New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-23
ELOPEAEEr EXTRAORDINARY

The Claiborne Ls.) AloOepe pqblshe. ., A..
count OF singular and bishbsnded series Of evan.
com eced With the eIopenes, o, an orphn HERES J.
follows:
About 'our or elk weeks ago there eooej ron IT,.
ryyiue, in Cloibsrne parish one DR.. Cemsnt anioS
Sarah T. Wafer an orphan heiress Of wea.sv
Lousisps planter b,ing A. the time ~ school q rers
vile. 10 AhaHsas they proceeded with The atno..
dispatch, where The nupusl ceremony was day p.r,
formed.
on The return of the parti-s bomeward they W.,
met by brother of tie br.Ge, james T. Water h.
who Iroceeitd tie story Oes, 81 fofcib yts
dispossCss the bIceo DON Of hs ssa, by the sis Of hs
te.ifu bride; ou' be was aferva-o allowed 70 aeon
papy Ter 10 the resideI of the said Wafer, ncN T.f
DvIle.
The bridesroo spd bride remained 90, .So-
time at the lss,- nen,iouei pls'e, aud wee hen
aposed 10 proceed u III, OF the Doctor Arc,is
svilsge in Bienvile pari-h. IN this village DR.. sai
Mr. Clement I'D ljyeJ, 60 fs! a. se 1re x4yis4l 10
the comfortable enioymfnt Of sbou, one-hali OF :he,
hopsyuoon ~h.n the bride sudieply sun NOEL
10 the becsice of SICK sister M's. then a, the
re,idtlc &c of her brother the sfor said Wafer.
The youthful bGde, at the house Of her trc,her
seItd let er written By her brother il.lsw Mr. :
In which she accuses the doctor OF having bisey
imposed upon g. q ceceived ner; said that he was
coward IN allowing pimself 10 be csaslised BY hex
brother; the, he was cd, ugly sud no physician; iht
she could lot love him, and never did aud :ha, $40
could lever consent gsin TO hive with him.
Mrs. Clement soon after accompanied her ss,sr,
Mr.. s ard other Te,stiyes - toe home OF anotAs.
sister Mrs. D. who also resides OF Red River, ~ he
parish OF Booster.
Or. Clement followed in pursuit accompanied by
fifteen or eis tteep stswat ruds from ab ,ut Arcail
all aImeo cGDGpte AIriyl0g az The mouse 0s hrs. ID.
they demaDc ed the pc sou OF Me-. Cieuen;. Amid
such war 4, display Mrs Clement could do no les
than yiej which she did condition, II sec IA, thu:
che be taken 10 tie residence OF her uacie t1e NeY
james I. aer, OF mos, estu sole ciiiI as,
WHO resides Ia this vicinity a. whose house II -
agreed she sooud semsin noesed for the space Of
two days FRIDAY and Saturday last nj the expiration
of which time she sh0llt announces her De ls1n
as TO whether che should live wih the doctor in um
or rot-in VII Oh Cecision all parties agreed 70 az
qui,sce
Hes other, rot being who'll, ssi.ied thai bs .ses
would be dealt with according 70 me agreement en-
cred into on Rcd River, set hilDs II abou. rasns s
orps Of men, armed in Ike manner, who pro re LEI
toward the esdeLce Of bis uncle TIL sy even NO
last for the pupo g, 1t presumed of re-csng his els
ter. On pToachiI toe hou the sudden clicking OF
dozen OF doub barr, led shot guns warned the
party of danger, and the, retA cd.
The b o,boT thea came % H0uec and gave Informs.
ton, upon which the Deputy sserih, Gentry Waren
preceded at the dead of night with some xeuty
armed men, summoned for the OCCASION to the resi-
derc Of 10 Rev AZ. ofer, to make arrest OF DR..
Clement and panty, Tor the frcibe abduction aud n
lrlroL meD vi the fair heroine The Deputy sud his
party narogy esea en- bel Y shot they spp oscbei
q beuse, aud would certainly have been fired on
had not his official mi.eiou b Ell promptly male
known. DR.. Clement ana his patty Submitted 10 The
arrest.
Next morning Friday about 9 O'Clock our pesoel-
bic town wa thrown into vioeot commotion by The
sudden appearance IN our midst, on horseback and
with double baueled guns, OF the eDife boy OF msn,
sumo sixty IL number, thrown together as above stated
the night previous, snd nj the center OF the con-
course, Mirdors ~...' 'uo '"' Oe'V'"e a' '"'
by ride in buggy -,
Very foon attr the a. rya gun Of one OF the armed
party was acc dentaly discharged the conteots pas-
ipp tbIout h The widow of the law office OF or
esteemed fellow citizen, }. NJ rhonason VIII st4ad-
ing AZ bis library at he time received glanc ny sbo.
lust above tie eff hip. /. uhlcts ,ad wound, but
we ale bappy state i, sill not be attended by ssr
Gus resnlfs About the came time ~e understand,
for ener had part OF a thumb shot OIL; b1t how
this occurred are Lot accurately advised.)
The trial of the Clement psrty for abduction, n
prsonu eIt, sc was p sponed by Justice IIhcln
uLiii Monday.
Aw,it OF habea. corpus, on the affidavit Of Jsss
L. v aier r was also lssued by the Hon. Harmon A.
Drew, Juuge of our District Court, which served
upon DR.. Clement, commanding him 10 pro luce the
body Of Mrs. Sarah t. Clement, and show cause why
he DEF rived her Of be- rights aud liberties. The de-
f ndant failing refusing 10 make immediate answer
~ the witt OF habtas corpus as lei, was aso
trfes'6d tor contempt of court. TIE trial those
several wIts came OF on Saturday. His Honor dis
charged tie d,feI dsnt DIR. Cltmen, ia 10Th cases.
On Moncay, the parties arrested for the reduction
ard imprisoi meut Of Ms Clement sppssred for ttia
before Justice MiicaD, DR. Cement WAS put on trial
first The Sisters of our heroine had I-t arf ed sfer
b whole nights hard travel { ON Rel River, 10 give
testimony. Mrs \ a oe-uifol ark eyed, Intelligent
and reeolue womao, was pu upon the stand. New
facts IN this strangely complicated cs,e revealed
by heT-amoUg them that her sis er Sallie had been
ergard, before her elopeuent wi h DR. Clement, TO
her witness al brother Ill laS, Sidney y that Salle
bad received letter purporns to he from Sidney Ia
which he upbraided her for her l. fidelity, 10, aud
discarded her forever; under the influence OF this let
ter, which really forged one, Sale hsstened
into an elopement with DR.. Clement, whom she did
Lot love, AID ~tom on mo familiar acqla niance,
che bated. DIR Clement, no sever, wa dis ,hNged
from arrest. The counsel for he prosecution tho
following morning, Ceclined 10 pro.ecute ths
p icee of DIR. G., whereupoD all were discharged.
hps ended the first act in his drama The neat
alrea-y opened for while the excitement 90
ing On it, Homer heroiae spirip-d away 10
parts unknown; bat tire general Opuion IS tos, she
bas been transported 10 Akausas, where che is pro-
tec'ed guarded by forty double barre ed shot guns
ard bowL,r. Ard father considerable part OF
the mutiiuce, recently ssse Lbed 10 our ORDINARILY
peaceabit town, have betaken IN ,mSe ves, armed
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