Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-25
A Discarded Daughter!

-------
A Discarded Daughter!
We find the following incident recorded in
New York paper
A gentleman residing in this city, not ranY
miles from the stronghold I, of what may be
called "upper tendon" has a.daushter some;
where in the neighborbood Of seventeen sum-
mers, tall, majestic and finely formed-nore
pulpy and vo!uptuous than is generally nc
corded to one Of her years. Her mother died
in 1861. The father is iich, .nobbisb, retired,
and very reserved in his ways. She has
step mother who has been cortiGed to ~ in
valid bed for over two years past, but she has
always seemed to be friendly 10 bcr "step-
childs" as she has so frequently called her.
TIE daughter possesses much beauty, is the
owuer Of t@o evilookius, blue eyes, and is
remarkably +" forward in all manner Of ways.
During the past year she has been not only
extravagant, but very imprudent, immoterate
in her vehemcnce. wayward in actions, ard
wicked in design. "A devil in petticoats' is
no harsh name for her, taking into considcra-
ton the incidents Of some Of her startling
episodes; for certainly she las been Il big
bill Of expense TO some one FIRST of al,
she purchased span of horses and ordered
the bill to be presented to The father. 1t was
paid She then reincd her stecds iuriously
sbont town, having sometimes a boy or a girl
with her. Hearing that a pruminart man
had made a public remark that no woman
could ever drive him, and she knowing him,
drove up in front Of his place of business,
called out for him, and when be made his ap.
peaia she invited him to take ride be-
hind her high spirited $tecds, which favor was
accepted. Il drive my own tean,;' said she,
as he WAS about 10 handle the reins, aad in Il
jiify off she went, driving flriously through
the public tho'oughIarcs, turning corners
"rapidly sbort,' while he endeavored to tel!
her that she was too cast" altogether, but
what cared she! When he was fairy landcl
in front CT bis place of business, she spoke W
in the presence Of dozen Or more gentle.
men Whenever You make another assei-
tiou thatnc woman can drive you, bar me ou.,"
and bowiug, eff she drove. Next she got tc
drinking huge horns of old brandy at HON
and abroad, end using profane language o
the public streets, whenever anything crosse
her path, thinking it would be ovcrlot ked b
cause she was rich mans only daughte
From this sac got to carousiug in dive
ways, turning male company cut of the houe
soon after they had called, asserting that 81 :
didn't want any gandcrs about. Talkto he
why, her fathers reprimaads were hissc
scorncd aud laughed at, as 50 much nonsens,
but be told her. last for all, that her actio,
were intolerable, her proaigacy terrible, ar,
stop she must-which threatshe passionately
hurled back in language unbecominga lunatie,
much moro woman Of her culture originally,
when both father and stepmother agreed that
she would be the ruiration of them both.
She, in the absence Of the former from the
city, called around her in the family mansion
certain characters, none tco good ia morals,
some half dozen of both scxes-and thus, ir
closed rooms, under the very roof where an
invalid relative could hardly move, unless as
sisted, scene occurred, which was kept ur
the entire night, of a most lcentous an6 dc
grading nature. On the return Of the father.
and after learning the particulars, she vas
discarded at once, driven away, and is now
making sinful living, pretending not to care
for man or the devil"
a STEVENS orlS1oS.-C. L. vallandig-
ham made speech at Ripley, Ohio, one day
last week, in which he said he had seer a
letter from Thad. Stevens to President John.
son, asking for the release of Clement G. Clay,
in which Stevens said that no man could be
legally and constitutionally convicted oftrea.
,a, ,,J. La tl,n-oc,~o ,1,o7