Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-11-05

Wha, ar, can drive her lrcf away"
SonRowrrl Se,Nr.--Jnd inside the door
this morning encountered the faded form and
features of once fair creature called Charlotte
Cummings, who had been brought up 10 the watch.
house for having assaulted gentlemen in Broad
way, and trlcd (aS WAS allcgcd) To strange HIM
This fragile creature who has not vet attained the
age oil eighteen years, we remember to have made
her first appearance Al the police office Just before
the time OF the cholera in 1882 She had a, thai
period recently landed from u Liverpool packet
ship together with her father and mother two sis
,ers and Two brothers. The three gls were n.
lovely looking creature, as ,ser " brcathed the
breath OF heaven" and might moi unhapplly have
been termed " the Graccs,' OF whom Charlotte
was the youngest She came, we well rccollcct To
the place upon the occasion above alluded to, Tor
the purpose of tcstiiymg To the guilt OF u fellow
passenger, who had robbed her father ON the pas
sage OF a large quant, OF sovcrciens, and in whose
possession she had seen some OF the money but
as the money could no, b. identified the scoundre
was Sc, AT liberty, and the family were reduced 10
a state Of poverty the amount stolen exceeding
20OO sover igns.
To add to their distress during the season Of the
cholera, the family were sclzcd with that horrible
disease. The father the first who fell victim
to II /, and hc was still unbuicd when the Youngest
boy died, and soon after grave enclosed them
both. The two eldest daug hlcrs died as they had
lived and grown IN beauty side by side and one
short week saw tho father and every ,hild bu,
Charlotte swept from the land of the living and
the places tina, knew them once. knew them no
more for ever On the evening of the day upon
which til last siom was consigned To the tomb
the mother sokencd, and in six hours afterwards,
Charlotte was lief, orphan, destitute, lrenllcss
and among strangers She was taken under the
{ nn ,p,igs ,t th
wards obtained situation in Pearl street, asnurse
maid. Nothing was heard of her for some time
until she was invited to the house of an English
family, named James, living ON Oak street, who
honofcd hers lar as 10 iorma party the occasion
OF Charotcs birth day, and here two Young fell
lows who aspred to the honor Of her hand in a
country dance, quarrcilcd and went out door, and
fought in her favor. They were both taken to the
watch house, together with Charlotte and another
female who had ntcrlercd with view 10 separate
the oombatanls.
In tho morning they were all dismissed by Jus
ticc Wyman. After this one of the fighting Youths
became her sweetheart, and continued 10 court her
for twclvcmonlh. At the next anniversary of
her birthday, at the self same house he escorted
her home and under a solemn promise to wed her
IN the morning, he accomplished her ruin. He
procrastlnatcd the time of their marriage by vail
Gus delays and excuses, and ultimately sailed for
New Orleans, leaving her cncentc. Grief and
di' traction at her unhappy situaion and the dis
covery OF the villains callous and dopravcd dis
position, brought on premature labour and she
gave birth to still born child. From that hour to
this she seems 10 have been running the broad road
to destruction could the tears, pray crs, threats
remonsranccs entioaies, or advice oi her friends,
produce the least pause in her painful career; she
seemed resolulely bent upon going hcadlonc to de-
md all ouul,x
she addicted herself to drinking in "A most despc-
rate manner. Her third appearance at the police
Office, was IN the character of drunkard and
she WAS brought before Justice w ,man in a semi
hyserica state, Che joint effects Of liquor and sor-
row and her convulsivc band giasped a 5OOI
note which had been forwarded to her from some
OF her fathers relatives in England, and which She
had that day received. She was at that period
sent into the Aims house until she became sober,
and the note deposited for safe keeping with some
respectable person.
A short time aiterward, she by some means OBJ
tanned possession of this money and sailed for New
Orleans disguised as IA sailor, with view TO seek
her seduccr, whom she said she intended TO shoot
as soon as she should see him. When she reach
ed that city, he had returned las was stalcd) to
New \ ork, whittier she also came in the last pack
ct, and according to her own statement had yes
,erday INDUCED in drinking until she drowned her
reason and sense of deccncy. She went to Of
the hotels in Broadway, where she person
enter who she thought strikingy resombled her
Queer. She expelled thence, and this con-
frmed her suspicious that he was the person whom
She was seeking She waited for more than an
hour, when she saw the same person leav., the
house and pass down the pavement. She follow
cd, overlook, and seized him by the throat, threw