Litchfield enquirer., 1841-12-09
Adeline offered an observation, and Ma lame La Roche continued.

'"1HS d"SCS NOus uuNC STcu CuOUS$U VA utsu 10 be certain that he desires your love in return, and it will give me pleasure # you tell me that ne possesses it.
 My dear mamma, said Adeline, with firmness, it is better to be candid at once know whom yo" mean, all yon are going to say but it is vain. do not love him, ] never can love him, and cannot marry him.
 'Adekne, AdeTinc v cried her mother, laughing, you are too quick by far for me. Do you hot love, will you never love, and cannot You tnarry--George Trevor
 George Trcvor?' exclaimed Adeline, her breath nearly taken away by astonish- Ment.
 'Ay, George Trevo,,' said her mother. So you blush now, and was not mistak- en. fnd, in supposng that you loved each other; l am glad oft, dear child, and give my most willing con>ent [" your union. Il feared you would not listen to him, or I would have con6dcd in you,' said Ade- line. half laughing and half crying at this sudden and unexpected realization of hopes she had scarcely dare to entertain.
 And that merely because at present he happens to be poor!' said Madame La Roche. An, my Adeline it is love, not wealth, that should be considered and if George Trevor be poor, are we not rich enough2 Bu,,' continued she, holding down her head and speaking falteringly, now that have wished you all happiness and consented {" your marriage, will you, dear little friend, wisl, me lke same, and consent to my marriage?'
 You! you marry again! ? exclaimed Adeline.
 And have you been so blind as to sus- pect no,hing7' said Madame La Roche, raising her head and smiling; will no. conceal it from you any longer. You know that | was married in France at very early age, but you do not know that before that had given my heart in Eng land, to youth whose only fault was po- verty. My parents had forbidden him the house, and on hearing of my engagement, on the Continent, he went out in despair to India. Some two months ago, you may remember, we were at large ball. How eau l describe to you my sensations when 1 saw there the man whom had h,ved in my early you.h-whom l still loved re- cognized him even before 1 heard his Dame.'
 'Aad that name was-Croiton,' said Adeline, much affected.
 1t was,' replied Madame La Roche, 'he had remained single, thnugh he had grown rich enough to buy if he had willed it some poor girls, as l myself had been bought Adeline, he has prevailed OF me to change my resolution of never marrying again. Do you wish me joy1'
 The mother and the daughter fell into each others arms and mingled their tears, but assuredIy they were not tears of sOr- row.
 On the same morning the two weddings were celebrated, and opinions were divided whether the n,a.ronly or the youthful bride looked more charming.
 The following singular narrative appears in late number of the Cincinnati Gazette. IL presents remarkable instance of reun- ion in the members of a family separated for nearly twsnty-four years :-
 70 thc PubIic.-Having recently disco vcrrd that my ancestral name is Walimire, to obviate all suspicion of having chnnged my name through design, submit the fol- lowing brief narrative.
 l was born in Switzerland, in the canton of Argau. and left that country about the year 1916, emigra,ing with my fathers fam 1 fly, which consisted "fa father, mother and seven children, all sons. We arrived a, Amsterdam, in Holland, at which port we purposed ,o take shipping for North Amer ica. We were there detained awhile by the difficulty of procuring shipping. The vessel in which we eventually secured our passage was so much crowded with emi- grant passengers. that previous 10 our set out among ihe crew, io which the greater portion of the passengers fell victims. A. mong the dead were my father, mother and three brothers also an uncle and his whole family, who had travelled with us from home to that place. Phus were four bro,h- CTS of us, all in our childhood, left to pur- sue our journey under those unhappy cir cnmstances to a strange land, without a friend to direct or To comfort uS:
 After tedious and distressing passage, we landed at Newcastle tn the state of Del aware. We then became separated, and were put out among strangers, whose lan- guagc we could neither speak nor under stand, and had no knowledge of each others place of residence. For about tweniv-four years 1 have had no correct information of Ihe existence or residence of either of my brothers, excepting my brother John. with whom ! had some intercourse, and who was also known by the name of Roof.
 As regards ,srlf, the first years of mT residence in the United States were spcn,