Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-10
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Fr5n the Chicago Times.l
Harriet Colburn was charged with disoraeril
conduct. The particular otfebse was quSTret
ing with a negro with whom she hVed' IneI'
was a history attached to her Gaseous ~
those histories Of real life which oecSslonaIl
cone 10 light in the police court ana rLn
surBass belief in their strange ae1dlls' =.
80 20 She was the cherished daughter OF a
southern pIanter at Nashville, Iehh. hei
Uotber was a Creole, but was the lawful VIE
oF her father. At thirteen she ran away from
home with the son of a New toIA melou"n'
named Clifford, and was married to Mn
within a wear che was a mother and a
widow. her husband having DIED IN CaiIoIhidi
whittier she bad accompanied him; cue cam
home and returned to Der fathers house ,Wnere
she was kindly received, Sue remd'neu mere
80 or two. and during her stay assisted
fogr Of her fathers slaves to escape, lnroush
svnnatbv with their desire for freedom. She
married aeain with her fathers choice. Hell
husband proyed to be a dTunkard, and she OBJ
tanned a divorce from him. she msTrled 2
third time, still with the consent and advice OF
her father. and was again deceived. Her last
husband. whose name she now bears, proved
her ruin. He was a Mississippi gambler, anc
for twelve months she accompanied hlm uF
and down the river, dressed In boys clothes
and passing for his brother.
Eln nnaliW lett Lii, WlNcH away " NohoNoA'
a5use, and threw herself upon the world fol
Support. Her frat effort was a brakeman, in
which capacity she served on the Chicago and
Burlington railroad for three months. This
was six weeks ago. Frem that she driFtec
into the vortex Of sin, which every unprotected
woman finds in a large city sooner or later
She went down bill till the lowest round Of the
ladder was reached. She met, accidentally,
with one sf the slaves whom she had aided to
escape wears before, and has lived with hin
ever since IN unlawful connection. his ne
gro is her fathers own son BY a slave woman
and BY natural ties is her brother. Ihere Is
no law, however, which sanctions that rela-
tionship.
she was intelligent, and showed by her con-
versation that she had seen better days. Trace
of former good looks were visible, and a strong.
robust frame, proved that dissipation had as
vet but little effect upon Der body, but heI
mind was. what the minds Of all fallen women
are, a wreck and a ruin. At the early age oi
twenty-four, she is a shameless woman, Wnlcu
is the lowest of Gods creatures. She was
sent to Rridewell for twenty days. sue
stOTmed a little, but the necessity was inRXora'
bic, and she went up as brszen as any OF tnem'
cTF It is said that while Senator Wilson
was making bis mastery retreat in Virginia.
on being repulsed BY a teamster whose wagon
he sought 70 occupy, he protested in plaintive
accents, that be was Henry Wilson, OF Mas
sachusetts. The response of the amster was
to The point-"Henry Wilson bed-d. have
kicked him off the wagon six times already"
Boston Post.
This paragraph needs emendation. From
its present construction, a dull person would
suppose that our senator had been kicked IN
person. Il was the portly civilians who bor-
rowed his name for the occasion that were
kicked. Mr.. Wilson, who started early, was
two miles ahead Of the teams all the time.
Writers Tor the press should be careful par
ticulsrly upon matters which are to 60 into
future NATURALIZATION Courier.