side.
neither of them containing any "wig-
gletails," or other living animals, and
cover one with gauze, leaving the other
one uncovered, so that it will soon be-
come full of "wiggletaiis,' hatched
out from the eggs deposited by the fe-
male musquito, then the covered bar
rel will, in few weeks, become very
offensive, and the uncovered barrel
will emit no impure and unsavory va
pors.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-08-05
The Printers Estate.

The printers dollars-where ar,
they? A dollar here and a dollal
there scattered over numerous small
towns all over the country, miles and
miles apart--how shall they be gather.
ed together? The paper maker, the
building owner. the journeyman COM
positor; the grocer, the tailor, and all
his assistants to him in carrying on bis
business, have their demands, hardly
ever so small as a single dollar. But
the mites from here and there must be
diligently gathered and patiently
boarded, or the wherewithal to dis
charge the Ii abilities will never become
sufficiently bulky. We imagine the
printer will have to get up an address
to these widely scattered dollars, some
thing like the following:
dollars, halves, quarters, dimes,
and all manner of fractions into which
you are divided, collect yourselves and
come home. Ye are wanted? Com
binations of all sorts of men that help
the printer to become a proprietor,
gather such force and demand with
such good reasons your appearance at
his counter, that nothing short of a
sightof you will appease them. Col
lect yourself for valuable as you are in
the aggregate, single you will never
pay the cost of gathering. Come in
here in single file, that the printer may
form you into battalion, and send you
forth again, to battle for him and via
dicate his credit.
Reader, are you sure you havn't a
couple of the printers dollars sticking
about your old clothes?
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-08-05

SHE WOULDN'T MARRY A MECHANIC -
A young man began visiting a youns
woman, and appeared well pleased
One evening he called when it wa
quite late, which led the girl to in
quire where he had been.
81 had to work tonight"
"Whatl do you work for living%
she inquired in astonishment.
Certainly" replied the young man
81 am mechanic" :"
II dislike the name of a mechanic, u
and she turned up her pretty nose.
That was the last time the young
man visited the young woman. He is
now wealthy man, and has one OF
the best women in the country for his
wife.
The lady who disliked the name Of
mechanic is now the wife of misera-
BILE fool, regular vagrant about grog-
shops, and the soft, verdant and mis-
cradle girl is obliged tc take in washing
to support herself and children.
We pity any girl who has so little
brains. who is SO verdant, SO soft as to
think less of young man for being
a mechanic-one of Gods noblemen-
the most dignifed and honorable per-
sonage of Heavens creatures.
Beware, young lady, how you treat
young men who work for a living, you
may one day be menial to one of them
yourself.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-08-05

lost one man. and one man wounded.
Thus ended the exploring of the valley
of the Scioto this year.
"In this expedition our fellow-cit-
izen, General James Menury, was pres
ent, and sustained throughout his char
acter of brave man, being one OF
the first to engage with the enemy
This was the last Indian fight during
the old Indian war.
'.The fall and winter of 1875 passed
off without anything worthy of note
taking place in the settlement. Gen.
eral Wayne had concluded a treaty Of
peace with the Indians, which was
looked upon rather as a truce than q
permanent peace. Numerous treaties
of peace had been made with them
during this long and bloody war,
which treaties lasted NO longer than till
an opportunity offered to make some
successful assaults upon the whites.
Indeed, the whites themselves, at that
day, were not very scrupulous of vi
olatipg the terms of treaties, both
parties being exasperated-against each
other, on account of the many hor-
rid massacres which had reciprocally
taken place in border war Of thirty
years. But, fortunately for the whites,
Wayne seemed to have turned in earn
est the spirit of the Indians, as the
treaty of Greenville remained inviolate;
with very few exceptions, till 1919
"This was the last Indian fight on the
waters of the Scioto River"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-08-05
The Last Indian Fight on the
Sci0to.

When Nathaniel Massie first under
took the survey of the Scioto Valley,
the main obstacle that he met was the
warlike spirit exhibited by the Indians,
who seemed determined that the foot of
the white man should not touch the
soil of their old hunting grounds. Mas
sie's first attempt at a settlement on the
Scioto was frustrated by the Indians.
In l795 an effort was again made,
which was met by the menacing dispo-
sition of the Indians, and which re-
suited in a fight and complete victory
for the whites. Mcdonald gives de-
scription:
"In the year 1875, while Wayne was
in treaty with the Indians, a company
came out from Manchester, on the Ohio
river, to explore the Northwestern Ter
ritory, and especially the valley of the
Scioto. General Massie was in this
little band. After proceeding several
days cautiously, they fell on Paint
Creek, near the falls. Here they found
fresh Indian signs, and had not travelled
far before they heard the bells on the
horses. Some of the company were
what was called raw hands. and previ-
GUS to this wanted much 'to smell In
dian powder
"One the company, who had fought
in the revolutionary war, and also with
the Indians, said to one ofthese vauut-
ing fellows: If you do, you will run,
or am mistaken A council was now
called. Some of the most experienced
though it best to take the enemy by
surprise. General Massie, Fallernach
and R. w. Finley were to lead on the
company, and Captain Petty was to
bring up the rear. The Indians were
encamped on Paint Creek, precisely at
what is called Reeves Crossing. They
came on them by surprise, and out of
forty men about twenty of them fought.
Those fellows who wanted to smell
powder SO much, ran the other way,
and hid behind logs, and Captain Petty
reported afterward that they had the
ague, they were so much affrighted.
The battle was soon ended in favor of
the whites, for the Indians fed across
the creek, and left all they had but their
guns.
"Several were killed and wounded,
and one white man, a Mr.. Robinson,
was shot through the body and died
Immediately. These Indians had one
male prisoner with them, who made
his escape to othe whites, ,and was brought
home to his relatives. AS soon as the
company could gather up all the horses
and skins, and other plumber, they re-
treated for the settlement at Manches-
ter, on the Ohio River Night over
took them on the waters of Scioto
Brush Creek, and as they expected to
be followed by the Indians, they made
preparation for the skirmish. The next
morning, an hour before day, the at
tack was made with vigor on the part
of the Indians, and resisted. as manfully
by few of the whites. There being
sink-hole near, those Dragging cow
ards got down into it to prevent the
balls from hitting them. Several
horses were killed, and one man, Mr..
Gilillan, shot through the thigh. At
ter an hours contest the Indians re-
treated, and the company arrived at
the place they started from, having
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-08-05
Mark Twain at Vicksburg.

At dinner yesterday helped my
self to piece of pumpkin pie. The
gentleman who had been so obliging
as to amuse me at an expense of sew
enty-ive dollars, observing me eat the
pie, rose from the table with frown
on his face. When had finished my
dinner and walked forward to the So
cial hall, he approached with drawn
bowie knife, and sternly demanded
where was from. Told him, after
slight hesitation, that / was born in
Albemarle county, Va, and that ] was
nephew of Colonel. He then
said, If that is the case, sir, you may
continue to live; but, sir, l thought you
must be id Yankee from the way
you eat that pumpkin pie, and in that
case should have regarded it my duty
to nv country to cut your throat.
I thanked him very politely for the
high regard he manifested for the
place of my birth and family eonnec-
tons. He then asked me if I took
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-08-05

"YoUR TAXES ARE NO HraHKR. -
Democrats replying to the charge that
the late unlamented Legislature squan.
dered the peoples money and increased
the expense of the State, reply: "Youl
taxes are no higher. Had we increased
the expenditures we would have had Il
have increased the rate of taxation tc
have paid them. This would have in,
creased your taxes, which is not the
case. This bowling about increased
expenditures is all for effect"
This is their line of argument
What are the facts in the case? The
last Republican levy for the payment
of the State debt was 12 cents on the
500, and for general revenue pur.
poses, 10 cents on the 500. Total,
for these purposes, 22 cts. on the
500.
The Democratic levies for the same
purposes are seven cents on the SlOO
for State debt, and fifteen cents on the
S1OO for general revenue purposes
Total 22 cents on the S1OO, as be-
fore.
Thus it will be seen that the Demo-
crat can verify his position that the
taxes have not increased, and that, in
the face of levy of fve cents more on
the 500 for general revenue purposes,
than was levied by the Republicans.
This little bit of purely Democratic
strategy results in the Democracy's
preventing the payment of about
100000 of the State debt next year,
and paying fully that much for the in
creased expenditures, caused by al
lowing the Democracy to run the State
two years. Taxpayers can cypher
the thing out.-Erckange.
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Journal.

HANDS AND FEET went into a
shop the other day to buy what the
drapers call "gents' hose" A smiling
young lady was behind the counter;
and when had made an appeal to her
to show me some socks, / was somewhat
doubtful what course of action l ought
to pursue in order to demonstrate to
her the length of my foot. As 1 am
not burlesque writer, it was clear that
1 could not lay my boot on the counter
and say "with all my sole;;" nor could
1 paraphrase Dibdin's Jack Tar, when
be spoke of the dancer who $50 dainty
handled her feet" The little woman,
however, speedily removed my first
perplexity; though only to plunge me
into another.
"Will you," said she, "please to
double up your fist and lay it on the
counter?'
/ replied that / did not want gloves,
but socks.
"And want to take your MEASURE"
she said.
But" 1 urged, sit is the measure
of my foot that you require"
"Yes," she replied, "and | can get
it equally as well from your hand
Once round your clenched fist, at the
knuckles, is the length of your foot"
And she took the measure of my
fist, and / took the socks on the faith
of the damsePs representation; and.
in due course, I found that she was
quite right, and fitted me to nicety.-
Curiosities of Shopping.
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she DIED FoR mE.n
A Touching War Incident.

Many interesting narratives and ex-
perienees are told at Henry Ward
Beecher's Friday evening prayer meet
ings. One night one of the prominent
citizens of Brooklyn, doing business in
Wall street. related the following. I
reproduce the story as it fell from his
lips:
Not long since / found myself at
Cincinnati with little spare time, and
l thought l would improve it in vis-
iting some of the Southern battle
fields and burial places. / first pro-
ceeded to Nashville. On going out to
the Soldiers Cemetery. 1 observed
man planting flower over grave. 1
approached him and asked if his son
was buried there.
"No," was the response.
ga son-in-law?"
"No."
"a brother?"
"No."
ga relative?"
"No."
"Whose memory, then, do you cher
ish?" l ventured to ask. After de-
laying a moment and putting down
small board which he held in his hand
he replied:
"Well, 1 will tell you. When the
war broke out, lived in Illinois. 1
wanted to enlist, but was poor and
had large family of children depend
ing upon me for their daily bread
Finally, as the war continued, was
drafted. No draft money was given
to me; / was unable to procure a sub
stitute, and made up my mind to CO.
After had got everything in readi-
ness and was just leaving to report for
duty at the conscript camp, young
man whom l had known, came to me
and said: You have a big family
whom your wife can not support while
you are gone; will go for you.' In
the battle of Chicamauga the poor fell
low was dangerously wounded. Ow-
ing TO Bragg's offensive demonstrations
on Chattanooga, he. along with others,
was taken back to the hospital at Nash
vile. After lingering illness he died
and was buried here. Ever since hear
ing of his death, l have been desirous
of coming to Nashville and seeing that
his remains were properly buried
Having saved sufficient funds, l came
on yesterday, and have to-day found
the poor fellows grave"
On completing his story the man
took up the small board and inserted it
at the foot of the grave. Turning to
look at it, l saw this simple inscription.
and nothing more: "He died for
me."-N Y. Correspondence Chicago
Journal.
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E A New York paper calls up the
following Renaissance in connection
with the Ohio Democracy gubernato-
rial nomination:
"On the night before Vallandigham.
then Democratic candidate for Cover
nor of Ohio, was sent through the lines
of the army of the Cumberland, by
order of General Burnside-it was in
mid summer 1868, now six years ago
he was visited at his headquarters
assigned him in Murfreesboro, Tenn,
by General William s. Rosecrans. then
commanding the department. General
Rosecrans, forgetting his dignity, as
he occasionally did. entered into a
long and, on his part, violent discus
sion on political subjects. During the
conversation, Vallandigham, claiming
that his position would be justified
by the future policy and events of the
war, remarked to Rosecrans that in
FIVE years the General would think as
the exile then thought, and stand where
he then stood. It seems that Val
landigham was right as to facts, and
very nearly correct as to time. He
may not think precisely as Vallan-
digham thought, bat as the candidate
Of the Democracy Of Ohio for the
Governorship, Rosecrans certainly
stands where VaIlsndighsm stood"
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American House /!

THIS HOUSE, situated on Locust Street,
i opposite the Court House, is always
open for the accommodation of day and week
boarders, on terms az reasonable as any
house in the city.
G. d. WALL.
Dec. I9, le67.-tf.
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For the Gallipolis Journal.
C0RRINNE.

bright are the crystal stars and gay,
0. bright the diamonds richest ray.
The lakelet bright meath silvery moon,
Brighter than these or the sheen OF noon.
Are the eyes Of dear Corrinne.
sweet is the virgin breath of Spring,
Sweet the spoils that the bee doth bring,
sweet is the cup of the heneyed flower,
Sweeter than either in rarest power,
Are the lips Of my Corrinne.
Soft are the folds Of the snowy rose.
The mossy bed whereon dews repose,
Soft is the plumage Of the swan,
Softer and whitef than finest down,
Is the breast of pure Corrinne.
Fine are the hymns in the leafy vale,
Rich are the tones Of the nightingale,
Rich is the song OF the rippling rill.
But finer and richer and sweeter still.
Is the voice of fond Corrinne.
Pure Is the blossom and bud new born.
Pure the tralucent beads Of morn,
The lily pure and featbery foam,
Purer by far. in its happy home,
Is the heart of loved Corrinne.
J. Fl. v.
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Number SO.

part in the rebellion. l said yes. He
inquired on which side. I replied, on
both; that I was visiting relation Of
mine by the name of John NJ. Bolts at
the time the war broke out, and that
l remained there until the war closed.
He seemed satisfied with my answer,
and asked me to introduce him to Gene
raj Blair. He told the General he was
the first man he had ever voted for
that he had fought against; that the
South could never been conquered if
he colonel Jay Hawker, l think be
called himself--had been in command,
or if they had been like him. He had
lost very heavily by the war. l think
he said he had lost an uncle, mig
ger, watch, and thirty dollars in con-
federate money.
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pentant infant. AS this is her third
season, the person mnst be sharp who
can impose upon her, a worthless gift.
About four weeks ago a man gave
her stick of candy which had been
soaked for some time in tobacco juice.
Seeming not to mind the joke,
"Baby" waited little, and when the
joker had almost forgotten the Incl
dent, she took up huge piece of liver
lying near the cage Of lions, and sent
the mass full against the fellows
breast, knocking him down, and alto
gether spelling the bosom of his white
shirt. and his ideas of fsuperior smart
ness"