Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-09-24

| Intimate friends, having beloved husband
and father felon, rambling through some
strange and dIstan, land 10 escape the ven
Eeance of the law, nothing was left for Us
ii we remained there but disgrace and mi
sery But no time was 10 be lost, mother
and my self fell TO collecting articles and
Filing Two trunks with such as we suppo-
sed would be most needed in our runaway
condition while father went in search OF
the carriage. He found man with a
hackney coach at an Inn who had brought
a load of passengers TO the village from
Bristol the day previous and who INTENDED
to start back very early in the morning.
BY some persuasion and by giving two
guineas father prevailed upon him to start
directly and carry us to Bristol. This was
done with as much haste and secrecy as
could be, they halted at our door with the
coach just as the clock struck ten; The
trunks were deposited in the carriage. we
took our seats and were off in less than
five minutes. But can any one imagine,
can any one credit, the change tina! took
place in our condition within less than
two hours. Two hours before we had a
comfortable home and property worth two
thousand pounds; almost every inhabitant
OF the village was friend; my father
sustained an unimpeachabe character in
fact we were surrounded with almost eve ry
desirable thing which this world affords.
But how vain and how decenful are the
riches Of this life, reduced from afiluency
in less than two hours to a state worse
than that Of beggar, deprived Of an hon.
orable reputation Of beloved friends and
every thing worth living for; left only the
miserable condition OF felons and fugtives
flying from the vengeance of the law like
the affrighted hare from pack Of hounds
The night was uncommonly dark, which
was probably the reason why pursuit was
not made before morning. Not a soul was
! aware Of our departure from the village
except the driver, and father stu ctly for
babe US leaving any token by which the
course we had taken might be discovered
We arrived at Bristol on the next morning
al four O'Clock, being only six hours going
thirty miles. Father charged the driver
TO keep the whole affair profound secret
telling him that he would assuredly bring
trouble upon himself if he divulged any
thing he knew concerning our flight He
left US with our baggage at an Inn near
the river, and We embarked about two hours
on hoard the Ennis, very fine ship bound
for New York. She set sail the same at
ternoon about four o'clock, it being the
eleventh Of May, but not until all the pas
sengers had been arranged in rows upon
The deck and examined by two officers who
we're in search of deserters from The army.
was relieved Of great dread | assure
you when saw those men leave the ship
without taking off any Of our company,
for supposed they had been sent to arres,
my father. The wind was un(avorable
and we did not get fairly into Bristol chan
mel till the afternoon Of the twelfth A
fresh breeze blew up about three o'clock
on tia. afternoon. gazed for the last
time upon the city Of Bristol aud upon the
beautiful shores OF England. But oh, the
bitter pangs Of that day | never shall for
get, had been so confused in the hurry
and hustle Of flying that was never SEN
sble Till then of one half Of my bereav-
mens Driven from home. friends, and
everything dear, to drag out, perhaps, a
miserable life among strangers, if we es-
capped watery grave | gazed upon the
shore Of my native land as it disappeared,
in the utmost agony i, appeared as if the
last thread of life would break asunGer the
moment | lost sight of my beloved coan-
try.
Torn from friends, and a home that was best,
With every carr hy charm, of life
o, the bitter bangs that pierced my breast,
The torments o. tina t inward strife.
But George fear that you might think
| was little hypocritical has preven.ed
me from speaking OF the must abundant
source Of my grief, We landed at New
York after voyage Of six weeks. There
we found an English family on its way 10
Illinois, in company with which we came
TO this place. My father owns now farm
of three hundred acres, spot as beauti-
(el and fertile as | have seen in America /;
he has labored hard, and received his re-
ward by being fortunate in all his undelta-
kings he is well pleased with the ceun-
try, the laws and the people, and does not
appear to regret in the least the hard knock
which he gave the Collector But George
declare feel latigued from telling sto-
ry so tedious, it is time for us to return TO
the house, will relate the rest Of our his
tory here, together with the particulars Of
our voyage across the Atlantic at another
time" This a,norous pair retired to the
house just as the last rays Of the setting
sun were gitteringon the tops of the tree 5
which stand in beautiful groups along the
valley OF the N'picinque. Brennan and
Caroline were married shortly after and
are now living contented and happy on a
farm Of their own, about four miles from
The residence of Carol:ne's father.
would inform the reader that the names
used in this narrative are assumed instead
of the real, for reasons best known per-
haps 10 the writer. ii. L.
NTrGAMBLING.-AM MIR. Green, re-
formed gambler, has! recently been going