Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-04-01
ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.

ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. @
Thomas Mowiit to Chsfo,te COnrOy, both Of this
city"
The above marriage was contaminated in
this city on last Tuesday week, and there
by hangs tale which may be worth the
attention of the lovers of the marvellous.
Mr.. Mowitt is respectable boss shoema-
ker, who keeps several men employed, and
among the rest was one named John Pei
sing, who had ingratiated himself so much
in his favor by his faithfulness, industry
and sobriety, that he took him in partner
ship about three years since, and had no
cause to regret his kindness. From that
period, Mr.. Mowitt and Mr.. Pelsing were con-
slant friends and companions, and boarded
in the same house until about tWeIVe
months since, when one day they were SUP
pHned for coroner's inquest which was 10
be held on the body of a man who had been PEI
taken out of the Maiden Lane Dock. The
deceased had all the appearance OF De!ng
regular dock loafer, and it was the OPINION
of An present that he had fallen into the slip
while in a state of mtoxication; but the
verdict, which was given in few mlnutcs'
was merely "found drowned.
The Jury being dismissed, MIR. M. turned
round to look for his friend and fellow Ju-
ror, who had been at his side till that mo-
ment, but he was gone but he thought he
saw him running at almost full speed up
Maiden Lane. This struck him as being
curious; and it also reminded him OF an
other curious fact, Cat least curious as Ia
ken i'm connection with his sudden hlght')
namely, that when Mr.. Pelsing had hrst
glanced at the face of the corpse ne start
ed. and turned deadly pale. Mr.. M. then
nroceeded to his boarding house, and
thence to his store to look for his partner,
but he was to be found at neither; nor did
he return that night; nor the next; nor the
next: and two months passed away with
out bringing any intelligence of him, du-
ring which time Mr.. Mowitt had fully
made I'D his mind that there was some
mysterious connection between his friend
and the man that was found drowned, and
that. in consequence thereof, Mr.. Pelsing
had in all probability made away with nm
self. -.
dav in last June, when lady caileo at MT
Mowitt's store, and asked for Mr.. Peislng'
She was told the particulars OF his story.
sand hasn't he been here slnce?' she In
quired.
81 know he has," said the lady.
"He has not, / assure you, at least to my
knowledge" answered Mr.. MOWltt."
"But am positive" said the lady.
"What proof have you Of it!" inquired
the shoemaker.
"The best in the world" returned the
stranger, "for / am here, and and Mr.. Pei
sing are one and the same person." And
strange as it may appear, such was the &C
tual fact.
Well, the question then was, whether Mr..
Pelsing was gentleman, or a lady, and 1t
turned out that she was lady, and more
than that, her name wasn't John Pelslng' at
all, but Charlotte Conroy, and furthermore,
that she was the wi6 of The man that had been
found 2ro,Dned. She then stated that her
husband, who was a shoemaker in Philadel-
phia, and to whom she had been married
for about two years, had treated her very
badly, the consequence of which was that
she picked up his trade by stealth, and
when she thought she was sufficiently per-
feet, equipped herself in mems clothes, and
ran off to this city to be more safely out of
the reach of her lord and master. Here, as
we have seen, she got into the employment
and remained in the confidence of Mr..
Mowitt until the time of the coroner's in
quest, Immediately after which she pro-
that her husband, (who had become a wan
dering loafer,) had ON the hint of some
friend, set out for New York about week
before, to look for her; but where, instead
of an injured wife, he found a watery grave.
The upshot of this romantic affair was,
that Mr.. Mowitt requested Mrs. c. to make
his house her home that after a while he
found that he liked her yet better as Mrs
c., than as Mr.. Pelsing; that by virtue
thereof, he proposed renewal OF thei'
terms of partnership. which was accepted
and that on last Tuesday week Mr.. Now
lit and the late Mr.. John Pelsing became
husband and wife. a.s
This h hs sat wiz st pSsr4ermed the Office
of a coroner's juryman on the body of hel
own husband, or wherein young man was
married to his own master. The lady, by
the way, is very good looking, and still on
the safe side of thirty.-N. Y. Sun.
The Hon. John Quincy Adams closed his
arguments in favor of the Amistad Africans,
before the Supreme Court in the following
impressive, and solemn manner:
May it please your Honors On the 9TH
of February, 1904, now more than 81 years
ago, my name was recorded on the rolls of
this Court, as one of its Attorneys and
Counsellors-that five years afterwards,
appeared before this Court in an important
cause Since that time, have never APP
peared before this Court until the present
occasion, and now ] stand before this Court
again. II Is the same Court, but not the
same Judges. At that time these seats were
filled by honored men indeed, but not the
same. They are oil changed. Then there
was Chief Justice Marshall, and Judges
Gushing, and Chase, and Washington. and
Johnson, and Livingston, and Wild. Where
are theya Where is that able statesmo n
and learned lawyer, who was nv associate
counsel in the cause, Robert Goodloe Har-
per! Where is the eloquent counsellor, so
long the pride OF Maryland and the Ameri-
can Bar, who was the opposing counsel, Luz