Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-11-30
SELECTIONS.
From NE GereiaaR fOhio) Daily ddrcrtiser.
ROMANCE IN real. LIFE.

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
!" Truth is strange, stranger than fiction. An
incident has lately know ledge IN this city,
which goes TO verify the ecfness OF this remark.
Somc DAYS since gentleman arrived ia Cleveland.
pursuit of fugitive dcbar aud having here elrn-
eI that the runawas eould prohabl, he found in De
troit. went on IA pursuit ri INN 10 hat place lie
there discovered tile Officer Of his search. AID with
him n very heauii a afd Interesting yonug female
who living With hiui "a his VIII. Knowing that
he had wi'e residing at Tie easf. ON friend US
somewhat surprised ~ f. nav accession 10 the do
crse af the Iu stve, aud sail uisre mhea
she assured Inn. in manner Too sincere aud inno-
cent to leave loom ior dnnh lili ,hr had been le
sally married 10 the prrsoa with whom She WIS
aund. Nut irou'ns himself. hturYrf. u Ihr tinlr.
vuh an mn urs inia lbe naster die creditor arlres-
ted hs dcbor asd brought han "a f.l. CIV. where
he vas lodged uial iilhct tar laly followed hun,
and here Inc circumstances were disclosed. winch
have doomed rarr Nnuug CT tsufe 10 hfoken
heart, and ~ill probably terminate hlr enis death,
or Iife more horrible tlau the gra,e.
From the information vi have received ard II il
furnished rs uuQue>iiolnhlc authority II appears
that NJ. \. j., tbe LADY, al "lonwe have spoken WAS
an inmate of hoai,img school. Al Lewiston, |, &.
when She became acquainted With the 10 whom
she aitctHard married.
She orphan. alld i'sis sad inherited a large
fortune which WIS nn3rr ta~ cure ol uifuucle. her
guardian. u .rlc', bred, and euofani OF The MD.
II Is not a cause II wehIet. That her feelings ucre
strongly unciured with rnmaace. Shr WAS Young.
TOO, only sixteen, al IN atdlTion Ia extraordinary
beauty, possessed every ACCOMPLISHMENT ufiutrllrct
and education. Tile william who drlnded lei W.
introduced to irr relatives gentleman Of standing
and responsibility, aud ny hi- personal etaces aud
eonsumuatc fact mas we'd ,alcuatgdto wnthc afrc-
tons OF an inexperienced and unsHsprcttuc haSoin.
Unable to accomplish hs object by any ufhef
means lac proposed marriage, aud contrary Ia the
earnest rcinonsiranrr- OF her ouec aud hirnd~ she
listened to his enteartes. ard finally clipped with the
fascinating stranger, Ia whom She was married IN
Detroit. 1t was not uatl hel ARRIVAL IA tins civ that
she discovered the fatal srefc OF her husbands io,-
mcr marriage. Ihe person who cave her the inlnr-
NATION, states that lie never hrheld more heart
rendng scene. The conviction thm shc had been
dup'd by HIM upon whom SHE had placed her heart
richest affections, with whom but u moment before
she had expressed her Willingness die IN prison.
together with the thought tat size WIS moi his wife
produced an alternate Struggle between pude and
love, such only be understood by Hose " ,o
have learned It's horrors by experiences. Nature eve,
Kind To its tsndcfcst flowers, lett Miss j. long nsrl-
siblc 10 her fate. Another, and perhaps lilc less
bitter affection, WAS Ia reserve The nnrrlnciplcd
villain hal circulated ar aud vide, report that ih.y
had been married. and that She was nnl, one OF
the many, whose love hr bad wnhout the cere-
inony OF leg Il union. This story too reached her
wears. aud the cuu,r.t'an Of IT'S truth gave another
and deeper pang to her wounded spirit.
For him she had gwen up alltlie home OF her "a
ihers. the associates al her childhood the friends
che loyed-aud how had the wealth OF her heart been
repaid He, Tor whom al had been sacrificed de.
feunncd On sill further sacfifcr her only re.
aiming lreasure-hcr coc name nj by pitiiuland
malicious ialslood, endcavuIed to complete the ruin
his ants aud wckcdncsS had devised
Ia the reaunc. the author OF her sorrow and dis
grace. having procured his liberation from prison. has
gone we know not WHITTIER, aud escaped for while
the consequences ot his offence. But though tho
law, tatdy aud utterly impotent IT is in matters OF
Ii M 4
being the punishment his crimes demands, iheic i,
an Menger in his own coneieuce, If there is ono
spark oi humanity yet lett, which, sooner or later
must award him relrbutlon more fearful lhen an,
human tribunal can dispense.
Miss j.. contrary TO the orders of her physician
who considered her removal, in the present state
her health, hazardous, has returned to her home il
Canada. Poor gnl II sympathy can heal III,
wounds Of the spirit, honest heart will refuse he
the balm of its pity aud compassion