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To The Editor.
married , and had been to Nottingham , to draw his savings out of the bank , and to make purchases for the wedding . He perceived that the young man was somewhat intoxicated , and persuaded him to go home instead of remaining at the Trent-bridge tavern to get more drink . 1 hey walked together for a considerable distance , and he parted from Mr . bpeneer at the garden-gate of the latter , and was never afterwards seen . 1 he young man ' s road lay along the bank of the river Trent to
Holme Pierrepont , and the waters were dragged to discover his body but without effect . His basket was found near the river bank- the bottles of wine and spirits ivhich he had bought were emptied . This was near a p ace where the river makes a great sweep , and a canal has been cut to shorten the navi gation . It was supposed that some boatmen had found the liquor and drank it , but did not venture to appropriate the basket or bottles , which might be owned . Time rolled on , and nothing transpired to clear the
up mystery ; the young man had some lew sovereigns , which rumour magnified into a large sum . Mr . Spencer was frequently insulted by insinuations that he had murdered his youna ; friend , and even his children were taunted with the suspicions that accident had thus thrown upon their father . During the month of May last , the long drought had lowered the waters of the Trent below what had been knoivn for many years , and a man fishing in the unfrequented reach of the river , observed something in the shallow water which he supposed to be the carcase of an animal ; he drew forth a bone with Ir ' s stick , and took it home , which he was told , on e-- < l-, iV , itir . T u = <
„ , dentally , was that of a human being . A medical gentleman , residing in the neighbourhood , having heard of this discovery , immediately repaired to the spot , and after an hour and a half ' s assiduous labour , succeeded m rescuing the entire bod y from the bank of sand in ivhich it had become embedded . Personal identification was impossible ; but portions of the apparel were recognized as those of the young gardener who had disappeared eighteen months ago , and what was much more important his watch foundand much
was , as money in gold and silver as he woulel be likely to possess after the purchases it was ascertained that he had made . He had stumbled on the bank , let fall his basket , and had fallen into the water ; his body had been washed over the Weir , and had been buried m the shifting sands till recently discovered in the late unusual drought , and the objects for which it was insinuated he had been murdered were found safely buried with him , all being recovered through scientific zeal and dili
gence . The accidental circumstance of being last seen in his company , with one or two trivial incidents , had caused too many to look upon Mr . Spencer with suspicion , anel his own consciousness of integrity , and his general rectitude of conduct , were not sufficient to protect him from the injurious effects of the imputation . At the dinner , in the native eloquence of unsullied innocence , Mr . Spencer described the pangs that he had felt from this suspicion thrown himand the conscious
upon , rectitude that prompted him to endure them , rather than remove to another country to avoid these taunts , and thereby possibly to give stronger grounds for suspicion , after all hope of solving the mystery had ceased in his mind . To a man who has received many public testimonials of approbation in re" -ard to his avocations in life , none could be so truly gratifying as that in which his friends met publicly to congratulate him on the wiping aw .-y of that stain , which had appeared for a considerable time to have sullied Ins fair reputation .
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To The Editor.
married , and had been to Nottingham , to draw his savings out of the bank , and to make purchases for the wedding . He perceived that the young man was somewhat intoxicated , and persuaded him to go home instead of remaining at the Trent-bridge tavern to get more drink . 1 hey walked together for a considerable distance , and he parted from Mr . bpeneer at the garden-gate of the latter , and was never afterwards seen . 1 he young man ' s road lay along the bank of the river Trent to
Holme Pierrepont , and the waters were dragged to discover his body but without effect . His basket was found near the river bank- the bottles of wine and spirits ivhich he had bought were emptied . This was near a p ace where the river makes a great sweep , and a canal has been cut to shorten the navi gation . It was supposed that some boatmen had found the liquor and drank it , but did not venture to appropriate the basket or bottles , which might be owned . Time rolled on , and nothing transpired to clear the
up mystery ; the young man had some lew sovereigns , which rumour magnified into a large sum . Mr . Spencer was frequently insulted by insinuations that he had murdered his youna ; friend , and even his children were taunted with the suspicions that accident had thus thrown upon their father . During the month of May last , the long drought had lowered the waters of the Trent below what had been knoivn for many years , and a man fishing in the unfrequented reach of the river , observed something in the shallow water which he supposed to be the carcase of an animal ; he drew forth a bone with Ir ' s stick , and took it home , which he was told , on e-- < l-, iV , itir . T u = <
„ , dentally , was that of a human being . A medical gentleman , residing in the neighbourhood , having heard of this discovery , immediately repaired to the spot , and after an hour and a half ' s assiduous labour , succeeded m rescuing the entire bod y from the bank of sand in ivhich it had become embedded . Personal identification was impossible ; but portions of the apparel were recognized as those of the young gardener who had disappeared eighteen months ago , and what was much more important his watch foundand much
was , as money in gold and silver as he woulel be likely to possess after the purchases it was ascertained that he had made . He had stumbled on the bank , let fall his basket , and had fallen into the water ; his body had been washed over the Weir , and had been buried m the shifting sands till recently discovered in the late unusual drought , and the objects for which it was insinuated he had been murdered were found safely buried with him , all being recovered through scientific zeal and dili
gence . The accidental circumstance of being last seen in his company , with one or two trivial incidents , had caused too many to look upon Mr . Spencer with suspicion , anel his own consciousness of integrity , and his general rectitude of conduct , were not sufficient to protect him from the injurious effects of the imputation . At the dinner , in the native eloquence of unsullied innocence , Mr . Spencer described the pangs that he had felt from this suspicion thrown himand the conscious
upon , rectitude that prompted him to endure them , rather than remove to another country to avoid these taunts , and thereby possibly to give stronger grounds for suspicion , after all hope of solving the mystery had ceased in his mind . To a man who has received many public testimonials of approbation in re" -ard to his avocations in life , none could be so truly gratifying as that in which his friends met publicly to congratulate him on the wiping aw .-y of that stain , which had appeared for a considerable time to have sullied Ins fair reputation .