The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-03-21
miscellaneous.
A CASE OF ELOPEMENT.

OhOC OF ELOf EMGN l.
A correspondent handed into our office
yesterday an extended statement of trans.
action, of which the following is the sub.
stance. DR.. J. c. Sloat. he says, came to
this city from Ulster County, where he
married his wife, who is an excellent wo-
man. and of q wealthy and respectable, "a
mlly. Soon after his arrival here he united
himself to the Methodist Chu,c in Sc
cond street of which he was for a year or
two an active member. He was then for
some cause discharged from society. He
was always handsomely dressed but report
said it was at the expense of the tailors.
His practice being inconsiderable,h could
not, or did not support his family. The
last place he lived at with his wife, was at
No. 234 Second street. His wife finally
left him and supported herself by teaching
school. Since that period S!oat has had
Offices in different places, but not succeed
ing in obtaining practice sufficient for
his support, he hired himself out as clerk
in drug store, and procured his board in
private boarding house in the Sixth ave.
nue. where also boarded Mrs. NJ. and her
mother, ladies Of wealth and high res
pec,ability. DR.. S. here passed himself off
as single man, and being ofra.her pleas
ing appearance and address, he soon won
the confidence Of the old lady and her
daughter. lie informed them that he own
ed the drug store he attended, and he hav.
ing been seen there by several of the in
mates of the house, and also by the young
la:!y and her mother, they did not doubt
his ownership OF the store. lie finally in
formed them that he had so much practice
that he would be compelled to sell out the
store, which it was understood he said he
did, and was then permitted to- put up his
name on the front door of his boarding
house. The mother as we'll as daughter
become so fond Of the Doctor, that he pro.
posed to marry the young lady. Matters
we're going on smoothly in this way, when
our correspondent informed the landlady
IF the house the the Doctor was married
nan-and the landlady impaired the intel
igence quickly to the Doctor, informing
him also that he must leave the house.
The mother and daus shter we're also alvi-
led Of the Doctors married state, as well
IS ofsome other matters of disreputable
character concerning him but they were
90 much attached to him to believe word
o mis- prejudice.
Whilst the old lady was gone to enquire
nto the character oflhc lover oil her daugh-
er, the doctor proposed 10 the young lady
o leave her house, 60 to Newark, New jcr-
ey with him. and there get married; and
1hen the mother returned, the daughter &
cr lover had disappeared. In day or
wo however, she received letter fom the
octor informing her that himself and her
aughter had taken board in a hotel at New
rk; and that the first thing they thought
n rising in the morning and the last ON re-
lrning at night, was their mother. This
st,er was directed to the care Of our cor.
requesting him to hand it TO the
Id lady herself. Itwas handed according
=, when the old lady remarked that she
'as afraid the doctor had married her
aughteE and proceeded with the utmost
aste to Newark. In the interim the doc
,r's wife had been appriscd Of her hus-
and's conduct and of his hegira with ano-
Ter lady to Newark, and she also fastened
, find him there. And there to be sure the
octor's wife and the mother Of the young
Idy met the doctor, who was not particu-
lrly pleased at the interview. The doc
,r's landlord in Newark getting informa-
on that alLwas not right with his guests.
ad the doctor arrested for his board bill
LODGED in prison. There the rival parties
'et-the doctor refused 10 speak to his
'ife, saying he had obtained bill divor-
ing him from her, which the young wife
elieved to be true. Much confusion ensu. ;
! tears flowed, asis common in such cases ;
the daughter refused to return with her ,
o.her and said she would die in the doc {
RS cell rather than leave him-for she
new that the charges ugains: him were
lse. After much resistance she was final '
prevailedupon to accompany her nj other
} this city. The magistrate in Newark {
contrary to law, however,) took Mrs.
loat's affidavit that she was the wife Of the
octor, who at the last advices remained
prison. The old lady & her daughter on r
turning hi,her changed their boarding
lace, the better to keep secret what had +
and prevent their friends from /