, 1864-08-27

Wefo the ElopeFa Drowned 7

From the Peoria Transcript, Aug. IS
For sbont two years knight of the shears
named August Summers, who was in the
employ Of MF. Charles F. Rottcrtnan, haa
BEEN boarding in the faulty of q man named
William Fisher, who resided on Liberty
street. During that tiue, as has since been
developed, an improper intimacy had exist
ed between Mrs. Fiaher and Summers, which
Oh the I'd Of the present mouth culmfuaset
in their flight.
At that lime Fisher was at work in the
country. and the faithlrBs wife, With her par.
amour, taking advantage Of hts absence, sutd
all but the portable effects belonging to tue
Auusehuld. and with tbs money thus obtaia-
I'd, and tour largo trunks losded with the
baisnco OF tae goods, incluuins her t'us-
iuking her ch,id with her. They proceeded
tu DtlAwa the first 1Ay, where thtr rematued
over night, alt3 then continued pa to the rea-
1derce 0f SUMMERS p1rtute, so,ne eight miles
beyobd ShennJgun. Wisconsin, where they
represented thtmselves H. husband and r lie,
md SETTLED down verS costly.
In tie 1ue-ntin,e Fisher returned to the
city. and iuar1itg the coudltlou of affairs, Sc
cured lhu services Of oil .ee Treagef, aud
e1ar1ed in pursuit. Proceeding north they
tsacett thctn to Milwaukee aud feon thence
Rattr considerable time to the residence Of
Summers parents, sid rrachtug there At an
/ curly hour in thu morning surprised the
guilty palr ii btd together. OF tuefr arrest
abd kuascquent events, officer Ireager gives
| tbe folio rlDH narrative:
TIE parties we1a taken with most Of the
properly aEd the CHILD to Bbrboygau: Hhere
they we're dstaiaed until the arrival OF q
| hoat, on which they Were safely trausp 3rtsd
10 Milwaukee, Here they were transferred
! to the steamer Comet and started for Chtca-
go. Summers WIS locked mp In . etate-
| Tuon b: himself, while Mrs. Fisher and tue
| cLild occu lied stateroom witn A1r. F. The
| weather being extremely w-rm, Summers
! after a time requested that his etatcroou,
| door might be- LETT open, which was donv,
| aud Treaeer sat down by the entrance to
guard bis prisone1-Mr. Fisher In the meao-
| tine' performing the same office over Mrs.
+. VtrF unfortunately, however, both
| watchers, being excessively tatigusd, fell
seletp, and while theT slept the boat landed
| Tresgtr a~oke and found his prisoner goua,
| While. strange to say, Nc. Fishers pri5oaer
was also NOT to be fouud. Tue clarE WAS at
| once sought, who assured them that no par.
ties answering to the description of the prls,
had gono ashots shqc Ut a@d 5n
eoo 'hossesh Soss 3a,,ea ssA 70 re1ea their prs
cree or furnish any clue to thsn
vhe.eabouts-With the exception o.
| statement from one Of the passengers
bad seen man and woman jump from tht
| upper deck, but whether they jumped upoL
| tie ducb. or Into the water, he couil nos as
| certain, on account Of the darkness. It Ii
the serious opinion Of officer Tresger, tha
they jumped overheard, but as the 1um;
dock at Ken6shu, would be bat trialny one
| the distance being but four 0r five feet, hi
| opinion nny be Incorrect.
al any rate, as they had recovered ths
child anu most OF the goods. Fisher thoush'
it was not worth their while to trouble them
1 kA-A To- %h-t-
and they returned to this city Without them
| sIander.ns tho soldiers.
The Illinois State Rsyhser Of last Sunday
noting the return Of 23l non-yeterans Of th'
I'd Illinois cavalry insultod them In thest
words:
From all We can learn, they are heartily
sick Of fighting Tor Sambo, and expect III ths
approaching election to prove t. the despo
Ut Washington, that they have not been se
far cctuorulized as to tsKe hts inter 3retA.io1
Of tbe CONSTITUTION, or rather his " ii, as th,
landmark By which thty should be guided
They iougbt to maintain the old Con7titu
tio.,, and as soon as they discovered thu
thty were expected to fight Tor the Que tdes
Of the political fanstIcs now In po yer, tue,
thought " full time to return to their homeI
anu resume the peaceful walks ofltfe.
The officers and men thus atrociously me-
lieneo have united In an indignant card
| which, with each Of their names, Is publish
cd in the Slate Journal of the 23d, excoria
ting the tory llbeler and tho whole tribe O
peace sneaks, in terrific style. The lie thu
rebnsed is Of kind to which Co pperhead
are partial. a Ike experiment was tried no
lorg tince by the Springfield correspondent
Of the Missouri l2spu9ltean, but from pru
| deptfat considerations. was speedily retract
ed. The homo traitors will some day learn
nc think, to respect both this country m
her defenders.