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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30
Hayes and Psndlston.

Gen. Geo. A. Sheridan, in his speecl
at Bellefontaine, draws the following
contrast between the positions occu
pied by Hayes and Pendleton during
the autumn of "a:
"Gov. Hayes, my friends, has very
forcibly discussed the different posi-
tons occupied by Rosecrans and Pen
dleton during the winter of '63. His
modesty prevents him contrasting his
own with the position of Pendleton
during the war. Let me recall to your
mind an incident in the career of Gen.
Hayes: Come with me to the valley OF
the Shenandoah; it is tho beautiful au-
tumn of '64, September sun shines
kindly down on wood and harvest field,
and tips with silver the bayonets OF
two rival armies that confront each
other. A brigade of Ohio troops are
lying on their arms waiting the order
to advance. Suddenly the bugles,
from all their brazen throats. peal out
the charge; the line grows imbued with
life and braces itself for mighty eff
fort. Through the ripening grain the
column sweeps forward, their bayo-
nets gleam for an instant on its outer
edge and then are lost in a dense
growth of cedar. Suddenly the line
pauses, something unknown. before in
all its history; through the halting col
umn. q man, compact and wiry rushes,
his quick glance takes in the danger
spread out before his troops; a SEEM
ingly impossible marsh IS seen, and be-
yond, the batteries of the enemy.
What's to be done? To 60 back is dis
grace, to move by the flank and seek
passage round, will lose the battle.
His blue eve lights up with fire; "for-
ward'' comes from his close shut lips;
his spurs sink deep in his horses
fanks; rider and horse plunge into the
watery marsh; on, on they struggle;
now sinking in the treacherous earth;
now hid by the smoke from the lurking
batteries. At length the shore is gain
ed. The troops, reused by the splendid
heroism of the man, give one great
shout. and dash after him; they strug-
gle through the Shiny waste; gather
around their leader, and in answer to
his quick forward" dash on the bat
teries with leveled bayonets; sweep all
opposition from their front; then charge
like a whirlwind down the flank of the
rebel army. Their splendid valor turn
ed the day. The battle of Winchester
was won. The man whose nerve and
fire reused his falling columns in the
very crisis of the battle, was General
Hayes, your candidate for Governor.
Where was George II. Pendleton? At
that very hour he was the candidate of
the "peace party" for Vice President.
At the very instant Hayes was crown
ing the banners of Ohio with glory,
Pendleton was doing all he could to
drape these banners all in white in to-
ken of surrender. Why, my friends,
the splendid gallautry of Hayes on that
day will be fresh and green
in the memory of this Nation, when its
people have forgotten that such man
as George H. Pendleton ever lived. is
there no choice between these men for
Governor. the one soldier, tried and
true, the other traitor of the most un
questioned kind?" ...
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30
RE- Josh Billings relateth his first

experience with the gong thusly:
can never holi eradicate from my
memory the sound of the first gong I
ever heard--I was setten on the front
stupe NV tavern in the sitty Nv Buffer
10, pensively smokin. The sun was
goin to bed, and the hevins fur and
mere were blushing at the performance.
The Ery Kanal with its golden waters
was on its way tu Albany, and l was
perusin the line botes a fotin bi, and
thnkin ov Itlay (wher 1 used to live
and her gondolers. Mi entire sole, as
it were WOE in a swet. 1 wanted to
Kline, | felt CRATE, actually grew
There are things in this life not tu be
trihed with; there are times when
man breaks luse from hisself, when he
sees spirits, when he can almost tueh
the mune, and feels as tho he cud fill
both hands with the stars of hevin--al-
most sware he was a bank president.
That's what allied me.
But the course of tru love never did
run smuthe, (this was Shakspear's
opinion, too, l and he often thinks thro
a quill, just as 1 wos doin my best
dummer, dummer, sapt, bang, beller,
crash, roar, ram, dummer, rip, whang,
rare, rally dummer, dummer, dunn
with one tremenjus jump l struck the
center of the sidewalk, with another
stood in the middle of the street,
snortin like an Injine pony at band of
musk. Gain in wild despare at the
tavern stand, mi hart swelled up as
big as an out door oven, mi teeth were
as luce as a string of bedes. 1 thot
all the crockery in the tavern had
fell down. | thot ov fenomenons. 1
thot ov Gabriel and his horn. wos
just on the pint ov thinkin ov something
else, when the landlord KUN out to the
front stupe of the tavern, holding by
string the bottom of an old brass ket-
tie. He knowled me gently with his
hand, | went slola and slola up to him,
he kammed my feres, he ssd supper
wuz reddy, he askt me if I wud hav
black or green tea, and sed 1 wud.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30
E%- In New Hampshire town there

~ In New Hampshire town there
lived an ignorant, irreligious, worthless
family, Ransom by name, no member
of which had been seen inside a church
within the memory of the oldest in
habitants." The village pastor, after
years of failure, had at length "almost
persuaded two of the younger scions
to promise attendance for one Sabbath;
but the fear that they would be the
subject of some personal remarks still
deferred them. They were in great
terror lest they should be publicly up
braided for their misdoings, and called
to account for their wickedness.
After much exertion their fears were
Quilted, and on the following Sunday
the eyes of the good pastors congre-
CATION were astonished at the unwonted
presence of the aforesaid Ransoms.-
All went well until the reading of the
second hymn, which was the familiar
"Blow ye trumpets, blow" etc. I'm.
agine the effect, when, at the end o.
the line "Return, We ransom'd sinners
home," the older of our heroes seized
his hat, and, with long strides toward
the door, shouted: "Come along home,
Bill; l knowed they'd be finging at us
if we came here"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30

~"O mamma, come on" "Il
you don't hush I'll kuock you down!''
These words arrested our attention a
few days ago as we stepped from the
cars at station on the Pennsylvania
Railroad. The contrast in the voices
struck us before we lifted our eyes to
see. When we looked up there stood
before us little boy of perhaps four
summers tugging at his mother
skirts and pleading with her "to come
on with most earnest entreaty. The
hot sun blazed in his dear tender face
without pity. The curls lay on his
neck thick and strong. His forehead
was ample and white. The heat had
burnt his face into redness. The
sweat stood in transparent trembling
beads on his forehead. He carried on
his little arm a bundle too heavy fol
his years. The brave little fellow was
tired. We could see it in his weary
looking face. We could hear it in his
plant. And there he stood and plead
with the eloquence of simple childhood
with his mother to ''come on" His
tired look-the big tears that stood in
his face, his earnest appeal touched
our heart. The mother was a young
woman and handsome. She was en-
gagged in conversation with man.
There was an irritated and worried ex-
preston in her face, her manner indi-
Gated trouble. And we pitied her too,
as we stood looking in her uneasy face
and saw on her arm little babe slum-
bering quietly.
But the rude impatience, the rough
repulse she gave that worn boy filled
us with real sorrow. eff you don't
hush I'll knock you down." And
these rough words were uttered with
an unfeeling emphasis. Doubtless she
was in trouble and suffered the friction
of severe circumstances. Still she was
a mother, and that tired boy, fretted
and fevered by terrible sun, needed
smile and soft patient word. 1t was
her duty to bear her own woe, and
help her worn child to bear his too.
How unmotherly her behavior--how
brutal and cruel: "rll knock you
DOWN." The poor little fellow looked
up in his mothers face, but there was
no light of love in it, no softening pity.
And if the tired little soul cannot see
light and love and pity in mothers
face, where in all this stricken world is
he to look for them? Mothers, do not
kill your children by harsh, hard
words. Bend over them in their sor-
rows and breathe the breath of love in
their faces. Kiss the fever from their
cheeks, and drop tear into the sweat
that tired nature forces into their tenn
pies. And though your own burden
lie on your soul like mountain, still
stoop TO help your stricken child to
carry his. This is true motherhood.
God will bless you with strength to do
it. 1t will get your child's affection
twining around you and instill you in
to all power over him. And when
you grow weary and old he will be
loving and true and strong, going with
you down to the grave like an angel of
God Christian Radical.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30
Marked Change at Niagara Falls

The theory that has for some time
been discussed with regard to the cav
ing in or wearing away of Niagara,
has this season found new fuel to add
to the argument in its favor. Consid-
cradle comment has been going the
rounds of the papers for few weeks
with relation to the changed appear
ance of the Falls from that of last
year. The Horse Shoe, it is stated. has
evidently given way some thirty feet
to that part of the cone where the
'green water" is seen, so that the
horse shoe appearance is metamor-
phosed to that of triangular shape.
1t is thought that about one hundred
and fifty tons of rock must have fallen
in on the Horse Shoe alone, and old
habitues are taking landmarks to no.
tice the recession that may take place
before another year. The American
Falls. also, has evidently given way at
points to considerable extent. There
is no doubt but that the Niagara is
crumbling away and-falling back, but
the present recession is probably the
greatest ever witnessed by any one
generation. The heavy ice fields which
pass over it in the spring. the strong
currents and ceaseless wear and tear
of time, the mighty laundering cata-
ract must inevitably tell upon the
rocky crest of the grand old shrine;
but, of course, It's falling away
must be so slow as not to be observa-
bic to the eye, except when, from time
to time, some of the immense powders
give way.-ROckport " ~ Journal.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30
More Extracts from Mark TWain's
Book.

BY some happy fortune | was not
sea-sick. That was a thing to be
proud of. l had not always escaped
before. If there is one thing in the
world that will make man peculiarly
and insufferably self conceited, it is to
have his stomach behave itself, the first
day at sea, when nearly all his com
rades are sea sick. Soon a venerable
fossil, shawled to the chin and ban.
daged like mummy, appeared at the
door of the after deck-house, and the
next lurch of the ship shot him into my
arms. l said:
"Good morning, sir 1t is a fine
day."
He put his hand on his stomach and
said, "Oh, my!" and then staggered
away and fell over the coop of sky
light.
Presently another old gentleman
projected from the same door with
great violence. said:
"Calm yourself, sir-there is no
hurry. 1t is fine day, sir"
He also put his hand on his stomach
and said,
"Oh, myP' and reeled away.
In little while another veteran was
discharged abruptly from the same
door, clawing at the air for saving
support. said:
"Good morning, sir. 1t is fine day
for pleasuring. You were about to
say
"Oh, myr'
1 thought so. l anticipated him,
anyhow. l staid there and was bonn
barded with old gentlemen for an hour,
perhaps, and all got out of them was
"Oh, my!''
1 went away then in thoughtful
mood. 1 said, this is a good pleasure
excursion. l like it. The passengers
arc not garrulous, but still they are So
ciable l like these old people, but
somehow they all seem to have the
"Oh, my" rather bad.
l knew what was the matter with
them. They were sea-sick. And l
was glad of it. We all like to see peo-
pie sea-sick when we are not ourselves.
Playing whist by the cabin lamps when
it is storming outside is pleasant; walk
ing the quarter deck in moonlight is
pleasant; smoking in the breezy foretop
is pleasant, when one is not afraid to
60 up there; but these are all feeble
and commonplace compared with the
joy of seeing people suffering with the
miseries of sea-sickness.
And for moralizing, who will not be
touched by this monody at the tomb of
Adam: a 1"i
The tomb of Adam! How touching
it was, here in land of strangers, far
away from home and friends and all
who cared for me, thus to discover the
grave of blood relation. The uner-
ring instinct of nature thrilled its re-
cognition. The fountain of my fillial
affection was stirred to its profoundest
depths, and gave way to tumultuous
emotion. l leaned upon pillar and
burst into tears. l deemed it no shame
to have wept over the grave of any
poor dead relative. Let him who
would sneer at my emotion close this
volume here, for he will find little to
his taste in my journeyings through the
Holy Land. Noble old mamie did
not live to see me he did not live to
see his child. And IL, alas, I did
not live to see him. Weighed down by
sorrow and disappointment, he died
before 1 was born. But let US try to
hear it with fortitude. Let us trust
that he is better off where he is.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30
H THE Democratic organs com

} E The Democratic organs COM
plain that Secretary Boatwell pays
,s1sO (greenbacks) for government
bonds. They did not complain Of Sec
retary Howell Cobb, who, during
Bucbanan's administration, paid sl4O
in gold for government bonds not due.
This the Democratic papers said was
financial skill, paid off the debt, and
saved interest. Poor rule that won't
work both ways.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30

E The result of the Democratic
rebellion is a great debt, heavy taxa
ton, corruption, extravagance, thou
sand murders year in the South FOR
opinions sake, thousands of soldiers
widows and orphans, and thousands Of
mutilated soldiers. History records
it. Democracy cannot successfully
deny it.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30

H The unpar donable sin, accord
ing to the Democratic papers, is to be
a "bloated bondholder," or stockhold-
er in . National Bank yet Mr.. PEN
dleton, their candidate for Governor,
has to answer for the double sin Of be-
ing both Of these. z cats sis
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30

H "Papa, do horses ever kick with
fore feet?'' "No, child, they never
do" "Well, if horse should kick
with one of his hind feet, would that
not be one of his four?"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30

TA Liverpool woman, to ascer-
tain whether the fire In her stove was
out, poured gunpowder on the embers;
The IRE had not gone out, but she did
ont of the window.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30
American House 7!

THIS HOUSE, situated on Locust Street,
i opposite the Court House. is always
open for the accommodation of day and week
bosrders, on terms as reasonable as any
house in the city.
CD. WALL.
Dec. 19, 1867.-tf
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30
For the Gsllipolis Journal.
I Kissed Her.

kissed Aer;-the soul of my sensitive aame,
Whom Virtue and Beauty have reyelled 10 claim,
And the hope which my heart had impatiently
nuRed
Was filed-and that heart knew delight for the
first:
There are feelings to speak but no language to
tell
The glorious thrill Of that magical spell,
For lost did seem in mad loves mad abyss,
As Isipped the rich sweet of that lingering kiss.
kissed her;-what greater delight could seek
Than communion so near to that eloquent cheek
Where the red tint of youth beckons love with
its nush.
As the rose charms the eye with its beautiful
blush;
While a lustre as bright as e'er beamed from on
high.
Stole roauishly forth from soul stirring eye,
And while every joy that day could embrace,
Seemed to center and bless in that quickening
space.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30

kissed her;-and swore 1t q sin to unfold.
From feryor so warm Of that passionate hold,
Unconscious of life and unmindfufof death,
bowed to the charm of her soft signing breath
And sunk with my burden Of bliss on her breast,
Tho forsooth. rested NOT in the rapturous rest;
And the hope which my heart had impstiently
nursed
Was flled-and that heart knew delight for the
first.
BARD OF GALLIA
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-06-03
How to Pop Corn.

A professor of "Pop Corn
says: Put in a pan a heap
ing teaspoonful of butter oil
clean lard, a good pinch of salt
and a small handful of poT
corn; cover and put over the
file. Butter improves the pop
ping qualities of the corn, and
it pops better than in the wire
or screen peppers. If any one
knows a better method than
the above. let him give it.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-06-03

The following is a synopsis
of the English "Married Wo-
mems Property Bill" which is
now before the House of Com
mons.
at provides that a married
woman shall be capable of
holding and dealing with real
and personal estate, of suing
and being sued, as if she was
a single woman. Every wo-
man who marries after the
passing Of the act may.hold
all property, real or personal,
possessed or acquired before
or after marriage, free from the
control of her husband, and
her earnings in any separate
trade or occupation will be re-
garded zas her personal
property On the other
hand, husbands are not relia,
BILE forthe debts of their wives,
either before or after marriage,
nor liable in damages for any
wrong committed by them
Upon the death of a wife in.
testate, the husband will take
only the. same share in her per.
sonal estate as a wife now
takes in the personsal estate
of an intestate husband. Such
are the leading clauses of the
"Married Women's Property
Bill" which is to date from the
first day of next year."
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-06-03
A Boy Becomes His Own Sur
Unnn

A Boy Becomes His own Sur
geOn.
A son of Mr.. Charles Clark,
aged seventeen years, residing
about ten miles north of Leon,
fell from a tree about two
years ago, and broke his leg
above and below the knee,
broke one of his arms, two of
his ribs and the bone of his
nose. HIS thigh bone was very
badly fractured, and, conse-
quently, pieces of the bone
were frequently working out
to the surface, and his leg did
not heal until somtime last
fall. A few week ago his leg
became very painful, and con
tinued to grow worse until he
was confined to his bed. His
father had been wanting to
send him away to school for
some time, but he insisted that
there was something in his leg
yet that should come out, and
wished his father to get a ply
sician and have it removed,
but his father thought it was
useless for him to suffer any
more by the hands of a eur.
geon, and would not employ
one. The boy was alone in the
chamber a few weeks since for
some time, and concluded that
ne would perform the lopera-
ton, and accordingly took his
old pocket.knife and went to
work. His mother, on going
up stairs, found him on the bed
cutting away at furious rate,
his hands covered with blood
and an incision about six inch.
es long cut in his thigh, extend.
ing to the bone. She was hor.
ror-stricken and came near
fainting at the sight. She call.
ed his father, who came and
requested him 20 desist, but he
insisted that he had just got to
the bone that should be re
moved, and that he would fin.
ish the job. He took out a
bone about three inches long;
they bound up his leg; it i'm.
mediatly healed, and he is now
free from pain, and running
about as lively as cricket
| Leon (Loaoa) Pioneer.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-06-03

This ~ one OF the great enterprises OF the
day. The historical matter is really valuable;
the sketches OF individuals and incidents are
admirably drawn. not only by the pen OF the
both combined will make when bound, one OF
the marked histories OF the war. There are
official documents on every page, at the
bottom, which add much to the value OF the
work. twill be found on the centre tables
Of thousands OF our countrymen.-(Bo Boston
Post) .s... ..-
Many ofits illustrative pictures are the best
that we have seen in such work; and come
Of the numerous portraits Of prominent actors
In the war are admirable as hkenesses and
works Of art.-(Zion's Herald,)
A careful, comprehensive, minute, and
graphic record Of the origin and progress OF
the war; and In the sizc and beauty offs pages
gance, and completeness OF its illustrations,
far exceeding any other history yet attempted
-(New York Obseryer) ..l.4....,3l
we speak confidently N praise OF the man
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lustrations, atfordsan interesting commentary
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The writer iudiciousy combines the spirit
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In future years, when the records OF the war
Office and the bureaus ofthe otherdepartments
are opened up TO the future Prescotts and
Motley's, We shall have secrets revealed and
light shed on points respecting which we must
remain uniformed for the present. but for all
ordinary purposes we desire no better record
than the one that is steadily going on to COM
pleiion.- .(Chicage Prssbyterian.J
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in no sense depends upon its illustrations fol
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