Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-06-08

: however, and Lucy unable to remail
f longer in the bres4 pee of her parents
: whom she had rend Pred forever heart
| broken, at thef desiFa of young H
left the hous@ of er childhood, anc
joined him in lew leans Here they
, remained till tthe. Spring of '49, By
which time H1Ehd become prof
cient at gambling. HE now concluded
to try his fortuI q in California, and aftel
much persuasifn or the part of Lucy.
he at length astent4 a to her accompany
ing him.
i They arrivedIi in San Francisco in May
of that year, al ID turning his attention to
his profession, kTe fpd young H, al
the end of threk months, with sufficient
means TO build the 4 1ouse which we have
mentioned. Ind tHs he removed Lucy,
where for some esthey lived together,
with as much happiness as their social
condition would admit But fortune,
which had thus akproved favorable, be-
gan to grow tickle, md he lost his money
more rapidly than won it; and by de-
grees he lost everTdollar, his house at
length being takenks pay a gambling
debt He become Desperate, and began
to abuse and ill-treaslfs cousin and mis-
tress, not knowing OF whom else to vent
his rage in his mid fortunes; and in a
drunken hour he off49d to sell her for a
sum of ready cash 4 ! gambling COM
panion. Against sufhhn act she at first
plead with fearful eje!; but finding this
unayailing, she at III 9Th Indignantly re-
fused, whereupon lfEtruck her to the
floor with sick III wood, where he
left her rfoE-deads-e4 4griucking the door,
he fled TO the mineS The blow did not
kill her, and she re overed, finding her
self without mon II, without friends,
and without-homd
Lucy is now iAng on Washington
street, leading a Il e of infamy, forced
upon her by the llainy of relative.
The rose of health and happiness has
faded from her chee4; not ray of hope
beams in her eye, al N sickening despair
sits upon that face which once bloomed
with innocence.
And where is her dceiver? We will
tell you. Finding Il bt gambling did
not pay, he turned hif attention to poll
tics, and is nOaO a me7l6er Of The Calyor-
nta Legislature!
The above is not fancy, but a true
sketch, as we stand teady to prove.
GREAT BILLARA MATcH.-The fol- |
lowing we copy rom the Syracuse
Daily Republican of lhe 18th ult.:
The match at bill BIRDS for $500. FIVE
hundred up-carro1f feame-was played
at the Malcolm Hall iyBilliard Room, Sy-
racuse, on Saturday hight, the 18th ult.,
between two of the tbest players in the
world, Joseph N. WI lite, of 332 Broad
way, New York, and George C. Smith,
of Rome.
The interest in the anne increased by
the knowledge that White had given
land which now stands open)
to play any man in q ke world for from
81 900 to $4,000 and which has
never been accepted and Smith had
played Sc fen match games
for large sums of m kney, all of which
he won with ease, wi .ch of course gave
him the confidence a his friends, who
we're quite ready toP back him largely, Il
and which was ready to be taken by
Whites friends if offeled.
At about 9 O'Clock the competitors
ook their positions at the table, sur
-ounded by "clotA of witnesses"
of the mos respectable people
n town, and amaeurs of the game
rom abroad, who V ere on the gui vire
o see the play. Thg competitors were
n good spirits, and lager for the fray,"
.ach confident of wifsing and thereby
high tPNtation. They
strung for the lead, Which was won by
Smith, who also madt the first count
White then took up thagame and turned
he first corner 40 ahed Smith making
mall runs. White $50 turned the
econd corner 79 aheR the third 1O3
head, the fourth ISL, u hen Smith com
nenced gaining, and White turned the
fifth 81 ahead. At tf sixth corner
smith turned "a ahead white having
,ad brakes, and the 4 5gventh SO, and ,
he eighth 40, and at heininth 33, when
White commenced gaifng; and when
smith had made 484 pdnts, White had
made 367 and had the pay, upon which
le run up 26, putting p n ahead, and
eft the balls comparitij Fly safe, when,
smith not counting, WI 4te ran the game
'ut and won by IS po4ts.
Thus ended the mos beautiful, and at
he same time the beg contested, most
xciting game, that Ierhaps was ever
,layed in this countrs as both players
Exhibited the strength of the game
smith, although beatfn could not lose
nv reputation, as played a very I
trong game; and WI lite still retains his '
of ..Pop$ Nuncio." as his a
riends have humoT sly styled him
LOUISIANA Suek--Mr. Champion c
leir. in his statemi ipt of the sugar crop =