Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-02
AN ELOPMtHT, RESCUE, &C.-THE:
WAY THEY MAKE LOVEIN LOUI-
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The Claiborne La.) Advocate, of the
3tst ult.. has en account Of an extraordi>
nary series Of events, which is pub
ishcd uu,or the heading "Elupmei.t,
marriage, civil cnmmotIon aud blood
s.:ed " and OF Which the following is a
Condensation
About four or six weeks ago. there
chopped !som Ieuyviiic in the Claiborne
H4tl>i!, one Dr. Clement and one Sarah
/. Wafer ali pT,ilanl bclrCSs OF = wealthy
l-'ueIanuA piantrr, beInI Al The time Rl
schop At Tcrryyi!lc. 10 Arkansas they
plpcrcIed with The UTMOST despatch where
lhc nuptial ceremonies were performed.
On ihc return oi tie parties homeward,
they wcr" met by q brother OF the bride,
James T.-N aEcT. Jv. who proceeded, AS
the story goes. AZ once lorcibiy To d ispos-
scNs the bridegroom OF his seat bv the side.
OF the fearful Or,Ic; but ne was afterwards
allowed 10 accompany her to the residence
of SAID " afcr, near Terry vile.
The bridegroom aud bride remained
but short llmU at the last mentioned
place, and were then allowed TO proceed
10 the home Of lhe Doctor, Arcadia, a
village in bieuVilte parish. In this vii
iAge Dr., and Mrs. Clement had lived, SO
far as We are advised. in the comfortable
enjoyment OF about one half of their bo-
ncy moon, when the bride was sudltnl
summoned to the bedside Of a sick sister,
{ a Mrs. ). then at The residence OF her
brother, the aforesaid Wafer.
The youthful bride ai The house OF her
brother. signed letter, written by her
OroIhcr-in-law, (Mr. S in which she &C
cuSed the doctor Of having basely imp0,
sed upon and deceived her; said that he
was coward in allowing himself 10 be
chastised by her brother, that he was
old, ugly aud no physician that she
could not love him, aud never did ana
that she could never again consent To
live with him.
Mrs. Clement soon after accompanied
her sister, Mrs. s, and other relatives,
to the home Of another sister, Mrs. D.
who also resides ON Red river, in the
parish Of Bussirr.
DR.. Clement followed in pursuit, nc.
companied By fifteen or eig ghteen stall
ware trends from about Arcadia. all
armed cap a pie. Arriving al the house
OF Mrs. ID. tlley demanded the person OF
Mrs. Cement. Amid such warlke dis
plav, Mrs. Clement could DO no less than
yield, which she did on condition. i: seems
that she be taken to the residence OF her
uncle, the Rev James I. " aier, one of
onr most e>limahl, citizens, VINO resides
III tins vicinity at whose house il VA,
AIreed that she Should remain unmuI.,-
TED for the space OF two days, (Frday
and Saturday last, at the expiration OF
which time she should announce her
decision as 10 whether she shou!d
live with the doctor in the future OF
not; in which decision al! parties
agreed to ecglesce.
Her brother, not being wholly satisfied
! lh.t his sjster would be drlt with accord i
ing to the asr, emrDt entered into on Rcd
River, set himself about raising corps
/ Of men armed in Ike manner. who pro
/ ceeied 10 the residence of his uncle On
: Thursday evening last. Tor The purpose,
/ 1t is presumed, OF rescuing his sister. On
! approaching the house, the sudden click
ing of dozen double barrelled shot gun,
warned the party OF the danger, and lhey
retired.
! The brother then came to Homer, and
gave inform ation, upon which The deputy
sheriff, Gentry Warren, proceeded, at tins
dead OF night, with some twenty armed
men, summoned for the occasion, to the
residence Of the Rev. Mr. Wafer, to maxi
arrest of Dr.. Clement and his party, fo
the fOrcible abduction and imprisonmen
of the fair heroine. The deputy and hi
party narrowly escaped being shot a