New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-10-09
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t0urtship Extraordinary
Ihe most extraordinary case of this kind which
We remember to have heard has been brought to
ngh. within IN the last few days at Mouiton, ID this
county. lhe circumstances are briefly these
aDont seven years ago girl Of sixteen named 4
CalhaFfne Coome, married her first cousin a
painter of tne same name, at chelfenham, of
which town they were both natives AffsrIanxde 4
time they came to reside at Bedford where I'M.
wife assumed the male attire and the name N Frrd
and passed as the SON Of her husband, worlire
with him at his trade. In the same hduse uit6
them lodged Miss Smith, straw bonnet fnslsr ,rrf
who fell in love with Fred, and Fred reciproCafea
the affection, and passed himself off and was re-
ceiyed as Miss Smiths sweetheart The intimacy
has now lasted between them FIVE months; Hiss
Smith entertaining no doubt whatever that h6r
lover was q man. Three weeks ago they all three
came to reside at Monitor, whittier they were fol-
lowed by Miss Smiths father who received a let@
ter from Cheltenham, stating that his daughter was
keeping company, not with male but with 4 re-
male and that the supposed father 81 the latter
was in reality her husband. Fred on bei ND fares
with the deception, admitted the truth Il ths
charge, to the no small surprise Of moor Mfss
Smith. The police then took Fred into custody
and escorted him to Northampton, where he was
brought before the county magistrates ana rs-8
manded. s'88 sss ~
He 1--WE continue the masculine gender) is now
twenty three years Of age, of middle height slen-
der, and Of handsome features His hair IS closely
cropped, and be is dressed in black coat ererish
vest and trowsers, and Balmoral boots The mo-
tiyes for his conduct hitherto inexplicahle and
even the husband, who brings him food to the sta
tion-house, does not attempt TO unraYel them The 4
prisoner was brought before the magistrassa II
Northampton on the lst. The bench decided shat &
they had no power to interfere, and that the pris
oner, whose conduct was most reprehensibIe, in
gaining the affections Of young weman for sorae
purpose which did not exactly appear must be dia~
charged. The case had originated in Bedfordshire
and there the father Of Miss Smith could commence
an action in the county or some other civil court
against the prisoner and her husband for the Ioss
Of his daughter services The prisoner went aud
said it was all foolish lark, and 30 the ease ended
As the prisoner was guarded ont of court BIZ the
police TO where the painter was in waiting To re-
ceive her, an immense crowd Of women followed
and jeered her. Northampton Express.
THE PROPOSED TRANS ATLANTIC BALLOON voY-
GE-Mr. loves balloon has finally collapsed,
under circumstances which show that If the aro-
naut had left the earth with his machine he would
have come to speedy and terrible death. me
Philadelphia North American says. ssFNs ss
Before dark, on Friday evening, the initiation be-
gan. The work was successfully continued sll
through the night. BY 5 o'clock On Saturday
morning the initiation was considered complete. Il
The basket and boat were attached, every thing
packed, and the passengers ID their places; the
balloon was being let up from the ground by large
cables, which were just about being cut loose, she 4
lost .buoyaney, and allowed the boat to descend
until it touched the ground Ballast was then
thrown outuntil she to the length Of the ropes
when the same thing again occurred. & "a 81 Il
Y 1t was now evident that she was rapidly losing
gas, and an examination showed several large sits S
near the crown through which the gas was escapr
ing. In minute Or two the whole crown burst
out of the balloon, many disconnected pieces of
material going through the netting, and the whole
machine settled with crash to the ground Of pre-
cisely 65 O'clock. Careful examination of the ma
terial OF the upper portion of the balloon showed
ito be much deterorated in texture since the frat
trial, partial rotting 1.-THE fiber being caused BY
exposure to the weather and much handling. There
were not many spectators present, as the affair was
kept as secret as possible, but nearly everyone
present carried away piece of the canvas as a.
memento Of the occurrence. Before third experi-4
ment can be made new balloon must be con-
structed The amount of canvas required for SUCH
machine is very large, involving a consumption
Of cloth by the bale, and the Professor, having
long since exhausted his own means, may have
difficulty In finding persons willing able again tos
back him dd iniio. VA l.s i sE5g54.4s7 3i a IA
THE OLDEST vorER IN THE UNITED STATES.
the recent election in Maine, Mr.. Ralph Farnham, &
the sole survivor of the battle Of Bunker Hill, now
104 years of age walked six miles to cast his vote
He has voted at every Presidential election since
the adoption Of the Constitution. In letter ac-
eeptng invitation to visit Boston about the sth
inst he states that he Is years of age when he
enlisted in the American army. and adds y 4isa
1t seems strange that out of llwho were at Bun-
ker Hill, alone should be living. It appears to
ne, though 50 long ago, as if it was but yesterday
| can remember the particulars of the march after
Ienlisted-how the people cheered, and when near
Andover, Col. Abbott came out and said: ssWell
done, my lads,n and sent out cider and grpr ia
pals. We got to Cambridge the day before the
battle. @, it was terrible affair to me- for It was
the first time ever engaged in fighting. served
with the army through three campaigns, and was .
present on guard when Burgoyne surrendered.
don't think deserve any special praise for the
part took in the Revolution. fetand acted only
as others.
The keeper Of Egg Rock lighthouse. in Massa.