American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-09-03

81 have proposition to make TO you" said
Mr.. Rockwell, as one day he met Frank; evil
you call at my house this evening""
Frank promised to do Sc; and accordingly
waited upon him at an early hour.
"You may remember" said Nc Rockwell,
after the usual compliments had been passed,
"that when advised you to apply Yourself to
some other employment, told you that it was
not necessary that you should Cor ever abandon
your profession"
81 remember, and did c:,crish hope that
it might be so; bat latterly have hauiShcd the
idea from my mind, and leaned TO be content
with my lot. 1t was vacn to indulge such a
hope"
''Not so. hud imagiae the time has arrived
when you may return and take up your true
position. | have suit pending which involves
half of my fortune. intend to pat 1T into
your hands "
Frank would fam have persuaded his kind
friend 10 alter his resolution, doubling his abil-
ity to conduct so important a case; but MIR.
! Rockwell insisting, it was finally arranged THAI
he shculd undertake it.
ThCsuit was one which had excited much
speculation, as the interests involved were con-
siderable. Eminent counsel was employed by
the opposing party, and all things seemed to
Mr. Rockwell.
The day of trial at length arrived Frank
had prepared himself thoroughly, and did not
despair of success, though he ilited not to no
tce the air, half contcmptuoG@, with which
Tic counsel on the opposite side regarded him
when he appeared for his client.
We need not describe the tnnutIm of the
trial, which lasted two days-ouiIice it to say
that a verdict was rendered in favor Of his eli
ent, Mr.. Rockwell. 1t was a triumph indeed!
| Congratulations were shUweged upon him.
| Those who had before looked upon him as be-
meath their notice, were now eager TO make his
acquaintance, and cultivate his friendship. He
once more opened an Office, CEd business pour
cd in upon him. lie was / made man, to use
IL common but expressive phrase. he was
again courted by the circles in which he had
| formerly moved, and Maria TemplctOn too
would fam have attached biz! to herself again,
and she put in play all her arts to that effect,
but in vain. The charm ha, been broken, and
other attractions rendered ell her arts harmless
! A notice which appeared IL the - Gazette
few months subsequent may explain the ma
turc of those attractions. 1T ran somewhat at-
ter this fashion:
MARRIED-On the inst, Frank Manly
Esq, to Miss Alice Rockwell, daughter of The
Hon. Thomas Rockwell, all of this city.
MILITARY MOVEMENT ,HcR TEXAS. Al
branches of our military and naval service ap
pear to be under orders FOR the South. Th
Union says that nearly 5000 regulars are or
dered to Texas, and that The whole force there
including the Volunteers that-may join it, vii
probably exceed 5000. The u. S. store shl
Lexington was to have sailed from New Xorl
yesterday for Texas, with seven companies
four of the LIST, and three of the end Artillery
numbering about 400 men, rank and file Thu
following are the officers:
Maj. Ewing, I'd AIT; Bvt. Maj. Dimicl, Is
Art; Capt. Porter, do do Capt. c. +. Saith
I'd do; Lieut.. Magruder, LIST do Lieut., Hsth
way, do do; Lieut.. Fowler, do do Lieut.. Chase
I'd do; Lieut.. Dawson, lst. Go; Lieut.. Hays, &c
do; Lieut.. II. F. Clarke, I'd do; Lieut.. Curd, Is
do; Maj. Whiting, LIST Art; Capt Lowe, 9d'do
Capt Mackenzie, I'd do: Capt Sibley, LIST do
Lieut.. Luther, ID do; Lieut.. Daniels, dc do
Lieut.. Elzey, do do; Lieut. w. S. Smith, IS
do; Lieut.. Lansing, Cd do; Lieut.. S. Williams
LIST do; Lieut.. Doubleday, do do; Asst. Surgeon
Porter.