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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-24
COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPLETE.

From IN nsf- f"rN hfpres,r 90
Nr. Beecher's defense, copied IN full else
where, IL comprehensive ana COMPLETE. IL meets IN "a
general way the general and specific allegations OF Mr.
Iltca its defense OF the purity OF Mrs Iton aud
of h. own bearing towards her Is all the answer short
OF evidence which words give The specific charges
OF Mr. Tlton to be met hereafter before the Com
mittee. Mrs. nlton's statement will be quite
plee as OF Mr. Beecher and the public Judge
between nuendos CIRCUMSTANCES, allegations, aud per
haps belief upon the side, aud broad, manly, and
timely denias upon the other.
FULLY Up TO THE DEMAND.
From The ssr- York kpssing AiiL
Mr.. BeecheT's statement in reply 10 the
recent made against him comes fully the
demand. every where expressed that ho snond frankly
uiast sad so1arsH answer all dApAItas ACCUSATIONS.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03
A strange Dream Fulfilled.

Rev. l.. W. Lewis. in his 'Remin-
iscences OF the War; published in
the Texas christian Adrocote. re-
lates the annexed remarkable in
stance as literally true. The battle
referred to was that of Prairie
Grove, in Northwest Arkansas,
fought December Z, 1862:
A curious fulfillment of dream
occurred at the battle under my own
eyes. A man by the name of Joe
Williams had told n dream to many
of his fellow soldiers, some of whom
had related it to me months previous
to the occurrence which now re-
late:
ale dreamed that we crossed a
river, marched over mountain. and
camped near Il church located in
wood, near which Il terrible battle en-
sued. and in charge just as we
crossed the ravine, he was shot in the
breast. On the ever memorable 7th of
December, 1862, as we moved ut
double-quick to take our place in the
line of battle, then already hotly en-
gagged, we passed Prairie Grove
Church. Il small frame building, he
longing to the Cumberland Presby-
terians.
Il was riding in the flank Of the
command, and opposite to Williams,
as we came in view of the house"
That is the church, Colonel, saw
in my dream" said he. | made no
reply, and never thought of the mat
ter again until in the evening. We
had broken the enemy's line, and
were in full pursuit, when we came
upon a dry ravinc in the wool, and
Williams said: Just on the other
side of the hollow | was shot in my
dream, and | will stick my hat under
my shirt Shifting the action to the
word rs he ran along. he doubled it
UP and crammed it in his bosom.
Scarcely had he adjusted it before
mimic ball knocked him out of line.
Jumping up quickly he pulled out
his hat, waved it over his head and |
shouted: lin all right The ball
raised black spot about the size Of
a mans hand just over his heart, and
dropped into his shoe"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03
The Sensation at simpsons.

Max Adeler: Down in Tuckahoe.
New Jersey, there is q man named
Simpson, who had q fiat roof on his
house covered with tin. The roof
got to leaking badly, and it happened
to occur to Mr.. Simpson that it
would be good thing to cover the
whole surface with the material out
of which concrete pavements are
made, in order to make it perfectly
tight. A man was accordingly en-
gagged and he covered the tin with
concrete 10 the depth of four inches.
The curse of TuckahOe is cats. In
warm weather millions of them as
semble and hold ratification meetings
and rehearsals and general synods
out in the back yards and on the
roofs. In TuckahOe that summer
the heat was unusually intense, and
MIR. Simpson was unusually annoyed
by the animated discussions of the
cats in his neighborhood. The
more he ''shOed'' them and flung old
boots at them, the more they yelled
Night after night it continued to
grow more terrific, and day by day
Mr.. Simpson observed that the mys-
terious caterwauling continued dur
ing all hours of daylight. Simpson
hadn't a boot jack or backing brush
or 4 rolling pin, or cologne bottle
left to throw at them.
At last, one moonlight night, the
uproar got to be so outrageous that
Simpson arose from his bed and de
termined to ascertain what all this
growing meant anyhow. 1t appear
ed to him that the noise came from
the top of the house. He went up
into the garret and put his head out
of the trap-door. There he found
one hundred and ninety-six cats
stuck fast knee-deep in the concrete,
which had been softened by the heat.
Some of them had been there four
days. The minute they caught sight
of Simpson the whole one hundred
and ninety-six doubled up their
spines, rufiled up their back hair,
snaked their tails, and gave one wild,
unearthly yowb which shocked
Simpsons nerves so much that he
dropped the trap-door and fell down
the step-ladder on the head of Mrs.
Simpson. who was standing below,
dressed in thing with a frill on it,
and armed with a palm-leaf fan and
a bed slat, determined to protect
Simpson to the death. Simpson has
since sold the house to a man who
makes sausage and fur tippets. He
keeps the concrete soft and sticky all
the year round by means of fires in
the garret, and it is whispered around
Tuckahoe that his actual gains
average forty dollars a night.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03
A Strong Argument for Prohi.
hifiOn.

About two years ago. Judge A. ".
BARTLETT, of Trimhle county. refused
to lieonse the sale of intoxicating
drinks to any man in the county,
This ''new departure" by 4 County
Judge was heral,led all over the land.
and charge of insubordination was
made, and an appeal went up to the
Court of Appeals. But the Judge
remained firm. lie looked at the
work of the license system in the
county; he saw "evil, only evil, and
that continually" and resolved that
by his hand no more men should be
allowed to work ruin among his peO-
pie. That in eternity no seller
should hold up his license and say,
'.Here, Lord. is my authority, signed
by the County Judge of Trimble
county"
The Court of Appeals sustained
the Judge. and since that day not
licensed rum shop has been granted
for the county. Now, mark the re-
suit: To day there is not a criminal
case on the docket in Trimble coun-
ty; not criminal in the jail; not a
pauper in the county, and not Ii
censed bar-room. Last County Court
day, though the county-seat bed
ford J was crowded with people. mol
drunken man ,rGs Seea in the torn.
Perfect order and good will rcigned. |
No husband went home terror to his |
wife; no father demon to his chill |
dren.
Men ask. what good will Prohi-
hilton Law do if passed." Here is
one of many examples we could give
just like it. Is not such a record de
sired for every county: Look at An
derson county with her two ,rhjSGy
murders ia 0He Week' Look at JET
ferson county, with her forty fo nm
'rhjShy rUrders per year. and J3I ar
rests in this city along in the month
Of June. Look at Pulaski county
with her ten ,chjSGg murders recently.
Look at Bourbon. with her ten rhisky
a1iderS n0T on docket Look at
Scott, with her docket crowded-and
hen i0ok at Trimbie, free from whiS-
'y and free from crime. and say
whether you will put your name with
Judge Bartlet's against the license
ystem, or in favor of it. Remember.
When YOU vote, you face these things
nd know them to he true BY all :
on hold sacred and dear for time
nd eternity, we ask YOU to consider
hese things. Tenn. .ldcocate.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03
The Center Of Population.

General Walkers essay on the cen
ter of population brings into new
prominence the steadiness with which
this center clingS to the thirty-ninth
parallel, along which are situated
Baltimore, Washington and Cincinna-
ii. At no time from 1890 to 1876
has the center of population depart
ed north to south Of this line more
than twenty-six miles. 1t has
marched westward 800 miles in that
period, the greatest leap being from
1850 to 1850 Isl miles, when the
transfer of small population 10 the
Pacific coast gave sudden eionga-
tion to the Western arm of the lever,
and necessisated the moving of the
fulcrum quite distance. 1t is now
as miles east of Cincinnati, and in
1880 will nearly coincide with that
city.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03
Good Times Coming

The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commerci0I says:
An army officer who has been
spending some months in the Sonth,
and who returned here to-day, con
firms the belief that the success of
the Democratic party in 1876 wonld
he followed by an attempt to rcim-
burse the Southern Democrats for all
damages sustained by them while re-
sisting the Union armies in the late
war. This officer says that in all the
Southern States the persons who suf-
fered these losses have, since the
elections, begun to gather evidence in
support of the claims which they viii
make upon the Government in the
event of the expected advent of the
Democratic party to power. This
officer. who himself was in command
OF division which lived upon the
enemy's country, was. at various
places, questioned rs to the line of
march and the character Of the Ope-
rations Of the troops under his COM
mand. The avOwed purposes Ofthese
inquiries was to obtain information
which might he used as evidence in
the future prosecution Of these
claims. The. persons inquiring made
no cOncealment of their intentions,
or the pnrport Of their questions.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03
A Mysterious Playmate.
From the Burlington fVt.l Free Pr


j A story of such occurrences has
recently been related to us, and if il
we're permissible to give names,
they would give much weight to the
statement. The facts come to us
through only two mouths from the
actors. 4 family moved from a
country village into Boston, and oe-
cnpied house comparatively new,
and in modern part of the city.
The children soon began to tell their
parents of boy who came to play
with them in the street or in their
play-room, and of what heasaid and
did, and how he looked. The par
ents never saw the boy. and bade the
children bring him in some day to
see them. The answer was. ''Oh. We
can't, he goes right away" Being
told the next time he came to the
honse to let them know, the children
'Iid so; but. as they said. he had
gone right away" when the parent
reached the play-room. This went
on for some time, greatly to the won
der and perplexity of the parents;
the children. simple and matter Of
fact, thought nothing strange of it.
One day they reported to their father
that their playmate now well known
by name, told them his father and
mother were going to Europe in a
few days, and he gave their names
and the vessel they would sail by
from New York. The gentleman.
without saying anything, went to
New York, found such names on the
steamer list, went to the dock on the
day Of sailing, sought out the per-
sons, and inquired If they had hoy
of snch age and description as his
children had related to him. With !
great emotion they replied. 1--WE had
such boy, hut he is dead; why do
you ask?n Further conversation
convinced them and the Bostonian, !
that the spirit of their darling hoy,
neSeF seen by rfI0sc who knew and
loved him, was the frequent visitor 10
the house of perfect strangers, and 1
seen and talked with by the children /
of others. What was the result is
not known to us; whether or not, !
upon the return home Of the Boston !
ian, any attempt was made to open |
communication with the spirit boy |
for his parents, or even whether or
not the spirit was again seen; but
the facts here given went near to
overtrrn the disbelief in the posi-
bility Of the return Of the soul in
bodily appearance, on the part Of the
clear-headed, devout and gray haired
man, to whom the tale was told by his
lifelong friend, the Bostonian him
self, AMI through whom the story
zones to rs.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03
Marriages. OF 1s4i.
Harrison Lee and Mary HaptonsnlI,

I AAhtn.
Harrison Lee and Mary Haptonstall,
18th. J. c. Pollock. ]. p.
1 APRIL
William Topping and Snsan GOoch,
LIST. Hiram Il. Howe, m. z.
! Lewis Berthe aud Elizabeth Martin,
9Th, Robert II. Ragan. ]. p.
George Saxton and Elizabeth Graves.
9Th, David Pinney, i.p.
George Jackson and Margaret wad-
dell, 18th, W. Il. Anderson m. ..
/ Fri Harrington aud Margaret They
enin, 2ad. George Northup, j. y.
WOodson Wallace and Elizabeth 7 on
ard, 23'l. same justice.
Jacob Tharp and Sidney McMahap
Goth, n. Mcleod, ]. p.
NAY.
Jefferson johnson aud Levma Geer,
81, Zimri Wells. j. p.
David Summers aud Eliza Poindexter.
9TH. Hiram Wilcox, j. p.
Davis Black and Louisa Ann Deals,
18th. Franklin Carel. ]. p.
Washington Boster and Jemima Lead
mon, Goth, Cornelius HALEY, p.
Elienne Detelante aud Eleanor Me-
Cormick, same day, William II. Gould,
M. g.
Moses Freeman aud Peachy Ann
Thaker, same day, +. Bascom. IN. g.
Jesse Williams and Elizabeth Ann
Stebor, same day, George Chapman, j. p.
JUNE.
Andrew j. McGhee aud Rebceea Ma
gOOn, al, Wilcox officiating.
Hugh p. Neal and Mary Fctzer, same
day, Gould, m. g.
Moses McCarty and Mary Darst, 5th,
Lorenzo ID. Nanzandt. j. p.
Stanley Sis>On, jr., and Clarinda Cor
rell, 9th. Henry Neal. j. p.
Washington Peek aud Lucina Row
ley, 10th, G. l.. Guthrie, j. p.
Eli Deem aud Elizabeth Waugh, same
day, William Null. j. p.
George Carley and Elizabeth Spencer
llth, David Lambert. j. p.
James Van,Ien and Margaret Simmons,
18th, William Mckinley. j. p.
Rufus Beman and Elizabeth Keller.
SAME day. Neal officiating.
George Jones and Lucinda Reisinger,
18th, Wilcox officiating
Henry Beggs and I.ustie Mcdaniel,
l0th. Null officiating.
John Thomas and Charlotte Rees, same
day, Abraham Edwards. m. g.
John Chapman aud Jane Garlick,
24th, Chapman oiiiriatins
40 MONTH.
Thomas Shavers and Mary Ann Ed
wards, 27th, Could, m. q.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03

A FRIGnTYUL calamity recently
overlook party of Chicago tourists
to the North Park. Colorado. a rat
tlesnake coiled on the breast Of Il
Young man named Staley while he
was asleep. lie had presence of mind
enough To keep still. only drawing
his blanket over his face. This slight
motion startled the reptile, which
glided from him to his brother. The
latter raised his hand to push the
snake away, when it bit his hand and
afterward his cheek. One of the
party then killed the snake, but the
wounds of its victim proved fatal.
A piece of his check was cut out and
"A ligature tied round his wrist, but 10
no purpose. He died in frightful ag-
0ny in less than two hours. Had the
party been plentifully supplied with
whisky, his life might possibly have
been saved. hut they had none with
them. The snake was four feet long.
and had nine rattles.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03

| , o's. s'''V- r----r~-s.''0'''.'
might"
Don't tell me of charity" said
the offended matron; "charity begins
at home. 1t is your own fault, you
tarried so long. To he plain with
you, sir, | do not like your looks or
your conduct; and ] fear you have
some bad designs in thus introdu-
cling yourself into my family"
The warmth of this parley had
drawn down the company from the
parlOr, and, by their united interfer
enee, the stranger was permitted to
lodge in the house; and as no bed
could be had, he consented to repose
on an easy chair before the parlor fire.
Although her boarders appeared to
conlide perfectly in the strangers
honesty, it was not so with Mrs.
Franklin. With suspicious caution,
she collected her silver spoons, pep
per box and pOrringer, from her
closet, and. after securing the parlor
door, by sticking fork over the latch,
carried the plate to her chamber,
charged the negro man to sleep with
his clothes on, to take the great
cleaver to bed with him, and to wa
ken and seize the vagrant, at the first
noise he made in attempting to plun-
der the house. Having thus taken
every precantion, she retired to bed
with her maid, whom she had COM
pelled to sleep in her room.
Mrs. Franklin rose before the sun,
reused her domestics, unfastened the
parlor door with timid caution, and
was agreeably surprised to find her
guest quietly sleeping in the chair.
A sudden transition from extreme
mistrust to perfect confidence was
natural. She awakened him with
cheerful good morning, inquired how
he had rested, and invited him to par
take of her breakfast, which was al
ways served previous to that of her
boarders. 'And pray, sir" said the
old lady, as she slipped her chocolate,
'.As you appear to be stranger here,
to what distant country do you be-
longY'
Il, madam? belong to the city
of Philadelphia?''
At the mention of Philadelphia,
the doctor declared that he had for
the first time perceived any emotion
in her.
Philadelphia" said she, and all
the mother suffused her eye. aIfyoul
live in Pbiladelpliia. perhaps you
know our Ben.'
'sWho, madamY'
"Why, Ben franklin, my Ben; oh,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03
Who Knows? or. Home Ques-
fiOns.

Who knows where pins and needles go
Where all the buttons stray.
| Who knows where all the pennies 90
| That somhow get away?
Who knows how all fhe china breaks
That wasn't touched at all?
How baby gets so black bruise
Yet never gets fall?
Who knows whence all the fashion,
come,
And where they disappear?
Why one brief month should make Z
fright
OF what was ''snch dear?"
Who knows how little bills can swell
TO such prodigions size?
Who knows, indeed. whats going on
Beneath his very eyes?
Who knows just where her husband
goes
When ssbnsiness" keeps him out?
Who knows when best to wear smile,
And when TO wear pout,
Who knows the time to face the fact
That she's no longer young?
WhO knows how hest to speak her mind,
And how TO hold her tongue?
Who knows the most convenient day
To bring frienl TO dine?
Who knows the half of what he spends
On clubs, cigars, and wine?
Who knows one bonnet cannot last
A woman half her life:
Who knows the woman is the same
When sweetheart turns to wife?
Who knows why all the pretty girls
Are often last.tO go?
How all the ugly women wed
Who never have 4 beau?
Why small men fancy wives so large
And large men fancy small?
Who knows, in fact. how half the world
Was ever matched at all?
Who knows how far to trust a friend,
How far to hate foe?
inst when 10 speak a kindly Yes,
And when sturdy No?
Who knows-the grim old Gre,ian sage
Says gravely, from my shelf.
The wisest man in all the world
Is he who knows himself.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03
OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1874.

he is the dearest child that ever
blessed motherr'
what" said the doctor, ''is Ben
Franklin, the printer, your son:
Why, he is my most intimate friend;
he and l lodged IN the same room.
'Oh. God forgive mew exclaimed
the old lady, raising her watery eyes
to heaven, land l have suffered an
acquaintance of my Benny to sleep
on this hard chair, while | myself
rested on a good bedr'
How the doctor discovered himself
to his mother, he has not informed rs,
but from the above experiment, he
was firmly convinced. and was often
heard to declare that nat
nral affection does not exist,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03

; him, without molestation seat him
self at the table with the freedom Of
a member of the family.
j Immediately after supper she call.
ed an elderly gentleman member
OF the council, in whom she was ae-
customed to confide-to another
ro0m-complained bitterly of the
rudeness of the stranger-told the
manner Of his introduction to the
hoase-observed that he appeared
like an outlandish man-she thought
he had something very suspicious in
his appearance-concluded by solic-
itiiig her friends advice with re-
speet to the way in which she should
most easily rid herself of his pres
enee. The old gentleman assured
her that the stranger was a young
mal of education, and to all appear
ances gentleman--that, perhaps,
being in agreeable company he had
paid no attention to the lateness of
the honr--and advised her to call
him aside, and repeat to him her ina
biiity to lodge him. She according
~ sent her maid to him, and then.
with as much temper as she could
command. recapitulated the situation
of her family-obseryed that it grew
late, and mildly intimated that he
would do well to seek himself lodg-
ing. The doctor replied that he
would byno means discommOde her
family, but that, with her leave, he
would smoke one pipe more with her
boarlcrs, and then retire.
He returned to the company, filed
his pipe. and at the first Whit his
powers of converse returned with
double force. He recouuted the
hardships, extollcd the piety and
policy of their ancestors. \ gentle
man present mentioned the subject |
of uie days debate in the House of
Representatives.
a bill had been introduced to ex-
tend the prerogative of the royal
governor. The doctor Immediately
entered upon the subject, supported
by the colonial rights with new and
fopible arguments, was familiar with
the names of the influential men in
the House when Dudley was gov
ernor, recited their speeches, and APP
plauded the noble defense of the
Chamber of Rights.
During a discourse so appropriate
" interesting to the company, no
wonder the clock struck eleven, nm
perceived by the delighted circle; nor
was it wonderful that the patience
IF Mrs. Franklin grew quite exhaus-
ed. She now entered the room, and,
5efare the whole company. with much
Warmth, addressed the doctor, told
him plainly she thought herself i'm
aassll< MA 4abseryed that itKass tsuel
The was lone woman, but that she
iad friends who would protect her,
uni concluded by insisting that he
should leave the house. The doctor
made slight apology, deliberately
,ut on his great coat and hat, took
polite leave Of the company, and ap
,roached the street door, lighted by
he maid and attended by the mis-
ress. While the doctor and his
had been enjoying
themselves within, q tremendous
had without filed the
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03
BANKING.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CUR
RENCY,

=
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CUR.
RENCY,
WASHINGTON, September 9th, 1874.
WHEREAS; By satisfactory evil
w dence presented to the under
signed, it has been made to appear that
''Tihe CeRtrerilEe Ndti0ndI Bank Of Thur
man." in the village of Centreville, in
the County of Gallia, and State of Ohio,
has been duly organized under and ac-
cOrding to the requirements of the Act
of Congress entitled Gan Act to provide
a National Currency, secured by q
pledge of United States bonds, and to
provide for the circulation and redemp-
tion thereof" approved June 8, 1864,
and has complied with all the prOvis-
ions of said Act required to be complied
with before commencing the business
of Banking under said Act.
Noe, therefore l, JOHN JAY KNOX,
Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby
certify that ''The Centreville National
Rank of Thurman" in the village of
Centreville. in the county of Gallia, and
State of Ohio, is authorized to commence
the business of Banking under the Act
aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, witness
[SEAL. my hand and seal of Office this
9th day of September, 1874.
JOHN JAY KNOX,
Comptroller of Currency.
Sept. Il, lST4.-2m No. 2lSl.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03

HERE is new game very popular
in the country jnst now: n young
man takes chestnut, cuts around the
hull with sharp knife, and then
takes one half the chestnut in his
mouth. and a pretty girl takes the
other half in her mouth; and then
they pull and the hull comes right
off There may be quicker methods
of hulling chestnuts. but none more
soothing to the feelings of the young
folks; and they don't get mad and
dance wildly around if the hull doesn't
como off for five minutes or SO.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-12-03

The last letter ever written by Gen
eral sStonewalT' jackson is in the
possession of the Southern Historical
Society. 1t was addressed. to Gen
eral Lee under date of MAY ,, 1868.
as follows: Gentlemen: The enemy
has made stand at Chancellor's
which is about two miles from Chan
cellorsville. / hope as soon as prac-
ticable to attack. | trust that an
ever kind Providence will bless us
with success.