The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-28
A oMANTiC STORY

The following extraordinary narrative from q
late number OF the Cleveland, Ohio, Herald, Is said
by good authority TO be literally true. The reader
will admit that air Of prassmbance pervades The
narratise such as is seldom found In manufac
tured story:
Some twelve wears ago, two young Unexplained
Ciyma and PsuIe, lived In a small village not fa'
from the sea coast. in the extreme west OF England
Roth we're miners aud soT ked in the same tin mine
nesrthe village. Both paid their addresses to tho
same maiden. though not with equal su cess. ely
ma orospered 80 well in his suit that day was sp
p,ared TOR the nuptiais, and in due course Of time
the bans Of marriage were ask ID in the village
chu eh on the first OF the three Sundays prescrlbed
by English canon law.
s. Before the second Sunday Came round the rivals
met at a wrestling match in the village, and ii
CHANGED that the turn came for them to wrestl.
together Psule was excited and endeayored siren
uausiy 10 give his successful rival In love "wick
ed fall" but his eaGerness worked bis defeat. He
was thrown 10 the grOua nd anil the shouts OF the
villagers On springing to the ground he s~ore
tha, be would be revengsd and that Ciyma shead
never marry his intended bride. From that day
he took 20 drinking deeply, and was fierce in bis
inpreca.ions on his rival
The day before that liked for the marriage, ,Pauie
told all his friends that he would be at the wed
ding and would ind means to prevent its taking
place. Knowing bis determined character, Cyma
appeared alarmed at the threat, and got some
frieads to iutecede with Paule, bur in vain.
Late that nj sht Ciyma left the house of his in
tended bride for his own cottage. The way lay
across patch of barren moor, where there
several open mine sh IT'S which had been desert.
ed aud the bottoms of whose black depths were
now covered with several fathoms of water. Alb ut
the same hour Paute was seen crossing tbs same
patch of moor from another direction. A miner,
who passed little later towards the mine where
he worked--it being his turn for night work
sverred the next day that be heard noise as il of
dispute aud scrffie, but it WAS too dark to dis
fiaguish any one.
The marriage was to take place at eleven
o'clock In the morning at the village church
Long 5ss,re that hour the village was scsne of
great excitement. The hat and neckerchief of
PauIe the latter torn aud bloody. hid been found
near the deepest Of the abandoned pit shafts, and
Of pauIe himself nothing had been touud, nor had
ne been seen since he went towards the moor on
the preceding night. The ground where the arti
clss had been found bore traces of a scuffs hsviog
taken place, and to crown the whole. two buttons
recognized as beioG2ing to Clyma coat, were dis
covered amoug the earth and stones. To these
ominous facts China could only reply that he had
met Paule at the place mentioned, during the
night; that high words were succeeded by scutie
aud that he had beaten Paule, who retired cursing
him This account was not considered satiSfacto-
ry, and Clvma WAS taken into custody to await
further developments. AE
Several days passed away; an examination was
made Of the pit aud the surrounding locality, but
no trace could be found of the body It
gued however, that If stone were attached 10 the
body before 1t was thrown into the pit, so as 10
sink it. there would he no probability of its
being found. After several examinations before
magistrate the accused was released from custody,
bur only 10 be Stunned as amurderer by the whole
community. In the meantime, the intended bride
became sick through excitement: violent fever
was succeeded by wasting illness. and after lin
perpg for some mouths, she died of broken
heart These accumulated ills were too much fpr
the unhappy object Of general suspicion. and in
less than twelve months after what sholid have
been his wedding day, he became the inmate of an
I,n .tx,an l,.,,en
maniac.
Among the relatives Of Clyma a sister, mar
re TO "a farmer, who. three years after the unhap-
%, Occurrence related above removed to this
stry aud settled down on farm in Northern Illinois.
few days since, this sister, whilst about seking
the cars 10 Chicago tor hom- she suddenly a5coun-
I ,red he supposed mu -dered man! Her excl emeI
was intense. Drawing him on one side. she made
herself known to Paule, and was Immediately
cognized by him. The explanation given by him
of his DISAPPEARANCE, was, that he met Cyma on
the eventual u light with the purpose of beating aud
dishguring him SO thatshe could not be married
on the succeeding day. but that his rival more,
than a match for him. Burning with rage at his
discontinue he had rushed off, not knowing or
caring what became Of himself, and, reaching
the branch had taken an old lesky boat aud pull
ed directly out TO Next morning, when the
boat was nearly sinking, lie was picked ur by an
outward houud ship whi,h took him to New Orleans.
Since then, he has resided several years In Csf5r-
mia n in the United Stases has btco ne moders'e
iV
with which he had maintained no communication
since his departure. ON learning the sad event
witch bat occurred in the meantime. he immediate
Iy accompanied the sister to her home in Illinois
aud after the necessary arrangement were made
he started with her for England in order to repair
AZ far rs possible the mischief which had been done
They pass ID through Cleveland on their way East
and, happening accidentally to meet them at tht
dspot We learned the sequel to ths sad story with
the earlier portion of which We were well acquant
ed.
= : They 90 on joyful, yet mournful errani. tt
good NAM of the unhappy condemned can be re
Claimed but none can restore his shattered reason
or rescue the broken hearted dead from her early
grave. sg k..a
TAG WoaEs IN UraH.--Au extract from lette
written by a Mormon woman, to her parents IL
New Jersey, shows very different feeling from
that expressed by the few Mormons who hay.
claimed Col Johnson's protection:
Go where You will, Won will see the Saints max
ing cheerful preparations for their departure ant
a word ofconfort on their lips for their neigh bore
Notwithstanding which, q keen observer might
perceive q tear g,istening in the eyes of some
the stontest among US. We have enough To ea'
and for that We are thankful. Our clothing l.
nearly all worn out, aud IL Is not possibletO bu,
any more here.
ii we had needed the counsel of Brother Brig
ham a little sooner, We sh0uid nov have had Al
abundance ofclothing; bat We are like children
We have TO learn by experience. think somC
times that, ifyou could see me, you might enjoy
hearty laugh ~ my expense; but, fortunately, toI
me, have now no mirror, aud, therefore, my
appearance does not annoy me much. still have
in NY possession an article for daily wear. which
once bore the sppellation of "a dress" but II
transformed is IT, that 1t would be difficult for
casual observer 10 decide which was the origiua
dress piece. My husband, also, wears Goa. of ma
ny coiors As for buying shoes and stockings, they
are quite ont OF the question. We should have
been out OF this unpleasant state, If our enemie.
would only have left US alone-f'r We all began &c
sec the necessity Of mauufac turing our own goods
We have already made some very good fannels
here. We have twelve sheep Of our own, two c rvs
three horses, two Of which were working on the
farm, the other was my own private property
made present TO me by my husband. When first
my beloved husband announced to me that Ii was
decided that We should leave, | felt pang at my
hsart. looked out al my little flower garden. the
work OF our own hands. and then around me, in
eide my little cottage, GU the few little con- fort,
which we had accumulated through hard IahoI
then sauntered into the little room which hat
prepared Tor your reception this season. l must
abandon them all. and the hope of meeting father
aud mother aud the rest Of the family. And last
but not least looked upon our little ones, and IN,
grief knew no bounds In my rebellious heart
felt TO say, cannot expose my little one to tn
trials OF wandering life, and oh, horror! perhap
The scalping knife Of the Indians for we know tina
the soldiers are bribing them fancy can hea
i you both say .Is not Mormonism worth all tbes
sacrifices, aud even our livesp Yea, my dea
father and mother, II 10. But you also know how
very iona OF nome ah, auu my iosc ior my nus
baud aud children know no bounds; and / fel
that 10 see those dear ones suffering again,as di
before wo had home, was more than my streng tl
could boar but all this was the struggle of feS
hears only. When began to reflect upon my con
duct, felt truly ashamed Of my weakness
RowIsa MACH Extensive preparations are ins
king fer rowing match at New London, c., u
the 5th Of July. fr which Is eutries Of boats hav
already been made.
$50 MICHIGAN Pubic LasDs-Fiye million acres ,
the land granted to the State Of Michigan, by &C
y d Congress, IN 1850, are TO be thrown into th
Bsrkes. The sales will commenee at Lansing, o
the 18th Of July.
GRAPE CuLfrRE IN MfssoURi--fn the year ls5
there were produced Ia ST. Gsueyieya n, Nc -