Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-05-29

SINGULAR AFFAIR


On tie evening OF the sth q! Noyenaber
last, Caroline Soy der. wife of Adam Soy der,
% The Northern Liberties, de parted frou lie,
home. She left her infant bate sleeping N
The cradle. and gave no intinlstsoa of an M
tention not 10 return When her husband
came home IN the evening. be found bIs ekisl
without ns protector. and caused ilz-i,a;
search 10 &c maze for hrs wife. She eoaid
not be found that night Next d.y arrived
aud still she absent. Hscd-bliis we're
printed and POSTED IN all direetiouS t1t ever,
encSt Was VAIN She returned no more Tbs
Circumstance was REGARDED With the nor,
surPriIs. a. she lef: her infant. husbza1
Who had ever treated her kindly, and n con-
Portable, and .PPareu,iy = happy home
Months elapsed. and az iength the search
Was gwen up The husband, an usedacasesi
but respectable German, unaequainiea uitA
our language or Customs, formed another Al
taehmenf: and last Thursday ~.s fixed for
The wedding On that very day, ju-i six
months from the disappearance Of IN uifr.
some boys graphing al Nests ~ Aar5, brought
up the body Of = uoman- On exsninatsoa.
u was found 20 be Mrs Scyder. She ~as A.
bout p years old, and had been married 10,
a short time when she committed sasclse
The circumstances produced great excite
neni The ignorant and saper.tiiio9s a oooe
imagined dreadful mysterse,- We arc N
formed, however, by Nr. Diekinson. the cor
oser, that sner full investigation Of tie
facts, he n confidently assured that the hu,-
band had no agency " hafever IN tie death Of
hrs wife, and that she committed self-de>frue-
ton IN \ moment Of deiirisn- Mr. sayS.r 4,
represented n IN unedueated and sirnpie. bu,
sober and worthy man; aud q b % be regret
ted that hs should, by TIE inorudenee Of %
= - 4
The silly suspicious Of the superstaSoas. We
may add, that, not outstanding the appaIin-
discovery, he WAS married on the day Exed
Tor the bridal Pkifsd,ISA is IafsL
DEAF buf net Dsusb--The Able Jasaet. d.
rector Of the Hospital Of Bon Sauveur. Ia,ely
exhibited at the Academy Of L aen de AZ Outh.
whom he has SO successfully tutorsd n 10 ren-
der him capable OF speaking Nth toserabse
eorreetness- Many members Of the Academy
addressed through the medium Of his learned
instructor, and put questions 10 han regard
ms hrs age and the course Of hrs stnsiies. all
OF which he answered without The least hose
tation- The tone Of hrs voice had \ most
striking, not 20 say unnatural, eject, and
would have seemed to issue from an autona-
ton, but for the motion Of his chest and the
play OF the organs Of articulation NJ. janet
entered into some details explanatory Of the
manner IN which this extraordinary result
has been attained. Ills practice ~zs first 90
draw on paper mouth, and iraoe out the
tongue IN all the necessary positions for the
emission Of different sounds Many Of these.
and especially the nasal sounds, he has great
dltienity in teaching his pupil. u took six
months To master the hqaid rs, and IT d oSser-
vabie that this - the sound which he pronocn-
ees with the least distinetness. Tie youth
Is so entirely deaf As not TO hear even The
ioudest thunder; but when carriage passes
through the street, he SAYS lac perceises .
noise beneath his feet He 5 Tie nephew
Of Cardinal LafAre, Is eighteen year Of age.
and has counienance expressive oG mach ~
telligence.