Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-11-06

that ifit was her child. L would Re ttselre Years
old neat SHRGay. MIR. &. called at the house of
the Rev. Mr.. H.-rhe child came TO the door
sir. Is. euquired her aye shall be tceire
sflt ShEGgy, vaS tie reply. MIR. b. Informed
Bill. II. that The mother VI Jane MAS at his house
AMI wi'hed 10 see her. air. II. said he could
not aliSw her to 20 that she WAS placed under
his care 10y the siep-noiher and guardian If
the child, aud that he had particular ius,ruc-
tons not TO let her have ANY Intercourse nth
her mother OF To see her, except in his pre-
Scnce, as she MAS represented 10 hini 10 be an,
unworthy chan acier, and 10 lave been diyorc-
td Tor her nuscuGduct. The child had likewise
great dread OF seem. he. mother. She had
Otth Taught TO beIieN,'. i.iat II She ShOuu con.
seat 10 see her own mother. her fathers ghost
would appear 10 hrI. Mi. u. now teturne d.
The mother, sufficiently agitated with the id. a
al seem. the child, VAS nov distressed with
the expectation ;iat she might never he per
millsd 10 see her. She represcntpI that sine e
the death at Mai. " She HAD seat To New Or
leans Tor the Chit. Oh wbich the step mother
hdd Cause u hci To !fc rJduN ed giving ont wOi u
thdl sue was gone 10 North Caroiina, that The Y
consd get no traces other in North Carolina AND
the next intriiis euce they h.i of her Wa that
st" had been bto't 10 y. privately. as has been
mentioned; and 'SGC NOW apprrhendsd. thai
whenever it became kuCvE 10 the step mother
that she had discovered HE residence OF her
daughter, She would d. again removed. perhaps
WHere slie would never hear OF hcr. Mir. l..
aS.s'ed her She should zee her enid, and now
rtceedt with ter and her friends, 10 the house
ut Mr.. II. whete, ai;er many olJect.onS, aud
mach delay, amec,lng tOOk place. This shall
no ATTEMPT - describe.
After tbs interview, the motiier and her
frien's tiud;us tiIai Mr. VI. would not give up
the child. Tp,utnSatO Ro>iou fOl further infor
nation and advice. After beng absent about
week. they came back. aud having found
means 10 get The girl 10 the house of one Of the
nei.iorS. they ioek hci al midday. put her
INTO cnase, and carried her 10 the house of
MI. Is. where she renamed iii! the next morn
lng, wien they prOce dcd with her 10 New
fo'k. The reason given by the friends Of the
mother for proceeding III this way, Instead ot
taking LEGAL Steps 10 pbtau the child, is that
they were app ehensive she wOuid be temOS ,t,
beyond Oh in each, before they cOniJ obtain .
legal deCi>ian.
AS respects the divorce, it appears, that ?
or . years after the marriage, ,he mother lett
the mississippi, where they then eSided, ana
returned to her Friends in New York. This &C
pa'aiiOn on the one paI is represented TO have
taken place or account CT her tuiyCouduci; ana
on the other, on account ut his. of which the H.
legitimate children afford some proof. Eut "a
diNotcG, " seems, took place by an act oi Ihe
ie@iSatnic OF Louisiana, about 1911 soon az
tef which he was married TO tie oman vino is
distinguished by the appvllatiom Of the step
mother.
The aiidir eXCites great interest moi only OH
account D: the novelty 90 the circumstance, but
nnacconni oi the character nfihe parties. Mai
" OF Tue ttie ildtSt II II, Tlt
ei, mary W OOlstoucrdit; the mother is OF "A We.
~ respectable family in New York and The
SIcp mother very intelligent woman, Of thigh
slanding in New Orleans
tits understood that before the indictment
no complaint was made on oath according Ia
The usual course OF proceedings ia ciiInilui
matters but tina, Mir. H. aud seine of is
i'iendS made Such representation of tie affair
TO The Attorney General, as induced him, on
some other '!dstsfrote IN Tie coaaty of Rocking
M flf III S.
me circumstances were best knowu,)tO sum.
nioh those WHO were named to hun by Mr r. 10
atSendat Amherst i'll behalf OF The state
In an affair which produces 80 many idle IN
mors, II Is not 10 be expected that 4 correct ac.
connt Of all the circumstances cam be read ilv
obtained; but the above is believed to be fair
statement of the case, depending on inforlaa.
ton obtained from intelligent people, living In
the immediate neighborhood.
We would further remark, That Maj. " left
Il large property. jp0tTiot