Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-04-30
A Rsaarkable story.

A letter from Palmyra, IN Y to The
Rochester Express. tells this curious $40.
ry:
a remarkable (Laap Year) couriship
aud marriage came of 10 our quiet little
village last week, resulting disas rously TO
all The parties concerned. The v hole case
is hot SO fully developed as to enable one
to give fullrelatioD II seems that Miss
G. NJ a highly respectable young lady of
twenty years, had been bolding CORES
pondencr with young omcer 10 military
camp in New Jersey--wbo had seut her
an introductory letter vouchiug for his
responsibility. Said letter was written
by an acquaintance Of hers who also was
au Ubicer Several letters passed, be seud
lug bis photograph. aud request for hers
all this was very pleasant aud honorable.
Oa Monday of last week a yonng aud
rather preposessing man Of abou, rs years
dressed in military clothing. arriyed here
and called on the lady and uuuouuced him
self as her dear correspondent; he was cor.
daily received as such By MissC M, not.
withstanding the parties failed to discover
any similarity of llkeness between him aud
the photograph. but this be explained 10
her satisfaction by saying il was taxi be
fore he went into the service, three years
ago Monday and Tuesday things went on
lovingly, aud he visited The moruiug prayer
meetings, sang aud spoke, aud all were
I'd fad thereby. The account that he
gave Of himself was that he had resigGed
about four moulhs previous, was now u
Deputy Ptovost Marshal, was 81 Flcks
burg when taken prisoner, au Inmate ot
! the LIBBY eight mou'hs, aud Was in the
Gettysoufs fight. Ga Tuesday night.
much against the will of pareuts aud
friesds they were married Tue nvx day
ne began to lcok sfter some workmen 10
paint aud pepsr bis fathe;-.a.,as's house =
His bargain with the pointers was fair
showing plenty oil green.bscks, aud oHering
TO pay down on fillment of contract
He locked at numbef Of foe residences
but failed to strike batgein. Ia CONVEX
sation with the clergyman wbc married
them, he stated that he had lest GU Maui
street $500, but being a stranger, and hay
ing already gained some no oriety, Be
would not advertise it--he did uot care for
the mouey. He claimed that he was ths
owner of "a N of 200 acres near Elmira
| Friday afternoon Mr.. Officer who bad al
ready assumed Two or lhree names. procured
a car.iige and horses Of M. Sseeley, ol
Eagle, aud rode out. hut did not. ii seems.
return, as PEI ogreement In The morn
| ing letter arrived for the biide.
which was opened by the parents. aud
found to be from the true correspondent
the owner of tue photograph. This doc
ument resulted IN sending Ulcers Clark on,
Howe ln pursuit of the team aud the de
iuded bride. AT Canandaigua he was ar
rested, lfoned. and placed in durance vile
The eyes OF the laie Miss G. NJ, bein,
opened che upbraided him for bis deceit
aud declared she would rciu b me. whici
she did The young scamp had to bt
Knocked down before be would yield. IL
officer Cia be confessed he was deserteT
ffom the army, and wished him 10 call tht
Provost Marshal, pre- erring to fall irtI
his hauds. Officer Clark deeniDg il prop
er 10 notify the ProYo,tdid SO. During
the lew minutes absceuce, the prisoner had
! w'enchel of his irons, and burnt such pa
pers In bis possession as he thought proper
de is cer'ainly most accomplished ylllaiu
The an lir has caused much excitement
II Is due the parents of the misguided
young lady TO say that they were opposee
TO the has,y marriage. aud insisted onft
weeks time, but the couple were deter
mlned, aud threatened going somewhere
else TO have the ceremony consuma'ed, anC
fearing that would make the affIr mor
ridiculous. they reluctantly and fearful.
Consented.