The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-06-29
Alusoss 4 Romance.

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Here IL the hsss o. good story which ha
the merit 81 "a. ). considerable dash o
! romance.
u Some fourteen years ago, AN Englishmar
named Mark knight, married Charlotte ---
10 Syracuse, n. Y. Mark as the time Of Thu
marriage was ifty-four years Of age and hi,
wife seventeen. One chiid-a girl-was the
fruit Of this union. She was named Charlotte
Eiizabeth Kingdom Knight. About the time
TINS child was year old Mark knight got di.
vorce from his wife for adultery, and the court
decreed to him the care and custody Of the
"''a The old man was in very moderate cir.
e4.stances, yet he provided we'll for little Char
lotte, clothed her Handsomely as his means
would permit, and when she had attained pro-
per age sent her to school.
On the fourth OF July, 1855, the school to
which Charlotte belonged had picnic. She
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 rela-
t;ves, abducted the child, and bringing her to
Cleveland, took board in q family PANIED H,
who figures prominently in the latter 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 conceived for
her, young a. she is, passion as violent as un.
! fortunate. Sometime afterwards, Mrs. Bruce,
fearful 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 tele-
graphic dispatch announcing the death of her
mother, and requesting her presence at the fu-
neral. She was persuaded by H, not to go,
and did not. She was greatly surpriseda day
or two subsequently,, at the appearance Of her
mother, not only alive, but in excellent good
health. Mrs. Bruce prevailed upon her daush-
ter to accompany her to Cincinnati, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bruce and Charlotte, together left for that
city.
But the interchangeable H was not to be sha-
ken from the pursuit so easily. He had &C
quaintcd himself with the circumstances of the
girls history had written TO her father Marks
(who had unsuccessfully exerted himself to dis
cover her Whereabouts and had obtained from
him legal power to retain Charlotte in his Gus
tody. Before this document was in his posses.
sion, however, he had got out warrant for the |
arrest of Charlotte on charge of stealing from |
him gold ring, valued at four dollars. This
warrant was placed in the hands OF Chief of
Police White, who proceeded at once TO Cincin. |
natl and arrested the girl. While in the cars |
On their return, he procured from her a full |
statement OF the circumstances of HIS attach /
ment 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 May
or's Office, and H failing TO establish his &C.
cnsation against her, she was discharged and re-
manded into the custody of her mother. The
tables we're now effectually turned upon Mr.
h, and in order to save the costs of charge
OF malicious prosecution of the girl and the pen.
atty of a still graver offence, he paid into the
hands of the mother and her husband two hun
dred dollars in cash. This occurred on Tues
day last, and Mrs Bruce made arrangements to
return, with her husband and daughter to Gin
cinnah by the first train on Wednesday morn
ing
The same evening tuesday the power of at.
torney giving H the custody of Charlotte ar
rived by mail. H at once got out writ of
''habeas corpus" for the person OF the girl
which was served about five o'clock am. of
ednesday. AT nine o'clock the same morn.
ing, all the parties appeared before Judge Til
den, and the case was continued to Friday in
order to allow the presence of the father. Mark
knight, who had been teegraphed to at SYRIA
cnse; the girl remaining in the interim in the
family of Judge Tllden
AT nine o'clock yesterday morning, Mark
Knight, Mr.. aud Mrs Bruce and Charlotte were
all present at Judge Tilden's Court The major
portion OF the facts rected above transpired in
the evidence given. The case was rested by
the counsel without argument In giving his
decision, the Judge adverted to the moral peril
81 the girl either in possession of the mother or
Il, and to the SHARES she had Already es.
capped The daughter Charlotte was not willing
20 elect between her parents, but the Judge in
view OF the circumstances and with reference to
he hes, interests of the girl, delivered her into
he custody OF her father Mark Knight
Of course, the mother cried bitterly when tho |
iecslon OF the Court was rendered. The dauoh-
or was also deeply affected, and in parting with
Ter mother yesterday afternoon, when about to
lepart tor her new home in Syracuse, showed !
he intensity of her love by the violence of her
.rlet. We hope her future life may in some
legree atone for the troubles she has expert.
need IN the past She is evidently girl OF |
much more than ordinary intelligence; and with
roper training will make good woman.
The PRESENT HEGIRA OF THE MoRNoSs-A
DREADFUL PEosPEcr.-There is some thing fear. '
ully suggestive of famine disease ard death in
he latest intelligence of the genera! fight
outward OF the Mormons from Salt Lake set.
cement The whole movable camp, it APP .
ears, had joined in the stampede, forty thou
and souls were already on the wing, including u
numerous almost destitute families, with large a
umbers Of helpless women and children, many e
the latter walking barefooted over tie desert !
1nis, upon desert journey of six hundred u
ilies, ana TO destination of which they an y
ear TO be utterly ignorant. The chaaces as y
etWeen lie aud death, are fearfuy against
hem. We should not be surprised If FIVE. or II
ven ten thousand, of this moving column of p
'rty thousand souls were to perish before y
'achlng even the junction of the Gila and the d
dorado. n
with the news of the intentions of The gov. g
'nment last summer, the Saints from Ca!i!or- N
OREGON and tba ,l.:, hi
oned 10 the central camp of the faithful in
ait Lake Valley. Thus large additions were az
ade to the consumers, while their stock of u :,
DIVISIONS has never been superabun,lant.- u
heir calculations were to hold TIE United p
ates army at bay till the Saints had gathered 10
this years harvest; but the sudden appear P,
zee OF Governor Cumming at Salt Lake CITY. pi
ID the advancing army behind him on the eS
ans Tor the relief of Camp Scott, are the !"
n lngencies, which appear to have deranged az
the estimates of the Prophet, and which IN
EN- 10 nave started his people in hurried o. q,
treat, as from the terrors of an ayensine en- th
ny. We do not wonder that Governor Gem m
ng regarded this stampede with rain and ap- re
ehension, nor that his first concern was to ar 81
81 it, if possible. -
The distance from Salt Lake Valley, even to
e ella river, the first available resting Mace ny,
season OF so large a body of people as this liz
,ving Mormon community, is over FIVE hun Cl
ed miles. They cannot stop short of this RI
INT, IN leaving their Utah settlements. Over ly
whole immediate space they have nothing ca
deserts and desert mountains before them IN,
q around them. Already, too we hear that he
e hungry desert Indians are hanging upon Go
cir TANKS. In this view of the matter. there f.,
e, We think that the attention of the admin wa
ration should now be directed in shirt of mn
manty towards these miserable people. II an
y perish in the deserts it will be me result r,t
their own folly, we know; but il will scarcely 10
regarded as creditable calamity to our gov he
lment should the result of our well intended for
hey be left recorded in the bones of five or wi,
thousand Mormon women and children GOV
aching upon the desert sands Of Utah and an,
W Mexico ~ Y. Herald we
KeWardiRg WHraerera. OF
The Chicago Press thinks the country will she
IN with establishment that Clark, the well. leg
own murderer OF Barber, in Kansas, has been ne,
pointed to sineeure Office in the Navy worth bat
300 per annum.
Ne don't think any intelligent man, however CO..
en- mortified he may be, will be at all .sastop. -, ,s