Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-03-20
miscellaneous.
B0!a Stroke for q Wife.

o'!a SttuhC WI Wig
I'll: "Eoil Ssroku for 4 wife," ia
%hch Mr.. Henry Wycott' ha? hpen
t1l';ny in England. Switzerland and
Italy, i, narrated with great parliru.
IA! If incident. by Mr.. Weed. in =
lct'!G Fublishel in his paper. tn" Al.
''ay' Escries Journal. under date Of
NIhl1. s7th 81 January. II npprars
!hN !lr. WycuT tlIilrs"lf . native Of
fG!!nle!phia) ialins former Fhiia.
tMphis acquaintance. q young lA'sE,
!.A, name Of Gai.I.lp. by c,'rl'n'
combination Of circumstances an hrl.
1854, made proposals Of rItsr!atS,e i,
hNt. which She refusing, he pressed
with mus, annoying perscvrishtS, fol.
lowing her all over the continent,
briJins her courier, and laying many
Ingenious traps to obtaih interviews
with her against her will. Qhcs, on
tho Lake Of Geneva, shc admits to
Mr.. Weed she promised to marry
WycoA, If no would let 60 her hand,
IN order not to compromise her with
some spectators of the scene. Again,
st Gcn0u(she says he attempted force
to induce her to be married on the
spot, cndeayored to use chloroform ID
reduce her to submission, but succeed
al only in obtaining from hcr o written
promise of marriage, secured by the
forfei,ure IF half her fortune. The
next day she wen, to tho police, had
her pcrtinacious lover arrested; and
he was in prison, at the date of Mr..
Weeds letter, awaiting his trial. The
writer says he believes Miss CANDLES
story q truthful relation; but adds that
,Wycof' "has his own version" and
that che {WycoF) insists that Miss 6;
loved him quite devotedly, but had
been Influenced by others to wrong
both herself and him. For the pur-
pose of giving the affair the charac.
ter of civil offence, he drew up and
swore to a statement, in which, among
other things, he says that their last
week in London was one OF such en-
dcarment and dalliance as their be-
trothal rendered proper and natural.
This Miss G. utterly denies. She did
not, she says, during that time see
Mr.. w. alone, and finally denied her.
self to him, leaving London, as she
Intended, without his knowledge,
though the sequel proved that he had
perfect knowledge of all her move.
mcnts through a fai,hless courier.
Miss Gamble is the daughter Of Col.
John G.. Gamble, Of Florida, and
formerly of Richmond, Virginia, not
Of Philadelphia, as has been stated.
She was taken to London, while
mere child, by her aunt, Mrs. Dunlop,
the sister of Col. Gamble, and adopt
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. Dunlop, they hav-
ing no children. Mr.. Dunlop was
wealthy merchant, and for many years
in the Virginia trade.
Mr.. Weed, in his last letter, en-.
lightcns the public still farther as to
The case Of Mr.. Henry Wycof, who is
in prison ct Genoa. 1t seems that,
BY The laws of Sardinia, prisoner is
denied the benefit of counsel, and kept
entirely secluded until the testimony
against him has oil been takeS. This
was a slow process, and for three
weeks Wycoff was left quite alone. to
contemplate the chances Of going for
10 or Is years to the galleys! Final
ly, Mr.. Baker. the American Consul,
got permission to visit him. Wycoff
assumed that the American Govern.
tnent, whose dignity has been insulted
by his Imprisonment, was bound to
ace him rightcd, and insisted $50 says
Mr.. Weed upon making his case
national affair. Wycoff, at first, re-
jccted the ordinary means of defence,
but has since concluded to employ
counsel. His fate is still in doubt,
though an effort is making to place
his defence upon grounds that will ley
him off with years imprisonment.
He talks much of his relations and
employments as functionary, and tells
queer things about his former connec-
ton with the New York Herald.
"CnEvAllER" WYcorr FouNp Gull.
FY.-Henry Wycof' has been tried ut
Geneva for his daring effort to extort
promise of marriage from Miss Gain.
bic, and found guilty, as was also her
courier, LouisFaiinaud. They were
each sentenced to fifteen months i'm
prisdanent.
Genuine Poetry.
There is so little genuine poetry
nowadays, that it is quite refreshing
20 meet occasionally with so beauti-
jul gem as the following: None
but those who have felt tho slender pas
s;on - IN, f,llv anpretinte the inter-