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OF the pretended offence, rs would in other
cases have 6ecn required even by themselves.
Having BY artifiec and fraud involved her In
capital charge, they proceeded, under the
abused formalities OF law, 90 destroy the de-
liverer OF her country. IL must, however,
be owned that the abominabic practice Of
convicting cuiprits for one offence, in order
to put them to death for other causes, still
fingers in the administration Of criminal JUS
ticc among the most civilized nations.
From the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
AN ASCENDING WIFE INTERCEPTED
Considerable excitement has pre-
vailed in certain section of the city,
during the week, in consequence Of \
very singular and affecting scene which
occurred in the neighborhood Of prin
clpai Hotel IN, - street, on last
Tuesday morning. The facts Of the
case. as far as they have come to our
knowledge, are substantially rs fol-
lows
On Monday evening, q lady rather
humbly sttired, butofgenteel and high
W interesting appearance. presented
herself at the -stage-o Office, in -
street, and desired to secure passage
TO - for herself, in the morning
stage. She gave her name Rosannah
s"". Upon paying the stage fare,
she remarked that she would not nut
the driver to the trouble of calling for
her, as she resided at some distance,
but that she would certainly be at the
Office in time.
Ten minutes before three O'Clock in
the morning. the lady appeared with q
bandbox and trunk, and took her sea.
in the stage. In short time the driver
mounted his box to commence his jour.
ney. He had already seized the reias,
when ne heard at some distance, an
uproar, as IL some one was calling to
him. He turned round, supposins il
to be another passenger, and discovered
. man running towards him, ut the top
OF his speed. and crying "stop that
stage, STOP" When he came up he
was much exhausted, and for a time
unable to give any account Of his be.
haviour.
With much trepidatiou and anxiety,
he inquired IL there was lady in the
stage. Being told there was, he cx.
claimed. then my suspicious were
just. The lady is my wife, she is a.
bout forsaking me, and mast detain
hsr--let me speak to her." The driver
opened the stage door, and politely &C.
quainted the lady that q gentleman,
who called himseifh her husbs nd desired
TO speak to her. The gentlegan, how.
ever, stepped Up before she had time
to reply, and with an almost bursting
heart besought her to come out, and
accompany him home. He did not
effer in the slightest degree to upbraid
her, or treat her with unkind language,
but with tears in his eyes he declared
that If she left him il would break his
heart, and render him distressed and
miserable object forever. The lady
affected at 6rst. much surprise at this
request, and promptly declared to the
driver and the passengers, that the
gentleman was not only not her hus.
band, but an entire stranger 10 her,
Her impotence, however, setting aside
the declarations Of the afflicted gen.
tleman, eOntradicted her words. The
passengers saw. Immediately, the ma.
ture OF the relation which subsissed
between them, and moved by the mans
importantly, aud bI apparent distress,
they joined him IN soliciting her to re.
turn, IL only out Of compassion for
person who appeared so arJenlIy de.
|g0ted TO her.
But despite Of ell solicitation the
lady declared she would never return.
She had not acted. She said, preeipi.
lately, but after mature deliberation
and counsel. Thy should she return:
She deEpised her husband, and no in.
placement IN the wide world was sulF.
clent 60 make her spend her days with
him. FinhinS her resolutc, the driver
said he did not feel authorized 10 make
her leave the Sage, against her consent,
and that as bis hour for starting was
passed some minutes, he could not
be detained. lie closed the stage door,
and was proceeding to start bis horses,
when the gentleman, almost desperate
wiih anguish, cried murder. " several
times. A Waterman sOVn arrived, 10
WHOM the above particulars vere re.
lated. lie saw there was no prospect
Of en- smicable adjustment Of the Diff
culiiss, and be concluded IL best 70
dstain then' both in custody until day.
light. lie therefore conveyed them 20
the wAtch.hsuse where separate apart-
ments we're provided.
In the morning the parties had an
interview with his honor The Msyor,