Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-02-13

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RoMAxcEAs REALrTY-Sad Re.
rsrse Of FortEne.-Ths Springfield
Republican furnishes tins following
narrative: ,-.F
+ Many OF our readers will remem.
Der series of articles entitled
Three weeks ona cotton plantation,
which appeared Ia the Republican I
twelve months since, or more. In
one of those articles, the romantic
history of the planter, whose hospi
talities the writer gratefully recalled
was briefly given. He landed al
Natchez. a boy. He had come
down the Ohio aud Mississippi on
a fiat boat, with his father and hi:
fathers partner. There his father
died, and was buried, and there the
boy was lett by the heartless part
ner, without picayune. Naturally
shrewd he soon picked up business
sold tickets for the theatre, did er.
rands, peddled nick nacks, &C., unit
he grew up to proper size for lar
ger operation. He then became the
owner of a dray, then Of a small
plantation, near Natchez, then of an
immensely large plantation at Mill,
ken's Bend above Vicksburg. Here
he went into speculation, and be-
fore the crash of '37 supposed him.
self to be worth quarter Of mil
lion. @
Hitherto his fortunes had waxed.
He then for the first time, returned
to Cincinnati, and sought out his
mother and sisters whom he left be-
hind long years before. He found
his family, who supposed him dead,
in poverty, and provided Tor them,
and then came the reverse. The
wife ofhis youth had borne him three
beautiful children. These, one after
another died, then the wife was laid
in the grave. An interval elapsed,
of pecuniary prosperity, but of in
tense grief, when he was blessed with
the hand of one Of The. most beauti-
ful and lovely Of the womankind.-
Then came the energy that parrled
in some degree the force Of the blow,
and ne was enabled to return and
add to his beautiful plantation.
Years passed on, and another
family of beautiful children had
grown up around him, TO whom and
whose beautiful mother he was at
tached by almost fanatical idolatry.
Two years ago last August his home
was the abode OF plenty and the lar
gest hospitality. Immediately after
wards his favorite child sickened and
died. A month or two after this,
his house was burned. A few weeks
more, and a long pending law suit
originating in bis efforts TO retain his
property and pay off his debts, was
decided against him, and his planta-
ton was put under the hammer Of
the eauctioneer, and the broken spirited
man moved to Vicksburg. Here
another child died.
With the remnant of his large
possession he purchased the beauti-
ful steamer Mohawk, and run her
in the New Orleans trade, acting as
the Captain, himself. A few days
ago the following despatch was re-
ceived by the Northern papers:
LOUISVILLE, Dec. IL.
Capt. Cobb, Of the steamer Mo-
hawk, blew out his brains yester-
day at Vicksburgh--cause, pecuniaIy
and death OF his wife.
Another despatch from Nashville,
o! the same date, stated that that
the steamer Mohawk sunk
with $500 bales Of cotton on board, !
while lying at that cityl Two poor,
terror-stricken children are
all that remain OF the whole family.
VIVA! dream Of fiction ever equalled !
tragedy like this.
TRIAL OF Mr.. ToNGuE.--Mr.
Tongue was charged with being "an
lnruly evil, full Of deadly poison"
ind in proofof the charge the law
'ook was produced, and passage
:ited from James iii. s. The deGen-
lant replied, that, if it were not for
dr. Heart, who lived little way be-