Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-11-24

SET IL was not long after this arrangement was
,,a"e oeio'e man called Tor letter tor John
moss: he was immediately arrested, and when en-
ahmed proved to be the identical Dr. Hersct, who
was forthwith lroned, and forwarded 10 The Jail in
Oneda county.
We have been thus particular in detailing the
circumstances OF Tins affair, because we wish to
lay before an unsuspeciing community the arts
oy which a consumaie villain sometimes achieves
ms heilish purposes
we are aware ,ha, transactions OF u similar
Character, and of more argray atod type, are &C.
curing almost daily in diffcren, parts OF our coun.
Try, when should prove a beacon all, and war;
mem 10 avoid the fatal rock of ar,iul deception
on winch they have been too fatally stranded.
The following letter. written bv Elizabeth to
her brother in Frankfort after Herset had lief, her
at Midtiebrry. will show how deep, and nj tho
same tine how unavailing, were her regrets for
the s;el she had taken:
"A1ion,.usu O..-s, OIL 9, 1898.
Dear Brotaer:--I tahe my pen to address
few lines to you from this place Bat l cannot
express upon paper the feelings Of distraction
which agitat e my disconsolate bosom, since having
taken a most imprudent step. When lett my
home and friends. gave my hand to one thought
my best friend; but the reality proves how utter
4 ly faliacious were all my fowery prospects; tor,
instead of my path proving gay, light. and Tree,
as anticipated, find myself deceived, betrayed
covered with disgrace; in fine, wretched, ruined
lar, far from Tho sweet society of father, moth
er, and you, dear brother, to whose advice had
| listened, instead Of the betraying counsel OF
pretended friends, might at this moment have
been enjoying the smile and appreciation of kind
friends, from whom am now widely separated.
In this moment of trial. to whom shall hook
Will my parents and friends forgive the erring and
unhappy Mary Elizabeth? Will they again re-
ceive their ungra:eful daughter? Or will they.
as they might with proprety. discard her forever I
turn her, as she turned herself, adritl upon the
stormy pillows of n treacherous world, 10 bear up
against its current of unhaiowed influences, or to
sink beneath the dark wave of public scorn, con-
demned outcast forever? Or shall Iagain bask in
the sunny smiles Of parents and friends? And
now, dear brother, may | ever hope to be forgiv-
en-! Upon your answer will depend, in great
measure, my future happiness misery.
. Il would be glad to say word to my young
friends, with whom my earliest years were spent
, would warn them against the aftIfites Of the
vile seduccr, who, with the poison OF the serpent
upon his tongue, be,rays tho unsnspeciing, and
brings ruin and disgrace upon their friends, and
. infamy upon his victim The bright hopes o
n happiness with which we thought the future
. peopled has proved TO me Il desert of boundiess
extent, filled with frigh,tul images.
:. "My reflections drive me to despair; l sleel
but to awake to a more lively sense Of my misery
/ envy not, however, the reflections Of those
+ ell advisers, who, in conrarlety TO the drcnret
= and known will of my friends, aided my beraye
i in accomplishing his ruthless purpose.
n ''With sentiments Of the deepest gratitude,
= am your erring sister,
!. MARY ELIZABETH DYGERT"