The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-06-03

From the New Orleans Tropic.
ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE

There are few Of our readers to whom
the ianatcal sect Of !he Mormons, with
IattndinarIan notions of chastity. moral-
ty. Sc, is unknown, either by contract
with some Of the body or by rcpute. A
short time since ship freiglted with
many Of the Arch Priest Joe Smiths dupes
arrived in this port from England hav-
ing amongst its passengers an American
formerly in good circumstances, original
ly from the State of New Y DIRK. He was
accompanied by his wife, female Of IT.
reproachablc, and Of very respectable
parentagc. During the passage hither.
the husband became acquainted with one
of the female disciples OF this new light,
and evinced 50 considerable an interest
in her welfare llhat many Of the more res
pcctable part of the ships company fan
cied they beheld in his attentions the
dawn of an ncipient intrigue. On the ar
rival of the ship at New Orleans, their
suspicious Were verified, the gentleman
in question abandoned wife and child,
and setting off with his paramour for that
sink Of iniqui'y, Nauvoo. 7 he poor
woman was thus left penniless and a
stranger. to the chance sympathy of this
crowded and busy metropolis. Urged
by her necessities, she was compelled to
seek mtnial's place to save herself from
absolute want. and with the Interior view
Of accommodating Just sufficient to enable
her to reach her relations in the n orlh.
Those who have hearts to feel may ina
CINE the horrors of her situation. compel
led to earn her wrelched bread with the
visions of hcarlless and libertine hus-
band continually haunting her, and the
mental anguish and bodily suffering con L.
sc1ucn. on natures incessant cries. 1t
was, in our opinion, sufficient to drive
any ordinary person mad absolutely
phrcnz ed, She nearly sunk under the
mislorrunes that were heaped upon her,
and might have died in public hospi-
tai, had it not been for some humane per-
sons whom we know that accidentally
became cognizaHt Of the case.
Within the last few days efforts have
been made by some kind hearted ladies' to
obtain money sufficient TO restore her to
her home, and we trust ere this she Is
furnished by those kind Samaritans with
the means Of rejoining her kind friends,
whom it is our lervent hope she will meet
in JOY and prosperity. The monster,
who is now domlciIed with his foreign
mistress at the Mormon Colony, has no
doubt been absolved by the High Priest
from his first marriage vows, and perhaps
presents at this moment an edifying ex-
ample of faith and practical biety accor
ding 10 the Interpretation of Smith and his
gang; but seriously, what a sad state of
legislation does this illumination prove
against our country, that atrocities of this
kind may not only be committed with
impunlly, but absolutely may challenge
even from some misguided sec. or other,
excuse and commentator. Out upon
their ny pocrisy. The chains are as dis
gushing as they are calling. The Maho.
metan Crescent, that Bigot's Rosary, are
bad enough but the Whitt Hat of Nor
mon Chief, without the chivalric gallant
ny of the one or the self-denying faith of
the other, is beyond all doubt he most
revollingly ridiculous.