The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-20
-. ~. xsoad-Tne story OF ta0s-
Eamily from Virginia.

fcancannSd Gafeue. : eo'": ..,,s hove
pursaE the past winter our s IN almost
hcep accustomed to see pow .rn,nrnncei
every conceivable shape, ou. snv rn,arninv OF
W. Ngs .ss..ans family from Virginia, IN tue
snost oiiec. and miserable condition, y ue
rnnd anyth;up previously witnessed. An
famiIr. or rerhaps the two families, a. VII.
hercaficr he explained, consisted OF h,ne
rersous-a mother and daughter, in'!I cr
and thirty years of age respectively, ,o
children. and babe at the breast sc"''e'
two months old. ,,,,o.e the
Marty. nnless we should include COG, "ho
looked ike he had been -: ! soar
for the past six months (. Fst. The party
was provided with he4dNa1ts SO af'Snseu
with shossaina1Gle etc, that the ihei
could pull, q AIDED with very ii ;,
exestion. I'm lese carts a smGi, s0S,
lv.look;pr chill buried in heap OF
filthy rags and PARTICLES, anu ioohsu -. s's
il It was almost .. we queslioue" 'ne
elder Of the ~ as 70 nls nal,e aau
FORMER home, and as &c asS-elsEf1i IL '''l'''
West. e.. ono uon he said his
name was John Coro't', ahu ." ~, ,sro
. ond raised III Page county, Va. Ao "
0oin ao %n west, he hesitsted w!th an an
A.s h,,r finally he sobbed cut long MS
s"s ,' Of his misfortunes. He said that ne
III a small but comfortable home IN w
:s;a and that he had always lived peaceao's
Cd hnnpily with his family until that scos!n-
a., Irefe,r;n, to his male companion, VINO
..,ss handing with his back toward Us ous
short distance away seduced his daughter,
snd who afterward even gained the eEcou-
-aoemept OF his wife in his conduct.
Ell. is bad enough" he continued, 10 20
have YOUR own child injured ana Youfsen
broi,eht to shame, but this man mas hice
wife and three pretty children ia " lnIies-
fer. Va. in destitute circumstances, -" uo'u
no ba, abandoned" We asked him whether
81 MN had ever been married to bis daugh-
Ter. and be said he bad not. 81 did every
thing possible," said he, "to cause him TO
discontinue his visits TO my daughter, out
failed. and when he saw was mixing It I'M.
comfortable for him he gained the consent OF
nv wife and daughter to so West, ana
leave me and their home. love my
wife as only man can love woman,
and my only object in living is for
her.: 80, when I found she had left me, l
knew that this scoundrel was at the bottom
of il all, aud I determined to 20 and find
her, if possible. travelled many miles
alone, inquiring for the party. I heard OF
them at one place or another, and at last
overlook them, about three weeks since, ut
Anderson. Ind. But my wife and daughter
.yould not consent to return to Virginia. l
finally induced them, however, to so and
try and fiDd brother who is residing near
springfield, Ohio.
In reply to a question why he had not
gone directly from Anderson to Springfield,
Instead of coming to Cincinnati, he said
4sthat man and my wife and daughter were
in favor of dressing ourselves and our chill
\ ilren in the most miserable clothes we could
I'D, and beg along the road to Cincinnati;
q plan was carried out, but not with my
~ lsent, although I came along and
NHled one of the handcarts full of
fly bed-clothes, and one OF the
Aildren, all the way. We stopped at
> every farmhouse, and of every person we
met we requested something to either cat or
wear, but always took money when we could
get it. don't know how much we begged
during the trip, but it was great deal.
That man there (agan referring to his COM
pani"n) has got twenty or thirty dollars in
money yet. We leave for Hamilton and
Dayton this morning."
By this time the crowd of children and
idle growp people who had collected around
the carts was so great rs to completely fill
The streets, and the police hsd to Interfere.
II appcuis from this simple mans story
that these travelling pauperS are not wholly
unvcrsed in the weaknesses Of human nature,
and arc not altogether unwilling to take adj
vantage of their knowledge.