The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-30 00:00:00

Tragic Incident of the Siege of Charleston,

The Charleston Mercury tells a touching story. Miss
Anna Pickens, the daughter of Governor Pickens, while
ministering to the wounded in the hospitals of Charles-
ton, came in contact with a wounded officer, Lieutenant
Andrew De Rochelle. The young people fell in ;ove, and
after a short courtship it was arranged that they should
be married on the 22d of last month. " Lieutenant De
Rochelle was on duty at Fort' ;Sumter in the morning,
and it was determined that the marriage ceremony should
take place at the residence of General Bonham in the
evening. At the moment the Episcopal clergyman was
asking the bride if she was ready a shell fell upon the
roof of the building, penetrated to the room where the
company assembled, burst, and wounded nine per-
sons, and among the rest Miss Pickens. We cannot
describe the scene that followed. Order was re-estab-
lished, and the wounded were removed, all except the
bride, who lay motionless upon the carpet. Her betrothed,
kneeling and bending over her, was weeping bitterly,
and trying to stanch the blood that welled from a ter-
rible wound under her left breast. A surgeon declared
that Miss Pickens had not longer than two hours to live.
When the wounded girl recovered her consciousness, she
asked to know her fate, and si hen they hesitated to tell
her.—' Andrew,' she said, I beg you to tell me the truth.
11 If I must die, I can die worthy of you' The young sol-
i dier's tears were his answer, and Miss Anna, summon-
ing all her strength, attempted to smile, Governor
Pickens was almost without consciousness, and Mrs.
Pickens looked upon her child with the dry and hag-
gard eye of one whose reason totters. Lieutenant De
Rochelle was the first to speak. Anna,' he cried, ' I
will die soon, too ; but I would have you die my wife;
there is yet time to unite us.' The young girl did not
reply, she was too weak. A slight flush rose for an in-
stant to her pale cheek ; it could be seen that joy and
pain were struggling in her spirit for the mastery. Lying
upon a sofa, her bridal dress all stained with blood, Ler
hair dishevelled, she had never been more beautiful.
Helpless as she was, Lieut. De Rochelle took her hand,
and requested the Rev. Mr Dickenson to proceed with the
ceremony. When it was time for the dying girl to say
—es, her lips parted several times, but she could not articu-
ate.
,At last the word was spoken, and a slight foam rested
The dying agony was near. The minister
upon her
with the ceremony. An hour after-
sobbed as he The
pryosi
ded 11
d the bridal chamber was the chem•
wards all was over, at:
')e Rochelle has sworn to perisk
ber of death. Lieutenant
s:id we are sure he will keep
in battle against the Yankees,
his oath."

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have an the crops.
Some uneasiness is felt in German, a, le ettect
which the long continued drought may
M. de Fiotow, the brother of the emine:t com-
poser, shot himself last week with a fowling piece, 0 his
country house of Friedrichswald, near Blankenberg. 1L 'e
deceased was in the prime of life, and possessed a consider-
able fortune, so that every one is lost in conjectures as to
the cause of his suicide.
Mr. John Oxenford is translating a new German
play for Miss Bateman, written by Herr Mozenths.l,
the author of "Deborah," or "Leah." It refers to a
mediaeval period of Italian history. After Miss Bateman
has finished her present engagement in " Leah" (her "last
few weeks" are now announced) she will take a holiday,
and the new play will probably not be produced before the
autumn. The "Dead Heart" will most likely be revived
to fill up the interval. Mr. Oxenford is also translating
Casimir Delavigue's " Don John of Austria," for Millie.
Stella Colas, and it will very shortly be produced at the
Princess's.—London Review.
The Charivari publishes a woodcut representing
a Prussian in full uniform sitting down, and in the
act extending himself over a piece of ground marked
"Jutland." Near him is a French soldier who re-
nsonstrates, saying, " Take care what you are
about ! If you stretch yourself out, I may resolve
to do the same. New ground cannot be taken
unless all do the same Close by the soldier who
gives the warning are seen "the frontiers of tie
Rhine."