Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-11-27
'spondencs Of the GaIIipoIis Journ.l.
New YoRx, Nov. Is. Isl.


MEssRs. EDrroR<-The past week
has been rather prolific in matters oI
minor interest with US, but has pro-
vided US with no items Of imposing
consequence. Clark and Sullivan
are 10 be executed for murder, on
Friday, and their possible chancu oI
escaping SO dreadful fate, is sub.
ieci Of pretty general conversation.
Sullivan, it is thought, may be re.
prieved, since is question whether
or not he did not kill his antagonist
| in sef-defence. In fact. as his wife
was in the scuffle, and it was to pre-.
SEW her from his brutality that the
deceased interfered, and the bloody
knife was subsequently, found in her
possession, some fancy that she per.
petrated the dreadful deed. Women,
they saw, will always attack the man
lerociously, who steps in between
them and their husbands in a domes-
tic fracas. For Clark there is little
hope. He wantonly and coolIy killed
policeman while onduiy, by knock
ing him down with cart-rung, and
then deliberately dashing bis brains
out. He is a hardened, Gepraved,
and ruthless creature.
Talking Of murders, a woman was
arrested on Thursday, for killing her
husband with a fat-iron. He was
inhicting, in his drunkenness, what
he considered, perhaps, a "little
wholesome rebuke" with a whip, for
her intimations Of his inebriety,
when she picked up The instrument,
and with one blow, dashed in his
skull.
We may add, here, the horrid
death of once respectable man who,
in his wealth and enterprise, had six
or eight stores belonging to him in
this city, in which he did a prospe.
rous and heavy business, good fortune
ruined him, he took TO drink, and
died from The effects of TOO much OF
it, last Saturday night, in a tavern
in Bowery.
All these events have been occa-
stoned by habits of intoxication; and
it is really surprising that when men
of sense note these lanenIable oc-
currences. they will continue 10 sub.
NIT themselves so passively 10 a
chance Of meeting fate so painful
and sn disgusting.
To-day the Bible Society holds its
regular anniversary. 1t is a rich and
floUrishing institution with us, and
distributes Bibles by thousands, not
only here, but all over The world
Sometimes rogue will in pose upon
it by getting up boarding school or
sham college, asking a lew hundred
Bibles OF the Society for his scholars
as a gilt, and then slyly charging
those be distributed them 10, half
dollar each for the book. A case of
this kind occurred very recently,
but as it has been hushed up, we give
no names.
A gold medal was presented, few
days ago, 10 Mr.. H. GrinnelI. by The
British residents here, as a mark OF
gratitude for his having fitted up and
sent out one OF his own ships in The
expedition TO seek for the lost 81:
John Franklin. We have already
mentioned the dinner previously CIV
en- TO him by the same parties.
The Hungarians who came over in
the U. S. frigate last week in advance
OF Kossuth. visited Gen. Sandford,
on Saturday, and CT course. speeches
and wine, Hungary, Turkey, and the
United States, were ali vigorously on
the tapis.
The Right Rev. Bishop OF Vancou-
yer is still here, and remains the
guest Of Bishop Hughes.
The Forest divorce case is expec-
TED up before The court to-day. 1t
will be interesting. A case between
two Philadelphia Editors, was deci-
ded in the Supreme Court last We'd
nesdav. A Mr.. May sued Col. J. S.
Dusolle for fraud, on the ground
that the latter had sold him a part OF
the Philadelphia SPIRIT of the Times,
when it did not belong TO him. The
court exoneraied Col. Dusolle, of all
fraud, decided that he owned the
thing he sold, and mulcted Mr.. May
in :he costs.
A great pianist, named Jaell. has
just come out here. He is said TO be
but we have not heard
him yet.
Our neighbors on Long Island have
sent into our market both cotton and
tobacco: what think you OF, that!
T. Placlde, the actor, had all his
wardrobe stolen here, on Saturday,
Uhile putting it on board a vessel for
New Orleans.
A society for insuring travellers on
railroads, &c, is forming here, the
object is 10 raise money 10 prosecute