Newbern weekly progress., 1858-10-28
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OF FAME.-The New York co,Tesp spesden soffl
the Boston Atlas and Bee Iiarrates the
singular case of the inveig clement ofa
into a house Of i-fame, the partisulars asllieh
have not before appeared i'm print p
The young lady, most respectfully connected, s.
was on the street pleasant afternoon, tteud-
ed, upon a shopping expedition, when She Was
accosted by well-dressed lady whosstated she
had been seized by suddenillness, and begged to-
be assisted to her home, WHICH was but q short
distance. Her air and manner were apparently
SO sincere, that notsdoubting but she; was render
ing the woman Kindness, the young sIady at
once acceded to her request, and accompanying
No sooner, however, had She entered the door,
than she was seized by two men, gagged, her
wrists bound. and taken up three hightss stairs.
was kent q close ulltil about s. o,cock IN
the afternoon of the next day.. or a little more
than "a hours. Without going into the detailsspf
this imprisonment, suffice to say that every device
Of force and persuasion was put in requis tion to-
induce her to accede to the wishes of the Villains
who made her prisoner, but without success.
Force was made use of to make her drink, but
she stoutly resisted, inhcting some severe wounds
with her teeth upon her inhuman adveTsaI1esy]
Offers of money were at various times made,
Which she Indignantly spurned.
During all this time she watched for an oppors
tunity to escape None, however, presented itself
until late in the afternoon of the next day, when
she was for few moments left alone, thoug h,sas
was supposed by her keepers, securely sfasteneds
Reduced to desperation, she actually gnasYeds IN
two the cord which bound her wrists, seized her
bonnet, and finding the door of the room unfastz
ened, rushed out of the houses sand made the best
of her way, more dead than ealive, to her osg
home. On her way she met.one of the Williams
by whom she had been imprisoned but in the
el5en street he dared not molest her. Her friends,
alarmed at her absence, received her Joy fully
and to them she related her thrilling adventure,
at the same time stating she had tasted no food
during the past "A hours. On administering
some nourishment to her she in a short time be-
came delrious and in that condition sre-enacted
her own part in the drama in which, she had So
recently been an actor, and out of which her VIZ
tue had come scathe1ess. &
/ ssc.ALIFoRNIA AND THE LABoRINtf MAN.-There
is no country on earth, in our opinion, says the
Union Democrat, which offers SUCH golden oppor-
tunities for the poor man to make himself COM
Portable home, in the same space of time, as does
California. With climate unsurpassed by any
country on the globe, and thousands, of OF
ulnccupied land, the richest in the world, both
seems indeed AS especially designed fofs the asy-
lum-the home of the industrious laboring man
Here. in young and prosperous State, can be
seen but little of that beggarly ~wretchedness so
common in those of her sisters on the Atlantic
side. The rich do not lord it over the laboring
classes, bee nine-tenths of those in com
parative affluence but few short years ago were
accustomed to WELD the pick and shovel with as
hearty good will as any of their fellows The
employer could not, if he wished, tyrannize over
his workers, as do many in the older States, for
here the choice of {" do as command, or starve''
has terrors for the working man. He can
shoulder his pick and shovel, and bid defiance to
the of wealth; old Mother Earth is sure to
befi:iend and reward him for his labors.