Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-10-04


was unwilling to divuige.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT.
The business community of Market street, has
been painfully agltated for the last two weeks oy
rumors concerning the disappearance OF mef,
chant, largely connected in a hou-e OF und"ubtea
standing, and which has been engaged up to TINS
time, i'm great and lucrative business Inc IN
djyidual referred to is a married man, and one of
the few who would not have been supposed sus.
ceptible Of so much infatuatiOn as to be seduced
from the arms of virtuous and affectonate wife
and child. by the Establishments Of female young
enough to be his daughter. Yet it would appear
that about the early part OF August, he lett the
city, IN company, as is alleged, w,th an orphan
Girl, with whom he had previously been in habits
Of great intimacy, and who left the house OF her
protector for summer visit OF a week or two, IN
the neighborhood Of the city. from whence she
Joined her paramount, unknown to ne, friends
The gentleman being largely concerned IN bust
ness which sometimes required bis presence IN
Boston, for the purpose Of making purchases he
left the city ostensibly for that place; but though
letters have been written thither inquirlng II ne
had arrived. yet so late as the middle OF this
week, no tidings whatever had been received from
him.
After an absence of week from the city, let
tiers from him were Of course expected ny tnose
to whom he had entrusted the management of ms
extensive business in his absence, but though none
were received, yet his silence occasloned no uh'
! easiness at the counting-house. AT his own tre-
side, however, a different and most agoniZing
feeling of abandonment was entertained, which
| the lapse of day after day without hearing from
him, only served to confirm, coupled as 1t was
with knowledge Of circumstances which appear
to have escaped the scrutiny of all eyes less keen
than those of an aHectionate wife. His conduct
had been remarked by those within his domestic
circle, as different from what it had been previous
| to his acquaintance with the orphan His grow
ing intimacy with her had been observed by those
whose happiness it was calculated most deadly
to affect, with presentiment that it would lead
| TO bitter and heart-rendng results Thus, when
| it was ascertalncd that he had taken with him
! large amount i'm cash-that he had observed an
unusual silence since his departure, that he was
not to be found at any OF the places whittier he
| had represented himself bound, and more astound-
ing than all, that the female to whom his atten-
tons had been long and ardent, had suddenly dis
appeared the same day, strong colOrlng OF truth
was given to the suppostion that he had eloped
| with her. and the suspicion was communicated
by her whom he had most injured, to gentleman
who held a bond of the deluded persons for many
thousand dollars.
| Painful as this disclosure must have been to her
vino made it, it was listened to with amazement
and incrcduity at first; which the disclosure OF
MANY corroboratng circumstances alone served
to dIssipate-such was the unlimited confidence
reposed in the character aud virtue OF the absen-
tee. The astounding fact now spread with ra-
pidty through the whole mercantile community,
sensation of mingled amazement and regret
amazemept that one so universally respected as
an upright dealer. should be guilty Of an act SO
entirely in opposition to his previous character,
and regret to witness the spectacle OF an amiable
family. and lucrative business, abandoned for
the society of girl Of seventeen!
This infatuated man, was accumulat'ng money
rapidly: his credit was unimpeached, and proba-
b!y few men of his standing ever enjoyed more
fully the confidence and respect Of a more extern
siye ACQUAINTANCE. Yet all have been blasted By
passion for female Of ordinary attractions from
whom nothing could be derived but the base plea
sures of a criminal intercourse.
New YORK, Sept. so.
Buglary.-The Office of DR.. Scudder, Ocu-
culist. was entered on Tuesday night last and
robbed of case containing so or 10 artificial
ewes, and also a case containing about so or 60
dollars worth of pure gold; the gold was in Jumps.
each of about the size Of a pea, used for lining
the artificial eyes. A case was also stolen, con-
tanning DO. Of flint enamel, worth about 70 dol
lars-tbe enamel was in sticks. Also some We
ry valuable enamel for initiating blood vessels,
contained in tin case, worth about 20 or 30
dollars, being colored by the black oxyd of gold
mr. s. states that the thief is welcome to the gold
if he will return the eyes and the enamel; or. it