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■From the Xew Yur'tr Mian,
m ON A TEAR.
■arkling drop, a* chrvstal clear,
■whence thy source.why thy birth?
Hiou to hail the new-born year?
Bows the cup of joy on Earth?
■thou been in sorrow nurst,
■ire despair, which never spoke?
■t thou now thy prison burst,
Bve a heart which else had broke?
B thus—l see—l (eel
art a gem of purer kind;
Is of heav’n thy birth reveal,
■essence of an humbled mind!
iier year!--'And mcm’ry swept
•records of,a life mispent,
I and talents lost! I wept,
iheard a voice, which ssSd, “repent!”
Ihad thought to weep again,
fen’d to God’s mysterious ways;
By thoughts came o’er the brain,
■touch’d the spring of early days;
lays as when the young full heart
Stiocence and prayer o’erflows;
(tear unbidden start,
[thus my voice spontaneous rose:—
fee, O God! my hopes are built,
l when thy voice shall call me hence,
tis pure drop outweigh my guilt,—
the tear of penitence!”
xtraordinary Narrative.
e following extraordinaiy narra
erives peculiar interest, from the
distance of our being able to as
he public that we were informed
time by a gentleman of our ac
tance in this city, of the principal
here related, and which, if our
ary serves us, were the same sub
ally as now told in the London
ling Post.— JY. Y. Eve. Post.’
h-om the London Morning Post,
e following is a detail relative to
;ular occurrence, in which we
n- mentioning the names of the
jHKes concerned, as they are, for the
nSt part, of gieat respectability.—
•IsThfr’ •iawgh**t ->f a gentle- •
I, whose eminence and extraoi din
success in several mercantile spe
tions, enabled him to leave, at his
ise, which happened about three
s since, the incredible fortune of
e hundred thousand pounds, which
equeathed solely to his daughter,
: held by her in her own right
n she became of age; and in addi
lo this, an annuity of two thousand
ids per annum, which was, during
life time of his widow to be uppio
.ed foi her maintenance, and at her
hto devolve to the young lady.—
h such expectances as these,every
mplishment that the human mind
pable of attaining, was ptofusely
hed; the lady existed but am mgst
)wd of masters of different scien
vvho secure of their pay resolved
no exertion on their part should
anting toward perfecting their pu-
In fact, every thing was in requi*
n that the ingenuity of man e er
nted as an embellishment to nature,
the capricious follies of the day
ned essential to a young lady’s
tfkations, who was to blaze forth
is a meteor in the hemisphere of fash
fpn. In fimheiance of this attractive
Jpmbination, nature had clone much; !
1e was beauteous, and besides pos- j
ssed an amiable disposition, lively j
id intelligent. It is not astonishing, l
etefore, that she should have crowds 1
admirers, to whom, however, she ;
Raid no attention. Three of her suit
■s, enraged by disappointment and un
■quitecllove, made a general cause of
■eir slighted passion, and concentrat-
Bg their abilities towards the attain- i
■ent of what they most desired, plan- ;
Blithe forcible carrying off of the
Bungiady, even from her mother’s
■nise, into which they, purppsed gain-
Bg access in the night, by means of
Bie cupidity of one of the servants, j
whom they had brought over to their ;
Interest by the irresistible charm of 300
jjuineas., Had they succeeded, an im
gnediatc trip to Gretna Great) was in
(Contemplation, where the evolution
((generally denominated tossing up) of
sol > o c.i the pieces of the current coin of
[the realm would have decided who was
[to be the happy man. Fortunately the
[maternal solicitude of a parent whose
anxiety for the welfare of her child
prompted her to the observance of an
extraordinary degree of caution, dis
covered the plot that was to rob her
oi the oniy solace to her declining
veafs, by The accidental miscarriage of
DARIEN GAZETTE.
! a letter to the unfaithful servant, which
unravelled the whole of the affair, and
she apprised several of her friends of
the intended attack. They volunteer
ed their assistance towards defeating
the machinations of the besieging par
-1 tyy and prepared a reception as unex
pected as unwelcome to the maddened
lovers, who at the appointed hour re
paired to the spot where fate and their
own temerity was to bless them with
the completion of their hopes. The
radiance of the moon was obscured by
an impervious collection of vapor, and
every circumstance seemed propitious
to their success; they had provided
the usual paraphernalia used on such
occasion, consisting of a rope ladder,
a dark lantern, &c. The ladder was
to afford them the means of ascension
to the staircase window at the back of,
the house, and from thence they would
have easily gained the lady’s chamber.
They had already made the ladder fast
to apart of the garden railing, St given
the signal for the appearance of the ser
vant at the window, who was to hold
the ladder while they ascended, when
out rushed, from the place of theii
concealment, about a dozen able bodi
ed men, who aimed with ash sticks,
commenced a furious assault on these
nocturnal intrudeis, who in vain en
deavored to repel the violence of their
assailants. Numbers overpowered
courage and determination, and in spite
of extraordinary powers, they received
a severe thrashing, and were eventual
ly glad to effect their escape by the as
sistance of the lower extremities,which
perhaps they never used with greater
i apidity on any other occasion. It was
from this circumstance that the moth
er detei mined - on withdrawing her
daughter from the public gaze, and by
a temporary seclusion, preclude any
similar attempt being made; but the
very means taken up for Iter preserva
tion were those of her destruction.
A house in a retired spot, contigu
ous to the west end of the town, was
taken, and it was there determined the
lady should remain until, “time, place
thirds fitting,’’ would consign
her to the cat eof a lawful protector,
in the shape of a husband. This par
ticular spot was selected for the reason
that an intimate friend of the family,
who hud a daughter, a great proficient
in music, resided at a short distance;
and it was supposed that the intimacy
which might without any reasonable
fear be suffered to exist between the
two young ladies, would be a great al
leviation to the one who through her
own loveliness was constrained to make
so great a saciifice. The dull mono
tony of a retired life iil accorded how
ever with the natural buoyancy and
elasticity of spirit possessed by the
young lady. In the space ol two or
three months her health visibly declin
ed. The doatingmother observed with
silent grief the revolution effecting in
her daughter. She consulted the most
eminent ofthe .Medical Profession,whe
advised a journey to the continent, in
timating that change of scence might
effect what they candidly admitted was
beyond the power of their medicine.
A journey to France was therefore in
agitation, when the young lady sudden
ly regained her health, stiength, and
spirits as quickly as she had lost them.
I Her mother and friends were surpris
| ed, but months rolled on and the. late
j indisposition was nearly forgotten,when
1 a circumstance transpired which re
vealed the cause of the phance. She
i had conceived a passion for a menial
I servani, who in the capacity of groom
found means and opportunity to ingta
liate himself into the affections his
fair young mistress, and to induce her
to part with the brightest gem that
dignified the female character. This
fellow had already a wife and two
children, and is desetibed as being ex
tremely dull and stupid, with a heavy
lowering countenance,
j The following occurrences brought
to light this inconceivable affair.—The
mother and the young lady were sit
ting together in the drawing room,
when a servant in livery brought a let
ter fiom the young lady’s companion,
requesting the favor of her company
lor a couple of hours, as she had some
,new musical production, which she
| wished to study with her. The moth
!er leadily gave her consent, and the
; daughter left the house, taking with
■ her a large music hook, hut dispens
ing with rite ujital attendance of her
lootman, assigning as a reason the
short distance she had to go. Not the
slightest suspicion was entertained of
DARIEN, (Georgia,) —-<£qual anti
any sinister design on her part, as her
manner was free from embarrassment,
and she had on that day been perfect l\
affectionate to her mother. The peri
od allotted for her stay had been for
some time past, when her mother des
patched one of her servants in re-con
duct her home from her friend’s house.
In a few minutes the Servant returned
with the intelligence that she had nev
er been there, nor had any letter re
questing a visit been sent. The feel
ings of the distressed mother may be
imagined; for, on receiving this ac
count, she naturally concluded that a
second and successful attempt had
been made to carry her daughter off
against her will. The servants were
sent in various directions to endeavor
to gain the slightest trace. They re
turned with as much information as
they set out, foi not the smallest clue;
could be found. Notice was sent to!
every coach office in London to inter- j
cept the flight of the fugitives, if they
should attempt leaving town by any of
the mails or stage coaches. All the
toll collectors in the environs of the
metropolis were applied to for the pur
pose of discovering if any carriage,
containing persons answering the sup
posed description, had passed through
their respective gates. All was in vain;
every inquiry was fruitless, no tidings
whatever could be gained to the direc
tion they had fled in. Things had re
mained in this state for two or three
days, when the bustle and confusion in- j
cidentai to an occut rente like this, ha’ -1
ing, in a small degree, subsided, the
‘absence ofthe identical gioom was no
ticed, and it was then observed that fie
had not been seen since a few hours
before the servant brought the. ficti
tious letter; and on enquiry being
at liia usual lodging, his wife was found
with two children left quite destitute,
and stated that he had been absent from
her about a week. No idea was, how
ever, entertained that tie was the part
net of the young lady’s flight, but it
was generally concluded that he was
accessary to her departure, and had
■.been the ptiniiple agent by wi:na&te
wa* entrapped into the powerld imfse
who bad carried her off. Under these
circumstances, application was made
by‘■several of the mother’s friends to
the head Police Office, for the assissis
tanc.e of one of the most active and in
telligent officers on the establishment,
who was to be employed in endeavor
ing to trace out the i out the tanawavs
had taken, or to discover what had be
come of the young lady. The officer
selected for tnis purpose, was one of
considerable ability, who had been em
ployed in simila- missions befote, and
on detail of the whole circumstances
being given to him, he fiisi caused a
strict inquiry to be made amongst the
servants, from whom nothing particu
lar was elicited for some considerable
lime, but bv dint of persevering in the
interrogation of one of them, who from
his manner, the officer was induced to
suspect, knew more than he was in
clined to tell, it was at last drawn out
that he had frequently seen the groom
and his young mistress conversing v erv
freely together, and had witnessed, on
one occasion, his young mistress ihiow
her aims round the groom’s neck and
repeatedly kiss him. He heard the
groom reprove her and tell -her to de
sist, or they should be observed; she
burst into teats, and then went up into
her own apa tments. He was induced
from observing this, and several othei
similar circumstances, to watch at
night, and a short lime after all the
family were supposed to have letirec!
to test, he saw the young lady come
from the house into the garden, attired
only in her night clothes, and cross the
yard into the stable, where alter look
ing up at the house to see that she was
not observed, she went into the stable,
and in a few minutes the groom fol
lowed with a light; he heard them bolt
the stable door, and then by means of a
pair ot steps he raised himself up to
look through a small window, when
what he saw confirmed his suspicion.
The discoveiy of these facts fully
proved with whom the young lady had
eloped, and the difficulty now was, to
discover where they were gone. Con
sideiable perplexity occurred in ascer
taining this, as no trace of theii having
quitted London could be gained It
was therefore supposed that they had
taken an obscure lodging in town, where
they intended to remain until the heat
of pursuit should have subsided, and
then to leave the country. The officer,
j £o\vevev, succeeded in finding out that
persons answeiing this description had
hem seen on the road to Liverpool.—
F orn this clue it was ascertained that i
they had gone to Liverpool about a fo* t
night since; that tlu-y arrived about
twelve o’clock in the day evidently
itun h fatigued, and had apparently
walked a long way. They went to one
ol the meanest public houses in the
town, and the Lady retired to a roam
up stairs, where she was followed by
Tier companion. She in iiis presence
changed her shoes and stockings.—
A large quantity of luggage was short
ly after brought by a p iter, and they
then hired an apartment for a week, at
the expiration of which time the lug
gage was taken away in a hackney
coach, and they had not since been
heard of. The landlady of the public
house said, that on coming down stdiis
! one day, the door of the room in which I
1 1 hey lodged being open, she observed!
I the lady on her kn es in asupplu ating
t attitud- toward-, the man, who wasstand
ing , and appeared to be inflamed with
passion. She presently aliei vv aids heard
me lady soboing violently. Applica
tion vvas then made to the Police at
Liverpool, to find out the coachman
who conveyed away the luggage, but
after sevcal days spent in fruitless in
quiiies, it was given up as impossible.
However the officer from London
knowing that if the coachman was not
discovered,allfnriliertrace wasextinct,
; resolved by some mean-, to come at
i him, and lor that purpose set about the
i enquiry himself, and in two days suc
ceeded in finding out the identical
coachman, who at first acknowledged
carrying the parlies, but then a- tried it.
The tiuth, however, was got out by
the well-timed application of a 15 note,
which so refreshed Ins memory, rhat
he was able to say with great precision,
where he took them rip and set them
down, which was on ’he beach, abcui
ifuee mires from Livei pool, vvhcie a
boat vvas Wafting for them, into w nic h
they got and were rowed back towards
Liverpool. The officer then learned
that suen persons had been seen on
boa id a vessel bound so” America,
tfhic.il trad sailed nine days aim e With
this intelligence he immediately tepaii -
ed to London, and acquainted the mo
ther ol the young lady with what he
had learned. She directly consulted
hei friends as to the use <>f sending to
America alter her child, and in a day
or two application was again made to
the i fficer to accompany a iadv and
gentleman, who were friends of the
young laciy, to America. It was un
derstood that he could not act in iis
official c apac ity, but was merely the
private agent of the parties who went
with him. and could only assist them in
tracing out where the young lady was,
and on that being accomplisned, tbe
friends were to cake upon themselves
all responsibility as to foi c ibly taking
tier awuv, if she should be averse to
returning to England.
1 hese stipulations were, of course,
gladly acceded to. and ail preliminary
matters being settled, they set sail in a
lew days, and aliei a voyage of about
seven w eeks duration, landed safe ly at
Nevv-Yotk The offic r soon found
the means of enquiry were mne h moie
limned than in England, for every per
son pi dessed entire ignoranc e to whal
evei qu stiorr they wen asked He,at
last, im upon an. expedit m, which pr o
mised io gi-e the wished for intelli
gence; tiiis was to examine tire regis
ter kept at the custom house,of air ves
sels whi< h arrived there, asevery com
mander was requested to deliver a re
port ot all passeng is, or othei persons
on board his ship, whicn report contain
ed thei’ names, ages and desc i iptions,
and requited to be verified on oath.—
. The officer ascertained the clay on
which lire vessel supposed to contain
the fugitives arrived, and by an applica
tion to the clei k, and slipping a couple
ot dollars into hi> hand, got permission
to inspect the register of the vessel in
question, and in it was contained a de
scription, which in every respect an
swered that ofthe lady, but the report
slated that she tv as accompanied by a
child, eight years of age. There a fresh
difficulty arose, fiom the circumstance
that no child had been mentioned in
tracing her on board the vessel v hen
she quiued England. It was inferred
that some serious mistake had arisen,
as any idea of connivance on the part of
the captain of the vessel was done away,
by recollecting that his report was at
tested on oath. The sequel, however,
proved that they had so tar influenced
the captain as to induce him to insert
the description of the groom a-, a < iiild
of eight v c-ahs ~f age. Tn&i, i was af
i lei vvars Jeai iu and, was done ai u r.
gestiot) of tin- who, ii • * al
oilier install* es, ev’hped rha* he . ais
not deficient in the sh**-wcl cunning sq
teniaikable in the iowe s.
In this instance he >ff sen-.
ceedtd in bothering the effi. erNv. : t.cvas
so successfully wu>n <>u by t,is ,'p,. c „
cessful exertion, thai seci< u s i.uu ; !its
were entertained by ail ,<aiiic - o ‘e*
turning o Englat and. Ti.v < fin - h. w
ever, in one of Ins rounds, whur, he
used to make daily, for-iru. p.jipos.- of
gaining, it possible, some r, a < e or urii
er of ihe pai lies, happened tu go by
c hance im o a small public house-, where
he sat down a few minutes lis'eniug
to a quarrel between two-persons man
adjoining loom. One of them was it*
la state- of inehiiatiou, and repca'ecHy
| boasted of having urn away with a \..x\y
fiom England, who was the daugluei*
of a lady with whom in lived as t> ser
vant. Ihe offic ei immediately wenj
into tire loom, and was < ermine ec! I.e<m
the description, that iris sea* e h was at
length terminated, bm judiciously with
drew without exciting attention, and
having placed himself in a situation
where he couldobseie whoever came
from the house, without being sect., he
continued to watch for up.<a ds <>l five
horns, whem the genfft inan sough! for
come reelingmu, and p.-oceocieci wrfc
considerable diffie uliy m a low public
house about halt a mile distant It was
In-re the officer found tie lodged, and
on enquiry, was re Id that he had been
thereabout three weeks, and had with
bim.a female, who was at the :im up
stabs The officer was satisfi cl to
whom the account referred, but the
diffii uliy now was to get her away, as
shou.d ‘lie refuse to accompany ihcmy
they would not oare to use locce ta
< fleet her compliance. Tire diffie uliy
was overcome by one of (he naijffcsp,
who ingeniously proposed, ilunf ir.s
groom should be attested lor a clem of
5,000 ciollais dot- to Ihe gtmi< man w-no
had acc, mpamed tire offic ci, ar.c’ as trie
law allowed three days foi ifie ail. ciged
C reffiipj- u> come for • aid and sub- t.-
tiaie his t iatm, Tie cmbfoi ic itfV mra?s
time being kept, in dose coufisemrni,
hey would be able to get ire lady on
board somesniphdoie he was release and.
l'nis i-use dr guerre was crown* and with
success. ine arrest was easjiv pro*
cuied,as n- thing but a verbal d< c isra
ci-.n was required to obtain the writ,
unich was immediately executec:.—.
The young lady had scarcely rec overed
from ibis shock, when her two friends
Presented tin ntsejyes She was so
struc k wMi astonishment that fo* se*
eial minutes, she remained standing in
a fixed position, her eyes gazing with a
vac ant s'a.e —she presently recoct led
he rself, and turning her e yes up, ex
claimed, “Oh! my G-.d,”and immedi
ately fell senseless on the floor. Stim
ulants weie applied, without eflV, j—a
physician was obliged to be called in,
who after remaining five hours du* ing
vv hich time his patient- was in me most
violent hysterics, succeeded in reefner
ing her. It was then dfs< oveied, that
she was already in an advanced scate of
pregnant y; tee piac e exhibited the rx
ueme of wr* tcirectness, and the lady
was habited in a coatse stuff gown,
which with another ofthe same de
scription weie the only ones she had,
Poveity had already made its appear
ance, for the lady it appeals, had only
taken about /700-wuh her at the timo
she left hei mother’s house, atid the
whole ol ii was neatly e xpended. She
however refused to return m England,
although her fiiend- pointed out to her,
that she was in a foieigu counuy, des
titute of the t ommen necessa* iesof life,
and had no means of subsistence when
net small stock ot money should be ex
hausted —and they ultimately peisuad
ed her to retuio with them—but she
contended for a long time, that the
groom should go with them—it was
peremptorily refused—and then she
insisted on wiiting to him previous to
hm departure, which she was allowed
to do. Ihe lener contained a multi,
piic ity of endearing appellations, and
entreated himto follow her to England,
and assured him that her love would
| never change—she also enclosed a
lock ol her hair The whole business,
was managed with such dexteiity that
they set sail on the same day—and by
, i the period when her swain was libera
ted they weie an hundred leagpaw"dis
, tayc. Their passage home” was ex
i nenieiy unpitasan , and at manjviiirieA
: i dangerous—adverse winds detained
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