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were taken to arrest Dewar and Duling,
and recover the girl.

tusneo 10 Winchester with toe child Of
heoecca. and related that. while on the
way to Loudoun. R. had become aIar.
MEG at the approach of two men. whom
she tookto be traders, had jumped from
the horse, threw down her child in the
road, and escaped to the woods. and
thai al search for her had proved inef.
tectual-He had therefore, as an act of
humanity, brought back the child to her
friends I. his tale was too improbable
for belief aud only fastened suspicion
on Duling as an accompIice, which was
a~hundantly confirmed on the return OF
the messenger from Loudoun. A a
rant was accordingly made out for him.
and two oficers despatched Ia his resi-
dence in Louioun, where he was found.
and brought back to Winchester On
being taken before Justice Reed. he
made a full confession, saving that the
Dewars had brought him into a scrape,
and that he would let the secret out.
He swore that I. j.. Dewar had forged
the order through which Rebecea was
got, and that he bad delivered her up
to Francis M'Csnn on the same dsy that
he left here. Whersupon a warrant was
filed up for Dewar, who being present,
was, along with Duiing, committed to
jail. james Dewar had pre- %yiously fled.
On the same day, this was the slst
ult.) Mr.. John Clevinger, residing about
7 miles east of Winchester, happening
10 town, and accidently hearing some
thing OF the circumstance. said that a
suspicious looking trades had passed his
house on the proceeding evening, with
three iemalas in possession proceeding
in the direction OF White Post, ald he
had no doubt, fromthe description, that
Rebecca was one OF them. A blank
warrant was issued accordingly, aud
given 10 that interchangeable police %ofiicer
George Smith, who with X I. Carson
and JOS. Slaughter, went in pursuit. On
reaching White Post, ,hey heard Of the
fugiiives, a,a pEesdining They had taken
the Front Royal road, pursued in tt.at
direction, and beyond to Games. -
Roads in CuIpeper, aud thence by La
ray ia Shenandoah TO Front Royal, "a.
gaia, making a circle OF 100 miles Hear
inG nothing ot them, they retraced their
steps to White Post, and thence passed
over to the great valley road at Mlddle-
town, distaot bat Us miles from Win
chester. Here they learned that the
fugatives had proceeded through that
place on the pornlng Of the lst last,
III was uow the AFTERNOON Of the 3d,)
aud had continued UP the Valley. Be.
ing thus on their track, they pursued
with alacrity. and al length came up with
them nn the 5,h. five mItes beyond the
Hot Spripgs ~ Bath county, and $50
miles from W'nchester, just as they
We're about to encamp for the night.
We cannot here lsttain from men.
tioning az incident not the least i%n!eres-
ing in this extraordinary affair, as It
shows 10 fall force, the operation of one
OF the strongest passions Of which hui
man nature is susceptible. When the
party first saw the fugittves, they were
nearly half a mile distant. They were
seen by them at the same time; and
such was the intensity of Rebecca's fee
lings, that she at once recognized Dir.
Smith, though she had but a momentsry
glimpse of him tier feelings al this
prospect of deiiveraAce, cannot be de-
scribed, nor can they be imagined but
by those who. like her, have passed
Though the fiery furnace. and been
transported in a moment from despair
to felicity. So agitated was she that
she stood like a statue, insensible to the
commands of her master, and incapable
of speech or motion. McCann was not
at all affected By the approach of the
party. %presuming them to he some of
the ~visiteIs OF the Springs, and had laid
down composedly upon bis mattress to
sleep. When the party came up TO him
and made known their object, he gave
up the girl without hesitation, and they
all returned to the Warm Springs, that
the forms of the law ( be complied
with before a magisira,e. While these
were arranging, il was determined to
obtain a warrant for Mccain. aud bring
him back also. befofe il could be fill
ed up, however, be left the house, as il
for a moment, and walked q contrary
direction from bis horse, desiring the
party not ID leave him. In this wav he
escaped, leaving his horse and the 9TH
err two negroes. and GLIDING all the