The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-01-01
No. 2l.

either Ihe.only kind of metal of which coffin could
De made was block tn, and accordingly such one
fashioned ihis was enclosed in wooden coffin and
that was placed in stout wooden box. The funeral
took place oii Tuesday. She had the date and parcu-
lars OF his death endorsed the back of his bills of
exchange sa thai he could not be used except by the
administrator OF the estate in this citv and took every
possible pfeehHtlon in the of h5 effects engaging
Mr. Cummings % assist hern doing 50; and She left her
own watch H3 pledge security for the LAWYERS fee
rather than that any Of Mr. Stephens effects should be
retained AS to the course she pursued in Brownsville
the public viii soon lie III possession of the testimony
which mayoriMonroe has written to obtain This viii
speak for her
Tie large umbero Of letters for Europe that lad been
entrusted 70 fhe care Of Mr. Stephens, were placed il
the hands Of Mr.. Cummings, and She paid the postage
on them herself Having thus seen to everything and
neglected nothing, without waiting for rest from her
extraordinary fatigue she paid last visit to that grave
IN which wasencosed the only link that had bound her
IN feeling 70 life now Indifferent to her There vas Luz
one more trust that she had to execute but one more
DUTY to tuIh andthat Tas 70 return 10 New 0eausana
account u ths tua.lus IT 5He two ttt,c o#.zas er
me last recz: aEa rts-s at rasis deceased parent To
ao una. =Is 5sf.l-- lgbt ar4 aaE without thought Of
9-5, -oE ia@ssa UalHE Tie ssar. rip pia Gftaaa d5rs
--tle H4se .az .,eE been selgd. Gin tHe way
se apea % 5aoga The aged fstaer Of 3- sapteas
#1I =e- bM 'a e1Ha gg with h- to New Orleans IL
laks charge + tae s.5aa wa.ea he aaeoded .ae..as
As''a :assl.1a au aeelaa 81 aa fal expectation q
45HE ta. Zee aaEEz Gl arsl.s tsF the
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haE eo1stsaf3a4 us #1f ae asat eytementf fhat sgr.
talHo8 Her IT. #Hs tua. u, hsscar giss bs 4euas
ara@-s 4# zs @a hara au.afae-e, at eas shar@F
al.eE arrezt y a.Jaa GHeas Of t3e &aw GtsaHs uo
Hge, cvass E l.l.I alzzassa Two or bis sHaeais.
LaH en- 10 &e. srea:s eltmi1ai ST wGz .Hruss fno
prison Nt49Es esg ..ns Charge ag INST her ard KEEP.
between onibars, Ike tigress in the menagerie for
two days. she was then released, after an informal
examination, at which not even ground Of suspicion
was found against her The press with one accord
eXonerated her from blame then but the poison that had
been previously instled into the public still ranked
there and kept alive the flames Of prejudice And this
then, is the remarkabe conspiracy" and the "dabocal
case Of posoaiug"
And now fdc those resurrccon3of the past Perhaps
the reader has al@eady arrived the conclusion that
when size hasactcd faithfully, where 10 have been
unfaithiu so much easier in this nstance-when she
has perhaps been kind and womanv and sefsacrifcing
it could hardly he consistent with human nature for
her to have been all her life before robber poisoncr
fend But let US investigate the facts. She has been
accused OF scduCinE men by some unexpaineda and un
natural powers Of witchcraft and running them body
and soui OF shooting one and poisoning another
From her ye4 infancy it has been said she has been
stranger to Vi5tue All enemy to honor, growing up in
wckedness and pursuing reckless career of vlainy
without an impulse Of good to prove heart blush
to speak for Shame Truly, if such were the case she
could scarcely be d7maTed by its assertion or have
wept such tears of poignant anguish felt the burning
flush which comes unbdden at the painful task af wri-
ting the refutaion Of such cruel and MALIGNANT tase
hoods.
Strange as i may appear to some unwilling minds,
this "lemale oltlaw, this modern Lucretia Boggia"
haEpv, gdieIess, ignorant girl knowing the
world only beau:ifu landscape peopled With warm
hearted, tghtninded sincere and rustu men and wo-
men At eight years of age she knew her first great
sorrow, her first calamity which brought unon her life
Of sad and bitter experiences It was the death of her
father and mother, in England She their only child,
and had been reared in comfort and even luxury anG
petted an OILY child is by good and doting parents
They left her sufficient competency to assure then in
their dying mOaents that she would be carefully raised
and instructed but alas they had put their trust in
weed which broke under the weight of temptation and
rlittle charge sent to America in of lady
who was going to settle in western Virginia, that
they might be undisurbed in the cmbezzement of the
orphan porhoa. So much for the report that she was
she was rpaftu E1tJEe fafTn uTSud5T r5-
zion by poor put welmeunng people not as her pa
rents had ntenled and expected but in ignorance and
hard labor But she had their affection, as # she was
their daughter and when, at the age OF fifteen gen
temau who wss near relative Of the family and lived
in the west urged them during visit to their farm to
send her to boarding school in CINCINNATI and dwelt
upon the.impoftauce Of her harng good education,
they pleased with the idea and gladly accepted his
apparently sintere offer place her at the academy
Little did they think, when she bid them goodbye with
such hearty sorrow and yet with such bright hopes OF
the future and anticipation Of speedy return, that they
were taking eternal farewell, and that between them
there was to Ii, placed gulf which the world has de
rrced shall ueter never be recrossed-a gulf on one
side of which stands the good the pure and charitable
nonripc the oer Of scoTn at the heartsc trangressor
rn fbc other e who is never to wipe out the first un
hnnv bIot moi not by an ocean of tears nor by life
IF LL2milatiou1ar,d repcntance.
If neadest 10 sl. that th, exDeyenced and accom-
,lfsId man of tbc world who VAS to have placed at
}ooI the arsss IGNORANT country rirl BETRAYED his
trust PERHAPS had he done otherwise he would have been
lecred at as i scnimeualist, by his manly companions
Hose who bhiId up the impassble walls around virtu-
Gus society 9orwo wears the trusting girl waited the
fuGlImeut of MS promise to make her wife and tho
removal of thdse worldly obstacles which he pictured in
tbc wav of whit he said was the consuumaton Of his
own most cherished wish Finally they were to come
10 New Orleans where the long hopetior union was to
he concentrated Banshine all her secret fears size
look massage With him on steamboat as lis lawful wife
Lonny in the ntei5aton that the termination Of their
t,in wond make her 80 in reality At Memphis he got
off 70 attend Il some business as he explained The
6cI rang and she boat left the wharf but he had not
etnrnc Sb, kent on. with anxiety but still hoping
hat he oud rcio her as speedily as possible after her
aTriyaI at New Orleans.
II was in THE wear ls40 that She arrived in this city
fi1, ,bo,a ,cou,fnarre she had made on the triD