Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-11-12
From the Kendall (Englsh) Mercury.
LIBERALIZATION Imprisonment Mar
riapa

l. 1t Will be in the recollection Of most of
our readers that on fine morning, in the
summer of 1854, the quiet town of Apple
by WAS startled with unusual activity, by
an announcement that i Young girl, resi-
dent in a boarding school in the town, had
disappeared during the night, in company,
as was suspected, and as turned out to be
the fact, with her music teacher. The
young lady's age at the time was, we be-
licvc, 13 or II, while that of the gentle
man (who then held the situation of organ
ist of the parish church) might be about
24, Pursuit was forthwith given, and the
electric telegraph put in motion, but the
parties arrived at Grctna, where marriages
could then be celebrated Hitum, without
regard to age or any other of the legal
requisites attached to the English ccremo-
ny, and the Gordian knot was tied, ere a
veto could be put upon the rash proceed
ings.
No doubt the happy pair now thought
the worst pasta too common delusion-
and that explanations and reconciliation
would follow as a matter of course, and
their future felicity be secured But alas
their hopes were soon dissipatcd At the
Carlisle station, on their return the iron
bonL Of tI,o S,,ror;,t,lo,t of y IL -
ia;d 80 ',io .h up',I'tInTolv o' 1.'ce was
md ha s'c ~,s ~ ."e ~ "Sppy On'utSroon'
cLoroo of ,l,dmot;on ',.I,;1a viz o1 q
lie 10 ,ros a.n,;a, H"mo I"o you"S i'uy,
r.tor,,l l,n,,,,, NV H., Ln,,i. go ~ W.. .o'
dnrmorn On y osrhsoouomt 10, 10 ''tIMo tI'o .i ,,i
of tbc I,dv'. noromts ond nf tro sohnai'' eI~
trcs. Who ;nit;,tod thn loool n,.oao"5;"'.
ho;n,, rron,,oosablo tl,o o,,t,n
fullv committed for tr;ol Iv tLo Cnu1;sIo
mo1istr,tos and ~ tbo Uos,mo,o,. .nd "n
sizcs bcld ~ Nnrloh,,;, :, tIo omontl,ac
onst followinrItho moi .,or oF ' tbo =. ,.o,e ,n"
iodv onnoor;nc, oeo r,;t,,nso oao;,,s. o
bn was Found T,rlt, and so,,,smonJ =.
months, in,nr;son,Dont =. sr.t oias, MY ,';'
do,no,nort In,os,;s ,''l; ,".'
tbo nrbl;o - t1,n t;,,o ,,,,"..l". H. ~
r;o,,n Which bod bno, III, -.
tLc n,rt;os was b;nJ;n. >u.oD'"tIo' 'i."oI.'
tho local wnrlJ ;nor,J;nll ul'tn .,, 'J I1 Duv ~
tr;od tho cosn wo hoI;n,oo WV 1,.It F" ~ ~
VALIDITY occord;ng 70 tho ,yO ~ of T g.. s"otl,rd ~ ~
bindino in Enrlnd w,s ontorta;nod a,,I
that notwithst9nd;no tLo cnny;ot;on f,r OH
duction. TN, ocntlrman on tbo tnrm;not;on
of his imnrigonmont wnnld Lawo Ioo,ai
rioht to claim tho possession ~ Of ' his yo,thf"i -
wife. BE this. however os f. nav wo
commit the question 70 tbo bonds 81 +ho
curious in snch MATTERS wb;ln ,vn nrooond
with our remork,bln n.rrot;yo FON
The Young lady, as we have stated above
on beinr ruthlesslv torn from him sbc had
taken for better or for worse woe oo,,s;r,,od
to the caro- of bcr noronts and Loro for
while wc leave bor rho iorm of hor L,,o
bands imnrisonmcnt bavins oUnircd ho
resumed his nrorcss;on 90 iooohpr ~ n,,,
sic. and oltboumh ot thc Same t;,no nn,nnr-
ous were his cnnnir;os ortcr and nroat lie
search for the wbcrenbonts Of his wife for m
years no traces of her could be obtained.
Atone time she has been removed to Amer
ca, another to Australia, third account
conveyed to him in an anonymous letter
ABOUT twelve months ago, was that the
hand OF death had fallen upon her. At
laSt' however, the tide begins to ebb, the
dark clouds winch SO long oer-shadowcd
the case are suddenly dispcllcd, and light
dawns. a letter unexpectedly arrives, an
nouncing to the gentleman the agreeable
Iluih9s tnat ms presence IN the Isle of
Jersey, where his wife was residing, would
De agreeable TO all parties; and as we are
not writing an imaginary romance, but
novel adventure IN real life, and have no
desire to I'LL up the interim with supposi-
tions OF our own invention, we bring our
taie TO an end by SIMPLY stating what will
be gratifying to all true lovers to learn, that
the haDpy pair were reunited i'm the bonds