Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-06-26
A MERCHANTS I Daughter
Z Becomes Enarnored
ofa Negro.

bic portions of Philadelphia,
says the Philadelphia IeIeqraDh,
in an elegant mansion there
dwells2 a merchant of good
standing, respected by all with
whom he comes in contact, and
honored- by every member~o of
his trade. a man, who, loving
his family better than life itself,
has given to his loved ones q
heart glowing with affection,
and surrounded by all that the
heart can desire, and yet this
outpOuring of a noble hearts af-
fection has not met with the u,
nited gratitude which is certain
ly its due, and which our Creator
has made Instincts first law
Our merchant friend has reared
to his utter despair a beautiful
daughter, who, we grieYe to say
is on the way to a life Of sin.
In early years the girl was
taught the first lessons of %
Christian life, under the watch
full care of a happy father, with
the aid of a mothers loving
heart, and to her was rendered
all the Injuries of life, her friends
making her every wish a study,
for which she was thoroughly
| grateful until within the last
year or so, during which time
she has been a source of great
torture to her parents.
Beingnow at the happy age of
seventeen, she is a girl who
could engage the affections of
Of all who meet her, and render
her home a paradise instead Of
the cheerless waste she has at
last made it. .-L .~
For some time back the mer-
chants family has had engaged
as yasherWoman, a colored girl
who lived not far from the young
ladY.who is the subject of this
sketch. The daughter, from
sonic unknown cause, paid a
visit to the home of the domes-
tic, and there met a brother Of
the girl-a coarse negro Of ro-
bust form ~ ~ -'.---
THE CAUSE OF ALLTHE MISERY,
Who was married and living
with his wife. .lt
Strange to say. an intimacy
sprung up between this young
woman and this man, which soon
ripened into an affection we can
not term love. The girl listened
to the ensnarinS voice of her
admirer, and when a proposition
of an ,elOpement was brOached
by him she accepted without Il
murmur. The time and place
of meeting was fixed, and the
young lady returned to her
home. to make preparations for
departure, knowing the infa-
nous course she was pursuing,
but not without a slight feeling
of shame. At the appointed
time the two met, and repaired
at once to this side of the river,
the girl utterly regardless ofthe
anxiety her absence would
cause her parents, and the
treaeherous negro repudiating
the claims of the wife to his f.
deity as husband. -. r
As soon as the disappearance
of the young lady and her low
er was learned by the parents
their agony was great, and the
police were at once informed
of the affair, and a search was
begun for the wayward GIRL
After days of deep anxiety and
torture experiencedby thefather
and mother, through which they
passed sleepless nights, Ser
geant Ryan of the police force
found the guilty pair in a house
in Bay street, in the lower por-
tions of the city, reyeling in
their sin and shame. They
were taken to the fifth district
station house where the mer-
chant, sick at heart, once more
set eyes upon his daughter.
He read her a severe but de-
serving lesson to which she paid
no heed, but declared her inten-
ton Of remaining true to her
protestation of love for the de-
graded being who had brought
grief to the home of happiness.
Not knowing what other course
to pursue, the unhappy father
that she be sent to the
House of Refuge, and the girl
was removed tO.that institution.
Her colored paramour was
held to bail in a heavy sum for
his appearance atcOurt. We re.
frainfrom mentioning any names
in connection with this affair, be
cause of the great reputation
the merchant and his family
bear in this community.