Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-05-31
From Cincinnati.
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DURGL1RrKs. /
We are beng overruA with this |
class OF civil pests OF late. They |
seem to have selected various Sec !
tons of the city and its suburbs and |
gone Thoroughly to work to enter
every house, that bade fair TO be \
a source of profit Mt. Auburn wss !
that selected for last week and the /,
week before. Night after night they
entered house after house-go;ng
through rooms where people slept !
undisturbed by the invader. In one
instance, one of them took Off all bis |
Own clothes and exchanged them for |
that OF the gentleman sleeping just ut
hand. At last the worthy burghers |
of Mt. AuburH were armed to self |
protection, inasmuch as the police !
men who nightly guard that village,
could see nothing uf, or 40 nothing !
to prevent these various inroads, and I,
a nightly patrol of young men fully |
armed was established. Beyond |
firing 1t and dreadfully alarming va
rious innocent pedestrians. they have !
effected nothing as yet, though the
burglars seem to have moved to
some other, as yet, unwatchful pre- !
ciDct. So helpless was the feeling
on Mt. Auburn, that people fairly de- !
SPARED of the success of any plans |
for keeping out the burglars. In one
! house, where young niece was |
about TO be married, whose wedding !
presents were numerous and yalua- |
ble, the distress and precautions were
extremely ludicrous and the prepars- |
! tons for the night we're such as We
read Of only in tales of the olden
time, when castles were being made |
ready for the assaults of immense
forces. Fortunately in the present !
case, by some oversight OF the bur /
glars, the strength of the defences
was not tested, or else / might have |
desperate deeds of valor to record |
here.
OPERA AND OPERA HOUSES.
In spite of the loss of oar beauti-
full temple we are to be favored this |
coming week with few nights of the
opera, at Mozart Hail. With the Of
forts to induce Mr. Pike to rebuild
his Opera House, the jealousy of our
Chicago rivals has been thoroughly
aroused, and finds vent IN a very ssr- I
castle article in the Chicago Repub- I
liean, copied in the morning Com
rDercial, which reflects 10 an absurd
manner upon Cincinnzti enterprise,
in silly and childish TRADE. Nev. /
ertheless, We shall see. We all know
the weakness of cur lake city friends
and can easily suterthem 20 indulge
It, as long as it does as little harm
as the Republican tsdinsge. As
matters now stand we have every
reason to expect that we shall soon
replace the old structure by new
and more commodious. Till then
we bide our time patiently.
1t is difficult to describe the fever
isl, unsettled situation of everything
in the financial world. The terrible
war, with its immense armies and
battles, that seems just about TO burst
upon Europe, like some furious tor
nado, the heavy failures of London
houses, including that of Sir Morton
Peto, the capitalist who was lately
with us, the division of sentiment in
our own country, and the almost ir-
repressible conflict tina: is diyidinronr
Legislative and eSecutive-all these
things are necessarily felt and men
are becoming far moro thoughtful
and cautions in their movements and
speculations of late Many predict
that the present rise in gold will con-
tinue rapidly until it will reach the
old figures OF the war Others con.
tend with equal certainty for the op-
posite movement. Those who have
dealt in stocks largely for specula-
ZION are using every means TO hedge 4
their way, so that they can escape .
disaster,Swhile those safely ont Of /
danger, stop to take breath and view
the ground thoroughly before VEN
turing again.
ROTATION IN OFFICE.
Much gossip of purely local inter. !
est has been developed here the last /
few days. by the changes the Presi- /
dent has been making in 4 number of .
the government Offices. Gen. s. F.
Cary, the renowned temperance ad- /
vocate, has been nominated by the
President for collector of Internal /
revenue in the Second District, and /
Col. Harris, our presen. Mayor, fer
the First, while the Rev. N. p. Cad
dis, political preacher, etc, holds By
the same authority the nomination .
for the Pension Agency. Other off, |
cials now rest unessilv in their Off
ces, dreading lest they be the next to |
fail.
WEDDINGS.
During the last week and this four |
marriages of those moving in what /
may be called Cincinna.rs fashion.
able circles, take place. and as con /
sequence ell our beaux and bellies
are in 4 state of pleasant excitement.
The presents TO the various brides !
are described with most glowing elo-
quence and particularity, and give to
the listener visions Of wondrous mag
nifcence. At one Wedding where
the bride liyes nearly opposite the
church where the ceremony is to be
performed, : mating or carpet is to
be laid, over the payements and
street, from the paternaI mansion to
the church door, over which the bri-
dal party is to pass, preserving their
robes and trsils unsoiled by contact
with mother earth. Owing to the
enormous length of the trail above
alluded to, and the delicacy OF its
material, it has become o rule to