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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-02-02

EA singular occurrence transpired
In Baltimore, at the residence of Mr..
Rodney r. Brooks, on Rose street,
During the evening, a servant put one
of the children to bed, and left a lighted
candle on the bnrean in the ehild's
room. Shortly after her leaving the
apartment. the family, who were sitting
below, were startled upon hearing the
loud report of firearms, seemingly from
the upper rooms, and followed by a
rumbling sound. They proceeded above
and discovered the room on 6re--the
bureau with its contents no doubt took
fire from a spark falling from the can
die. Besides, one of the balls from a
loaded revolver, placed there by MIR.
Brooks, penetrated the bed in which
the child was sleeping, but the innocent
escaped harm. On examination the
weapon was found to have fred three
times, caused by the intense heat to
which it was, exposed. The contents OF
the bureau were almost entirely destroy
ed, including the jewelry and dresses
costing S4O0. The bed was also on
fire, but speedily extinguished,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-02-02

Do IT WITH ALL THY MIGHF.-"That
which thou hast to do, dol with all thy
might" said a clergyman to his son
one morning.
$50 did this morning" replied Bill,
with an enthusiastic CLEAN in his eye.
"Ahl what was it, my darling" and
the fathers hand ran through his off.
springs curls.
"Why, 1 walloped jack Edwards
till he yelled like thunder; you should
have Just heard him holler, dad"
dad" looked unhappy, while he ex.
planned that the precept did not imply a
case like that, and concluded mildly
with
"You should not have done that, my
child"
"Then he'd wulloped me. A" retOrted
Bill.
Better" expostulated the sire, ''for
you to have fed from the wrath to
come"
"Yes, but" argued Bill, by way Of q
final clincher, "Jack can run twice as
fast as l can."
The good man sighed, went to his
study, took up pen, and endeavored
to compose himself on a sermon recon.
Cling Practice with Precept,
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LETTER L ROM MANUEL OALLEGOS.
We are enabled to lay before our
readers letter from the Spanish dele
gate to the House of Representatives
from New Mexico Territory. 1t needs
no comment at our hand. The transla-
ton is said to be unique:
To the Editors Of the Sunday Times;
DEAR SIRs-As your excellencies
have previously done me the great
honor of mentioning my humble name
in your large paper, with much approba-
ton 1 feel slight delicacy-though a
stranger-in sending you my epistle. l
cannot read or write English--and, in
deed, am told, that Washington is the
worst city to acquire either in purity.
But 1 have preceptor who teaches me
very quick and cheap. was much
astonished by the city of large distance,
which they call Washington; and /
would rather lasso buffalo than walk
on dusty day from the treasury build
ings to the capital. / only arrived in
town two days before the session
opened, and had little time to perceive
things before / took my seat. l was
much bored by people whom they call
the lobby gentlemen, until they found
out two things: one, that l could not
speak English, and another, that 1 was
only delegate without a vote. After
this discovery was made / had no bad
brandy or cigars forced upon me-
Indeed. many, who, at first, were polite,
did not seem to know me. find my
seat very pleasant. If l am tired, the
buzz about me makes slumber very in
viting; and when the talk is loud, l
expect every minute that there will be
soma interesting fight. As yet, have
seen none, although many members use
their arms as if about to use their fists.
The pay is not very bad, and is more
than l could make at home trading in
hides and ore. My mileage money was
very snug, and is now in the bank
One gentleman, who talked Spanish,
offered me much larger sum if l
would promote a Pacific Railroad by my
influence. When 1 told him that this
Just suited me and my constituents, and
that 1 would push it without money, he
shook my hand and said l was the only
pure patriot in Washington. 1 felt
honored without knowing why he said
so.
President Pierce is very kind to me,
but l like Mr.. Gushing best, because he
can talk Spanish. equal to any poet of
Madrid. He and l have had many
jokes together, and he says that am
the only member to be envied because |
have all the honor and the pay without
being annoyed with speeches and votes.
Perhaps he is right.
/ have been to one evening party,
but l saw so many black coats that !
thought it might be funeral, particu-
larly as the ladies looked as gay and
smiling as if they had just lost their
husbands. ! caught cold, however,
which Gen. Gushing says is not to be
sneezed at.
shall soon write again,
Yours with great respect,
MANUEL GALLEGos.
P. S.-What shall l do with the
large pile Of unbound books with "Pub.
Doc" on them? L..r
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CAPTURE OF SHANGHAE.-The latt
arrival from California brings intelli.
gence of the capture of Shanghae by
the Revolutionists,
Pekin is not yet taken, but the
Rebels were not far distant.
Shanghae was captured after three
or four days of street fighting, by the
Small Sword Society, "a branch of the
Rebels, in the beginning Of September,
and was soon after beseiged by the I'm.
perialists. The North China Herald Of
the 5th of October, ssys:-sdi 5s q
Could anything be more convincing
of the utter prostration of the present
dynasty as q government, than the mill
tary operations of the past week. W.
have seen an isolated seaport, in tn,
hands of o band Of insurgents, be
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-02-02
MILKING BgARs.-The Freemsan'

MILKING BEARs.-The FreeDsan's s
journal gives the following good one;
"A friend of ours who has recently
returned from little jaunt in the coun-
try, happening to stay at the house Of
an old Methodist Deacon, has handed
us the following specimen of that pious
gentleman's commentary on passage
in the Bible. AS it is quite equal to
anythig we have seen latelyI we do not
feel disposed to keep it to ourselves
1t appears that for many years past the
Deacon had observed the custom of
reading daily chapter from the sacred
scripture to the family, and of making
a running eEtemporaneous commentary
upon each particular passage that seem
ed to require calculations. Coming to
that part Of the Bible which says, Non
these seven did Ailcha bear unto Major"
he cleared his. throat and explained
thus:
The object of this here passage is to
show us how bad off the people used to
was in old times. Then they didn't
have no dairys, but was obleeged to
milk bears, and it took six to hold the
bear while tother MIXED it, and they had
TO go to Nohor to git the bears"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-02-02

Disparity OF AGE IN MARRIAGE
Mahomet's first wife, Kadyah, was al
least 40, when he at the age of 25 mar
ried her. Shakespeare's Ann Hatha-
way was seven years his senior. DR.
Jo6nson's wife was literally almost
double his age The wife of LORD
HurbeTt of Cherbury, was six or sever
years older than her lord. Sir Thomas
Moore's wife was also seven years Older
than her husband. Howard, the phi
lanthropist, at the age Of %, married
first wife, who was then SO. Mrs
Rowe, the authoress, was Is years Older
than Mr.. Rowe. Rapel, the German
De stael, was about as much older
The Countess D'Casoil Miss Fuller,
was nearly ten years he husband
senior. Jenny Lind, too, is said to b
eight or ten years older than Her Gold
schmidt.
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ray 20 qua IL 1 h.r-..4-.s
Tho, clouds may roll, from pole to pole,
And hide each CLEAN of light,
we1I steal Hopes ray. to gid the day,
And force it to look bright.
Fate frowns awhile, yet wears smile,
Behind the blackest sky, D.
But with good grace, put on joys face,
And clouds viii quickly fly.
Well ne'er look sad, however bad Es
The winds and waves around us;
Wen borrow light, make more bright
The darkness which has found US.
And should the gale, take off our sail,
Well trust lucky tide;
And some fair ray, to gid the way,
And friendly fate to guide. -
However bright, the stars tonight, s-
They may be dim tomorrow;
Make Hope your friend, and she will lend,
Whenever you would borrow.
She'll turn to light, the darkest night,
And scatter every care;
Then trust her ray, to gid life's way,
And make its scenes more bright.
s. - aas .ss-.s IDA LIVINGSTON.
CoL's Mourn, Va.
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W NJ. u. j JhOhDON.
Col. JOHN HALL, Senate of Virginia

L
very interesting and romantic incident
was related by Rev. Mr.. Fontaine in
one of his recent lectures at the Rich
mond Atheneum. Speaking of the
early history of Texas, he gave an ac-
count of Gen. Longs effort to revolu-
tionize that country in 1919. Gen.
Long served under Gen. Jackson in the
Seminole war, and at the battle of New
Orleans. He married when twenty
two years of age celebrated beauty
and heiress of Nashville, only sixteen
years old. When he formed the design
to invade Texas, Mrs. Long entered full
ly into the plan, and placed at his dis
posal her immense wealth. With this
he armed and equipped three hundred
men, entered the country and was
everywhere successful. Near the Gulf
coast he formed fortifcation, where he
established his head quarters. He was
elected President of the Republic
full Cabinet was appointed, and regu-
lar government organized. AT that
time Iturbide was overrunning Mexico,
with the design of making himself su-
preme ruler of that State. Being jeal-
GUS of the success and power of Gen.
Long, he proposed to him through an
agent, that they should unite their
forces, which would enable them to
strengthen and confirm authority
Long unwisely needed the traitorous
proposition. Before leaving the fort,
he assigned to his wife seventy-fve men,
with directions to hold the place until
his return. He soon after, with the re-
mainder of his small army, reached the
head quarters of Gen. Iturbide, who,
as soon as he got possession of his rival,
caused him to be assassinated.
Time passed on; Mrs. Long heard
nothing of the sad fate of her husband.
The seventy-fve men became dissatis-
fed-provisions were well nigh ex-
hausted, and they became clamorous to
return to the States She told them
that Gen. Long had directed her to re-
main until his return. and that she
should do so-''dead or alive" Every
man deserted her to retrace their steps
to their homes, leaving her with an
infant and nurse, young negro girl
of twelve or fourteen years of age, the
sole occupant of the fortifcation. She
kept the flag of stars and stripes float
ing from the walls-fred the morning
and evening salute and beat the reveille.
The Mexicans and Indians thought the
place was still garrisoned, and kept a
respectable distance. Time sped. A
year elapsed, and still no tidings of her
gallant husband reached her lonely
abode. During all this space she sub
sisted by gathering oysters from the
beach and shooting birds that flew about
the fort. In 1891, Gen. Austin invaded
Texas, and seeing flag floating from
fortifcation near the Gulf, supposed the
noted Laftte had established himself
there. He sent in flag of truce, and
what was his surprise to find this place
in the midst of inimical Mexieans and
savage Indians manned by solitary
womanl
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voiver, and discharged it several time
into the side of her head, and she lel
lifeless. Instantly he put one Of Allen''
one barrel rifle pistols perpendicularly
to his head, little above the ear, and
discharged it, and the ball passed
through his head and he fell by her side
senseless. Her brother, Is years old,
was near by, also some smaller children,
and they were terribly frightened, SO
that before they had got the news 70 the
nearest house, two men came along and
found them as above described. He
could but just breathe; it was not sup
posed that he would survive many
minutes, but he continued alive about
six hours longer.
The blood of each one made deep
hole in the snow, some six inches in
diameter, and four feet from each other.
The mother of Henry heard the reports
of the pistol, FIVE in number, as she
says, and it instantly flashed upon her
mind "Henry had killed himself -
Two of the barrels of the pistol with
which he shot her were loaded when
found, and it is supposed that he fred
at her four times, and reserved therifie
pistol for his own destruction. A razor
was found in his pocket. He had de-
termined to make death sure, doubtless,
and in case of failure of the pistol to
cut his own throat Several letters
were found on his person, giving direc-
tions TO his mother, sisters and brothers,
and disposing of his property. In one
of the letters he requested that if he
succeeded in killing Servilla that her
remains might be buried by the side of
his own.
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DID YOU EYER TRAYRL.


Once upon midnight dreary,
AS I lay AL weak and weary,
SnOozing on a dirty pallet,
Spread upon tavern floor,
Suddenly I felt an itching,
Such keen and pungent itching,
That 1t set my nerves twitching,
Twitching all my body Ger,
TO myself | GROSSLY muttered,
For felt little fiuttered, - ~
That's a FLEA-BrTS, IN be swore.
Scarcely had these words been uttered.
Which l spoke, or rather muttered.
-Muttered, as said before
When, upon sudden notion,
With quick and rapid motion,
With the point of my fore finger
Down upon the spot l bore
Down upon the VERY SPOT. sir, where
The biting was so sore, ssr-ls -
Then / rubbed, and rubbed, and rub.
bed it, - i
Each time harder than before,
For, you see-but need L mention?
1t was my most fixed intention r.s
That SAID flea should bite no more.
When drew my hand from under,
When I'd rubbed this flea to thunder,
Towards my nose il tehanced to blunder,
Within half an inch or more.
Pahl smell assailed my nostrils,
Such / ne'er, ne'er snuffed before,
No. nor never viii again sir, if 1 live
To see three score. NJ
Need l mention?-you perceive it,
/ had smashed a chiRch-s bore,
Old and rusty, filed with gorel
And that smell on my fore finger,
1t will linger, it viii linger,
Full or fasting, deep and lasting, y.
In my mem'ry evermore.
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ana ohio RaIIroed.
RIcHMoND, Jan. IA. 1854,

.
Dear Sir-Knowing that you, as one
of the members of the late Board of
Public Works, was called on to decide
the Western terminus of that great
State improvement, the Covington and
Ohio Railroad-that you had, with all
the other reports and other documents
before you, and after hearing a lengthy
discussion of the subject, given it the
most mature consideration; and that no
one could know the value of the i'm
provement and its branches to the State,
better than yourself, I hope you viii
pardon me for asking your views at
length on the subject of the road, and
its two originally contemplated branches
the one to Sandy, and the other to
Point Pleasant. Also, what support
you would be willing to give this road
and branches, were you a member of
the General Assembly, with strict re-
gard to the best interest of the Com
monwealth? a-l t-.
Your reply to the above, at your
earliest convenience, will be thankfully
received by your friend.
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not constructed, passengers from that
city will be at Parkersburg before they
can reach Scary by the Sandy route,
and such being the result, the route
which will be taken is apparent.
have but time to give you conclu-
sions, without the reasons From this
you viii infer, that 1 am for the speedy
completion of the main line to the
mouth of Sandy, and also the stem to
the mouth of the Kanawha. Entertain
ing these views, it is unnecessary for
meto say what would do were l mem
Der of the General Assembly. Regret
ting that time will not allow me to go
into the details of this question, and
doubling whether the views of so hum
BILE an individual as myself will have
any weight. la.1 - 1@
am, very respectfully. &C., 1
WIN. L. JACKSON.
Col. JOHN HALL, Senate of Virginia.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-02-02

A DIscoNsoLATE WIDow.-Less than
five weeks ago, a young man in Med,
ford died after brief illness, leaving a
young and interesting wife. The fair
one mourned his early decease, but her
grief was not such as often crushes the
life blood from the heart. Her weeds
gave a new charm to her beauty-she
won the heart ofa sympathizing friendi
and tempered her grief by listening to
his tale Of love and on Tuesday last the
pair were married. The grass has not
yet began to spring upon her late hHss
bands graVe.-BoskOs Chro1,
Widows grief are short lived. Once
upon a time, runs an Oriental story, q
Young and lovely woman was called ups
on to mourn the death of her lord, As
she loved him in life with all the ferToF
of alteration, her grief at his decease
was violent and inconsolable. She fill
ed the air with complaints; declared hers
self the most wretched Of women; and
in the intensity Of her grief made vow
that she should wed no new lord till the
stream which ran BY her bower should
reverse its course. A few weeks after
she was observed busily engaged IN
mp the strean'i
Goldsmith, in the "Citizen of the
relates similar story. A
lady on the death Of her husband, VOW
ed that she would not marry another
I'LL the grave of her first loved, person.
SLY moistened by her own and the tears
IF heaven, should have become dry
Not many days after the dear creature
was seen vigorously tanning the grave,
IN order that it might become the soeas
er dry.
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A MEMORY.


She was a gentle, quiet girl,
With darkly waving hair,
Just parted in our simple way,
On forehead low and fair.
No flush of brilliant loveliness
Was sparkling on her face,
But something tranquil and subdued,
And touching in its grace.
She seldom smiled; but then she bro't
No cloud on others glee,
And ever on her pale young brow,
A shadow seemed to be;
And then her voice was very sad,
In its soft and earnest tone,
With low and winning eloquence,
And sweetness all its own.
Some hidden sorrow, on the past
A darkness seemed to throw;
She never spoke of early ties,
Or of pleasures long ago.
But in the daily common cares,
She calmly met her share,
AS one who had no shrinking from
The trials life must bear.
No Jest was on the placid lip,
Where kindest accents hung,
And never now the careless laugh
From her still spirit rung.
But with light and silent step
She moved among the throng,
Promoting, in her noiseless way,
The cheerful dance and song.
She had a pleasure in the sight
OF others happy mirth,
Such as an angel might have felt
While looking on the earth;
For she was like an angel here,-
So lovely and so pure,
And she hath passed where spirits are
To dwell with US no more.
We miss the kindness of her voice,
And the beauty of her brow;
And the sweetest words we ever heard
Are silent TO us now.
She never spoke the quiet grief,
Whose blight SO early fell
She had been gayer once, they said,
But loved too long and well.
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"SToP MY PAPER" THE following
remarks are too good to be thrown aside,
without at least passing notice. They
are true to the letter, and suitable to
all localities. We are Of opinion that
the weakest capacity cannot fail to un-
derstand them:
1t is astonishing what exalted notions
some persons have of their own impor-
tance. They seem to imagine they are
altogether necessary to the onward roll
of our little world, and that if, by any
means, they should be showed out OF
the way, the screws would be so loose
that the old machine would no longer
hold together; and, of course, if such
important personages only say to an edi-
tor, "stop my paper" the whole es-
tablishment must go to pot instanter.
We have often laughed in our sleeve
though outwardly we looked as grave as
an owl-when one of these regulators
of the world has marched into our edi-
torial sanctum, and ordered a discon-
tinuance Of his paper. And it always
does us good to see how the starch is
taken out of him. while the editor smil-
ingly replies, Certainly, sir, with the
greatest pleasure, just as soon as the
clerk has entered a hundred or more
names, which have Just been sent in. 3"
The mighty man wills down like the
narrative of whipped spaniel, and he
shrinks away muttering to himself,
"Well am afraid that stopping my pa
per has not ruined him after ALL"
These swells, who stop their paper
on account Of some milf which has found
its way into their Uranium, are sure to
watch the time of the next issue, think
ing that another number will make its
appearance; and they are sure to bor-
row their neighbor's copy to see if it
does not contain the editors farewell
address to his readers.
We once knew a minister, who, in
describing the Christians character,
and the circumspection of his walk, said
the way to heaven required as much
care as it did for a cat to walk on a wall
covered with broken bottles. It's some
thing so with an editsr, if he is to please
everybody.
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rEA Turkish wedding i ans A.

EA Turkish wedding is thus de-
scribed by a Constantinople correspond
ent, under date Of the 26th ult:
"To-day are tobe celebrated the nup-
tials of the Grand Vzier's daughter
with ason Of Mazloum Bey, taeam ten,
ems Minister Of Finance. All the great
ffunctionaries are invited to assist at this
ceremony; and a sumptuous banquet
Of nearly 800 covers is prepared for
their reception. Marriage is no trile
in the east. Open house is kept for
several days; several hundred persons
are regaled with all the profusion and
hospitality of the Osmanli. A stranger
entering at any hour of the day or night
is Immediately presented with coffee,
sherbet, and the chibouk; and if he be
''peckish, as is infallibly the case, a
tray, groaning under the weight of its
contents; all piping hot, soon follows on
the head of an aiVas. The Sclamlic,
or mems apartment, resounds with up
roarious mirth, with hustle and festivi-
ty. The harem is hung with splendid
Cashmere shawls, and all decked out in
the gayest, gorgeous trim, yet strange
to say, the huge night cap of the bride
groom, and his shaving apparatus, are
deserted, according to usage, as a prom
inent decoration of the nuptial cham
Der.
"The bride in vestal garb, and yelled
in her duvak, occupies the post of honor
on the divan-her cheeks, chin and fore
head protected by splendid talismans
from the influence of the evil eye. As
evening now advances, at the Eshrefaat,
or propitious hour, the bridegroom en-
tiers the harem, distributing in all di-
rections handfuls of gold and silver
coin. Having performed religiously his
ablutions, and offered up the prayers of
Yatzis or the first watch, he is then in
troduced by the Zenki-Kadim into the
apartment Of his spouse, whom he un-
vels and sees for the first time, and hay
ing taken off the talismans from her
face, he places on her turban an airgret
te, the Moslem marriage pledge. A
boiled fowl is then served up on silver
tray, which the bridegroom carving in
summary Turkish style, is reduced to
atoms in twinkling; and having help
ed himself, and put morsel into the
lady's mouth, the remnants are care
fully preserved as a matter of much
Importance. Finally, after this repast,
slave enters with a silver ever and
towel, as is usual for ablution. and then
tie bride, in dutiful bearing, presents
her lord with coffee and the chibouck,
and both apply themselves to amorous
chat and courtship."
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~ We find in the Richmond (Va.)

W We find in the Richmond (Va-)
Enquirer of the 18th, the following cor
between Senator HALL, of
the Mason district, and VIM. L. JACK
SON, Esq. AS it refers to a matter of
interest to our readers,
we lay it before them: sea
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H Our columns are again gilded
with a ray Of light from the brilliant
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