Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25
Illicit Love, ElOpement, Defalcation and
Death.

puplisutS series VI lelitIe "lilCH SV'"ii
remarkable story Of crime. The Com
mercisl says:
Fourteen years ago Harlow Case was
respectable aud esteemed citizen OF But.
fslo. He held The place OF asSissan, post
master under Mr.. Dorsheimer, and was
for many wears inlrnsted with The more
imporlan, dlues Of The office. A mem
Der of one of the Baptist churches. up
right in every walk of life, married, and
The father of family, he seemed TO be as
firm in the straightforward paths of vlItue
as any other.
Removing 10 Sandusky, Ohio, he re-
ceived The appointment Of collector OF that
port. under Mr. Fillmore. The appoint.
men, as one universally approved, and
the numerous friends of Case IN This city
were rejoiced at his success IN life.
While holding that office he was intimate
in the family of Mr. F., one of his as
sis,snn. Mrs. F. was young beautiful,
i'm passioned, and fatal attachment grew
up between The two, which remained un-
suspected until the truth was made
known by the sudden elopement of Case
with Mrs. F., and The Simultaneous dis.
covery Ma, he had absconded with gov.
ernment funds to The amount ol some
S34, 900. From that time forward nearly
all trace Of the guilty pair was lost. The
family of Case. bereaved and betrayed,
remsined hopeless in their grief. Mr..
F. engaged in long but lruilless chase OF
the fugiIives. And now, from of the
sea, come iidings-a broken, half.toId
story of lonely wanderings in foreign lands
full reci al of a nevtr ceaseing remorse,
with pirful and solitary deaths in far
away islands and on lte stormy waters OF
the Indian ocean. Letters recently re.
ceived from Case stale that he made his
way to The Southern Pacific, and thai
while there Mrs. F. died. She died III
Cey zion. in ls46. Case writes TO her
husband concerning her as follows
"Her moral sensibilities became more
acute as she failed in strength, and with
the frs! loss of hope of recovery, she be
came snxiously distressed to secure the
Irestoratpn of her dear lille child 10 lis
hereaved father. She was incessant in
exaclmg promises Gron me, that if lived
E. should be taken or sent back safely 10
YOU
Case, anxious 10 crafty the dying wish
of The mother, SET sail for England, bur
the daughter died on the passage, the
18th July, 1858. His letter concludes
! thus
"For obvious reasons, it is not, and
cannot be my purpose 10 speak Of any de,
tails or paliculsrs OF the past or the future,
or indeed Of myself in any way. | trust
YOU may never hear from me again, ana
only wish 10 hope your future life may
afford you, even you, less of anguish than
the pas, few years. II my life depends
upon my present health, or my now lin
tied means. my memory must be 5loIIed
out very soon
This is sad case throughout. Both
victims of unhsllowed passion are asleep
the mother in The groves of Ceylon, the
| little child in the coral forests of the sea.
The belrayer sill wanders the earth.
Dinner was spread in the cabin Of tha,
peerless steamer, the New WOrld," and
a splendid company were assembled about
lhe table. Among the passengers thus
prepared for gsslrOnomlc duty, was lit
lie creature Of the genus Fop, decked
danliy as an early butterfly, with kids OF
IiIreproachable whileness, "mirscuIous"
nccklie. and spider like quizzIng glass on
his nose. The delicate animal turned his
head afeeledIy aside with:
"Wsitah "
"Sah !"
"Bwirg me the pwopellah Of a female
wooslah ~
"Yis sab "
sand, wailsh, tell the stewart 10 wUb
my plate with vegetable wulgsrly cal
led onion, which will give delicious aa
vory 10 my dihnsh." ......
While the rt6ned exquisite was giving
his order, jolly western drorer had liz
tened with open mouth and ProHuding
ewes. When the diminuive creature
paused, he brought his fist down on The
table with force tina, made every dish
bound while he thuDdered out:
Here! you gauI darned ace Of
spades y
"Yis. sab ~
Bring me thunderin' big plate Of
Skunk's gizzsrd 7"
"Sah I"
"And. an cd ink-pot, tuck horseblan-
ket pnder my chin, and rub me d1aDn
sCith brick6atS aChi!s / fesd."
The poor dandy showed a pair Of
straight coai-tsils instanter, and The whole
table joined in ''iremenjous rore."
One OF Brigham YOnne,s wives has