The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-05-16

,u'tLITERARY aGbEANlNGS. :
. aafia From ahtaMefchaStsS Ledger.
TEistery Of the case Of 4 9ai
MRS. IMYRAoCLARK GAINES

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M RS. iMYRAaCLARK GAINES
smai yoR the REcovERy or HER gATHEn's ESTATE
ST nagJ tcoNTINUEp FROM our ,LAsr] 5hus
-giDaniel CIarh ,mnheohansaction3 his We
Try cxtensivelcommercial business, had foune
Undesirable 10 torm branch establishment
din Pbiladelphia, and for this purpose ha{
ifofhed a partnership thereg with two men
named Core and Ifuliags, with End throug
whom he carriedaon that part Of his traffic
which cemercd in that ciiy.o With these
two Philadelphians, who-owed most of theii
actual possessions to Daniel Clark, anc
Whose hopes of greater wealth were ~
5sociated with him, and theg contingency o.
his death without widows incumbrance OF
ndower, and without ssheirs sof his body
Richard Relfe and Beperly Chep 2of New
Orleans were closely nked1in interest; and
the natural sympathy between thom was
iinaintained by au epistolary correspondence,
Therefore, thus fully instructed by their CO.
adiutors in vilaDy, they were prepared TO
.play their part in this singular drama, and
as the resuleproves, they were in no parlic
iuIar lacking the disposition or capacity tor
equal wckedness41 ds'HHg1 ati o. gtmnl
.cr These men and their agerts socmnly as
isnred the hnlf-distracted Zulime thatshe was
the victim of thclarts of an accomplished Sc
iducer-4that Daniel Clark, taking advantage
cof her ignorance. and her Distress at the dis
covery of the. crimiuality Of DE Grainges, had
imposed upon herlbyi mock. mnrrlage--tha,
her connections with him had no legal sane
ton orauth6rity, and that she was as cruelty
betrayed by him as she had beengby De
Grainges--tbat her offspring by him was H.
Legitimate, aud that he had forsaken hor for
ever. In confirmation of this horrible pre-
tended revelation, they furthermore assured
her that he was at that moment preparing
for iormsl public marriage with a lady
whose rank and ppsition were were suited to
-hissown--4that he was,1in fact, ''engaged" 10
one of therMiss Cations, of Baltimore. 99au
.ll II was true, that Daniel Clark; known in
society only, as an unmarried man, had been
intimate in some of the most distinguished
and attractive ,clcles Of fashionable life in
Baltimore; and, parllyrecommendel pelhaps
gbyHthe associations cof his birth in the coun-
try Of their ancestry, as well as by his good
family, education, and great wealth, was ve-
.ry we'll received in the family of Mr.. Cation,
the son-in-iaw of Charles Carroll, of Carroll
ton, whose daughters v ero then admired for
their beauty and dignity ofchafaster, as they
have since been almost world-ienowned for
the lofty station and enviable rank to which
rthese endowments have raised them, three
of them being now British peeresses1-lhe
duchess Of Leeds, Qate Marchipness of Car-
mar,Ilen,) the Marchioness Wellesly, and the
Countess of----,.s To one of these ladies
Daniel CLARK had been so, assldiously devo-
ted, that a, rumor arose that he was her ac-
eepted ,suitor, and that they were engaged
TO be married.1ha " yIf~lo,a' @ l1oa
nr All this, with additions designed to con-
firm the mere rumof into positive, undoubt-
ed fact, was poured into the ears of Zulime
bythe ,co-plotters of Relfe. and CAea, with
such power, that she could no longer hesi-
tate to believe that Daniel Clark was a vii.
lain, that he praclised monstrous lpposure
anl fraud upon her in, the form of ia marriage
ceremouyz-that he had not legally married
her, and that, she. now a second time woful.
II betrayed and ruined, was. In a condition
of desola,ion and anguish 10 which no equal
or parallel could be imagined. As for COM
..tanication with Daniel Clark it was imposs-
,ible, for he had already refused to notice
her letters, and she was assured. OF. receiving
nothing but insult and outrage from man
WHO had so delibera'e!y planned q cprs ln.
mated her ruin by fraud SO wickedly base
and crheL 80, .gsla5gY ra.ta. 7i as3s.s7..
Having thus overwhelmed her with the
horrors Of her situation, they soon contryed
a snare in, which she became, eirretrieyably
epangled., A young, French gentleman,
named De Gardette, was Introduced 70 her,
and being struck with her beauty, rapidly be-
gan to feel strong personal interest in her
Tier peculiar multiplied misfo,tunes, associa-
ted as they were with the most perfect limo
cenco and moral purity, not only excited his
sympathy aud compassion, but klndled il
him genuine passion Of honorable love-
She naturally turned with grateful feeling:
towards this new and devoted friend as al
most her only refuge in her desolaiion; ant
her hopeless, circumstances forbade her Z
repel him. It was not long before De Gar
de,te, fully approaching her position, as rep
resented by The prete nded friends Of DAME
CLARK, offsrcd her marriage, as her best secu
-rity against the, injuries resulting from he
TWO betrayals,i She was encouraged an'
a,aed By the agents Of Rege and Cheu, +
'acEebt him as the only person capable 0
rescuine let from iiifamy and distress. 4
W Fully convinced that she had never 6eel
lawfully married, and that she was as free q
al that time MS she was when she acccpte'
Daniel Clark, she yielded, and was inaarrie'
Gin form) to De Gardette. The success
lie conspiracy was now thus far complete