The true Democrat., 1857-02-10
MO-. 18.
Love, Marriage and Shooting.

In November, while Mr. Blanchett, of Grant county, Ny, was in the mountains hunting, a young man named Peter Jones ran oil with Miss Emma Blanchett, his daughter, who was under age and married her. To accomplish hls purpose, Jones committed a most nefarous but singular fraud By his procurement his uncle and aunt went to the clerk of the Owen county court and represented! themselves, the one to be Peter Jones and the other Miss Blanchett, and asked for license to marry, and they being both evidently over age, the clerk issued without asking any questions.
 The then left and handed over the license to Jones, who in company with Miss Blanchett, went to a Rev MT. Sparrow, who married them. The health and spirits of Mrs. Blanchett (the mother of Miss Emma) as she heard of what had occurred, became deeply atfected.- To glve her beautiful and lovely daughter up to wretch as Jones seemed to her was worse than consigning her to the grave. Mir. Banchett wept over to Jones' house and accosted both him and her in a friendly manner, and told the latter that her mother was very unwell and deeply distressed, and if she would come homo and see her he thought it would restore her. As for himself he said he had no objections to the marriage, but it was preying upon his wife's mind and making her very unhappy. If Mrs. Jones would only go with him and stay few days 1t would satisfy her mother with her con- duct and she could then return to Jones again. Welt pleased with these representations, Mrs. Jones went with Der father, but remained several days longer than had been agreed on, and her husband therefore went over to Blan chctts house to see what was the matter, but Mir. Bianchett and family had gone visiting near neighbor that day. Jones found where they were, who, 1t seems, did not meet him with as cheerful smiles, beamiug on her countenance as were seen when they parted few days be- fare. He requested her to go home with him, but she refused and informed him that she would have no more to do with him.
 But he was determined not to give it up so." He then went away and came back the same night with gang of rufians, mostly his rela- tlves, and attacked Blanchett's house, he and his wife having returned hone They broke down the door and rushed in, and then fight commenced. In the melee one of the Jones | party was shot in the back and Mir. Blanchets was struck over the head with the butt of a horsewhip which knocked him senseess and | bleeding to the floor. The Jones party SUD- posing they had killed Blanchett retreated in haste, carrying away with them Peter Jones' wife, the object of their visit. The persons in- l jured are recovering.
 | T Is sad there were as many as twenty or thirty persons in the crowd who attacked Blan- chett's house. As many of them as could be identified were arrested the next day, and held to answer, at the next term of the Grant coun- ty court, to the charge of an attempt a. assas- | sinaton.
 The Blanchetts are in humble circumstances, but are people of the highest responsibility, and their daughter is one of the most beautiful and accomplished young ladies in Kentucky | Cynthiana Ne.os