Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-24

IN GccoUvf If Singular ron,sD ho 0ccorJ;, to ~,
HicS ~ NE country, as entitled 10 Il neto Husband
'fFy IOnr ye"'S rrith reRurkS as 10 her ,nst
amt present cehdiion
IN a LETTER FROM A TRAVELLER.
MY DEAR SIR-Ii was nv fortune during my re-
cent travels 40 the New WorLi Ia become acn,,,;n,
cd with lady, whose character is so singular that
] am induced 10 believe some account of her will
not he uninteresIing you aud that Won may tho
better understand IL, will give YOU n detailed state.
me"' oi heF ogA.'n aud history, communicated to
me- ohe - Use daughter of an old lady, who has
for long time past resided in the Isle of Albion
Her mother was possessed of neat lille farm well
Sockru, ana "n'feN adequate To the support OF a
iamiy Of moderate size Bn her family had ore ,,Iv
Increased ~ 'rrmers she had become invo, ed in
drb' her grounds 100 were much worn and xlaus-
Ell, aud, added Ia This, there were rrenuent and vim
lent dssenOns in ie family circle an The suI,iact nj
religion Undcr these circumstances The oil lady
beng possessed OF new and uncutivaird tnols in va
rons paris of The world, settled her children lIeIe.
pm3 reserVihg TO herself be fee simple e estate
il the lot Oi the daughter who is lie s,,biec, NJ
ibis ar''cl", 10 he placed an extensive domain
WIN rirh and fertile soil, cheqnercd hy mighty RI
vcrs'nnd bounded by the dreams roar and vet Curl
Gus a. II m1y appear, the temperature of every varied
cline prevails. 3nt as u dra wback unOn these Ear
prospects, she 'nd savage sci of neglihunrs who
had claim 80 the soil, and srile arising hetween
them and the corners, greatly retarded the omen
isg aud clearing oC the isr,ls IN fine hnwever
aud almost wholly unaded iy the mother ilie tlnugI,-
ter cleared extensive wid- and cultivated vast fields:
she bntll towns and cities, and made progress
80 MISUNDERSTANDING aud opened y cnnsjdetnl,le ,n fir
with distant nei2hboIs .--Whrn her prospecis had
ihus Tpenpd, tc old BABY seeiGp her W. - Iriyiug 8,
condition, began 10 demand u, nntfiop of her incone
for The pay and suprori of The liI,nurers who work
cd and Damaged rrr own farm. This the dauotte,
refused 10 grant, alleging thai her mothers srtvyns
were lazy, ndp'e-n sprmdd,ril's, who ought 10 sup
port themselves. THIS aud other similar canses Of
dispute brought tie pUtirs into cOllis,n and final
" at Tea Prriy ia BosioB, ihey came 10 omen hos
vlIiics If was uly ~ sight tn witness -
daughter arrdved ~ nst y ntner l,ni there w;,s mn
h'lP l"f Tor we "t'hcr sought 10 ruir Ire daugl-
ter, (who had now arrived ~ tho nrc Of u,arr,Iv
VITA an iran raul. Ihey camr to blou,-a ru, i,,us
scyile ensued, long, adunCs aud blondy The
daughter had acquired many friends IN varinms paris
aud me mother hts hy her oreihearirg drspusition
nalc many encrirs these jnined IN the aCC,,v ON
the parf oi tiir d'UeLier, (Who had already given
the old lady severe cullO and the result
WIS IbA she was severely h"ntr. cied out for quar-
tiers md yielded iii prctenS'nus tn tuy part ol tile
rente, well as 10 the bands themselves The
dinghtcr having Illus acquired The absolute c6nto
over the rXtrass" dimt,u- hicli she had wreslad
hom tic savage wilderness, began 10 arrange = ri n
ihr Tic governn'on ol he's estates, and tne regulating
TIE internal af'irs Of her numerous tcnnnrrv ln
fo prosecution nf This plan, sire rroclaned 10 her
tenants. that ccritin d., She puld take Irntu ~
mongsf then, husband aud - he's, mate (,nd here
ct me nf0fm yno '" although she - hut forty hi
years Of age, ~he ln~ had 40 les ti,hn five husbands
and Is iu search Of si~u, y
She - woman 81 many sin. Iltriiies bui ~ uoi!.
Ing whimsical Us 10 TIC selection aud hspOsttinn
Ol her hus!iard Sire takes rnt uDnn herself the
management ~ her estate ut delegates tfo fru.t o
her husband hGt waywnrd crraturet SHE VII cling
10 no hHsh.u,d iungcr th'u eight besrs! no nnirr
wbIt rxreli"ucIrs he mdy pu~st,s ard 50 fpnd -
shs 0i variety Thar she sometimes ecauls her itn
81 the end ui th@ fourth ter ~ tie n,trrinar sill
eii" c'nnn hr charged wrl always hring infctcd hy
captcr, COS 20 he1ri she bts nndncss iur her IT,
nruts, atd Is dac ~ her sate, dat leusl or
81 itcf h.sitnds I'D mss gtitvousiy haffss aud TN
pres. bcr people and im lie Discarded ~ The end
o f'te 'onr gear, in tie P,eat Joy Of her tenants
" hen flir "i'ftirc" kG0t ed, she iniei-
fei" no. iu she direction ol hcr aG,rs lut irnsf.
Its ffff nj I~r lortl
thing 20 hs dr~fcon, hi.iiiq him, h0vet 90 ,srir,
nccDdniaid I've dny - retfiburor. Size e,,es hef
husband e''rd spend hlr bis suprorf, which $50
WI u rt-. iucrcr<e dung his lerm of service.
n0 niaAef S. naf Zee inndne.s Tor h,n NAV pc.
Sire frsrrtcs to hefs6T fhe tile 90 the lsuds and
he petsunai goods sl.hough ihoy NAY come into ks