The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-24


ete1t1ining attioie, entitied e ,Tony=We
yaniR Republican, from which the follow
ingi an. EXTRACT:
= Another very coprtable widow was
young lady.pof Washington. Pa. She
became engaged to'a young man named
Robert -. in 1885,, EeF father,
however, objected to this match with
one OF his clerks, and when the young
lady received tempting proposal from
Q wealthy snitor, the paternal influence
soon effected a marriage, despite the
former engagement. In less than three
mppthg,, her husband was killed by q
Rick ftom d ifotse Robert Was d second
| timB then suitor, bat delayed the i'm,
portant> question until fifteen months.
had elapsed, when. to his horror, she
informed him that she was engaged. In
three months thereafter, she was mar
ried. Two years elapsed. whom the mar
ried couple removed to Syracuse, N. Y,
where. among the victims OF the cholera,
when the pestilence swept that oity, was
the second. Robert again sought her
hand, and when year had elapsed, lol
he received an invitation to her wedding.
Her late husbands business was found
in such state, that, to avoid imm ense
losses, she married the surviving part
ner. Shortly after, she removed with
her third husband to Detroit, Michigan.
A few years elapsed, when herself und
husband were on steamer that was
wrecked near Buffalo. The husband
perished, and the wife escaped solely
through the efforts of friend on board.
His gallnntry inspired such sentiments
IN her breast that she married her brave
preserver few months after her third
widowhood. The happy pair removed
to Pittsburg, where her husband was en-
gagged in mercantile business. Thither
Robert. still oherishlng his first love,
followed them. One day as he was pass
ing the husbands store he saw terrible
commotion. Rushing in, he beheld tho
mangled corpse of that gentleman on
the floor. A tierce Of rice. in being
hoisted to an upper story. had fallen
through the traps, killing him instantly.
Anxiousiy Robert inquired if any one
had been sent to inform his wife, and
was told that the book-keeper had just
gone. Robert started for Allegheny
City, where the deceased had resided. at
tho top of his speed. The book. keeper
was just ahead of him, and from past
experience, knowing the virtue of
prompt notion, and apprehending that
the clerk had designs on the widow, he
ran for dear life. side by side. The race
continued until they reached Hand
Street Bridge, when the clerk vas
obliged to stop to pay the tolls, while
Robert commuter, passed over with
out stopping. Reaching the house of
the widow first, Robert told the heart
rending news, and in tho same breath
Of H.
accepted. True to her promise. after
As all her husbands had died wealthy,
This case is remarkable example of
what pluck and perseverance will do for
a man, while at the same time it
teaches lesson on the danger of delay.
The WOMAN Who SHOT Two MEN IN
A STREET CAR.-More facts coming to
light concerning the Mrs. McCarty, alias
DIR. Emma Burleigh, alias Mrs. Sey.
mour. who shot at Thompson in Utica,
N. Y, street car, and killed his compa-
MON Hall, show that her maiden name
was Josephine A. TaRan. The Albany
Argus says that in 1863 ''she was en-
gagged in smuggling quinine through onr
lines over to the rebels. The general in
command of one of the divisions on the
extreme outer line of the United States
forces, land who is at present in this
CITY, arrested her there several times as
rebel spy, finding quinine on her per-
son each time. She was dressed in
mems clothes. and was known as
Johnny McOarty.' the blockade runner
On each occasion. the general in CON-
mand received peremptory order from
the then Secretary Of War, directing
her immediate discharge. The power
behind the throne which followed the
woman, and always interposed its pro-
tecting hand, was never known to those
in command. and ever afterwards she
was left to go and come through the
lines at will"
ANOTHER OuTRAdE UFoN TIE PEOPLE.
We learned from saturdays papers that
Governor Scott had appointed John J.
Wilson, alias No Nose Wilson, County
Commissioner, pice NJ. G. Dunlap. re-
n,oued to paris unkn0aon. If the Go
vernon had felt disposed to consult the
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