The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-26

The following 10 the article In Polard's South
arm Opinion. % for which, according to Richmond
kilograms be was assassinated BY brother OF tne
young LADY alluded to: Itfl
AN EIoPENESr, so-cALLED, ON CLAY srREET-AN
UPPER TIN FAMILY CoSCERNKD-DREADFUL
DENoUEMENT.
"Oh no. We never mention eu,|0ld air."
The Indian summer has passed away, and with
il has passed fair and radiant daughter OF one
of our first citizeDs-a nabeb OF Clay street-a
gentleman who, suffice IL to say, holds the very
first position in the wealthy and fashIonane CIR.
cles Of the city. The daughter, the rebellant
Helene of the family, is beautiful beyond descrip-
ton, but her beauty did not prevent her from isii-
Jug desperately and irretrievably In love WIN
young gentleman Of semi militaire connexions,
who il appears, some months ago. phghted his
troth and accepted the tiny hand, grasping IL
within his own
Never to be parted; never for aye
Nobody suspecteda mesdlidnce. much less the
father, until last Saturday night, when the
daughter, who was the light of the household,
fed to parts unknown, or at least only guessed. in
company with one "a masculine) who would ere
then have been proclaimed his son.inaw.
The runaway parties have been heard from. and
1t is now said the lady proclsms herself wife OF
some six months, and that her amanced Is tue
choice of her life.
what God joi ed together let put asunder"
This gay young man, who had whisked away the
angel, is q Lothario named Horace Ford, OF
Goochland county, which county ought to De
proud Of him, as it doubtless is. Horace Is an
orphan, Just puDgi & into bis teens, and has lost
both of his parents by death. Much property
accrued to Horace, in The shape of money, chat
tells, goods. etc. and having converted the whole
into "ready rhino," Horace ventured for q swim
in the sea of gay life and love. he met Miss
Mary Grants beauty
"Met, rerchsnce, the usual wsy,n
Talked delicious nonsense, won her heart, then.
halt inclined to earnestnees, threw it away. All,
me
TLen he sailed
oh, he sailed, hs sailed"
The same as Capt. Kyd did.
Horace went to New Orleans. and not having
been sbipwrecked by the way, telegrsphed or
wrote his beloved. Thus 1t went on through the
sultry month of August, the crimson period OF
October, when 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 ;
30 they say. She responded, all unknown to tie
healthy dad, and he replied. Thus affairs pro-
crossed until Horace announced last week that he
was off for Texas right away, and couldn't stop
for trifes like an affanced.
Then 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 becoming
ly, deserted the palatial mansion on Clay street.
and casting behind her wealth. society and friends,
sought the Office of q gentleman on Broad street,
whom she importuned to buy her ticket to New
York. This gentleman, who is the pink Of pro.
priety, refused, and Miss Mary sought elsewhere
and found the ready means.
At all events she procured passage on the cars
and embarked on the 81 O'Clock train, which car
ried her nothward at the rate of twenty or thirty
miles an hour if not as speedily as her heart de-
sired. On the train, between Richmond and
Acqua Creek, she was observed to weep bitterly
by the conductor, to whom she related her tale Of
woe and distress.
Her departure created, of course, q hubbub in
the mansion on Clay street, and amid the wringing
of hands and loud expressions of Distress the tee-
graph was invoked, and parties sent in hot pur.
suit. II was surmised that young Ford instead OF
going of to Texas right away" as be announced,
had put for New York, there to meet bis Mary,
and ihither the detectives directed their steps.
The upshot of the matter is, to make q long
story short, that Miss Mary has been heard from |;
that che is now in Philadelphia, and that upon the
whole there is a very sorry family history con-
necied with the case which 1t ia not within ur
prOy ince to reveal.