The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-28

The history of Miss Augusta Colburn tho
supposed kleptomaniac now in Jail at Concord
n h. anu charged Wlth stealing an immense
amount of clothing, bedding, fancy articles
and jcwelry from many prominent families i'm
the above city, where she was emploved as n
sewingwoman, Is u very sad but romantic one
She was born in Wentworth, n H.. and is now
A little over thirty years of are Her homo l.
one OF the most respectable in the county where
she lived, and her parents and connections are
esteemed tor their many good qualities Miss
COIbuln had the misfortune to have been born
while her mother was in a state of insanity, and
tho mental intrmities of the mother were trans
mltcd 10 the child. The nOtuuusual result of such
3 circumstance was an uerldicabe antipathy
between the mother and daughter. Subsequently
be frequently recurring attacks of insanity of
be former led to the placing of the child with
her grandmother where she was tenderlv cared
for and kindly brought up. She developed
into a pleasant and sweet-tempered child and
was beloved by all who knew her. When
about seventeen years of age she became
engaged to n most estimable young man, with
whom she had been acquainted from childhood.
lie was rich only in good habits and enterprises
<ah1ambitous to do well. he left the granite
bills of his native State, aud i'm the far West he
sought To make n home for his aflianced bride
Fortune favored him, and in few years he was
nearly ready To return to New HAMPSHIRE to
claim her who had so long been the centre
Oihis affections and his hopes. The prepara-
tons for the marriage and the departure of
ihe TWO Tor the west were nearly completed
when Miss Colburn received the sad and en-
trey unexpected intelligence of the sudden
Sickness and death of her lover. This terrible
blow cast blight over her prospects for life
and gloom and melancholy settled upon her.
The mhrmitv which she inherited from her
d mother showed itself at various times and sad
Il yOnlts were feared Suddenly Miss COlburn
4 disappeared, and it was soon found that she
bad gone to work in one of the factories
at Nashua where she hoped to forget her
hOuble. Soon her health commenced to fail,
and she then went to Concord as a seamstress,
where she was trusted and esteemed by many.
About the time of the breaking out of the late
war Miss Colburn was again engaged to be
married, the gentleman knowing all the crcum-
stances of heJ previous life. With her blessing
be enlisted in the I'd New Hampshire Volun-
ters, and never returned. His captain said he
was one OF the bravest of his command, and
that he was last seen doing his whole duty in
the thickest of the first Bull Run fight. 1t is
seldom that young woman of Miss Coburn's
age is called upon to experience so many trials
: and disappointments; and it is not strange that
at Concord. where she is best known, she has
the sympathy OF all who are acquainted with
her or who know the facts of her checkered life
/ With the exception of the one charge now laid
to her, her life is supposed to be blameess one
An interest in her sad case has been awakened
among those who are now preparing to do fol
her all in their power, with the hope that the
cloud may yet be removed from her mind, anC
that the world may yet have some happiness il
store for her.