Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-07-29

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sci and the persons on board were Who'll
/ iy INK oown to him, his Jealousies were
Immediately aroused, coojec,uring 1t was
Mr.. Simons intending TO fulfil an ar
range,Dent previously made. lie has
tened 10 New London, arrived a few
hours only after his daughter, and insist
ed on her instant return. No persuasion
or argument could induce him to change
his determination, aud she was compelled
to return with him.
\ Her uncle, the late Col. John Gard.
iner, commiseraied the condition of his
unfortunate niece. lie knew her deter.
mination was not TO be changed, or her
resolution overcome by parental exac-
ton, however severe aud aware that
the wrongs she had suffered, and the
perplcxiii.s she had undergone, had al-
ready sensibly affected her health, and
would soon destroy her constitution, with
n generosity and disintere stedness that
belonged To his character, contrived in
terviews between Mr. Simons and NJ iss
Robinson unknown to her father. The
window where she sat, and the shrub
berry behind which his person was con-
cealed at these evening interviews, are
still shown by the family residing there.
These were pcrilous meetings, Tor such
was the determined antipaihy Of the
father, that detection would probably
have resulted in the instan, death Of Mr..
Simons but, as is usual in such cases,
their precautions were in proportion to
the imminence Of their danger.
\ All efforts TO obtain the consent Of her
father, aided by tae influence OF her
mother, having proved unavailng, and
seeing no prospect of his ever becoming
rcconciled in their union, she abandoned
all further efforts TO reconcile him to her
wishes, and consented to make arrange
menis for an elopement. Having oh
tanned her fathers consent to visit her
aunt Updke, near WEXFORD, she left
home, accompanied by the servant who
usually attended her. On arriving at
the gate that led to her aunt's house,
Mr. Simons was in waiting with car
rage, as had been previously arranged,
and dlsregarding the expostulaiions of
the servant-who feared for his own safe
iy should he return without her she en-
tered the carriage, and that evening
they were married in Providence. The
intelligence Of the elopement, when
communicated to MIR Robinson by the
servant, reused all The fury of his ire
lie offered reward for their apprehen
>ion but no discovery could be made
Every friend and relative became ac-
cessory to their concealment. Even the
name of the clergyman who performed
the nuplia ceremony could never be as
certained.
Blu, The anticipated happiness Of the
beautiful and ill-iaed lady was destined
TO be short lived. The severity with
which she had been treated, the ankind
and harrassing perpleyi,ies which she
had endured, had SO materially affected
ner health and preyed upon her consti-
tuition, that, in few short months, the
larcst of her sex exhibited evident symp-
toms Of speedy decline. AT the urgent
solicitations of her mother, MIR. Robinson
finally permitted the daughter once more
to return but ii was too late, the cease
less viglls OF a mothers love could not
restore her and in few short weeks
This beautiful and unfortunate woman
the victim Of fathers relentless obsi-
macy expired in the arms of her hus-
band.
Mauy visit the cemetery where the re-
mains OF parental severity repose-a spot
consecIa,ed by the ashes of one whose
I;Ca u,., 4, ,lI,moJ s,,,;Gco Of dov,t;,n
and fidelity to the selected object Of her
earliest affections
The baptism Of Benoni Sweet in 1924
makes US better acquainted than before
with family in It's way not unknown to
fame
James Sweet, the father of Benoni,
emigraled from W ales to this country,
and purchased an estate at the foot Of
Ridge Hall, so called, in North Kings
,town-,he same 10 which the late Will
liam Congdon, Esq, lived and died -
Benonl had been Captain in the Brit
ish service-was well informed, and Of
polished manners. He was natural
boneseller aud the progenlor of the race
IN Rhode Island. He was styled DIR.
Sweet, but he praclised in restoring dis
location only. He was a regular com
munlcant OF the church, and ohiciaed as
a ves'ry man until his death. "July 10,
l75i," says the record, "died Capt. Be-
nom Sweet, Of North kingsiown, in the
nine,e,h year Of his age. DIR. McSpar-
ran preached his funeral sermon, and
buried him in the cemetery Of his an
cestors." job, one of the family, OBJ
tanned an eminent aud wide spread rep
utailon as a natural boneselter. During
the Revolution he was called TO New
port TO sci The dislocaied bones Of some
of the French officers, an operation
which their army surgeons were unable \
perfmm. After the Revolutionary
war, Col. BUR, afterwards Vice Presi.
dent, invited hlm to New York, to re-
store the dlslocated hip bone Of his The
odosla, afterwards Mrs. Allston 10
this operation, which had previously baf-
fled the skill ol the CITY surgeons, Dr..