Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-07-28
From the BuGalo Advertiser. yuIy 4
A DESPERATE WOMAN

Readers of newspapers have doubtless mott
ca, within the year past, occasional allusion:
toa woman in the Western country, who
complained OF terrible wrongs she had sun; red
at the hands formerly resident of this city,
and threatened dreadful re,ribulion The last
notice oil her stated that she had left Layfay-
ette Indiana, In masculine attire and armed
ana had made her way To some town in the
interior OF Ohio.
Last Saturday morning, while the Great
Western was lying at Mackinaw, IT was wills.
pcred around that one of the passengers. who
seemed trim boy OF some rs or Is years, was
In Tact woman. Capt Walker invited the
youth and one OF the principal citizens of Mac
kuiaw into his Office, and there being ques-
tion, the suspicious passenger declared herself
woman, and gave reasons for assuming the
dress she wore. She said she was married as
She supposed, few years ago, in this city,
10 man whose name our informant " as ena.
able TO give; that after living with him some
years and having two or three children. her
husband told her the marriage was all a sham,
tlat he had another lawful wife, aud had con-
tenptuously cast of her and her children.
Under these circumstances she had sworn
10 have revenge orjusticc. She had ascertain
cd that the man who had thus deeply
wronged her was living at Mackinaw, and had
rights, or vengeance i'm default. Upon which
she exhibited two loaded pistols. and a mes
senger was despatch d to the husband with an
animation that passenger on the Western
wished 10 see him. He soon came on board,
and the parties met.iace..to face. The woman
upoTalded him with all the wrongs Inc had in
lilcted upon her, and demanded repaTation for
herself and children by legal marriage, at the
same time, with all the recklessness ola wo-
man goaded To desperation. threatening his
ii'c WIN the most vehement asservat atoms il
he failed 20 do her justice.
AT this point the door opened and the man,
who he'd coweredbefore her shot out like light.
ming, and escaped TO the shore. She soon iol
lowed after, ascertaincd his place of business.
and sought another interview; As she an
preached, the man, doubtless supposing she
had come 10 fulfil her threats and that lac must
defend ms iite, raised pistol and fired The
bail struck near her feet. She never belchcd.
Dut drawing pistol IN turn from her,vest took
deliberate aim at him, and then lowered the
weapon, saying as she turned on heel mo Won
poor coniemtlblc wretch, it would disgrace
even a woman to slay you!"
Inc ALTAR, OF course, made great noise OH
the island, but what was the issue we are I'M
able to state. The boat swung off soon after
TIC events we have detailed, leaving both par.
ties ashore. We have heard many stories =
bout tue character and relations OF the PAL ties
III this matter, but not enough that we can
rely upon to form decided opinion as TO the
merits OF the case. 1t may be tina, the woman
IS profligate, but how often does the term
abandoned have a strictness Of meaning, not
INTENDED by those who use it To characte rise
irailty, how many, now the scorn and outcasts
oil society, desperate is vice and crime, and
degraded until they have lost all scinblance of
womanhooi, would be happy, virluous wives
anu InolheTs' bat Tor the foul wrong and aban-
doninent OF which they have been The victims.
There is terrible wrong somewhere ian the case
we have related. and our judgment, as well as
our sympathles inclines us TO believe that the
uise1ed woman is the sufferer.