The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-12-06

had arrived"
But, to return to the girl. On the morning fol
lowing the night on which he engaged board fol
her at the private house alluded to, a heck drove
up to Mr.. Buffers hotel, and the hackman enquir
ed for the young lady. She got into the hack tax
| ing with her the Professors trunk, (Which sb.
| brought there her's) and repaired alone to tn,
| boarding house. On landing, the lady and family
| at once suspected that they had been imposed up
on, for the girl was miserably clad, having on al
old dress and checked gingham apron, very muct
IN want OF soap and water. Ii was apparent az thu
sun at MONDAY, that she was not on her way t,
| Philadelphia "to receive education" Ever,
thing about her forbade sny:such idea, even sup
position Besides being destitute of respectsb,
clothing, she was very illiterste wholly uneducat
ed, yet good looking and apparently an artles
child.
At this boarding house she remained FIVE days
during which time the famiys first impression
and suspicious became fully confirmed. Her con
Trajectory stat ments and miserable wardrobe, (hav
ing but old dress besides the she wore equal
indifferent) left not doubt that they had beer
| most shamefully imposed upon by her trisnd (savt
the mark y the Professor. They were convinced
that he had been guilty of introducing into thei
family girl, to say the least around whose charac
ter the worst suspicious hung. 1t was evident tina
she mission very different from that of go
| ing to Philadelphia "to be educated" From hel
artess manners and childish appearance, believing
that she was the victim OF some villain, (perheps
protested frendD Adeep sympathy was aroused in
her BEHALF some ladies furnished her with some de
cent clothing gentleman paid her railroad fare &c
Petersburg, placed her the cars and thus got rid
ot her. The only intelligence we have of her since
| 10 through her Erend-aye her particular and pecu
liar friend, the Professor, who states that she
at the residence of her mother, in Fayetteville, N
C, when he visited there few days ago. 1t would
have been gratifying to US, to have been present
and witnessed the interview there between the
distinguished Professor" and doubtless the equal
distinguished Mrs. Block. We should also have been
pleased to have witnessed the meeting between
the daus hter Miss Mtchell) aud her guardian
friend, the Professor. The interview between these
three distinguished" characters was no doubt
highly interesting. We shsuld have heard, per-
EaFs, sorrowfu tale setting forth how "yeuug,
inexperienced, and innocent" Professor had been
imposed upon-and then we should have heard the
explanations of the renowned Mrs. Block and have
seen the brny tears she shed over the distressed
victim before her-We wonld have heard the
daughter returning thanks TO the injured and in.
nccent young man. for his very kind and polite
attentions towards her on the road receive
polite and polished edu dti0n-We should have
aud heard these distressed and "distng uished"
parties proposing and settling upon the mode and
manner Of making proper PREPARATION for injuries
done to the pure 'alabaster" character of young
mex perienced," and "innoCent" Protessor-We
would have witnessed the drawing up of the ia.
nous Certitcate,-have who dictated and who
pennedit-have witnessed the learned Mrs Brock
who had been sending her daughter to Philadelphia
to receive education similar, perhaps to her
own, putting her sIgn.manuel to the paper ia tbs
form of cher u mark'-We should have heard the
young and inexperienced Prs fessor returning his
kind and grateful thanks to the lovely widow
Block, Tor tAIs restoring to him character which
she and her daughter. had robbed him Owe
would have heard all about that "my sterious" bro
Their WAC was to have met his mysterious" sister
in Petersburg, and learned where be- was and wv
il happe.e cd that he failed to meet her as he pro.
missed We should have learned what first suggest.
ed the idea of sending the daughter to a Phil4del
phia school, before she had learned any thing at
home-whether there were not schools at Fayette.
vile contaising Professors capable of teaching her
and how 1t happened that "a distinguished Pro-
fessor' was selected by the distinguished widow
Block the guardian and travelling so1apanion of
her daughter while in search of an education
We could have ascertaned, too, the name of the
'uncle' with whom the Professor also had an in.
terview, and who, like his sympathising and tsnder
hearted sister the widow Block, also gave vent 10
deep "regrats" if not to oceans of tears over the
melancholy fate of the injured and innocent Young
man-We could have heard his explanation of the
mysterlOus affair." and at the same time procured
from respectable citizens OF Fayetteville history
OF the widow Block and the Block family general
ly (Which would no doubt be very Interestingly and
obtained scores Of certificates to show why, how
and wherefore the young and disiin guished Profs.
sor had been sucked in, as well as to show his
"entlre innocence" OF any conduct uubecOming a
pi0Es and distinguished" Professor who modestly
boasts in Card in Charlottesville psper) of a
character as stainless as the "purest alabaster"-
All this, and much more, which the distinguished
gentleman has omitted to furnish, we might have
learned, hal We been pres n at the interesting in
tervleW between Professor Hale and widow Block
But, we are charitable, and freely forgive the Pro-
lessor for failing 10 furnish this information While
much Of it appears necessary and important t.
solve the mystery" and the enigma which he
unwittiugly acknowledges the affair embraces we
will charitably excuse the failure We must saw
however, the omi sion to give much to which We
have alluded not only looks, aud is suspicious but
is remarkable very remarkable, in view of the ug-
Iy character of the widow Block "enigma" which
the Professor travelled far 10 solve He is mys-
teriously cautious ia giving names and particula
But them it must be remembered that the Professor
is "youpg and inexperienced and to this fact must
be attributed the important ons- ions to which we
allude.
But we come back from our unexpected visit
to the widow Block and the Professors other
mysterious friends at Fayetteville, 20 Rich uond.-
After the disappearance Of Mics MITCHELL alias Mss
Block, aliaa hiiss Wilson "a name which she first
gave at the boarding house, aud after the publica
ton of the scts in the Dispatch concerning her and
the Professor, not of which he has shown to be-
fancy" he called at her la:e boarding house, paid
her board, and carried off the mysterious empty
trunk which had mysteriousy found its way there
he had not SEGA her, or heard
of her, since she left Raleigh.
1t was not strange, but 1t was fortunate that he
lost an empty trunk while it strange, if not un
fortunate that she found it, He, at least, seems to
it surprising. We look upon it, however, as sery
astonishing that the lost trunk did not fall into Ia
hands Of soma other person. How very strange
that it should have fallen into the hands Of an int.
mate acquaintance of the Professors, and that &C
quaintance Hiss Mitchell; almost the only friend hs
had between Richmond and Rsleigh There were
scores and hundreds of other travellers, and all
strangers to the Professor hit the lost trunk did
not fail into any of their banda o, no. But, strange
- say, accidentally fell into the hands Of young
lady whom the loser had under his charge and was
conducting on her way TO get an education! This
was, certainly. most remarkable circumstance
We hope he will preserve this trunk, to be exhibit
ed at hts Lectures He could, no doubt edify his
audience greatly b. lecturing upon the wonderful!
adventures nf that trunk, by explaining how mYs-
teriously he lost IT, and how mysterou sly Miss
MtchslI alias Miss Block, his particular acquaint.
ance and frs nd whom he was kindly helping along
to get education had found 1t. He could point
to the "key" which gracefully hangs to So striag
at the end" then be could open it, and take and
exhibit to the eager, astonished and adniring gaze
of his auditory, the old tin candesticks, his old
Shoes and the horse blanket which formed nearly
the sum total of the wardrobe of the young lady
who was under hiI charge while on her way to