Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-24
ROMANCE OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
An Irish Unprotected Female.

An Irish Unprotected Female.
Letters from Senator FIt-patrick and Mrs
Senator Clay Of alabama.
The strange case of love into which n gentle
man Of this vicinity (says the Vernon. Jackson
Parish, Louisiana, Herald, Of April 3d) became
entrapped or entangled on a late visit to Wash
ington City is already pretty well known
throughout North Louisiana, and perhaps we
may say the United States. The gentleman
still resides near this place, and within the last
week we have seen and cOnversed with him,
and also with the young lady with whom nc
has become entangled We first, IN private
interview with her, obtained her consent to
write and publish all that we are going to
write and publish and afterwards We became
acquainted with the gentleman himself who.
knowing our purpose, rendered no objection.
We sought an interview with the lady, and
took notes of her version of the affair, and il is
her thread of the story that shall follow, mixed
with the written statements Of her friends, and
such actual facts "a have fallen under our own
observation since We first saw her.
She is as intelligent and accomplished in her
manners as You will fnd one woman in thous-
and. take the United States over. and is well
educated. Without being decidedly pretty she
is far from being homely woman. In form
she is large, and perfect model in figure. No
chisel ever wrought more perfect bust than
she displays. Her hair is black inclined to
curl; her eyebrows and lashes of the Same color;
and the eyes dark yellow, inclined to hazel.
You may. by studi0uS effort. bring her to n
smile occasionally. but it is a smile Of hidden
sorrow. Her teeth are like two rows Of pearls,
e hid among the lilies" Whenever we have
seek her. she has been dressed in black silk
well trimmed and made up in the very best
style. She wears on her bosom q handsome
brooch, which she says Is a present from her
lover, AMI her fingers are full Of rings, one of
which she SdvS Is also the gift Of him for whom
10 n IN he Of Lin
eTIck. city of Ireland, where her parents now
live. and where she has several brothers. She
may be called servant girl. but such an ap-
pclIation does her injustice: for when you speak
of '' an Irish servant girl, you have no refer
ence 10 such n woman the ono Of whom we
are now speaking She Is a second Hagar and.
in our opinion. no less the object Of special
providence and the esteem and admiration of
all good men.
With this woman, the object of her hearts
tTueSt and puTeSt devotion became acquainted
at a boarding house in Washington City, on
the OCCASION of his last visit there, several
months but not year ago. She related to us
the particulars of the manner in which and
the circumstances under which she became at
tarhed to him. all of which we might with
prOpriety, and with her and his consent pub
lIshi but we will not do 50 now We will only
state what is the principal strange feature in
the whole affair, that there seem TO have been
no special OF binding proffer of fmatrimonv made.
and no contract Of that kind contemplated or
desired on either side. Yet the girl was to
follow the gentleman to his home in Louisiana:
We say she was TO do so. for she assures us that
such an agreement or understanding was had
between them before they parted. Atany rate
she did follow him, all alone; and passing
through Alabama, she became detained in her
journey, and there met with Senator FITZPATRICK
who had boarded at the house where she lived
IN ashlngtOn, and who knew her, and knew
her to be among the best and most worthy of
women, as the following letter Of recommenda-
tion to her will prove beyond the chance of
cavil:
AUTAUGA Co, Ala, Nov. 18th, 1856
Il have known Miss Mary %*****. the
bearer Of this letter, for the last twelve months
she was employed at the house at which /
boarded IN Washington City, during the last
session of Congress, and was universally esteem
ed by all who knew her an upright. honest
industrious and virtuous girl. In short |
have never known girl or woman in her
sphere of life for whom entertain a more SIN
cere regard, or whose welfare L more earnestly
desire. Ben. FITzPATRICK. L. 5 So
Written on the same sheet Immediately under
the toreSoing, Is the following note penned by
DR.. Baldwin, as honorable and worthy a gen
tleman. as any living, Us we are assured by
those who best know him, and signed by him
.sf and wife-who, We are informed by her
friends and acqualntances, Is perfect paragon
Of good woman.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov q, 1856
" Miss Mary *ss**s the younglady spoken
OF above, was recommended to US by Governor
Fitzpatrick, United States Senator from this
State, and has been in our employ for the past
Two months she leaves our family Of her own
ac'"rd and against our wishes Her deport-
ment during the time she has been with NJ ba.
oeen unexceptlOnable in every particular. and
with the hope that she will find good and true
trienfs wherever she goes We Voluntarily offer
her this evidence Of our esteem
w. o. BALDWIN
MARY ]. BALDWIN"
Inc foregoing letters Of recommendation and
hiSn praise were voluntarily written and fur
nlshed her with a full understanding Of her in
tended VISIT to this vicinity, and a full knowl-
e,iSe OF the object and nature of that visit
lhese friends tried to keep her from coming
out hndlng she would come, they willingly fur
hlsned ner with all the facilities in their power
and sent with her their prayers and good
"lshes, and have since often sent word 10 her 10
return to them. We have, at her renuast
omitted her family name and left il blank
She desires that the name of her father should
hOt De known IN connection with her sorrows
any farther than possible
We VIII introduce but one more letter i'm this
ehapter among the many very important ones
r Iion ehe mas IN her possession. 1t is one from
49, NJ ~, nho ot senator Clay, OF Ala
tHl lama. Mrs Clay had been boarding with her
husband, ,S at the house where Mary lived had
"ere become acquainted with her know bar
Wen, and was fondly attached TO her. AZ the fol-
owing excellent letter fully and feelinply
-hoWs At the time it was written, Mrs. Cisy
was was al the house OF a relative in North Caro-
hILLBRook, Halifax Co, y. c., Aug. 25.
Mf DEAR Mary: fear you have almost
uWesPalred " OF receiving this promised letter: but
u -, you have done me INJUSTICE for T have
tnoHght OF You and my little cous, and / have
LoAeh Of you thousand times since we parted
Una lhat Sad night IN Washington. / knew. Mary,
Nheh you did not meet me at the coach in the
morning when we started, that you had pur-
Ply renamed away to save the pain of say
.S lareWeI But you must remember Mary.
that If friends never parted they would never
experience the happiness Of meeting again So