The native American., 1838-11-17

Elizabeth and her Middiebury friends remained
IN ignorance Of the trHe state Of tie case Ill tho
arrival Of letter from her father. Herset, BY
The assistance of friend contrived to avoid am
apprehension, and they were obliged to- return
5 without him. He, how ever, returned to- Buffalo,
! ana from thence wrote to Judge Dysert, request
ing him to inercede with the friends Of Elizabeth
IN ms behalf to suspend any legal proceedings
unsl ne should obtain a bill Of divorce from his
vile, then at Frankfort, for which immediate mea-
sures would be taken, and for which he had a.
valid claim. Judge u. who had hitherto been n
friend, took journey TO Buffalo, in COMPANY with
! a son of Capt. d., and ss IIerset had directed
: that any letters which mgfr De sent 10 MIN should
be directed to John Ross, an arrangement wa,
made Mt the post office, that whoever should in
qure for a letter for John Ross should be seized
as DIR. Herset. 1t was not long after this arrange
ment was made before a man called for letter
for John Ross; he was Immediately arrested, and!
when examined proved TO be the identical Dr..
Herset, who was forthwith ironed and forwardetI
to the Jail in Oneida county.
We have been thus particular in detailing the,
circumstances Of this affair." because we wish to-
lay before an unsuspecrng community the arts
by which consummate villain sometimes achieves,
his hellish purposes.
We are aware that transactions of q similar
character, and of more aggravated type, are o,-
curing almost daily in different parts of our coun
try, which should prove beacons 10 all, and warn
them to avoid the fatal rock Of artful deception
on which they have been too fatally stranded
The following letter, written by Elizabeth to
her brother in Frankfort after Herset had left her af
Middlebury, will show how deep, and at the same
time how unavalling, were her regrets for the
step she had taken:
J. "MIDDLEBURY Ono Oct. 8. 1898.
"DEAR Brother: | take my pen to address
a few lines to you from this place. But cannot
express upon paper the feelings of distraction
which agiate my dsconsoate bosom, since hay.
ing taken most imprudent step. When left
my home and friends, gave my hand to one
thought my best friend; but the reality proves
how utterly iallacious were all my nowry pros
poets; for, instead of my path proving gay, light,
and free, as anticipated, | find myself deceived,
betrayed, covered with disgrace in fine, wretched,
ruined-far, far from the sweet society of father,
mother and you, my dear brother, to whose adj
vice had listened, instead of the beraying conn
sci of pretended friends, might at this moment
have been enjoying the smile and appreciation oi
kind friends, from whom am now so widely
separated. In this moment of trial, to whom
shall look? Will my parents and friends for
give the erring and unhappy Mary Elizabeth!
Will they again receive their ungralefM daughter!
Or will they, as they might with propriety, dis
card her forever! turn her, she turned herself,
adrit upon the stormy pillows of ,reacherous
world 10 bear up against its current Of unhallow-
ed influences, or to sink beneath the dark wave
Of public scorn, a condemned outcast forever! Or
shall again bask in the sunny smiles Of parents
and friends! And now, dear brother, may l
ever hope to be forgiven! Upon your answer
will depend, in great measure, my future hap
piness or misery.
81 would be glad to say word to my young
friends, with whom my earliest years were spen',
/ would warn them against the artifces of the
vile seduccr, who, with the poison of the serpent
upon his tongue, betrays the unsuspectng, and
brings ruin and disgrace upon their friends, and
infamy upon his victim. The bright hopes tf
happiness Nth which thought the future
peopled has proved to me desert of boundless
extent filled with frightfu images.
''My reflections drive me to despair; sleep
but to awake to a more lively sense of my misery.
envy not, however, the reflections of those cruel
advisers, who, in contrarety to the declared and
known will Of my friends, aided my betrayer in
accomplishing his ruthless purpose.
'With sentiments of the deepest gratitude.
am your erring sister,
MARY ELIZABETH DYGERr"