The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-07
A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.

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A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
From the Chicago Ill) Democrat, July 81.
e,,oa,bpq ike six weeks since. there arrived
his CITY Young man named George T..
r. ,gbo brought with him, as his reputed wife,
tserl;fnl mulatto woman, and three children,
rLon we believe he claims the paternity.
r. vonan is nearly white, and the children
,rbite they would not be thought otherwise
= NJ n,.e not conversant with their origin.
T5s;r rregioua history partakes strongly OF
H.. rao,sntic They were, it seem5, formerly
.-.:ss,ts # Rome, Randolph county, Georgia.
al, slave when he first became acquainted
n her A short acquaintance ripened into
r., ,bev called love, but his relatives termed
!, ;nfatuation. Fer a long time, every effort
-. made by bis friends to overcome his affec-
-. ior her bat in vain, and at last all but his
S,Ia- ccrsented TO their marriage. He accord
&c bought her at the extraordinary price of
- gaa married her, and they came North to-
,.ther.
T-nap his arrival here, be commenced the
,.,.iee Of medicine. bis office and dwelling
.o.rs being at the same place, No. LA South
i r.rk street Though young and unknown, yet
;. might ultimately have succeeded, more
s.a-.iall7 as be had some $4,000 or $4,000
.-.b Of property in his own right, left him by
d. ggaudparents, upon which he might have
I,e1 With economy until he could build him
,-if ar a reputation.
Bal. on Wednesday last, he received line
.r.eugh the post cfiee, stating that, if he would
.H al room No. 62 fremont House, be would
here ind an old acquaintance. He went, and,
~ bis Infinite surprise, stood face to face with
- cd
AID finally he was told that he must remain
- him. Not knowing bis own right, and that
Ii. "a her had no more control over his actions
thai, q perfect stranger, he sobbingly consented.
4 couple Cf men, who either were or repre-
| .-r:ed themselves TO be officers, were accord
| .5.7 called; he Was placed in a hack with them,
,rd tbey drove to his residence.
Up7n their arrival, one of them asked him
| hr zoe KEYS OF bis trunk, which were unresist-
iag.y given Up. The officer then opened the
rus, took out ali the money he had, (some
5000 10 geld, which remained of about 81 900,
9Th which he left tie South, packed up few
o. his clothes, and, ere his friends in the city
knew aught of the affair, the entire party were
% their way southwark, leaving his wife penni-
-ss. % stranger among strangers, with help
!,ss Ianily on her hands. We learn from her
,la. his father, DR.. Paul Eve, is Professor OF
A,a my and Physiology in some college in
Nash, e. Tenn, and that he has probably
lksl him thther. 4
from the New Bedford Mercury, August %. II
ae. EDITOR: Through the columns of the
g1eary desire to make brief statement in
reply 0 certain articles which have been re-
Gently published in the newspapers concerning
ne Ga Monday, the 10Th ultimo, my father,
Dr. Paul Fiizimons Eve, of Nashville, Tenn,
ACCOMPANIED by one of his friends from the
sane place, arrived at Chicsgo, where, as Q
man Of proper age, as an unofending citizen,
sGt az gu uaobtrusive physician, was quietly
earning an honest livelihood As have since
ra.Gcj, The sole object of their visit was to
lad me, IL having been there but a month or
SOL and force me to do my fathers bidding.
70 days after their arrival, l received a
ice through the post office, stating that if
would call at room 81 fremont House, would
hnd a friend, and, upon going there, was great
y Surprised 10 meet my unex pected father, who
peEempIorily ordered ne to return with him to
Tennessee. | objected he said he had orders
from the Governor OF Georgia (my native STATED
70 lake me, and that it was entirely useless for
ne 10 pariey or demur. | was then ordered to
accompany to my house two men, who repre-
sented themselves "a detective policemen, and,
on arriving there, they demanded the key OF
my Irunk, from which they took two hundred
dollars IA gold.
was next ordered to lay hold of my trunk,
and iid so. Unwilling to leave 30 abruptly,
expressed M desire TO speak TO Julia, the
slightly colored lady, who was keeping house
tor NE, but the men, (hirelings,) under instruc.
tons from my father, hurried me off and 30,
uncer the arbitrary control of my father, have
been spirited away TO this city, where, un6er
al the circumstances-of a nature too compli
Gated and delicate to explain here-I confess
mysa.f for the time being in rather an I'M
PEASANT predicament. But, all is well tina,
ends veil | have some friends here, who will
not see me imposed upon and if succeed in
rtcogeriug money now due me in the hands Of
cllz Ii of New Bedford, whom my father put
under pledge TO send me eff on whaling voy
ethe probability is that will return to Chi
cage within few days.
bought Julia and her three children in
Flo3i county, Georgia, for seven thousand dol
a-sfiS700O,) and took them with me 10 Chi
csgo. According to Southern law, they were
u! property and ! contend that it belonged
to NJ one TO deny my right to confer on them
the boon OF freedom, having paid for them out
vi ~ own legitimate means. On the l7th
ls;9 before Judge Pitmsn of this city, and Mr.
linton r. Helper, Of North Carolina, execu
ied paper manumitting the four slaves, and
wallpaper Is either now oa its way, or has been
already received, at Chicago. My father paid
The two men, who represented themselves as
oei9Cu7e policemen, forty dollars each for their
Seryces. Father is much mistaken when he
sayi julia Is greatly my senior in age, and that
she .enticed me away from home. There is
probably not more than six months difference
tels5en her age snd my own.
1llia vas not DESTROYS of going to Chicago
sne'accompsnied me there in accordance with
ny Special advice and request. l have never
oeer nsrrisd TO her. 1t was not of my OWL
Sefrd that she was left penniless in Chicago
nag ret been forced away, my money and
nys7 would have been at her service Ny
'"'ntr through the medium of New Yorl
paper, animated that have gone, or am going
yea his erring or unerring son, as the case
may ce, bsgs leave to state that having arrived
a 'he age OF manhood, three -and-twenty sum
msf' having passed over his head, he has moi
Wereno.es; dea Of going on whaling voyage
Hui '1%@t 20. My grandfather left my sister and
mys5i Pa'rmony of thirty thousand dollars
S1oVyO) which has been equally divided be
tween us
noplng MOI 10 be under the necessity o.
Hss,H bringing my name and affairs before the
puohc, am yours, respectfully,
GEORGE T.. Eve.
Hs'' Bedford, Aug. "a, 1858.
incident in Mr. Beecher's Church.