Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-12-31
EDGEFIELD, Sc, DECEMBER 81, 1856.

WIN IOTCe, ufeahiNS IL o'i' ouN N.' Noo. " '.s "
iniuring my person. Picked up by my
friends, was conveyed helpless and full Of
physical and mental agony, to my home
Scarcely had the surgeons performed tue
necessary duties, than one, whom esteem
ed friend, annoupced to me. the gossip Of
the village, and, among other things, de;
tailed the particulars of the courtship and
engagement of the young lady in whom
was so interested with well known person
BOT neighboring city---a Ferson whose
claims to regard no one could dispute
THESE, things. stated with such apparent
good faith, connected with that fearful silence
of six long weeks, had no other effect than
to increase my anxiety to unrayel the mys:
tery; and on the following morning, con.
cealing my wounded limb under q cloak,
probably pale and haggard, presented my:
self. at the mansion sofrmy mistress. was
received in. the presence Of the mother. She
confirmed my suspicious. The young lady
stood by,;thesIicture Of despair, yet silent
as the: grave. desperate at. what seemed
this bad faith, EIfeturned to my:house, wrote
hasty letter demanding my correspondence,
and returning at the same time, every once
cherished token of affection. ! received all
sent for, save. perhaps, some forgotten
flower. - ~; .
"That night the young lady. accompani.
ed by a female servant, LEFT for Philadelphia,
Arriving at her uncle's house, she complain
ed of being fatigued with her journey, aud
retired to her room. Complaining of some
serious pain, only soothed by narcotics, she
sent her faithful but nnsuspecting servant
and friend to a peighboring drug store for
laudanum, received it, expressed the wish to
be alone, and seemingly retired to sleep
The following morning, not making her ap;
pearance, the family became alarmed, broke
open the door,, and found: the young lady
dead--in her hand the little keepsake re-
tanned from my correspondence. The uncle,
as if comprehending the particulars which
led to this dreadful tragedy, had .the body
encotliaed, and with it treturned to LaDcas.
ter. Placing all<that remained of this once
lovely being in the parlor, he brought The
motherforWald, ,andi displayed, what he was
pleased to- term, the result Of her work.
81 was sent for, and arrived to witness
the eloquent agony of that mothers heart
Over the cold remains Of the daughter she
revealed the particulars that: led to the awful
EsessllsF ;Iettets and eheEs, .natisins.;il
dustry, the command oflarge resources, and
paid agents, had been all intercepted. The
reason Of my prolonged absence in Phila.
delphia had been explained as the result OF
the fascinating charms Of city bellies; even
an engagement had been pronounced. All
this while. the victim had been full of hope.
She had heard Of my arrival in Lancaster,
but not of my accident; for long weary
hours she sat in the parlor waiting my pres:
ence, but doomed to disappointment. Here
was seeming indifference, a confirmation OF
all that she had heard. On the other side,
was made the dupe Of the mothers arts,
and the fend who had poisoned my ear was
merely the agent to carry forward the great
wrong. The last interyiew | have described,
which resulted in the return of correspond
ence, was eushrouded in the consequences
of all these plans. The result was death to
one party, and the burial Of the heart Of
the other, in the same grave that closed over
-one who could not survive the wreck Of her
affections"
Many years have passed away since the
incidents detailed in the above sketch trans
pired many years since they were revived
by the accidental conversation in family
circle of Washington society; but the coun.
try strangely becomes interested in the event,
from the fact that the White House will
positively have bachelor for its occupant;
but one, not so because of indifference to
woman, but really from the highest appre'
citation of one of the loveliest Of the sex.