The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-05-19

~ VIII Boz EC4ANr an E4kAufutl1FN Il
degree 81 s1gacu, 10 anticipate, from
what has been already rrlaled. that The |
Woodrufirr Sill prove 70 be no other Than !
George Lsdlnek himself Instead of be- !
ing dead, ~ had been rumared, partly By
design. 10 allsy the sgiIsied mind d
Emily. he leil the boat On board u which |
he had departed from Cincinnati, on arris-
ing ., the woodward NJ his predecessor.
without any notice being taken Of the
circumstance. except by Ihe clerk, with
whom he seIllrd his passage. Here,
with spirits much depressed by his iaae
disappointment add disgrace. he assumed
the woodeutier's gsrb. hsbIiualed his
athletic limbs Co The use of The axe. and
determined Cor time, sileasi, taexrhange
thai society with which he had become
/. disguised. for life nearly resembling that
Of hermit. He had, in less Than year.
became The owner of The liule cottage
whirh be first entered as helpmats; and
We know not how long he might have
continued his hardy and losly oeeupa-
lion. had il not been for The catastrophe
ofMr. Morslon m falling overheard Of The
stssmbosi a. above related, To rescue
whom he plunged into the water. but
could not succeed IN finding. oil sfler The
boat had departed. |. had scarcely got
out oi sight, however, when The body Vas
found, apparently dead, hul being convey
ed into lhp hui, and after being rubbed
and chafed, having received the applies
ton Of such remedies a. the good sense
Of Lsdlock suggested. was u lasI resior-
ed 70 animation aud health. Il all be
impossible 70 describe The sslonishment,
as well as gratitude Of Mr.. Moreion.
after recovering his senses, in finding
himself 10 the hands of his formerly
discarded clerk, Who was bestowing on
him every kind office and attention IN his
power. Being entirely restored. and
finding liiilr else TO pass away his lime
than to converse with the preserver Of
his life, an explanation ensusd, b. which
LadIack entirely ersdicsted every suspi-
cion as to the charge Of his previous
crime. Afer exhibiting papers he had
lately procured from a confidential cores
pondenl, by means Of pos, office al the
nearest settlement to his solitary reside
ence, II was made to appear. most I'M
equivocally, that the fifty dollar note he
had laid out al The isilor's, though on the
same bank OF The one he had been sccus-
ed III stealing, Was oi dIiieren, number,
and one he had received some time
previous. in a manner To be satisfactory
" accounted for; and that his late disgrace
andexpnson from business in Cincinnati
was caused b. The designing Winover,
the son-in-lsw and partner Of MoreIon,
who had himself displaced the bank note
fnr the purpose Of bringing suspicion on
their clerk, and thereby preventing a
marrisge TO which he and his wife had
always been opposed.
The woodcut,er. again melamorphos.
ed INTO George Ladlock, being invited by
his grateful CUES. TO return 10 Cincinnati
aud receive The hand Of Emily, joyfully
scceded to the proposal. But as it was
necessary first 10 send confidential letters
10 distant relative and wait their answer
in order To make suitable arrangements,
il was thought best not to undeceive the
family IN the supposi,ion Of his death.
until they had taken steps necessary for
removing the villainous Winoyer, who
had now usurped all the affairs Of the
, mercantile house, and was devising plans
for his own aggrandlsemen al the expense
Of the heirs OF the supposed deceased.
This object being accomplished. Mr..
More,on and Ladlock took births private
ly on board of steamboa, bound for
Cincinnati, and landing few days after
in tina, city, retired IN observed, to the
house Of the confidential relative, where
Emily was persuaded to make The visi,
which restored her to her father and
betrolhed husband.
The next day presented scene oil
equal establishment and more consserna
e tion. A message was despatched to the
d intriguing Wlnover requesting his imme-
date attendance at the residence OF Mr.
e More.on's relative, on business of import
n ance. Winover, arriving soon after sent
e for, was conducted to the private apart
n ment, where he was nearly petrifed on
e suddenly finding himself in the company
e Of two persons whom he had supposed,
d or a, leas. hoped, were in their graves,
II both of whom he was conscious OF having
r wrenged. After being restored to sutfi
d cient self-possession to read the papers
u that Ladlock had procured as evidences
e Of his guilt. he shrunk like condemned
= criminal into a corner, and did not hesltst'
u TO give immediate signature TO pape
d More,on had already prepared, by mean
of which Winover, after receiving his jus
It proportion of the stock on hand, relln
n auished all further concern or interest i
N the mercantile house Of which he ha
10 been an unworthy partner.
'e The las, time we saw George Ladlocs