New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-16
A ROMANTIC STORY.

ss a ROMANTIC STORY
At the battle Of lEutaw Springs, in the midst
Of the conflict, as the armies were hurled on
each other with q fearful force, two officers Of
the same rank became engaged in a desperate
personal conflict. Their swords flashed with
inconceiyable rapidity; now one advanced, and
now the other; each bending the whole thought
Of his.soul to the single adversary before, and
growing unmindful of the din around him,
They needed not the crash of artillery, the rapid
elang of arms, the loud shrek Of pain, nor the
wild cry Of despair. But it soon became mani
fest that the loyalist officer, though somewhat
inferior to the other in weight, was the better
swordsman; this the American perceived, and
resolving at all hazards to conquer his foe, he
beat down his guard, closed in, clasped him in
his firm embrace and made him prisoner.
When the captor and his prisoner met after
the battle, it was observed that there was a
strong personal resemblance between them
They were both youthful, high minded and
chivalrous gentlemen, and q strong unanimity
of feeling existing between them, with respect
already implanted by their respective bearing
in the combat, a familiar acquaintance sprang'
up, which gradually grew into friendship, and
ended in a sincere and ardent mutual attach,
ment, as chivafrous in its nature as it was ro-
mantle in its origin. Some little time after the
battle, the American officer returning home on
furlough, requested and obtained permission for
his captive friend to accompany him. IS g86@
+ They travelled like brother knights of old, !.
each pledged to the others defence, and bound
to consider all alike as common friends or COM
mon enemies. Their route lay through dis
trict which was the sanguinary field of many
bloody collisions, and cursed by prowling de-
tachments of tories, who exercised robbers
privilege of warning on all whom it pleased their
fancy to construe into foes, or who tempted their
avarice, or excited their Vengeance One day,
the two heroes were suddenly overtakon by
shower, and throwing their cloaks over their
shoulders, they retreated under the shelter Of d
group of trees. Suddenly there appeared on
the road party of tories, who,, with drawn
swords, and shouting over their anticipated
plunder, dashed towards the spot where stood
the two friends. The high-souled American
resolved not to fall into the hands of those
whom every instinct of his nature, and every
impulse of his virtuous mind, stamped as men
to detest and loathe, and as stinging asps in
the bosom of his country; and the heroic Briton,
scorning the motives that actuated them, and
although to make himself known was but to OBJ
tain safety and freedom, also resolved to defend
himself to the last, and fall or live the friend Of
him by whom he had been SO generously dis
! tinguished But their cunning and their yalor
| achieved for them a glorious triumph. With
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if urging companions behind them to follow,
| they spurred horses, and both together dashed
upon the approaching enemy. The fury of their
onset, the determined yigor with which they
| whirled their weapons above their heads, and
their shouts for their supposed companions tc
fellow, alarmed their opponents, who offered
/ but feeble resistance, and then fed rapidly
4 leaving the field to their victorious enemy
whom they outnnmbered by many fold
Il oIx- kloA IL
! linked their friendship, they arrived safely al
the home of the American officer Here tht
Englishman was welcomed. and in the home o
his friend he found those who generously ad
mitted into their confidence and friendship ONT
who had become so attached to one Of its prom
ising members. In course of his sojourn here
some remarks were dropped which led to inqui
ries, and the father of the American, to tn,
unmingled joy of all parties. discovered that tn
two officers were first st-cousins. Their striking
personal resemblance thus became accountet
| for, and perhaps their involuntary and menta
attraction may be attributed to the same cause
The joy of the American family in discovering
a kinsman so lofty in virtue, and possessed of al
generous qualities, and one who brought to thei
circle high talents and brilliant parts, that dali
won upon their hearts, was greatly augmente
by the appearance of an attachment springin
up between the new found cousin and the siste
of the American. This lady was amiable an
highly accomplished and charmed by the beal
ing Of the generous stranger, she soon yielde
to him more Of affection and admiration tha
1 was due to cousin. He also was moved b
! her beauty and her many amiable traits an
!, thus they became betrothed, to the undoubte
satisfaction of the brother. The Englishma
! had been as efectually conquered by the beaui
Of the sister as by the superior strength Of Il
b brother He was a prisoner. soul and bod
in the conqueror's family. The reader may
assured that what we write is not fiction, thoul
it sounds marvelously like legends Of knight
: love and conquest in the olden time. The fac
of the story are given by Dr. Caldwell, auth
of a ssLife of Gen. Greene who knew the pa
ties when boy, and saw them often. IS
But, alast our romance becomes TRACED
The stern front of Mars breaks in upon t
scene, and Fate, with his iron hand, rends t
happy picture. The youthful foreigner has be
s exchanged, and a summons comes demandi
Y his presence in his regiment The duty is a S
s. one, but his honor compels him to yield, a
the lady, worthy of his chiyalrous heroism, b
r | him go, as she would be the last to wither
i laurels. Never went forth mailed knight
: lowed by prayers of greater loveliness, or acco
). | panied by blessings Of superior beauty. TIL
ct | parting was scene of woe and tenderness. I
~ ~ future was q blank, with no landmark Il
4 might show them where to hope. Danger q
as death lowered on the horizon, and gloomy |
70 certainty racked the present. The lover was
he bear arms against his betrothed's brother, a
v the two friends were to assume to each otf
the deadly front of war. But they parted, dr
= pointing to each his course. Ere the low
Sc separated, however, they pledged themselves
~ remain faithful to each other, and, in the ey
te, of a happy reunion, to become united in wedlo
nsr aa With mingled hopes and fears the Briton ha
ys ened to his regiment, leaving sad vacuum
no the circle where he had brought so much j
". III and left so much sorrow, But his noble he
ms. was soon doomed to sink beneath a blow that
ne me-, once and for ever prostrated his hopes of
&c. piness, and consigned them to the grave VIII
ma ma lay buried his love- But few weeks after
re- departure of the officer, the young lady
= stricken down by an epidemic, which rava
lis alike on the young, the hopeful and the bea
es, =, ful. as it did on the withered and the def
ss. and her hopeful page of life was closed sudde
.es. and for eyer lH= #
for How TO GET DINNER.-Dr Arne was !
j party of musicians in provincial town, WI
all. a musical festival was being celebrated. 7
= proceeded to an inn to dine, but were told !
every thing eatable in the house was enga
All despaired save the" Mus Doc. who, cut
off two or three ends Of catgut, and, obser'
w. waiter carrying joint to a company il
Ses adjacent room, contriyed to drop the bi
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