The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-25

Of Clay street,, gentleman who, suffice it
to say, holds the very first position. in the
wealthy and fashionable circles of the city.
The daughter, the rebellant Helene of the
family, is beautiful beyond description !;
but her beauty did not prevent her from
falling desperately and irretrievably in
love with young gentleman Of semi-naih-
tarie connections, who, it appears, some
months ago plighted his troth and accepted
the tiny hand, grasping it within his OWL
Never to be parted; never for aye
"Nobody suspected nseSsauiance, much
less the father, until last Saturday night,
when the daughter, who was the light OF
his household, fled 10 parts unknown, or at
least only guessed, in company with one
Ia masculine) who should ere then have
been proclaimed his sou-in-law.
"The runaway parties have been heard
from, and it is now said that the lady pro-
claims herself wife Of some six months,
and that her afianced is the choice Of her
after life.
What God hath Joined together let no man put
asuLder.'
siThe gay young man who has whisked
away the angel is gay Lothario named Ho-
race Ford, of Goochland county, which coun-
ty ought to be proud Of him, as itdoubtless is.
Horace is an orphan, just plunging into his
teens, and has lost both Of bis parents by
death. Much property accrued to Horace
in the shape of money, chattels, goods, &C.,
and having converted the whole into ready
rhino,' Horace ventured for n swim in the
sea of gay life and love. He met Miss
Mary Grant-a beauty
Met, perchance. the usual way
talked delicious nonsense, won her heart,
then half inclined to earnestness, threw it
away. All! me!
'sThen he sailed
'Oh, he sailed-oh he sailed,
the same IS Captain Kydd did.
a Horace went to New Orleans, and not
having been shipwrecked by the way, tele-
rraphed or wrote his beloved. Thus it went
on through the sultry month of August, the
crimson period of October,-whe the forests
change their garments-down to dull, chill
November.
"Alas that love should never run smooth
in an even current; but love never did, and
never will, 80 they say. She responded, all
unknown to the healthy dad, and he re-
piled. Thus affairs progressed until Horace
announced last week that he was off for
Texas right away, and couldn't stop for
trihes like an afiianced.
"Ihen it was that the girl Of the period
made up her mind and bundle. She would
follow him-yes, she would follow him to
the uttermost parts of the earth. Being of
age, and no longer the slave of parental
control, Miss Mary on Saturday night last,
having habilimented herself becomingly,
deserted the palatial mansion on Clay street,
and casting behind her wealth, society, and
friends, sought the Office Of a gentleman on
Broad street, whom she importuned to buy
her ticket to New York. This gentleman,
who is the pink Of propriety, refused, and
Miss Mary sought elsewhere, and found the
ready means.
cat all events she procured passage on
the cars, and embarked on the half-past s
o'clo k train, which carried her norihwaId
1t the rate of twenty or thirty miles an
hour, If not as speedily as her heart de-
sired. On the train, between Rcmond ana
Aouia creek, she was observed to weep Bit
terly by the conductor, to whom she re-
lated her tale of woe and distress.
"Her departure created, Of course, hub
bub in the mansion on Clay street and
amid the wringing Of hands and loud ex-
pressions of distress the telegraph was
invoked, and parties sent in hot pursuit.
1t was surmi5ed that young Ford, instead Of
going off to Texas right away as he an
nounced, had put for New lork-thcre to
meet his Maryland thither the detectives
directed their steps.
"The upshot Of the matter IS, to make Il
long story short, that Miss Mary has been
heard from; that she is now III Phiadel-
phia; and that, upon the whole, there ia q
very sorry family history connected with
the case, which it is not within our province
to reveal"
THE FACTS N THE CASE.
We are informed that there was no
elonement whatever no gentleman ii the
case. The account given b. members Of
the family of the affair upon which this ar
tice is supposed to be based is that Miss
Grant wished to visit young lady friend
in Philadelphia, daughter Of her fathers
business correspondent in that city. Her
parents withholding their permission, she
made up her mind to go any way, and ac-
COTuluSly stdItcu ou tiAC SSO"ALoSA AhS' OA'HA
day week. The family made no attempt to
90 after her, knowing very well where she
was; but on Monday Messrs. Mcdowell
and Duncan, the business friends Of MIR.
Grant, telegraphed that the young lady was
there, and had been taken suddenly i'll.
Young Mr.. Grant and his mother vent imme-
aiately to Philadelphia, and as soon as she
was well enough to come home, which was
on Friday, the whole party returned to
Richmond.
THE FUNERAL.
Mr.. Pollard's remains were kept in the
Office of the Southern Opinion until 5 o'clock
Yesterday evening, when they were placed
in a wagon and driven out to his late resi-
dence, on the Grove road. No announce
ment in regard to the funeral has yet been
made.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT CoURT-CHGEF
JUSTICE CHASE AND JUDGE UNDERWOOD
The court met at twenty minutes past 10.
The list of grand jurors WAS called over,
and the following answered to their names
C. D. Yale foreman), II. P. Clinton, John
s. Devlin, George Blumenthal, John b
Smoot, P. G.. Henderson, c. C. Walker, W.
A. Lydick, Isaac J. Leftwich, S. L. Anna
Bile, Abram Chrisman, John Howe, Thomas
H. Deayer, James Schenck, Charles Lucas
and Thomas Davy (white), and Fields
Cook, Lomax 3. Smith, J. B. Carter, and
Robert Carter (negroesl, who were sworn
in, taking the usual oaths. When the name
of Abram Chrisman was called, he stated