Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-03-26
CoRREsPoNl,ENeE.
For the Gallipolis Journal.
FROM THE COTTON REGION.
BARTHOLOMEW. Arkansas.
March = 1874

March 3. 1874.
Ms EDITOR:
Enclosed please end 50: don't
spend it itfeolishly; it's all I've got,
and unless I can msEes -hetter crop
this year than last, and get better
price. too, it's likely to be the last
valuable favor you'll get from this
individual.
Conldn't you take my subscription
in foreign correspondence say from
Paris. | take the New Orleans P;ea.
yane, and 1t has 4 correspondent
there, and as none of Your readers
probahly read that paper, L might
impose on them to the extent Of max
ing them believe that you have one;
or | might write you a bit OF war
news or history that would be inter.
esting I have often thonght OF ex-
planning to my old friends and &C.
quaintances there, how it was that !
made my appearance in Galllpoiis
about the same time Jno. Fl Morgan
made his raid into Ohio Think I
took up quarters in that filthy jail of
yours about five or six days after
Jno. Fl went mp. was suspected TO
be one of his command, and even
accused of acting as one of his
guides, but snch was not the fact. I
belonged to the Sd Arkansas Regi-
ment, in the army of Northern Vir-
ginis, under the command of that
great soldier and Christian genae.
man, r f Lee; was captured at
Gettysburg. taken To Fort Delaware,
stayed ten days. made my escape by
swimming the bay & the Fort is on an
island. one and three-quarters of a
mile from waters edge to waters
edge. and was SIMPLY coming around
to see old Pater Familias, when I
was unceremoniously g0bbled up by
the 'Melish' in We ancient village Of
Centreville, my home for the last two
years was resident Of old Gallia.
| see from the Journal that the Ia
dies of your city are trying hard to
stop your grog. Now / second that
movement with a will. lam opposed
TO any man or woman's drinking, un-
less they want, and if they should
happen to want to, would-woulda ad-
wise them to take old Bourbon, and
take it straight. IL they don't drink
too often, and never take more than
two fingers endwGys in a washing tub,
they may by great care and cireum-
spection live to the end of their
days aud he handed down in peace.
Furthermore. / am friend To this
because | am a great all
mirer of the gentler sex; so much so
in fact, that | have never been able
to come to the conclusion TO devote
myself to any one exclusively, and
as q consequence am at tllis date q
tolerably well preserved single gen.
tleman OF uncertain age, and-will
take great pleasure in opening cor
with any marriagesble
young lady or ladies aud exchanging
photos = Maggie Miles and Aunt
Joyce excepted!
Although I made q short crop last
year, yet it was above the average
here, in fact. know OF no farmer who
beat ME 10 the hand 10 number of
BALES of cotton made, but the price
3 not remuneralive, and I made no
lear money. The great majority of
he farming community are bankrupt
They belong to the banks and the
merchants; but the hanks and mer-
hants can't close them out because
here are no purchasers to be found,
md they could do nothing with the
and and stock themselves, and must
lurse the poor fellows along. hoping
or better times (which | fear will
Iot come soon. that they by some
ucky stroke may get even The
'utlook ia gloomy indeed.
I'll write you again. I'd like for
'Ou in the next issue, to give little
history of the Gallipolis. McA. Il C.
R. l have never been able to
md cut what route it takes from your
ity Give the names of the old res
dents whose places it runs through
r passes near. Does it go by the
ray OF Big Chickamauga?' aud up
-hich of the Little Chickamaugas?
Very truly, your friend,
J. ID. McALLISrER.