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WOOTEN S HOYLE, -Attorneys at Law, , H.nrso.v .< .i Jan 8-1 y. c. W. WARWICK, Atty at Law and Solicitor in Equity, SMITHVILLR , OA. lacir'-' J' rßc, ’^ f ‘ ’ n Western and Tatau c lts * Collections promptly remitted. K - J- WARREN, ATTORNEY at law, ST'MJLLK, - - - C..J. errors of youth the effect, nf -’ L Pr *' ro * , " re - *»J. »f«l alt tbe«aj nl y » u ’. h,ul '"discretion, will, lor all Who *L hn.n»mtr, send free to taking th. J’ V* reoel P t all ' l direction* for nured a. 0 remedy by which he whs Other’s ~,! re - S wislliu « ,0 proft bv ihe #d- We3 . u OGDEN, ’ J 42 CVdar reet, stN.Y Dawson Business Directory, Dry Good, tl err haul*. / | SC S ?3, <V TFFIKHR, Deafer-) rn all VYkinds ot Dry Goods and Groceries. Slain Street. T/UTOIEB, J4COR, Dealer in ,ill lVkinda of Dry Good", Main Htrepi. I OVI'IWi Ac CKIFFFf, Dealer, I J iu Staple Diy Goode arid Grorrrrea also and Commission .Vm chants, I/a in Street, MoKeSISEf At Fit OIK; 11, Dealer, in Drv tioods, OlmMep, S.iiple Ootids and F.mily Groce lies, .Wiin strict. OK li, W. C. Dealer In Fancy and ,ta nl“ Dry Good,, Main at.., under 'Jour mil” Printing Olfiec. Crroocry Vorrlinul,. |7 3. A., Wnrehrn.ae and 1 Oommis'ion Merchant, ancf Dealei in 11, con, Flour, Meal and Provision* generally, at Shame & Srown's old stand, M tin s'. MI A RPC A CO.. I D aler, in Dry Goods, Groceries, and Plan’ation Supplies. SKRCF.It & Sin.novt, G.oeery * s and Provision Dealt is, Sooih ride Pub lic Square. Hqod, IS. 11.. DeirfeT'm Groceries ami Family snopUos generally, 2nd door to Journal” Office, >laiu gt, Tlrnskislx. / tIIC.tTIf.4R, F. .4., Drojaist and V. 7 Pbvsieiaii. Keeps a good snpnfy ol [)ruga and Medicines, and prescribes lor mli the ills that flesh is heir to. At bis old stand, the Red Ding Store, Main st J4KCsi A COVI.CSS, Dede.s in Drugs, J/edicines, 0:1s, Paints, Dve Stuffs, Garden Seed, 4c., Ac. BAKERY. I Is. SOCOYIO*, Biker, Conf-c --e| * tinner, and dealer in Family Groceries Fi-h and Ovsttrs, J/ain Street, next to J. W. Roberts & Cos. pinsici \ \s. HOI)\ETT« . a prarrlicing Phv 'ieian. and Siirgcm:. Office aLCheat. ham's 1) ug S ore. DHS. .1. AV. P.iICC A M», ihinkfnl forpssi patronage bv dose attention and moderate charges hone to re ceive a coniruu ir.ce of the s .me. fiffi Dr. Gilpin’s old s'and j.n IS. >f At ttlf ft lit |>;i:l'd'. i I, I,IK, .10114 ?»., will epai, , \ iVa che.«, t.'locks, J, a. lrv, 3fn Went', Acco dions, Ac , ala-sis tube torn I St his old s'and. on Noitb »ide of Sqn»n- I.ivery pwfM 'i, «v ft«Min*r. c <i» r and F■. It St;■ !>!•-. II -rses 111 ' M I « (or sale, lloiaea Lo.rdcd. North mlt I’jb |)BlMT, Y. «. «V i. U.. Fab). I Fe. ,1 Mild Live v Slal.le, f), pm et. Good ho--est ar.d vehicles lbi li.it- on " ;, s li able terms. Ap ii If. Iy. BAR- ROOM. Iy I T YV \ it I>. D-al-r 11 Fine Wiios, Brandi s Whiskies, I.ig-r Hr, Ac, \S r »-st aid - public Fq i-.re, M .in s'icc. brown house i:. e. iiiiow \ iv s.H. F .uiili St., OfprsiU i’ussngii Dt-|<-i Aiticon, (Staruia. 'l'llM ll..use hi.vit.r I uh ft*" ■■ Hi * ■ 1 a.■ .1 r. psi'id, ■<n.» w now fine ol -|<r H.ite'* in ilf Side, u and he n.osi c- n-« tip lin the citr. The :» lit is »ui'|. u-n y It •veryMiing I'te mat lie' =.flV . is. I. »S - t LJON. Intt-MFF? V. LIH & IBVl v , h .Ilnton, --- (Arorain. Tiril.l, give attention to I - VV nefls ill the Maenn, S-iuth-wentern, and Pat iu!l ; ill the (7 y <\,mts. m ri.i vannih .""I .kit.ii' ; ."'I bv Sp**ii' Lon trnot in any pit: of llu .V..itv. Sept. 23, 'B9 j ljr. PIiTATIOI FOB SALE. T nm offerinp Tor Rale a plantation rear 1 Whalcy’3 J/ills, in Terrell eon *v, nine rn'le** Northwest of 7)*wson, coutainins* Si Hundred acres of O.ik and Hiekorv l ed; Soo acres cleared, with good itiu Mouse and Screw, &e., &e., For parfieolarg as to terms and price, call on the subscriber » r » D iwsun. June 10,if. \VT|. liAIUI f ls. | VALUABLE PLANTATION ITor N ale l \\J E arc offering for sale Four Hundred V V Acree ol Liiid, lying three miles South of Dawson, on C'hickie.iwWchie creek. Cue hundr and acres Iresh cleared Wi.d, with comloriiihle dwelling and out lion.*-, good cribs and stable. Young mcliard ol five aerrs lliis U a de.-iiablc pi .t-e, and tho-e wishing to pmchnse land nc.r Daw son will do well to examine our* before puicha sing. Water id evi'j field. Come ut and sit the 2i ow ing crop. JOA'f, II .1 K I.V LI., July 14-Sm. J. H. F. HaRKFLL. WE aRK. RECA’fnVG LARGE LOTS of Gorn, ami Oouutiy Produce. W. L. CLAY Sc CO., WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS, ASl> COMMISSION MERCHANTS No. J, Granite Block, Broad Street, ATLANTA, CA. a keep on hand Clay’s Old Kentucky Whis- Wy and solicit orders ami consignmer te. kcb24-6nr. L. C &. CO. DAWSON, GA., THU US DAI, AUGUST 18, 1870. MISCELLANEOUS. From tlie JAmroe AdvertUer. 'Vital >p\l f er SJ:>d FTUA B. WILUNOUAM. Read at Monroe Female Collrye, July 8. 'Succession is the law which rules tho universe, it is a wise allotment of I'nividenre that the multiform duties ot life do not come like un avalanche and overwhelm ns. f Die by one is tho rale. One straw and then another tho bird weaves in its nest. One thread and then another the spider adds to her silken hammock, lirick must rise ujxin brick, ere tlie palace is complete. One stroke after another makes the bright gcintilations fly from the anvil of the swarthy smith. One stitch and then another, ere tho poor seamstress can fold her work away. Step by step the traveller ascends the mountain before the ravishing view from its top delights bis eye. The author must avid word to word and thought to thought, ere his labour is complete, 'filings come singly in life—ono hour, one day. What next'/ Out of this large assem bly there are doubtless but few who have thought seriously upon this sub ject, and yet through all tlie changing scenes of life it may be pertinently and profitably repeated. The man of pleasure after each siiason of gaye ty, is cages- to know what next. The miser, a., dollar is added to his pile, asks, what next '<*—that another may be added. Alexander, after having attained the goal of his ambition, in sorrow inquired, What next ? Tho occasion will not allow a full investigation of this subject. 1 will therefore eouflin myself to that branch which seems at present to bo most suitable. Let us examine it in a moro special light The world is full of fashion, and la dies are ever ready to adopt the last caprice of the fickle goddess. These eccentricities rise and fall each successive year—the last seeming to bring with it erne more hideous than any that has ever preceded. The head, which a few years ago, was tlie subject of change, was entirely hid by tbo bonne'. This style gradually dis -1 appeared, and finally something was j worn upon tho top of tho hoad so 1 small that could scarcely bo called a , bonnet at all. Having exhausted their vocabulary upon Chignons Iriz zett and water tails, which were al | must, if not quite as weighty, as liun -1 van's bag of sin, and having given tlie head every conceivable shape, the cry echoed tar and near, What next:' j They then concluded th'c human tig ‘ uru needed a slight alteration and pro i posed to improve it by a style lately and fashionably known as the Grecian bond. J etliiu s 1 soo tho first wo man thus disfigured, entering the ball room at Saratoga Springs. (Suddenly the eyes of all arc turned towards her as ii a ghost Appeared; silence pre vails ; the ladies say nothing hut 1 teemed pleased and fascinated. -The gentlemen stand aghast ; they appear ashamed that woman should render hVrself so ridiculous; and finally, one, overpowered by his feelings, exclaims : "is this the latest style (»!:!.Vineiicuit wotnau ! W liat next. 1 bin not tlur women ol tlm iSouth list? u|i at iiMH/ir ami oppose these use less customs which are last sinkiug them, iu a luorul sense, besides plung ing their fathers and husbands into irretrievable bankruptcy 'i Cannot they exclaim, with the nren of tiro South, What next ’i But the question “What next?’ is ajiplicahle to our country. We are a conquered people, and what is worse the renrnnnt of survivors—few, sub jugated, disheartened, and also dis honoured—are subjected to every wrong which can be malignantly hen-pod upon them ; and as injury af ter injury is indicted upon us, n des pair we ask What next? Will wo continue to retrogade as a people ? Will our political horizon bo forever darkened? Will peace and snnshino never dawn upon our once happy land ? 1 fear not, unless the women of tiro .South resolve to sustain our sinking heroes. Unless the spirits which cheer their homes can reanimate their self respect, confirm their resolve and sus tain their personal honer, they will at length, become the base serfs their en emies desire them to be. But let every man and woman throughout tho length and breadth of this broad land, inquire what next may be done to promote the welfare of their down-trodden country ? Let the spirit of freedom burn with in the breast of every one of them, and when the question “What next ?” is asked in tho future, they can ex claim that, although overpowered, al though they are now suffering ills and privations, yet, tho interest in their cherished cause is not lost, but stdl lives iu the heart of every true patriot arid at some future day will bu.-rt forth into a flame that will achieve for them their long desired freedom. j(]i now, dear classmates, that wo are about to lay aside the tedious and difficult task so long pursued with dil igence and anxiety, tho question arisos with us, and with momentous import, What next ? Perhaps there are sorno lioro who have already answered this question iu their own minds. 1 Being graduates, we must now en ter upon the broad deep ocean of life, not as cituple school girls who have been sailing upon the muffled bosom of the silvery lake, but as more ma tured women, ready to launch em bark upon the boisterous waves of the 1 deep blue tea. II ifi only tho brave mariner who dares to unfurl his can vas to iho winds and storms. It is lie only, who, with a steady hand at the helm, and a fixedness of purpose in his heart, c'an successfully ndo tho an gry billows uud guide his tempest tossed ship into tlie p>vt of safety. In like manner, we, too, must phv-e our I feet firmly upon tho deck, otrr roe-intt* hand upon the helm, our eye looking to the jwwt of peace, uud detent iuo, in the strength of tit® great ‘I Am ’to overcome ull the difficulties of life, and though those cares may riso mountain high, let us never shrink from our du ty and our responsibilities, and let us determine, with woman's prayers, and with woman’s hopes, and with wo man’s faith, that we will successfully battle tlie storms of life, that we may anchor forever our bark in the haven of joy and peace. (From the N<*w OrLcaus Sunday Times. A RACE FOR A BRIDE. BY THOMAS A. POWI. It bus been but a short time since Esquire (Shelton, tho man win) has married more people than any other person iu the United States, gave up tlie pleasant business of marry mg peo ple and watch trading, and retired trour his sphere of usefulness on this planet forever. Notices of tlie man which I have seen since his death recall to mind a bit of history, in the consummation of which he played an important part. But let me toll the story irom the first. Among the Federal officers station ed iu Kentucky, in 18G4, was a brig adier general who, for the present, wo will call liipley. This officer’s family consisted ot Ins wile and one child, a l>eautiful girl of seventeen summers— and as many winters likewise, 1 pre sume—though from her joyous nature it did not seem as though she had ev er seen anything but sunshine and flowers i have said Alice liipley was beautiful—she was more—she was attractive. You could not know her without loving her. Tlie fortunes of war hud made me an inmate of Heu. liipley’s mansion, and thus 1 had every opportunity of meeting and admiring Alice, and,T might add, of loving her, though fortunately for my self i never had the audacity to de clare my love. Albeit under tho same roof, our stations wore apart. I was !simply a soldier and special detective; ! she tlie daughter of a General, who was a proud, haughty, wealthy man. Alice had many suitors, and, though ' she treated all very kindly, she seem | ed to give preference to none. But at last her hero came, and, j strange to say, lie came from the ranks of those who were at war, if not with j her, those most uea ly related to her. ! 1 to came in this wise : in September, lhtid, a company of ’ cavalrv, which i was guiding across tho country, encountered a small body of Confederate soldiers, twelve in num ber, and capture l tho entire party. — They proved to be a scouting party commanded by Lieut. iSeott. Capt. Burns, who commanded our detacii mout of cavalry, concluded to take the Confederate soldiers on with him to Camp Nicholas, and send Lieut, deott back to Gnu. Kipley. “l’opo,” said Burns to me, "i have no men to spare ; will you take tho reb. to Gen. Kipley. it is only and miles to his headquarters, and you know the way.” 1 announced my willingness to take charge of the prisoner. In a few minutes 1 was ready to start. They brought Lieut. Scott to mo. lie was handcuffed and tied to his saddle.— “As you are going by yourself, I thought it best to make your prisoner, who, 1 am told, is a desperate fellow, secure,” said Capt. Bunts, as he rode away to join his departing company. 1 was now alone with Lieut, booth Ho was a fine looking soldier, and L could see by his countenance that ho felt keenly the indignity with which Capt. Burns had treated him by put ting him in irons. “Well, Lieuten ant,” said 1, “I am commissioned to take you to Gen. ltipley. 1 don’t like to see a man in irons, and if you will promise not to try to get away I will tree you from your bonds.” “1 promise nothing, sir,” sitid the soldier, with all a haugnty iSouthrou’s prido. I looked ibr a moment at the man before me, and then determined to tree him. He had refused the promise 1 asked, and 1 was glad. I was satis tied he was above treachery. “Then you,’’ said bcott, “you are kinder than that brutal captain, who 1 hope to meet once more.” This was said with a quiet menace that boded no good for Capt. Burns. It was about ten o clock when we took tho highway for Kiehmoud, the headquarters of Gen. Ripley. Lieut. Scott soon lost his reserve, and we spent the loug ride in pleasant converse. By tho time wegotto Richmond, r. u., we were on good terms, considering our different positions. 1 reported to Gen. Ripley, who im mediately ordered Lieut. iSeutt into close confinement. “110 is a spy,” said the General, “we will have to deal promptly with these guerrillas.” 1 was sorry for the prisoner, but knew that anything said in his favor would do him no good ; so I delivered him to tho l’rovost Marshal. I visit ed him often in bis prison, and did what I could to mako Bis confinement endurable. Confinement to a spirit liko his was very irksome. Two weeks alter entering tho prison he made a desperate effort to escape. Ho knocked down tho sentinel who guarded the door, and rushing out seized an officer’s horse and, before a hand could be raised to check him, was in the saddle and gone. It was broail-iUylight, tuul a hundred sol diers witnessed tire act of daring reek lessni-s». A hundred shots were tired at tho fugitive, one of which struck his horse, though at first it did not seem to cheek his speed. Half a com pany of cavalry wore soon in pursuit, and, alter losing three of their num bers, succeeded in shooting down. It was the only way they could capture him, as every time they asked him to surrender he answered with the re volver ho had taken with the horse. He was curried back to Richmond and, while insensible, was again thrown into prison. I now went lo Gen. Rip ley uud asked, and after some ditiicul tv obtained, permission to take him from the prison to a building used us a hospital for tho officers of the Fede ral army. Tlie “Y'ankoe” ladies in the town often visited this hospital, bringing delicacies to the sick. One (lay, while 1 was sitting by the bed side of Scott, Alice Ripley, in compa ny with another lady, entered the room. Not haviug soon Lieut. Scott before, they of course must know all about him. I toUFtkow of his gallant defence when first uud of his subsequent daring attempt to es cape. laidics always like brave men, and the sympathies of Alice and her young frioad were quickly aroused in iavor of the wounded man. They gave mo liberally of tlie fruits and cukes they had with them. Wtien Scott awoke 1 presented him what they had left, and told him who left them. “Many thanks to them,” saiu lie ; “they have more generosity than I gave the Yankees credit for.” “Alice Ripley is un angel,” I replied. Two days afterward tne same ladies made another visit to the hospital. Tho first coll they made was in the waid where Lt. Scott lay. 1 happened to bo with him again. I introuucod tho ladies to him. They conversed a few minutes with him, and thou presented him a basket of wine and cakes.— Their story was brief, uud their con versation a mere nothing; but when tho ladies wore gone, 1 noticed that tlie Lieutenant seemed much better than he was before their visit. “That Miss Ripley is a beautiful girl,” said he to me. “Yes, and as good as she is beautiful,” 1 replied, anU then I be gan to give him a catalogue of her many good qualities. Tlie Lieutenant looked at me with a smile, and said: “Stop, Rope, or I shall think that these presents were for my nurse instead of me. ’ 1 stop ped confused, for 1 thought he saw iliat 1 loved the lady that liud pleased him so much. In the afternoon of that same day I received orders to start at once to New Orleans on some business of Gou. liipley s. i hastily made my preparations to start, mill, while the clerks were preparing pa pers for me. 1 visited Lieut. Scott anil told him 1 was going to his home. He livwd in New Orleans. He was highly elated that lie could send home, and hear so directly from there. >So he gave me a hail a dozen commis sions to execute among liis friends. 1 was absent from Richmond four weeks. Upon my arrival, I reported «.t Gen. Ripley’s office, and was in formed that ho was not in town, hut would bo iu next day. I then went down to his residence, and entering the house went direct to the library, where all the letters that came for me during my absence were always placed. The door which 1 opened made no noiso, and, without closing it, 1 staited across the room, but soon stopped in astonishment — for there before me, seated side by side, were Ali<*o Ripley and Lieut, llarry, Scott, C. S. A. They appeared so deeply engaged in conversation that they did not notice my entrance. “In the name of wonders i” I thought to myself, ‘.‘How is this ? A rebel otficer in this stern old puritanical General’s library with his daughter. ’ 1 turned to leave the room, when Miss Ripley noticed my presence, and sprung to her leot with a cry of sur prise. She evidently did not expect any one to see lior here, I thought. •She was reassured wliou she saw who the intruder was. Lh a tew min uter 1 went up town, accompanied by Scott. “How is it, Scott,’ said I, “that you are free, and at Gen. Ripley’s ?” “ Well, in answer to your first ques tion, I am on parole; as to your sec ond question, I may say I visit Gen. Ripley’s because—well, because I like his daughter.” “1 need not ask if Miss ltipley re ciprocates the ‘like’ ; but about the General.” “I have not taken the trouble to as certain Gen. Ripley’s mind ujam the subject,” replied tho Lioutonant. During tho next two weeks the two lovers, Alice and Harry, had met of ten. 1 did all I could to bring them together. My reason was this : Capt. Burns was a suitor of Miss Alice, and tho one w hich Gen. Ripley had decid ed she must marry, whether she want ed to or not. This Capt. Burns I cor dially despised, and I determined that if 1 could prevent it he should never marry Alice. One day Miss Ripley was at tho house of one ol her friends, and Lieut. Scott happened to bo there too. Thinking themselves secure from in terruption, they indulged in that sweet nonsense so interesting to lovers, so foolish tc any one Iso. But, very un fortunately lor their future peace, their loving glaueos were seen and tlioir loving words overheard by one who from that moment became their bitter loo —that was Capt. Bums. He did not disturb ihe lovers, but report ed to Gen. Ripley, and the result was that whoa Alice came home the was met by a torrent of reproaches from her father and a strict command—- ‘■Never to speak to that vile rebel again.” lie was also kind enough to ml'ersk her that in ono month sko would bocomo tlte wife of Capt. Burns, a* wealthy officer, and Gen. Ripley’s very dear friend. Time passed away rapidly. Tho preparations tor Alice's wedding had been going on for some time, and now it only lacked three days of the time appointed. Meanwhile the lovers had not been idle, as on the 2i!d of Decem ber Lieut. ISeott came to iuo with a re quest that astonished me. “1 am go ing to run away with tliut old Rari tan's girl, and 1 want you to help me.” Assisting a rebel officer to elope with my commander's daughter was a seri ous piece of busines, so I did not read ily comply. But my hatred of Capt. Burns, and my desire to baffle his pluhs, and thereby save the beautiful Alice from a life of misery, decided me. 1 therefore told the anxious lov er that I would do what I could to aid him in his plans of love and revenge. He loved Miss Ripley, and he owed Capt Burns no good will. The programme of departure was quickly made. I was to secure a pass for a gentleman and his sister to leave Richmond and cross tho Ohio river.—- Tlicu 1 was to assist Miss Ripley out of her father s house, where she was almost a prisoner, and escort her to a carriage which (Scott would have iu readiness near by. The first part of my mission I easily executed. Tho time of departing was sot for midnight, December 23d. On tlie morning of that day I received an order to go at once to a town twenty-five miles dis tant, and was not expected back bo lore next morning. I was buck in Richmond, however, by ID l\ m., 23d, as 1 told Scott 1 would he. 1 went ut once to Gen. Ripley’s house, uud for tunately gained admission unobserved. I managed to notify Miss Ripley of my presence, and also that at midnight 1 woidd escort her from tlie house. 1 then secreted myself to await that time. Alice s room opened into the same hall which the library did. At tho end of this hall was a door opening into tho garden. At the appointed time Alice came into the hall, and wo started to the door ; just as we reach ed it, the library door opened and Gtu Ripley came directly toward us. There was no light in tho lutii except what came from the open door of the library. As the General approached us, we crouched in tho corner behind some coats which hung there. Gen. Ripley paused a moment at the door within ttiree feet of us—then opened the door uud passed out, locking the door on the outside. Escape from that door was now impossible; neithvr eoidd wo go out at tne front door, for a sentinel stood there. The only way left us was to go into my room, and thence into the street through a win dow. We passed back by the library door, and suw G'apt. Burns there, smo king a cigar, and no doubt thinking ol tlie happiness that awaited him un the morrow. NYo did not disturb his meditations, und iu fifteen minutes Alice was beside her lover and leaving Richmond. When passing through the hail, Miss Ripley dropped a letter which she had received from Scott — An hour after her departure, Gen. Ripley picked up this letter and read it. Enraged at its contents, lie sought his daughter's room, to find that she was gone. Immediately the house was aroused. The General at once came to tho conclusion she had left with Lieut. Scott. I was near the house, and seeing that Miss Ripley’s departure had been discovered, 1 rede up to the house and delivered my dispatches to Gen. Rip ley. Without looking at tliom he de manded if 1 had met liis daughter.— I, greatly astonished, of course, told him 1 had not. 11c then told me what lie suspected, and I informed him that I hail met a close carriage going toward Richmond. As 1 hop ed, Capt. Burns declared that he would follow that carriage which 1 had seen leave Richmond an hour before, con taining a couple of Federal Officers, the gallant captain hurried away to find Bis missing bride. Meanwhile, Gen. Ripley sent messengers in all di rections to final the fugitives. At three o’clock one reported that they passed the pickets on tho Marysville road a out midnight. Asceituning be yonda doubt tnut they hud taken that direction, tho General sprang into his buggy, and, calling mo to join him, we were soon traveling at a rapid rate over tho read which i knew tiio fugi tive lovers had just passed over. By 10 o’clock we had traveled forty miles, and wo learned Irons a soldier wo met that we were near the objects of our pursuit. We stopped a few moments to give our horsos some water and re pair our carriage whoel. While the General was at tho house near by, a darkey, ruling a splendid horse, came along. I halted htm and found out his destination j then 1 wrote on a piece of paper: “iScott, hurry up. Gen. Ripley and myself are in close pursuit. ’ This I gave to tho darkey, and told him to rule swiftly and deliver it, aud 1 made my command important by adding a teu dollar greenback. Tho darkey came up to thum in five miles, wheie they hail stopped to get dinner, not imagining such close pursuit— They immediately, of course, pressed forward. [Scarcely had thuy goue when we cumo to where they had stopped. The road was quite level ana straight, aud not far ahead we saw the runaway carriage. Then commenced an exciting race. Both parties had splendid teams, bat Scott nad the heaviest carriage. At the end of live miles wa were within a ed yards of the lovers, and wore rapidly filling up tout space, when I VOL. V. —NO. 27. took a pieco of paper, and putting some lead in it, threw it in front t f tho horses. The General did not in - tico the act,. The horssos-sprang aside from tho paper, and as they did so they broke the tongue from the car riage and sped away, leaving Gen. Ripley and myself in the oarriage.— Thu only resoEb was to walk tu the village. fw»> miles site ad, and thma get other horses. Just before we reached the village, Capt. Burns over took us. Hearing what had trans pired he pressed o* without waiting, for us We got fresh horses in the village, nud mounting them pursued our way toward Marysville. Seven miles Isom the Ohio river wo found Cupt liurus Lying by tho roadside, al most senseless. Wo soon- revived him, and be told u» that he hud over* taken Scott while he was fixing some thing about his carriage, and earing to shoots lord rushed up said grappled with him. The rebel officer proved himself tbo best man in the struggle, und hud left tho gallant Captain sense less by tho wayside, and went on his way rejoicing. Assisting the Captain on his horse, which was near by, we continued the pursuit We arrived on tho banks ol tho Ohio in time to hear tlie splosh of tlie ours ol the bo:if which conveyed Harry uud Alii w across the river; we could not see them in the dark. I rushed down to tlie water's edge ahead of my couipan ions, uud found a boat there. 1 took the oars and dropped- them- into tho water, und reported a boat without oars. After an half horn's delay, wo found souse more oars and crossed tlie river. Wo soon found ourselves in the “Gretna Green” of America, and inquiring of a late pedestrian, wore directed to tlie residence of Esquire Bholtou. Beuoliing tho house desig nated, the General, rapped furiously on the door uud demanded admittance.. He was answered by a lady who look ed out of an upper window and inquir ed what was wunted. “I want my daughter, who has eloped with a vLi lian and come hem to be married. ’ “Oh, you are at the wrong place. Yuui will find Mr Shelton s by going down this Btroet throe blocks, then turning one block to the right—a large white house,” replied the lady. Without) questioning tho information, Gen. Ripley hurried uwuy to tho house de signated, Burns and myself folio wing.. We reached the house and soon rout ed Mr. (Shelton, who came to the door.- “What is wanted, gentlemen,” ho in quired. Gou. Ripley repeated the de mand he had muu • at the other house- ‘‘You aro mistaken in the place, gentlemen, ’ said Mr. fe.ioltou. “My name is Shelton, but not Esquire James (Shelton and he proceeded to direct us back to the same house from which, teu minutes before, wo liad l>eeu dismissed. Enraged beyond measure, the father and hatfled suitor rushed buck to Esquire (SkoltouV- This time that gentleman answered tho summons himself. “Where is my daughter and that rebel villain im periously demanded tho General. “I do not know who you mean,” said Mr (Shelton. “Miss Ripley and Harry Scott,” I suggested. “They are gone,.” replied Mr. Shelton. “Did you mar ry them '/ demanded Gen. Ripley. “When the North and the South are as firmly united as the couple you, seek, there will be everlasting peaco uud union,” replied Mr. Shelton. Burns drew a pistol, und would have shot the old man if 1 hud not snatched, it from his hand. With a glance of scorn at the would-be-assassin, Mr- Shelton bade us good night, and closed tho door. We next went to the hotel, where we learned that Hurry Scott anil his wife, in company with a few otbws, hail gone to the landing to moot tho steamer passing down. It was useless to try to catch them before they got to Ixiuisville, It was imperatively nec essary that Gen. Ripley and Capt- Burns should return to Richmond, so I received orders to follow and arrest Scott. Tliroo days after .vards, 1 found him in Louisville. His mother, just from New Orleans, was with him. 1 told him of my orders, mid he said ail right, lais wvfe went will* hie mother to New Orleans to remain until the war was over. When 1 ar rived iu Richmond 1 found that Ueu Ripley had gone to Washington. He never met his son-in-law. Lieut. Scott was exchanged, uuil wus with Gen. Lee in tho closiug campaign of the war. In some of the last battles, Gen. Ripley wans killed. After the surrender, I dent. Scott hurried to tho Crescent City to meet his wife and the host of friends who welcomed him. Not long afterwards, Alice’s mother came to live with her, and then, as now, Alice Scott was, and is, tho happiest wife in New Orleans by no moans regretting the fact that the day she was to marry a Federal Captain saw her united forever with, a brave Confederate. Marrying a woman for her beauty is liko eating a bird for its swoot aiug iug. What is mine, even to my firfe, rs fife 1 love, but tho secret of my friend is not mine. Slanders issueing from rod hot lips are like spiders eruwinig from the heart of a rose. In proportion as we ascend the so cial sealo, we find us much mud there as below, only it is hard and gilded. One of the most important rules of the science of manners is au almost absolute silence in regard to yourself Dickens, in speaking of pawabro kers’ duplicates, sayo thoy axo w* turn-pike tickets to tue reua of jevo*- ty-
