The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-10-02
MRS. MILLER.

We stated few days since that Mrs. Nil
Ter, who was reported to have destroyed hers
self al Niagara, had returned TO her fathers
house al Derroit. The following letter,
which is published in the V, rmnn, Family
Gazette. contains some particulars Of interest
in reference 10 the matter:-
DErRoIr, Mich, Sept. 10.
Mira. Miller has returned TO her friends in
this CITY. She states that il was her inlcn.
ton when she Ieit the ho ell nj Niagara, to
have thrown herself OH the bridge which
crosses over 10 Goal Island, just above The
cataract; but, on arriving at The place, size
had moi the courage to do it-'she VAS a
coward on instinct" She had, previous to
leaving the house, put her children TO Sleep
written, letters to her parents, and one 10 the
Landlord, stating her inlenilon, and request-
ing them TO be k nd 10 her babes she had also
cut of her curls and left them with the Iell
aers, In conspicuous plare on The table -
From that time TO the present nothing posi-.
tive has been heard flom her. Ii was ru.
,morsd that she had left the country with a
gentleman, aud was travelling on the cont.
nent Of Europe. Her father, however, be.
ieved that she was some where in the vein.
uy Of Philadelphia, and spent several weeks
in q ifutless search. Returning in Juue OF
July, he died OF q broken heart. Not long
since brother Of hers died at Saratoga. Ills
death, too, was, undoubtedly, accelerated by
the same cause. Learning the condition ,f
her family, believe she int m1ted to them
by letter whate she could be found, and ker
willingness 10 turn.
Accordingly friend Of the family went
aiier her last week, aud brought her home TO
mourn with her widowed mother over The
ruin she has caused. Her children are with
their father, Major Miller, some where at the
South. She slates, aud believe it's gener.
ally understood here, that domestic difficult
iles drove her 10 the rash aci Of leaving her
children and destroying heIst II. aud thai alter
shudderiDg on the brink of that awful gulf.
she changed her plnu, and buried herself in
q conpent or mummy near Baltimore. She
posltiveiy denies having been in company
with any gentleman, but found her way 20
the monastery alone, and VIII ch she left az
pltre as she entered. Al any rate, she is now
y ih her mother, who has received her with
spen arms.
l'he following letter from her mother is
published il the Winchester vrgininn: =
DsrRcrr, Sept. II, 1910.
My Dear SiI:--Il affords me more pleas
- e lhun can we'll express, 10 communicate
:, you that ten days ago we received letters
{ on my daughter, informing US where she
VI 8, aud requestIng her father to come fur
h-r. slbp not having heard Of her fathers
deaih. A fIieud was sent for her, and she
rived home last Saturday night. lIercon.
81 mas been mosi satisfactorily explained,
'HGi believe her 10 be IS iTeo ~ guilt as she /
was when she FIRST lell her ia,her's house. -
Size hns not seen or heard anything oil
IIeary O. Baker since before she left Win.
.ebcstsr Inst Noyember. ! believe he hhl
Winchester some lime before ,he did, wi,hl
ile in,enlion Of goiug some ..fcreian 70 ~.
5ly." and since tncp size has knawa ns thing
y him Tint be i PERFECTLY innocent
II, i a. far az she Il concerned. am per~
rliy convinced Of aud rcgres that should
aya done bim 20 much iniusiicc, when Iasl
Ute 10 yog, She haa I.cea under ca.bo'icJ
\ ygee;ion ever since sile ieIi lhe "Falls.r