South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-07-09

| dressed and deceived by monster, Jun
der the promise Of marriage. YOUNG
as she was, she saw the guilt and thu
danger, but her scruples were overcom,
by the sophistry of her sutton, and If
an evil hour she fell to rise no more
When his Infamous purpose was &C
compished, he forgot his promises anc
discontinued his visi.s.--His victim
was soon found among the most aban.
doned, while he continued TO move in
the society Of the respectable.
Such facts~-and they are poured ia
upon US almost without numbeE--such
facts should serve as warning to the
young females of our country. If they
will only remember that no man who
is base enough to make an Infamous
proposal is to be trusted, they are safe.
If not, then other thousands of the fe-
male sex must be drawn into the whirl-
pool of infamy and death, before viz
tuous mothers and daughters will take
the alarm.--N. 7. Spectator.
From the New York Weekly Messenger.
THE SOLDIERS WIFE.
1t Is many years since the first bat.
TALON Of the 18th regiment Of foot, un.
der orders to embark for india,--that
far distant land, where so many of our
brave country men have fallen victims
to TIE climate, and where SO few have
sleptin what soldiers call the "bed Of
glory,"-wers assembled in the bar
backyard of Chatham to be inspected
previously to their passing on board
the transport which lay moored Ia the
Downs.
1t was scarcely daybreas when the
merry drum and fife we're heard over
all parts Of the town, and the soldiers
were seen sallying forth from their
quarters, to join the ranks, with their
bright hre-locks on their shoulders, and
their knspsacks and canteens fastened
to their backs by belts as white as
snow. Each soldier was accompanied
by some friend or acquaintance, or by
some individual with dearer title
10 bis regard than eiiher3 and there
| was strange and somtimes whimsi.
cal mingling of weeping and laughing
among the assembled groups.
The second battalion was 10 remain
10 England, and the greater portion Of
tina division we're present TO bid fare
we'll to their old companions in arms.
But among the husbands and wives,
uncertainty, as to their destiny, pre-
vailed; for the lots were yet to be drawn
the lots that we're to decide which OF
the women should accompany the reg
iment, & which should remaia behind.
Ten ofeaeh company were to be taken,
and chance was TO be the only arbiter.
Without noticing what had passed
elsewhere, | confined my attention to
that company which was commanded
by my friend Captain Lodor, d brave
and excellent officer, WHO, ! AN sure.
has no more than myself forgotten the
scene to which l refer.
| The women had gathered around
the flag sergeant, who held the lots in
his cap--ten of them marked "7o go"
and all the others containing The fatal
words "Io remain" 1t was a moment
of dreadful suspense, and never have i
seen the extreme of anxiety SO power
fully depicted in the countsnance of
human beings as in the features Teach
! Of the soldiers wives who composed
the group. One advanced and drew
her ticket it was against her, and she
retrealed sobbing. Another she sue
csedsd, and giving loud huzaa, ran
of TO the distant ranks to embrace her
husband. A third came forward with
hesilating steps, tears we're already
chasing each other down her cheeks,
and there was an unnatural paleness
on her interesting and youthful coun-
tenance. She put her small hand into
the sergeanl's cap, and saw, by the
rise and fall Of her bosom, even more
than her looks revealed. She unrolled
the paper looked upon it, and, with
a deep groan fell back, and tainted. 30
intense was the anxiety ofevery person
present, that she remained unnotlced
until all the tickets had been drawn,
and the greater number of the women
had left the spot. then looked round
and heheld her supported by her hus-
band, who was kneeling upon the
| ground, gazing upon her face, and dry
ing her fas. falling tears with his coarse