Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-07-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the BufaIo Commercial Advertiser, of July I.
Desperate Woman.


Readers of newspapers have doubtless noticed within
the year past, occasional illusions to woman IN the
Western country, who complained of terrible wrongs
she had suffered at the hands of formerly resi-
this cy, and threatened some dreadful retribu
ton The last notice of stated that she had left La
fayee, Indiana in masculine attire and armed and mac
made her way town in the interior OF ONO
Last Saturday morning. while the Great !" estefh as
living a, Macknaw it whispered round that one OF
the passengers who seemed trim boy OF some sixteen
or heeu years was in fact Captain W ak
r invited the youth and Of the principal citizens Of
Macknaw his office, and there being questioned inc
suspicious passenger declared herself woman ana gave
her for assuming the dress she wore ohe said
she was married, she supposed, few years ago. IN
this city, a whose name our informant was una
bic to give after living with him some years and
having two children, her husband told her the
the marriage ali sham that he had another lawful
wife, and had contemptuously cast off her and her chill
dren
Under these circumstances she had TO have re-
venge Justice She had ascertaned that the man who
had thus deeply wronged her was living at Macknaw,
and she had there to obtain recognition OF nor
rights vengeance default. Upon which she eNhb-
tied two loaded pistols which she carried about her per-
SON After farther conyersation she gave up the
pistols, and messenger despatched to the husband
with that passenger the Wesern wish
ed TO see him. He board and the two par
ties face to face. The woman upbralded hlfn Win
all the wrongs ne had inflicted upon her. and demanded
PREPARATION for herself children by legal marriage
at the same time with all the rcckessness of wofna
poaded desperation, threatening his life with the most
rations if he failed 10 dol her justice
At this point the door opened, and the man who had
covered before her like tightening and escaped
to the shore She followed after ascerained his
place Of business and sought another interview As she
approached doubtless supposing she had come
TO It'll threats, raised pistol and fired-Ihe ball
struck near her She blenched but drawing
pisto in turn from her vest took delibe aim him
and then lowered the weapon saying she turned on
her heel '.no you poor contemplate wretch, 1t would
disgrace a woman to slay you"'
The affair, of course, made great noise the island
but what the issue unable to state The boat
both parties ashore. We have heard many stories abou
the the relations of the parties in this
ter but enough that rely upon to form de-
cided opinion the rits of the 1t may be
that is proigate, butho often does the term
have a stricness of meaning not ended by
now the and of society, desperate in
and crime, and degraded until they have lost all
blancc of womanhood would be happy, viruous wives
and mothers for the foul wrong and abandonment OF
which they have been the victims. There IS terrible
wrong some where in the have related and
Judgment well sympathes, incline us to believe
that the unsexcd woman is tho sufferer.