Litchfield enquirer., 1838-07-05

Erie. from Buffalo to Detroit, touching a' Erie, Cleveland, Sandusky, &c. and when it's arrival and departure al .:eiiher piaco was an incident that created no little bus- tic, we were standing among the crowd Dupon the wharf at Buffal0, watching the passengers hurYying on board the SuPerI- or. Capt. Sherman, which was in few minutes to take it's departure tor Detroit There was a large number Ot passengers, mostly consisting of emigrants to the Ia- test-found land of promise, Michigan Among the different groups upon the deck were couple somewhat past the meridian of life, who were in earnest conversation with young man, while female of 'bloom- ing seventeen their daughter, stood listen ing to the discussion with look ot deep absorption which betrayed the intense ln- terest she felt in the subject.
 We learned afterwards that the couple had been long attached to each ot''er' put the young man had been unable to obtain the consent of the parents to marry their dauohter. She was an only child, and the circumstances of her lover were not such as answered the views he had for her. Bu- siness had called the young man from home for several weeks, and on his return, to his great surprise and chagrin, he found that MT. S., the father of his beloved, had sold his farm, and with his wife and daugh- ter had departed for Michigan. James thought he saw through the motive of this movement, and, learning they had been gone but few. days, his resolution was at once taken to follow, unprePared as nc was for the journey, either with ready money or change of apparel. He gave no sleep to his eyes nor slumber to his eyelids, till he was on the way, and lsssen- ing, as he hoped, the distance'between him- self and the object of his affection. As the departure of the boat did not take place till two days after the arrival of the parents and daughter at Buffalo, fortunate ly for the young man, he arrived before they had placed the Lake between the two lovers and when the dejected maid en stepped upon the boat, she was more surprised and overioyed to behold him, than her parents were vexed. The latter testified their displeasure at his thus fol- lowing them, in terms little calculated to strengthen his hopes of final success. and though he urged his suit with them with all the eloquence he could command, he still found them in6exible.
 At length the moment of parting arri. vod--" the last bell'' was rung-the word was given for those who were not going with the boat to leave, and tho order to cast off'' from the captain was heard. With mingled look of affection and re- grot James extended his handato Mary, from whose eyes streamed the fast falling drops. What was tho whole world to :hem at that moment ?-they forgot the gaping multitude and every thing but each other, and their hearts about to be sunder- ed clung the closer. As the {" farewell" was uttered, Mary held his hand with a nervous grasp, while quick as thought she threw her disengaged arms around her nlother's neck and then around her fath- er's, imprinting burning kiss upon the cheek of each, and ejaculating, " farewell, father. farewell, mother; come, James ;" ere her parents could find time to rcmon- strate, she sprung with her lover from the boat to the wharf. The boat moved ma. jestically on her way, while shout of de. light burst from the surrounding crowd, who had witnessed ihe whole scene, and had warmly sympathized with the lovers. The conflict between filial duty and affec- ton, and love, had been violent struggle in the breast of the maiden, but love tri- umphed father and mother were forsaken, and now went on their way lonely; while the lover bore back to his humble dwelling, in triumph, the joy of his heart, and the sharer of his future prosperity or adver- sisy.-Phiiad. HeraM. a
 Kissing goes by Favor.-A curious trial was recently held at Middletown Sessions, in England. at,.. .-l
 Thomas Saveland, the prosecutor, sta- ted that on the day after Christmas he was in the tap room where the defendant, Caroline Newton, and her sister, who had come from Birmingham, were present.- The latter jokingly observed that she had promised hor sweet heart that no man should kiss her while absent. It being ho. , tiday time, Saveland considered this chal- lenge, and caught hold of her and kissed her. The young woman took it as joke, but her sister, the defendant, said she would liko as little of that kind of fun as he pleased. Saveland told her if she was angry, he would kiss her also: he then tried to do it, and they fell to the ground. On rising the woman struck him ; he again tried to kiss her, and in the scuffle she bit off his nose. which she spit out of her mouth. The action was brought to reco- yer damages for tho loss of the noso. The defendant said he had no business to kiss her; if she wanted kissing she had hus- band to kiss her. better looking man than ever the prosecutor was. The jury, with. out hesitation acquitted her and the chair- man said, that if any man attempted to kiss woman against her will. she had n right to bite of his nose if she had fancy for so doing.