Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-03-27

struck him as being curious; and it all
so reminded him of another curious fact,
(at least curious as taken in connection
with this sudden flight,) namely, that
when Mr.. Pelsing had first glanced at
the face of the corpse, he started, and
turned deadly pale. Mr.. M. then pro.
ceeded TO his boarding house, and thence
to his store 10 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
without bringing any intelligence of
him, during which time Mr.. Mowitt
had fully made up his mind that there
was some mysterious connection be-
tween his friend and the man that was
found drowned, and that, in conse-
quence thereof, Mr.. Pelsing had in all
probability made away with himself.
Well, so matters rested until cer-
tain day in last June, when lady cal
led at Mr.. Mowitt's store, and asked for
Mr.. Pelsing. She was told the part-
culars of the story. "And hasn't he
been here since," she inquired. "Not
since," replied Mr.. Mowitt, 81 know he
has," said the lady. "Hc has not, |
assure you, at least TO my knowledge"
answered Mr.. Mowitt. "But am po>
sitive," said the lady. "What proof
have you of it :" inquired the shoema-
ker. "Thc best in the world" returned
the stranger, "lor am here, and | and
Mr.. Pelsing are one and the same per-
son." And strange as it may appear,
such was the actual fact.
Well, the question then was, whether
Mr.. Pelsing was gentleman or lady,
and it turned out that she was lady,
and more than that, her name wasn't
John Pelsing at all, but Charlotte Con.
roy, and furthermore, that she was the
widow of the man that had been found
drowned. She then stated that her
husband, who was shoemaker in Phi
ladelphia, and to whom she had been
married for about two years, had trea-
ted her very badly, the consequence of
which was, that she picked up his trade
by stealth, and when she thought she
was sufficiently perfect, equipped her.
self in mems clothes, and ran off to this
city to be the more safely out of the
reach Of her lord and master. Here,
as we have seen, she got into the en-
ployment, and remained in the conf
dencc of Mr.. Mowtt until the time OF
the coroner's inquest, Immediately after
which she proceeded TO Philadcl phia
where she learned that her husband
(who had become wandering loafer,)
had, on The hint of some friend, set out
for New York about week before. &c
look for her; but where, instead of ar
injured wife, he found watery grave
The upshot of this romantic aflai
was, that Mr., Mowitt requested Mrs. c
!, to make his home her home; and aite
a while he found that he liked her We
better as Mrs. c. than Mr.. Pelsing
that by virtue thereof, he proposed re
ncwal of their terms of partnership
which was accepted: and that on las
Tuesday week Mr.. Mowitt and the lat
Mr.. John Pelsing became man an
: wife.
!. This is the first instance, we believe
y on record, wherein wife pcrforme
+ the office Of the coroner's juryman o
!. the body Of her own husband, or where
Y in young man was married to his ow
: master. The lady, by the way, is W
ry good looking, and still on the sa
/ side Of thirty.