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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02
FREDERICK ANDREWS,
Dumbarton street, Georgetown.
GEORGETOWN, D. c., April 95, 1858

A STOPPER FOR THE BoTTLE.-The
Senate and General Assembly for the
State of New Jersey have Just passed
rather stringent act, having for its OBJ
ject the deprivation of habitual drunk
ards of certain social and legal rights,
and operating to the same extent as the
act entitled "An act concerning idiots
and lunatics." By this act it is permis-
sible for the Court of Chancery, on re-
ceiving a representation from parties in
terested that a citizen is incapable Of
managing his temporal affairs from
habitual drunkenness, to issue writ
similar in power and action to writ "de
lunatico inquirendo," appointing a com
mission for the purpose of aScertaining
the truth of the allegation. If the
commission decide on the incapacity
and habitual drunkenness of the indi-
vidual, he is Immediately deprived of
all power over his real and personal
estate; guardians are appointed by law
to manage his affairs; will executed
by him after or pending such decision of
the committee, is of no effect. While
every inn keeper, distiller or grocer who
shall sell liquor to any individual under
such restriction is liable to fine of ten
dollars each time the offence is commit
ted. In short, the habitual drunkard in
New Jersey henceforward may be
treated as an imbecile or lunatic on the
strength of proper representations.
~ Y Times.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02

DYING DECLARATIONS interest.
ing and important question of evidence
has been decided by the supreme court
now sitting at East Cambridge, in the
trial of Thomas Casey, for the murder
of Ouvra Taylor and his wife at Natick
Taylor, it will be recollected, was dead
when found, and Mrs. Taylor, although
speechless and mortally wounded, was
conscious nearly up to the time of her
decease. She was well aware, by the
assurance of her physicians, that nc
hope was entertained of her recovery,
and on being repeatedly requested
under these circumstances, by Doctors
Whitney and Hoyt to squeeze their
hands if Casey was the man who COM
mitted the deed, she did give the sign
as directed. She was asked other ques-
tions, to be answered by the same sign,
if the response was Affirmative, but to
desist from pressing the hand if the re-
sponse was negative.
These questions were asked to test
the mental consciousness and sanity of
the dying woman, and the answers were
such as to entirely satisfy the physi-
clans that she had the full use of her
mental faculties.
By the well-known rule of evidence,
the dying declarations of person fully
aware of his state are admitted in courts
of justice and allowed all the credit of
testimony given under the solemnities of
an oath, on the ground that an individu-
al conscious of his imlnediate departure
to the presence of the Deity would be
very unlikely to make false statement.
The question in this case is whether
the answers given by signs as directed,
would come under the denomination Of
dying declarations. The affirmative
was earnestly pressed by the Attorney
General, and as earnestly resisted by the
prisoners counsel. The Court, after
consultation, ruled the evidence admissi-
bic, but cautioned the jury in reference
to the full amount of credit to be attach
ed to it.
This is very important decision, and
will add another to the list Of precedents
for courts of justice throughout the
country in all similar cases; for the opin-
ion of the supreme Judicial court of
Massachusetts, on legal questions is held
IN high respect by the tribunals of every
other State.-Bost. Journal.
Welearn by telegraph that Casey was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02
Marriage with n Deceas-d wIGe'. sister,

Marriage with a Deceasrd Wife,s Slater
The Paris correspondent of the N. Y
Journal of Commerce, in late letter, il
which he notices late numbers of the
British Reviews, thus refers to one of the
articles in the Edin5urg, on a much
mooted point in some of the Churches:
Marriage with deceased wife's sis.
ter is the subject of the second article oi
the Edinburg. 1t has, you know, been
treated, within the two years past, BY
numberless pens in Great Britain, and
many on your side of the Atlantic, be-
side being debated most earnestly and
amply in both Houses of Parliament =
The reviewer places, at the top, the prin-
cipal publications since 1848, and relies
particularly on Lord Denman's pamphlet
-"Reasons for Legalizing Marriage
with Deceased Wife's Sister"-which
has reached the eighth edition. All the
| phases of the case had been thoroughly
studied for the twenty-six pages of the
Review. They are exhibited with un-
common skill and power; the opinions Of
the examiner are peremptory in favor Of
the lawfulness of the connection, and
the reasons of the great law peer his
chief oracle. The act of Parliament, in
1885, made the marriage in question Up
so factO void; its formal and total repeal
is the object. The natural, biblical, and
moral and social arguments are success
sively and lucidly adduced. "The New
Testament, which is in peculiar sense
the moral statute-book of the Christian,
contains not one syllable on the subject;
the old Testament distinctly sanctions
the connection"
There is, the reviewer thinks, but one
fair, Legitimate and consistent interpreta-
ton of the text of the 18th verse of the
! 8 chapter of Leviticus; to this interpre-
tation-a clearly implied sanction-an
immense array of the most enlightened
commentators, with Grotius and Michae-
lis at their head, and including the most
eminent names, whether of continental
Europe or the United States, subscribed.
The article appears to me less conclusive
or strong on the point of expediency;-
my own impressions have always been in
the negative, and are but little weakened.
That church is safest in regard to morals
which does not accept to carry into prac-
tice the alleged sanction of Moses. The
reviewer tells us:
"The Marriage Law Reform Associa-
tion have addressed letters to a number
of Judges, Magistrates and Clergymen
of all denominations in the States of
America. and their testimeny is unani-
mous-that they know of no prejudicial
consequences which arise from such mar
riages; that they are regarded with no
public disapprobation whatever, and that
there is no public law against them
throughout the entire States of the Union
except one. Among thosesEho give
their decided opinion in favor of these
marriages are the late lamented Judge
Story, Chancellor Kent and the Protest
ant Bishop McIlvaine. Similar testimo-
mics as to fact have been given by emf
nent authorities in nearly every State of
continental Europe"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02
DEATH WARRANT OF JESUS CHRIST

DEATH WARRANT OF JESUS CHRIST
OF the many interesting relies and frag-
ments of antiquity which have been
brought to light by the persevering
researches of modern philosophy, none
could have more interest to the philan-
thropist and the believer, than the one
we publish below. Chance" says the
Courier des Etats Unis, "has Just put
into our hands the most imposing and
interesting judicial document to al
Christians that has ever been recorded
in human annals" that is, the identical
Death Warrant of our Lord Jesus
Christ. The document was faithfully
transcribed by the editor, and is hec
verba:
Sentence rendered By Pontius Plate, act
ing Governor of Loscer Gdlilee, stating
that Jesus of Nazareth shall suffer
death on tie cross.
In the year seventeen of the Emperor
Tiberius Caesar, and the 25th day of
March, the Holy city of Jerusalem,
Anna and Caiaphus being priests, sacri-
fiscators of the people of God, Pontius
Plate, Governor of Lower Gslilee, sit
ting in the Presidential chair of the
Pratory, condemns Jesus of Nazareth
to die on the cross between two thieves,
the great and notorious evidence of the
people saying
/. Jesus is a seducer.
2. He is seditious.
3. He is an enemy to the law.
4. He calls himself falsely the Son of
God.
5. He calls himself falsely the King
of IsreaI.
6. He entered into the temple, fol-
lowed by a multitude bearing palm
branches in their hands.
Orders the first Centurian, Quilius
Cornelius, to lead him to the place of
execution.
Forbid any person, whomsoever,
either poor or rich, to oppose the death
of Jesus.
The witnesses who sign the conden-
nation of Jesus are:
/. Daniel Robani, a Pharisee.
2. Joannus Rorobole.
8. Raphael Robani.
4. Capet, citizen.
Jesus shall go out Of the city of Jeru-
salem by the gate of struenus.
The above sentence is engraved on
copper plate; on one side are written
these words: "a similar plate is sent to
each tribe" Itwas found in an antique
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02

A ROYAL JoKE.-During her recent
visit to Scotland. Queen Victoria, in
company with Prince Albert, the Prince
of Wales and DR.. Robertson, were one
day overtaken by a shower, and were
obliged to take shelter in a shepherds
hut. They collected some frewood,
and soon had cheerful FIRE, SO that the
shepherd when he returned found his
hut more comfortable than when he left
it, and honored as few huts have ever
been. Before leaving, wishing to give
him present, Prince Albert requested
DR.. Robertson to give him sovereign,
but the doctor found that he hao not his
purse with him. "Then," said the
Prince, al shall give it to him." but he
too was in the same condition.
The queen, on learning the circum-
stances, offered to give it to him, but on
examining her purse found that it con-
tanned only half-a-crown. ''Wen." "
said she, ''this is a pretty royal party
without sovereign, and the queen with
only the half of eroTa!''
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02

We are requested by subscriber, says
1.-THE National Intelligencer, to publish the
following. If there is anything in it, il
deserves to be known:
INHALATION IN CoNsUMPrIoN.-Inlu
enced by sense of duty l owe to man.
kind, l would respectfully request the in
sertion in your valuable paper of the fol-
lowing statement of my sisters illness
and her recovery from consumption
During the fall of 1851, she was vio-
lently affected with cold, followed BY a
disagreeable cough, which continued
some months, being increased by each
additional cold. In January, 1859, a
severe pain commenced in the left side
and region of the heart, accompanied
with violent cough, night and day
Such was the severity of the cough and
the distress arising from a suffocating
sensation on lying down, that she was
compelled to sleep bolstered up in bed.
There was great difficulty in breathing,
thick yellow matter was coughed up
from the lungs, occasionally mixed with
blood, and toward the latter part of Feb
ruary nearly half a pint a day. Her
strength was wasted, there was great
oppression of the chest, with rafting
sound in breathing. Her face was
flushed with hectic fever, and the eyes
burned with peculiar brilliancy. I'm
der such circumstances we could not
doubt that her lungs were very much af-
fected, and we had no hopes of her re-
covery.
Such was her state at the close of
February, with the symptoms increasing
in violence, when she commenced inha-
ling "medicated vapors," under the di-
rection of DR.. Hunter, and Dr. Weles-
ley, his assistant. We had not long to
wait for evidences of improvement
The cough soon became less severe, the
matter was raised from the lungs in
large quantities without much effort, the
oppressi in breathing went off, hectic
fever disappeared, her rest became COM
Portable, and her appetite and strength
returned. In a month she was out of
danger, and in two perfectly restored to
health. A year has since elapsed and
she continues free from all traces of dis
ease.
This happy result we feel was due en-
tirely to the use of inhalation; and un-
der this conviction we feel it to be our
duty to proclaim it to the world, and this
l deem will be a sufficient excuse for
asking for this letter a place in your
widely circulated paper. Your obedient
servant,
FREDERICK ANDREWS,
Dumbarton street, Georgetown.
GEORGETOWN, D. c., April 25, 1858.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02
THE CASE DECIDED.
ny xunrHr. THE xrrop1sr.

By ACkFH1s Ih1 4kIOD1SI.
Tiree beautiful youths, Rory Murdock, tn.
weaver,
Pat BrannOn, the Blacksmith, and Thady
O'Keefe,
(The last was the darling that handled tht
eleayer
With grace and dexteritY past all belief,)
In love had contended for Flanagan's daughter
She stood in the bar of her fathers hotel;
And oft, as they swallowed their whisky and
They cooked up their eyes at the beautiful
belle.
She loved them all three with an equal affec-
ton,
And 'twasquite immaterial which she should
choose,
For Rory and Pat had no points of objection,
And Thady no sensible girl could refuse.
But the boys were impatient, and begged de-
cision;
She blushed like turtle and thus shereplied:
"Who best Of you shall discharge my commits
sion,
The same shall behold me on Wednesday his
bride.
"A tvig of the loveliest plant in creation
Let each fetch tomorrow; this task, sirs, will
prove
Who has the most skill in acute observation,
And this is the man shall ardently love-
All bowed at these words, and went out of her
presence,
And Rory and Pat studied hard all the night;
But Thady, indulging in Barley's quintes-
sence,
Was blue as razor and almost as bright.
The time had arrived for the boys to assemble,
And soon the shejudge called them up to the
bar;
You may guess how their hearts with emotion
did tremble,
As each took his bitters and lit his cigar.
First Rory addressed her: "Adorable creature.
That which is most useful is loveliest too,
And so have fetched you sprig of porAroE;
And my love, like its blossoms, shall yearly
renew"
"Very well, )" said the maid, "and good luck to
you, Rory,
Now, Pat, it's your turn" J" eyes my honey"
says he,
'Is there aught in creation more lovely than
And I've brought you twig of that very
same tree.
Old Rye is the plant that awakens the spirit,
And makes it with ardor and energy swell;
The Hero and Poet acknowledge its merit,
And faithful affection its witness can tell"
-OOO0 again! salQ the maid, ''tnatS DIT OF a
stumper;
But, Thady, don't give up so soon in des-
pair"
"Is it mef" answered Thady-"just fill me a
bumper,
And I'll settle this matter all snug to hair
Potatoes are good in their place, darling-real-
ly,
Old Rye is still better; but nature can't show
A sprig to compare with this Sprig of Shilla-
lah,
As Rory and Patrick shall presently know.
'eTake ibis. then" he said, "for your useful
ness, Rory"
And fetch'd him clew along side of the
head;
"And Patrick, take this, if you please, for your
glory
And vanish, you scoundrels, or d-n me
you're deadl''
"Well done, now, my darling, superlative
Thadyp
The maid thus exclaimed, as his rivals re-
tired:
al see that faim aart never won the fair lady,
And yours is Z sprig have chiefly ad-
mired." ~
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02
From the Evening Post.l

COMPLIMENT TO SUNDAY. You say,
under the above caption, in your paper
of the 5th inst, that "the 4th of March
was chosen as the day of the Inaugural
ton of the President of the United
States because the 4th of March, in ev-
cry four years, commencing from the
first Inauguration, cannot come on Sun
day for at least three hundred years.
That is mistake; for it did come on
Sunday in 1921 and 1849, and will
again in 1897, and in the next century,
in 1917, AS and '73. C.
GEDDEs, May 9th, 1858.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02
TROUBLE IL CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE,
The Boston Herald SAYS:

The Boston Herald says:
We understand that considerable ex'
citement prevailed at Old Cambridge
on Monday. It seems that the students
of the Law School have been discussing
the question of slavery, and there
being Southerners as well as North
erners present, they were conducted
with considerable spirit and piquancy
On Friday last, as the story goes, q
student from New York made an anti.
slayely speech two hours and a aquartel
in length, in which he used expressions
that excited the hot blood of his South.
ern associates. The result was, that on
Monday student from Maryland sent
a message to the New Yorker, challeng.
ing him to mortal combat. Another
son of that State bore the challenge
About this time the faculty got news Of
the affair, and took measures to prevent
a duel. 1t is said that warrants were
obtained for the offending parties, but
upon promise of good behavior they
were not served. On Tuesday morning
things were quiet again, and it is hoped
the affair viii pass off without blood,
shed.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02

SHIPwRKcK OF THE WILLIAM AM
MARY.-This vessel whose loss was an
nounced a day or two since, had or
board 908 passengers, consisting o.
Irish, German and Dutch. The Irish
were from the north of Ireland; there
were but few Germans, though the
number of Dutch were estimated al
about eighty. No record of their
names was preserved.
The scene on board when it became
certain that death was inevitable, is thus
described in the New York Democrat:
The greatest terror now prevailed
The passengers made frantic attempts to
free the boats and launch them; crowded
about the gangways, and raised deaf
ening clamor. In the confusion two oi
the boats were stove in, and became
utterly useless. The life boat and the
long boat were finally got out in safety,
and to their preservation is due the
rescue of the remaining persons of the
crew and passengers. The emigrants
unskilled in the management of the
boats, precipitated their fate. The
boats were crowded with men, women
and children, while yet hanging from
the davits, and by the breaking of the
chains, they were let down into the sea.
To preserve the remaining boats from
injury, the Captain ordered them to lie
outside during the night, and when the
vessel was forsaken they were able to
pick up the Captain, the two mates and
six seamen, besides some thirty passen-
gers who put to sea in the long boat.
1.-The vessel was abandoned by her
officers at A. NJ, on Wednesday, May
4, and she went down in few minutes
afterward. Upon the deck was left the
entire number of passengers on board,
with the exception of the thirty before
mentioned as having escaped in the
long-boat The screams and agonized
appeals for aid from the decks of the
Inflated bark still linger.upon the ear of
the few survivors. We conversed yes
terday with an intelligent seaman, a
Dane, who was one of the nine persons
picked up by the Reuben Carer, and
brought to this port, and gathered from
him the particulars of some of the
scenes on board the vessel. He was
impressed with feeling sense of the
horrors of the calamity, and desired
never to witness such another scene
The yells of the unfortunate wretches
who were left to perish are described as
unearthly. Irish, Dutch, German, each
in his own vernacular, joined in implor-
ing help from quarters where none was
to be obtained. Not a spar, we are
credibly informed. was made loose; not
mast was cut away; not raft was
constructed; the boats were swamped,
and the vessel was sinking. Of those on
board, not less than One Hundred and
Serenity Persons must have met certain
death. The number is even placed as
high as 1870 or 1876 but the well-au-
thenticated escape of some thirty of the
passengers, besides six of the crew, the
Mates and the Captain, indicates that
the loss of life must have been in the
vicinity of the figures first named
We are unable to state the names of
any of the lost.'
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02

ANECDOTES OF BooTH, THE TRAGEDI-
AN.-Every scene he hasvisited abounds
in anecdotes of his extraordinary say
ings and dOings, both on and off the
stage.
One night, as he was playing Sir Ed
ward Mortimer, in the "Iron Chest,
at Philadelphia, it became very evident
that his pOtations had been too deep
and, to the managers horror, he al
length got off the stage into the or
chestra and commenced singing an old
English song, entitled the Preacher, -
the burden of which is
"'Tis my delight of shiny night
In the season of the year."
to the great merriment of the audience.
who bore with him very good-humored-
ly. Having succeeded in getting him
behind the scenes, he was vociferously
called for, and, after a parley, it was
agreed he should finish the play. On
he went again, and again the managers
fears were intense. "Finish it as quick
as you can," said he, in a whisper from
the wing, on which "Sir Edward
walked forward and said: Ladies and
gentlemen, have been directed by the
manager to finish this as quickly as
possible, and I'll finish it at once-here,
Wilford, catch mel" saying which, and
throwing himself into his arms, he "did
the dying scene," and the curtain was
run down amid roars of laughter.
At Pittsburgh, one evening, Mr.. For
rest was about to play Montezuma,
when Mr.. Booth came in and said he
was going to support him by playing
the Indian chief, Antenino, for which
part he dressed and made up. when,
instead of going on to the stage, he
walked out and took the cars, attired as
he was.
In New York, some twenty-five years
ago, he was arrested, in much the same
condition, and, as he refused to give any
other name than that of Lucius Junius
Brutus, he was sent by Justice Wynant,
to the old Bridewell. In the course Of
the day, Simpson and Price, the mana
gers, came in search, stating that he had
suddenly left the theatre the night be-
fore. The Justice, on discovering who
he was, sent an order for his release
from durance vile, and, in the afternoon,
a cart-load of provisions of various
sorts, with fruits, wines, &C., were de-
liYered, together with letter from
Junius, ''to the gentlemen inmates, with
whom he had had the honor of spend
ing few hours in the morning"
He once played 0ronoco with bare
feet. insisting that it was absurd to put
shoes on a slave. But the most extra
ordinary freak, perhaps, was his per-
of Richard III. on horseback,
which he did at the circus, in the York
road, Philadelphia.
Many similar stories are told Of him,
many Of which are doubtless exaggera-
led, but the above freaks we have heard
rom those upon whom we can rely.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-02

Rich ScENE.-A short time since a
gentleman and lady fresh from Yer
mont, visited our city for the laudable
purpose of getting coined for life,"
ii. e. married. After the ceremony
was duly performed, according to law
and doctrine, the newly married couple
repaired to one of our frst-class hotels
and took lodging for the night. Instead
of shutting off the gas, he blew out the
light and went to bed. In short time
the disagreeable smell of the gas began
to spread through the house, and the
servants were dispatched in all direc-
tions to find out from whence it pro-
ceeded. After some search they traced
the odor to the room of the happy
couple, and knocked at the door, which
was locked; they asked what was the
matter.
Matter! nothing. What are you
disturbing me for? Begone."
The smell of gas increased, and at
last the domestic burst open the door,
and shut off the gas, the spouse all the
time scolding like good 'un.
"Why didn't you shut off the gas?"
inquired one of the servants.
"Gas! gasl what? l haint seen no
gas, 1 blowed out the light. that's all"
"Well, did you not smell something
stranger"
"Why, yes" replied the new hus-
band. "but supposed it was a natural
consequence of getting DaarriedF"-Soarth
Boston Gazette.