The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-03-25
WnrMiMg 10 Rl.lerIx Swalns,

A few months since, an old gentleman
from Newark. N. j., cntI,e 10 New York on
business Ore evening, while passing
along Broadw y, he wus accostpd bya wo.
man Though his head was Eraced with
the snow OF mary winte's, his heart was os
infaMmable as that Of any you'h In the
dog g-days OF life. The old gentle man muue
but faint resistance to The charms Of the
siren, and fihslly consented to accompany
her home. Tne happy couple had scarcely
got into the house when an infuria,cd man
rushed into the room, and fran;icly ex.
ciaimed, 81 have found you out! Yoa ere
betraying me. but your paramour shall not
escape my just vengeance. ! will make
lin fec! what it is to des'r roy the happiness
Of loving hue usbHnd!" The lady screamed,
implored, wept, and finally, as last resort,
tainted. The elderly Seducer protested on
has honor that the un ortunate lady wus
innocent. For some time the husband
sternly refused TO listen. bu, he at length,
through the entreaties of friend who &C.
companied him, agreed to accept u thousand
dollars, and say no more about the matter.
The old gentleman being rich, was glad to
escape thus easily. He paid 500 down,
all the money he had with him, and prom.
ised that he would give the rest at ten g..
clock the next day, milking an appointment
ut the New York Hotel for that purpose -
In security for this agreement he was ea4i
y induced to leave behind his fine gold
watch and chain. Next morning, at the D..
pointed hour and place, the old man paid
over to the injured husband and hi, fiend
the additional 5000, and lels for his home,
thinking the matter was " tol settled, so
far as he was concerned, But he was wo.
lully mistaken. for soon afterward his two
masculine friends called upon him at his
own house, and by threats of exposure and
legal proceedings unless he complied, in
duced him 10 pay two Thousand dollars
more. This visit they soiemnly promised
would be the last, but it was not. They
called again and again, and by means Of the
old threats contrived not to leave empty.
handed. One day the friend, BY whose kind
intercession the compromise was first made,
called upon the old gentleman and told him
that the loving husband, whose peace he
had destroyed, WIS d, ing, and for obvious
reusons it would be we'll to pay him visit,
that he might not, in his paroxysms, divulge
the secrets which it woHid be well to keen
quiet. The old man followed him to tho
dying mans house, and there beheld the IN.
jared husband, apparently in his last ago.
nies, crying out "Let me clutch the de-.
stroyer OF my ppness and wife's honor
bring him befole mel" The old nun, bad!y
frightened, begged the few syrnpalhizers
who we're present to Keep the dying mqn
quiet, and freely left behind him So, 900
more To pay the poor fellows funeral expen
ses and doctof's bills. He had paid SO 600
in all and now, he thought, the matter must
surely end. But, t,sgain he was mistaken
One evening his domestic lares were in.
raded by two seedy- looking gentlemen,
whose whole appearance indicated speci
mems Of the genus literary. whu, live by
| writing sensation stories and digging up
scandal lie gbouls., They introduced them.
selves, aud presented him u nh neatly writ
ten manuscript " hich they r, duesled him to
peruse. To his herror he tUund il 10 be d
highly colored account 0i his nOcslrnal nd:
venture, names, &C., .in tulI., The peace
and good name Of his family were al stake,
so he Dsked what sim would induce them to
suppre-s it After SOME consuitaiion. they
named % coo, saying that th,ir. publisher
had uiready paid Tor il and out of consilera.
ton fpr his family they would Withdraw il.
The money was handed over, the manu-.
script burned, the writer's took t1eir deplrt.
ure, and the, oidsman, with his pur.a .,v
considerably lightened, plucke33 .:,p corao aoe
to prevent further extori;; With All,
view ne notified ao--.s.e. New York detective
Poi'ce ofiice. Of the whole transaction, and
Neesrq their protection. One of these of.
TRcels (Hsnry Hope,) after considerable
search. succeed in aaEresting ona of the
sswiudlers. The prisoner was brought be
lore Recorder Barnard. who committed him
temporarily, an affidavit having been mace
against him. The old gentleman who had
|ibeen victimized po' badly land ib d manner
so odd, would not, however, press the ,affsiI
to further examination, for fear, OF ,tht
publicly which would ensue, but expresses
4 himseIia satisfied IN the Know ledge that sht
sRonldanOt be farther disturbed. * Vt af 4
1 !. No PEAcHEs THIS YEAR. NJ. Davis, Che
we'll Known peach grover of Clermoht
codnty, reports that mol aSne psdeb Did IN
tios1tg fhoassnd has escape9 ths 5rost. b Many
other lpyemineRt HorticultuFists mske simi.
lar reports. Il 10 therefore evident that the
peach crop OF 1858 in This section viii
asaeunt to nothing. Gin. Coas., Is.
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