Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-01-23

We heard Of an incident on Monday
last, from the lips OF Esq. Taylor, which
partakes good deal Of the romantic,
but which is none the less true. In the
fall of AS a man named Eleazer Fitch.
left here in company with Job Kendall.
in fitboat, for New Orleans, the boat
being loaded with produce owned by the
two men, which they succeeded in disPo-
sing Of without difficulty, the whole re-
ceipts amounting to nearly $4,000, that
being divided between them. Time
passed and Mr.. Fitch did not come
home, much to the surprise Of his des-
pairiug wife, whom he had len behind
with two children; nor could she gain
any intelligence of him after Mr.. Ken
dali parted with him at New Orleans, TO
return.
1t is true the wife, soon after the ar
rival of Mr.. Kendall, received paper
which contained an announcement Of
the death Of Mr.. Fitch, killed in ga
ming saloon, who hailed from Cincin-
natl, but still hope whispered that It
could not be her husband, and yet ne
came not. A few months over year
flew over her head, and then she gave
I'D that her departed one must be lost,
and she had been addressed by another,
and frequently importuned to marry'
her condition in life being none OF the
best, she yielded, and married. Well
the long and the short of the matter is,
that the BRIDE lived very happily with
her new husband, until last Sunday
night, when who should walk into the
presence of the double wife, but Mr.
Fitch himself OF course scene en-
sued, bu. no damage was done. He
then gave a reason for his long abb
sence. 70
On the day he received his money
for his produce in New Orleans, ne
went to one of the gambling hells and
lost all; shipped on the following day
for California with no fixed purpose,
went into the employ Of Capt. Sutter
until the gold fever broke out, when ne
left for the mines; succeeded in gathsEc
ing about $1,000 in the dust, with which
he started 70. San Francisco, where he
established the first hotel that was OPEN
ed in that place. Fortune poured in
upon him, and he concluded to return
home, and he did, IS we have stated
with a pocket full Of rocks.
The romance is to come; he proffer-
ed to take her again as wife, and also
the little voungster she had BY her Sc
cond husband, to which she consented,
in despite of all remonstrances, as her
last marriage was not legal. The next
day ESQ. Taylor was called in, and uni'
ted Tor the second time in wedlock, a
man and his vife, who had been sePa-
rated for term of years. They will
return in a few days to California
Strange things happen occasionally in
this busy worId.-CiH. Enqsirer.
The RuMoRED SLAVE INsuKREcTIoN
IN VIReNIA.-The Portsmouth Pilot
gives the following as the origin Of the
rumored slave insurrection in Virginia:
A letter from the Virginia Military In
stitute represents the whole Of that part
of the State as being in fearful state
Of excitement, because Of report that
an insurrection movement was on foot.
II results from the fact that a letter was
found, supposed to be written BY col
ored gentleman of the pulpit, noted for
his rascality, which contained q COM
plete plan Of their intentions. Six hun
dred are said to be the number concern
ed. An attack was to be made on the
Institute, where preparations hadalready
been made to welcome them, in Corwin,s
words, with bloody hands. The gentle
man writing from Lexington seems to
think that even should L prove true,
they would soon conquer them, q