Litchfield enquirer., 1858-09-02
A ROMANCE.

A ROMANCE.
 Some fourteen years ago, an Englishman named Mark Knight married Charlotte - in Syracuse, N. Y Mark, at the time of his marriage was ffts-four years of age, and his wife seventeen. One child-a girl-was the fruit of this union. She was named Charlotte Elizabeth Kingdom Knight About the time this child was year old, Mark Knight got divorce from his wife for adultery, and the Court decreed to him the care and custody of the child. The old man was in moderate cir cumstances, yet he provided we'll for little Charlotte, clothed her as handsomely as his means would permit, and when she attained proper age, sent her to school.
 On the 4th of July, 1855, the school to which Charlotte belonged had pic nic.-Shc was dressed for the occasion, and accompanied the children to the woods but she never re- turned to her fathers house. Her mother, since Mrs. Bruce, with the aid of some of her relatives, abducted the child, and bringing her to Cleveland, took board in family named H--, who figures prominently Tn the lat ter phases of the story
 Sometime in the year 1857, Mrs. Bruce went to Cincinnati leaving Charlotte in charge of this man H., who seems to have con- celved for her, young as she is, passion as violent as unfortunate. Sometime afterwards, Mrs. Bruce, fearing something might occur whereby she might lose her child, wrote to Charlotte to come to Cincinnati. Charlotte did not go. A few days afterwards, Charlotte received telegraphic despatch announcing the death of her mother, and requesting her presence at the funeral. She was persuaded by H. not to go, and did not She was greatly surprised, day or two subsequently, at the appearance of her mother, not only alive, but in excellent good health. Mrs. Bruce prevailed upon her daughter to accompany her to Cincinnati, and MT. and Mrs. Bruce and Charlotte together left for that city.
 But the indcfatigable H--w was not to be shaken from the pursuit so easily. He had acquainted himself with the circumstances of the girls history had written to her fath- CT, Mark, who had unsuccessfully excrted him. self to discover her whereabouts-and had ob- tained from him legal power to retain Char lette in his custody Before this document was in his possession, however, he had got out warrant for the arrest of Charlotte on a charge of stealing from him gold ring, val ued at $4. This warrant was placed in the hands of Chief of Police White who proceed ed at once to Cincinnati, and arrested the girl. While in the cars on their return, he procured from her full statement of the cir cumstances of H-'s attachment for her, and also total denial of the charge of theft. On the arrival of the parties in Cleveland, they repaired at once to the Mayors office, and H., failing to establish his accusa- tion against Der, she was discharged and re- handed into the custody of her mother. The tables were now effectually turned upon MT. H., and in order to save the costs of Q charge of malicious prosecution of the girl and the penalty of still graver offence, he paid into the hands of the mother and heri husband $200 in cash. This occurred on Tuesday last, and Mrs. Bruce made arrange ments to return with her husband and daugl- ter to Cincinnati, in the first train on Wednes- day morning.
 The same evening, Tuesday, the power of attorney, giving H-- the custody of Char lotte, arrived by mail H. at once got out writ of habeas corpus, for the person of the girl, which was served about o'clock A. M of Wednesday. At o'clock the same morning, all the parties appeared before Judge Tilden, and the case was continued to Friday, in order to allow the presence of the father hHSHt, WuO DctH to aO Syracuse, the girl remaining in the interim in the family of Judge Tilden.
 At nine o'clock yesterday morning, Mark Knight, Mir. and Mrs. Bruce and Charlotte, were all present at Judge Tildeus court. The major portion of the facts recited above trans pired in the evidence given. The case was rested by the counsel without argument. In giving his decision, the Judge adverted to the moral peril of the girl either in possession of the mother. or H., and the snare she had already escaped. The daughter Charlotte was not very willing to elect between her pa rents, but the Judge, in view of the circnm- stances, and with reference to the best inter- ests of the girl, delivered her into the custody of her father Mark Knight
 Of course the mother cried bitterly when the decision of the court was rendered. The daughter was also deeply affected, and in part 1 ing with her mother yesterday afternoon, when about to depart for her new home in Syracuse, showed the intensity of her love by the vio- lence of her grief. We hope her future life may ip some degree atone for the troubles she has experienced in the past. She is evidently a girl of much more than ordinary intelligence, i and with proper training. will make a good woman.- C1erelamd, (O.) Daily Leadsr.
 The Washington correspondent of the Phila- delphia Press thus speaks of the Secretary of State: Gen. Cass, who must be nearly eighty, is conbl, bnf ;c hard of ,uorb rSyh;o nxt,oc,.l;,,