The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-02
mourning ID sacred privacy her worse than

mourning Ia sacred privacy her worse than
1 widowhood. sc
ia cloud had settled upon her that was
leyen more gloomy than II would have peen
had death quietly severed the ties tna IVA,
bound them TO each other. The aw,ui
lsusnense. the long hopeless search, 'no
images of terrible murder which nm excl
ted imagination copjured up, oil maui
dcsnair more complete, and her anguis"
i more uncomfortable. 90, sor &C
|" One week ago, on the 10Th gay y,
March Miss L. received a dispatch from
New York that was wholly incomprenchsi-
hlc II read: Prepare for on important !
revelation Signed w. In the m,dst OIL
bcr SUNRISE. letter was received, IN
strange handwriting, insinuating that there
,,.aS Same reason TO suppose that Mr.. 3.
Mas still alive, but ut the same time
warning his family against hoping for too
mnch rs there might be q mistake. The
next day a letter came from w. him
self, stating that he would be home on that
| evening.
"lt would not be becoming for us to de-
scribe the joy, the great overpowerng
sense Of thankfulness, that swept through
the hearts of all the little family circle, or
to depict the touching scene that cnsued
at the meeting which took place when he
that was lost at last returned, altogether
changed in appearance, it is true, but still
| the same true-hearted man as Of old, but
with a great sadness in his heart and ter
rible bitter experience scared into his life
as with hot iron. We can only relate the
strange story that in its marvellous truth
has no equal in any fiction we know OF, and
only proves that there are tragedies enact
ed in our midst every day that are without
parallel in literature.
"Mr. s. tells the following story: On the
evening of his disappearance he left his
hotel about o'clock and proceeded to-
wards East river, with the intention OF
crossing over to Brooklyn, where he pur-
posed spending the evening. He was saun-
tering carelesSly along when his arms were
suddenly pinioned from behind, a gag was
placed in his month, and he was dragged
along rapidly through back street. Con-
tiuuing to make resistance, he received a
blow upon the head which completely
stunned him. When he awoke to consci-
BUSINESS he found himself in a small boat,
being rowed away from the city, which he
could see in the distance.
"The boat stopped by the side of large
ship, and he was rapidly hoisted up itsSlde,
and in an hour afterwards she put to sea.
Rcmonstrance was wholly useless, and he
found himself enrolled as common sea-
man on vessel bound upon whaling voy-
age to the Pacific. There were two others
upon the vessel who, like himself, were vic
TINS of press gang; they were both coun-
trymcn, from the interior of New York
State. One of them, named William ALI
son, died four years ago, and was buried In
the ocean.
at would be impossible to give the de-
tails of his adventures in our limited space
Mr.. S. will publish them himself at some
future day. Suffice it to say, that in June,
1862, he was seized with the scurvy, and
being, it was supposed, beyond hope of re-
covery, he was abandoned upon one of the
Marauesas islands, in the South Sea, by
the CAPTAIN of the whaler. Here he was
: nursed and cared for by the natives, among
whom he lived for three years, but was
wholly unable to communicate with any
vessel, as they detained him in the interior
of the island. In August last, however,
he managed to escape to the coast, and
.
water, obtained passage to Hong Kong,
which place he reached in the latter part
of October, and, upon proper representa-
tions to the American Consul, was fur
nished with means to return to the United
States.
"As proper ending to this wonderful
romance, Mr.. S. will in the month Of April
lead Miss L., who has so faithfully loved
him, to the altar; and may we be there to
witness the happy union of two devoted
and loving hearts. Mr.. S. is curiously tat
tooed upon his hands and arms, and has a
necklace of blue pricked upon his neck,
His adventures among the South Sea IS
landers, we may, with permission, some day
publish. He intends to find the owners OF
the ship, which was floating prison house
and prosecute them to the fullest extent OF
the law. The firm is now doing business
in the city of Boston, we believe"