Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-10-25
From tie Cincinnati Chronicle.
A RUNAWAY MATCH.

We CHANGED, two or three weeks since,
to be descending the Miami Canal, from
Dayton TO this city, in the packet "Clarion,
Captain Bockway, communicable boat
had overcome some 25 or 80 miles of the
distance, when the tramp of horse-man
was heard on the tow path. Ina minute
a gallant steed was beside US, covered with
foam and painting with the heat. On his
back was surly looking Dutchman, in
years some torty-fyo or fifty, of middle
stature, with short legs and still shorter
stlrrups, and sitting in his saddle very
much as Sir Monkey rides his poney in the
menagerle His appearance quickly at
tracled the eyes of the crew and passengers
especially as his throat, we'll lined with
dust and dried by the heat, gave utterance
to sundry violent and incoherent sounds,
which were ever and anon accompanied
by threatening flourish of stout whip
which he held IN his right hand. At length
we caught the words, "Mine dawter-Cap-
tain, give me back mine dawtei' The
passengers began to look at the captain Of
the "Clarion," who by the way is modest
looking, gentemanIy sort Of bachelor, to
know what all this meant. The captain
protested he knew nothing ofthe Dutch
mans "dawler." The old man kept bawl-
ing most yehementIy, "mine daughter, give
me mine daughter q. .Ia.t u
The captain now stopped his boat, and
called to the onraged horseman to come on
board and take his ''dawter." In an instant
he had dismounted, tied his jaded steed to
the fence and was in the cabin ofthe boat.
Withaquick step and hurried eye, he look
ed round--she was not there--he passed on
to the ladies cabin, searched it but with no
better success. He returned to the main
cabin, and his eye rested upon young
German, asleep on Il settee, who had prob
ably escaped his notice as he passed
through. "Love's young dream" was most
lnceremonlously disturbed, for the old man
sprang at him like tiger, caught hImby
he collar, and cried out, "you rascal,
where's mine dawter?" The sleeping bride
groom stood upon his feet in utter amaze
nent& atfright,and instantly pointed TO the
ades' cabin. The old man released him,
again rushed 10 the ladies' cabin searched
ia second time, but without success. BY
his time the captain of the Clarion, having
become impatient, ordered the boat to start,
md the old "dawtern hunter jumped on
hore, and mounting his horse, kept by the
lde OF the boat, calling out for his ''daw-
Ell, and threatening to pursue the captain
Q Cincinnati IL there reclaim his runaway t
hiId, whenhe would give her ''Garmany," /
baking his rod significantly towards the {
,oat. We now learned that the fair run
way, was sober looking little Ouch girl,
II pink dress, who had eat her dinner in
ilence, and upon hearing her fathers voice /
lad, by the aid ofthe ladies, concealed her
elf, so eflectually in the cabin, that her
ather, even by tho aid Of the craven lover,
Guild not find her We further learned {
hat her parents were opposed to her mar. !
ying this young man, and that they had 9
hat morning eloped, from Dayton, and ]
aying taken the canal boat, for greater {
peed, were on their way 10 some AGretna
ireen, in order to have the knot mlrtrim-
niaI, duly tied Presently, the old man
esolved upona new course OF action, and {
ct off full speed for Hamilton to invoke the $
id Of the Sheriff in searching the boat Tor Z
mine dawter 1.-The bridegroom, who !
ad beeni ''rnightly" scared by the violence $
{ the old man, now become composed.
ic asserted that the young lady was nine Q
cen years old, and enquired with consld-
rabe anxiety, whether her father could !
AXE her back, even if lie got the Sheriff. {
)nc Of the passengers observing that
lis nervous system was u good deal dis