Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-01-26

betrotbed to n mo'herless lna'usu ~ Aus1ria
WARMTH, daughter oil u eaP'u,n ~ ,p1and,,- Rrute
regiment oil Coopel Messoh' .ls l,,ton and th
so-ealleu from MS lrIi'auie u'ep'''
success OF ms many dues' an;nr from
On returning home late ohe oten1f s.nl woe
supper, by literary club, oil whisn uso, ms
member, ! was brutaly accosteu u li;ehtig in.
street by Colonel Wesson-Who "aS s"s s;ns1Itin,
loXcated-and ordered IN tno n'Vls 's1 - M
manner 10 give up all claims 10 yus eta;, be
beautiful Margaret, as he iht enuVu
as his own. t,.;oa :,
knowing his ungovernable pass'ou' 10 oo,'
pass him by without making repY pu Tie onf
strued my wise caution mo 9% H. 400 o,gr
instantly made thrust nj me WIN .o.;,, n,s a
sword Springing aside VAN 'he uS..Iig ,.''I.,g ~
youth, and without for moment tuipns anieLi,
Tue heat OF passion ot the consequeIoSe Sad on ths
drew pistol, aud shot the Voioue' u'ee y" Wv
spot. .oo
AFTER the decd was done' fea',HsI ~ ,.pe,
ment the horrors OF my sltuation naa Il
the liie OF an Austrian oillcef' anu homeso, w -
might Justify myself on inc plea Vi ss" y.
servailon, military law woulu iooh epou tinoSa
murder, and the despoue thirs, iOn osYOt dan, y,
vengeance could only be assuaseu ~ n5 - -.
on the galloWs, ana the eh''re con"s0a''oi - ny
father property. ,.,-.,. ,tu
IL was not II time for long delioerauoS, IVY IVY
plan was formed III moment ing niuIuel "a1
| -. "a IicPnVnrnn
| us yet unknown beiere ~ Wus n'sou5I.st, I..s.
should be seen to fall into the NAM ~ naslen-
ing TO the opposite slde oI inc e''y' anu
ing past lhe guard, lke reelihg ,,'a
backward from tue hish oank ih.u lhe ,a w.,
ana atsgppedrea' by great exertioh l M ~
mead beneath the surfaces unul nau
neared the opposite bank to escape ooserFas.ou, /, ,
now resolved to ny the country 1" o"''' "i''
thereby avoid the trying uideal Q. nepr,' 4. '. ~
ltaly eXamnatlOn, anu the rlsh u NY yNunl l"SS
exposing my guilt.
without stopping to bid larewellto my parents,
or to write a word to my beloved Margaret l SCI
off ut once for Cologne on tho Rhine, where, as
an apprenticed mason, under an assumed name,
| worked two months on the Cathedral anu
then, through the influence Of friend, He'd to
England.
AT the expiration of two years ! wrote num-
Der of letters to my parents and TO Margaret /;
as reee gel no reply, / con jluded that, having
been mourned as dead, my letters were possibly
supposed 10 be forgeries or perhaps my guilt
had leaked out, and was disoWned.
While in this misanthropic state Of mind,
| married an English girl of good family. and
commeuced the happy life of rural. garden
er md teacher of the French and German Ian
guages
A few days after the birth of this daughter
my only child-(he here uiFectonately kissed the
lovely girl,) my wife died. and again felt as il
was alone in the world.
Leaving the infant in charge of its fond and
wealthy grandparents, 1 enlisted in the English
army, and was one of the dashiug six hundred,
immortalized by the poatic pen of the gifted
Tennyson wildly, rec lessly, and madly
sought den.h; but all to no purpose. My com
panions were mown down MS ripened grain before
the keen sickle while /, ut the expiration of FIVE
years, returned to my home in England without
even q wound.
found that my daughter had been kindly
cared for, had grown into an interesting and
beautiful child, was intelligent and informed
beyond her years, and was in every way-With
one eXoeption--al lhal could be wlshel Dy
tthd ana uotpg parent
TINS one exception gave me anu her grandpa
rehts great anxiety She was SUBJECT 10 piSionS!
BY some they were pronounced hlsi' by others
mental deuslons;' aud again BY others, Soften
int Of the brain, which would in lev years lead
to insanity"
| These Visions inVaiatlY appeared IN her wax
ing state, and lasted ilom tVo to hl1e'h minutes,
during which she appeared to converse with the
spirits Of the other world and often, while N
this state, she 50 minutely ana accurately 10 :
scribed past aud future events as to estonish aud
be wilder the wisest philosophers in England
On first learning thege laets, was greatly
alarmedi but as her health was invariably good.
and she rapidly progressed with her studies, l
-oon began to look upon the popularity as one
Of but little account, winch, as the BRAIN
strengthened, supposed would soon disappear
and be forgotten.
You may Judge OF my surprise, then, as We
were strolling hand in hand, some SIX months
since, on The hillside near my small Academy,
when she suddenly turned to me ana eSela'nea
in subdued but sweet accents, peculiar to her
vision state
Father, mother is here, and wishes me to say
to you that the reason is, why you received no
reply to your letters to Frauktort-on-lhe-Main,
your parents, after mourning you as dead few
mouths, lett the country for AmericR, As Capt.
WARMTH was killed IN duel y lew days ai'ef
your supposed death, your parents adopted his
daughter Margaret as their own child, and she
accompanied the family to the Western World. -
After Two years residence in Woughby, Ohio
where Margaret became the wife OF Gustave
Rhinelardt, worthy iarmer--bOth families re-
moved to tue German city vi Now ulm, Mnncs-
ota, where, in six months alter t.oir arrival, the
| husband Of Margaret was drowned, aud sue
again became a member of your fathers family
was as much astonished as delighted ut these
joyful revelations, for up to ihs time the names
OF either OF my parents OF Margaret farnlt
had never passed my lips siuce my midnight
flight from Frankfort on Ihe Nam; and howeye
much l might nurse my philosophical skep
ticism, IL WAS actually fOrcdd to become believer
in the divine truth Vi my daughters spiritual
Visions
All the minute particulars of the attack made
on me by Colonel Wesson-ol his death by my
hands, and OF my similar but successful es-
cape, were enumerated With lucid truth
fulnes5 that even my own lips Gould not have
eoualed.
After dcvOting q few weeks IA tho careful in
vestiganon and thorough examination Of this, to
me, new and wonderful power resolved to dis
pose OF what property had accumulated il
England, and with my daughter start al once iol