Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1857-12-18

vances; and by means ofartfully y-coneoctet
anonymous letters evidently written b,
some one conversant with the matters OF
which he wrote, he succeeded in al
arming the haberdasher's creditors
The consequences were-demands of i'm
mediate payment and, in spite of the
debtors explanations and promises, writs
heavy law expenses, ruinous sacrifices
and ultimate bankruptcy. 1t may seem
almost too marvellous for belief, but the
story of this soterrible revenge and its con-
sequences is no fiction. Every instance in
my narrative is true, and the whole may
be found in hard outline in the records Of
the courts with which few years ago
was familiar. sl... & 81.
The humiliated aud distressed feelings
Of Harvey and his family may be left to
The Imagination. When hefound himself
ruined man, dare say his mental suffer
lngs we're sufficiently acute. Yet he did
lot sit down in despair. To establish
Iimself in business in England appeared
.opeless; but America presented itself as
ascene where industry might find reward;
y the kindness of some friends, he was
dabled to make preparations to emigrate
WITH his wife and children. Towards the
I'D of February he Quilted London for
DC Of the great seaports, where he waste
ehbark for Boston, On arriving there
hI family, Mr., Harvey took up, his abode
aA principal hotel. This, in a man of
stAitened means, was doubtless imprudent;
bu he afterwards attempted to explain
thdcircumstance by saying, that as the
shi in which he had engaged his passage
wasto sail onsthe day after his arrival, he
haRreferred incurringa slight additional
exphse rather than that his wife-who
was low, with falling spirits, nursing an
infat should be exposed to coarse as
sociaons and personal discomfort. In
the $peetation, however, of being only
one nsht in the hotel, Harvey was un-
tortuately disappointed, Ship-masters.
especlly those commanding emigrant
vessel were then, as now, habitual pro-
mise-f feakers; and although each succeed
ing 81 was to light them on their way, it
was fly fortnight before the ship stood
out tosea. By that time second and
more DE reverse had occurred in the for
tunes 4 the lucklcss Harvey. srss Z.
Cartfisht, whose appetite for vengeance
was buwhetted by his first success, had
never ist sight of the movements of his.
victim; Ind now he had followed him to
the plae of his embarkation, with an
eager bt underlined purposerof working
him son5 further and more deadly mis-
chief. ealthily he hovered about the
house wReh sheltered the unconscious
object OF rs malicious hate, plotting as he
afterwarde confessed, the widest scheme
for satiatis his revenge. Several times
he made fuscs for calling at the hotel,
in the hoHof observing the nature of the
premises, King care, however, to avoid
being seeny Mr.. Harvey or his family.
"A fortnlghpassed away, and the day of
departure 4 the emigrants arrived with.
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out the sH4est opportunity occurring for
the gratlhdion OF his purposes. The
ship was l$ing her berth; most of the
passengers kre on board; Mrs, Harvey
and the chilen, with nearly. the whole OF
the luggageEere already safely in the
vessel; Mr.. Harvey only remained on
shore to pure se some triAing article, and
to settle his ut the hotel on removing
his last trurt Cartwright had tracked
him all day | could not attack him in
the street; an he finally followed him to
the hotel, in Per to wreak his vengeance
on him in private apartment, of the
situation of " ch he had informed him
self
Harvey entk kd the hotel first and be.
fore Cartwriglk kamc up he had gone down
passage intds he bar to settle the bill
which he had curred for the last two
days. Not awe of this circumstance,
Cartwright, in ae hustle which prevailed
went up stars 10 Mr. Harvey's bedroom
and parlor iIheithcr of which, to his
surprise, Gid hfnd occupant; and he
turned away identified. Passing along
towards the clA staircase, he perceived
, a room of whicA the door was open, and
that on The tab4 there lay gold watch
and appendages Nobody was in the
apartment the htlcman who occupied
it ad only a fev homents before gone to
his bed-chamberAr brief space, Quick