Burlington Free Press

A Rascally Transaction.--The Brig Old Colony arrived in this city last week from Hamburg and Cuxhaven, with 95 German emigrants on board. Among them was a blooming girl of about eighteen years of age, and an industrious young mechanic, to whom her affections were engaged. On arriving here, the second officer of the brig, Lyman Mitchell, instigated as it subsequently appeared, by the basest designs, volunteered his assistance in getting her a place, and assured her and her unsuspecting admirer, that he knew of an eligible situation in a worthy family, to which he would accompany her immediately. He succeeded in separating her from her friends on Friday afternoon, and conveyed her in a coach to his boarding house, No. 81 Court street, corner of Court and Brattle streets.

The place to which he transported her, was afterwards discovered by mere accident-- and in the evening some of her friends, accompanied by one or more German residents in this city, called at the house, and demanded to see the girl. This demand, however, was peremptorily refused by the master and mistress of the house, on the plea that she was desirous of breaking off her connexion with her betrothed, and was not desirous of seeing any of her fellow passengers. The friends of this deluded girl were ordered to leave the house forthwith, or the watch would be called to take them to the watch house! They accordingly left the house, and deferred taking any other measures in relation to the affair, until the next morning--when they again visited the house, but could not succeed in having any communication with the girl. They then applied to the Constables' office, and an officer accompanied them to the house, and, after a long consultation, when it appeared that the friends of the girl were not to be trifled with, they were allowed to hold converse with her. It then appeared that the representations which had been made of her were entirely false. She expressed great satisfaction at meeting with her friends, and accompanied them with great alacrity to a place better calculated to preserve her reputation and promote her happiness.--Boston Mercantile Journal.