The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-08

that my tortured heart might vent its wajlings,
:. and not madden my brain with its hushed
agonies! EMMA
FsT Henry Seaton, ere receiving this letterlhad
been busy with his arrangements, fora speedy
t departure He had long abandoned all hope Of
making Emma his wife, and was in haste to get
, out of the city, that he might no longer be
! panied with accounts of her rhealtess and trlyo-
J ious conduct. ne l8# = @.,@'1@ 81 iAE F=i-
The billet was, therefore, to his feelings as
the inyigorating sunbeam, flashing its rays up
on the sheltered plant, enliyenlng Its drooplnS
) foliage, and enticing the stnted buds to open
their petals, and reward with their pcnt up fra
GRANGE, the grateful warmth of their kindly
; wooer. ssa EaG rE - + -z.- z
He could not sleep that night, for the excite
) ment Of his new raised hopes kept him in arx-
5 ious expectations, until morning. He made as
early visit, as etiquette would allow, at The
) fashionable mansionof Mrs. Hudson, and fonnd
Emma alone in the drawing room. few
months only had elapsed since the last parting
of the lovers, and neither were prepared for The
very perceptible changein each others appear
!, ance, which startled them at first sight. - @t
Emma, whose agitation upon the appearance
"
arising from her seat, covered her face with her
hands, after one hasty glance, to conceal the
f confusion and humiliation, the consciousness OF
the bold and passionate avowal, which brought
f him TO her presence, oecasloned. st z.rs.l
While he, equally overcome at the sight OF
her almost emaciated appearance, stood suspen-
ded near the entrance, gazing in alarm upon
the shrunken outline Of her once rounded figure
l.; ciaiY ,ad-
Forgive my unmaidenly attempt to recall a
heart, lost to me perhaps forever, and suffer nc
l feeling of mere compassion to operate in my
, fayor'' 7fsS III .'''- ' 'l7-.s .- '@ If.
The words, coming as it were from the depths
} of an agonlzed heart, inspired the lover with
sudden energy to spring forward and PROSTATE
himself at her feet. -. a..
Idol ef my soul!" he replied, "mar notthe
ecstatic JOY Of this eeunion, by doubts whicl
shame youS lovers manly truth! This last
generous proof Of your affection is worth the
sacrifices of my life in requital. Ez.
With tender freedom he withdrew the hands
which covered her face, and strove to smeot}
the agitation which successive rcvulsions OF teel
Ling caused. Sa- So
, Need I add that he was successful in his ef
t forts, and that perfect reconciliation and clio
! ser rcnion of hearts, proved the policy of the
, genleman's independence of spirit? For had
f he been content to humor the mischievous ant
coquetish propensitics of the fair one, by MAX
inc himself subservent to her whims, he woulc
undoubtedly have lost her respect, ard with i
2 all that elevation of feeling-that full eXpan
sion of heart, which woman only knows, wher
: she bestows her rlove upon one who has won the
mastery of her spirit
LORD RAGLAN.-The announcement of lore
Raglan's death, which appears in another col
e umn. will be painful revelation to the reop
"a Of England, for whatever may have been hi
; faults and old age was the worst of them h
r was gallant soldier and served his country t
, the best Of his ability. For many months h
:, has lived almost always in the saddle, and
must have been no ordinary enthusiasm whic
if sustained him through so many perils, disar
: pointments anu reverses. - -z. -A
n Sebastopol is terrible touchstone Of mill
tary reputation. . The greatest generals in til
:. world would shrink from such test. Even til
# audacity of Louis Napoleon himself failed t
t encounter the trial. Canrobert found it tn
y ruin of his reputation, and Pelissier rolled th
squadrons of the Zouaves against its invinci
Y bic towers in vain We doubt if Cavaignac o
2 Lamoricere himself would have succeeded bet
S ter, under the same circumstances.
a The world has been accustomed to attribute
the failure of the siege to the pacity Of lore
, Raglan, but with what amount of justice Cal
be learned from Mr.. Roebuck's famous repor
on ''tlrS army before Sebastopol." The old MAJ
: was forced into the Crimean expedition. Hi
remonstrances ware useless, for the duke o
! Newcastle and his arlstocratic brethren wer
inexorahle. Before he had ascertained hoy
many Russians were i'll the field-what was th
r probable strength of the ;garrison-how th
prospects of carrying the fortress stood-h
s was compelled to r1arch: .4
Into the valley of death,
81. ."-l Into the jaws of hell .o "-
and beside him was an overbearing rival, St
Arnaud. whose military genius (if the word ma,
be so abused consisted in the reckless audacity
the carelessness of life and limb, of men none,
o and munitions of war which characterized al
the upstairs of the coup d. etat. Resolutely ane
q patiently, lord Raglan applied himself to a labo
: which his reason told him could never be accom-
! plished, and uncompaninyly he heard the ob
lurgations Of the gentlemen of the press, unit
! at last his heart was bowed down by n1isfor
f tune, and he died. But it should be remem
bered that he died in harness. -
Its true that the aristocratic feelings Ct Rag
!, Ian untitled him for the character of a soldic
of the people, butmanyo of the faults attributed
to his command, belonged to the British mill
i tary system rather than to himself. VIII
+ should we blame him because he was surropn
y ded by staff composed of uneducated noble
:, men and young scatter Drained aristocrats? A
q long as promotion was attalnable in Eng glant
OF on the battle field only by rank or money
and never by courage or capacity, he shoul(
not be held responsible for the consequences
i, He was not the cause but the victim of British
feudalism.
Many persons underrated poor Raglan be
cause he did not attempt to carry tie fortres
by a coup de main at an early stage of the pro
ceedings but the disastrous attempt Of the 1871
of June proves that he was wiser than thos'
who urged the commanders TO desperation
Under the tempest Of fame and iron from th'
Redsn his men were slaughtered tier upon tier
= while the gallant Zouaves strewcd the grount
. before the black mouths of the cannon of tn,
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