New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-28

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Whatever was past and gonemuch to the occasional phi
OF Isabel We're who gentle hearted she was would
consigned date to the bottoIess pit atteriy however
talked great deal more Of the present than Of the past
and greatly to the annoyance Of Younger men fell int
the duties Of escort to both then
| to places Of public promenade and amusement
On such occasions Miss Isabel We're looked either car
nest or basul.y positively baahful and Mrs Isabe
light in At times the General laid aside his cynica a,
servatons together with his which was not ever
placed by an umbrella to confess truth he had ex
perenced several symptoms Of he dissas which tTl51ai
they had made him RESTLESS and uncomfortable lrag
hopes and aspirations Of life rather than fears Of death
One morning. Isabel Montford and the General Jer,
alone in the salon. whore this little scene first opened
Our difference has been settled YETI she er
claimed gaily you have proved the gyFe
riority Of the Old school over the New
Simply because Of your superiority to both he re
Piled
II do not perceive the point Of your answer said h
young lady What has nv superiority over hath In Il,
with the question .
| The General and shut the door Do you thinl
you could listen to seriously for five rninutes,i h.
| Listening is always gel .ous work. she answered
He took her hand within his she felt it the hare
M age the bones and sinews pressed her soft palu
with an earnest pressure
| Isabel Montford-coud you love an old man -,
she raised her eyes to his and wondered the light
Yes she answered Il could love an old man dearfv
couid conhde to him the dearest of my heart
And your heart yonr heart itself, Such things have
oeeh sweet Isabel His hand rey hard but She did
not Withdraw hers
No not fiat becau. because have not my heart to
give She spoke rapidly and with emotion T h., . 4
not to give and have lcnged to tell you nv sccrs
You have such influence with my aunt you have b an "a
80 like father to that if you would opy
htercede win RI for and know she could not
refuse have oien-often thought of entrea ting this
and now 1t was so kind of you ask if could love n
,a man giEing me an opportunity of showing that do
by eonhding IN you and asking in your intercessioa
The room became misty to the Generals eyes and thu
rattle OF battlefield sounded in his ears and beat upon
his heart.
And pray, Miss Montford' he said after a ra,,sa
. who may him be -
Ah. you do not know him my aunt forbade tho cor,
tinnance OF our acquaintance the day before had The
happiness to meet you 1t most fortunate woac5
you to call upon her thinking '(he looked I'D at hi.
her most beTehing smile -" thinking the presence 81
the only she loved would soften her and o2ia
at should one day be privileged to address you az my
Trend my uncle' And she kissed his hand 1t really
was hard to bear. have heard her saw persisted the
young LADY, that when prompted by evil counsel she
refused you she loved you and your return She
this was true and thought he would not give the
beauty triumph He was recovering his self possession
how kindly you tolerated me. for my aunts sake and
surely you viii aid ME in matter upon which my bapp-
and the happiness Of that poor dear fellow dcpends
She bent her beautiful eyes upon the ground
And who is the poor dear fellow m inquired the Cen
eral- in singularly husky voice
Henry Vaudeville half whispered Isabel Or is Il;
not a beautiful name? the initials those lovely hand
kerchets you gave will still do shall st be l. VI
" A son of old Admiral Mandeyilles ?'i
The youngest SON.; she sighed that is nv aurt-s
objection were he the eldest she woud have been too
harry; 1 t.. Oh h SIR he is such fine feowsuch hero
stabs from those horrid Aifghans''
Lost leg " repeated the General with an approving
glance at ms own: why he dance with you
No but he can admire my dancing. and does not think
my courtesy dip, shuttle. bend a bob slide a can.
ter All dear General always perfection in his
By the immortal duke, thought the General. :. the
young divinity is laughing at me''
My aunt only objects to his want of money ; now
nE m fprb both
dear SIR at the Horse Guards would once place him in
some position of honor and of profit and even if it were
that her happiness secured by you guardian angel
that you are An sir, at your time of life you can have
no idea of our feelings.
. oh yes have sighed the General
Bless youi' she exclaimed enthusiastically. :.
thought you would recall the days Of your youth and feel
for US u.s., and when you see my dear Harry
"Ay or with two cork legs-you will l know be CON
WINGED that my happiness is your own
Women are riddles, one and al,'' said the General
and should have known that before
on do not say such cruel things and disappoint me
aepshng as have been your kindness and affection
iifk she continued hear my aunt's foot step: now
dear dear General cooly with her-1ny yerv OK
isencc depends on it. If you only knew him Promise.
it is. to save my life
She raised her beautiful eyes SWIMMING in upsbeJ f. re
TO ms she called him her uncle her dear noble hearted
lrino she rested her snowy hand lovingly imporurly
on his shoulder and murmure hope that her aunts
consent once gained it might be impossible to have
The General may have dreaded the banter of sun
dry members of the senior United Service Club
who had already jested much his devotion to the
two lsabels; he may have felS generous desire to
make two young people happy, and his good sense
doubtless suggested that sxty-ve and seventeen bear
strong affinity to January AMI May he certainly did him
self honor by adopting the interests of brave voun Of
cer his and avoided the banter of the club by
pledgns his thrce-told to his old love- the same
bright morning that his new love- gave her hand ana
hear to Harry Vaudeville
Wprc,- o,. ,,,,.
don Times Of the th the suoned par culars of the
rble disaster which recently bcel the British steamer
blrkenhead, while conveying troops Southern Africa
Another terrible disaster has happened Mt sea At
clock IN the morning Of the 26th February her Maestv
steamer the Blrkenlead was wrecked between two and
'ret lie from the shore of Southern Africa Thepxact
spot at which the calamity happened was Point Dang
On TINS point she struck upon reef Of sunken rocks
ship was steamng eight and half knots at the time
smooth and the sky serene but the speed
at which the vessel was passing through wateroyed
er destruction The rock penetrated through her bottom
Just att the foremost and in twenty minutes time there
were few floating spars and few miserable creatures
enging to Them and this all that remained of tho
Dirkenhead OF six hundred and thirty-eol,t nersons
who had left Smons Bay in the gallant shin but few
hours before only hundred eighty four remain
to tell the tale No less than four hundred
Englishmen have come to so lamentabe an end
There is no mystery about the calamity We are not
left as in the of the Amazon conjecture the or
Of he disaster Just what happened to the Orion off the
Scottish coast or to the Great Liverpool Fnsterre has
happened now Captain Samond the officer in Command
anxious to shorten the to Agoa Bay so much as pos
sihe and more than was prudent Rugged the shore too
closely Four hundred and fttyfour persons have lost
their lives in consequence Of his teerity As soon MS the
vessel struck upon the the rush of water was 81
great that the the lower roopeck were drowned
IN helr hammocks Theirs the happier fate Mt eos
they were spared the terrible agony of the next twenty
minutes AT least the manner of death was less panful
tan with others who first crushed beneath the a
ing pas and funnel and then swept away to be deyoured
oy the sharks who were prowng round the wreck From
the moment the ship struck all appears have been done
were mustered the atterdeck The instinct of disc
pline was stronger than the instinct of life The
men fell into place us cooy the parade ground
ihey Were told off into relef and some the chain
pumps some to the tackles of the padllcbox boats Cap
tam of the 9lst regiment who survives to relate
the dreadful scene, tells us:
Every man did as he directed aud there was mt
cry or murmur among them until the vessel made her
nal plunge could not name any individual officer who
I'D more than another All received their orders and had
[hem carried out as if the embarkg instead of
going to the bottom there only this difference that
never saw embarkation with so little noise
Or confusion u
Poor fellows Had they died in battlefield and in their
iountrys cause their fate would excited less pois
ht regret but there is something iuexpreSsbly touch
hg IN the quiet untnchng resolution of many brave
hearts struggling mantuly to the last against neyta
Die disaster 1t is gratifying also find that the women
anu chidren were all saved They had been quietly col
ecrd under the poop awning, and quietly got
Fcr the ships side aud passed into the cutter The bout
stood OFF about hundred fifty wards from the i'll